Hello, hello! It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at home. In non card related business, I’ve been learning to spin. So far, I have the cutest wonky yarn, and a sore thumb! But it’s so interesting to learn a new skill, and teach my hands and feet some new coordination tricks. (I’ll pop a picture at the end of this post) Onto the cards – I have a set of four cards today. Once I started colouring chickens, I couldn’t stop! You might have known this blog post was coming if you spotted my secret video.
All these chickens come from a stamp set called Just Chicken In from Pink and Main, and I stamped them in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then cut them with the matching Just Chicken In dies. I then coloured them with my Copic markers.
I then set about making the images into cards. First I made a pair of baby cards, with really cute sentiments. I used a pale blue paper from the Year Round Dots and Stripes paper pack, and cut a heart from it using the Double Stitched Heart Dies. Both these cards have a small smattering of All Occasion Glitter Enamel Dots. This was a two-for-one background pair, as the heart that I cut out of one card, I used it for the other.
The next card uses the gorgeous group of nesting chickens. This card actually had a big booboo when my marker bled onto my panel, but I have covered this up with the sentiment. This time, I used I used papers from the Warm Basics paper pack. I cut this, and the a sheet of white card using the Mod Stitched Rectangles die.
Lastly, with have this stylish chick, heading off for some shopping, I suspect! The panel behind her is foiled, using the leftover from the Woven Foilable Panels. Once I had foiled the panel, I took the foil, with the remaining coloured foil, and foiled it onto the red from the Rainbow Toner sheets pack. I layered this panel onto some red card, and added some Musical Enamel Dots as well as a sentiment from the Just Chicken In stamp set.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed these cards, and you have some time to get crafty. Until next time,
Blessings,
Donna
(And here’s the wonky yarn!)
 Pink and Main Woven Foilable Panels Shop at: P&M | SBC |
 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Shop at: SBC | SSS |
 Pink and Main Double Stitched Heart dies Shop at: P&M | SBC |
 Pink and Main Mod Stitched rectangle dies Shop at: P&M | SBC | SSS |
 Pink and Main Year Round Dots and Stripes Shop at: P&M | SBC | SSS |
 Pink and Main All Occasion Glitter Enamel Dots Shop at: P&M | SSS |
 Pink and Main Just Chicken In stamp set Shop at: P&M | SBC | SSS |
 Pink and Main Just Chicken in dies Shop at: P&M | SBC |
 Pink and Main Warm Basics 6×6 paper pack Shop at: P&M | SBC | |
 Pink and Main Musical enamel dots Shop at: P&M | SBC |
 Pink and Main Foilables Rainbow Toner Sheets Shop at: P&M | SBC |
Donna is Playing Paper 
A wonderful set of cards Donna. Love the images.
And welcome to the world of spinning. I have been spinning myself since 2016.
I will give you some advice that I give all new spinners. Once you finish making your first lot of yarn. Keep it – even make something out of it. Then you will have a reference of where you once started in this craft. There is nothing like being able to feel and see your progress.
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Thank you so much, Tracy for that advice. So far I’ve just laughed at my yarn, but you’re right – it will be a good record of my progress if a I keep the yarn. I’m going to do it! Nice to meet another spinner, (if I may be so bold to call myself that after just a few evenings spinning!)
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