You Move Me Hummingbird

I was very impressed by a card made by Shelly Godby visit her blog post HERE

It uses the You Move Me set, but here I've unashamedly copied the lovely design of Shelly,

and used the non 'moving' parts.

There's a stamp set and matching framelits.

I inked the hummingbird in tempting  turquoise, dipped the edges in pacific point,

 die cut him and the flowers, leaves, stamens.

Cut a square aperture to use as a mask, inked inside the square with sponge brayer.

I liked it so much I made another, this time using a dauber to ink up the bird and flowers.

I love the two tone look, and the added enamel dots.

Lesley

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For the Bird-man

Trying to show the versatility of this stamp set

For The Birds,

see yesterdays post if you haven't already!

This time I used the Woodgrain embossing folder,

and some Sarn candy or faux brads.

Bird Bath

'For The Birds'

is a stamp set I'd liked  since the Stampin' Up! catalogue came out.

It is so versatile.

This one I coloured with marker pens,

layered onto embossed card, sponged with gold shimmer spray.

Charlie

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Here's one for a fab nephew who loves his chocolate cake..

hence all the yums!

Colours Island Indigo, Pool Party,
Bring on the cake,

sale-a-bration stamp set Pretty Petites.

Team Challenge

Here's another in-team challenge.

This week's layout did not inspire me at all, BUT I actually liked how it turned out.

Just goes to show there's no telling how a project will end up,

and how often it's not what you had in mind at all!

The challenge is one found on JKCards.wordpress.com, and it's actually originally a

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge (#24)......bit of a mouthful!

This one's on confetti white card (similar to neutrals), using Everyday Enchantment DSP.

Stamp sets: Summer Silhouettes, Papillon Potpourri, For my Family.

Grandad

We are so lucky to be able to share Alan's Granddad's 92nd birthday!

He absolutely lives for his garden......growing vegetables is his passion,

and Alan and I are reaping the rewards of sharing his wealth of experience,

having lots of fresh veggies all year round....

The NEW stamp set 'Countryside' is perfect for all occasions, all genders...

and the embossing folder 'Woodgrain' goes with it perfectly.

Colours Cherry Cobbler, and Early Espresso...

F-I-L

Hello!

So much to tell you, and so little time omg!

I have been madly crafting, and I have sooooo much to show you!

Here's one I made for my dear father-in-law..

my fave triple-layer stamping eh what!

I shall be back with more......

Happy Birthday Glynis!

Would like to share some tips I used for this one,

that can be used for all sorts of things....

Fussy cutting of Designer Series Paper.....don't be afraid to cut into it, decoupage, or just make nice shapes!

I die-cut a frame, then embossed it, adding interest, and texture.

I die-cut a  smaller frame, to use as a stencil, and used a dauber to add ink shading to the centre.

I used the brill stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the flowers around the sentiment,

which I then coloured in with marker pens.

Here's a pic of the tools I used......

The little flower stamp is from the hostess set Pedal Presents.

Sadly my photographic skills do not do justice to the gorgeous Melon Mambo cardstock,

and Beyond the Garden DSP.

Ribbon and gems from Stampin' Up! too.

Fairly neat bow from me for a change!

Father's Day (tip for today)

I am lucky to have two of these cards to make!

This one was whetted by my appetite for shrink plastic....

I made a sheet for the background, which I then cut into panels.

Cut and embossed a frame, and used bakers twine to hang my hand made "trinkets".

My "tip for today" is.......if your punch doesn't cut as cleanly as you'd liked,

take the edge of scissors, and rough-up the edge all around.

I did it on the "Dad" oval......should have taken a close-up for you!

I then edged it in ink, using a dauber.....(am addicted to doing this too....it looks good, and masks any rough edges!)
Also difficult to see, but I "filled in" the sea with a dauber and ink.

Tiny brads add a finishing touch.
In hindsight, my "ship" background layer is too dark,
but you learn by mistakes!