Ketto Cat

I love this cute cat by Ketto Stamps available here.  I added some glossy accents to his crown and star.  I embossed the card with a party themed embossing folder (I'm not sure what brand that is), and distressed the background with chipped sapphire and spun sugar and added stickles to the tiny stars.  The sentiment is by Hero Arts which I had to redo because the first one I stamped directly onto the card got all smudged.

We are going to be having a lovely hot, sunny weekend this weekend so I probably won't be doing a lot of cardmaking. But I will try and be back soon to update my blog if I can fit in some crafting in the evenings.

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Chill

My good friend Gill is having her tonsils out today.  So this is a card for her.  I used a Hero Arts alphabet set to say 'Chill Gill' which is not straight because its so difficult to do unless you spend 1,000 hours trying to get it right.  Which I didn't because life's too short.  I'm sure Gill won't mind.

The paper I used is by Rasberry Road Designs and I got it free in Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine (June edition).  The sweet bunny is from House Mouse rubber stamps.

The weather today is absolutely gorgeous and is so lovely and hot.

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Birthday froglet

What a gorgeous morning it is here in the UK ............ wow it's so amazing compared to what we've been putting up with for months.  Sun and warmth ....... wooooooo, I love it.

Thought I would use some more yummy Stampin Up Designer Series paper for this birthday card.  And that gorgeous cute Hero Arts frog (CL305 Sending Happy Thoughts) with his little crown on.  The balloons are from a Woodware punch which I added stickles to.  I put some glossy accents on the frog's eyes and tiny pearls on his crown.  The sentiment is as usual from my favourite stamp company Hero Arts.

Just looking at that cute frog makes me smile.  Here is another card I made using him.

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Kitty Ride

Don't you just like it when you spend ages on a card only to stamp the sentiment and you smudge it!  Oh yes I love it, I think it gives my cards 'the edge' ha ha (NO!).  Anyway, apart from that, I was happy the way this turned out.  And I am going to go over that sentiment with a die cut one, just that I was in a rush this morning so haven't had time yet .... will probably update this post when I do :)

The cute cats are Papermania cat stickers I bought ages ago.  I re-discovered them and thought they would look cute with the Hero Arts bicycle.  I embossed some Stampin Up turquoise card with circles and used Nestabilities labels die for the card.

I had loads of time this weekend for card making but unfortunately my inspiration mojo took the weekend off.  I really needed it to hang out with me instead.  Oh boo!

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Sketched Peacock New Distress Inks

I finally succumbed to temptation and bought Tim Holtz's new seasonal Spring Distress Inks.  I absolutely lovely Shaded Lilac and Peacock Feathers blended together.  I used this mask for the background and sponged on both colours.  Then I sprayed some water with a mister spray to blend the colours a bit more.

I then masked off a piece of white card and sponged the centre rectangle with the same colours.  And of course, with peacock feathers I had to add a peacock.  This peacock is a Hero Arts peacock called 'Sketched Peacock'.  I embossed it to make it stand out above.  The sentiment is also from a Hero Arts clear set of stamps.  The bling is just some bling from my bling stash :).

Well I'm hoping to get lots done this weekend in the hope I will have more cards ready for blogging next week.  I'm hoping to enter more challenges too.  I really like taking part because it helps me get inspiration.  As this peacock stamp is one of my oldies that I haven't used in some time, I thought I'd enter this card for the latest challenge at A Blog Named Hero called 'Dust Em off'.

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CAS-ual Friday Challenge

A second post in one day?  I know, it's amazing.  But I was inspired to enter Cas-ual Fridays challenge - a clean and simple card featuring our feathered friends.

Well, my friend Amy is finally expecting her first baby so I thought I would send her this simple card to celebrate.  Okay, she hasn't 'eggs'actly laid eggs, but hey!

The hen and eggs are by Artemio and from this set.  And the sentiment is by Hero Arts.

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Sleeping Fox

My Auntie Barbara has just had a hip replacement operation and is recuperating so I thought I'd send her this card.  And if you see this card before you get it, Auntie Barbara, I hope you are feeling better :)

The papers I used are from Stampin Up's Designer Series. I used Nestabilities circle and scallop dies for the little fox to rest on and he heart is from a Stampin Up punch.   The cute little fox (one of my fav images) is from Hero Arts.  And that little fox will make a reappearance now and again cos I really think he's sweet.  There is another Hero Arts fox sitting upright that I will be getting soon because he is also too cute.

Well it is another cold day here in the UK.  I can't believe it's May, it feels like March ... brrr!

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