Mad Dog

These delightful doggies remind me so much of our last dog, she was an extremely naughty beagle named Indie, we did love her and she let a huge hole in our lives when she passes but boy life was certainly never boring with her

Summer Hop Week 1

I have teamed up with a number of other Cardmakers on Instagram to participate in the summer hop. This involves producing a summer themed card every Friday throughout July. Here is my first contribution. When I think of summer I think of long days playing in the park and the surrounding fields on my bike so felt this was quite fitting

Kelly

I have never managed to come up with a scene for this little fairy before, but this misty arch is just perfect adding to the magical illusion 

Camping Dad

I have been so excited for my new My Favourite things to arrive but life has been a little hectic, trying to get the garden sorted out so I literally just have not had two minutes to play. But of course Fathers Day is nearly here here in the UK, so I had the perfect excise to create a card

T4TD Swap

I signed up to take part in the Time For Tea Designs Card Swap on Facebook, my recipient has received her card so I can now share

Then I had a big on a mental block on the sort of card I could send and eventually came up with this idea

Shake Your Tail Feathers

Fancied a change from drawing trees so thought these fabulous birds could do with a lovely garden to relax in. That one on the perch looks like he is quite enjoying the sunshine.

Summer vibes

Imagine walking through this beautiful walled garden in the warm sunshine, listening to the birds chirping and the bees buzzing. 

The perfect happy vibes 

Duck Race

We once stayed in a lodge owned by the Forestry Commission and they had a rubber duck race on the river that flowed through the forest. It was great fun, made even more hilarious by the organisers mad Labrador pup which swum down the river with the rubber ducks and every time it caught one it throw it out of the river, onto the shore. The organiser was charging down the bank lobbing them back in. This card made me laugh when I remembered the race

Crafty Purple Frog sneak peak

I was honoured to be asked to participate as a guest designer for the new release from Crafty Purple Frog which is available on the 30th. A small number of the complete collection are avaiable to pre order from today. You can find them here

Today is the first day of our sneak peeks which we are celebrating with an Instagram hop, so be sure to check it out as there is a great prize up for grabs

No line colouring

After watching a YouTube video by Mindy Baxter of My Creative Scoop who does the most amazing things with her Copic markers I was inspired to attempt a no lines colouring card

Happy Mail

I decided I would attempt to create a scene using my cute critter stamps. I am finding it very easy now to do them for the more human type of stamps. So why not the critters?

Troll

 We had a period where we had to watch the trolls on a near daily basis and this little creature reminds me of Princess Poppy. For those that do not have young children please do not worry you are not missing out...

Dodgems

Did you love the Dodgems as a kid? I used to love when the fair came to town as I was all for them. So was my brother, my other brother and sister though, nope they hated them with a passion

Todays card has been created by changing one of the stalls from The Greeting Farm Digital Carnvial set into the Dodgem house. This was incredibly easy all I did was crop the image so the front of the stall below the opening is missing. 

Sassy & Crafty Rainbow Words

Just one of many cards made with the new release at Sassy & Crafty available now.

Love the vibes of this stamp set

There is a video on my YouTube Channel Mrs H's Crafty Corner

Card Making Supplies

Sassy & Crafty Create Your Rainbow

Sassy & Crafty Create Your Rainbow - Love Stamp

Polkadoodles Sweetheart Stencil

Distress Oxide in Spiced Marmalade and Twisted Citron

Wooden Heart Button

Silver Heart Sequins

Heffy Doodle Slimline Die

Card Making Tutorial

A piece of white card was cut with a slimline die and blended with the diatress oxides and the stencil

This was adhered onto a sheet of red card which had been cut using a larger slimline die

The stamps were combined and syamped in pink and blue. Before being fussy cut in one piece and adhered onto the card panel

The small heart was stamped in blue and again fussy cut out to fit the slimline design

Onto the blue heart I glued a wooden red heart button and silver heart sequins were added on top and thia and in the 4 corners

Thank you for reading

Happy Crafting

Claire xx

Let's Pawty The Greeting Farm

How cute are these little 4 legged creatures. A super cute card for any age

There is a video on my YouTube Channel Mrs H's Crafty Corner

Card Making Supplies

The Greeting Farm Let's Pawty Clear Stamp Set

Pink Fresh Studios Slimline Scalloped Die

Wow Embossing Powder in Earthtone Grape and Earthtone Blueberry

Wow Embossing Glitter in Pink Sorbet

Nuvo Embossing Powder in Soft Lilac

Sequins in pink, blue and purple

Cardmaking Tutorial

I begun by stamping,colourimg and cutting out the images. 

A piece of mint green card was cut using the slimline die

This was glued onto a piece of pink card

Let's pawty was heat embossed in the middle circle using soft lilac embossing powder

The small stamps were heat embossing in pink glitter

And earthtone blueberry

The present was stamped and heat embossed in earthtone grape

The panel was added onto a slimline card base and finshed with a selection of sequins

Thank you for reading

Happy Crafting

Claire xx

Mum Shaker

I have been asked to make my first card for my friends mum's 60th. The only specification was it had to say 60 and mum on it at some point

There is a quick video on my YouTube Channel Mrs H's Crafty Corner

Card Making Supplies 

Mum Cut File on Brother Scan N Cut Canvas

Acetate

Nuvo Drops 

Heart Sequins

Apple Blossom Bubble and Fizz stamp, (Free with Papercraft Essentials Issue 161)

60 Confetti

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Marker 

Foam Tape

Card Making Tutorial

I used scan n cut canvas to create my word card and a separate Mum to create the front panel

Acatate was attached over the front heart and then the front base panel was covered in foam tape

I stamped and coloured the images and fussy cut these out.

A piece of acatate was secured behind the heart in the separate mum panel. 

The images were glued on, and the panel decorated with sequins and nuvo drops

60 confetti was placed inside the heart

Before the front panel was attached

Thank you for reading

Happy Crafting

Claire xx

The Greeting Farm Holiday Anya 8

Every Christmas when I was a little girl I got a new dress to wear for Christmas Day. This is a tradition that I followed with my little girl. She does not want one this year as she doesn't think she will get to go anywhere to wear one. This makes me sad and she will be getting a nice top and jeans so she can still dress up a little but doesn't feel like it is wasted. 

This holiday Anya reminds me of our special Christmas dresses. 

There is a video on my YouTube Channel Mrs H's Crafty Corner

Card Making Supplies

The Greeting Farm Holiday Anya 8

Spectrum Noir Finesse in Rustic Brown

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Distress oxide in Rustic Wildnerness

Polkadoodles Holly Border Stencil

Nuvo Drops

Red Ribbon

Slimline Stitched Die by Heffy Doodle

Scalloped Edge Slimline Die by Heffy Doodle

Metallic Gold Card

Red Card

Card Making Tutorial

The image was stamped, coloured and cut using the scan n cut

A piece of white card was heat embossed with the sentiment Cheers

This was blended with distress oxide using the holly stencil

The panel was glued onto the scalloped red base

Anya was adhered into the middle of the panel

A red bow was glued onto the top left corner

The green part of the panel was then finished with Nuvo Drops

Thank you for reading

Happy Crafting 

Claire xx

Polkadoodles Snowball Kisses

I love making scenes and so was extremely happy when Polkadoodles revealed this new stamp set to the design team as it contains a number of cute critters

There is a video on my YouTube Channel Mrs H's Crafty Corner

Card Making Supplies

Polkadoodles Snow Kisses Clear Stamp Set

Scalloped Slim Line Die

Stitched Skim Line Die 

Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry

White Acrylic Paint Pen

Landscape Die

Silver Glitter Card

White Card

White Pearlescent Card

Black Slim Line Card Base

Star Sequins

Nuvo Drops in Mustard Gold

Card Making Tutorial

The glitter card was cut using the scalloped die

A piece of white card was cut with the stitched slim line die

This was blended with the wilted violet and picked raspberry. Chipped sapphire was then brushed around the edges and it was splattered with a white acrylic pen

These were glued onto a black Slim line card base

The stitched die was used on the white Pearlescent card to gove the stitched bottom before being cut with landscape dies

The snow kisses characters were stamped, coloured and cut using the scan and cut. These were arranged on the card panel

The sentiment reads 'snowball kisses' it is difficult to read in the photo and was blended with Chipped Sapphire

This was placed on foam squares and put in the top right corner.

The tiny sprigs of holly were placed in the top corners

Sequins stars were then placed and a tiny dot of Nuvo drops were placed on top of each in the centre. Look how they actually shine

Thank you for reading

Happy Crafting

Claire xx