Clearly Besotted June Release Day

Release Day is here! I hope you’ve enjoyed all the Teaser projects. I’m back with a couple more cards today.

Firstly, a flowery card using the Forgive Me set. This A7 set is very useful for all sorts of techniques (kissing, no line colouring using a solid base, overstamping with a pattern etc etc). I’ve stamped a base colour here and added details using Prismacolors and a little watercolour.

I’ve also used the supremely versatile Shaker Shapes Square Word die-Hello but as a word die. Ir really makes a great central focus. These flowers aren’t enormous and are a lovely size for clustering.

My next project is using the ‘Eureka’ set. So many options; from congratulating someone who’s been clever, to a man card to a science nerd too!

I wanted to make a scene whilst still keeping most of the card uncluttered and when the Clearly Besotted Window die came through the post, I knew I’d found the perfect element.

I simply added an acetate layer behind the window frame and then added the little guy first and then the tree and ‘grass’ behind it.

I think it makes a cute scene and will be perfect for at least one of my teens come results day in August!

Have you found your favourite? I think mine is..well, that would be telling!

The stamps and dies will be available in the store and also at Simon Says Stamp and Ellen Hutson tonight at 10pm (BST)…so don’t miss them!

Please continue to check out the blogs (links on the Clearly Besotted Stamps blog) to see what Stephanie and the rest of the girls have been busy crafting!

See you soon, and thanks for keeping me company over the past few days!

Keren xx

 

Clearly Besotted June Release- Teasers Day 4

Hello! Haven’t the projects been so inspiring so far! I love popping over to see just how differently everyone has used the sets. Have you got any favourites yet?!

Today I’ve got a ‘poorly’ or should that be ‘pawly’ theme going on?!

First up, I’ve combined a sweet baby set ‘Littlest Onesie’ with the ‘Under The Weather’ set.

One of my kids was slightly horrified that I’d be hanging animals from their ears from a washing line!

I explained that the soft toys (note the word ‘toys’ here!!) had mistakenly got caught up with the washing, hidden in some baby vests, so they had to get hung out to dry too. I like to think that the little animal plushes rather enjoyed the soft swaying of the breeze drying them and felt the gentle heat of the sun drying them gradually (ha ha!!).

I quickly stamped and coloured the creatures from Under The Weather and snipped into the baby vests from the Littlest Onesie set. By cutting into the vest top, I could add in the babies heads to make it look as if they were wearing the vests!

Next up-more from Under The Weather courtesy of a little ward of sick animals.

I wanted to do a hospital scene. I made the beds simply from patterned paper and a little black and blue cardstock. I had rather more fun than I should have had creating the little ‘slide-under bedside table’! Having been in hospital a few occasions, these tables are so handy and the poor doggy really needed somewhere to place his cup of hot chocolate!

They’re all simply coloured with Copics/Shin Han/ Promarkers. Have to say I really enjoyed creating these cards- but when you’ve got stamp sets that fire your imagination, it can hardly be described as work at all 😉

Do continue visiting the Clearly Besotted Stamps blog and enjoy writing your shopping list for tomorrow evening!

See you for reveal day tomorrow with a couple more projects!

xx