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Gift Card Pocket tag

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Hey Crafty Friends, I'm back today to share another Guest Design post for Melon Peach stamps. Weve had a very crazy year and going out buying gifts is not something I fancied doing this year so I've been giving out gift vouchers to allow the recipient to use it at their leasure and treat themselves with exactly what they like! However I always find Gift Card holders to be boring so I thought why not make my own using a gift card pocket die. (Click any image to view it larger) As always all product links can be found at the end of my post. Recently I shared a non traditional coloured Christmas card over on Instagram using 2 Angel's from the digi stamp set by Melon Peach Stamps, if you didn't manage to see it you can find it  here. The Angel set included 3 Angel's so I was left with one already printed and of course had to use her for my project here. Angel's are not just for Christmas!  Using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends to colour her up and fussy cut the image out.

December challenge reminder

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Hey Crafty Friends, Welcome back, today I'm sharing my 2nd inspiration post as a reminder for our December Anything Goes challenge over on Color it, Create it, Show it off blog for MyBesties. You can find all the details on how to enter  here As always our challenge is anything goes, that means you can use any of your favourite images from your favourite company and we welcome all types of projects! However if you would like to treat yourself to a new MyBesties image you can do so  here. The image I am using is from the Sherri Baldy MyBesties Patreon Club, there are many great tiered options available that will give you lots of new goodies, you can find out all about that  here.  As always all other product links can be found at the end of my post! (Click any image to view it larger) Now onto my inspiration, starting with the image printed on Alcohol Marker friendly card I decided to try out some of the new Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers that I recently purchased. They are very

MyBesties - December Challenge

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Hey Crafty Friends, Welcome back, today I'm sharing a inspiration post for the Anything Goes challenge over on the Color it, Create it, Show it off blog. You can find all the details on how to enter  here. As always you can use any image by any company, its literally Anything Goes!  However if you do fancy treating yourself to a new image you can do so  here. The image I am using today is from the MyBesties Patreon Club. If you want to take a look at joining you can find the different tiered options  here. Now that's all done let's get onto the inspiration! (Click any image to view it larger) All other product links can be found at the end of my post :) As always starting with the image printed on alcohol marker friendly card and coloured her up using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends. Colour Combination: Dress/Hat/Polka dots - Dark Red blend Skin: Tan blend Mug and Shoes - Gold Yellow blend Eye - Green Turquoise blend Hair - Burnt Orange blend Keeping this card clean and simple for

November Challenge reminder

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Hey Crafty Friends,  I'm back today to share another inspiration card for our November challenge over on the Color it, create it, show it off blog. You can find all the details on how to enter  here. It's anything goes, any image, any theme, we encourage all crafts! However if you would like to treat yourself to a new MyBesties image for the challenge you can do so  here. The image I'm using today is Reindeers Besties Doll 12 which can be found  here.  (Click any image to view it larger) As always I've started with the image printed on alcohol marker friendly card stock and coloured using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends, I also added a little Spectrum Noir clear sparkle to the bow and bottom of the dress. Colour combination: Reindeer - Gold brown and Gold yellow blends Hat + Dress - Light Green blend Skin - Fair skin blend Flowers, mug + Scarf - Dark Red blend Now my idea was to have her looking like shes in the forest, relaxing with a hot drink with her reindeer friend. To st

MyBesties - November Challenge

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Hey Crafty Friends, 1st of the month means a new challenge on our Color it, Create it, Show it off challenge blog. All our challenges are always anything goes!  You can find all details on how to enter our challenge  here. You are not limited to using MyBesties images in your projects however if you would like to treat yourself to a new image for the challenge you can do so  here. For my inspiration card today I am using the Reindeer Besties doll 1 which you can find  here. The design is quick, clean and simple and would be perfect for a quick festive holiday card. As always all product links can be found at the end of my post. Starting with the image printed on alcohol marker friendly card stock and coloured it up using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends. (Click any image to view larger)  Colour combination: Hat and deer scarf: Blue Turquoise blend Hair: Gold Brown and Gold Yellow blends Skin: Fair Skin blend Scarf and Trousers: Dark Red blend Top: Green Turquise blend Deer: Red Brown and Gold

Panda Pandamonium

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Hey Crafty Friends, Welcome back, today I'm bringing you another guest design post for Melon Peach Stamps, if you haven't yet seen their online digi store I highly recommend you check it out, you can find them  here. At the beginning of October they released a panda digi set and I just had to have them! So today I'm sharing a birthday card using this set and will be pairing it with some other supplies I already own to match. As always all product links can be found at the end of my post 😊 (Click any image to view it larger) Starting with the digi images printed on alcohol marker friendly cardstock and using a variety of Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, old and new Tri-Blends to colour them up. Colour Combination: Panda: IG5, IG7 + IG9 Bamboo: Light Green blend  For the background I knew I wanted to use a stencil by Time for Tea Designs called Bamboozled. Starting with a distress inked background of Peacock Feathers, Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry and then stenciled over with C

October Challenge reminder - MyBesties

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Welcome back crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing another inspiration post for our color it, create it, show it off challenge blog, for all details on how to enter please visit us  here. All challenges are always anything goes and your not limited to our MyBesties images however if you would like to treat yourself to a new image you can do so  here. I am using another image from the Polly and Lolly Wog range, my image can be found  here in the store. Ok now that's all out the way onto my inspiration card. As a full time home worker I live on coffee so this image really spoke to me! (click any image to view larger) Starting with the image printed on my favourite alcohol marker friendly cardstock and coloured it using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends. Colour Combination: Skin - Gold Brown Hair & Seat - Pink Violet Eyes - Light Green  Bows & Coffee mug - Ice Blue  Top & Socks - Coral Trousers - Ice Grey Coffee Beans - Red Brown Lolly Wog - Coral & Light Green  Choosing a ba

Pet Bereavement - Personalised gift frame

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Hey Crafty Friends, Bereavement of any kind is hard to go through, I'm sure we all struggle with bereavement cards or projects. Today I wanted to share something a little different to a card, a personalised frame. I am making a personalised pet bereavement frame however this would work for any type of project you want to do. As always product links can be found at the end of my post 😊 (click any image to view it larger) As part of the coffee bean design team this month we were provided an image by our illustrator Becky Conley of an arch with leave twines, having previously picked up a frame in a pound store I immediately came up with this gift idea. Starting with my image printed on alcohol marker friendly cardstock and coloured it up using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends. Based on where my idea is going I also drew some step inside the archway. For the backing panel I distress inked squeezed lemonade onto PaintON cardstock. Colour combination: Archway - Green Turquoise blend Leaves - Or

Autumnal walk - Sweet November Stamps

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Hey Everyone, Welcome back and thanks for stopping by today.  In today's project I am using a digital image from Sweet November Stamps, if you havent already I highly recommend subscribing to their monthly newsletter. Each month they offer a free image within the newsletter and in September this gorgous Autumn image was given so I'm using her in my latest project. As always all product links can be found at the end of my post 😊 (click any image to view it larger) Starting with my image printed on alcohol marker friendly cardstock and coloured her using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends.  Colour combination: Skin - Fair Skin blend Hair - Gold Brown + Gold Yellow blend Scarf + Trousers - Ice Grey blend Boots + Bag - Red Brown blend Jacket - Coral blend Top - Green Turquoise blend Cup - Gold Yellow blend For the background I had a particular idea in mind to replicate a similar walk we take daily with our dog, something I am trying to do more of is draw background scenes myself, I love dra