Foxy Friends - "Deer" Friend

 

 Just showing you a quick card I made recently at the stamp camp I went too!! It was sooo super fun and I got to play with some Stampin' Up! goodies that i don't own.... yet!!
The Foxy friends stamp set is ALL over Pinterest and the ideas that people are coming up with are AWESOME!!! Here is my first try with the cute little critters! Of course I HAD TO make the deer!

I rocked and rolled the animal image to create different looking fur, then cut up some of the words to spell out the word "DEER." Lastly added some of the cute Emerald Envy dots that are available in ALL the in-colours!
How perfect is the woodland embossing folder!! LOVE!

Sprinkles of Life for children's birthdays!

 

My nephew turned 3 the other day and I wanted to send him a smile in the mail and thought that the cupcake stamp featured in the amazing Sprinkles of Life set would be just the thing! Add 3 "ready to blow candles" on top of the yummy chocolate icing and you have the perfect little boy card! I'm loving this layout at the moment, so easy and yet so nice. It's amazing how much you can change the look of a card by using different ribbon, or in this case twine! (you may notice I've got "square" looking tape in the corners of my vellum!! GRRR I've been using FAR TOO many mini glue dots and had run out!! Don't worry I've ordered more! SMILE!)

Well that's the last of my run on Sprinkles of Life cupcake cards, I've now been playing HEAPS with some Sale-a-Bration goodies..... Make sure you don't miss out on those with the end of March just around the corner!!

Batman Punch art

My very clever son was needing a birthday card for his friend. Zeke LOVES punch art and is very good at it, so with a theme of DC he hit Pinterest and found THIS inspiring card to case!

 

I'm so pleased for him with how it turned out, he was pretty pleased with himself also, and the birthday boy?? He LOVED IT, said it was COOL!
All with the word window punch, oval punch, scissors and yellow and black card stock.... EASY!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #247 - Little Red Riding Hood punch art card.

 

Hello there dear people!! How are you? How was your Christmas?? What plans do you have for new years?? What a wonderful time of the year it is, so relaxed and casual, so fun and enjoyable!

 

Well before the year is out I wanted to show you the card I made for sweet little Esther's 5th birthday (earlier in the month) She had a Little Red Ridding Hood theme and so with that as my inspiration and a fantastic sketch (which I flipped on the side...) from The Sweetest thing blog, Sweet Sunday sketches I came up with this....

I love how it turned out, complete with 5 little flowers picked in Red Riding Hood's basket!
( if you'd like to see more of Esther's birthday click HERE)

Sketch and Scrap card sketch #35 - Peas in a Pod

 

There are many a wonderful challenge out there and the Sketch and Scrap site is most certainly one of them! This month they have had HEAPS of cool sketches but this one I loved and found the right inspiration for a baby card I was needing.

When I first picked out the sentiment it got me to thinking about Peas and then that made me think about cute little peas in a pod and then I thought I'd make a family of peas!!

 

  

So here is my Kirton family of peas, there is a Daddy and a Mummy and a little boy and a sweet little baby! I'm soooo happy with how it turned out, it made me smile every time I looked at it :) I hope it makes you smile too and thanks for popping by to see my take on the challenge!

Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge #236 - Frozen inspired card (Elsa)

 

I'm holding my monthly Paper Dolls stamp club tonight and for this month I really wanted to show case the amazing Undefined stamp set!!! I have to say when I first saw it I thought.... well I don't think that's very cool........ but when I saw THIS I decided to buy one myself and give it a whirl!!!
I'm sooooo pleased that I did!! Can you believe what you can actually achieve with the right tools, the rubber and your favourite image!!!

 

Then all I needed was a great sketch...... thanks to Karen at The sweetest thing she has wonderful card sketches each and every week! This weeks one was a must for my card!! YAY!

close up of the wonderful Dazzling diamonds glitter paper and the new snowflakes

(found in the latest SU mini!)

Ok, so I knew I wanted a girly card (and a boy card which I'll show tomorrow) and as anyone knows FROZEN is the all time FAV movie at the moment with the most wonderful characters!!! So I found THIS image of Elsa and after tracing over it all in pencil and then rubbing it onto the rubber it was then time to carve!!

 

 

 

 The first stamping...... WOW!!

It certainly was a more tricky one to do but the result I'm soooo thrilled with!!!! YAY!! YAY!! YIPPEE!!! Can't wait to show my fabbo ladies in club, I also can't wait to give this card to my sweet Esther for her 5th birthday coming up in December!! Totally got that one organized......
gotta be happy about that!!

CASE-ing the Catty challenge #5 - Baby

It's CASE-ing the catty time with some more creative inspiration to share with you!! This week we are all about BABY! How precious these little bundles are and what a perfect opportunity to make a sweet little baby card! I was needing a little boy card and so with page 78 to draw my CASE-ing from I came up with this......

I really LOVE the Zoo babies stamp set, it's perfect for not only babies but small children and even MEN!! (yep that rhino looks pretty "tough" for a guy card!) Team it up with a bunting (another one of my absolute FAV's!) some little letters (Simply Serif Mini Alphabet) and some pretend, I mean Faux frame and you have a card ready to frame if you so desire!!

I hope that you check out the other fabulous team designers and their handiwork's!! You'll be sure to want to make some cuteness for yourself too!!

Perfectly Rustics challenge #23 - Inspiration photo

Yay it's time again for some fun at Perfectly Rustics! This time we have a wonderful photo by Colin to inspire us! I LOVE these colours, they are sooo me so I was keen to play along and come up with something great!

I was needing a children's card for a special little someone turning SIX who by the way, is an absolute lover of Lalaloopsy!! Ok Google searching it is...... then I found THIS wonderful example.....

 I added a pet, as my little friend loves cats 

(well all animals really!!)

Made with oval punches, small heart and circle ones!

SOOO CUTE!

 A SIX badge to wear! 

I added little button brads to the eyes for extra detail

Ohhh the hair is soooo fun to make!! Gotta love that colour!!

I hope that you can join us at Perfectly Rustics this time around, we love seeing what fabbo creations you come up with!

Perfectly Rustics challenge #19 - baby cards

It's the Perfectly rustics challenge again with Baby cards being the theme! Who doesn't love the sweet smell of a new-born, the delight of a new life, the blessings of a little person to care for!

Ohhh how I LOVE babies!!!

I've needed both a boy and a girl card in the last few months (though it's taken till now to actually get them done!!!) So while I was stamping I did a uni-sex card too, ready and waiting!! YAY!
Here is my inspiration for the challenge.....

 The three assorted baby cards, all with the cute elephant from Zoo babies 

and the Fresh prints DSP from the mini

 Boy card: you will notice that I coloured in the ear in a dark blue

 Now for the little girl card! I love the red with the pink!

 Lastly my uni-sex card!

Baby cards can be made in sooo many different ways, how are you going to make yours?? Can't wait to see what you come up with and join in on our challenge!

Just Add Ink #185

 

There have been a lot of cards needed in this last week, some still needed to be made but for now I have one to show you that I've made for our dear little friend (who lives in NSW) who is turning 7 next week. I knew I wanted to do something with butterflies and make a Pop up card but beyond that I was drawing a blank...... Oh YAY the JAI challenge this week is a great choice of girly colours!!! Cool, inspiration happening!!! Here is my card

and the inside with the seventh butterfly

These colours are sooo pretty together, I'm really liking the combo HEAPS!
I have some more pop-up cards to show you (I've been on a bit of a roll lately) so be sure to pop on in again soon! Until then....

Perfectly Rustics challenge #3

 

The time has passed by again for the next challenge over at Perfectly Rustics! Jayne has come up with another sketch from one of her wonderful cards (before she hurt her hand!) I was in desperate need for 2 baby boy cards (dear little treasures were born at least 2 months ago.... oh dear!!!) so with the sketch and some fabbo new goodies this is what I created!

At our church there is a block of land with some sheep on it, they have just had baby lambs and they are the black and white variety!! (Suffolk breed actually, thanks google!!) I love the look of the little lamb, it's nice to have a change rather than leaving him white.

The DSP is the very lovely Modern Medley, colours used are Pistachio Pudding and Marina mist. The die shapes are from the Chalk talk framelits. Beautiful soft very vanilla seam binding ribbon, some polka dots with the embossing folder, stitching and black embossed sentiment (with the baby stamped in the sweet little Simply Serif Mini Alphabet) and you have a fun baby card (FINALLY!!!!)

I hope the long wait for my card is worth the wait and the very special Mum's love it!!
Do check out Kim and Jayne's cards, they are sure to inspire you to get those stamps out playing!!