Happy Anniversary!

Here's an anniversary card that I have made for friends of ours.

A very CAS white on white card, cased from a card given to me by Joanne Wragg

but I have changed the bottom half of the card by embossing and cutting the large scallop

and the addition of thinner ribbon than the original one had.

Stamp sets used : Flowers - Mixed Bunch and sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Flowers punched using the Blossom punch.

Textured Impressions Delicate Designs embossing folder for the border

then die cut using the Large Scallop Edgelit.

Basic Rhinestone and Silver 1/8" ribbon embellishment.

Thanks for the inspiration Joanne.

Warm Winter Wishes.

Remember I said that we were having a shoe-box swap yesterday -

 well here is one of the projects that the group that I was in made.

This is to prove to Sally-Jo that I actually completed my project once I got home.

(I actually completed it this afternoon as I was totally shattered once I got home yesterday-

after 6 hours crafting with just a short break for lunch and the occasional coffee to keep us all going!!)

The colour combo is Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.

The "snowflake" is the centre section of one of the flowers in the Mixed Bunch stamp set.

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to make this fabulous hanging decoration Sally-Jo!

If you would like to visit  her blog click Here

Thank you cards

These are just some of my latest batch of thank you cards

 for customers who placed orders with me last month.

Colour Combo is Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Whisper White.
Timeless Portrait DSP for background.

Stamp-set is Mixed Bunch, stamped and embossed then cut out with Blossom Punch.

  The sentiment (retired) is stamped and then cut out with the Small Oval punch. 

Flower centres embellished with Basic Rhinestones.

Best Wishes

Yet another Mixed Bunch card!  This stamp-set has turned out to be another firm favourite of mine!

Here is another card that I made at Chris's on Friday.  

Chris used this design (cased from my SU Mummy Julie's Blog ) for a

make-and-take for the workshop she is doing this afternoon, 

so we tested it out to check which tools and inkpads etc would be needed.

The beautifully bright Summery colour combo is Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait,

Pear Pizzaz and Daffodil Delight .

Delightful!!

Another Mixed Bunch Blossom punched card

Today I have played with the Mixed Bunch stamp-set and Blossom punch again!!

I just love the shape of this flower and you all know how much I love monochrome!

I have simply punched 3 flowers in Island Indigo and three in Whisper White

which I glued together in pairs.

I then stamped the centre flowers in co-ordinating ink (embossing the NTN one with white EP) 

 and then punched out this using the Boho Blossom punch.  

I then stuck this onto a 1" circle in the contrasting colour. 

The card is a white  DL size and I matted and layered a Next to Navy,

then a Whisper White layer which I had embossed with the Square lattice folder.

The just for you sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp-set and I layered this onto

a punched modern label of Next to Navy.

What do you think??

Heather's birthday

Today is my good friend and ex work colleague Heather's birthday, and I have made her a card

 not dissimilar to Beryl's card  (see posting 29th May), but I put a Baja Breeze button on instead

 and coloured the two little flowers on the base in with Baja Breeze also.

Happy Birthday Heather!!

Chris C's birthday

Today is the birthday of my  Stampin Up sister Chris C

(I have quite a few friends called Chris - have you noticed this?)

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

Colour Combo - Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Pink Pirouette.

Background is stamped with the swirl from Charming stamp set.
Do you recognise those little squares that I have used in the past- they get everywhere!!
I have stuck them onto a mat o Early Espresso and done faux stitching with white gel pen.
The flower (from Mixed Bunch is stamped with Versamark on Pink Pirouette card
then embossed with Gold EP and then punched out with the Blossom punch.
(I am really getting my moneysworth out of the stampset and matching punch!!)

So...... Happy birthday Chris C
(Chris B - see tomorrow's blog!!)

Training Swaps

Today its our Training Day at Pudsey with SU mummy Julie.
There will be 29 of us there - I am taking Chris (sis-in-law) and her SU daughter Julia.
We are all taking swaps, so you can guess how busy I have been making these.
Here are mine.
I easily get bored, so I made 10 in each colour - I used the In Colours Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral and Pool Party.
I used the Scallop Edge Border and Scallop Trim border punches with the coloured card-stock, Whisper White and DSP to make the "frills" at the top.
The flowers from the Summer Mini stamp-set (Mixed Bunch) were stamped and embossed using Versamark and White Embossing powder.
Then they were punched out using the new Blossom punch.
I put a coordinating Designer Printed Brad in the centre of each flower and raised them on dimensionals.
To finish off I stamped a sentiment from Its Your Day in coordinating ink.
No bling necessary today - clean and simple - and I love them - hope everyone else will!!

I shall keep these three for myself!!