one little baby

 hello lovely stampers!

I'm joining in today with the sketch challenge at CAS colours & sketches #495 drawn by the talented Cécile. 

I wanted to do a baby card for my cousin who is expecting in the new year as I realised I haven't any baby cards! who knew? The giraffe from Gummiapan was die cut from kraft, and layered on a couple of hexagons from Hero Arts Infinity Hexagon die set. One was cut from kraft and embossed with Kaisercraft Mountains embossing folder. The other was die cut from inked card, embossed by hand using the Fiskars Hearts texture plate and popped up on foam squares. The sentiment stamp from Gummiapan was inked directly onto the card panel. Such a cute sentiment!

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happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I'm playing along with the talented team at CAS Colours & sketches this week where the lovely Cécile  has a colour challenge #494.

I wanted to use a new die I received from Gorgecraft and thought the trees would be lovely in these colours. I inked some card and die cut the trees. It was also die cut from a panel of Kraft which had acetate adhered to the back and then mounted on foam tape onto the card base. The acetate allowed the die cut to be adhered in the cutout - some of those trees are spindly! The Gummiapan happy birthday was stamped on an offcut from the inked panel using versamark and white heat embossed, then mounted on foam tape.

Since the die is new to me, I'm also entering this in Darnell's terrific blog NBUS. Sending hugs, Darnell!

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christmas tag

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the team at justusgirls where they are having #656 wild card week and have asked for a holiday gift tag.  I usually need about a gazillion of these each year so any chance to create one is a bonus for me!

I die cut the tag using Recollections tags die set from inked card. I think it has 3 different distress oxide blues watered and swirled onto the card.  Dies are from Gummiapan: merry christmas circle, thin pine trees and the centre star of a snowflake die. The star was die cut from silver card to match the silver in the tag ribbon, the second tree was mounted on tiny foam squares.

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merry christmas

 hello lovely crafters!

I have been busy with christmas cards and today I have another classy little one ready to send out. I'm joining in with this week's sketch challenge #493 at cascoloursandsketches.

The background uses a lovely silver paper cut into strips and adhered in the corner. The presents are die cut from the Gummiapan Christmas Presents die set from navy card and ribbons from the same silver paper. The back ones are adhered and the front ones are popped up on foam squares. Sentiment from a very old stamp set is stamped and clear heat embossed for more shine.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

*Edit: Thanks to the lovely team for choosing my card among the winners!

happy birthday

 hello lovely stampers!

Today I'm joining in at CAS colours and sketches for their colour challenge #492 this week. They have chosen lovely colours which really go well together.

The background uses Sizzix Mini Foundry 3D embossing folder. This was embossed on a white card panel then swiped with pumice stone distress oxide ink, then rubbed with Tim Holtz Sterling foundry wax. This gives a lovely subtle shine while the neutral colour still shows through. 

The panel was mounted behind a die cut Hero Arts Infinity square with foam tape for dimension. The Gummiapan twigs and birdies were die cut and inked then adhered in and around the square aperture. The sentiment from paper rose tiny forest was stamped and clear heat embossed for more shine.

Such a pretty colour combination. Thanks so much for stopping by!

*Edit: Thanks so much for choosing my card this week!