Get Well Soon Ann

On Wednesday I called to see one of my down-line demonstrators, Ann, who wasn't very well, having

just come home from hospital with an infection in her leg. 

I took her this Get Well Soon Flip card.

Card closed

Card open

View showing mechanics of the flip

I really love these Thinlets card dies - here I have used the Label one 

using a colour combo of  Real Read  and  White card stock.

Stamps used from Flower Shop and Papillon Potpourri stamp sets.

Elegant Butterfly and Pansy Punches usedE`legant Butterfl

Sentiment from Hopeful Thoughts.

Embellishments are Basic Rhinestones.

Postcrossing - Handmade card swap

Here's the card that I have posted off to Lillian in Sweden for the

Postcrossing - Handmade card swap.

Colour combo is Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight- one of my all time favourites!

Stamp sets used are Morning Meadow (Hostess set) ,

Papillon Potpourri and the sentiment from Loving thoughts.

The sentiment was stamped on a background from the Morning Meadow set,

then cut using an Apothecary Accents Framelit die and edged in Night of Navy ink.

The flowers are punched using the Pansy Punch, the butterfly with the Elegant Butterfly Punch

and the leaves using the Bird Builder punch.

Basic Rhinestone embellishments.

Hope that Lillian likes this!!

Telford Swaps version 3

And here is the last batch of swaps that I made.

Once again the colour combo is Midnight Muse and Daffodil Delight
cut with the Floral Frames Framelits.
I have used the Elegant Butterfly punch to cut two butterflies and then embossed
the second one with the Textured Impressions Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Oh Hello

Here's a card that I made at monthly training last month.

The colour combo is Primrose Petals,Basic Gray with a touch of Pool Party.

The stamp set is Oh Hello, and the oval is cut using the Ovals Collection framelits.

The butterflies are punched using the Elegant Butterfly and the Bitty Butterfly punch

with the More Amore DSP.

The ribbon is the new 1.1/4" two tone ribbon , the Tea lace paper doilies and

Basic Rhinestone embellishments.

Baby Sis's birthday

Today is also the birthday of my Baby Sis - Anne-Marie.

I went over to see her this afternoon and took her her pressie and this card.

Colour combination is Very Vanilla and Calypso Coral with Natural Composition DSP.

The same butterfly (from Papillon Potpourri) was stamped across the corners and onto Very Vanilla card stock with CC ink, then punched out with the Elegant Butterfly punch.

Tiny pearls were stuck onto the centre 3 butterflies for their heads and bodies!

Happy Birthday Baby Sis!!

Blooming with kindness

Another late posting tonight and another of the cards that we made

at Quarterly Training Day last Saturday.

Once again the light is not conducive to good photos, but I hope you can make out:-

The flower and sentiment is from Blooming with Kindness stamp set

and the butterflies are stamped using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set and punched

our with the Elegant Butterfly punch

Colour Combo Summer Starfruit, Pool Party and Midnight Muse.

Thanks again to Julie for showing us this little beauty!

Papillon Potpourri

It's a very late posting from me tonight - I have had problems with my camera 

and Barry has now sorted it for me - bless him!!

I am sharing one of the cards that we all made at our all day

Quarterly Training last Saturday.  This is my favourite.

The base card is Calypso Coral, and the DSP is Natural Composition - 

you can see the shine on it in this photo - it is lush!  

The background and butterfly stamps are from the Papillon Potpouri stampset, 

the butterflies are punched using the new Elegant Butterfly punch.

The sentiment is from Tiny Tags -stamped then punched with the Jewelry Tag punch.

Crochet Trim ribbon and Linen thread finish it off.

Beautiful!!  

Thanks Julie for showing us this card