Whip up a favour

Here are some little gift packaging I made up the other day. They would be perfect to contain a cello bag with sweets, biscuits or even buttons as a small gift when going out for drinks or to go with a birthday card.

This is the first one made with Pennant Parade and the co-ordinating punch.

 

The next is using Owl Occasions and cute little Vintage Trinkets.

 

 The last one uses Papaya Collage and a paper daisy.

I could not wait to use the little bird image. It's so sweet!

Sorry about the absence this week. Munchkin has been unwell while DH is away on business so it's been exhausting nights followed by dragging days... Still, I'm back on form now!!! Keep your eyes peeled as my 12 Days of Christmas series starts on Saturday 1st December with quick cards, gifts and decorations!!!

Tweet Leaves

Half way through the week already! Today's card is made using a really cute individual stamp called Tweet Leaves from the Autumn/Winter catalogue (pg31). I used the rock'n'roll technique with three colours of ink: Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie and Soft Suede. I started with Pumpkin Pie as it's the lightest colour, then added a thick roll of Poppy Parade and then a tiny bit of Soft Suede around the very edges.

TIP: So long as you always roll in the lightest colour to the strongest colour you won't ruin your ink pads.

The image was stamped onto white shimmer card. So sweet and quick to stamp! This then had the corners rounded using my trusty corner rounder punch and was layered onto Soft Suede cardstock. The thin border allowed the colour to be seen more strongly at the corners. Scallop borders were then added to each side in Pumpkin Pie and mounted onto a Poppy Parade base. Naturally a few rhinestones are added for some bling and ta-dah! It's finished!!

Puffin fun

This evening I have a card to share with you made by my lovely friend, Ruth. She made it for her Dad who recently went puffin hunting (I was a but alarmed when she told me this but then she re-phrased it as "puffin watching" and I could breathe again!




She made it using punches based on a tutorial she google'd. Isn't he a cute puffin?? A sweet googlie eye finished him off perfectly.

This evening I've been printing the order of services for my Nanny's funeral tomorrow. It's getting close now but I hope to keep posting here to keep my mind on brighter things.

Night night. Xx

Busy Bees

Hello again! I have finally been able to upload this card!! Last night I must have spent an hour trying to do it and nearly threw the laptop at the wall but today it appears to be loading just fine!

This is my entry to the Less is More sketch challenge. This stamp of a bee is just adorable and thought that embossing them in gold would make them *pop*. Hopefully I succeeded. The stamp comes from the set, Nature Walk, which is just fabulous.

The card was quite challenging to make plain as I had a huge urge to add glitter or brads or ribbon but I fought that urge!! The sentiment comes from the new Level 2 hostess set that you can find in the Mini catalogue. Mmmm love it. I stamped it in Sahara Sand, and I have to say that having sentiments in clear makes using them a breeze!

Hope you like!

Sheep-ish

Evening all! I thought I would share a cute card that I have prepared for my punch class tomorrow morning.

I love punch-art and it's always a bit magical to see the basic shapes forming something much more complex. The punches were used to make the sheep and trees and there's also some tearing and free-hand cutting (for the tree trunk).

Not sure what sentiment would look good on here so I guess it's not quite finished... which sentiment would you add?

Oh no it's wonky! That was my first thought when I saw this card uploaded. However we can't be perfect all the time so after a few deep breaths I decided to go ahead and share this with you.

The design is heavily influenced by one I saw on SCS (I'm afraid I can't remember the artist's name) and I adapted it to suit my supplies. I love the combination of neutrals with Rose Red and Black. Black is a colour that I sometimes overlook in favour of other neutrals, but it is so striking when used sparingly.

The stamp set used is called Clearly For You from the Spring Mini catalogue. It's a great versatile set and can be used for many different looks. If youd'd like to get your hands on the set, why not place an order with me? Just email blueangelcrafts@gmail.com

Welcome baby George!

On Monday my cousin had her second baby, George. It's very exciting as her pregnancy wasn't all that easy so we're very glad to hear all is well. I made this box (above) for her. It contains a little frame so she can have a picture of each child in it. The box is based on the pizza box design but I had to make it bigger to accomodate the contents.

Then a card to match was needed. This is a card I CASE'd from my upline's training session a few months ago. I missed the training but she showed the card on her blog. I adapted the card from pink/girly to blue/masculine.

The card has a fancy fold and then punches were used to make a small tug-along train with animals from Fox & Friends. I used the Nursery Suite papers and Curly Cute sentiment. I'm taking it along to see her later so I hope she likes it!

TGIF Challenge

Hello hello! It's Tuesday and I'm already dreaming of the weekend!! Still, I made this card for my Aunt which has pepped me up. She lives in France so I wanted something special to send as I can't be there to help her celebrate.

I made up the dimensions on the card and cut/scored pretty randomly. Then I layered Pear Pizzazz (green), Rose Red and Crumb Cake card, as well as some scrummy flowery Springtime Vintage DSP. Some of the card was run through my Big Shot embossing folders for added texture. I finished off the design with some cut out stamped images from Nature Walk (found in the in Spring Mini) and sweet pearls (for the Irridescent part)

This card is being entered int he the Stampin' B's Design Team challenge - TGIF, which stands for Texture, Green, Irridescent & something beginning with F. Hope you like!

Distressing Basics

Tonight I held my Distressing Basics Class. It was a fun evening with some lovely ladies. We did a couple of cards that I'd designed and planned and then we "freestyled"! I've been trying to upload the photos of their original designs but the pictures keep going weird. However, I have managed to get Fiona's online: She's used Blueberry Crisp DSP to cover the chipboard tree and inked the trunk with Craft ink (Whisper White) and then Not Quite Navy ink.

I will try and get the other photos up tomorrow!

Penguins

Evening all! The weekend has slipped away and it's almost Monday again.

This card was made using the owl punch, you just snip off the "ears" of the owl to reveal cute penguins. There are plenty of these penguins on different blogs so I'm not sure who to give credit to but obviously this card was not an original idea.

There is a strip of Baja Breeze seam binding along the bottom and then a few Real Red hearts. Those hearts are soooo cute.

We've had a relatively quiet weekend, but since I joined the gym last Wednesday it's been quite busy scheduling everything in. I've managed to do 4 classes and a turn on the cycling machine since Wednesday so I'm quite proud. Fingers crossed this new virtuous me lasts!

Hope you have a good week ahead. I'll be back with more designs soon.

Inspired by Monica

Hooray for Friday!

This card is inspired by one I saw on Monica Gale's blog quite a while back. The owls are so cute and having them gazing into one another's eyes is just lovely. The birds are on a hand-drawn swirl branch and then Boho Blossoms punch made the flowers and Bird on A Branch for the leaves.

Such a bright sunny card to match the weather. Hope you have something nice planned for the weekend - I'll be back soon!!

Congrats

Hooray hooray it's Saturday! Today I have a card I made at Amy's yesterday. It features the owl from the set, Fox & Friends. I stamped the image in Pear Pizzazz, Tangerine Tango and Chocolate Chip.

The sentiment is from the same Hostess set as yesterday. Here is a lesson: USE A STAMP-A-MA-JIG! I stamped the sentiment on to the card first time sooo wonky I had to stamp it again and punch it out so I could stick it on straight(er)!

My sister came over today and we had a lovely little trip to Farnham, predominantly to visit Maison Blanc. Love that cafe!!

Grace

My cousin's daughter turned three this week. Today we went to celebrate it at a family party. The card was made with Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue & Certainly Celery colours. The monkey image is from Fox & Friends and was stamped in Soft Suede and the faces were coloured using a marker in Crumb Cake. Don't you just love this alphabet set? It's called Broadsheet Alphabet and is super-useful. Finally, I added a little glitter between the monkies for added shimmer.

To match I made a little gift tag with her initial on it and punched out with the two tag punches.

We had a lovely time seeing Grace and her family all celebrating with her. Happy Birthday Gracie!

ILWS Bloghop

Happy Saturday!

An extra big hello if you have just joined me from Jeanette's blog on the ILWS bloghop (group 3).

Today I have more mini catalogue projects to share with you (of course!). Check out the post below for another project I made. I hope you enjoy:

All designs were CASE'd from Splitcoast Stampers. I think the bookmark was actually a leadership training project over in the USA. Love love love playing with this set, Clearly For You. Such a versatile set. Hope they give you some inspiration!!

If you are continuing your journey through Group 3, your next stop is Debbi. Enjoy the rest of the bloghop. If you didn't start the bloghop from the start, there are 4 groups in total and you can start them here: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Mini Catalogue Launch Day

Hooray hooray it's Mini Catalogue Launch Day! If you'd like to peruse the mini catalogue in full just click here. I have been madly in love with everything, but I'm especially thrilled with the Big Shot arriving - SU have many exclusive dies that help you make gorgeous, unique projects with ease. If you'd like to place an order, please email me blueangelcrafts@gmail.com Anyhoooo onto my project that I've created to share with you today:It started with a plain wooden house frame that I painted with primer and then spritzed and daubered to my heart's content with Soft Suede ink. Then I used the Nature Walk stamp set and co-ordinating DSP to create the bases and use many stamps to make "fillings" for the rectangles. Below are some more close-up pictures of the detail. In addition to Nature Walk, I've used Artistic Etchings for the embossed key image, Clearly For You and the butterfly in the charity set, Strength & Hope. Yes, yes, I really went to town with all the new goodies! You can see some of the Champagne chunky glass glitter and a beveled window on the raspberry image. Yummy!

Please do leave a comment and/or join me as a Follower as feedback is always great. See you for the bloghop tomorrow!

Did I post this before?

Yes I appear to be losing my marbles. I keep thinking I have posted this card before but I can't find it so I can't have! Oh well... here is a break from all the soppy hearts for all the Valentine haters out there.... This card is stamped with Notably Ornate - a fantastic stamp set that looks great stamped in Soft Suede like I have here. I've paired it with Baja Breeze and used a little Elegant Soiree DSP. Yum!!

Here is another adorable photo of Munchkin showing off her new shoes! Looking like butter wouldn't melt, don't you think?!

Have a lovely Valentines' Day (for those who love it!) and Happy Monday to everyone.

You're so tweet

It's Monday already! Today is another card inspired by Kristina Werner, but this time I have Sale-A-Brate'd it!!

The colour combo is Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Rose Red & Baja Breeze. I stamped the owl from Punch Bunch and the hearts were in the sentiment set So Happy For You. I wanted the specific wording for my card so I had to handwrite it (gasp!).

We had a great day today. Munchkin manage to cause minimal damage at toddler group and then we did a speedy shop. All quiet now as DH is watching the rugby!!

Hanging out the bunting

Back at last. It's been a busy few days, as weekends always tend to be. I had a lovely group of ladies over on Saturday making Alien cards, a bit of shopping, babysitting for a friend, seeing my sister and parents and having a little creative time! Phew!!

This is what I made in the short amount of creative time I had. It's inspired by one by Kristina Werner and features a variety of scraps of patterned paper. I stamped the bunting using the stamp in Party This Way stamp set in Versamark to make cutting them out really straightforward. They were each put through my beloved crimper for some texture.

The base card is Bashful Blue and then I free-hand cut the clouds from Whisper White. The sentiment is from Party This Way and I coloured it using markers that complemented the patterned papers. This was then punched out with the window punch and then layered on a piece of Crumb Cake that was punched with the modern label punch.

I couldn't resist using the cute little birdie from the Bliss Sale-A-Bration set. So sweet!! He's been stamped in Soft Suede.

Hope you've had a bit of creative time to yourself this weekend. See you again soon!!

Miss Mousey a la Amy

Hello! It's Monday again and I have another Sale-A-Bration type card for you. I forgot this one on the bloghop yesterday!!

My dear friend Amy suggested this mouse design. The mouse head is a large heart in Sahara Sand on a Pirouette Pink and Pretty in Pink base. The greetings and glittery flowers are from the Sale-A-Bration set, So Happy For You.

I'm really pleased with the final card, as I rarely get an idea and make it from scratch. Hope you like-y!

DVD labels

Our DVD collection has got out of control! Dear Hubby has bought some ugly black folders to keep the discs in, but I couldn't help pretty-ing them up. I made tags from Crumb Cake CS and then stamped in Basic Black using the gorgeous Bliss Sale-A-Bration stamp set. On some Very Vanilla I stamped descriptions in the same colour ink using Just Perfect Alphabet. Each folder has a colour and the striped ribbon, little birdie and flower were stamped in the colour. The flower was also rolled in black ink before stamping. A little bit of Linen thread attached them to the zip and voila!

Hope you have had a good day. I'm looking forward to Natalie's training event tomorrow - it promises to be great fun and a chance to catch up with pals. I'm sure that I'll have lots of new ideas to share with you tomorrow night!!