Happy Birthday ~ Little Friend ~ Monchrome

Hello bloggers I hope you  are managing to get some crafting into your busy week.   Today I have a simple monochrome card to share.

This card began as an A4 sheet of kraft card stock that was cut and scored to make a 6x5.5 card blank.  Next onto white card stock I stamped the topper using vintage photo distress ink and Katy Sue Designs Simpler Times Elizabeth Bell 'little friend' stamp set. Once stamped I die cut the topper with Spellbinders 'labels 28' die set.  I then inked the edges with the same ink pad.  I used a water brush and vintage photo distress ink to give the fence on the topper some colour.

Next I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock using the same ink pad and stamp set as above.  It was then die cut with Spellbinders 'labels 33' die set.  I then inked the edges with the same ink pad. Finally the topper and sentiment were adhered to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Makey Bakey Mice Christmas Holly Christmas Miracles

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday and are well.  Today's card is one featuring a water coloured Makey Bakey Christmas mouse.

This card began as an A4 sheet of green card stock that I cut and scored to make a 4.5 x 7 card blank.  Next using an off cut of Makey Bakey Mice patterned paper originally printed from Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey Mice Christmas CD-ROM I covered the front of the card.  The topper was stamped onto white card stock using bundled sage distress ink and Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey Mice stamp set 'holly jolly Christmas'.  Once stamped I used bungled sage, festive berries and walnut stain distress inks to colour the image with a water brush.  It was then die cut with Spellbinders 'labels 18' die set.  I inked the edges with bundled sage distress ink.  The sentiment was stamped onto white card stock using festive berries distress ink and a free stamp set from Crafter's Companion magazine issue 5.  Once stamp it was die cut with the same die set as above.  The edges were inked with festive berries distress ink and then adhered to the card with the topper.  Finally I added a hand tied bow to the top of the sentiment made from some green metallic ribbon.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Holly Berries Christmas Tree

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday.  Today's card is a Christmas card.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white card stock that I cut and scored to make a 5" square card blank.  Next I added a green polka dot paper from English tea party collection paper pack to the front of the card.  The holly and berries were stamped using black soot distress ink and Stamping With Dimension 'Christmas trees' Stamp Set onto white card stock.  Once stamped I used pine needles and festive berries distress inks and a water brush to colour in the leaves and berries.  I then used a green pencil to colour the stem.  The Christmas tree was stamped using iced spruced distress and the same stamp set as above.

The sentiment was stamped onto white card stock using the same stamp set as above and festive berries distress ink.  It was then die cut with Spellbinders die d-lites 'frame two' die set.  Once cut I inked through the die.  I then removed the die and cut of the outer edge of the frame.  The sentiment was then adhered to the card.  Finally the completed topper was added to the card blank.

Happy Crafting  xx Hazel