Too tall for a photo booth...!

Hey!

Happy Monday! It's the first morning of the Easter break so I've had a lovely start to the week with a lazy morning, stamping in my PJs and then a quick lunch date with the guy (who's still at work this week!) This morning's project I created was this fun, cute birthday card with some Top Dog Dies and Clearly Besotted Stamps goodies. :)

I think whenever it comes to creating cards with cute critters the addition of googly eyes is almost a must! I love how they can bring a character to life. :)

I used the new Top Dog Dies Camera Finishes Die Set to create this giraffe who is slightly too tall to fit into one picture in a photo booth LOL! I hope one day to use this same die with real photographs to create a fun, personal project but until then, stamped images will suffice. :)

  

• I lined up each section of the photo mats together and stamped the giraffe in one go, capturing a piece of him on every square.
• To achieve the background in each square, I created a mask of the giraffe and sponged Distress Inks over the top. The bottom is simply created by placing a straight-edged piece of paper across the bottom to mask the ground/sky. 
• The main panel of white card in the centre looked a little plain so I lightly stamped a ledger background in the same blue ink I used to sponge the sky behind the giraffe. It makes such a difference!

Right, it might be the first days of the holiday but I've gotta scoot! Picking up my guy from band practice, then off to a gym induction. No rest for the wicked, eh? *wink*

I know I always say it, but thank you *so* much for you visits. Every single one is appreciated! ♥

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So many sentiments...

Hey!

Two things that I cannot believe today.

1. It's December already.
2. The Craft's Meow is closing :(

I'm really sad to see The Craft's Meow (TCM) close its doors. I have a real soft spot for the owner, Lisa, and the company. After all, this was one of the first companies to take a chance on having me on their design team and it was this very company that made my dreams come true and manufactured my designs in stamp sets. TCM was one of the key stepping stones for this crazy, creative, inky adventure that I follow. 

"The Craft's Meow store is closing its doors at the end of December. All stamp sets have been marked down by as much as 75%! Stock is limited... once it's gone, it's gone for good, so please shop early for the best selection. All orders of $25 or more will receive a free gift with purchase. Flat rate shipping is $3.00 for all US orders and $12 for all International orders. Please see the store blog for details, or click over to The Craft's Meow store to start shopping!"

TCM is going out in style with a good ol' blog hop. You should have hopped across here from Sharri Seffens. If you haven't, be sure to check out the blog hop deets and more at the TCM Blog. :)

I decided to ink up a favourite TCM of mine that seems to suit the occasion: 'Good Times'. I want to remember the good times I had at TCM and the just about every sentiment in this set summed my feelings up. So instead of taking the hard decision of choosing what to ink up, I decided to ink a lot of them up! And I couldn't resist inking one sentiment in my beloved Hero Arts' neon ink to give a focal point.

So many sentiments. So many happy times. So honoured to be a part of it. I can't thank you enough, Lisa. ❤

OK. I'm getting a little teary eyed here so it's time for you to hop along from here and over to Debbie Pamment. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

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merry and (neon) bright

Hey!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend. I've just had a sweet morning stamping in my PJs, playing with new goodies I purchased from a lovely day out at a craft fair with my mum. Bliss!

However, something I stamped and die-cut a while back is today's creation for the brand new Clearly Besotted Stamps Challenge.
 

For the final challenge of the year, it couldn't be any simpler or more fitting. The challenge is Christmas. C'mon I'm pretty sure that most of you have started your Christmas crafting by now. If you haven't, then this is the perfect time to start!

For my card, I decided to focus on set Building Blocks. I've got a thing going on at the moment with decorating die-cut letters in various ways (see my glittered letters here). So I figured we'd have a little fun with the sentiment 'merry and bright' and inject a bit of trendy neon in there too. :)

• It can be tricky stamping on tiny die-cut letters, so make it easier for yourself and stamp first on a piece of card and then die cut the letters from it after. Be sure to secure dies with a post it or masking tape to ensure the die sits nicely and you end up with no wonky patterned letters!
• To help and maintiain a festive feel, I used pink and green neon inks. It's a more bright, fun version of the traditional red and green colour combo.
• Pretty obvious here, but the neon ink helps to emphasise the word 'bright'. Keeping the other letters in grey helps in emphasising the 'bright' too. :) 

We'd love for you to join in the festive fun. Be sure to check out all the deets, including the rest of the CBS DT's awesome take on the Christmas challenge, over at the CBS blog - aka, Stephanie's!

Right, off to get those boring chores done now...why do weekends pass by so quickly?

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