MOTIVET - DORALINE AS A NURSE

I am not one for sending too many Get Well cards but thought this Motivet stamp could be used for all ages.  I used a normal white Merrypak card and the mesh paper placed on top is from The Deckle Edge.  The sentiment is Stampin Up and the image has been cut out using two different Nestabilities Labels dies.

CLEAR DOLLAR - PLAYFUL PIXIES

A Clear Dollar stamp just perfect for a little girl.  I used Twinkling H2O for the tutu, Stickles for the wings and gray crayon with an aqua painter for the mouse body.  The background is Creative Memories paper with faux stitching, the sentiment my usual Stampin Up (yes, I know I use it a lot but I really like it).

MOTIVET - DEXTER WITH SOCCER BALL

Yes, I know it is another Motivet image but I just love him to bits.  I made this card for our neighbour who is turning 8 next week.  He loves to look at my new stamps and thought this one was so cute.  It does make for a good boy's card (which I find quite difficult at the best of times) and, of course, I had to colour him in the national football team's colours.  The alternate square design in brown on the left hand side is something I picked up at a local craft store, the yellow background paper is a freebie from a craft magazine, the brown deckle edged rectangle is Nestabilities used in the Cuttlebug and the horizontal stripe paper is from Creative Memories.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up and is one I am going to get a lot of use out of.  In fact I used it on a card for an 80 year old yesterday.

DORALINE WITH CANDY CANE

Christmas cards are such fun to make and when I got this stamp from Motivet I knew it was just going to make a cute card.  The card is taken from an idea I saw on the Split Coast Stampers website (I cannot take the credit for it) but I had to improvise a little.  I dug out all my Christmas sentiment stamps for the circle, used a white gel pen for the faux stitching, coloured in Doraline with the usual Stampin Up, Copics & Tombow markers plus used Stickles for the hat trim and pom-pom.  The blue backing paper is Creative Memories and the brown cardstock is from Stampin Up.

PENNY BLACK - MISSED YOU !

A delightful golfing image from Penny Black. The stamp fitted perfectly into Nestabilities classic circles & scallops. The background paper is Creative Memories once again (I have quite a stash) with the punch and sentiment being Stampin Up.

MOTIVET - DEXTER WITH CHRISTMAS GIFT

The Motivet range of Dexter stamps is fast becoming a favourite of mine. The background paper is from Creative Memories, the sentiment is Inkadinkadoo and the scalloped circle and continuous scallop punch are both from Stampin Up. Just had to use Diamond Stickles on the white trim and pom pom of his hat.

ART IMPRESSIONS - LOVELLE

Lovelle is such a fun character to colour in and now I have flesh coloured Copic markers the image takes on a more realistic look.

Background papers are Creative Memories. The continuous punch used is from EK Success and the sentiment is Art Impressions.

STAMPIN UP SNOWY PLAY - XMAS CARD

Of all the Christmas stamps I think I must have dozens of snowmen ! Thought I would colour this one in anything but the usual Christmas shades. I used Nestabilities ovals and labels for all the shapes as well as Cuttlebug embossing folders on the white and yellow cardstock. The sentiment is from Stampin Up Teeny Tiny Wishes.

RUBBER ROMANCE - BABS

Just love this stamp from Rubber Romance which is quick and easy to colour in. The sentiment is from Penny Black and the background is scored horizontally and vertically to make it look like bathroom tiles. Used the usual mixture of Twinklings, SU and Marvy Le Plume markers to colour in.

PENNY BLACK - ECARTE, SPLITS, PIROUETTE - Hedgehogs

By now you will have realised I like cute figures with this Penny Black stamp being no exception. I used Twinkling H2o's for the tutus and ballet shoes to give the card a bit of glitz. The sentiment is SU Congrats.

MOTIVET - DEXTER

Dexter, the squirrel from Motivet (ref CM058N) is another cutey. The chocolate brown card (SU) has been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, the frame is Nestabilities Deckle edge and the bottom earth colours are from Creative Memories scraps which were torn.

The label punch is my favourite from SU with the sentiment also SU - Teeny Tiny Wishes.

ART IMPRESSIONS - VIOLET

This dear old duck is Violet front and back from Art Impressions. The front and back window, rug, fence and gate are also AI. The dog and birds are from a Penny Black transparent stamp set.

The idea is to stamp one of the windows first, cut out with a craft knife (a bit fiddly) and then stamp the other side window. Violet is stamped front and back on watercolour paper, cut out and glued together from the arms up. On the stamp Violet's dress is plain but I thought, being an old lady, a floral dress would be more apt !

ART IMPRESSIONS - FANNY

For this card I used Art Impressions Fanny front and back, AI fence and gate, the dogs are from Penny Black, the houses on the front are a SU wheel with the houses inside being a stamp set from SU.

Fanny was coloured in before I bought flesh coloured Copic markers hence her looking a little on the pale side. I thought this card would make a good 'Welcome to the Neighbourhood'.

MOTIVET - NOTEBOOK COVER

Isn't Doraline, the squirrel from Motivet (ref. CM001N), just the cutest ! I have made a whole lot of thank you gifts and this one is a cover for a small notepad. These gifts are relatively quick to make and handy to put one side until the need arises.

Again I used Twinkling H2O's for her dress - they tend to give the image a slight shimmer.

PENNY BLACK STAMP

The Penny Black transparent stamp set 'teddy & company' is beautiful and a delight to colour. For his jacket I used Twinkling H2O's which are a favourite of mine. The patterned diamond paper is from Creative Memories.

ART IMPRESSIONS STAMP - BIRDIE
I love Art Impressions stamps and this one is called 'Birdie' (ref U 1834). The stamps have crisp, clear lines and are easy to colour in. If you go onto their site there are examples of the colouring (always helpful).

MOTIVET STAMP

This adorable stamp is Dexter on a bike (CM068N). Motivet supply a coloured image of the stamp and I used their suggested colours for this card.

The background is a SU paper as is the label punch and sentiment.

I tend to mainly stamp on watercolour paper if the image is to be coloured in and used a mixture of Tombow, Stampin Up and Marvy Le Plume II markers with the aid of an aqua painter and blender pen.

To help choose the right marker I have a reference chart with the name of each marker next to a small block coloured in to get an idea of the exact colour. It saves a lot of time and trying out each marker on scrap paper every time to see if the colour is the right one.