Happy Mail...

Hey,

When I was getting things ready for the recent Flea Market, I came across a digital stamp I had already coloured.

I think it is by Birdie Brown from when she still had her shop and I have had it years!

I decided to head to my desk and make a quick card with it.

First I fussy cut the image out and die-cut a piece of freebie paper using a scalloped die. I liked the hearts to fit the happy mail theme.

I mounted the image onto the scalloped piece using foam pads and affixed that to a square kraft blank (from JT) and for a final touch I added Stickles to the flower centres.

A random card out of something very old, it is now winging its way to my Aunt, she loves happy mail.

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #61.. Button It..Still Time to Play..

Hey,

There is still time for you to play along with the current Retro Rubber challenge.

Our theme is Button it! - use buttons on your card.

 Go over to Retro Rubber and see what the DT have made and have a look at the gallery too.

Challenge ends on May 5th, don't forget to use a stamp a year or older and tell us all about it, that's the fun part right. Also, please limit your challenge entries to 10 including ours.

Thanks

Cx

Hola! Cactus Friends..

Hola!

Welcome to the first day of May..given the way the weather is going, it feels like Summer is not far away.

I haven't seen a couple of friends in a while and I thought I would send them a cheery little Hola! card.

The backgrounds I created by smooshing 3 different green distress inks and then I die-cut them out using my new from London stitched, scalloped mini square dies.

The Cacti are by Jillibean soup and I coloured them with Zigs.

I love them, they are so cute and the mini kraft blanks work so well here (thanks JT).

Cx

Little Cat Birthday...

Hey,

I had a very successful flea market yesterday - $38 not bad considering I was selling for 25cents or 50cents.

It was fun to have Lisette hanging with me and being the mistress of stall display! Where was she back in the day when I used to do craft fairs?!

Today I am playing along with The Paper Players, they have a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge one of my faves..

I opted for the diagonal left to right line - Circle, Die-cut and Flower.

First I stamped and coloured (with Zigs) one of the Cats from my new Mama Elephant, Little Cat Agenda stamp set. I love these teeny tiny little kitties.

I die-cut it using a stitched circle die by Simon Says Stamp.

I am hoping my flower 'interpretation' will count! I used a Spellbinders scalloped circle die and a SSS stitched circle die to create the petals of my flower - the Cat circle is the centre of the flower.

The sentiment is made up of a Technique Tuesday stamp and a Tim Holtz die-cut.

I think it will make a great birthday card for my Niece Florence.

Cx

Crafty Like a Ninja...

Hey,

Happy Saturday to you all. The sunshine has been out in force in NYC since yesterday and it is glorious!

Today I am running a little stand at the Stuytown Fleamarket, hoping to divest myself of some things that have been hanging around the apartment for too long.

Today's card is for a friend to say thank you for various things. Like me said friend is a crafter and I thought she would love this stamp (no idea who it's by) - despite it featuring a needle, which is not her fave method of crafting!

I stamped the Ninja and then die-cut the whole thing using a MFT scalloped stitched rectangle die. The scalloped frame separates from the middle section.

I thought it would be fun to decorate the frame and used a tiny spot stamp and just randomly stamped all over the frame, only re-inking when there really was no ink left on the stamp.

I love that it looks like pebbles and it really pops against the bright backdrop of the Lawn Fawn card blank.

Enjoy the sunshine and the weekend.

Cx