Cheerful Treat Card

When I had finished my pop up box card the other day, I was left with a strip of the Cheerful Treat DSP, so I decided that I would make a card with this.
I used Concord Crush card stock for the base card, and layered a piece of Whisper White on top of the strip of Cheerful Treat DSP which I had scalloped using the Scallop Trim Border.
I then made a feature panel of the flower spray from Charming, stamped in Concord Crush on Whisper White and layered this on a piece of Concord Crush.
A band of Concord Crush Stitched Poly ribbon was placed across the middle of the card with a flat Julie bow on the right hand side.
Sentiment from Sincere Salutations.
Compulsory bling of Basic Rhinestones added and voila!
Who would have thought this card could have been made from such a small scrap of DSP - it just goes to show!!

Hello Spice cake

This is a little Hello Card using the Spice Cake DSP.
It is only available until the end of April and then it will be gone, so I am making the most of it, using it whenever I can. I have cased this idea from a card by my SU sister Sally-Jo
I have used the Postage Stamp punch and the Lace Ribbon Border Punch.
Soft Suede cardstock stamped in Soft Suede with Paisley Petals Stamp set.
The Hello is stamped onto one of the Two Tags dies. Finished off with a Chantilly Crochet Trim bow.

Happy Birthday Karyn

Today is my Stampin' Up! sister Karyn's birthday.
For her card I have used Crumb Cake and Whisper White cardstock.
I have cut out the white with the Top Note Die and stamped both Crumb and White with Crumb Cake ink using the You are loved stamp-set.(Don't you just love it?)
The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations and the butterflies are cut with the Beautiful Wings embosslit. Obligatory bling today is Basic Pearls.

SJ's pop up card tutorial

Hello everyone. Yesterday was my weekly crafting get together with sis-in-law Chris. I was a little uncertain whether to go or not because of the snow, but I am so glad that I did go.
One of my Stampin' Up! sisters (Sarah Jane) had done a box style pop up card and had kindly done a tutorial on her blog here
So Chris and I set to and made for ourselves. The result was pretty good - so thanks SJ for that! Much appreciated (let us know what you think of our efforts SJ).
We used the Hostess DSP Cheerful Treats, The four frames stampset and matching Decorative Label punch, plus the large scallop circle punch

Here is the card open with it's pop up greeting






















and here it is closed with its belly band round it.

Berry Blossom birthday

Yesterday was one of my swimming friends, Sue's birthday, so I made this card for her.
Once again it uses the DSP which is one of four which are featured in April's special offer.
See sticky post above for details.
I have used 3 different patterns from this set of papers, and simply added a couple of Basic Rhinestones and 3 butterflies die cut using the Beautiful Wings Sizzlit.

Mini Milk Cartons

Today I have given my crafting class ladies a little Mini Milk Carton (complete with cream egg inside!)and a matching Easter card.
I have used the Mini Milk Carton Die to cut out these sweet little boxes, a mini bulldog clip from the Clips assortment, the little chick was a non SU digi stamp which I coloured in using Stampin' Write markers and then cut out using the Curly Label punch.
The ladies thought that they were delightful!



And close up

Berry Blossom Get Well Soon

One of my ex work colleagues has recently suffered a stroke and is expecting to come home from hospital this week, so here is the card that I have made her to cheer her up.
I have used the Berry Blossoms DSP (you can get this for free during April - see post at top of page for details)Coral Calypso card embossed using the Square Lattice folder. Flowers punched with the Itty Bitty flower punch in Coral Calypso and Wisteria Wonder and the leaves in Lucky Limeade using the Bird Builder punch.
The oval is made using the Designer Frames embossing folder.
I have used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to split up the Get Well Soon sentiment from the Hopeful Thoughts stamp-set. Instead of the usual bling I have used Dazzling Diamonds glitter for the flower centres.

Black on Black

Well after my attempt at White on White, I wondered what Black on Black would look like.
I realized that I would have to rely on different textures, so did some embossing with the Square Lattice and Perfect Polka Dots embossing folders. Then made the oval frame with the Designer frames embossing folder. One Lace Ribbon border punched and one Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punched. One spiral flower and two fringed flowers to decorate the oval, along with a couple of leaves punched from the Bird Builder punch.
A couple of black stamens for the centre of the fringed flowers and voila!



I have really left this too late to photograph, as this photo looks positively gray - it really does look better in its natural state of black - honest!!

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!