I Got A Bargain!

I found these two brand new unused Stampin' Up! stamp sets at my local Hospice shop for $5 each the other day!  I got a bargain for sure!  They were a little dusty but other than that they are great!  

Above is the other set I found, which will be great for making masculine cards.  To be honest, I have very few masculine stamps and always struggle when I need to make a masculine card.  These will come in handy!

Above are the Fishy Friends stamped onto card. I always like to stamp new stamps to see what they look like once stamped.

Below is a card I made with the stamps.  I embossed some waves onto a scrap piece of card and attached it across the card. I have very lightly rushed some pale blue ink across the waves. I stamped and hand cut the fish and attached him using some double sided sponge tape.  I lastly added three white pearls to make it look like bubbles.

The fish is actually very shiny because I coloured him using a clear shiny gel pen.  It doesn't show upon here so you will have to imagine it!

Ok, thanks for dropping by!  Have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day!

 

New Christmas Cards!

Here are some more Christmas card  have made last week.  The stamped words on the card above, are from Suzanne Canon.  She does such beautiful Calligraphy.

The butterfly card above is really sparkly. I took the photo in the shade and managed to capture the glitter on the card.  I die cut the Butterfly using an SU die, and I die cut the wings a second time with vellum underneath the wings.  The words are also from an SU stamp set.

The word "Blessed" on the card above is die cut from some SU card.  The stamped words are from some random stamp set.  I actually cut the words apart so I could use the words I wanted.  I do this quite often, and it means I have loads more options of stamping the words I want.

The word "Hello" is die cut from a Catherine Pooler die. 

 The Butterfly on the card above is die cut from and SU die.  I also cut the wings from Vellum and put them underneath to give the Butterfly some dimension.

I am just about out of Christmas cards now, having sold most of them in the last couple of weeks.

I also donated 28 to "Voices of Hope," who distribute the cards to older people who are alone at Christmas.  I wrote a shot message in each card and by the time I had done all 28, my hand was very sore!

So, I have been in lockdown for 82 days, with nothing open except for supermarkets, pharmacies and Vets.

Yesterday (finally!) the shops opened for the first time in 82 days, so I was able to go and stock up on craft things I needed.  As well as hitting some other shops.  It was so nice to be out and about and be doing normal things!  We still need to wear a face mask everywhere we go, but it is nice to have stores open again.  Everyone I met was so happy the shops were open and greeted you with a welcoming smile.  On top of that it was such a beautiful hot sunny day, which was nice.  Summer is coming...so is Christmas!

Ok, thanks for dropping by!  Have a SUNSHINE day, and remember to always be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day!

Kanzashi Flower.

 This is my first Kanzashi flower I have made!  It isn't perfect, but it's pretty darn good considering I have never made them before.  I found another place - The Ribbon Rose - who sell the Kanzashi Makers and purchased from them.  The other place - Kiwi Threadz - who scammed me have been reported as a scam and I know TRR is a reputable and honest company as I have purchased many craft things from them in the past.

This is an Orchid flower (according to the packaging) and measures 3 inches.  This is the largest size and was easy to work with.  I did get two smaller makers, different flowers, but found them awkward to use as my fingers lock and it wasn't as easy to use.  Maybe another day!  The button isn't quite in the right place and  I tried to stitch it but it wasn't working too well.  I ended up getting the hot glue gun out as it was quicker and easier.

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A Wonky Donkey, A Witch, Three Butterflies And A Whole Lot Of Glitter!

 

The black and white card above was supposed to be white embossing on a black card.  However mine didn't turn out right, so I ditched it and stamped it in black on a white card.  

The card above is for a friend who celebrates her birthday on Christmas Day.  I have two friends who have Birthdays on Christmas Day.  The glitter on the car was adhered using some Graphix Artiste Tac paper that Andrea gave me.  I LOVE this stuff as it is so easy to use!  I randomly placed the sticky side to the white card, then sprinkled on the clear glitter. 

The Witch above is one I made many years ago.  I was going to a Halloween dance with  a  friend and made her one as well. I made her from a pair of old pantyhose!  I didn't have a pattern for her and just made her up as I went.  She is holding a small crystal ball!  She needs some new sequins on the black lace, the old ones have almost  come off.  I don't celebrate Halloween, but I do pin her to my clothes the day of Halloween.  It will be four years ago this Halloween that I had my hip                      

replacement done.  It's so nice to be pain free and not have to take pain killers (Which didn't work and were expensive) every day just to be able to get out of bed.

Looking at the three Butterfly cards you could be mistaken into thinking they are all the same.   Actually they're not!  If you look carefully you can see the placement of the glitter is different on each card!  I made the Butterflies using a Tim Holtz cut and emboss ide, and some of the new SU Expressions In Ink Specialty DSP.  It is so much prettier in real life.  This pink one I used has some very sparkly gold through it.

The card below has one of the SU "Darling Donkey" stamps on it.  I used my Scan N Cut machine to cut the Donkey out.  I cut a whole bunch of them out at the same time.  SO much quicker than cutting them out by hand, and much neater than  fiddling around with dies.

Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self and shine bright each and everyday!

      

Kiwi Threadz Scammed Me!

On September 28th I purchased 2 Kanzashi Makers from a company here in Pukekohe New Zealand.  The company I purchased them from is called Kiwi Threadz, they are a quilting business.  I have never received the 2 items I bought, and in spite of sendig Kiwi Threadz four emails, I have not received an information as to where my products are.  On their website, it say, (Quote) "Delivery will not be added to your invoice as there are several options.  I will add this later and confirm by email."  To date I have never received any type of invoice or anything saying I had purchased something from them them.   I am not happy and have put their details on Scammer Alert NZ Face Book Page.  I was really looking forward to making the flowers, especially seeing as we are still in lockdown.  It is very disappointing to be scammed, especially by a big company.

Ok, thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self and shine right each and every day!

"Zemira"- Lavinia Stamps

The stamp I used on this card is called "Zemira", and she is from Lavinia Stamps.  The words are also a Lavinia Stamps stamp.  As much as I love this stamp, she is very hard to stamp.  On this card I have stamped her around 6 times to get proper coverage of black ink.  I am using well inked stamp pads, I have tried 3 different well inked black pads and I still don't get a good image.  If I re stamp it too many times, the image gets blurred, the fine lines on her hair get blurred.  I am using a stamp platform to stamp her.

I saw a video from Lavinia Stamps, and asked how to get her to stamp well.  The lady replied and asked me to send her images of what was happening when I stamped her.  I did this and the reply was that if I did not buy the stamp from her (Lavinia Stamps) the she would not answer my question.  WOW!!  I have never had that issue before.  Anyone I have asked for help from has readily answered my question.  No matter where I bought the stamp from.  I will not be dealing with Lavinia Stamps ever again!  There will be someone else who will be willing to help me.

Ok, so I stamped the images onto white card and then attached that onto some folded lilac coloured card, added three sequins and the card was done.  The sequins don't show up well on here, but IRL they are lovely and sparkly!  Believe me!

Ok, thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day,

 

Christmas "Lily".

 While making the card in the post below this, I had a brainwave and decided to make a 'flower girl.'  Next time I will add some legs from some thick wool.  I will put a round bead at the bottom of each 'leg' and tie it in a small knot so her legs hang down.  She has a hole in her head so the wool can go through.  Her 'hair' is made from a small piece of a (brand new) mop head I bought ages ago from my local Hospice Shop.  I knew I would be able to use the mop head in my crafting at some time in the future!  It was a well spent fifty cents!

UPDATE:  She now has legs and wings!  Not sure if I like the wings or not.  They are die cut from some vellum and then coloured with one of my copics.

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