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Saturday, May 14, 2022
Sweet November Stamps Mermay 2022 release
Saturday, May 7, 2022
National Teen Self Esteem hop 2022
A great group of crafters have come together to spread love, joy and encouragement to our younger generation. Do you have a teenager in your household or maybe a younger child who struggle with Self Esteem, please share with them the lovely projects in this hop and maybe they can take some encouragement away from it!
Don’t worry you have 7 days to hop along so feel free to keep popping back!
To enter please go to the Crafty Purple Frog Instagram ( @craftypurplefrog ) and hop along to see everything :)
If you get lost along the way please visit @jasmincraftymakes to find the full line up!
You have until 14th May to hop along; winners will be announced by 18th May on @jasmincraftymakes IG
Heffy Doodle - £40 voucher
Whimsy Stamps - $25 voucher
Janes Doodles - $30 voucher
My Perfect Stamps - £25 voucher
Scrappy Boy Stamps - Stamp set of your choice (US only)
Scrappy Tails - $25 voucher
Time for Tea Designs - £20 voucher
JasminCraftyMakes - Mystery craft box of new or lightly used supplies worth £100+
Crafty Purple Frog - Free Digi images (scroll down to grab yours!)
Artful Angel - $10 voucher
This is my make for the hop. I have used the digi set that is free this week from Crafty Purple Frog to celebrate the hop.
Mermay revisited and a sneak peek of the new Sweet November Stamps release
But there have also been 2 previous mermay releases from Sweet November Stamps and this weekend we at Crafty Purple Frog and the Sweet November Stamps team are revisiting them so be ready for lots more inspiration and mermaid goodness. For my card I have used the Goldie stamp set and combined that with the horizon lines under the sea stamp set. The sentiment is from a Greeting farm set called Bring me smiles.
Monday, May 2, 2022
Copic colour combination Blue Jeans No.1
I am going to share a range of copic colour combinations and I have loaded a blank colour combination chart so that you can keep your own record of your favourite colour combinations. You can find it here or in the tab at the top of this blog. Right click the chart you want save it and then print as much as many as you need. This works best if you print it onto the card or paper you use to colour on.
I was asked about what colour combinations I like to use for blue jeans and this is the first one of a few I will be sharing. This blue can of course be used for other things as well though.
If there is something you would like a colour combination for then please message me and I will try to come up with one for you :D
Huge hugs
Amy xx
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Copic Skin colour combination No.2
I am going to share a range of copic colour combinations and I have loaded a blank colour combination chart so that you can keep your own record of your favourite colour combinations. You can find it here or in the tab at the top of this blog. Right click the chart you want save it and then print as much as many as you need. This works best if you print it onto the card or paper you use to colour on.
This colour combination is one I like to use as a skin tone.
If there is something you would like a colour combination for then please message me and I will try to come up with one for you :D
Huge hugs
Amy xx
Monday, April 18, 2022
Copic skin colour combination 1
I am going to share a range of copic colour combinations and I have loaded a blank colour combination chart so that you can keep your own record of your favourite colour combinations. You can find it here or in the tab at the top of this blog. Right click the chart you want save it and then print as much as many as you need. This works best if you print it onto the card or paper you use to colour on.
This is the first colour combination and it is one I like to use as a skin tone.
If there is something you would like a colour combination for then please message me and I will try to come up with one for you :D
Huge hugs
Amy xx
Thursday, April 7, 2022
I appreciate you
For my card I wanted to use a stamp set which is quite new to me the Altenew Garden Delights stamp set. I have to say that this set is beautiful. It was a dream to line up and I really like the little sentiments that come with it.
I wanted to use the complimentary colours for this creation while adding in the black to make them pop. I used the 70,20,10 theory where I had red for the 70, green for the 20 and black for the 10.
For the flowers I used the following Altenew Crisp dye inks:
Pastel Sunrise, Canyon Clay and Burnt Red. They are all in the Martian Terrain ink set.
The leaves are Frayed Leaf and forest Glades which are both in the Green Fields ink set.
I used the coordinating dies to cut all my leaves and flowers out.
I hand drew the black frame in and added the black centres for the flowers with Nuvo Black Board vintage drops. For a bit more red I used the splatters in the Inky Bouquet stamp set.
To finish this card off I cut a strip of black card and embossed the sentiment from the Garden Delights set in white super fine Wow! embossing powder.
Thank you for taking the time to visit this blog.
Huge hugs
Amy xx
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