Beryl's Birthday

Today is my friend Beryl's birthday and here's the card that I have made for her.

Co0lour combo is mainly Basic Gray, Pool Party and White, with a splash of Raspberry Ripple.

Stamp set used is Postage Due and sentiment from Just Believe

Hexagon embossing folder used and then hexagons cut out by hand.

Doily and roses from Artisan Embellishments kit.

Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon tied with Bakers Twine for knot less bow.

Happy Birthday Beryl!!

And there's more........

.......just can't keep away from this stampset... Postage Due

This time I have used Stampin' Write markers to over-stamp the main image which was stamped

 in Crumb Cake, then used Midnight Muse for the bicycle frame, Cherry Cobbler for the flower

and Early Espresso for the number 3.

The Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border  punch was used with Midnight Muse card stock 

to make the ribbon border. 

All Day Training Swaps

Today I am in Leeds for our Quarterly All Day Training Event

 with fellow team members of Julie's Jems in Pudsey.

The theme for our swap today is Male projects.

I have great difficulty coming up with cards for men, but here are my efforts.

Early Espresso. Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake - Gold Embossing

Sahara Sand and Early Espresso - Gold Embossing

Marina Mist and Midnight Muse - Pool Party Embossing

Midnight Muse and Marina Mist - Clear embossing on Midnight Muse ink

Basic Gray and Black - Silver Embossing

Basic Black and Basic Gray with Black Embossing

We had to do 30 swaps for this event, but as I have a low boredom threshold,

I made mine in different colour combos as labelled above.

The die is the Lattice Bigs die and the stamp set is Postage Due.

I relied mainly on the colours chosen and the postage stamp image to give a male feel to these.

Think that I have succeeded.

More Postage Due

I wanted to play with the Postage Due stamp set again tonight,

so I set about surfing the internet and came across this card

which I have cased from Dawn Griffith's Blog here.

I have just changed the colours around a little and used a different ribbon and stamp stamp

(if you understand what I mean!!).

Colour combo - Early Espresso Whisper White and Crumb Cake, 

Gold embossing powder.

Natural Trim Ribbon, and Postage Stamp punch.