Under the sea

...under the sea! I'll stop singing along to The Little Mermaid now...

It probably won't come as a surprise that I adore the Lawn Fawn stamps that have under the sea critters! I've made a couple of projects recently which used mostly new stamps and dies but also an older set.

We had a special birthday meal whilst on holiday in the Isles of Scilly and I wanted to make some little place names (with a surprise treat inside!) using the Lawn Fawn Candy Box die. 

As we were by the seaside, it was an easy choice to pick my favourite under the sea images!

Here's a look at the different boxes I made...

I used them to hide two Ferrero Rocher's inside whilst they doubled up as place names. I used Copics to colour the images and Milo's ABC's to stamp each name.

I also made a card to say 'thanks' as we had the most wonderful time on holiday. I used the  'Life is Good' stamp and die set from Lawn Fawn and a lot of foam dots!

So glad to finally share these projects with you - let's hope the sun comes out again in August so more days at the beach can be had :)

You're awesome

It's been a busy month for crafting and my little craft room has been a mess for way too long because of it (but that's how it should be!). I've got lots to share but wanted to start with this card I made using my new Mama Elephant 'Three Amigos' stamp set and dies. I've been wanting to use this little fox for ages and found the perfect moment - my super lovely friend Lynn (aka mrsmummypenny) left our team at work recently and I wanted to let her know how awesome she is. It wasn't goodbye so to speak so a 'sorry you're leaving' or 'I'll miss you' card just didn't feel right.

I used Distress inks to create a watercolour look for the sky and grass and stamped the clouds using a Lawn Fawn set. I wanted the fox to be the star of the show so left the background fairly simple. I stamped the fox and sentiment with Memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured it with copics before die cutting it out. I wanted a little seat for him so used the log image in the Mama Elephant 'Woodlands Gift' stamp set.

I couldn't resist adding a touch of sparkle with a few sequins! 

Thanks for stopping by - you're awesome too!

Be my love bug

It was our eighth anniversary at the beginning of the month (plus a year since we got engaged), so I wanted to make a special card. I chose the Bugs and Kisses set from Lawn Fawn to create a shaker card...

I made a frame using the stitched rectangle dies and coloured it with the barn door distress ink to make it a bright red. I cut the word 'love' using the Lawn Fawn die from red glitter paper and coloured the ladybugs using copics. 

I used a CD pocket to create the 'shaker' part of the card which I stamped 'be my' and 'bug' using cotton white StazOn - the letters really show up when you give it a good shake! Inside the two plastic sleeves are a mixture of heart sequins and black round ones too...like the spots of the ladybugs.

I also created a little bumblebee for the envelope!

Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by :)