Scientific Crafting!

As some of you may know, my son Ben is a Chemical Engineer.  Well, his girlfriend is currently studying for a PhD in Chemistry, so I am always looking out for stamps and dies that are appropriate for these two!

Here is the card I made for Ben to give to Hannah!

Instead of boring old white paper, I decided to use some graph paper for the background......well she is a scientist after all.  Adding some pastel splats with The Crafters Workshop - Mini Splats stencil.

I could not believe my luck when I saw the scientific scrabble tiles - how cool are they!!

Your Next Stamp - "Periodically Nerdy"

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I will be back soon with the second card I created

Until then

Happy Crafting

YNS NEW RELEASE DT DARE (GUEST DESIGNER)

Hello there, I am a Guest Designer for Your Next Stamp today!

We are creating projects around the theme:

"Share the Love"

and I have a cute little panda with a rose, just for you!

The adorable little panda is from the new Beary Special stamp set, as are the love hearts that I used to create my own background paper.

Those of you who are familiar with my work will know I love using the no-lines technique when I colour.  It gives you a much softer, hand-drawn look to your stamping.  The bear was stamped in pale grey ink and the hearts in pink. The entire project was coloured using Copic markers.

Copic Colours:
Bear: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C8
Eyes: B21, B24, W8
Rose: TG61, TG63, R20, R22, R24, R29
Butterfly: V01
Sky: B000
Background: B0000, RV000

By the way, YNS have a stamp set up for grabs!
All you have to do is hop on over to the YNS Blog and leave a comment for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice.

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YOUR NEXT STAMP NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP (GUEST DESIGNER)

Hello, I have been asked to be a Guest Designer for Your Next Stamp this month!

(thanks for having me guys xx)

Are you enjoying the blog hop so far?
 I hope you're going to like the little project I came up with using the new Silly Love Monsters Stamp!

Not everyone likes smushy cards on Valentines Day and these little guys are great for those who want to create a more comical card!

I stamped the monster on to natural coloured cardstock with grey ink and coloured it with Caran D'Ache Pablo pencils.  As with my Copic work, using a pale ink gives your images a hand-drawn appearance when complete.

The sentiment, also from the Silly Love Monsters set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
I chose a pink mount to match the monster's own card, before adhering the whole piece on to a square, top folding kraft card base.

Now, we have a special treat for you today.
YNS are giving away a $25 YNS Gift Certificate - all you have to do is leave a comment on the blogs you visit for your chance to win.

.....and don't forget the code below to qualify for 20% off your purchase in the store

Thank you for dropping by today on this blog hop.
Happy Colouring

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