Snow Festival cards (part 5)

Today is my final installment of Snow Festival cards:

This little owl is just so cute, I couldn't leave him out. The mittens were cut from a sheet with lots of rows of patterns, which makes it a but like a page of paper ribbons.

My final card is pretty similar but features mittens!

I hope you've enjoyed my festive mini-series. Feel free to email me if you'd like to purchase the products used or any others from the catalogues.

Check back soon!

Lovely As A Tree

This is a card CASE'd from a design by Paula Dobson. It uses More Mustard which is not a common colour for me to use, but I'll put that down to feeling pretty Autumnal at the moment.

It started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock and sponging More Mustard ink around the edges, leaving a border at the bottom for a sentiment. Once I was happy with the sponging I got out Lovely As A Tree - one of the longest running stamp sets Stampin' Up! produce.

I stamped the tree image in Chocolate Chip ink and then inked it off to create background images, which gives depth. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and shows up really well on the nice bit of white space at the bottom. To finish a strip of More Mustard spotty grosgrain ribbon and a burnished copper button with linen thread separate the image and sentiment.

Check back tomorrow for another Autumnal creation!

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!

Christmas Tree Cut-out

Morning all! Here is a card inspired by Pinterest but using quite different supplies. I had fun re-creating this design with lovely Lauren. We started with a Whisper White card base and added a layer of patterned paper from the set Snow Festival from the Autumn/Winter Seasonal catalogue (pg10).

On top of that we took a piece of Whister White card stock a bit smaller than the patterned paper and cut out a Christmas tree shape using the Holiday Collection framelits die on the Big Shot. This made cutting the tree out super-simple and you also get the added benefit of an extra cardstock tree to use on another project! The sentiment was stamped in Garden Green from the set Teeny Tiny Wishes.

The star was cut out using the same framelit die set from Red glimmer paper. This will be returning in the new Main Catalogue due to be launched this October! Don't forget to let me know if you'd like a catalogue as I want to make sure you don't miss out!!

Such a simple but cute card. You could vary the cards quite easily to make a set using the gingerbread man, candy cane and tree shapes and different patterned papers. What to use the cut out leftovers for? Sew them into a cute garland to string up somewhere!!

Super-quick thanks

Here was a card that was made in 5 minutes flat. Again, it uses the same Simply Scrappin' Kit I've been featuring all week and then whole background paper comes ready with the floral image printed on it.

The thank you sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped using Early Espresso ink to match the same coloured card base. A few rhinestones later and it was finished! Great for those last-minute card situations we all find ourselves in every now and again.

Subtle flowers

Good morning! Such a great week so far and there's more to share with you today. Here is a card with a Pool Party base with the swirl from Everything Eleanor stamped in the same colour. Then Blushing Bride flowers were stamped from the same stamp set and cut out to place raised on the swirl. A few pearls bring the card together along with a greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes. (This card looked more stunning in real life!)

 Here's one of the stunning views we saw in France. Such beautiful natural landscapes and totally different to what I see out the window at home!

 Munchkin is clearly going to become a petrol-head. She couldn't resist this motorcycle ride (even though it wasn't moving!)

Here she is again looking cool in the back of the car with her Great Aunt.  Nice shades.

Woodgrain

Good morning! Here is another card made with the same Simply Scrappin' Kit. These kits are fabulous as you get self-adhesive die cuts (stickers to you and I!), patterned papers, border stickers and cardstock that all co-ordinates. Love it.

This card used some added extras: paper daisy coloured in Pirouette Pink, Pearls, Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon and woodgrain background stamp. Plus, I used Everything Eleanor as it's new to me! Such a versatile stamp set.

For the Munckin fans, here are a couple more holiday snaps:

Playing football

Getting some shade from a giant leaf while out walking.

Did you miss me?

You might have wondered where I popped off to since last Tuesday... No?! Well, Munchkin and I went on a last minute trip to France to see my Aunt & Uncle! We had a great time: cycling, swimming in a river, visiting a chalet in the mountains, walking, eating, carbooting and reading.

Here is a picture of Munchkin enjoying the plane ride:

Another in the HOT HOT HOT park:

Up in the mountains being carried by her Great-Aunt and Great-Uncle:

I couldn't leave you without any craftiness so here is a card made while visiting:

The stamped greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and the rest is from one of the lovely Simply Scrappin' scrapbook kits.

I'll be back tomorrow with another card made from the same kit!

Cuuuuute

A while back I went to my lovely friend Amy's baby shower. It was a HUGE party with over 30 guests and although I wasn't able to stay long I had a great time.

I was thrilled to receive this thank you card made by Amy for the candle I gave her to focus on during the early stages of labour. It's got some Big Shot embossing and the cute baby comes from the set All in the Family. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and was punched out with the Word Window punch.

Here is the candle I made as a gift:

It's a plain church candle and I've stamped baby foot prints and a sentiment from the baby set in the Summer Mini 2012 onto white tissue paper. The tissue paper was then attached to the candle using heat from my heat gun. Simple!

To finish I wrapped it in cellophane and added some bows and a label (that's hard to see in this photo). The label was made from parchment paper that was punched and embossed with white onto Baja Breeze card.

Apologies for the rubbish photo! I forgot all about taking a photo until I was just about to dash from the scrapbooking day I was demonstrating at to the party!! I feel glad to have taken a photo at all.

Happy Anniversary M&D T

Hello and Happy Anniversary to my In-Laws! Today is their special day and I have made them a card to celebrate!

It's a pretty close CASE from one I saw on Jenni Pauli's site Paulines Papier, the #1 Demonstrator for SU in Germany. I cannot say how much I love her creations. She is just so great at coming up with simple designs that look classy.

I can but try to follow!

This card is pretty simple. There is a Crumb Cake base with a layer of Pear Pizzazz on top. Then there are panels of Whisper White. The top wide panel had some Pear Pizzazz spritzering on it and then some pearls and rhinestones. The bottom left panel was dry embossed on the Big Shot and the bottom right panel was simply stamped in Pear Pizzazz from my favourite sentiment set: Teeny Tiny Wishes.

The heart embellishment was really simple as it is an embosslit. It cuts out the heart shape whilst also embossing it all over with tiny hearts. I cut it twice and then used a heart punch to cut the white heart out so it could be layered onto a Pear Pizzazz one. Finally a glittery glimmer brad in the same colour was added along with a little linen thread.

I hope Mr & Mrs T like the card and we look forward to celebrating with them at the weekend!

From Diane

This card was made for me by my lovely friend Diane (of Crafty Ducks fame)



The Baroque Motif swirl was clear embossed onto Pool Party and was teamed with Night of Navy and More Mustard for a sophisticated colour combo.

The flower image was made with a single stamp: Triple Flower. The stamp works with three different punches which is great in terms of versatility.

Thanks Diane!