It's that time again!

Yes it's time for a male friend's birthday!   I know he likes antiques (being one like me - lol!)  - so for this card I used Sheena's Die and Stamps.    Most of the items were cut from black cardstock, and mainly coloured with various gold and silver pebeo gilding waxes.  The hour glass was stamped onto white card, and coloured with alchohol markers and then had glossy accents applied.   The compass was also stamped onto white card and coloured and glossy accents applied.

The background was created using a complimentary stencil from Andy Skinner and one of his little board nuts had gilding wax applied to it for the centre of the propeller blades.

Quite pleased with how this turned out.

Troll Headbands

I have had a lot of fun today, making some Troll headbands  - You will already have gathered from earlier posts that my youngest granddaughter is into Poppy Troll!

I started off with this one:  

and then I made a turquoise one.   I wasn't very happy with the flowers, although I knew "Poppy" had flowers on her hair, but ......

.......   revisiting the video on how to make them I realised that I needed to re- position the flowers.  Fortunately I hadn't glued them permanently into place with my glue gun.

So here is the finished headbands with another one made in purple:

Yes pleased with the finished product!

Present Tag

Just a little tag for a little lady's birthday present.   Created in Craft Artist.

Poppy Troll Birthday Cake

When asked what she wanted on her birthday cake, my youngest granddaughter replied "Poppy Troll".   Well needless to say I had no idea what she meant.   So when I asked about Poppy Troll - I was told to go on my phone and put in "Trolls" and then "Poppy".  Heck I felt old being told by a four year old how to search the internet!  (I didn't let on that I don't use my phone for the internet).  Needless to say I do know how to "google" on the computer - rofl!

So this is the topper I created for her cake.   I do love that we have Simply Topps just down the road from us to get it printed.  (Even better I just email them the picture and tell them when I want to pick it up!

Here is the finished cake

Henna Butterfly

Another birthday card using a Dali Art Henna Butterfly.  A different one this time.    I also decided to make it a "henna" butterfly, buy stamping with a brown distress ink and then pulling the colour out with a damp brush.  I stamped the image on the card, and also on a spare piece of card, which I just cut the wing part from (having had the "accident" with the other one I shared with you).   This was then added to the image on the card to create a "double winged butterfly.

To be truthful the photo doesn't do it justice - it really looks great in the flesh, and I am really pleased with the effect.

Another Toadstool Card

A single "house" this time, with an extra embellishment for the door - a "witchy" button from Craftwood Creations - Button-It range.

Background painted with Spectrum Noir glitter pens as a wash, and the grass was stamped and painted using distress ink (bundled sage off the top of my head)  The fence was also stamped in a brown distress ink (walnut stain) and then "brushed out" with water.

The house was coloured with alcohol pens.

Funky Camper Van Card

I was so into mindfulness and colouring over the past two days, that I decided I wanted to tackle the camper van image in the All Counties Craft Challenge postcard pack,

Again I used the illustrator pens, together with some of the sparkle pens, and the sparkle overlay.  I knew exactly who would appreciate this card for their birthday.  (In fact for once I am ahead of the game as her birthday isn't until next month!)

Butterfly Card

Who doesn't love butterflies - another stamp set I fell in love with at the show!   The Henna Butterfly set was by Dali Art.

This is the largest of the set, which I coloured with Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens, and then sparkle overlay added  (The antenna are actually better than the ones on the card, but I decided to cut out the stamp and managed to chop one, so had to chop the other one too!   oops!

Twit - twoo - an owly card

Another stamp I fell in love with.   It would be a great stamp for zentangling.

I suddenly remembered I had forgotten a nieces birthday - oops,    

Background painted with luscious powders, and the image coloured with alcohol pens.   Wording from Clarity Stamps

Gnome Houses Birthday Card

I went to Make It at Farnborough on Saturday.  I didn't need much, just a bit of card stock and some double sided tape.  However, you know what it is like when you go to a craft show, you see things you just have to have!

Well I fell in love with this die and stamp set.  The toadstool shapes are the dies, and the windows, door, fence, flowers etc are all stamps.  I had great fun sitting and colouring and creating this card.

The background was created with luscious powders, and everything else was coloured using alchohol marks (Promakers and Spectrum Noir illustrator pens.  I then went over most of the houses and flowers with clear sparkle pens.

The wording was done with the quirky alphabet stamps from Clarity Stamps, and a peel-off from my stash.

close up of the houses