Dapper boy bear

A quick boy bear today!

I have stamped him in the same colours as the girl bear I posted previously but promise I shall be trying lots more colour combos.

This card also heavily features another new colour - Dapper Denim.

You're always there for me ...

Another cutie from the Love you Lots hostess set today:

I've stamped the elephant and mouse with Basic Gray on Smoky Slate card and cut them out and 'paper pieced' on to the image which I've stamped on some Lots of Labels framelits.

The sentiment is also from the set and cut with a Mini Treat Bag Thinlit.

Sweet Sugarplum is the other colour used, along with some of the new in colour ribbon and white perfect accents.

Still one more cute animal in the set to come another day.

Card Kit

There are some great kits in the catalogue.  This card is from the 'Oh Happy Day' card kit.

It's an all-inclusive kit for £31.50.  This means you get 20 card bases and envelopes, all the embellishments you need, a set of 13 photopolymer stamps, an acrylic block and an ink pad.

This is great to give as a present or to take on holiday as it also comes in a lovely box!
Or just to treat yourself and know that you have everything required to make 20 cards - and a few bits left over to embellish some others.

Swirly Seas

Similar to my previous 'swirly' post but with a few different elements:

This time the background is a piece of paper from a new 6" x 6" stack called Serene Scenery.
This piece was ideal for these boats.

I've used the stamp set Swirly Bird for the sun and boats and the matching Swirly Scribbles thinlits for the sea but hopefully you can see I have cut it out using 3 different colours (which are also in the paper) and inlaid the gaps with the different pieces.  So much to be done with this die and this is just one in the set!

Colours used in the sea are Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party.

Sunshine is on its way!

A CASE straight from the catalogue today with the new stamp set Sunshine Sayings and matching Sunshine Wishes Thinlits.

Let's hope we can make it happen!:

I've used So Saffron ink for the stamping and Bermuda Bay to add colour to the word 'sunshine' with an aqua painter.

The flower die is cut in Crushed Curry.  There are 26 stamps in the set which you can mix and match to make all sorts of sayings.

This card is finished with some Bermuda Bay sequin trim.

Not my usual sort of card but I am trying different styles and ideas and I quite like this set already.

Enjoy the ride

Another gift idea today in the form of a decorated notebook - and one for the men!

These stamps are from a new set called 'One Wild Ride', it has some rather good sentiments with it too.

I've used DSP for the inside of the notebook cover and it's all been stamped in the new Dapper Denim which gives it a rather smart look.

There is a punch for the 'badge' but I don't have it yet and it was easy enough to cut out (for now!).

Foxy

This is my other 'must have' item - the Foxy Friends stamp set with matching papers and punch.

And the set isn't just for foxes - but more on that another day!

I have 3D'd this little chaps head and layered him on some of the new layering circle framelits.

The trees are also in the stamp set and match the Perfect Pines framelits.

Sentiment is from the new Sunshine Sayings stamp set and punched out with the new Classic Label punch.

Colours used are Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate & Pool Party.