600th Post

Good morning. Hope I am not posting too late for some of my visitors this morning. I've been having great fun using some more new products. The stamp set used is French Foliage. I started by embossing with the dotty folder on the Big Shot and then stamping the large leaves down one side. I used a new Illuminate ink which is shimmery and lovely and then embossed over the top with clear embossing powder.

Once this had cooled off I stamped some leaves, post mark and spots in Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake ink. The next stage was to sponge over the top with Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Garden Green ink. Quite a few stages but all of them were really quick. Once all the ink was dried I gently rubbed over the embossed leaves to remove any excess ink and make the leaves stand out more.

Next I got out Four Frames and stamped a frame and punched it out using the Label Punch which matches the stamp set. The sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

A bit of a different card for me with some different techniques but, as you'll see tomorrow I got a taste for sponging!

Springtime Vintage Box

It's Tuesday! Today was I day where I just didn't know what day it was all day. It may have been something to do with Munchkin's 3 hour nap!! Very confusing to have so much time to myself. Anyway back to the crafting... Here is a box that I bought and covered in the scrumptious Springtime Vinetage DSP. Love that patterned paper!!! The lid is covered with one side of the paper and the base of the box is using the reverse. Easy and simple co-ordination.

The top of the box has a piece of Pear Pizzazz CS that has been embossed with the Polka Dot embossing folder. Layered on that is a Rose Red stamped and punched image that was from Four Frames. The central flower image was punched using the large oval punch and cut from another design of Springtime Vintage papers.

Yum yum button. These buttons are just HUGE. So they make a gorgeous embellishment on such a busily patterned base. The button and seam binding ribbon are both Rose Red.

Hope your week is going well. I'll be back soon with more Mini numminess.

P.S. Apologies for the poor picture quality - I forgot to take them in daylight. d'oh!