White on White

I have seen several cards made using white on white, so I thought that I would give it a go. I have used White embossing powder on a Versamarked image from the Charming stamp-set. This I have layered on White, on top of a white frame cut out after using the Textured Impressions Designer frames Embossing folder. I threaded the White ribbon over the frame sides and under the Charming image and stuck this on top of the joining line where the two different textured halves of the card meet. These were embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper and the Stripes embossing folders. Then the compulsory bling added - Basic pearls today!
You may have to zoom in to the picture to see the detail of the embossed flower.
I am quite happy with this card - so - who shall I send this one to?
If you would like to receive this card, simply leave me a comment and I will do a draw for the winner (names in hat!) and will post this out to you.

Easter Bunny Bookmark

Tomorrow I will be spending the morning at the Library. It is the Easter Coffee morning, organised by the Mexbro Lions, for local children, and I will be doing Easter projects with them (ably assisted by my good friend Sue).
Here's one of the Easter Bunny Bookmarks they will be making - all punched using SU punches:-
Head 3/4" circle
Body 1" circle
Ears Blossom petals builder (smallest petal)
Assembled on top of the Extra large Oval punch
The tail is a pom pom from my stash
and the whiskers are drawn on.
Think they will enjoy making this one!

And there's more!

Isn't it strange how different the same card looks when you make it in a different colour.
Here is Chris's (sis-in-law) version of the patchwork card using Pool Party, Early Espresso and Soft Suede for the colour combo - it looks totally different again to my pink version.

Patchwork thank yous

Here are a few more thank you cards that I have made, this time using the patchwork technique.
I stamped co-ordinating colour cards, with co-ordinating inks - in this case, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede, and used Melon Mambo embossing powder with white Craft ink for the embossed piece.
The stamp-sets used were Charming, Creative Elements, En Francais, Fine Flourish, Vintage Vogue and Medallion.
Then I cut them all with the 1.1/4" square punch, then pieced them back together randomly.
These were then matted up onto a Crumb Cake square and then layered onto a 10cm square Pink Pirouette card.




And closer up views

Welcome Yuki

This afternoon I signed up a new Stampin' Up! recruit, my good friend and customer , Yuki.
To welcome her to the Stampin' Up! family I made her this card.
You can see that it is the same design as one made previously, but doesn't it look different with Poppy Parade as its base colour. The papers are the Sale-a-bration Everyday Enchantment DSP and the stampset is Outlined Occasions, coloured in with Stampin' Write marker pens.
She was really thrilled with this.

Pillow box die Owl

My friend Beryl (Lyn's mum) came last night to collect her SU order and I showed her Monica's blog, which featured little Owls made using the pillow box die.
Beryl make boxes and bags to raise money for various charities and was really interested in these, so after she left, I visited Monica's blog again.
I had a go at making this little sweetie in Peach Parfait and matching DSP, plus various punches - I'm sure you can work out which ones were used.
Anyway, Beryl is calling again this afternoon and I will give her this little owl, then she will be able to CASE it for herself - she bought the pillow box die this month!

Hole in One

Those who know me well know that I love my golf. Well, yesterday, as Barry and I were playing on the 15th fairway, our son Simon, came across from the 5th fairway to tell us that he had had A HOLE IN ONE!!
This is no mean feat - and it's not something that every golfer achieves in their lifetime! (To date neither Barry nor myself has ever had one - the nearest I have been has been a foot away from the pin!)
We didn't have the time to spare to wait for him to come the clubhouse and celebrate with a drink (he was a good two hours behind us), but I understand that there were drinks all round on his arrival.
To mark the occasion I have made him a card to celebrate the achievement and posted it on facebook, and will pass it on personally later today (when he comes home from golf!!)
Hope that he likes it and spots the hidden message.

March thank you cards

Afternoon everyone.
Here is one of the many thank you cards that I have made for my customers this month.
I like to give them all a card to thank them for their orders, but never write on them and then they can use them again!.
As I have done a few faux mother-of-pearl cards, I thought that my ladies might like one for themselves.
I have used Frost White shimmer paint, glossy white cardstock, Basic Black cardstock.
Bashful blue ink is sponged over the shimmer paint and the swirl motif from Creative Elements is stamped in Night of Navy. Sentiment is from Just Believe.
A big Thank you to all my customers and friends!

Get well soon John!

I will be playing golf with our Lady Captain Joan tomorrow. Her husband had a heart attack last week (whilst at the golf club), but is home now and on the mend, so I thought that I would make him a get well soon card to wish him a speedy recovery.
Basic colour combo is Old Olive and Bashful Blue. I also used the Sale-a-bration DSP and stamped and then punched the pennants using the Petite Pennants punch.

SAB DSP

Hello everyone.
Not made any cards today. This morning I went swimming, then to the hairdressers, then to Stuart's funeral, so I wasn't in the mood for crafting.
So - not wanting to disappoint you, here's a card I made the other day, utilising the blue and green papers within the Sale-a-bration Everyday Enchantment DSP.
I have used the ones with the red, orange and green quite a lot, so I challenged myself to make a pretty card using a Bashful Blue and Old Olive colour combo.
I used the flower stamp from Charming, framed in the Designer Frames embossing folder and used some (now retired) Bashful Blue ribbon slotted through the frame, underneath the flower panel.
Sentiment id from Just Believe.
Well there you are folks - and I resisted the urge to pop the usual bling on this card, as I thought it would be suitable to post normal first class rate then!

Had to do a card for my Aunty today - it's her birthday on Saturday, so I thought I had better get it done whilst I have the time.
I used one of the sheets of Faux Mother-of-pearl that I had left over from the last batch.
I stamped the Medallion Stamp on this in Early Espresso ink, and cut a strip of Early Espresso and punched a Dotty Scallop Ribbon in the MOP card and stuck this on top.
I then stamped the scalloped For you sentiment (from a retired stampset)in Early espresso on another piece of MOP card and punched it out using the scallop circle punch. I finished it off with a bow of early Espresso 1/8" ribbon

Utah 2013

Afternoon everyone.
Had some terrific news earlier today - my Stampin' Up mummy, Julie, has achieved the 2013 Utah incentive trip. I am so pleased for her - she really deserves this.
In honour of the occasion, I have made her this card.
I used the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies to cut out "Utah" with the Red Glitter card. The DSP is Berry Blossoms and the Cardstock is Cherry Cobbler. Sentiment from Curly Cute. No added bling today - the glitter card is bling enough!

Sale-a-bration 65th!

Well it's nearly the end of Sale-a-bration, so if you want to earn free stamp-sets you really will have to get your skates on - with only 12 days left to go!
This card uses the Outlined Occasions set and I have found it particularly useful for men's cards.
This card is for our friend Alan who is 65 tomorrow (you wouldn't have guessed that if I hadn't told you, would you!)
Colour combo is More Mustard, Next to Navy and Cajun Craze with Very Vanilla.
The Just Perfect Alphabet was used for his name and I had to resort to peel offs for the 65 as I couldn't find my Rub offs!
Mmmm I like this!

Another Beautiful Butterfly.

On Saturday I had my monthly Saturday Morning Workshop and one of the projects my ladies made was this beautiful butterfly made with the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die.
This is Chris's (yet another Chris!) and she chose to make hers in tangerine Tango, which is a colour that I haven't used much at all - and I think it's beautiful - well done Chris!.

Simply Soft

This is a card that I made when at Christine's yesterday, using one of the hostess stamp-sets - Simply Soft.
This is a two step stampset - don't look too closely at it, as, even though I used the stamp-a-ma-jig, it's not quite right! I will do this card again as I really like it - and I will take a bit more time to make sure that I get it right.
My crafting ladies love it when I make a mistake - they say it makes them feel better!!
Colour combo here is Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade. The sentiment is stamped on Vellum with a retired stamp-set Wonderful Words.

Maggie's Birthday

Hi everyone. Sorry for the very late posting tonight. Barry and I have just returned from visiting Christine (Stuarts widow)and have spent a couple of hours with her and her daughter.
Earlier today, I went over to Chris's (sis-in-law) for our weekly crafting get-together. The card that we made, I have personalised for my sister Maggie's birthday on Sunday.
I can safely post it tonight as Maggie doesn't do blogging!
The colour combo that I have chosen is Pink Pirouette and Basic Gray with Whisper White.
The stamp-set is that old favourite Vintage Vogue and the initial M is from the Broadsheet Alphabet set. The right hand panel of Pink cardstock is embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. Once again I have used the Textured Impressions Designer frames Embossing Folder to make the frame for the initial, and usual finishing touches of bling - Basic Pearls.

Good luck Lady Captain

I can't find the photo that I was going to post today, so instead you can view the card that I sent to our new Lady Captain who accepted her blazer and the Captaincy on Monday night at the AGM.
You can see that this is not a SU stamp, but its one that I turn to for golfing occasions.
Good Luck Joan, have a fabulous year, and here's hoping that John has a speedy recovery- thinking of you!

Cheryl's Birthday Card

Yesterday was our friend Cheryl's birthday, so as I was on a roll with the Faux mother-of-pearl cards I carried on and made this for her.
The colour combo again is Marina Mist, Basic Gray and Whisper White.
Beau Chateau DSP and Easter Blossoms stamp-set.
The initial C is stamped from the Broadsheet alphabet and usual bling of Basic Rhinestones.
Hope you had a fantastic day yesterday Cheryl!

Sprinkled Expressions Cards

A short time ago we took the dreaded telephone call telling us that our dear friend Stuart has passed away this afternoon round about 1:45 p.m.
As you can imagine, I am not in the least mood to craft , so instead I will post you last Thursday's Craft Class ladies cards.
They were given free reign with the Sprinkled Expressions SAB stamp-set and here are the results.

This is Jan's card - I think it was for her daughter




and this is Sue's card - she wanted to do a card for a man -
think that this is quite suitable

Speedy recovery card for Stuart

Here's the card that I made to hopefully cheer up Stuart and wish him a speedy recovery.
He is certainly not over the worst, as he faces the prospect of open heart surgery, but thankfully he is holding his own at the moment.
This is a card that I have made before, using the Owl punch and the sentiment is from Hopeful Thoughts.