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More Hollyhocks

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More Hollyhocks

Today I want to share another card made using the Hollyhocks rubber stamp from Creative Expressions.

To make this one I stamped and heat embossed with White Embossing powder, then sprayed with inks from Cosmic Shimmer – Lush Pink and Artic Blue, let them mix a bit, left to dry and mounted onto white cardstock.

I next made a background using more spray ink – Grape Crush from Cosmic Shimmer dried and adhered to the 8×6″ card, adhered the other layers and added a sentiment from the birthdays Wordies and added some sequins.

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Hollyhocks

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Hollyhocks

I have recently received the new Hollyhocks stamps released from Creative Expressions.

I had so much fun making this card – getting my hands covered in ink.

To make this card I first stamped white cardstock using clear embossing powder. I used the Cosmic Shimmer Mister Blue Lime – a great spray that has a blue sheen and sparkle through it to cover both the stamped image and another piece of cardstock that I ran through the Tidal Sand embossing folder when it was dry to use as the background.

When the image was dry I layered onto a piece of black cardstock, then assembled the card, with the sentiment from Creative Expressions Wordies.

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Dreamy Flowers

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Dreamy Flowers

These Embossing Lily flowers have so much potential.

This card was made for my youngers sisters birthday – Happy Birthday Joanne.

To make this card I first die-cut the lilies, ran through the embossing folder and blended the lilies using the stencils that came with the set with distress inks.

I then die cut the different layers using coconut white cardstock and dies from Creative Expressions. The co-ordinating purple was cardstock coloured with ink.

I printed the sentiment, layered up the different squares and adhered the lily and sentiment with foam pads and added a few gems to add sparkle.

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Par Tee

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Par Tee

Today I would like to share a birthday card for the love of my life – although as you can see by the subject of the card his love is golf.

I made this card using stamp set from The Ton Golf Therapy and co-ordinating dies, stamped, layering the golf ball and die cut, stamped the sentiments and assembled the card.

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Flowering Umbrella

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Flowering Umbrella

Today I am sharing a birthday card made using the Spellbinders Umbrella Bloom die and the background using a die from Creative Expressions from the Jamie Rodgers Collection – Moroccan Scalloped Lattice background, which I used distress inks to blend in the background.

I love the Umbrella Bloom die as you can make as many flowers as you wish and make your bouquet. As you can see the recipient was 59 at the time – with the numbers cut out from my die set.

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Tea-riffic Time

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Tea-rrific Time

Have you managed to see the fabulous stamps designed by Janes Doodles from Creative Expressions. This card was made using the Tea-Riffic stamp set.

To make the card I did a lot of masking, stamping the first cup, masking the flowers, then repeated each cup, again making sure I cut enough masks to cover each part of the designs and flowers, lightly blended Colour Cloud Enchanted Blossom, removed the masks, coloured the cups and stamped the sentiment included in the set, coloured some white cardstock with Colour Cloud Enchanted Blossom and used it as a layer.

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  • Pammies Inkie Challenge: #2347
  • Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends: #218
  • We love to Create: #11
  • Creative Fingers Challenge: #266
  • Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Fiesta time for Norman the Gnome

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Fiesta Time for Norman the Gnome

Norman the Gnome does not waste time – he likes to party. Today I am sharing a card made using the same Norman the Gnome stamp from Creative Expressions, but this time gave him a different colour outfit and used stencils from the latest Francoise Read designs and a lot of masking.

Norman was first stamped on a piece of 7×5″ card, then masked. I then stamped the string of chillies, forest of cacti and the maracas on the hat by masking and stamping. Leaving the masks in place I then created clouds using the Creative Expression Colour Cloud blending ink and finally the ground was created, again using Creative Expression Colour Cloud blending ink and one of the stencils from the latest Francoise Read Woodware collection Pampa.

The background was made using the Birthday extras stamp, stamped over and over again in the colours of Normans clothing.

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Fiesta Siesta

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Fiesta Siesta

I just had to share the first of two cards made using showing the latest Norman the Gnome outfit. Today it is Fiesta Time.

To make this I first stamped him then masked him to add the cactus behind him and coloured all in. The maracas were stamped, cut out and then when assembling the card added the wobbly die behind so that they can spring and wobble.

To make the background I stamped and masked the chilli stamp to create the border and stamped the sentiment included in the stamp set. I then layered up as you can see in the image.

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Rustic Grass

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Rustic Grass

Hi there – did you manage to see the latest Sam Poole collection from Creative Expressions?

Today I am sharing a card made using the Rustic Grass rubber stamp, which I started off colouring some cardstock with Sam Poole Botanical inks and when dry cutting 4 pieces 2×3″ in size. I next cut a 7.5″ x 5.5″ piece of white cardstock and marked out where I wanted to place the pieces. I next adhered them to the card with removable tape and stamped with the Rustic Grass stamp.

I then carefully removed the four pieces and carefully added a grey order softened by water. I the stamped the 7.5″ x 5.5″ piece of white cardstock again, keeping the stamp in the same place. When dry I adhered the coloured cardstock, carefully lining it up with the plain stamped image.

I then assembled by layering with a thin black border and adding a sentiment from Creative Expressions Wordies.

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Fly Me to the Moon

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Fly Me to the Moon

Today I am sharing a cut card made using stamps designed by Janes Doodles from Creative Expressions.

This quick and easy card was made using the stamps from the Celebration Collection – Have a Blast – a stamp set which came with lots of stamps and small add ons.

To make I first stamped the images, masked the images and created an outline mask, then coloured the background using Creative Expressions Colour Blending Inks. I next removed the masks and coloured the images and cut out the card using Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Postage Stamp Frame Die set – a great addition to any collection, stamped the sentiment and layered up.

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