Steampunk Owl

My latest digi stamp 'Steampunk Owl' is available now on the website and you can find him here.

With Mothers Day on the horizon it got me thinking about Fathers Day.

I am always stuck with finding just  the right  image for my dear old dad.

Well he loves tinkering with old clocks and watches etc.....well anything mechanical really.

I got this vision in my head this morning and just had to get it designed while I still remembered.

I hope you may find it useful too!

So Charming!

Just thought I would show you these fab new charms we just added to the website.

Don't you just love that sweet little reindeer.

There will be more new ones added over the next few weeks.

you can find all of our charms here

Whoo La-La!

I have made a birthday card for my daughter using one of my new digis 'Owl in Hat'

The marvelous thing about digis is you can do sooo much with them.....possibilities are endless!

You can do things with polymer stamps that you can't do with digis and visa versa.

I think both 'actual' stamps and 'digis' can play a big part in the crafting world :)

I saw on the 'Less is More' Challenge that this weeks theme is a OLC with stripes

so this inspired my creation.

I have used the pre-coloured version here as I haven't a lot of time for colouring just now.

Anyone who buys my digis willl know that they come with a precoloured version as well as an image to colour yourself.....great for when you need a card in a hurry :)

Less is More - OLC with Stripes
Fab n Funky - Try Something New - OLC
Charizma Cards - Things with Wings
Allsorts - Free and Easy February

The sentiment comes from my new 'Owl Sentiments' Set

As you can see there are 6 different sentiments.......each comes as a separate png file.

If you open your png sentiment file on top of some patterned paper in a graphics programme you will see it appears to float above the paper and you can move it around....this is because it has a transparent background.........you will see the letters have a nice white border around them like on my card.

You can just print them out onto plain or patterned paper and you will get a blackline sentiment but it must be opened TOGETHER  with the paper in a graphics programme  to get the white border effect....hope I am making sense lol!

DT girl Jenny uses this  graphic software which is free to download and she loves it!

'Owl in Hat' digi can be found here

'Owl Sentiments' here

I designed some stripes in my graphics programme and a number.....imported the image and sentiment......played around until I was happy with the layout by resizing etc then printed it out

Stuck on some gems and  'Viola' or should I say 'Whoo La-La!

More Owls!

I would just like to thank everyone who has left very helpful comments and taken part in the poll at the top right of my blog.

It's been very interesting reading your comments!

It seems digis are taking the lead but the physical stamp still has a place in our hearts!

I have had lots of requests to produce some more designs with the quirky little  owls I designed for valentines day.......these have been very popular :)

DT girl Mandy emailed me yesterday to see if there was any chance I could design one of them in a big hat so she could make her Mum a Mothers Day Card

I quickly designed the one she requested and went on to design two other Mum themed owl designs.

These are useful for Mothers Day and Birthdays:-

'Mum Owls'

'Mother Owl'

'Owl in Hat'

These can be bought as a set of three as shown or each can be bought separately......you can find them here

As usual each image comes with 3 files

1 blackline jpg

1 blackline png

1 coloured jpg

The images shown are low resolution with copyright info

The images you will recieve will be high resolution 300dpi without copyright info

Digi or Polymer Stamps?

Good Evening my lovelies......can you help me out with a little poll at the top right of my blog?

If you saw a stamp image that you liked and it was available as a digi and a physical stamp......which are you most likely to buy?

Prom Queen Emma

Well I couldn't design a 'School Girl Emma' without coming up with a 'Prom Queen Emma' could I?

These proms are the in thing these days......didn't have them when my daughter Emma left school.

Proms are something that have only sprung up in recent years in the UK.....something we have caught from our friends in the US :)

You can  also use this digi to make a birthday card that any teenage girl would love!

You can find 'Prom Queen Emma' here

As usual you will recieve 3 images

I blackline jpg

1 blackline png

1 coloured jpg

The image shown is low res with copyright info

The images you will recieve will be  high res 300dpi

School Girl Emma

I have been having a doodle this afternoon and have come up with this new Emma digi

She is called 'School Girl Emma' and she is available on the website here

The image shown is low resolution with copyright info

The 3 images you will receive will be high resolution 300dpi without copyright info

1 Blackline jpg

1 Blackline png

1 Coloured  jpg (like shown)

The Very First Stamp!

The very first stamp design  'Mimi in Hat & Coat' I made for Pink Gem Designs  3 years ago.......has now been re-vamped and released as a digi stamp.....you can find her here

If you go to the baby section you will also see that some more of the very popular digis have had a 'make over' to bring them up to date with my latest style of designs.....like this little cutie below :)

You can see all the baby digis here

Don't forget to pop back here tomorrow to catch a brand new freebie digi !

Owl Always Love You

I made this Valentine card today using 'Owl Always Love U' digi

I am entering it for the following challenges

Crafty Callendar Challenge - Love and Marriage

Creatalicious Challenge - Love

By The Cute & Girly - Love is in the Air

The Pink Elephant - Pink

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Pink & Red

Everybody Art Challenge - Love

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft - A for Adorable

Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics

Allsorts Challenge - Free & Easy

The Secret Crafter - Hugs & kisses

'Owl Always Love U' digi  here ...you can buy him singly or in a set of 3 digis here

Downloadable paper 'Micro Dots' here

Spellbinder Dies here

Flowers here

Love Owls

I have designed this 'Love Owls' digi set just in time for Valentines Day!

There are 3 images in the set but each can also be bought separately

You can see them all here

Each image has 3 files

1 black line png

1 black line jpg

1 coloured jpg

The images shown are low resolution with copyright protection

The images you will recieve will be high resolution  300dpi

We have these new Nellie Snellen dies just in

You can see these here

.......and these lovely Labels 22 Nestabilities Dies which are a really good size for framing stamp images :)

You can find these here

Challenge 39

Today sees the start of challenge 39 over at A Gem of a Challenge

Lisa is once again the host and she has chosen Fairies for her theme

It just so happens that one of my latest designs is a little fairy called 'Faye'

This design is 'Faye with Flowers' and you can find her here

Don't forget to pop over to AGOAC to see the other DT girls lovely cards

Here is my card

'Faye with Flowers' digi here....coloured with Copics

Sentiment here

Ink here

Nestabilities here

The flowers, ribbon and brads are from my stash

Girls Sentiment Set

Here is a digi sentiment set just perfect for little girls!

It consists of 3 separate images

Each image has 3 files:-

1 coloured jpg (like shown)

1 blackline jpg

1 blackline png (transparent background)

....so 9 files in total and thats a bargain at £1.95

The coloured files  team well with most of our digi papers  here especially 'Springtime'

They aslo go well with our 'Chloe' character who is available here as a digi and here as polymer stamps...... they feature her little pet cat :)

These can be resized in any graphic programme........Jenny our DT girl uses PagePlus which can be downloaded for free here

So you can use them 'Large' as toppers and fill the front of your card or scale them down to more normal sized sentiments

If you open some patterned paper in your graphics programme and open the png sentiment you will see that the pattern shows through the transparent background but the cat, hearts and flowers stay white.

If you then print out what is on your screen the sentiment will be patterned but the images will be left white for you to colour if you wish

The images shown are low resolution with copyright info

The images you will recieve will be high resolution 300dpi

A Great Place To Live!

My daughter posted this to my FB page with the  message that I need to move lol!

....................and a Baby Boy!

I have made a little boy version of the sleeping baby teddy digi in the post below

You can find him here

As usual there will be 3 images

1 blackline jpg

1 blackline png

1 ready coloured jpg

Ssssshhh........

.......baby bear is sleeping!

'Baby Girl Sleeping Teddy' is my latest digi and you can find her here

As usual you will recieve 3 images

1 blackline jpg

1 blackline png with a transparent background

1 ready coloured jpg

Football Teddy

Here is my latest digi Football Teddy and you can find him here

He is just the job for the the tiniest men in your lives.

 He has got the number one on his boots and T-shirt so he would make a great 1st birthday card for any baby boy :)

Snazzy Buttons & Twine!

I am just loving these My Minds Eye - Kraft Fun Day Buttons & Twine they are so snazzy!

I have been trying to get my hands on these for a while and when I saw some in stock early this week I jumped on them lol!

They are HERE and HERE  on our website now........I can't wait to use them :)