To continue the runny effect across the entire edge, line up your die as shown to extend it. Tape into position and run through your die cutting machine. This has now created a stencil for you to ink blend your honey.

Line up the kraft ‘stencil’ over the top of your white card blank and hold it in place with magnets on a magnetic platform. Using the lighter shade of yellow ink (Sunrise Yellow), ink blend the shape, making it darker at the top and lighter on the ‘runs’. Overlay with the darker yellow ink (Amber Ochre) on the top edge and to create some shadow on the runs.

From a height of approx 25cm lightly spray the inked area with Sparkle Spray. Set aside to dry.

To create the effect of ‘no-line colouring’, stamp out the beehive, honey pot and baby bear images using a light coloured ink.

Use the Tonic Keepsake Creator Die Set to cut the appropriate birth day and date for baby. Cut them twice, once in smooth white and the second in ‘Ginger Pie’ Classic Cardstock. Glue the white, on top of the darker shade, with a sight overlap to create a drop-shadow effect.

Die cut (two of each) of the three different branches in smooth white cardstock.

Have a play with the layout of all of your different pieces until happy with their positioning. This is how I decided I wanted it to roughly look before I committed to glueing anything down. I cut the letters for the baby’s name using alphabet dies from elsewhere but alternatively you can also find some really beautiful alphabet sticker/chipboard sets in many craft shops which would work equally as well.

To create the effect of ‘longer’ branches, I overlaid the various short ones. Any obvious ‘seams’ will be covered over at a later point.

Have another play around, this time with how you want your tree blossom to look and then stick into position. I used the larger of my flowers to conceal the ‘seams’ on my branches.

Leave the drops to harden and then place into your box frame.

Box frame complete and ready to be gifted or hung in your own little person’s nursery!

I opted for a more ‘neutral’ colour palette with this one by pairing it with green but the beauty of the ‘yellow’ honey is that it works beautifully well with either blue or pink, if you wanted to be a little more gender specific and of course there’s nothing stopping you from having a brightly coloured bear if you didn’t fancy the more traditional brown colour scheme!

Lots of possibilities with this super cute stamp set so I hope it’s inspired you to have a play!

As always, thank you so much for visiting the blog and reading my post (apologies, it was an extra long one this time!)

Take care and happy crafting.

Kate x

Using a blending dauber, ink the edges of both the postcard and kraft base in ‘Soft Suede’ Nuvo Hybrid Ink to give them a worn, distressed feel. Finally, add a few splatters of black paint to your kraft base. (This isn’t completely necessary but I do love a good splatter! I think it adds to the distressed aged effect of old paper)

Transfer some of the ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Azure Blue’ Aqua Flow pen ink onto something like a palette or glass crafting mat. Lightly spray your A2 panel with water and then using an Aqua Flow water brush, start applying the blue inks to the panel. Initially start off lighter (you may find it easier to mix some of the ink with water to dilute down, before applying to the page) Gradually increase the intensity of the ink to create lighter and darker areas around the embossed leaves. Set aside to dry naturally or dry with a heat tool.

On the back of a piece of ‘Siena Treasure’ speciality card measure and draw out a rectangle measuring 172mm across and 240mm down. Divide this up into 8 rectangles, each measuring 86 x 60mm. Mark the line in between the first and second rectangle down, as well as the line between the third and fourth rectangles down as a ‘score’ line.

Using a scoring tool, score the two fold lines and then cut the remaining lines using a trimmer or guillotine to create four equal sized pieces. Fold along the score lines to create your name card blanks.

Your inked panel should be dry now. Using a small paintbrush, splatter with white and black watered down acrylic paint. Set aside to dry.

In white cardstock, cut x4 strips measuring 10 x 70 mm

In vellum, cut x4 strips measuring 20 x 105 mm

Using a fine pen, write the names of your guests onto the vellum strips.

Now dry, using a guillotine or trimmer, cut your embossed inked panel into four, following the lines you drew on the back.

Across the centre of your 4 smaller panels, attach the white strips of card. Here I have used 6mm double-sided tissue tape.

This next step is in two parts and I’m really sorry I forgot to take a photo of the first part!

First, over the top of the white strip, place the named vellum strip, fold it around the sides of the mini embossed panel and secure in place at the back.

Secondly, as shown in the photo, glue the mini panels onto your mini card blanks - Set over to the right hand side so that the border on the top, bottom and right are equal but the left hand side is wider.

Using the three frame dies from the ‘Christmas Rose’ set, cut a frame in ‘Navy Blue’ cardstock and then snip off the corners, leaving you with 4 strips (don’t worry that two are slightly shorter)

Across the centre of your 4 smaller panels, attach the white strips of card. Here I have used 6mm double-sided tissue tape.

This next step is in two parts and I’m really sorry I forgot to take a photo of the first part!

First, over the top of the white strip, place the named vellum strip, fold it around the sides of the mini embossed panel and secure in place at the back.

Secondly, as shown in the photo, glue the mini panels onto your mini card blanks - Set over to the right hand side so that the border on the top, bottom and right are equal but the left hand side is wider.

Colour in the stamped flower images using Nuvo Alcohol Markers and use a white gel pen to add a few ‘light’ details. Cut out the flowers using the coordinating dies.

Using some Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, glue the smaller of the flowers into position as shown.

Apply a sticky foam pad to the back of the larger flowers and attach as shown; slightly overlapping the small flower. 

Add a few sequins dotted around to finish.

Using a trimmer or guillotine, cut:

● x1 piece of watercolour card to measure 3 x 6”

● x1 piece of thick smooth white cardstock (suitable for blending inks) to 3 x 6”

● x2 pieces of Craft Perfect ‘Glossy Black’ Mirror Cardstock to measure 8 x 15.6cm

Finally, trim 2mm off the bottom of x2 A6 Card Blanks (if you are looking at them in portrait orientation).

On the smooth cardstock panel, start by by blending your yellow ink in the centre of the panel, in circular motions. Then add the green and orange inks on either end, blending into the yellow.

TIP: If you are anything like me, I’m quite a messy crafter (inky fingers get everywhere!) So I find it can be helpful to rest my fingers on something like a post-it-note (sticky side up) so that I don’t leave unwanted finger prints in where I’ve already inked and end up transferring them where I don’t want them!

On the smooth cardstock panel, start by by blending your yellow ink in the centre of the panel, in circular motions. Then add the green and orange inks on either end, blending into the yellow.

TIP: If you are anything like me, I’m quite a messy crafter (inky fingers get everywhere!) So I find it can be helpful to rest my fingers on something like a post-it-note (sticky side up) so that I don’t leave unwanted finger prints in where I’ve already inked and end up transferring them where I don’t want them!

While you wait for your Crystal Drops to dry, take your watercolour card panel and spray with water.

Starting at the top, apply your green Aqua Flow Ink to the page, going a little over a third of the way down.

You can either work directly from the pen or squeeze out a small amount of ink onto a glass mat and apply using a water brush. Repeat this with the yellow ink, blending into the green.

To make a slightly more orange tone, I mixed the ‘Tomato Juice’ and ‘Mango Mimosa’ together. (Don’t think I’d fancy that combination as an actual cocktail mind you!)

I then blended the new colour into the yellow in the same way as before.

Take your watercolour card panel and glue the corresponding colour circles over the top to create a ‘random’ dotty effect.

Next, apply some adhesive to your die cut panel and stick to one of your glossy black panels, ensuring a thin, even border all the way around the edges.

Stick the watercolour card panel to the second glossy black base.

Attach the bases to your card blanks as shown.

Onto white cardstock, stamp out the four monsters as well as the flask image.

Colour your stamped images using alcohol markers. In the above photos is a guide to show the stages of how I coloured mine in and which colours I used. 

Colour your stamped images using alcohol markers. In the above photos is a guide to show the stages of how I coloured mine in and which colours I used. 

Cut out the stamped coloured images using the corresponding dies.

Using a white gel pen, add in some ‘light’ details and the ‘fuzzy’ fur effect to the baby monster.

Finally, apply Clear Crystal Drops over the monsters’ eyes to give them a glossy eye effect.

Now for the sentiments:

Using Nuvo Clear Mark Ink, stamp out the sentiments onto silver foiled cardstock and heat emboss with black embossing powder. Then trim into thin banners.

Attach the sentiments to the purple cardstock and trim to create a thin border of no more than 2mm thickness.

In silver foiled cardstock, die cut the ‘Friend’ banner and attach a strip of black glossy cardstock to the back to show through the ‘FRIEND’ letters. Attach the silver foiled centres to the letters ‘R’ and ‘D’.

In both the purple and glossy black cardstocks, die cut the ‘Hi’ sentiment and adhere on top of one another to create a ‘drop shadow’.

Using thin foam tape, attach the monsters and sentiments to the card fronts and there you have it...your monstrous pair of fun cards are finished!

I hope you have as much fun with this stamp set as I have...and hopefully not got TOO messy in the process! ‘Ink-tober’ sounds like my kind of month!...I hope you also get to enjoy playing around with some Nuvo to see what vibrant combinations you can come up with.

Thank you so much for reading my blog.

Happy crafting!

Kate x

Using thin foam tape, attach the monsters and sentiments to the card fronts and there you have it...your monstrous pair of fun cards are finished!

I hope you have as much fun with this stamp set as I have...and hopefully not got TOO messy in the process! ‘Ink-tober’ sounds like my kind of month!...I hope you also get to enjoy playing around with some Nuvo to see what vibrant combinations you can come up with.

Thank you so much for reading my blog.

Happy crafting!

Kate x

Die cut x3 cross-hatch pieces out of thick cardstock (I have used Kraft card). On a 6x6” piece of ‘Cosmic Copper’ cardstock, stick down the die cut shapes in a random arrangement using repositionable spray adhesive. I trimmed down the excess of one piece to use it in a different area.

Spray a few short, sharp, bursts of sparkle spray in different directions across the page.

Once the spray is dry, remove the stuck down shapes and then randomly splatter with watered down black acrylic paint.

Using the ‘Four Seasons Amber Autumn’ die set, cut out the intricate part of the wreath die in Black Velvet mirror card, as well as the sentiment and sentiment background panel, In the ‘Red Velvet’ pearlescent cardstock, cut out a second sentiment background panel and a second ‘falling leaves’ sentiment out of ‘Lemon Lustre’ pearlescent card.

Glue the coloured die cut pieces on top of the black ones, slightly off-set to create a ‘drop shadow effect’. Adhere the sentiment to the background panel.

Glue the wreath to the panel and then using foam adhesive pads, attach the sentiment positioned as shown.

Attach the panel to the centre of your 7x7” card base.

Glue the wreath to the panel and then using foam adhesive pads, attach the sentiment positioned as shown.

Glue the wreath to the panel and then using foam adhesive pads, attach the sentiment positioned as shown.

Your seasonal wreath on a unique mixed media background is complete!

I hope you’ll give having a play around with these new chalk mousses a go. The matte effect really is ever so different to the drying finishes of all of Tonic’s other various Nuvo mousses and they are so very creamy and smooth to apply. Plus the new colours are gorgeous!

Happy crafting everyone.

Kate x

I hope you’ll give having a play around with these new chalk mousses a go. The matte effect really is ever so different to the drying finishes of all of Tonic’s other various Nuvo mousses and they are so very creamy and smooth to apply. Plus the new colours are gorgeous!

Happy crafting everyone.

Kate x