Animals!

 A new challenge starts today at Sweet Stampin' and this time we'd like you to include animals in your design.

I went for a fairly CAS look for my DT card...

The polar bear belongs to a stamp set by MFT and it has quite a few punny sentiments.  I kept the whole thing really simple:  a red card base and white tag, with red and white in the bear's scarf and matching twine through the top of the tag.  A bit of subtle shading with my Copics and a good sprinkle of glitter were all that was needed to complete the card.  

I can't remember where the tag die is from but as you can see from the A2 card, it's a good size for layering to hold a gift card.

I hope you can join in with this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin'.  Do hop on over to the challenge blog to check out the fab inspiration makes by my lovely teamies.

Have a great weekend and for my friends in the UK, enjoy the Bank Holiday!

xxx

Use Dies

 Another month comes flying in and with it a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'.  This fortnight we'd like you to use dies to create your project as well as stamping.

I made a shaped card using Honey Bee Stamps products

The die set to make this card creates a rainbow-shaped card base and insets to make the stripes, which I cut from coloured cardstock.  I then used the corresponding stamp set to add white detailing to the stripes with embossing powder.  The clouds were doubled up to give a bit more weight and I stamped my sentiment on one of them.  I similarly doubled up the sun after using Catherine Pooler inks in shades of yellow.

I really hope you can play along with us at Sweet Stampin' this month. My amazing teamies have made the most lovely projects to inspire you, so do hop over to the challenge blog to take a look.

Have a fab weekend

xxx