Little Birdie Crafts Blessed Love

Hello friends, welcome and thanks so much for stopping by.  I am excited to be sharing a tutorial on the Little Birdie Crafts Blog - a special layout of my lovely Mum, who has just turned 80 years old and of course with Mother's Day in mind! 

There are so many wonderful products to choose from - Chipboard, patterned paper, Stencils, stamps, beautiful flowers, handmade embellishments and more.  You can see all of the details HERE.

This layout is linked to the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Flowers and/or Mother's Day

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

A Place To Start - TEMPTING TECHNIQUES SHOWCASE YOUR FAVORITE TECHNIQUE (layering)

Artistic Inspirations - ANYTHING GOES

Get Creative Challenges - ANYTHING GOES/NO TWIST

Addicted to Stamps - Flowers 

Brown Sugar - FLOWERS

Scrapper’s Delights Challenge Blog - Mother's Day or Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Your Own Background

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter (butterfly, bird)

A2Z Scrapbooking Linky Party - May Flowers

Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + optional flowers

Let's Craft & Create Challenge - Anything Goes + option Motherly Love

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Papercraft Business Challenge - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes 

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Enjoy the Moment

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  My card today has been created using one of the Little Birdie Crafts Stencils and Imagine Memento Inks - such a fun way to create your own unique background for any project.  I just have to add - it is Friday night here - woohoo - I am hoping for some BIG CHUNKS of creative time this weekend - I am on a mission and want to get some projects completed - here's hoping!!

I started by securing the stencil over white card stock with Repositional Tape to prevent it from moving.  I randomly sponged over the stencil using Imagine Memento Ink in Summer Sky, Bamboo Leaves and Lulu Lavender using a sponge dauber.

This has then been cut/embossed using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Scored and Pierced Rectangles Etched Dies and the Platinum Die Cutting Machine and popped up onto a slightly larger pre-cut purple card base using Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L 3D Foam Squares. 

The butterfly has been created by cut/emboss the Butterfly Body using Kaisercraft patterned paper and the Shapeabilities Layered Monarch Etched Dies - Exclusive, this is followed by the Butterfly Wing Layer 2 in black card stock.  Adhere the Wing layer over the patterned Body Layer using glue.  Colour the body using black marker.  Pop up the butterfly on the top portion of the

 card front using Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L 3D Foam Squares on the wings and glue on the body portion.

For the sentiment I cut the word “Enjoy” from the Enjoy Expressions Stamp and Die Set - Exclusive using black card stock  and glued it, centred, below the butterfly, The smaller sentiment is from the co-ordinating stamp set and has been stamped directly below the die cut sentiment using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black Ink .

This card is linked to the following challenges:

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Always Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

Crafter's Cafe - Autumn and/or Spring

Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Animals - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + Option: Circles

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Pause Dream Enjoy - Any Cards

Sognando Scrap - Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Dies or Punches

Sunny Day Crafting - Always add an Animal

Paper Shelter Challenge - Sentimental

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Spellbinders Beee-utiful Bee

Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying your weekend- they go by so quickly don't they?!.  Our Saturday was a busy and a happy one - our son had a birthday - which started with a family brunch at our favourite place, and was followed by birthday cake and coffee at home - and present opening of course.  A fabulous day but I was happy today was much quieter - I even managed a 'Nana nap!' LOL!

I love  to find different uses for the Spellbinders Dies - for this card I have used the Honey Bee Etched Dies - you can see my original tutorial using the Honey Bee HERE. It has been used as a stencil onto patterned paper by Authentique Paper, using Imagine Memento Ink in Teal Zeal.  The stenciling has been repeated three times down the strip of patterned paper.  A few yellow spots have been added using Imagine Memento Ink in Dandelion.

Markings have been added to the bees using a Gold Gel Pen. This strip has then been adhered to a card front that has been embossed using the Spellbinders Embossing Folders Tammy Tutterow Designs Picnic and cream card stock.  The raised brickwork has been sponged using Imagine Delicata Ink in Golden Glitz.  I have used Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L Extreme Double-Sided Tape to adhere the layers.

Cut/emboss one Honeycomb using brushed gold card stock using the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine – 6″ Platform, remove the extra pieces.  Tuck under the stenciled strip and secure using liquid glue.  The card front has been popped up onto a pre-cut teal card base using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.   Glue a few of the Honeycomb inserts/hexagons to the card front for extra embellishing.

This card has been linked to the following challenges:

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes 

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes 

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Love you to Bits - Spellbinders 3D Stamps

Hello friends!  It is time for a little Friday Cuteness.  I am loving this gorgeous stamp from the  Spellbinders - 3D Shading Stamps - and there is such a wonderful collection!

I have stamped the Christmas Kitten Holiday 3D Shading Stamps using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and added some hints of colour using Chameleon Pens,

It has to be said - how cute are those footprints created using a stencil I came across from negative die cuts - they have also been coloured using Imagine Inks.

The layers have been cut using the 5 x 7 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies and popped up with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares,

Twine has been wrapped around 2 layers and threaded through a button - secured with a bow and a little bit of liquid glue underneath,  The sentiment is from Flourishes,lc.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - Animals

Crafting By Designs - Animals

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Patterned 

Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

he Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes - Option of Die Cuts

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Add A Sentiment

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes with a optional use of Yellow

Stamps & Fun = Creativity -INSPIRED BY A SONG - What's new Pussy Cat?

The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles Challenge - All creatures great and small

DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Dies - Always Anything Goes with Dies

Mix It Up Challenge - Anything Goes + stamping

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting