Long Time No See!!

TAP TAP TAP......hello anybody there?? 

Well it seems my blog has been in lock down too! I'm not the best at keeping it up to date 

but then things have been different (i.e home tutoring/mentoring our 24 year old Autistic lad) 

so hopefully that's a good enough reason.

I have been crafting and, in fact, sharing everything over on my Instagram acct 

(link in the side bar) as well as posting every week on the Seven Hills blog so

 I have a quite a few cards to share here now!!

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Let's start with something topical! I was inspired by the fun cards I saw on social media 

for those who had lockdown birthdays, I decided to try an make my own hybrid version for

 a family member and these fun toilet dies from Create a Smile sure helped!!

I do love to mix up all my alpha stamps and dies for these cards, the challenge makes

 the end result more satisfying. I've used new and old fonts... yes I do have quite a collection,

 some are even Quik cutz dies.. remember them?

This next card was inspired by a Jennifer McGuire video, I wanted to try a bridge card to 

use with the Kraken set from Avery Elle...

I love how this turned out and it was fun to colour too. The lighthouse from Shine Bright 

was a perfect size for the scene as well.

Just look at those rough waves!!

 This is how the card looks from above and it just folds flat sideways for posting... 

check out Jennifer's video here

One more project for this blog post and this was a card for my Mum earlier in the year which I framed afterwards, it seemed the perfect piece of wall art for a coffee addict :)

The background stamp was one I picked up at a local craft fair in February... isn't it fab? I over stamped with a woodgrain background too and then added the wording over a square of cream vellum....another rummage through alpha sets for this one too😉

When it came to framing, I used this deep box frame with a piece of dark brown card-stock layered behind the card which is raised away from the background for a floating effect. Mum was chuffed with it and it hangs pretty in her kitchen or 'Coffee HQ' as it's otherwise known :)

Well I think that's all for this time... I don't want to shock blogger!!

I've lots more to share so will be back soon. 

I've listed items I've used as much as I can down below.

Lock down card:

Bella letters - Mama Elephant, Simple Alpha die - Altenew, Mini Well Connected Alphas - MFT

Whimsy Alpha - Mama Elephant, Cool Cuts Potty die and Oh Poo stamps - Create a Smile

Kraken Card:

Legendary, Shine Bright - Avery Elle, Cloud Stencil - MFT, Waves dies - MFT

Coffee Art:

Love of Coffee - Picket Fence Studios, Tall Type - Concord & 9th, Coffee Love - Altenew

Mug and font are older discontinued stash

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x