Birthday Shout Out!

A break from Christmas cards today to share this card I made for a family birthday,

this Town Cryer is great for a guys card and fun to colour too..

I paired him up with the buildings from a Mama Elephant set and left them uncoloured 

so he would take centre stage... with a booming voice I think he already has centre stage!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Oyez Oyez - Waffleflower

City Sidewalks - Mama Elephant

Stitch Arch Stax dienamics - MFT

Red, White and Grey Greetings

Time for a Christmas turnabout and I was brave and decided to heat emboss this one in white. 

I did all the stamping and pouring on of the powder first then hit it with the

 heat as I just knew it would be hard to stamp on warped card!

Actually doing it this way, it didn't warp much and after leaving it for several 

hours it had flattened out again!!

I was not going to be that lucky again so I stamped the berries with Candied Apple Distress

 Oxide ink and I think they show up brilliantly on the grey.

I used the coordinating die set for the vellum panel and glittery sentiment, 

all that was needed then was a little bell :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Holly Berry Turnabout Stamp, Holly Berry Die - Concord & 9th

Big Jolly Holly

My love of all things Christmas greenery drew me straight to this gorgeous stamp set 

I love its huge size... great for getting the watercolours into action 😉

I'm quite pleased how it turned out but if I'm going to make a few of these I think the 

watercolour will have to be a more loose style!!

I messed up the sentiment... well actually it's more that I didn't think the gold embossing 

showed up well enough so I embossed it in white on black card instead.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Big & Bold Holly Berries - Colorado Craft Company

Fa La La La LLama!

I think Llamas are still in this year and with a name like

 that they fit so well in this sentiment too 😄

The Fa la la die is great... much easier than cutting all those

 A's and L's from a regular alpha die!

That little llama looks quite dirty against the pure white snow! At least he's nice and 

snug with his scarf on although with a coat like that I'm not sure he needs one!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Fa La La die - MFT

Llama Just Say, Falling Snow Stencil  - Sugar Pea Designs

So Many Snowmen - Mama Elephant

Autumn Anniversary

I'm still enjoying the beautiful autumn colours in this neck of the woods, 

the wind has taken all the leaves away yet! I dug this die set out for an Anniversary card I

 needed to make and just immersed myself in rich shades of greens, oranges and browns...

I simply swapped the stem/veins and arranged the leaves around the sentiment panel by 

tucking them slightly underneath it... love those bright colours against the cream card :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Autumn Leaves Dies - Newtons Nook

Perfectly Penned - Concord & 9th

Fine Frames Rectangle - Altenew

Birthday Beer

This is the first time this stamp set has seen ink... and oh boy was it fun to use!

Thanks to the MISTI stamping tool, inking these bottles was a dream, 

I love starting with a light shade and then adding deeper colour on certain areas

 of the stamp to create shape and shadow..

The other small touch that made me so happy is cutting the bottle tops in 

Mirri card... my Dad was quite impressed with them too 😊

I borrowed a sentiment from a different stamp set by the 

Colorado Craft Company because I just love that font. Now that's my

 idea of a clean and simple guys card 😉

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Bubble Over - Stampin Up

 His birthday - Colorado Craft Company

Amazing Type

Love this typewriter die from Sugar Pea designs, I had to make it red just like my toy

 typewriter... only wish I still had it! If you pull up the sheet of paper you 

can read the rest of the message..

I used a die to make a slit in the circle panel which is hidden behind the typewriter.

This is what the workings look like on the reverse..

I found I had a typewriter background which is the perfect 

pairing for a subtle background..

More details for this card can be found on the Seven Hills blog HERE

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash used:

You're my Type Die, You're my Type Stamp - Sugar Pea Designs

Typewriter Text Background - MFT

Plant Lady

Well it's been a while but I'm trying to get caught up again with my DT makes 

for Seven Hills Crafts and I made this card to highlight the arrival of Flora & Fauna stamps 

back into the store..... I cannot resist anything green and growing!! 😃

You can mix and match the pots and plants in this set and some are solid so you can be 

creative with your inking, I trimmed all the plants out with scissors and then broke out the 

Faceted Turnabout stencil from Concord and 9th for a background.

Oh my goodness, this stencil is fantastic! You don't need a stamp positioner to use it and

the results are amazing. I used three shades of yellow Distress Oxide ink which 

also leaves you with a gorgeous chalky finish to your backdrop

I'm thinking it reminds me of a paved terrace for all 

those potted plants to live on 😊

More details and links to the products used can be

 found on the Seven Hills blog HERE

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash used:

Plant Lady, Oh Hello Friend - Flora & Fauna

Faceted Turnabout Stencil - Concord and 9th