Ikat Birthday Wishes

 

I made this fun and colourful birthday card, using one small stamp from PTI's Ikat stamp set. I seem to keep going back to pink and green as a combo. It just makes me smile!

I had every intention of getting some serious sewing done today, but my craft room was so untidy, I just had to clean it. My fabric stash is quickly outgrowing it's current storage space, so I had a scout around for some ideas. I saw a lot of talk about using comic book boards. You can see an example in the photo below. I think it would be the best use of my space, if teamed with a Billy bookcase from Ikea.

Aren't they pretty all lined up!

Photo credit: Smashed Peas and Carrots

If any other fabric fanatics have some suggestions for storage, please share!

 

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Plastic Bottle Flowers & A Card

There was a festival in my home village of Killala a fortnight ago and I just had to share these photos from it. There was an incredible plastic bottle flower garden exhibit beside the old round tower. I would love to make a ton of these for my own garden! The colours are so striking. Hard to believe that they are made from old rubbish!

 

They even made a big tree.

 

 

This is a quick wedding card I made for my cousin. The paper scraps and stickers are all from the "For The Record" paper pack by Echo Park.

 

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Baby Cards Using PTI Background Stamps.

I'm loving this Ikat background stamp from PTI. There is such a great variety of uses for it, from backgrounds to simple, one image cards. I can't wait to explore its uses a bit more.

This second card uses a rainbow background. This one is very versatile as well, as you can go wild with the different colour combos. These have been my go-to stamps for quick cards for a while now.

I haven't really had much time to make cards lately, as life has gotten in the way.

I know my poor blog has been so neglected lately, but I hope to start posting again. There will probably be a bit more variety, and hopefully some tutorials in the pipeline. I've missed posting so will look forward to getting back into it.

 

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Thinking of You

Here is a card I made in five minutes flat! I always have an array of flowers from The Sweet Life cut out and stamped. They are perfect for those times when you need a card very quickly. I pulled some patterned paper from my scrap box, drew a few stitches in white pen and stuck the flowers on at different heights with dimensional adhesive. Thanks for looking!

 

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Recycled Packaging & Using Up Stash

One thing I love about Prima products is the beautiful packaging it comes in, and I always keep the backing card from their flowers. This one was literally just stuck onto the card base as is. It has a lovely pearl finish on it and the greenish blue colour has a real mermaid vibe about it. It doesn't take ink too well, so the sentiment is a little faded, but it doesn't rub off or anything. I added some die cut flowers from PTI's The Sweet Life and there you have it. I really like the colours of this card. I wish I could buy paper like this, it takes the hard work out of making cards lol.

This was another quick card. My aunt ambushed me with an order for 5 cards, which were needed right away. (Is it just my family that does this?) I made this felt embellishment months ago and promptly forgot about it. I added a strip of PTI's heart border underneath the flower and stuck a tiny tag with it. All of these bits and pieces had been pre-made, stamped and cut ages ago, so on they went in no time at all. 

Thanks for looking!

A Rare Christmas Card

I'm embarrassed to admit that this is one of only 4 Christmas cards I made this year. Despite a plethora of festive stamps, for the second year running, I've failed to send out any Christmas cards. Last years I was in the depths of morning sickness, so this year I'm just going to go ahead and blame the baby again! This time it's teething. I threw together 4 similar looking cards on Christmas Eve, and only because I truly couldn't bare to buy any. Maybe next year I'll be more organised (I say this every year).

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Purple & Green Birthday Wishes.

This Lovely Layers stamp and die set really hasn't seen very much action I'm afraid. It was one of those sets that I wanted instantly, and then when it arrived I was in a bit of a crafting hole. I'm really loving the little details on the leaves. Purple and green are two of my favourite colour combos and these were the colours that were used on the birthday girl's cake. Hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking!

 

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Birthday Wishes

A quick card made using PTI's Rainbow background stamp and half and half die.

 

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Baby Card

Oh dear, after doing so well with posting in July, I seemed to have lapsed a bit in September! I'll put it down to lack of sleep with Maya and Ethan going back to school. There don't seem to be enough hours in the day.

I made this card for a friend who's baby was born at 28 weeks. She is a tiny little girl, but doing so well :)

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Birthday Wishes.

Another quick birthday card using scraps. Absolutely love this patterned paper from Basic Grey, so pretty. I also used a half and half die cut and Beautiful Butterflies dies.

Thanks for looking!

 

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Happy Birthday!

This was my first time breaking out my PTI Background Basics Rainbow stamp. Predictably, I absolutely adore it. I stamped it with Hawaiian Shores ink and then added a few elements that I had spare from other projects. It took all of ten minutes seeing as I had most things die cut and stamped already.

Thanks for looking!

 

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The Sweet Life

I got my new PTI order today, perfect timing as I have a ton of cards to make. This one uses The Sweet Life cabbage rose set. The flowers on the right are a bit wonky, as I didn't have the patience to practice stamping them first! I love this set, the flowers are super pretty.

Thanks for looking :)

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So Proud of You

This card was made at super speed at about 3am. Ethan is in the middle of toilet training and I wanted to make him a card to let him know how proud we are of him. My sleep addled brain was not capable of being creative. My thought process went like this, proud ->peacock ->oh I have a peacock sticker. It's not great but he was happy! The stickers are from American Crafts and the sentiment is PTI Congrats All Ways.

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Ethan is 4!!

 

My post for today is my take on a Kristina Werner card that I saw on the Simon Says Stamp blog. It just looked really fun and I thought it would be perfect for Ethan's 4th birthday card.

Here is Kristina's card.

And here is my one. Excuse the poor lighting but it's late here!

I got rid of loads of scraps on this one :)

It feels very satisfying to slowly work my way through that box!

 

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

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By the Cute and Girly Challenge Entry.

This is my entry for this month's By the Cute and Girly challenge. The brief is "Cute as a Button" I used Hawaiian Shores CS for the card base, layered it with black CS and stamped my own patterned paper using PTI's Rosie Posie stamp set. The flowers are die cut from Soft Stone CS and stamped with Hawaiian Shores and Spring Rain ink. The set is called Beautiful Blooms II. I stamped PTI's Library Card stamp on a Project Life journalling tag and added a thank you sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes. The buttons are PTI's Blueberry Sky, ribbon is PTI's Hawaiian Shores and the bling is from Kaisercraft.

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

Birthday Card Using Alphas

I have far too many alphabet stickers, so I'm trying to slowly work my way through them. The patterned paper is the yellow flourish paper from Echo Park Upscale. I really love this paper pack! The happy birthday sentiment is stamped on with PTI Summer Sunrise ink. I added a bit of Kaisercraft bling to finish it off. Thanks for looking :)

 

New Waltzing Mouse Stamps.

I got my first ever Waltzing Mouse stamps in the post and I'm so impressed! The quality is so good and they stamp like a dream. I bought the French Country and Chicken Wire background sets. They compliment each other perfectly.

On this first card, I used the bigger chicken wire stamp, along with the rooster from French Country. The sentiment is from PTI's Beautiful Butterflies.

I really love the border stamp from French Country, as it makes it so easy to stamp a quick card. It's so intricate and pretty. I made a set of these for my French aunt.

I will definitely be ordering from Waltzing Mouse again, as the service was fantastic. I love the fact they're in Northern Ireland and I received my stamps in just a few days. 

21st Birthday Card

This is another order I received today. I used my Beautiful Butterflies set again, along with Big Birthday Wishes. I am completely in love with my new PTI Hawaiian Shores ink, so pretty! The patterned paper is Echo Park and the chipboard letters are from American Crafts. The lighting is a bit poor here I'm afraid, so apologies for the photo!

Engagement Card

I made this card using my new PTI Turning a New Leaf stamp set and die. I'm totally in love with it and can see myself using it a lot in the future. My other new set is called Congrats All Ways and it is perfect for any special occasion, be it engagement, passing an exam, a new job etc. It really is one of those essential sets. I bought it with the engagement sentiment in mind, but I can see now it has tons of uses. The orange border is cut using a Martha Stewart punch and the damask background is Hero Arts. Thanks for looking!