National Teen Self Esteem hop 2023

This is my card I have created for the Instagram #nationalteenselfesteemhop23

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!

I just couldn't resist using these great stamps from C.C. Designs. They are just the perfect example of young people with very different characters all coming together to do good. Most importantly they do it by being themselves!

I have used a combination of stamp sets to make this card. I used the girl, the BFF and the friends to be able to put all of these key characters from the hit Netflix show together.

I used the ink that was left on my blending brushes to make the rainbow of colours behind them then added some splatters with Brushed pewter distress spray stain.

I coloured them using the following copics:

Wednesday:

Hair - W9,W7,W5

Skin - E11, E00

Dress - N9, N7, N5, N3, N1

Eugene :

Hair - W9, W7, W5

Skin - E57, E55, E33

Blazer - B69, B18, B24

Jumper - W4, W2

Trousers - W6, W4, W2

Bag - E57, E55

plus glossy accents on his glasses

Enid:

Hair - E53, E51, RV23, RV21, B02, B01

Skin - E33, E11, E00 and E04 in mouth

Eyes - B45, B41

Hat and boots - W6, W4, W2

Skirt - T3

Jumper - RV23, RV21, B02, B01, Y15, Y11, V15, V12

Xavier:

Hair - E57, E55, E33

Skin - E33, E11, E00

Blazer - B69, B18, B24, T3

Trousers - W9, W7, W5

Bianca:

Hair - W9, W7, W5

Eyes - B45, B41

Skin - E57, E55, E53 - E4 lips

Blazer and jumper - V17, V15, V12

Skirt and shoes - W9, W7, T3, T1

Don’t worry you have 7 days to hop along so there is no rush.

HOW TO ENTER:

1)Be following me on instagram

2)Like and leave a comment on my instagram post

3)Follow each sponsor on instgram

4) BONUS: visit each participant of this hop and do the same. The more you hop, follow and comment the more chances you have of winning one of our amazing sponsor prizes

Your next stop is: @alisonchelsea9

If you get lost along the way please visit @jasmincraftymakes to find the full line up!

You have until 20th May to hop along; winners will be announced by 22nd May on @jasmincraftymakes IG

Sponsor Prizes:

@HeffyDoodle - £25 voucher

@Craftypurplefrog - £25 voucher

@ScrappyBoyStamps - Stamp set of your choice (US only)

@SweetNovemberStamps - $30 voucher

@Artful.Angel - $10 voucher

Thank you for taking the time to look at our blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

May waves of happiness wash over you

It is almost time for another clear stamp Mermay release from the amazing Sweet November Stamps. Next weekend there will be a whole load of new mermaid and seaside related clear stamps. Before that though I wanted to show off one of the stamps That you can already get. This is Lynn she comes with feet or this mermaid tail so you could have her either way on your creation. 

I loved creating this card. I started by die cutting the white card with the Heffy Doodle Whimsically wonky dies to create the layer to work with. I then masked off a line across the card using Heffy memo tape before inking my blue line with salty ocean and a touch of faded jeans distress inks. Then I flicked water over it before adding some white splatters from picket fence distress spray stain. For even more depth I added a few silver crystals nuvo drops. 

The sentiment is from the Mermee set #2 stamp set. Then I stuck my little Lynn on top of my inking breaking out of the blue inked line just a bit. I coloured her using copics.

Come back later if you want to see a sneak peek of one of the new Mermay clear stamp sets that will be available next weekend (20th May 2023)

Thank you for taking the time to look at our blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx