Crazy Crafters Team Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog 😊
Today I am hopping with the amazing Crazy Crafters crew.

I chose to use the Merry Patterns stamp set for my card . This stamp set is one EVERYONE can earn FREE just for hosting a party and reaching $450.00 in sales!
That is on top of ALL the regular hostess benefits already on offer! This stamp set is available until the 31st of October with any workshop or hosted party that reaches the total sales of $450.00.
How awesome is that!

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And here is my card.

'Tis The Season

#KOCreationscards #Repeatstamping #Merrypatterns #Christmascards #Deer #Stampinup #Cardmaking #Wildlife #Nature

Repeat stamping is the technique used here today with a banner accreoss the centre of te card. Using  a similar image as the reapeated image (just with a sweater) as the focal really ties all of the card together.

Materials

• 1 x  A4 Sweet Sugarplum for card base & ribbon border.
• 1 x Powder Pink backing layer + scrap for sentiment.
• 1 x A4 Whisper White card front, inside and for sentiment and deer focal image.
• Merry patterns stamp set.
• Sahara Sand ink pad.
• Sweet Sugarplum ink pad.
• Powder Pink ink pad.
• Basic Grey ink pad.
• Decorative ribbon border punch.
• watercolour pencils.
• Paper snips.
• Rhinestones.
• Mini and standard size dimensionals plus multipurpose glue.

Basic Instructions .

1. Repeat stamp the plain deer onto a card front size piece of whisper white.
2. Layer onto a trimmed down piece of Powder Pink.
3. On the scrap piece of whisper white stamp the sentiment in Basic Grey, then stamp the inside sentiment decoration in Powder pink.
4. Stamp the focal deer image onto a scrap piece in Sahara sand then colour with Powder Pink.
5. Stamp the deer wearing the sweater in Sweet Sugarplum and fussy cut the sweater only.
6. Glue over the Sahara Sand deer and then fussy cut the whole image.
7. Punch two strips of ribbon border. Adhere to back of sentiment.
8. Trim sentiment to size and adhere to card front.
9. Add dimensionals to deer and mount into position.
10. Add rhinestones
11. adhere layers to card base.
12. For the inside repeat step 1 and 2 then 11

#KOCreationscards #Repeatstamping #Merrypatterns #Christmascards #Deer #Stampinup #Cardmaking #Wildlife #Nature

I entered this card into #CI18 Colour Challenge found on FaceBook.

The colours are Powder Pink, Basic Grey, Sahara Sand and Sweet Sugarplum.

#KOCreationscards #Repeatstamping #Merrypatterns #Christmascards #Deer #Stampinup #Cardmaking #Wildlife #Nature

To continue moving through the hop please click the name directly after mine.

If you are searching for any of the items I used to create my card with, then please look at the carousel below.
It has all items listed and is linked directly to my store.

Thank you so very much for visiting my blog today.

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Count My Blessings - #GDP107

Welcome back everyone 😊

It is half way through the first week of school holidays here in Tassie, and I am ALREADY exhausted! Hahaha

We have been travelling in the car every second day for over 4 hours visiting grandparents and then having friends over playing in between those travelling days.

I finally managed a day at home today with out visitors or travelling or phones ringing.
I just sat outside in the sunshine and watched my children happliy playing with their pets!

I realised once again ( i quite often have this feeling come over me) that I am one of the lucky ones in life. I am so very grateful for my family. 

They fill my life and my heart with laughter and love each and every single day.

So, while the were playing, I created a card that expresses how I feel about my family.

AND

here it is.

Count My Blessings

#KOCreationscards #GDP107 #Gratitude #Countmyblessings #Familylove #Love #Giving#Stampinup #Stampinwritemarkers

While I was editing the photo's I checked out the GDP page as I haven't had much of a chance to actually play with any of their challenges over the last few weeks. I adore seeing all of the gorgeous entries that are placed every week and regularly visit to see whats happening. 

Well I found that their theme this week is Gratitude #GDP107 

Whoohoo, I have a card I can enter this week 😄

Here is the inside view

#KOCreationscards #GDP107 #Gratitude #Countmyblessings #Familylove #Love #Giving#Stampinup #Stampinwritemarkers

To colour the images on the inside and the front I used my Stampin' Write Markers and coloured the areas with the thick nib end. 

I used Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry. Once all coloured I huffed my breath on the stamp and then pressed firmly onto the paper.

the front image has also been lightly coloured with an aqua painter to lift the flower just a little.

the background DSP is from Painted Autumn. Part of the Painted Harvest suite. 

 Angled View

#KOCreationscards #GDP107 #Gratitude #Countmyblessings #Familylove #Love #Giving#Stampinup #Stampinwritemarkers

 I am going to give this card to my WHOLE family on the day of our wedding anniversary.

Not just my hubby! Our whole family wouldn't work if we all didn't give and take each and every day and I really want ALL of them to know how much I appreciate having each of them in my life.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

I do hope you have enjoyed my card and what inspired it today.

If you are searching for any of the items I used to create my card with, then please use the carousel below.
It has all items listed and is linked directly to my store.

If you have any questions at all, please ask them in comments below.
I always reply 😉