Sending Bear Hugs!

I made this card a while ago and if you watch our facebook lives you may have seen a peek of it before. The sentiment today seems more appropriate than ever whilst we go through these uncertain, scary times. The Pandemonium Party stamp set has fast become one of my favourites as you might be able to tell. I love how quick they are to stamp and colour, so perfect for a quick and simple card like this one.

To start my card I cut out three sizes of the new Quilted Square Nesting Dies the two larger ones and the last square before the quilted square. The blue background and the night sky were created the same way using a combination of Blueprint Sketch, Faded Jeans and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks. I just randomly smooshed the blues in the middle and added the black around the edges to darken it all little Then using a small spray bottle I sprayed some plain water on there to react with the ink and left it for a couple of seconds before blotting it off with a paper towel. This adds some added texture and interest but I wanted some stars to give the feel of a night sky so added some gold splashes using my Gansai Tambi Starry Colours Paints.  

The Panda I stamped out using memento tuxedo black ink but then I went over with black copic marker to give it that extra pop. Then I just added some rosy cheeks and paws and a red heart. The bamboo was simple colour too just using two shades of green since its only a little area. Make sure the paint and ink is dry before you stick down your images otherwise the gold might smudge. 

I added some foam tape to the back of the square to pop the image out a little bit but before I could stick this on I needed to stamp my sentiment out. After sticking it all together I popped it on a card base and then my card was finished. I hope you like it and I can’t wait to see all your creations! 

Pandamonium Party Clear Stamp Set

Pandamonium Party Co-ordinating Die Set

Quilted Square Nesting Dies

Panda Party!

Hi guys it’s Natalie on the blog again today and I have this cute panda birthday card to share with you all. I mixed up a few different Time for Tea sets for this one I love how they all work so well together. I loved that idea of creating a Panda Playground its just super fun. 

I began my card by cutting out the largest rectangle from the new Quilted Square Nesting Die set and used the Sunny Side Up stencil to add some grass and clouds. 

Then it was time to colour up my pandas and all the other accessories. The Trampoline and Worm are from Hip Hop Hurray, the flowers from the Moovelous  Stamp set and the butterfly from the Butterflies stamp set. 

 I love that the pandas are so quick to colour up I just added a little shading to their tummies and face using a warm grey COPIC and added some rosy cheeks  with a soft pink COPIC. I tried not to add too many colours for the accessories and just stuck to blue, pink, orange and yellow. 

There was no fancy colouring for the accessories either they are only really small so a couple of shades of each were all that was needed. With the party hat I added some extra stripes with my white gelli roll pen.

When everything was coloured up it was time stick it all together and add my sentiment. I got a general layout first then I could figure out where to stamp the sentiment I used my stamping machine to do that to make sure it was straight. 

I used the bamboo stamp to make the climbing frame and just added a few accessories like flowers or leaves on the joints to hide them a little. When everything else was stuck I went in with my black fineliner and added a trail for the butterfly and stamped in some jump marks underneath the panda on the trampoline. 

I love how this one turned out and I hope you do too!

Pandomonium Party

Hip Hop Hooray

Quilted Square Nesting Dies

Moovelous Coordinating Dies

Moovelous Stamp Set

Pandamonium Party Coordinating Die Set

Sunny Side Up Stencil

Hooray Hamsters!

So I got some glitter texture paste and I’m

not going to lie I can’t stop using it! It’s so, so pretty I wish you could see the sparkle more in this imagine.

I didn’t know where I was going with this card I just had this idea for a background and it went from

there. I created it using two stencils layered over the top of each other. I cut out my card base and placed the circle masking stencil over the top and then added the zig zag stencil over the top of that make sure you stick them down with post it tape/wash so they don't move around. Using Picked Raspberry Distress oxide I created the first set of zig zags with my Time for Tea Blender Brushes then taking the stencil off I placed it over the top of the pink zig zags that we just created so it would mask them off so I could create some orange zigzags using Marmalade Distress Oxide ink. Once this was done I took off the zig zag stencil but left the masking circles in place. Then I added my Luna glitter paste over the top being careful not to add too much other wise it would seep through underneath the stencil. When using this paste make sure you give your stencil a thorough clean before it dries. I then left my background a good day to dry as it was quite thick. 

I stamped out the hamsters and a few other elements and decided on a blue, pink and yellow colour scheme tying in with the circles but then adding an extra pop with the blue. When colouring up the balloons i tried to think about where my shading would be using the darker colour around the edges and then leaving a pop of white for a highlight this gives them a 3-D look as oppose to just a flat image. 

For my layout i tried to get images in all the circles but also at the same time tried not to cover them up topo much as I wanted them to be a big feature in the card.

The sentiment was heat embossed on some black cardstock with white embossing powder and popped up with some foam tape and thats it my card is finished for today I hope you liked my tutorial. 

Hooray Hamsters

Hooray Hamsters Co-ordinating Dies

Circle Grid Stencil

Zigga Zigga 6x6 Stencil

It's Hammy Time!

How adorable are the new hamsters! I couldn't wait to colour them up when I saw them I decided I wanted to colour them up as though they were having a party in their hamster house. I stuck to a limited colour scheme as not to distract the eye with lots of colours and just used my favourite red combo for a pop of colour.

I began by cutting out my base for the card using the new Hooray Die then adding a bit of scattered straw distress oxide at the bottom with the Time for Tea Blender Brushes. Then it was time to add some straw at the bottom I just added flicks with my Copic Markers in different shades of brown. Then flicked a bit of brown oxides for a bit of added interest.

I stamped out my hamsters and a few of their accessories and die cut the hooray die cutting out an extra Y so I could spell yay instead. These were all coloured with the same shades of reds, browns and cool greys. I die cut them out or you can fussy cut them and stuck them all on my card and then finished it off with the fun "Its Hammy Time" sentiment. It really was a quick card to make the thing that took the longest was the planning as I played around for ages with the layout. I just love the fun look though and I'm really pleased with how it all turned out. 

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Hooray Hamsters

Hooray Sentiment and Cover Plate Die

Hooray Hamsters Coordinating Dies

Blender Brushes