Brother-in-law's birthday

Today it's my Brother-in-law David's birthday (Chris's husband)

so I took the opportunity of using the Merry Patterns stamp set

(only available as a free Hostess gift during September and October!)

What do you think of this?

Front view open

Card closed for posting

Colour combo is a simple Pacific Point White and a splash of Crushed Curry

The Sentiment is cut using the Happy Birthday Thinlits die.

I am really pleased with this - hope David likes it!

Year of Cheer

At Chris's on Wednesday, I copied a card that she had made whilst I have been away.

This uses products from the Year of Cheer Suite 

which I think is absolutely lush!!

Decide for yourself.

I have used the Year of Cheer Speciality DSP,

The centre cut out of a Foil Snowflake,

Year of Cheer Speciality Washi Tape,

Snowflake Sentiments stamp set

Versamark and Copper Embossing Powder.

The White snowflake is die cut using the Seasonal Layers  Thinlits dies.

I shall use this suite for my "special " Christmas cards.
PS - I'll show you what I did with the rest of the foil snowflake
later this week!!

Merriest Christmas Wishes

I saw a gold version of this beautiful card on my Stampin' Up! sister

AMANDA's Blog - Here

and asked her if I could CASE it (Copy and Share Everything is

one of our Stampin' Up! Values)

Here is my version in Silver

As I have used silver foil card, it is difficult to photograph,

but you can see the effect.

The sentiment is from Watercolour Christmas stamp set

stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies used to cut the snowflakes

and the base card is embossed with the 

Quilt Top Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Tiny pearls for the centre of the snowflakes just finishes mit off.

I love this card

Thanks Amanda for the inspiration.

Another of Jan's Beautiful You cards

This evening, Jan brought another of her Beautiful You cards to show us.

She is happy to share it with you ,

Front view standing

Centre - open

Front view closed.

Jan has made real good use of her stamp set and obviously enjoys using it-

great card Jan - thanks for sharing.

Hearts Come Home plaque

Here's a project that I have cased from one that my Stampin Up Mummy, Julie

showed us when we went to All-Day Training last month.

One of my ladies likes to send her friend in Australia a special

Christmas decoration every year and so I asked Julie

 for suggestions for this year's project.

Julie had made hers with a bought Heart shaped plaque as the base,

but I have made mine cut from gray board, and am really pleased with the result.

Colour Combo Night of Navy and White

Hometown Greetings Edgelits dies

Hearts come home stamp set,

not forgetting that fabulous Night of Navy gingham ribbon.

I think that Sue will love making this at the month end workshop!

It's my birthday!!

Hello everyone, 

as you might have gathered from the title,

its my birthday today!

I have received just short of 40 birthday cards,

thanks to everyone who sent me one, 

I had a super time opening them all this morning.

As a special thank you to all of you who made me a hand-made card

I thought I would share them with you and showcase them here on my blog

Close up version  of one of the above, with envelopes closed

Close up and open version of another one from above

Aren't I just so lucky to have friends who make me such beautiful cards.

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!!

xxxxxxxxxxx

Year of cheer

This card was oh so difficult to photograph because of all the foiled silver and gold

both on the Year of Cheer DSP and the Foiled snowflake, the Silver foil Stitched Circle 

and the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper Trees.

But doesn't it make a fabulous combination, with the little strip of ribbon 

and the single Rhinestone the only embellishment needed!

Really pleased with this.

Golden wedding anniversary card

As Chris doesn't do her blog anymore I asked her if I could share this card with you,

 it's one that she made for a very good friend of hers

and I think you will agree it's stunning!!

And here's the box that was made and stamped to match.

I think that Chris has done a fabulous job of this, don't you??

Ann's birthday

Today is my friend and fellow crafter Ann's Birthday, 

so I had to make a special card for her.

I had seen this card on my Stampin' Up! Nannan,

 Monica Gale's Blog

Follow the link above to see more of Monica's cards

I really love this colour combination of

So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Memento Black and Basic Gray.

The stamp set is Happy Birthday Gorgeous, and the greeting from this set also,

is cut using the Pretty Label Punch.

The super new Black and White striped ribbon really adds impact.

Happy Birthday Ann!!

xxx

Leo's birthday

Today it's my Great nephew Leo's 5th Birthday -

this is Sister-in-law Chris's Grandson!

This is a card that I made at On Stage in Amsterdam, in April,

when we got to play with lots of items from the Annual Catalogue

 in advance of it's launch.

This little fox is die cut using the Birthday Friends Framelits

and the Birthday Memories DSP.

I have personalised it using the (Retired) Little Letters Framelits 

to cut out LEO as they just fitted nicely at the bottom of the card.

I think that Leo will like this one!!

Have a great day!

Mag and Ger's Anniversary

Today it is my Sister Maggie and her husband Gerald's Wedding Anniversary,

we will be going out for a meal with them tonight to celebrate.

Here's the card I have made for them

Really CAS, but quite elegant I thought.

Pool Party and White colour combination.

Using the Layering Ovals Framelits dies

I cut an oval in the piece of Pool Party card, 

then cut another oval from White card, 

discarded the oval centre and used a scalloped edge oval die

around the cut out oval to make the frame for the centre.

(This was a little bit faffy and took more than one attempt!!)

I then cut the filigree heart in Pool Party using the Bloomin' Hearts Thinlits die.

I placed this behind the oval cut out and very carefully trimmed it

 to fit nicely behind the frame.

A few tiny pearls in the centre of the flowers

and the sentiment from Beautiful Bouquet stamped in

Versamark and embossed in White Embossing Powder

and the job was complete!

Happy Anniversary Mag and Ger,

looking forward to an evening out with you both to celebrate.

xxx

Ann's birthday

Yesterday saw another of my Sandhill golfing friend's Birthdays - Ann .

I have two friends called Anne, one Golfs and the other crafts!

You will see crafter Ann's card on the 4th when it's her birthday!!

This is another of the fancy fold cards we made at 

All Day Training on the 18th September.

This is a Triple fold card

Closed with Belly band on

Open.

This uses the beautiful Painted Autumn DSP

and the Painted Harvest stamp set.
The papers are pretty enough to make a stand alone card!

Thank you mummy Julie for showing us this new fold!!
Happy Birthday Ann
xx

Margaret and Geoff's Golden Wedding Anniversary

Today is the Golden Wedding Anniversary of a couple of our golfing friends,

Margaret and Geoff.

Margaret celebrated her 70th birthday earlier this month,

and you will have seen her card on here. 

This is one of my favourite go-to designs for Weddings, Anniversaries,

Engagements etc, as it is a lovely delicate die cut heart, which I am sure is no

stranger to any of my readers, I use it a lot.

Its the Bloomin Hearts Thinlits die.

the card is Very Vanilla and the die cut heart is Gold Glimmer,

but as the photo was taken when it was teeming it down with rain,

the lighting was not the best, so the colours don't show as well as they might.

Anyhow, Margaret and Geoff here's to a fabulous day for you both

and here's wishing you many more happy years to come.

All our love xxx

White on white for Jackie' Birthday

Today is the birthday of one of my very special and dear friends, Jackie.

Jackie loves, snowdrops, white cyclamens, white orchids etc etc, you get the picture,

So I decided to make her a White on White card - not something I do often!

Here's the result, which I am quite pleased with.

Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder  for the background.

Layering Circles die for the aperture.

Flourish Thinlits for the flourish and tiny pearls for embellishment.

Greetings inked in Versamark and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

Have a fabulous birthday Jackie and see you soon!!

Get well soon

A quicky post today as I am out and about.

Here's a card that I sent to a friend who isn't exactly ill, just feeling 

a bit under the weather, so I thought this might cheer her up!!

Another one of the fabulous Eastern Medallions Thinlits Die creations.

Bermuda Bay, Pool Party and White colour combination

and a computer generated sentiment.

The only addition to this card is the star shaped jewel in the centre -

it doesn't need anything else - dont you agree??

Deck the halls

Here's another Christmas card made using the Carols of Christmas Bundle

This card looks more complicated than it is.

The oval was cut in the top layer of white card, then the baubles were stamped 

onto this in Smoky Slate ink.

The coloured baubles were then stamped on a separate piece of card in the three colours

Tranquil Tide, Pool Party and Smoky Slate.

These were then die cut with the Card Front Builder dies from the bundle

and stuck over the grey stamped images.

Using the oval that was cut out of the original piece of white card,

 the sentiment was stamped in Tranquil Tide and the stars were stamped 

in Pool Party,

The card was then assembled with a mat of Tranquil Tide onto the White card base.

the Bables with the oval cut out were then stuck onto the Tranquil Tide 

layer, using dimensionals. The Oval with the sentiment stamped on it,

 was then stuck directly onto the Tranquil Tide layer/

The holly sprigs were coloured using marker pens

and then stuck on place.

Card completed!!

Janet's birthday

Today is the birthday of one of ny crafting ladies, who started coming 

to my classes as I started being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator,

8 years ago now!!

This is a card that I have cased from my Stampin' Up! Mummy, Julie.

Now I bought this stamp set after seeing a few cards that Julie had made

 using them, whilst at a monthly training, but with the advent of the new catalogue, then the Autumn/Winter Catalogue, they got forgotten about, until now.

All credit for the design has to go to Julie and you can see more of her work
using this set
HERE

Meantime, Happy Birthday Janet - have a great day!!

Julie's swap

Here is the swap that Stampin' Up! Mummy Julie made for us

last week using the Painted Harvest Stamp set

Don't the sunflowers look magnificent in the shades of blue,

it totally alters the image, and I love it , great idea Julie!

And more "Colourful Seasons"

I do love this stamp set, it is so versatile, 

and, as the name suggests it has images suitable for all seasons

This is a card that I made with Chris a few Wednesdays ago, seems an age since I saw her!!

Colour combo is Soft Suede, Dapper Denim, and Sweet Sugar Plum.

Hometown greetings

I don't like to say that I like one swap better than another when I receive them on Training days,

but I couldn't help but fall in love with this little beauty when I received it from Amanda.

You will have seen cards that I have made following inspiration from her on many occasions.

Her cards are truly fabulous.

See more of them, plus a tutorial on how to make this amazing card

HERE

Two separate views so that you can appreciate the beauty of this card.