A Fairy Bug Themed Card

Good morning, it's Susie here and we are getting ready for our schools finishing up tomorrow - the summer plans are being made and the excitement is high!

I've been helping a lot in school during the last month, and one of the many activities we did was a Bug Hunt in the local woods and that inspired me to make this card.

I started with two hexagons from the Zendoodle Borders & Bits Stamp Set, stamped in Wheat ink.  The ladybird, from Clare's Woodland Fairy set and the snail from Clare's Flower Fairy set, were stamped in black ink and coloured with my pencils.  The butterfly is from Clare's Garden Fairy set.

The bold stripy card was from one of Sarah's A Few of my Favourite Things kits and matted onto some red paper as a colourful contrast.  Just a little bit of Platinum Stickles completed my clean and simple (and easily mail-able!) card.

These cute insects, together with the other items in the sets, would be wonderful for a scrap layout of a woodland walk.......mmmmm, maybe I have my next project sorted!!

Neon Zendoodle Card.

Hello, and Happy St Davids Day! Who can believe it is the 1st of March already? It's Carol here today sharing a card that is a little bit different from my usual makes.

I love Sarah's Zendoodle range for the Silhouette and was delighted when the range of stamps was released, even more so with the set of Zendoodle Borders & Bits Stamps. They are great for making your own backgrounds as they have lots of different sized circles, hexagons and 2 borders.  I recently visited my local craft shop and totally fell in love with neon embossing powders...who wouldn't? and knew I had to use the two together!

I actually got so excited making it, I forgot to take my usual step by step pictures so will do a few wee bullet points.

1. Cut a piece of black card to fit onto a C6 card and wipe it with an anti-static bag.

2.  Ink up the Zendoodle Circles with Perfect Medium Ink then sprinkle over your embossing powder, I did each colour separately.

3.  On a separate piece of black card make some extra neon circles to cut out and pop onto 3d foam to give your card some dimension.

4. Use the "Woohoo" from the Everyday Saying Stamps and ink up with the Perfect Medium and sprinkle with embossing powder. I made a custom mix from all 4 colours.

5.  Stick your black layer onto your card, punch out your sentiments and there you have it! A neon zendoodle card!

Ingredients

Sarah Hurley Zendoodle Borders & Bits Stamp Set

Sarah Hurley Everyday Sayings Stamp Set

3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Perfect Medium Ink Pad

Embossing powders

Stampin Up Punches

Stix2 3D Foam

Thanks for popping by today, I hope you like the card. Remember my lovely teamies will be posting new projects regularly using Sarah's gorgeous products.  See you all again soon, Carol xx

Super quick Valentines Day Card!

Hello, and Happy Saturday! It's Carol here today and a wee while ago Sarah asked us to have a wee think about things we could do on the blog, one of my ideas is "10 Minute Makes" and the other will be revealed on the 1st of February!

This is a super busy birthday weekend for me, but I thought I would share a very Clean & Simple Valentines Day Card with you all. Though it can be used for any occasion to be honest. I will take you through the various steps I used to make the finished card. 

1 here is my assortment of pretties that I used. I find it easier to look things out first once you have an idea.

2  Wipe your piece of white card with your anti static bag, stamp your Zendoodle Heart from the Zendoodle Fashion Stamps with Perfect Medium Ink or whichever embossing ink you have. Stamp them onto your card, cover with embossing powder, tap off the excess and heat.

3  Measure a piece of red card as a banner across the card, roughly place your hearts where you would like them and add some bakers twine to make them "dangle" from the big heart. Place some foam squares behind the hearts to give you some depth and dimension.

4 Stamp the "Me & You" sentiment from the Sentiments Stamp Set using black ink and there you go.

Ingredients.

Zendoodle Heart from the Zendoodle Fashion Set

Perfect Medium Ink Pad

Sentiment Stamps Set

Card Blank, red card and bakers twine from stash.

Thanks for popping by today and I hope this inspires you to try heat embossing, a 10 minute make, a clean and simple card or all three.

Have a great weekend,

Carol x