Happy Hippos Yay

 

I have a cute birthday card to share today.

As soon as I saw the current MFT colour challenge I just knew I wanted to give it a try with one of my favourite MFT stamp sets,  Happy Hippos.

This trio is adorable and I think almost everyone would love a card featuring them.

I coloured everything with Copics and fussy cut them out.

I adhered them to a scalloped circle die cut and stamped the sentiment which is from the MFT set Birthday Chicks.  I really love this sentiment and it worked out perfectly for this card.

I decided to make it a slimline card and I created the background by using Distress Oxide Inks through a Tim Holtz Gradient Circle stencil.  I was lucky enough to be given this stencil as a Christmas present and it's the first time I've used it.  I LOVE how it turned out!!!  I used Twisted Citron all over the stencil first and then put some Cracked Pistachio over the top of some of those circles also to create a totally new colour (similar to what was needed for the colour challenge).

Copics used :

W 00, 1, 3, 5

Y 000, 13, 15

R 30

BV 000, 00, 02, 04

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

MFT colour challenge : 

Stamping Sensations - colour my world

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - slimline card

Thanks so much for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Pull Me Along Birthday

It was my youngest daughter's Birthday last week and she somehow turned into a teenager?!

I can't believe she's so big now!  Time goes by so fast doesn't it ?!!!
It's a bit sad  :(

Anyway, this is the card I made for her.

I had used this stamp from Dreamerland Crafts on a card for her big sister last month.  But she loved it so much I knew I had to use it on her card too.

I was happy with that because this stamp called Pull Me Along, is super cute and so much fun to colour!

I coloured the stamp with copics and used the coordinating die to cut her and the pig out.
I also used a little Wink of Stella on her wings for some sparkle and popped her up on foam tape for added dimension.

Ingredients :

Stamps - Pull me Along (Dreamerland Crafts), Birthday Chicks (MFT)
Card - x-press it, grey, black, Home sweet home (Graphic 45)
Ink - memento black, versamark
Other - white ep, balloon die (CC Designs), Tilda lace die (Magnolia), Wink of stella, copics

Copics used :

BG 72

B0000

R 000, 00, 20 ,30

G 21, 24, 28

YG 17

Y 21, 23, 26, 28

W 00. 3.5.7

E 000, 00, 11, 13, 21, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Mod Squad Challenge - Happy Birthday with a balloon
Creative Inspirations - springtime
Addicted to Stamps - balloons/bunting/presents
Southern Girls Challenge - fairies/fantasy or flowers
The Cat's Pajamas - spring
Time Out Challenge - spring


My daughter was so happy when she saw her card!
She loved it :)


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Otterly Love You

I have a card for Anna's Craft Cupboard to share today.

This one uses one of my favourite MFT stamps of all time, Otterly Love You.

I think anyone would find these otters cute, but as otters are my favourite animal, I really, really LOVE them and I just HAD to have this set!!!

This is the first time I've played with the gorgeous otters. and I had lots of fun!

It's an older stamp set but new to me :)

I coloured one of the otters from the set with copics and cut him out.

He looked very cute already but I decided to make him look like he was celebrating a birthday by borrowing some stamps from other sets.

I borrowed the cake from the MFT Happy Hippos stamp set and the balloon from the MFT Birthday Chicks set.

I coloured them with copics and cut them out too.

Then I cut along the fur line of the otters head and along the lines for the otters arm/paw.

This meant that I could tuck the cake and balloon in behind his paw as though he was holding them. Or that he is holding the balloon and the cake is resting on his tummy.

The cake hides where I have cut.

I made the panel with the waves using a few different blue Distress Inks.

I created a stencil for the waves from an old MFT die I have called Surf and Turf.

You could do something similar with a hill die too.

I simply used it on some card to create a template and then used different inks and the mini blending tool to create the waves.

For each wave, I alternated both the colours and the depth of the wave.

Then I flicked on some water droplets.

I stamped the sentiment from the Otter set onto the Kraft card base.

I drew some lines on a white matt with a black fineliner and attached the blue panel to it.

Then I flicked some Dylusions White Linen paint over everything.

I also added a few dots of Ranger white enamel accents and popped the party otter up with some dimensionals.

I am playing along with the challenge this month at Kraft Plus Challenge.

It is a recipe challenge with 4 ingredients :

Something Old - die to create waves

Something New - new stamp set

Something Borrowed - stamps from other sets

Something Blue - waves and balloon

I think this birthday otter made a great male card (and they can be tricky)!

My next challenge will be to make a cuter, more "girly" one.

There are some very cute and sweet sentiments in this set, so actually I don't think it will be much of a challenge at all.  

To be honest, I just want to play around with these otters some more :)

Thanks for dropping by today

Kathy

Birthday Chicks

I have another card for Anna's Craft Cupboard to share today.

This one uses the super-cute MFT stamp Birthday Chicks.
They are adorable aren't they?!

I also used a new MFT die called Big Birthday which I really love!

I started off by colouring the chicks with Copics (which was fun) and then I made a background for them using Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

I used some repositional tape to create a straight line for the grass and sponged on some Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough with the Tim Holtz mini foam ink blending tool.

I used the tool again to apply Peacock Feathers for the sky and then I splashed on a little water.

I cut the die out using orange cardstock and used a glue pen to adhere it to the background.

The best and easiest way to get your letters straight and even is to use the outside of the diecut as a kind of template.

I cut a rectangle around the "Happy Birthday" from the die-cut and adhered it to the background with the same tape I used when I sponged the distressed grass.  It held the template in place while I glued the back of each letter and adhered it back into the stencil.  When you've glued them all in you just remove the tape and the outer piece (the template)  and the letters are positioned perfectly!  :)

I popped the chicks up on some foam tape and added some stars from the Jillibean Soup Shaker Card and Sequin Pack Watercolour with Shapes .  These are lovely!  They are clear but have a hint of orange.  I attached them with Tim Holtz Glossy Accents.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Love to scrap challenge : anything goes

Penny Black and more challenge : feature a creature

Word art Wednesday : sentiment

Fashionable Stamping Challenges : One for the girls

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy