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.

Twinchie Two

This is my second attempt at a twinchie - I am finding it quite addictive.

Can I just say a tremendous thank you or all your encouraging comments 

on my Little owl lady that I posted yesterday.  I am overwhelmed by your kindness.

So without further ado......  ta da!! Colour combo of Soft Suede and Pink Pirouette.

Various SU stamps, ribbon and punches used on this little piece of art, pink gems from my stash.

Enjoy!!
I would like to enter this in the
Show us your Twinchies Challenge #1 Anything Goes

http://twinchie-twinchiehotmaillive.blogspot.co.uk/

Twit Twoo Twinchie!!

This is my first attempt at making a Twinchie (a 2" x 2" masterpiece!)

The hardest thing is deciding what you are going to put in such a small space.

Twit Twoo Twinchie

I decided to showcase a punch art little lady owl in her best frock, using the Owl Builder punch.

I would like to enter this into 

Show us your Twinchies - Challenge #1 - Anything goes.

http://twinchie-twinchiehotmaillive.blogspot.co.uk/

Happy Birthday Mummy!!

Today is the birthday of my stampin Up Mummy - Julie, so it's difficult to come up with

something different for her -  I have done my best and sent her some roses on this card.

Colour Combo is Real Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.

The backgound is created using the swirl from creative Elements

 and stamped in Old Olive on Old Olive card stock. 

The stamp-set is Apothecary Art and I have stamped and then die cut this out using the

Labels Collection Framelits Dies.  The leaves are punched using the Bird Builder punch.

The spiral flowers and fringed flowers are made  using the Brights stack DSP. 

The usual obligatory bling used here are Basic Pearls.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE  - HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

Happy Birthday Chris

Today is the birthday of one of my best friends - who also happens to be my sister-in-law.

We share a love of crafting and spend time together at least once a week indulging in our craft!

I wanted something really different for this card and I think I have managed it.

The colour combo is Tangerine Tango Daffodil Delight and Very Vanilla.

The doily is cut from Flirtatious DSP and layered on top of a Very Vanilla scallop circle,

 that I have daubed Daffodil Delight ink onto the edges..

These are layered onto a piece of Beyond the Garden DSP which is

layered on top ff Tangerine tango and Very Vanilla Card stock.

All the flowers are handmade with the large one having a handmade ribbon rose in the middle.

The gold flourishes are cut with a non SU die from my stash!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS - Have a great day.

Happy Birthday Jan

Today is my good friend and fellow crafter Jan's birthday.

I wanted to make Jan a really special card and didn't have much inspiration.

I looked back at some photos that I took at our Quarterly Training get together

and found this design, which I believe is one of Julie's.

I really love this Attic Boutique DSP and the colours are so delicate.

The sentiment is an all time favourite from "Oval All".

The colour combo is Pool Party, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla 

with a touch of Daffodil Delight.

The Butterfly is die cut using Beautiful Wings embosslit, 

The flower is mad by scrunching and dampening punched flowers using the Boho Blossoms punch.

I used the Adorning Accents edgelits and Embossing folder and Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies

to achieve this beautiful curve in Crumb Cake.

For the paper ribbon border I used the  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch,

For the obligatory bling I used Basic pearls for the butterfly's body and head

and for the flower centre.

Jane's Birthday

I have quite a few birthdays in July, so I thought that I had better get some of the 

cards ready in advance (as opposed to rushing around at the last minute!).

It's my sister-in-law Jane's birthday on the second, and as I was

low on inspiration I had to resort to CASEing a card that my SU Mummy

Julie had put on her blog yesterday.  You can see her version HERE

Colour Combo Soft Suede, So Saffron and Very Vanilla.

Stampset is Everything Eleanor.

 So Saffron 5/8" satin ribbon, and the usual obligatory bling - Basic Pearls.

Jane doesn't blog so I am quite safe posting this today!

Happy Birthday Lyn

Today it is my good friend and fellow crafty blogger, Lyn's birthday, so I had to make her an extra special card to celebrate the occasion.  

I bought the Mixed Bunch Stamp Class from Jenny Moor at Stamping Moments

and just tweaked a little with the design to make it more personal.

The colour combo is Island Iindigo, Blushing Bride and Whisper White.

I used the Labels Collection Framelits Dies, for the centre panel, with a Designer Frame Embossing folder in the centre in White, and then I stamped a flower in Island indigo and punched this using the Large Oval punch.  The Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes cut out with the Word Window punch.  The Pink flower  is stamped with Blushing Bride ink using one of the Mixed Bunch flower stamps and then punching out with the Blossom Punch..

The butterfly is also stamped using a more elaborate flower from this stampset, 

then punched again with the Blosson Punch.

The Indigo Island Backing layer is stamped with the flourish from Creative Elements 

then cut with the  Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, and embossed with

the Adorning Accents edgelits and Embossing folder.

Think I have covered everything here ........ that just leaves me to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNN - have a great day!!

First Christmas card this year!!

Lots of people are posting Christmas cards on their blogs, so I thought maybe

I should make a start on mine too!! Chris and I made this one together yesterday

afternoon and I am really pleased with it.  I wanted to try a diorama card

and my SU sister Sally Jo has put a tutorial on how to do this -you can find it here.

Front view

Arty farty angle showing how card is folded

I used 1/2 a sheet of A4 card in Cherry Cobbler.
Used the Framelits dies to cut the aperture in the front,
 and then cut a Whisper White  frame for the centre back..
Stamped the Christmas trees on this, then stamped and cut out the penguins after colouring in.
(Christmas trees and penguins from the Polar Party stamp-set)
A fine line of white glue applied around the aperture and glitter on top of this.
Merry Christmas sentiment from petite Pairs stampset.
And voila - there you have it -  my first Christmas card.
The Wednesday ladies made this last night and loved it.
I am hoping that the Thursday ladies will love it too!

Get well Soon Josie

Today sis-in-law Chris came over for our weekly crafting get together and we managed 3 cards!!
We each did a Get Well Soon card for cousin Josie, who is not very well at the moment.
Chris may well post hers on her blog later, but here's mine.
I have (once again!) used Twitterpated DSP punched with the Blossom Punch and layered
on top of another flower punched in Island Indigo.
I have used a base card of Island Indigo and layered Whisper White card
embossed with  the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

The sentiment is from Hopeful Thoughts. Usual obligatory bling of Basic Rhinestones.

Get Well Soon Josie!!

Paisley petals bag.

Today the Tuesday ladies have made two cards plus this little bag, 

which can be a treat holder,  a gift card holder, or both.

There is no stamping on this at all - it is just measuring, scoring and cutting.

You do need to score and cut precisely, otherwise you end up with a bag like mine,

 that has a few imperfections, but my excuse is that it's a prototype.

I used paisley petals DSP, but the ladies all used different double sided papers.

The pattern came from a friend of mine and Chris's - Cheryl.

So thank you Cheryl - very kind of you.

All the ladies were very pleased with their efforts - which were a sight better than mine!!

Hello Julie

A close up showing the texture of the two layers.

Today I made this card to say hello to my Stampin Up Mummy Julie.

It seems ages since I last saw her so I thought that I would make her a card.

Colour Combo Basic Black, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler.

The flower is punched out using the Blossom punch, then the card is distressed by curling it,

until the card separates into two layers. The flower centre is a 1"black punched circle.

A Boho Blossom punched large flower in Cherry Cobbler. then the Hello sentiment -

from is the Pennant Parade stamp-set is inked in Cherry Cobbler onto a 3/4" punched circle.

The background paper is Timeless portrait DSP and the pearls are from my stash.

Have a nice day Julie - see you soon!!

Adorning Accents Edgelits.

I decided that I wanted to practice using these beautiful edgelit dies and embossing folders. 

There is definitely a knack to using them, I have found that if you stick them to the cutting plate with

a post-it note it keeps them straight.  I have really enjoyed using them and am quite pleased with the result.

I have used the now favourite Twitterpated DSP - hardly any stamping on this card - just the sentiment

from Just Believe.  Colour Combo Blushing Bride, Island Indigo. Baja Breeze and Whisper White.

I hope that you can see the scalloped embossing on the white card and the Blushing Bride DSP.

The flowers are punched with the Itty Bitty flower punch and the leaves are cut from the Bird Builder Punch.Mandatory bling - rhinestones for flower centres and on sentiment.

Don't think I want to part with this card - may just keep it myself!

Adorning Accents

This card is my second attempt at using the Adorning Accents Edgelits dies.
The first attempt had to be redesigned!
I am however quite pleased with this, and think that it looks quite classy.

Colour combo Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride Cherry Cobbler and a touch of Pear Pizzazz.Bordering on Romance set used to stamp both the background and the small Framelit in the centre - 

which was coloured in using Stampin Write Markers.

White 5/8" Satin ribbon and Regal Rose 1/8" taffeta ribbon used.

Twitterpated DSP used once again.  Sentiment from Petite Pairs.Bird Builder punch used for leaves.

Happy birthday Caroline

Today is one of my Stampin Up sister's birthdays, and as such all our team try and make a card 

for our fellow "Jems".  As these have to be posted, I try to keep them flat (because of the price of stamps these days! )- you need a mortgage to send a highly embellished card through 

the post these days.  Anyhow, I am making good use of all these stamped squares

that I made some time ago, but I think these are last of them.  I really love

this colour combo of Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.

So... Happy Birthday Caroline - hope you are having a great day!!

Thursday Class

Tonight we had a lovely surprise, Jan (whose partner Patrick is in hospital) came along to join us.

It was lovely to see her, and she tells us that Patrick is improving daily - and today

 he actually was able to be fed breakfast and lunch (rather than be tube fed) - another milestone!

 He will also probably be moved out of Intensive care tonight - more great news.

This is one of the cards that the ladies made tonight, using the Bordering on Romance
 stamp-set with the Twitterpated designer series papers. And the Framelits Die.

Colour Combo is Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze. 

The knot-less bow is tied with Bakers Twine.

Fun Flowers fabric brooch

On Saturday I needed something blue to go with my red and white outfit (you recall that we went to a Red White and Blue themed Street Party Evening), so I decided to make myself a blue fabric brooch.  

I cut up a Dark blue pillow case, and using the Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, cut out two sets of flowers.

I then glued and glittered the edges of the flowers so that they wouldn't fray.

I used a large pearl brad for the flower centre and to hold the flower together.

Then stuck a brooch back on the reverse.

It looked great!!

Au revoir Yuki!

Tomorrow my good friend and fellow crafter (and Stampin Up daughter!) Yuki returns to Japan to live.

I will really miss her as we have become firm friends through our love of crafts and Stampin Up.

She made me a card to remember her by, and here is mine for her.

It's a design that I have made before, but I have changed the colours around. 

 It uses my favourite  DSP of the moment - Twitterpated, and the Blossom Punch.  

The White layer is embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.

Colour Combo - Baja Breeze and Blushing Bride with Whisper White. 

A matching Twitterpated flower button finishes off the flower.

Janice's birthday card

Today has been another hectic day.  I rushed home from golf to shower and change for a

routine hospital appointment.  Just as we were about to set off, I picked up the letter,

only to find that the date had been changed and I should have gone LAST FRIDAY!! 

Rang up and apologised and then rearranged for next Monday. 

Later this afternoon, Barry and I spent some much overdue time in the garden. 

Then I taxied  Barry through to Barnsley and popped in to see my baby sister Anne-Marie.

Now I am home and ready to relax, but needed to update my blog - so here we go.

Sister-in-law Janice's birthday is on Sunday the 24th, so I wanted to make sure that I

had her card ready for when we see her on Friday for a day out.

This is yet another scallop circle easel card (think I am getting really good at these now,

 with all the practice that I have had.!)  Janice 's favourite colour is red, so it was

an open and shut decision there.  I combined Cherry Cobbler with

Very vanilla and Old Olive.  The flourishes are stamped with the swirl from

Creative Elements.  The sentiment is from Petite Pairs.  

The flower was cut using the Fun Flowers Bigz L Die.

I can safely post this as Janice doesn't blog!!

Lady Captain's day

Thought that I would share some photos with you from our Lady Captain's Day yesterday at the Golf Club.  It was a rather damp day, but it didn't stop us having fun - as you can see by the photos.

We all dressed up as gypsies, and had to play golf in these outfits.

Me raring to go!

Lady Captain

Lady Captain and Past Captain

Competition Secretary

Handicap secretary (left) and Joan

Sandhill Ladies 

Lady Captain with her grandson and Vice Captain

The A Team!!!! 

Our Refreshment Caravan!!

Hope that these will bring a little smile -Enjoy!!