Chris's Birthday

It's a busy week for birthdays if you hadn't noticed.

Today is my lovely sister-in-law Chris's birthday

and here's the card I have made for her.

Black and white monochrome card

Delicate Doilies Sizzlits die used to cut doily

Modern Medley DSP for the pennant strips

Happy Day stamp set used for centrepiece

Sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners - cut with matching framelits.

Basic Rhinestone embellishments.

Have a great day Chris!!

Jan's Birthday

Today is my friend and fellow crafter Jan's birthday and here's the card I made for her.

Colour combo Night of Navy and Very Vanilla

First Edition Designer Series Paper

Stamp set  Blooming with Kindness - both flower and sentiment

all the above Stampin' Up! products

Ribbon from stash.

Happy Birthday Jan!!  Have a great day.

Summer Starfruit Secret Garden

Here's a card I have made - inspired by Pinterest - just for a change!!

Colour combo is Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede and Gumball Green

on Very Vanilla card base.

Secret Garden stamp set and marching framelits

Butterfly from Papillon Potpourri stamp set

and sentiment from Petite pairs.

Background embossed with the Textured Impressions Hexagon Embossing folder.

Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.

(All products Stanpin' Up!)

Happy Birthday Lyn

Today is my friend and fellow crafter - Lyn's birthday.

Here's the card I have made her.

Pink Pirouette, Night of Navy and Silver Glimmer on White  is the colour combo.

The stamp sets used are Happy Day and Hello Doily

and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

All products are Stampin' Up!

Happy Birthday Lyn!

Summer Silhouette

I was looking at the swaps I received from the Telford SU Event

and found one that inspired me to make this.....

Colour combo is Perfect Plum and white with some Silver Shimmer paper.

The stamp set is Summer Silhouettes.

The ribbon is some matching (retired) SU grosgrain ribbon.

The butterflies are cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.

Thank you Amanda Bartlett for the inspiration.

Four Seasons Christmas

After seeing a few Christmas cards on various blogs I have been shamed into starting mine

and sharing them with my class ladies.

Colour combo Night of Navy and White

This uses a hostess set (retiring imminently i.e. Sunday) Four Seasons.

The sentiment is from Greetings of the Season

and the Textured Impressions embossing folder is Northern Flurry.

Simply embellished with Basic Rhinestones - my first card completed!

Hello

Here's another card utilising the Mosaic punch and the Textured Impressions 

Delicate Designs (border) embossing folder.

This card is a card for any reason, or just to say hello!

Colour combo is Black, Silver and White

I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch 

on Brushed Silver card stock, then cut this in half.

Itty Bitty punch used for tiny white flowers, with Basic Rhinestone centres.

Scallop Dots ribbon.

Best of Flowers

Here's a pretty card that we made at Monthly Training earlier this month.

Colour combo is Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Whisper White
Stamp sets used – Best of Flowers, Perfectly Penned stamped with

 Crumb Cake , Pool Party, and Midnight Muse ink.
 1.1/4 Scallop Circle punch used to cut out flowers 

Crumb Cake ribbon and Basic Pearl embellishments.

My ladies have loved making this one - thanks Julie!!

New Catalogue launch today!!

Well it's here at last - the 2013-2014 Catalogue we have been waiting for! 
Why not grab yourself a coffee, put your feet up and sit and browse for a while.  
Write yourself a wish list, but I'm warning you - it will be a long one!

(if it's anything like mine it will be anyway!!)

Enjoy!!

Click HERE to view

And there's more.....

For the month of July you can save 25% on these greeting stamp sets

Sale Price	Catalogue Price	Description	Item
21,71 €/£15.71	28,95 €/£20.95	Sassy Salutations Wood-Mount Stamp Set	132070
17,21 €/£12.71	22,95 €/£16.95	Sassy Salutations Clear-Mount Stamp Set	126707
17,96 €/£13.46	23,95 €/£17.95	Sweet Essentials Wood-Mount Stamp Set	132085

Janice's Birthday

Tomorrow is my sister-in-law Janice's birthday.

Here's the card that I have made for her.

Now Janice loves red, so the colour was easy to choose - Real Red!!

I haven't done a red on red card before, so was anxious as to the result.

I needn't have worried as it turned out fine.

I embossed the second layer of red card with the Mosaic Embossing Folder.

Once again I have used the Gingham Wheel - it's proving to be a favourite.

I also used the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing folder

I die cut the initial and stuck it onto an Artisan Label punched shape.

The flower was made using the fabulous flower mold and Simply Pressed Clay-

these are so simple to make - Lexie (age 6) has made quite a few already!

The leaves were punched with the Bird Builder punch.

A few Basic Rhinestone embellishments and job done!

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Janice.

More Mosaic Madness

I can see already that I am going to really get my money's worth out

of this stamp set, punch and embossing folder

(Wish I could bring myself round to actually cutting into the matching paper!!)

Colour combo - Strawberry Slush and White

Stamp set - Mosaic Madness - matching punch and Embossing Folder

Basic Rhinestones.

I love it!!

Stippled Blossoms

Here's a card that I have cased from Pinterest.

It has been re-pinned a few times so I am not sure of it's original owner.

If it's yours, please let me know and I will link this post back to your blog.

but I do love it!!

Colour Combo is Sahara Sand and Raspberry Ripple with White.

I embossed the oval frame in the bottom RH corner with the 

Textured Impressions Designer frames Embossing Folder-

notice there are no unsightly visible lines where the folder was!

Chris and I have spent quite some time practising this technique.

I stamped the fern spray from Papaya Collage and punched it out using

the Extra Large Oval punch.

I used the Very Vintage wheel for the background at the top of the card.

The flowers are two step stamped with the Stippled Blossoms stamp set.

Leaves punched using the Bird Builder punch.

 3/8" stitched satin ribbon in Raspberry Ripple

Voila!!

New Designer Series Paper stack and the Open Sea.

Because I recruited 2 people in May, I could choose a free gift from 2 items 

in the New Catalogue.  I chose the 4 colour families Designer Series Paper Stacks.

(These have a value of £19.50 each - so my "free" gift was worth £78!)

I have used thin (2.5 cm wide) strips from the Night of Navy DSP in the Regals DSP stack

to make the long pennants behind the ship image (from "The Open Sea" stamp set).

This was stamped in Night of Navy, onto a die cut white circle, 

then layered on top of a Night of Navy circle.

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners and cut out with the matching Framelet die.

Sneak Peek - Washi Tape

Today I have had a play with the new Washi tape that is in the new catalogue

(launches 2nd July!)

This card was so quick to make, if you need a card in a hurry

(which I often do!!) this is fine.

Colour Combo is mainly Daffodil Delight with Strawberry Slush.

The sentiment is that good old faithful - Curly Cute

which sadly retires at the end of the month.

Love this splash of colour - so cheerful.

Gingham wheel and Vellum

Today's card features another sneaky peek of a new product from the new catalogue

(launches on 2nd July!), the Gingham wheel.  It also lets you see two of the new

colours - Pistachio Pudding and Smoky Slate, and another stamp from the

Label Love stamp set and matching punch - Artisan Label.

 Think that everything else you have seen before.

I've taken another picture this afternoon (Tuesday) in natural light.

I think that you can just see the embossed stitching done with the 

Textured Impressions Needlepoint Border Embossing folder.

The leaves are cut in vellum with the Little Leaves Sizzlit.
I saw this card on Pinterest and fell in love with it,
so had to case it froMiriam's blog here

Lexie's been at it again!!

Well Lexie had made up for my inactivity on the crafting front.

No crafting got done Friday as it was Lady captains away day at the Oaks Golf club near York.

It was a fabulous day and the weather was kind - only one proper shower got our 4 ball, but the ladies nearer the end got a heavier shower!

Yesterday Lexie was with me all day crafting, whilst Lucas and Barry went golfing with Simon.

Everyone was back for a late tea, then we relaxed in front of the TV for a while and then Lexie was back in the craft room.  She has made a card for her dad for Fathers Day, a card for her mum

-as she has missed her this weekend (Kerry has had a girlie's weekend at a hen party!)

She also did a painting and a bracelet for her mum.

Here it is

Not bad for a second attempt is it!

She loves making jewellery, so we have sorted her out a box full  of beads just for her.

Lexie's Bracelet

Today my Grand-daughter Lexie has been with me after school 

(Lucas has been with me too,  but he is watching the cricket on TV!) 

so I asked her if she wanted to have a go at making a bracelet like mine.

Not content with the beads that Chris had sent her, she insisted

on looking through my selection of beads and selected a few to use.

You may have guessed that she is a very pink girl!

She made this bracelet all by herself - my only contribution

was to fasten the ends in a tight knot!

Lexie took this photo of her bracelet

I took this photo of Lexie wearing her bracelet!

My first bracelet.

Well here is another first for me - a bracelet.

I have been to Chris's (sis-in-law) today and she showed me how to make a bracelet

- and here it is!! 

 I am so proud of it, I can't wait to have another go, 

so I have ordered some bits and bobs off t'Internet and will be showing

 Lexie how to make one either tomorrow or Saturday.  

(Chris has very kindly sent some beads and a charm for her to make her first bracelet too.)

Happy Day

This is the card I have sent for my Postcrossing - Handmade card swap.

It is the last one until after the summer.

I really enjoyed making this card. 

Simple monochrome Black and White colour combo. 

The flowers are made with White Simply Pressed Clay, 

using the Buttons and Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay molds

and the black one has been coloured with a Stampin' Write Marker. 

I layered the flowers on top of flowers punched with the Boho Blossom punch.

The doily is made using the Large paper Doily Sizzlit die.

The centre has been stamped in Basic Black on white using the Happy Day stamp set

punched using the 2.3/8" scallop circle and layered on top of a Black punched 2.1/2" circle.

The "smile" sentiment is from the same set.

The gingham strip has been stamped using the new Gingham Stampin Around Wheel.

Doesn't this look really effective!

The black leaves were punched using the Bird Builder Punch.

Embellishments - basic Rhinestones.

More Mosaic Madness.....

Have had chance to play with a couple of things from the New Catalogue 

which launches on 2nd July.  As a SU Demo I can pre-order selected items

from this a month before launch.  Here's what I've made using the 

Mosaic Madness Stamp set and with matching Punch and Embossing Folder.

Simple colour combo of Soft Sky (new colour - Subtles family) and White.

the tiny flowers are punched using the Itty Bitty shapes punch set,

embellishments are Basic Rhinestones and 1/2" Whisper White Stiched Grosgrain Ribbon.

Sentiment is from Apothecary Art.

Mmmmm - I will get a lot of use out of these matching items.

Pop back tomorrow and see more!