Clockworks

Have been playing with a stamp set that I think will be suitable for mens' cards today.

At our next all day training, our swaps have to be Male oriented, so I thought

that I had better get a bit of practice in.

The colour combo is Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Gold and Pewter (on an Ivory base card)

The stamp set used is Clockworks.

Some of the images I have stamped in Rich Razzleberry and others I have heat embossed

 in either Gold or Pewter embossing powder.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

All products are Stampin' Up!

I am quite pleased with this as a first attempt - what do you think?

Oh Hello

Here's a card that I made at monthly training last month.

The colour combo is Primrose Petals,Basic Gray with a touch of Pool Party.

The stamp set is Oh Hello, and the oval is cut using the Ovals Collection framelits.

The butterflies are punched using the Elegant Butterfly and the Bitty Butterfly punch

with the More Amore DSP.

The ribbon is the new 1.1/4" two tone ribbon , the Tea lace paper doilies and

Basic Rhinestone embellishments.

My friend

Found the inspiration for this card from Pinterest.

Colour combo Marina Mist, Basic Gray and White.

Papers used - First Edition and Polka Dot Parade.

Flower made using Boho Blossoms punch and Fun Flowers Bigz die

layered on top of Delicate Doilies die cut and a large Rhinestone for the centre.

Adorning Accents Edgelit die used for border.

Sentiment from My Friend stamp set, heat embossed with Pool Part EP.

White Satin Ribbon (retired) and Basic Rhinestone . 

All products Stampin' Up!

Thinking of you

This is a card for my friend Chris (H) whose husband died almost a year ago. 

 I shall send it to let her know that I am thinking of her on what will be a very sad day this week.

Once again I have used the very popular Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set,

and the colour combo is So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive.

I also used the Honeycomb embossing folder.

Angry Birds

Today I have an Angry Birds card to show you.

I cased this from a card that my SU sister Sarah-Jane  made.

I found the instructions on how to punch out these little birds from the Internet.

I think that the grandchildren will love these!!

Secret Garden

Went to Training Morning yesterday with Chris (sis-in-law) and had a great time.

Did some lovely projects, but we were inspired to come home and try out a different technique.

This card is made by stamping the flowers from the Secret Garden stamp set

in Versamark ink and then heat embossing with White embossing Powder. 

The flowers are then coloured in using  Whisper White ink (using a Re-inker)

with an Aqua painter.  This is then allowed to dry naturally, or if you are in a hurry

it can be dried using a heat gun.

The flowers are then coloured in with the colour of your choice - above you see Midnight Muse - it produces a beautiful shaded effect with not too much trouble.

The card stock I used was Sahara Sand (which I picked up by mistake, thinking it was Crumb Cake) -

a happy accident as I think it matches perfectly.  The sentiment is from Curly Cute stamp set,

stamped onto on an Apothecary Accents Framelit die cut.

I used a length of Crochet Trim and a couplke of Basic Pearls as simple embellishments

 as I thought that was all that was needed.

You can see the card that inspired us HERE on Julie's Blog.

Thanks Julie - love this card!!

P.S.  I have just realised that today is my 1000th Blogaversary-
 I have done 1000 posts on my blog today.
 To celebrate this event, for anyone who puts a comment on this post,
 I will put everyone's name into a hat and I will send this card to the person
whose name is drawn out on Saturday.

Liz's Easter Chicks

Yesterday, Liz, one of my Tuesday Crafting ladies, brought three little Easter chicks that she had designed and I thought that they were lovely, so I asked if I could show them to you.  As Liz hasn't got a blog (she doesn't do IT) she is very happy for me to give her her moment of fame!! 

Aren't these fabulous?  They are all made with the Owl Builder punch and Boho Blossoms punch.

I think that the eggs were cut using the Oval punch.

Well done Liz - great job!!

Easter card

I have done a remake of an Easter card that I made a couple of years ago.

I have used a colour combo of Lucky Limeade and Daffodil delight with White.

The foliage is from the Just Believe stamp set.

The flowers punched using the Itty Bitty Flower punch

and the chicks cut using the Owl Punch.

HERE is a link to Anna's blog

 where I got the instructions from if you want to make these little chicks too!

Ladies Wot Lunch birthday

One of the ladies in our Ladies Wot Lunch Club - Jean - has just got back from an extended holiday (haven't seen her since the week between Christmas and the New Year!), so I will be giving her this card from us all tonight.  It was just to let her know that we were thinking of her (enviously) as she was cruising on her birthday! It's one of the fantastic Baby-wipe technique cards that I love - so I hope that she will love it too!!

Lexie's Easel Card

Here is the little Easel card that Lexie has made.

The largest scallop circle measures just 1.1/4"

She copied off my liitle valentine easel card that I made recently. 

Lexie is now going to talk to you

I am 6 years old.

I used purple and pink card and squashed a bottle top.

I did  it with  a  bit  of  help  by Nannan Kate.

 DO YOU LIKE IT?

Shoe box swap

Today I will be in Pudsea with 12 more Jems Team members taking part in a shoe box swap.

This is my card that the other 12 will be making, and I will come home with another 12 different ones that I have made using their designs (hopefully!)

All the flowers are made using various sized scallop circles, plus the Boho Blossom punch.

The Oval frame is cut using the 4th and 5th Ovals (from the centre)

 of the Ovals Collection Framelits.

The leaves are cut using the Bird Builder punch.

The Colour Combo is Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, and Pink Pirouette.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

CAS Man's Birthday card

Needed a man's card in a hurry today so it had to be a quick and easy one.

Free Sale-a-bration Sycamore Street DSP, matching button and ribbon.

Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

Stars punched with a retired SU punch (which I refuse to part with!)

in Tangerine Tango,  Island Indigo and Pool Party.

A piece of  White Bakers twine threaded through the button and knotted.

Voila - a twenty minute make, that looks a million dollars!

Just Believe

Here is a different version of yesterday's card which proves how different a card can look 

when you change the colour combination.

This is a straight copy of Chris's card - bless her!!

The colour combination this time is Basic Gray, Primrose Petals and White,

and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. 

Easter Card

I have had a few requests for Easter cards from my ladies,

Chris (sis-in-law) had a great design for a card using the Just Believe stamp set , 

so I adapted it to make this one.

I didn't have any Daffodil Delight ribbon to match the flowers, border and butterflies, 

so I used So Saffron instead - I don't think it looks too noticeable.

The border is cut using the Finishing Touches Edgelit dies.

The butterflies cut using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits.

The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up! stamp set.

Basic Rhinestones for the butterflies bodies,

 to add a little bit of bling - and I did add Dazzling Diamonds to the flowers -

but you can't see it at all in this photo!

Happy Easter!!

Postcrossing - Handmade cards

I have recently joined a group of  ladies from various countries who do card swaps.

You only make one card per month and you receive one card every month,

This is the card that I am posting to Mia Singh in Sweden.

The colour combo is Wisteria Wonder, Pretty in Pink and White.

I have used the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and matching Framelits Dies.

I used the Textured Impressions Fancy Fan Embossing Folder for the white section of the card.

I used a Textured Impressions Adorning Accents  embossing folder to emboss the pink section.

Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine was fastened round the top and fastened in a bow.

The sentiment is from the My Friend stamp set.

I have used Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the embossed fan crossovers

(although I am not sure whether you can see this in this bad photo)

I hope that Mia will like this card.

Top Note Bag/Notebook

Here is the second project that we made at Cheryl's on Friday.

Bag closed

Bag open revealing notebook

The Top Note Die was used to cut the front and back of the handbag
The Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder was used to emboss the handbag flap.
The Adorning Accents EF was used on the front of the bag
The Boho Blossoms punch was used to make the catch on the front and the flower decoration.
The hndle was made using the  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch.

Thanks again Cheryl for this super project!

Happy Birthday Sarah-Jane

Today is my Stampin Up sister Sarah-Jane's birthday and here's the card I have made for her.

It's another card made using the baby wipe technique. I have used Real Red and Daffodil Delight

re-inkers to create the three colours that have been stamped with the flower stamp from 

the free Sale-a-bration stamp set. The leaves are stamped in Old Olive and the borders are punched in Pumpkin Pie card stock with the Scallop Trim border punch.

The butterflies are made using the Beautiful Wings embosslits with Daffodil Delight card stock.

Sentiment from Petite Pairs.

I have had a couple of people ask what the baby wipe technique is - so here goes!!
You take any sort of baby wipe (I use a well known supermarket's value brand)
and fold it  2 or 3 times .  Place it on an OLD saucer or plate (not you finest porcelain!!)
and add a few drops of ink in various colours.  For the card above I put 6 drops of Real Red ink in the middle of the folded baby wipe, then 6 drops of Daffodil delight next to that,
then add 3 drops of DD on top of 3 drops of RR, which makes the orange colour.
I tried to keep the ink drops in a sort of rounded square shape - and it will look like a little ink pad -
which it is.  Proceed by stamping your selected stamp on the baby wipe  and you should get the effect shown above.  If you try this, do let me know and pop it on your blog so that I can see your results!!

New Job

Today I have finished off the card that I started at Cheryl's yesterday

Colour Combo is Early Espresso and Very Vanilla.

DSP is First Edition Speciality paper.

Stamp sets are Letter it and Established Elegance

Textured Impressions Square Lattice Embossing Folder (typewriter background)

Victoria Crochet Trim and Soft Suede 3/8" Taffeta ribbon used.

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to make this fabulous card Cheryl!!

Just Believe

Been to Chris's (sis-in-law) this morning and  Cheryl's this afternoon to spend time together crafting.
Chris's down-line Anita joined us this afternoon and we have had a great time.
I managed to finish one of the projects, but not the other two.
I'll let Cheryl post her project on her blog before I show you that one, meantime,
here is one of Chris's for you to enjoy!  It features the ever popular stamp set Just Believe.

Colour Combo is Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Basic Grey
the stamp was coloured using marker pens.
The Beautiful Wings Embosslit used to make the butterflies
3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon in Primrose Petals
and Basic Rhinestone embellishments.
Chris this is fabulous.

Chris (M)'s get well card

The blue looks nothing like the Marina Mist that it was made with,

but the light wasn't good yesterday afternoon, and I had to get this in the post!!

The Textured Impressions Square Lattice Embossing Folder and Perfect Polka Dots Folder

were used for the two panels.  The  Curly label punch was used with the Marina Mist cardstock.

I used the free S-A-B Petite Curly Label punch after using the stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the

 Get well soon sentiment from Hopeful Thoughts stamp set.  

The butterfly was cut using the Beautiful Wings embosslit.