There is always room for cake

 18th June, 2021

Hi everyone,  I have returned today using the Party Mouse stamp set from Crafty Purple Frog.

Lets go...

This is another half cheat for me as I already had the images stamped, coloured and cut out begging to be turn into a creation (I had also embossed the icing on the cupcakes too).  As norml I stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colour in Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends or Copic markers, however you can use any markers you have or pencils too.  I decided to us ethe cheese background that I made using the top of the mushroom stencil from an earlier post. I chose and stamped my sentiment on white card and layered on black gloss card stock which I already had.

In my normal way I went ahead and laid everything out on my card until I was happy with the layout, I popped up some images on foam pads and glued some flat to give some partial dimension. I think this Party Mouse is saying I love cheese but there is always time for cake. After looking at it I decided to bulk out the cake with some little cake clay embelishments I had in my stash.

I hope you enjoyed this card and the use of combining stencils and stamps.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Party Mouse Stamp Set

Mushroom Stencil

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers

Supplies not from Purple Crafty Frog

Copic Markers

Cake Embelishments

Thorn and leaf stencils - Crafty Purple Frog

 11th June, 2021

Hi there, today I am using the Thorn and Leaf stencils from Crafty Purple Frog and how they can be used together.

To start you can use the thorn stencil alone which I think also can look like naked trees.

You can also use them in conjunction with the leaf stencil and the Flowers and Berries stamp set to add leaves to the thorny bits, I tend to use Distress Oxides for blending with stencils because that is my medium of choice however you can use what you feel comfortable with. so in the photo belox I am showing the following from left to right - 

• Thorns on their own
• Thorns with leaves on using Distress Oxides and them some have been stamped over with Memento Tuxedo Black ink using the outline of the oak leaf from the Flowers and Berries stamp set
• The Thorns with leaves stamped on using both the solid and outline oak leaf, for these I used VersaFine Clair inks
• The last one is again the Thorns but instead of leaves I have used the solid and outline berries stamped using VersaFine Clair inks.

I will eventually use all of these background pieces to make other cards with. Go have fun messing around with your stencils.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Thorn Stencil

Leaf Stencil

Flowers and Berries Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black

Distress Oxide Ink

VersaFine Clair Ink

Happy Birthday Dude

4th June, 2021

Hi everyone, today I am back with Foxy from Crafty Purple Frog, apart from loving the Foxy Stamp Set, I do think he lends himself to a man, gents or in this case dudes card.

Ok so this card was relatively quick for me as I had already got all my images stamped and coloured from another card I made with this stamp set, I tend to do this as you can keep the extra images for other projects and can save time when you need a card now!!  I stamped all my images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them all with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers. Please see the supplies list below as the images came from all over but goes to show how well you can mix and match the Crafty Purple Frog releases together.

In further preparation I cut some grass out usingthe Grassy Lass dies from Heffy Doodle and placed them on my card ready. I dressed the fox using wet glue to adhere them firlmy.

I then started to complete my layout as I wanted it to be and started to stick things down, some with dimension and some without, I then decided to switch up fonts for the sentiments, using the Heffy Doodle happy die.  I cut it 3 times from white card and once from glossy black and layered them together for dimension.

I forgot to stamp birthday dude from the Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set on my grass but luckily using my stampin platform and several inkings I got a crisp image.

I hope you enjoyed the makings of this card.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Foxy Stamp Set

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set

All Ears Stamp Set

The Sett Stamp Set

Spread You WIngs Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers

Grassy Lass Heffy Doodle Dies

Happy Die by Heffy Doodle

Distress Oxide Inks

Top Hat Stencils - Crafty Purple Frog

 28th May,2021

Good Morning, today I am back with another blog about Crafty Purple Frog stencils and today we are using the Top Hat stencils.  There are 3 stencils that make the total image, the top hat, the hat band and dots.

But of course we don't have to use them in that way, the band for the hat is a seperate stencil so why not use them on their own to make a funky background, I have used neutral colours for mine but there is a whole rainbow of colour out there to be explored...go ahead and create.

Not only can we use the dots with the top hat but we can also use them alone to make a bright and vibrant background (I plan to team it with Party Mouse at some stage).

Remember I have only given a few options, but you could use the band and dot together, the dots as a single row, try an ombre effect with any of them for an awesome look. Don't forget to try different mediums like paste, embossing powders, maybe using the correct sandwich you will beable to get the to dry emboss through the machine of your choice.

I would love to see some of your ideas.

Happy Crafting

Lucy x

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Top Hat Stencils

Bee Kind

 May 21st, 2021

Hi folks, Im back again with another crafty make using items from Crafty Purple Frog.

Today we have a quick and simple card using the bee from the Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set.

I used the largest Honeycomb stencil to form a back ground by blending with Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Ink to get a lovely smooth and not too harsh blend of colour, I faded this out towards one side to give abit more texture and because I didn't want solid colour across the whole thing. I stamped out the bee and coloured using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers and to add some shimmer I embossed the wings with WOW! Clear Hologram Sparkle embossing powder.

I then chose my sentiment and stamped it out onto white card and cut ot out using the banner from Tag Along die set from Heffy Doodle and layered this onto black. I worked out my positioning and attached both the bee and sentiment on foam pads to my card. Using a black fine liner pen I drew in little lines to look like the bee had flown from sentiment to the otherside of the card.

Thank you for reading and happy crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

WOW! Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder

Specctrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers

Tag Along Dies from Heffy Doodle

Distress Oxide Inks

Mushroom Stencil by Crafty Purple Frog

 

Hi everyone, I am back with a quick post today to show a couple of different ways to use the mushroom stencil by Crafty Purple Frog.

Ok then, I find the best way for me to get them lined up is to write on them, this way is saves me a bit of time fiddling about. I used Distress Oxide inks in Pumice Stone and Festive Berries to complete the mushroom...using the full mushroom cut out first with Pumice Stone and then aligning the other stencil over the top with the Festive Berries to get the whole Mushroom or toadstool.

Once you have that image you have the choice to leave it like that or add an outline using the small mushroom stamp from the Foxy Stamp Set, it is easy to line up using the stamp on an acyrlic block but if you go abit squiffy like I have on a few it really doesn't matter.

A fun way is to use the top of the mushroom in a yellow colour to make cheese and use it along side the Party Mouse Stamp Set which you will see me do in a upcoming post.

Thank you for reading.

Happy Crafting

Lucy

xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Mushroom Stencil

Foxy Stamp Set

Party Mouse Stamp Set

Roses Are Like Friends

 May 7th, 2021

Hi all, I am back today with a gorgeous and classic looking card for you using the Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set by Crafty Purple 

To start with I wanted a sparkley but not blingy look to this card and as I seem to be addicted to the WOW!Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder I opted for that. I used Sookwang heat resistant doubled sided tape and layed out stripes across my card base, removed the release paper and covered with the embossing powder and heat set it until the magic happend and I was left with sparkly stripes of goodness.

I then proceeded to stamp out the rose from the Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend marker is the dark red blend. I stamped a couple of leaves and coloured them in the same way using the light green blend and then added a few highlights to the rose and leaves in a white gel pen.

Using foam pads or tape I popped up the rose and attached it to the bottom left hand corner of my card and placed the leaves behind it and secured in place with wet glue. I then picked out my sentiment, stamped it out and used the Stitched Nesting Dies from Stampin Up to cut out an elegant shape on white card, this didn't look right on its own so I added a layer of red card behing it to compliment the rose and stuck it flat to the card on the top right. To top the card off I used some bubbles from Little Things from Lucy's Cards.

Thank you for taking time out to read this post. Have a great weekend.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set

Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers

WOW! Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Supplies not from Crafty Purple Frog

Sookwang Heat Resistant tape

Stitched Nesting Dies from Stampin Up

Bubbles from Little Things from Lucy's Cards

Party Mouse

 April 29th, 2021

So we made it through to the last day of Crafty Purple Frog sneek peeks and here we are with the Party Mouse, another very enjoyable stamp set to use.

To start with I layered a C6 card blank with black card and then another white layer with I stamped the confetti elements of the Party Mouse stamp set in various colours of Versafine Clair ink, I used Warm Breeze, Purple Delight and Fantasia to give a fun and vibrant background. I then wents ahead and stamped the mouse, a party hat and various cupcakes, coloured them in using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends and added some highlights with a white gel pen to the hat. I then thought mmmmm frosting and went ahead and added embossing ink to the icing part with an embossing pen and then went ahead and used WOW! Hologram Sparkle embossing powder which gives a beautiful shimmer.

I found some dies in my stash that seemed to work with the card and cut a sizeable matt out of white card, I then went ahead and gently added a light blend of Scattered Straw Distress Oxide over the top, I went slightly darker on the outside to draw the eye in.  At that point I had made a party mouse song up in my head and was humming when it struck me the mouse should look like he is having a party too..so I cut round his little mousey paws/hands and inserted a small piece of cake, after all we all need cake on our birthday...right!

I then added the mouse to an action wobbler and foam pads to the cup cakes and added them to my card along with the sentiment have a mice day, which I just love.

I so hope you have enjoyed this sneek peek series I know I have. Watch out for more posts here and on social media in the coming weeks.

Take Care and Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Party Mouse Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Distress Oxide Ink

Versafine Clair Ink

WOW! Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder

WOW! Embossing Pen

Supplies not from Crafty Purple Frog

My Stash Dies - From Stampin Up

Action Wobblers

Birthday Fox

 April 28th, 2021

Here we are on Wednesday with a Foxy sneek peek using the Foxy stamp set from Crafty Purple Frog.

Off we go, I first used my cloud stencil from Inkylicious and Distress Oxide ink to blend over the background for a fluffy cloud effect. I then used the Grassy Lass Dies from Heffy Doodle to cut out some different layers of grass and I chose to do this in a couple of different colours to add abit more pop to the card. I then went ahead and stamped the fox, his attire, and mushrooms, I always stamp, colour and cut more than I need just incase I want to go mad or save them for another project.  I knew I wanted some dimension on the card so I placed all the bits on the card (I find this really helpful as I have stuck to many things down in the past only to find I have got it wrong)! once I decided on my layout I then added foam tape or pads to the back to get the require dimension I wanted.

This really was a fun card to put together and this card is perfect for a man however Mr Fox can also be a Foxy Lady! Hope you have fun when you get your set home.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Foxy Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Grassy Lass Dies from Heffy Doodle

Distress Oxide Inks

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Supplies not from Crafty Purple Frog

Inktlicious Lovely as a Cloud Stencil

HapBee Birthday

 27th April, 2021

Hello, as promised I am back again with another sneek peek from Crafty Purple Frog. This time I am using the Blooming Marvelous and Happy Birthday Everyone stamp sets along with the Hexagon layering stencil.

This time I used a standard C6 card base. Taking my blender brushes I used Distress Oxides in Carved Pumpkin, Fossilised Amber and Dried Marigold and layered up my stencils from biggest to smallest, you coud also do smallest to biggest too, I only blended over 2 thirds of the card and faded it out towards the top and bottom as I wanted a more muted effect. Once I had done this I stamped out the bee and rose and coloured them with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers, I added some higlights to the rose with a white gel pen from my stash and they decided I wanted some leaves so I stamped and coloured 3 to add to the rose. After I coloured the bee covered him in VersaMark ink and the embossed twice with WOW! Clear Gloss Ultra High embossing powder. My bee cracked as I man handled him too much but I actually really like the look as it adds more texture.

I then grabbed my stamping platform and popped my card in and once I decided the rose was going in the bottom left of the card I placed the happy birthday stamps and inked them up and stamped a couple of times for a dark and crisp sentiment, I then placed the bee over the PY of happy and there we have a HapBee Birthday Card.

Thank you for joining me again today.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies from Crafty Purple Frog

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Distress Oxides

WOW! Clear Gloss Ultra High Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Photo Booth Birthday

 26th April, 2021

Well a very good crafty morning to you. 

Today I bring you a sneek peek from the new release from Crafty Purple Frog, this is the second release from the lovely Amy and it is just super. I have had so much fun playing with them all, come back everyday this week to see more sneek peeks before the actual release on 30th April.

The moment I saw the hare and the glasses from the I'm All Ears stamp set I immediately thought of the photo booths you can hire for parties etc and off to work I went.  I started out with a slim line card and layered that with some black card and some patterned paper, I stamped out the hare 3 times in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and couloured him using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers. I then stamped out and coloured several of the glasses and also the cap, crown from the Spread Your Wings and the bow tie from The Sett stamp set and decided which hare I would dress with what...and then added glossy accents to the glasses to give the illusion of reflection.

Once I had sussed that out I cut out 9 polaroid frames in thin white card from My Favourite Things and then 3 in the colour of my choice for the top layer. I stuck 3 white frames together and then a top layer to give dimension with using foam tape - I find layering the card like this gives a sturdy card and good for posting.

I then spent some time layering all the piecs up on my card until I was happy, I then added the same patterened paper to the backs of each photo and stuck all the components together with a wet glue.

Hope you enjoyed this card and sneek peek. See you all again tomorrow for more.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

I'm All Ears Stamp Set

The Sett Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Spread Your Wings Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Glossy Accents

Supplies not available from Crafty Purple Frog

MFT Polaroid Die

Can I badger you for a cuppa sometime?

 9th April, 2021

Hi crafters, so I have been busy using the gorgeous The Sett stamps from Crafty Purple Frog. I can't get enough of this badger and the sentiment  "can I badger you for a cuppa sometime".

For this card I made about 4 masks of the badger so I was able to stamp him out several times without overstamping on my previous stamped images, I started at the bottom ane worked up my card stamoing in Versamark Ink and using WOW! Copper Embossing powder to make him stand out against my choce of craft card.  I then stamped and coloured a single badger using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Alchol Markers, cut round one of his paws and inserted a tea cup from the same stamp set.

I stamped out the sentiment and using my trimmer cut around it and layered it up onto a stamped piece of blue card and some more craft card...this made the step to hold the card in place when standing up.

To top the card off I decided that Mr Badger should really badger the recipient for a cuppa so I cut out 4 speech bubbles from the Heffy Doodle die set Whatcha Sayin and stamped "can I" from the main sentiment into each one...to do this I used a stamping platform and masked the words I did want from the sentiment when inking up in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I hope you enjoyed this card, I certainly enjoyed making it.

Take care and stay crafty

Lucy x

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

The Sett Stamp Set

The Sentiment Sett Stamp Set

Wow! Copper Embossing Powder

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blens Markers

Watcha Saying Dies by Heffy Doodle

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Just Because

26th March 2021

Today I have a very quick and cheerful card for you using the first release from Crafty Purple Frog which I am currently addicted too.

I started but stamping some of the images from the Flowers and Berries stamp set in Versa Mark ink, this ink stays wet for a while and allows you to use embossing powders with it. For this card I used WOW! bright white embossing powder and went ahead and heat set the powder on my card layer.  After I did this I used Distress Oxide inks in colours of my choice, (I like bright colours so I chose Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Picked Rasberry) to blend over the embossed images with my blending brushes, once Iwas happy with my blend I gently rubbed over the top with a tissue, this takes the ink off the embossing and makes the images pop out.

I layered the piece onto black card, this seems to be my go to at the moment as it helps to draw your eye into the card.  I then selected two sentiments from the Just Because stamp set, stamped and layered them and attached them to my card. I went for Just Because and  I wanted to make you smile as I am sending the card to a friend who needs a little cheering up.

I hope you give this card a go, it was fun to make and could easily be replicated many times.

Take care and keep crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Flowers and Berries Stamp Set

Just Because Stamp Set

Distress Oxide Inks

Beautiful Blender Brushes by Time for Tea Designs

WOW! Bright White Embossing Powder

A Gift For You Part 2 - The Packaging

 As promised I am back again to show you how I made this cute little box with belly band.

First off I picked a colour of card that compliments the cards I made yesterday, I decided to go with the yellow because it is cheerful and inviting. I cut this 11.5 x 6.25 inches. I stamped over the card with the largest sunflower from the Flowers and Berries set from CPF and then scored on the opposite side, I have marked the card in the photo below with measurements.

I then cut up the sides to form the tabs to enable me to put the box together. ***  

Next step is to apply adhesive to all the tabs I have drawn squiggles on - the adhesive must go on the stamped side. I tend to gule 2 opposite tabs at the same time this way the box will form as you go along.

Now you will see how well your 4 cards and envelopes will fit into the box.

I have a small circle punch in my crafty stash and I used that to cut out a half circle from the lid of the box to make opening easier....***if you don't have a punch you could also use a small die but be sure to do this before you glue your box together***.

I then decided to add a belly band to the box closed and make it look pretty. To do this I cut a couple of strips of black card at 0.75 of an inch and joined them together. I wrapped them round the box snipped them to size and joined them up, I try to get the joins in the middle of the top and bottom of the band. To spruce them up abit I stamped a large sunflower on white card and coloured it in the same manner as I did in yesterday's blog post, I fussy cut it out and added a gold glitter card circle to the centre.  As I was looking through my ribbon draw I came across some thin yellow ribbon and thought that would add a cut touch to the box so I tied that round the belly band and added the sunflower in the middle..be sure to only attach this to the band otherwise you will have problems getting into your box. On a whim and last minute decison I popped a couple of gems on the band and used Wink of Stellar in the centres of all the sunflowers I stamped on the box.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post.

Stay Safe and keep Crafting.

Lucy xx

Supplies used available from Crafty Pruple Frog - 

Flowers and Berries Stamp Set by Crafty Purple Frog 

Versafine Clair Summertime Ink

Versafine Clair Verdant Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Supplies from other places - 

Wink of Stellar