Unicorn Ring

 Hello crafty friends

It is once again time for the all dressed up new release and this month there are super cute summer themes. As usual there are amazing, and so gorgeous coloured up.  Please check out the DT inspiration on Facebook - the team have worked their magic with these!

I used this gorgeous girl and she is called Unicorn ring... that crab, oh my he's just too sweet!

I coloured her with copics in a summery colour theme, then used the same colours to make a background of die cuts, torn paper and stencilling.

The full set are available on Etsy now:

Time to cool off

Too good to share

Unicorn ring

There is also still time to enter our be square themed challenge on facebook and our anything goes challenge on the blog.

I'd like to enter this into:

Unicorn Challenge - summer

Creative fingers - anything goes

Aud sentiment - summer and a sentiment

Crafty gals corner - lazy days of summer

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See you again very soon!

Rachael 

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A day without creativity....

Hello Crafting friends

Hope that everyone out there in blogland is fit and well.  I've just gotten over COVID.  I did well though I haven’t had it all all since the start of the pandemic, despite working all the way through in retail, but it finally caught up with me.  Feeling much better now!

To cheer everyone up - I though I would share this cutie I made using a digi stamp from Vera Lane, some flowers from a Julie Hickey set, and finally a sentiment and background detail from a Tracey Hey stamp set.

 I stamped and printed and the images before colouring them using Copic markers. I used white gel pen for added detail.

 I cut a piece of card stock to 6 x 6 inches and scored in half to make a mini slimline card. On the background, I added mustard seed distress oxide ink through a dotty stencil, and using my black ink, stamped the detail down the side. (From the Tracey Hey stamp set called ‘a day without creativity’).

I then layered the flowers on the background before adding the girl. It’s all stuck together with glue and foam pads.

I finally stamped the sentiment at the side in black also and added some Nuvo drops for black spots in the background to add texture and interest.

I hope you like it!

I’d like to enter this into:

•  Digi Choosday - Anything goes
• Crafting Happiness - Anything goes
• Dream valley Challenge - Anything goes
• Pammies pink inkies - anything goes
• We love to create - anything goes
• Crafty Calendar - anything but square

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See you soon

Rachael

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Hello Sunshine

 Hello everyone

I made a card today reminding me of beaches, and sunshine and holidays!  Here in the UK we had a couple of weeks of sunshine, but now it is rainy and miserable again so I made a sweet card to cheer me up!

I used a cute MFT stamp set that is probably one of my all time favourites.  Its an old one, but I think you can still buy it.  I've had it for ages in my stash but I adore those tropical critters!

Ingredients list

My Favorite things stamps - Polynesian Paradise

Scan and cut for the scalloped shaped behind

Paper pad and leaf dies are from 'the works'

Coloured with Zig clean colour markers on multimedia paper from Daler Rowney 

I stamped and coloured the images and cut them out on my scan and cut.  At the same time I cut a scalloped circle from the library of shapes for the scene to be attached to.

I went into my green scraps folder and pulled out a few different plain green colours and used these to die cut out the tropical leaves.  using the scallop I layered everything together using glue and foam pads for a dimensional display.  The card is a 6x6 square card, so I trimmed the patterned paper to fit leaving a white border.  For finishing touches I added a tonic shimmer pen but being extra careful not to reactivate the zig ink and smudge the colouring... (my parrot only has highlights bless him!), as well as stamping the sentiment and white heat embossing on scrap of black card. 

Id like to enter this into:

Crafty creations challenge - anything goes

Creative moments - anything goes

Polkadoodles digichooseday - Anything goes 

Through the craft room door - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - anything goes - top pick! 

Incy wincy designs - Summer/Beach

I hope this brings you sunshine too!

Crafty hugs

Rachael

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