Kit and Clowder Swap

I can now share my card that I made to sent as part of the Kit and Clowder annual swap.  I sent this one to Lisabeth in Norway

This is a digital image from Mo Manning.  After printing it onto my card , I stamped the pine branches from a Sunny Studio set and then coloured with Prismacolor pencils.  I added kindyglitz to the hat and the edge of the top.  The sentiment is from a NZ company called Montarga Stamps.  I've used it a lot this year, mostly inside of my cards. 

I received a beautiful card from Lisabeth

Isn't it beautiful. 

I finished up work today for the year.  Two weeks off.   Totally looking forward to the break. 

Birthday cards for some little people...

My friend asked me to make her some cards for her grandchildren.  The twins, Odin and Sophie, are turning 5 on  the 28th and are having a Pirate and Fairy party so she asked that the cards be one of each!  Plus her son's god-daughter turns 5 as well, so she wanted a "girly" card.

I made that one first...

I found some PP in my drawer that already had the lovely cup cake on it so that was my starting point.  I then chose a really old Hero Arts set that had this little cutie on it.  I stamped and coloured her and then fussy cut.  I cut down the panel and mounted it on some pinky/purple card.  I used the same colour to die cut the Kaisercraft number die.  Added some Crackle Accent for dimension. 

Next one was for Odin.  I had a Mo Manning Captain Hugh which I thought would be perfect

I used Copics to colour then fussy cut.  I found the treasure map on Google and printed it onto some lined kraft paper.  The sentiment is one from Hero Arts .

And for my Fairy card for Sophie, I used one of The Greeting Farm fairies.

Some more Copic colouring and fussy cutting together with some more PP.  I added Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the wings and the cupcakes plus Glossy Accents to the hearts. 

I'm now trying to get ahead with some of my DT work as I'm away from the 8th to the 13th March.  I'm catching up with my family in Australia.  We are having a bit of a reunion on the Sunshine Coast.  Daughter, Son-in-law and wee Archie are coming across from Perth, my parents are traveling up from the Gold Coast and my son and his girlfriend are traveling with Hubby and I .  So looking forward to catching up.  Archie is now 10 months so it's been 6 months since I've seen him.  He'll have grown soooo much.  We get almost daily photos and videos of him, but to cuddle him for real is going to be so special.  Can't wait!!!!

Have an awesome weekend all

Watercoloured background scene

I have been taking this online card class.... and it's been very inspiring, but still quite daunting.  It's all about using your watercolour mediums to paint....

I decided to try out Day 3's scene painting.  I printed a Mo Manning Digital stamp onto my watercolour paper, masked it off and then went for it. 

I used some Molotow masking fluid to mask off the image before painting the background.  Well all I can say is I NEED much more practice.  I did some lifting of colour for my sky and grass.   I will trim it and add a sentiment to make a card. 

I hope to try some of the Expressive florals and leaves.  They look fun to try.  Just to find the time and enthusiasm.  It's too hot to do much at the moment.  

Thanks for stopping by.