Dew Drop Bunny

Hi eeryone, boy did i have fun with this one, so cute for easter, i bought this bunny stamp from ebay, boy is it cute, 🐇😀
my base layer is 5 7/8 x 4 1/8
my mat layer is 5 3/4 x 4
I used again my dew drop inks, from the oh baby set, the colours are
angel pink, summer sky and one other called dandelion 💛
I dragged them across the page in an arc, just once, lightly but forcefully
i then used the stampinup archival black in and using the ebay bunny stamp i stamped the bunny on top of the dew drop ink, then using the hello easter stamp set from stampinup i stamped the happy easter sentiment directly onto the card.

I then got some gold ribbon and putting a little double sided tape on it i adhered it to the back of my mat layer and then tied it around the front, and to secure the ribbon in place , i placed a small glue dot underneath the ribbon just to keep it in place. what do you thnk, i love it, its cute and the colours pop out at you, i hope you like it,

Happy crafting! 😊 

take care,

love nessie 💚 xx

#InternationalDayOfHappiness

#InternationalDayOfHappiness

Hi everyone, not really a blog as such, but just made a quick card because today it is #InternationalDayOfHappiness 😊😊😊

thought i would make a cheerful card, literally took 2 minutes to do , using two circle dies and a pair of scissors!

hope your day is filled with happiness! 😁

happy crafting , take care nessie 💚 xxx

My YouTube Channel!

Hi everyone, I hope you are all we,  im writing today to let you know about my new youtube channel. I have just posted an introduction video, just to let you know who i am and what i want to do with this channel. I love all things papercraft, so i will be making cards, boxes, wrapping paper, gift sets, storage ideas, techniques, tips and generally having fun. I hope you will join me
happy crafting, take care love nessie 💚 xx

Pansy Birthday card

Hi everyone, well ive done my cards for easter, i wanted to get down to birthday cards, and my favourite as you know are flower cards! 🌸 I love the paleness of the cards, it is blushing bride ink  from stampinup for the flowers and the sentiment is stampinup crumb cake, 

My card base is 5 7/8 x 4 1/8

the matt layer is 5 3/4 x 4

Firstly i cut out using my nesting dies the aperture in the middle of the matt layer, Then using my spare white cardstock i stamped with the blushing bride ink my pansy stamps, which i then punched out using the coordinating punch

I then got my pearls and adhered them to the centre of each flower. 🌺 I then centred my matt layer onto my card base but didnt adhere it yet, i stamped through the aperture onto the card behind, i then adhered the matt layer onto the card base. I then adhered the flowers onto the matt layer, i think it is simple and elegant, i hope you like it too 😊

I even stamped the envelope flap too for a bit of added elegance to the card,

I hope you like it .

 As ever please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question if you wish, 

happy crafting! 😁

take care , 

love nessie  💚xxx

Heart Card

Hi everyone, i had this delivery come of some gorgeous foil cardstock, wow, the colours were so vibrant, i couldnt wait to use it, so i made this card! 😤

the base is  6 x 6 ins tent fold

then i did a mat layer 5 7/8 x 5 7/8

then i cut 3 cream squares at 2 3/4 x 2 3/4

and three squares of the foil cardstock at 2 5/8 x 2 5/8

using some spare foil cardstock i adhered some double sided sticky sheet to the back and then using my nesting heart dies i cut out 3 hearts 💜💜💜

i then centered the small heart on my 3 pieces of cream cardstock squares and die cut them, then i peeled off the backing sheet and adhered the outside heart to the cut out on the cream cardstock, to frame the heart, i then adhered the foiled squares onto the back of the larger cream squares,
Then getting my sentiment stamp i stamped it in the corner of the matt square,then i used double sided foam tape on the back and spacing them out i adhered them to the  matt layer. There were bits that came out of the die cut heart, which were heart shaped so i adhered them to the cardstock, around the sentiment. What do you think, isnt the colour lovely! 😀
As ever please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question.

Happy crafting, take care . 

Love nessie 💚 xx

A Quick Fun Easter Card

Hi Everyone, a great fun easter card to make! 😀

products needed, 

a double sided sticky sheet

6 coloured pieces of card

an easter egg die, 

alphabet dies

happy stamp

What i did was placed an easter egg die and an alphabet letter on a piece of cardstock to measure out the size, cut an oblong piece of the coloured cardstock and then the same with all the other colours, this allows you to not waste your cardstock and sticky sheet you just use what you need

 I peeled off the backing of the adhesive sheet and stuck it to the back of the pieces of cardstock

i then ran each piece of cardstock through the big shot with the corresponding letter and easter egg die, i did that with all the six pieces of cardstock

i then cut through each egg with my pinking shears, 

I cut a piece of cardstock layer at 5 5/8 x 4

I stamped `happy` at the top of the layer 😊

i adhered the bottom half of the egg to the layer adhered the letter above it and then the `lid` of the egg, 

then adhered the who layer to my card base

what do you think?  I love it, fun and easy to make

take care , happy crafting! 😁

love nessie 💚 xx

Still time before Mother's Day!

Hi Everyone! 😁

What awful weather we are having at the moment in the UK, so i thought best to stay indoors and card make!  Ive made another mothers day card, seeing as it is just over a week to mothers day, Ive made another one with flowers, how beautiful flowers are if you dont get them in person, then a lovely flower card is the next best thing in my eyes and flowers make me smile, especially this time of year. 🌸

This is what i needed

A card base (why make your own and waste lots of cardstock when you can buy ready made card bases in all sizes, from lots of places,  save your a4 white cardstock for unusual shaped cards. So buying ready made ones is  cheap and saves you time so its a win win!

Card base 6 x 4 ins

A piece of pink cardstock 4 x 3 ins

another piece of white cardstock 2 7/8 x 3 7/8

some spare white cardstock

a pansy stamp

Stampinup you`re inspiring stamp set

Stampinup lots of lavender stamp set

double sided tape

double sided adhesive foam tape

I cut all the pieces of cardstock to their sizes and with the card base i put them to one side. ✂

 Using the spare white cardstock i stamped the pansy and lavender bouquet images and then coloured them in. 

I fussy cut around them .

Now to assemble the card.

Using the Stampinup you`re inspiring stamp set i chose the sentiment and stamped that onto the top of my card base

I then adhered with double sided tape the back of the pink cardstock and placed it onto the card base, then i adhered the white piece of cardstock centrally on the pink one and the using double sided foam tape i adhered the fussy cut image of the lavender bouquet into the centre of the cardstock, then using the same double sided foam tape i adhered the pansy flowers onto the corners of the card, what do you think?

 You are welcome to leave comments or ask questions. I love the colours and what a lovely way to bring a smile to the face of your mum! 😆

 take care out there, happy crafting 

love nessie 💚 xx

Screen Divider Card

Hi Everyone! 😀

I just love this card, it is very easy to make, and can be adapted for a birthday, mother`s day card or you can use other sentiments of your choice.

The items you will need are

Cardstock Base A4

Stamping Up label punch

Martha stewart Border/Corner punch

White Cardstock

Patterned paper

Ornate oval picture frame die

Ornate oval nesting dies

Stampin Up Labels to love Stamp Set

StampinUp Lots of Lavender Stamp set

any small sentiment stamp set of your choice

colouring pens or similar

Your cardstock base is an A4 piece of cardstock cut down to 11 x 6 1/2

score on the long side at  2 3/4   -  5 1/2  - 8 1/4

dont burnish the score lines yet.

Using a pencil,  measure 8mm from the left hand edge of the cardstock on the first panel and faintly make a mark. and the same again 8mm in from the first scored line,  and about 9 mm up from the bottom edge and make a mark then using a ruler faintly draw a horizontal line from mark to mark and from the mark down to the edge of the cardstock 📏

Now using the Stampin up Labels to Love punch, line up the horizontal and vertical lines up with the top of the punch and punch the cardstock. Now you can use this punched foot as your template for your other three panels 😉

now burnish your lines and use this as your template. If you dont have this punch you can just do a square foot from the drawn lines and cut out using a craft knife and a metal ruler. if there are any pencil marks left on your cardstock, because you have faintly drawn them on you can erase them afterwards 

Now using your white cardstock cut  4 panels measuring  133mm x 64mm

The cut 4 panels from patterned paper of your choice 128mm x 59mm

adhere the patterned paper to the white cardstock, 

Using a spare piece of purple cardstock with some double sided adhesive sheet stuck to the back of it i die cut the oval picture frame die

then using a spare piece of white cardstock  with double sided adhesive sheet on the back and some nesting ornate oval dies i cut out one that was small enough to fit inside the centre of the purple die cut picture frame, 

Using the Stampin Up Labels to Love Stamp set i used the `for you` stamp and stamped this onto the centre oval of the nesting die and then adhered the frame and the stamped centre oval to the middle of the picture frame.

Using another piece of white cardstock i stamped the lavender  bouquet from the StampinUp Lots of Lavender stamp set , i did this twice , and here is the good bit, i had a relaxing time colouring in the images 😏 you can use whatever you want, i used gel pens ( let it dry for a few minutes) before you fussy cut around the images 

i adhered them one onto the first panel and one onto the fourth panel using dimensionals or foam tape so the images stand off the panels.

I then used a double sided sticky sheet onto two pieces of white cardstock and two pieces of purple cardstock and die cut two of each of the cardstock using the nesting ornate oval dies, i adhered the two white and the two purple together one on top of the other and then i adhered the purple onto the white die cut oval die cuts. this gives you an ornate frame that will sit off the panel slightly , using the two oval centre pieces that are left when you cut out the oval frame, adhere them together and using any small sentiment stamp that will fit in the centre of the oval die cut i then, assembled all my pieces together, and adhered them to my panels 💜

Then lastly i used one more piece of white cardstock which is cut to the same size as the panels at 133mm x 64mm and using the Martha Stewart matching corner punch i punched out the corners of this cardstock

If you dont have this punch you can use a corner rounder or just leave this as it is I then stamped a sentiment onto this piece and adhered it to the  back of the card, on whichever panel you chose, this is where you write your greetings on. 

Thats it 

I hope you like it, i must say i love the colours. 😤

If you wish to comment or ask a question, then by all means do.

Thankyou for reading , take care, happy crafting! 😁

love nessie 💚 xx

Employer Appreciation Day!

Hi Everyone! 😀 

Just a quick little card to show your appreciation as its employer appreciation day,

i used for this card a 4 x 4 card base 

and a piece of white cardstock for my matt layer measuring 3 7/8 x3 7/8

on that piece of cardstock i stamped a bouquet of flowers 🌼 and then coloured it in with my pens, i then used my long reach ribbon punch and put two holes in the cardstock where the stamped ribbon is

I then after i have coloured the image in , i then threaded the ribbon through i used double sided foam tape and adhered it to the front of the card base, i then got my thankyou sentiment and my label punch and punched out the stamped sentiment and then adhered that to the front of the card, I think it looks nice and a nice way to show your appreciation for your boss! 😎

Take care, happy crafting 😊

love nessie 💚

xx

Thrifty Crafting!

Hi everyone! 😎

who says you have to buy lots of products , some expensive, to make beautiful cards? I love craft magazines, and on the front of them you can get some lovely free gifts, ive had this one a while  but i saw the paper today and thought ooh i like this! 😁 So i decided to make this card.

All i used was this paper pack, that came off the front of a magazine, a card base, a couple of spare pieces of card, a ribbon, sentiment stamp and a punch i had, although you could cut around it with a piece of scissors. ✂

U cut the light grey mat layer 1/8th inch smaller than the base cardstock, and then using double sided tape i adhered the background paper to the grey cardstock, then using a spare piece of cardstock again, (i adhered it with double sided tape onto the back of the watering can main picture, and then adhered that to the cardstock. I then cut around it, using my long reach ribbon hole punch i punched the holes into the picture and then thread my ribbon through, using my lovely pink ink i stamped a sentiment onto the spare white cardstock,

i have a punch that does tags, so i  used that to punch out the sentiment, you can draw on the back of the cardstock and use scissors to cut it out.

What do you think?  I hope i have showed that you can make beautiful cards with lots of different products! 😤

 I hope you like it, take care, happy crafting

love nessie 💚xx