Stampin' Up | Cookie Cutter Christmas #3 - Gingerbread Man

Hello again! 

I'm back again today sharing some more Christmas cards that I've made using the Stampin' Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp & Punch bundle. 

The gingerbread man and bow tie are solid images so I stamped them out with coloured ink and cut out using the punch. 

The products used for these cards are:

• Stampin' Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamps & Punch
• Stampin' Up Sizzix Banners Framelits Dies
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Dies
• Clearly Besotted Tag Along It Die Collection
• Clearly Besotted Be Merry Stamps
• Clearly Besotted From Our Home Stamps
• Lawn Fawn Dye Inks
• Dovecraft North Pole 6"x6" Paper Pad

Thanks for stopping by!

Hayley Q

Stampin' Up | Cookie Cutter Christmas # 2 - Santa

Hello! Back again today sharing some cards made using the fabulous Stampin' Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp & Punch set, this time I played with the Santa image. 

The products used for these cards were:

• Stampin' Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamps & Punch
• Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Circles Dies
• Clearly Besotted Tag Along Die Collection
• Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiments stamp set
• Clearly Besotted From Our Home stamp set (Season's Greetings)
• Clearly Besotted Be Merry stamp set (Merry Christmas)
• Dovecraft Glad Tidings 6"x6" Paper Pad

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check in next time for more crafty goodness. 

Thanks, 

Hayley Q

Clearly Besotted | Christmas Sparkle

Hello! Popping back on today to share another set of Christmas cards with you. To make these cards I whipped out my embossing powders and heat gun and got a little bit messy!

Personalised Thank You Cards

Hi there!

Today I wanted to share with you some personalised thank you cards that I made for some of the placement students at work that were leaving!

I love this design of card and it's one I go to time and time again when I want to add a name to a card. I simply add the sentiments onto a stitched circle and add the person's name onto a banner that stretched across the bottom of the card.

The main products I used for these cards are:

• Avery Elle Simply Said Thank You Die
• Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Circles
• Xcut Wedding Ever After Alphabet & Numbers Die Set

Here is the sketch of the card that I designed for you to use as inspiration!

Clearly Besotted | New Baby Cards

Hi guys, today I wanted to share a collection of baby cards that I made using some Clearly Besotted products.

The products I used were:

• Clearly Besotted Baby Shower Stamp Set
• Clearly Besotted Rounded Tag Die
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Square Dies
• Blush Pink Ribbon
• Metallic Silver Ribbon
• Lawn Fawn Dye Inks
• Assorted Patterned Paper

Thanks for stopping by today and I shall see you next time!

Hayley Q

Mama Elephant | Sending Smiles Across the Miles

Hello there! Today I wanted to share a card I made using an older stamp set by Mama Elephant called Up and Away.

This card involved a lot of distress inking. The pattern on the background was created using an embossing folder, inking over the top with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and spritzing with some Perfect Pearls powder mixed with water.

The topper was created using the Lawn Fawn stitched rectangles dies. I stamped the bunny and balloons and coloured them in using distress markers and masked over them so I could create my background. I created a cloud stencil with a pair of scissors and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create the cloud background.

I had a lot of fun creating this card as it involved so many different techniques.

I hope you like this card, stay tuned for next time!

Hayley Q

Clearly Besotted | Feeling Fruity

Hello! Today I wanted to share a bundle of cards I made using the Feeling Fruity stamp set by Clearly Besotted. This is such an adorable set, could those mice be any cuter? I've set myself a challenge to use my currently unused stamp sets. I bought them because I loved them so they deserve to get some use. Here is what I came up with. 

To make these cards I stamps each of the mice onto some white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured in with Spectrum Noir Markers. I don't have the matching dies so simply cut them out using scissors. 

Each mouse was added onto a tag die cut with some foam tape and then a coordinating bow from my stash was added onto the hole. 

I also delved into my 6x6 paper pad stash and pulled out some of my fruity papers that I wouldnt be able to use elsewhere and also colours that corresponded to the colours of the fruits. I die cut a square panel using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Square dies and adhered to a blank card base with foam tape. 

I stamped each sentiment onto a strip die cut and adhered to the tag before adhering the tag to the card. 

I really like how these cards turned out, so cute and fun!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Hayley

Clearly Besotted | Hooray

Hello there! Today I wanted to share a quick celebration card that I made recently. 

To make this I cut a panel of blue cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles and then used the Clearly Besotted Hooray Shaker Shapes. I bumped this panel up using some funky foam and attached to a panel of patterned paper. 

I stamped the sentiment 'Time to Celebrate' from the Many Mini Messages stamp set by Clearly Besotted in blue ink onto a sentiment strip also by Clearly Besotted and bevelled using double foam pads in the middle and single foam pads on the edges. 

I finished this card off by going over the Hooray with glossy accents.

I hope you enjoyed this card & thanks for stopping by!

Hayley Q

Simon Says Stamp | You're a Winner

Hello, today I'm sharing a card I made using the Simon Says Stamp All Boy Stamp Set. I'd recently bought a lot of the Lawn Fawn Dye Inks and wanted a project where I could test them out (so you can see my stamping isn't as perfect as it could be).

I stamped and coloured the game controller image twice and when dry I added glossy accents to the buttons to make them appear more real. I then took a selection of my inks and stamped the greeting in Deep Sea and the word Hey! lots of times using the colours Sunflower, Freshly Cut Grass, Mermaid & Deep Sea. 

Hope you like it!

Hayley :)

Simon Says Clear Stamps ALL BOY sss101416 *	Lawn Fawn Dye Ink - Deep Sea	Lawn Fawn Dye Ink - Mermaid	Lawn Fawn Dye Ink - Sunflower
Lawn Fawn Dye Ink - Freshly Cut Grass	Ranger Glossy Accents, Clear	50 White Greeting Cards - 5 x 7 Inches	White Premium Smooth Card A4 100 Pack 300gsm

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Captain America - Have a Super Birthday

Hello there! It's been a while since I shared a card with you and I went a card making binge so I have a few new ones to share.

The first one was inspired by a trip to the cinema to see Captain America: Civil War. I took my circle dies and cut out some circles in red, white and blue card and layered them together with a white star to create Captain's shield. 

I then used Avery Elle - Elle's Alphas stamps, Clearly Besotted Mini Basic Banners stamps and my new Lawn Fawn Dye Ink in lobster to create the sentiments. 

I cut out the banner with the coordinating die and then used Clearly Besotted Tag Along die collection to create the rounded banners. 

These cards would be perfect for any Marvel fan and are so quick to make. 

Hope you enjoyed this card and I will be back soon with some more!

Thanks, 

Hayley :)

p.s. I recently joined inlinkz so that I can easily list all the products that I used on each post. We'll see how I get on!

Docrafts Nesting Dies, Circle (Pack of 5)	Xcut Handheld Paper Card Shape Craft Cutter Small Palm Punch - Traditional Star	A4 Papermania Textured Colour Cardstock 75 Sheet Assortment - Capsule Colossal	Avery Elle Elle's Alphas 2
Mini Basic Banners	Mini Basic Banners Die	50 White Greeting Cards - 5 x 7 Inches	Lawn Fawn - Lobster Dye Ink
White Premium Smooth Card A4 100 Pack 300gsm	Double Sided Sticky Tape 1.2 cm x 25 m	Cuttlebug V2 Die Cutter and Embosser

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Clearly Besotted | Owl Be There For You

Hello there! Today I wanted to share a couple of cards I made with the Still a Hoot stamp set by Clearly Besotted. 

I simply stamped out a few of the different owls in memento tuxedo black ink, coloured them in using Spectrum Noir pens and cut them out using the coordinating die. 

I used my Stitched Circles Dies by Lawn Fawn and cut out two white circles and stamped the sentiments onto them with the same black ink. "Owl be there for you" comes from the Still a Hoot set and "Happy Birthday" comes from the Many Mini Messages stamp set also by Clearly Besotted. 

I then adhered the owls onto the circles using my glue glue to give them a bit of dimension whilst still having a bit of wiggle room to shape them, and adhered the circles to a sheet of patterned paper slightly smaller than the card base. 

Finally I attached the whole panel to the card base using double sided tape, being careful to leave that thin white border around the edge of the card. I tried to make the birthday one in masculine colours as I was in need of a birthday card for a friend and I think it turned out really well. That paper matches wonderfully with the pens I used for the owls scarf. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you like these cards!

Hayley :) x

The Wedding of...

Today I thought I'd share a personalised wedding card that I made for a friend. The Wedding was around Christmas so I incorporated some red to give it that festive feel.

The main reason for sharing now is to showcase the Lawn Fawn Milo's ABC's alphabet stamps because they are so great for building custom sentiments.

To layer the focal point I used two spellbinder dies (mentioned below) for the smaller two layers and for the largest glitter paper piece I used scissors to cut it out, using the smaller piece as a guide. 

Products I used:

• Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies Labels 36
• Crate Paper Wonder 12x12 Paper Pad
• Silver Glitter paper - Hobbycraft
• We R Memory Keepers Metallics 12x12 paper pad
• Lawn Fawn Milos ABC's stamp set
• White Card
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Adhesive Rhinestones
• Foam Tape/Squares

Thanks for stopping by!

Hayley

My 2015 Favourites: Dies

Welcome to Day 2 of 'My 2015 Favourites'. Today I am going to be showing you my favourite dies and die sets of the year.

Nesting Dies

• Mama Elephant - Femme Frames
• First up is the two most useful dies I have ever bought. They are the perfect for a card front and creating your scenes on. I love the scallops and the stitching on both frames and they are great for layering. I usually cut the scallop in a patterned paper and the stitched in a plain cardstock. 

• Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Duo 1, 2, 3, Stitched film strip
• These are another 4 die sets that I use very often. They are great for a focal point on your cards and for using with your critter stamps to have them poking through the holes. I also love that stitching!

• My Favorite Things (MFT) Die Namics - Rounded Rectangles
• This is a good example of some stitched nesting dies. I love the rounded rectangle look, they make great toppers and you get a good range of sizes.

• Little B - Scallops 
• The Little B dies are brilliant. They come in their own magnetic storage folder and they have the outer edge shape separate from the decorative part so you can have the shapes with or without the decoration.

• Lawn Fawn Small & Large Stitched Rectangles, Squares and Circles
• These die sets are a staple for any die collection, they come in handy for any card, whether that be to create a card base or a topper. 

Word Dies

• Clearly Besotted Word Dies
• The word dies from clearly besotted are great. They cut out so fine and are a great font! 

• Avery Elle - Simply Said Word Dies
• I also love the Avery Elle word dies. They are a slightly thicker font and are bigger than the Clearly Besotted dies which makes them a great addition to your collection. 

• Avery Elle Numbered Balloons Elle-ments
• These balloon numbers are such a great alternative to regular number dies. You can get creative with string to make them look like real balloons or draw lines with pen. Either way, they look great on a card. 

•  Lawn Fawn Scripty For You
• Lawn Fawn also do some really great word dies. I like this one in particular because it fits perfectly into a circle die cut. 

Border Dies

• Avery Elle Dotted Borders Elle-ments Dies
• This was the first border set that I bought and I love it. The decorative edges look great down one edge of a card and the landscape lines are great for creating hills or a snow drift. 

• Lawn Fawn Grassy Border Die
• I heard lots of good things about this die so I added it to my collection and I'm very glad I did. It is such a great grass border!

Shapes/Other

• Avery Elle You're Invited Elle-ments Die
• I've featured this die set here mainly for the outer label shape. Although I do love the word die for creating invitations, I have had so much use out of the outer die on its own. One thing I like about it is that it has stitching on either side of the cutting line so you can either use the solid shape or create an aperture. 

• Avery Elle Balloons Elle-ments Dies
• Everybody should have some balloon dies in their stash and these are a great choice. You get lots of different sizes and extras and they also co-ordinate with the Balloons stamp set that I featured yesterday.

• Avery Elle Wine & Margarita Shaker Elle-Ments Dies
• These dies are perfect for creating a shaker card with a difference. If you don't just want a rectangle or square shaker window you can go for these dies and get a bit more creative. There is also a coordinating stamp set that has lots of great sentiments in it that you can purchase separately.

• MFT Die Namics - Game Controller
• My Favourite Things always come out with great companion sets that consist of a die set (normally the main image) and coordinating stamp set (normally full of sentiments). I like these dies in particular as I have a few gamers in my life that this set is great for! It's also great for creating generic male cards. I also love the stamp set that goes with these (MFT - Level Up).

• Clearly Besotted Tag Along Die Collection
• Last but not least is this lovely little collection from Clearly Besotted. Although I do love the little tags in this set, my favourite piece is the fishtail banner. It comes in so handy for just stamping a sentiment onto and adding to a card. 

So that's it for today, all of my favourite dies of the year. I hope you have enjoyed this post and will join me again tomorrow for "My 2015 Favourites: Inks & Pens" :)

Let me know what some of your favourite dies are in the comments so that I can check them out!

Thanks for stopping by, 

Hayley