Lights the way....

I have another card to share with you today made using stamps from the Adventures in Happiness Unity Stamp set available from Make the day special. I have made 3 different cards now using a selection of stamps from this set and each one is so different. Is is lovely to have so much versatility in one set of stamps.


To make the card, I cut some stripey paper to fit my base card, stamped my sentiment then sewed around the edge of the paper before wrapping it with string and sticking it to my base card.
I cut a rectangle of textured blue card, matted it on to green spotty card and added a strip of patterned pale blue card which I had cut with edging scissors. I sewed along the edge with my machine and then added a piece of green card on the top also cut and sewn. I stamped the lighthouse in place on the image panel and then once more on to cream card. I sewed around the edge of the image panel with a zig-zag stitch then coloured my image and inked with distress inks before cutting out and adding to the scene with foams pads.
I added a button to the right of the image, set an eyelet and then finished off with a couple of gems.
All papers except the textured card are from DCWV.
I really enjoyed making this card and building the little seaside scene, I really want to go for a walk by the sea now!
I hope you have a lovely Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Jane
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Make the Day Special DT card - life's adventures...

I had a play last weekend with my stamps from the Adventures in Happiness Unity set available from Make the day special.
The sentiment stamps that are part of the set are so lovely and make a great card on their own without the need to combine them with an image.

I love this sentiment and it's serenity reminded me of these papers from Cosmo Cricket. I love papers with Clouds and these are no exception, I love the vintagey aged feel to them. I stamped the sentiment straight on to the backing paper and cut it out with my Nestabilities and matted it on to some coordinating paper. I matted the cloud paper on to the same paper and sewed around the edges. I punched some holes and set some eyelets and threaded the sentiment tag with organza ribbon.
I added a butterfly made from a punched layer and a butterfly embellishment from Mei flowers.
I hope you have a lovely Friday.
Jane
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New Home card with lots of butterflies!

My Friend and colleague moved House at the end of last week so I needed a New Home card. I picked up a pack of Unity stamps at the Make it show in Farnborough and hadn't tried them out yet. The post box is so sweet and I love the little butterflies flying out of it.


I found this Kraft paper with cute little houses on it in my stash. I think I bought it from a shop that was closing down. I made a card base with a recycled Kraft folder and covered it with house paper which I had inked around the edges and wrapped with brown gingham ribbon.


I coloured the image with Promarkers and then added lots of little Martha Stewart butterflies. I dotted around lots of little gems and added a bow to which I had tied a button.

I decided to decorate the inside of the card with a layer of white textured card. The sentiment is stamped from a combination of Elzybells stamps and the envelope is part of the Unity set. I couldn't resist adding a couple more punched butterflies!
I hope you have a lovely Monday, we bought new bike yesterday and I have a day off today so Jack and I will be cycling to town this morning then home for a bit of crafting :-)
Jane
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