Ampersand

One of my Stampin' Up! sisters, Amanda, has made several cards using this new 

Ampersand Textured Impressions embossing folder from the Spring Summer catalogue.

When we were first shown this folder at Convention in November, it

did nothing for me at all - it frankly didn't float my boat.

Since seeing Amanda's creations, I have been tempted to buy it

and this afternoon I came up with this......

I used a brayer to ink the embossing folder with Pacific Point ink.

I stamped the corners with one of the stamps from the "Clockworks" stampset.

The words are from the "Loving Thoughts" stamp set 

and the & at the top of the card is one of the  Essentials Hardware Clips

(it's actually silver, but looks black on the photo!)

I'm quite happy with this - watch this space, I could be making more of these!!

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!!

Janet's Birthday

Today is the birthday of one of my Tuesday Crafters Class ladies - Janet.

Here's the card that I have made for her.

Colour combo -Bermuda Bay, Always Artichoke and White

Stamp sets - Creative Elements (my favourite flourish!) for the background,

Simply Sketched for the poppy and leaf sprig.

and the words are from Loving Thoughts.

(All products Stampin' Up!)

Happy Birthday Janet!!