... and also for Friend to Friend

Here's a card that I have made today, whilst exiled to the craft room, as we have 

had new replacement windows fitted to the front of the house.

I might add that we only got back from Tenerife late last night (11:30 p.m.!)

and the window fitters were scheduled to come tomorrow.

There was a message on the ansaphone saying that they would be coming today -

I only listened to the messages at 7:30 this morning, so it was panic stations

 trying to ensure that the workmen had easy access to all the windows, 

and Barry had to take down the blinds and fasten back the curtains.

Needless to say all's well that ends well - the fitters arrived at 11:30 and finished 

at 5:15 - a job really well done.

I had phoned up the chap who fitted our existing blinds, to come and quote us

for the downstairs window blinds (to match those upstairs)

and he came along just as the fitters were tidying up.  I cheekily asked him

if he had time to put the upstairs blinds back up for us - and he very kindly obliged.

He's measured up and we should have them in a couple of weeks - magic.

So - after all that digressing - here's the fruit of my labour!

It's a 7" x 5" card, which I think really suits this Butterflies Thinlits die cut.

The colour combo is Sahara Sand, Black and White

with a touch of Blushing Bride rosette trim and Mossy Meadow leaves. 

The background paper is "Something Borrowed" DSP.

There is a white doily underneath the butterfly, which has a Basic Rhinestone

embellished body and head.
The sentiment is from teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped on Sahara Sand Card stock,
then punched with the Word Window punch,
stuck on top a Modern Label punched in Black card stock.

I can't take credit for the design, which I found on the Internet

Here
 made by Carolyn King from Perth, Australia.
I really enjoyed making this card, so thanks Carolyn!

Another Curvy Keepsake box

Chris (sis-in-law) has been over today for our weekly crafting get- together.

It's good to get back into a normal routine after such a hectic month!

I showed her the snowman box and found a couple more designs on the internet,

so can't claim any of the kudos, but I am sure you will agree that this one is so cute!!

I saw this penguin box at Julie's monthly training event last week

(follow the link and you can see more of her makes on her blog)

I just love this little penguin - the kids will love it!!

The punches used are the Owl Punch, Modern Label Punch,

and the Extra-large Oval punch.

Bloom with Hope - birthday

Today I have used the Bloom with Hope stamp set again -

you may recall that I made a few Sympathy cards using this set last week.

Today I have used this set for a happier occasion - a birthday, 

I did mention earlier that August was a busy month for birthdays.

I won't say who this card is for - as it might be for you!!

Simple colour combo of Real Red and Very Vanilla,

with a tough of gold glitter for the flower centre.

I stamped the blossom onto Real Red card with Real Red ink, twice,

then fussy cut them both out, and shaped them and layered them using a dimensional.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes cut with the Word Window punch 

and layered onto a punched Modern Label .

Fun Frames

One of my favourite embossing folders in the new catalogue is the Fun Frames set

Here is one of the two in the set.

front view

side view.

The colour combo is Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey and White.

The paper used is from the All Abloom DSP stack.

Hello Honey 3/8" stitched Satin Ribbon  forms the brake for this easel card.

Sentiment from Teeny Tiny wishes , punched with Word Window punch,

Layered on a punched Hello Honey Modern Label.

I do so love this paper!!

Frugal Friday #2 Challenge

I am really enjoying these Frugal Friday Challenges, and if you would like to know more,

or even join in, you will find Lizy's challenge HERE.

Basically, you take a pile of scraps from your desk and make something with them.

Here's what I made today with some of yesterdays scraps.

The colour combo was Real Red and White with a hint of Silver Glimmer.

Here's the pile of scraps that I used.

The piece of Fresh Prints DSP that was a left over, wasn't big enough to use as the central mat,

on this card, so I pieced it together with a scrap of White which I embossed with

the Textured Impressions Delicate Designs embossing folder

 (it looks like a patchwork quilt on the back of this layer!).

I punched an Extra Large Oval out of this piece of DSP before I layered it onto a piece of Whisper White card stock from my scrap box (it had a dirty mark in the middle) which I had gutted and used the

reverse side of the middle piece for the Oval Designer frame which was embossed and then fussy cut out.

The extra large oval piece of DSP was then glued into the oval frame.

I shaped the punched Petite Petal flowers and punched and shaped 1/4" circles for the flower centres,

and cut leaves out (with the Bird Builder Punch) from the scraps of Silver Glimmer Paper.

The sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped then punched with the Word Window punch. 

This was then stuck onto a piece of Real Red (which was punched from the piece of

card stock used for the first layer) using the Modern Label punch.

This was a really Frugal Friday card!!

I did use a completely new white base card - otherwise the other bits were all left overs.

I would like to enter this into

Frugal Friday Challenge #2
and
 Our Creative Corner Challenge- Love those leftovers

Rita's Birthday

Tomorrow it is my cousin Rita's birthday - she is Linda's sister,

 so as long as I remember Linda's birthday, I don't forget Ritas!!

Here's the card I made for her using the Beautifully Baroque stamp again.

Colour combination is Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, and White.

The papers are Eastern Elegance DSP.

Sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped then punched with the Word Window punch, 

and layered onto a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock cut with the Modern Label Punch.

The grey pearls are from my stash - everything else is Stampin' Up!

I can safely post this today as Rita doesn't blog either!!

Happy Birthday!

Owl Get Well card

Last Thursday, my friend Carol found a card on Pinterest that she wanted to case for a 

Get Well Card, so when she had done it I asked if I could photograph it so that I

could case it too. I have just changed the "Bed Linen" on my version below!

Top Note Die used to cut the "bed"

Gingham Garden DSP used for the bed linen.

Punches used - Owl Builder punch, Itty Bitty flower punch,

Modern Label punch and Word Window punch, 

the Nurse's hat is made from 1/4 of a 1.3/8" punched circle.

The ribbon is from my stash of (sadly retired) Stampin' Up ribbon.

I have a few friends who are under the weather at the moment, 

so I may make a couple more of these to cheer them up!!

Another man's card.

Here's another card that I made yesterday when Chris came over to craft,

Colour Combo is Island Indigo, Basic Gray and White.

The stamp is the new World Map stamp which is now available to purchase.

I sponged a background using typical map colours (though they don't show up very much!)

then stamped the map on top with Black Stazon.

The car  from Rev Up the Fun, was stamped onto Whisper White card stock,

then matted onto Basic Gray card stock.

I punched a faux ribbon strip using the  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border  punch, 

then stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, cut with the Word Window punch

and layered onto a punched Modern Label in Island Indigo.

Another card that I am quite pleased with - we were definitely on a roll yesterday!!

Butterfly scraps card.

I have been doing my rounds of blogs today and noticed a butterfly challenge.

As my mojo came home from it's walkabout this morning,

 I went into my craft room and looked at the mess on the desk.

There were scraps of card  left over from the last couple of cards I had made -

this set the creative juices going and I came up with this

The colour combo is Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black and White

The butterflies were made from scraps with the Beautiful Wings embosslit, 

I punched a scrap of left over wheel stamped Gingham with the Modern Label Punch, 

The sentiment is from the Postage Collection stamp set

and cut with the Word Window punch.

Basic Rhinestone embellishments on the butterflies.

Voila - a card made entirely from scraps from my desk!

I would like to enter this in
Mu Craft Creations Butterflies challenge 26/8 - 7/9

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/butterflies-challenge.html

Maggie's Birthday

Tomorrow is my sister Maggie's birthday, so I wanted to make her something a little bit special.

The colour combo is Regal Rose, Sahara Sand and White.

Once again I have used the Secret Garden stamp set and the white re-inker technique

to produce these flowers,and I used Real red with the aqua brush this time, 

to create this beautiful pink colour.

There is a little rosebud stamped in white from the Collage Curios stamp set.

The Initial frame is die cut using the Window Frames Collection Framelits.

I bought the initial M some time ago in anticipation of Maggie's Birthday,

but cannot remember where from.

Sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped and then punched with Word Window punch'

then layered on top of a punched Modern label.

Embellishments Basic Rhinestones.

(All products Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.)

Happy Birthday Maggie!!

Another Summer Silhouette

Today's card is yet another birthday card for this month's birthdays

 - and I still have a couple more to make!!

The colour combo is Sahara Sand, Pool Party and Whisper White

the stamp set is Summer Silhouettes

The sentiment is from Just believe.

I used the Textured Impressions Chevron embossing folder.

Cut the stamped image out using one of the Labels Collection Framelits Dies

The sentiment is tamped and punched with the Modern Lable punch

then stuck onto a die-cut from The Lots of Tags Sizzlets set.

I can't say who this card is for because it might be "Just for you"!!

Friend

Each year, one of my  golfing friends asks me to make 6 special cards for her special friends.

This is the first one that I have made for her.

I have cased a card that I received for my birthday from my friend Cheryl,

 I just changed the colours around but kept the layout (you can see some of her cards HERE)

This is only the second time that I have used this stamp set - it was one that we received  at

Convention last year - Affection Collection and I really should have used it more.

If you fancy this set, then it is only available until the end of the month

when the Seasonal Autumn/Winter Catalogue finishes!

I have used a colour Combo of Pink Pirouette, Pool Party and Soft Suede

on a Very Vanilla base card.

The flower is made by stamping the flourish from Creative Elements in Soft Suede onto Pink Pirouette card, then punching the set of petals out 6 times,using the Blossom Petals Builder punch.

These are then assembled and stuck together to form the large flower.

The Little Leaves Sizzlets die was used for the leaves, and I stamped the Friend sentiment then punched this out using the Modern Label punch.

I used the Fancy Fan Folder to emboss the Pool Party Coredinations card, then sanded the top

(look out for this in the new Seasonal ) catty.

I used a Vintage brad on top of the 3 stamped Pool Party pennants and voila!

I love this - thanks for the inspiration Cheryl!

Sarah's birthday

Today is my nephew Stephen's wife - Sarahs birthday 

and here is the card that I have made for her.

Colour combo is Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla cardstock.

Ink is Soft Suede.

Stamp sets used : Affection Collection , sentiment from Just Believe.

Modern Label punch

Basic pearls for embellishments.

All products Stampin Up

Rosemary's birthday

Tomorrow is my golfing friend and Tuesday Crafting  lady - Rosemary's birthday.

Here's the card that I am giving her.

Colour combo is Melon Mambo and Whisper White.

The background is done using my favourite Creative Elements Stampset.

I cut a Sizzlits Large  Paper Doily in Shimmer White (but I don't think you can tell from this photo!)

Then I used the Fancy Flower punch for the outside petals 

and made a ribbon rose for the flower centre.

I spritzed the rose liberally with shimmer (but don't think this shows up either!)

Used the modern label punch to frame the sentiment (from Teeny Tiny Wishes)

which was stamped and punched using the Word Window punch.

Happy Birthfday Rosemary!!

French Foliage Thank you

Needed to make a thank you card today and had seen something similar to this on Pinterest.

I used French Foliage, En Francais. and Curly Cute stamp sets.

I stamped the leaves in Versamark and heat embossed with clear EP.

Then I lightly sponged on top with Primrose Petals ink. (It doesn't show up very well on the picture)

 I then over-stamped using the En Francais stamp with black ink.

I matted this onto a square of Primrose Petals card stock.

I then stamped the three feature leaves in Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip and Early Espresso.

The Modern Label punch was extended to mat the greeting on.

Cheerful Treat Tri-shutter card

Card part open

Card fully open

Card closed

This is one of the projects that I made for my monthly Saturday morning workshop.
I chose three more labour intensive proijects this month-

the other two can be seen HERE and HERE
This tri-shutter card is made using the soon to retire Cheerful treat Designer series Paper.
The base card is Melon Mambo teamed up with Lucky Limeade, Concord Crush and WhisperWhite.
The centre panels each have a Labels Collection Framelet die cut.
The Swirl and the leaves were cut  in Concord crush using the Swirls Scribbles Sizzlet die
 and the Bird Builder punch with Concord Crush card.  The flower is built with the Blossom punch
and the Modern Label punch with the centre being built with the Boho Blossom punch
and the Itty Bitty Flower punch - finished off with a tiny pearl

Double Punched Blossom card

You recall that I went to our Team's all day training on Saturday.  

Well I came home buzzing with ideas and inspiration.  

Part of this came from one of our Team member's Inspiration Station.

Amanda has made loads and loads of cards using the scallop square die,

and seeing her designs made me visit her blog and give one of 

the Double Punched Blossom cards a try.

Card closed

Card open

view from above

card fully opened out.


Colour Combo is Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla and Daffodil Delight.
Beyond the Garden DSP.
Sentiment from Happiest Birthday  Wishes stamp set (Hostess)
Blossom, Boho Blossoms and Modern Label punch.

You can visit Amanda's Blog here
and see her version - the one that inspired me!!  Thank you Amanda

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??

Beyond the Garden

Today I have used the Beyond the Garden DSP (which is free with a purchase of £45 or more) and inspired by a card made by my Stampin' Up! mummy Julie , I have come up with this version and made it into a "thinking of you" card- which is suitable for so many occasions.
Colour Combo is Pacific Point, Lucky Lemonade and White.
Sentiment is from You are loved stampset, the Modern Label Punch (modified)was used for behind the sentiment, and an In Colour Designer Printed brad used for the knot-less bow. Usual obligatory bling - basic pearls.