Just For You

I have a few birthdays coming up over the next few days so thought that

I had better get a few cards made in advance.

Here's the first (inspired by Shelley - here)

Colour combo is Raspberry Ripple, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake and Whisper White.

Stamp sets - Just Believe and Papillon Potpourri

Punches used - Modern Label and Bitty Butterfly

Basic Pearl embellishments.

Happy Birthday Sharon

Today is my Stampin' Up! sister Sharon's Birthday and here is the card that I sent to her,

It's done in the same way as the card that I posted yesterday, just different colours and sentiments.

Inks - Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Early Espresso.

Curly Cute stamp set used for the "Happy Birthday"

and "My Friend" stamp set used for "my friend"

Happy Birthday Sharon - have a great day!!

Floral Frames monochrome thank you

A really quick and easy CAS card today

I die cut the largest Floral Frames Framelit and used the negative as a template.

Stamped over the template in Basic Gray using the En Francais stamp.

Inked the edges of the frame using a dauber and Basic Gray ink.

Overstamped the silhouette from Just Believe.

Then stamped the sentiment (from Itty Bitty Banners) and fussy cut it out.

Die cut the matching Itty Bitty Framelit in Black and stock the sentiment on top

and voila!!  Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Thank you Liz

Yesterday I went out for lunch with our select little "Ladies Wot Lunch" group and afterwards one of the ladies, my fellow crafter and friend Liz, came back to our house to "help" me plant some seeds.

My help consisted of being the gopher and seed tray/plant pot filler and Liz did all the technical stuff

like putting the seeds in and gently watering them in.  She worked tirelessly, so I wanted

to make her a little thank you card for being so kind.  She is my gardening guru and has

already made a significant contribution to my garden already with her green fingers and

excellent knowledge of all things gardening!

Really CAS thank you card

The colours are actually Early Espresso and Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla

but on this picture look like Night of Navy, Sahara Sand and White!!

Stamp sets used, Just believe, En Francais and sentiment from Curly Cute.

Liz doesn't do blogging, so I shall email the link to her hubby

and get him to show her this post, and I will give her the card when I see her tomorrow!

Thanks again Liz - you are a star!

Just Believe again

Another of the many cards that I have to make this month.

Notice I haven't mentioned who these are for - just in case they pop in and take a look at what

 I am doing at the moment - you can never be sure!

I have taken inspiration from a card that I saw on the internet, HERE

on the blog of France "Frenchie" Martin (we aren't related!)

So thanks France for showing me how beautiful these two stamps work so well together.

The colour combo I have used is Certainly Celery with Midnight Muse.

Stamp sets are Just Believe, Hello Doily and sentiment from petite Pairs.

Again quite a CAS card, but I think it's stunning (but I am biased!)

Elements of Style butterfly

Here's one of the cards  that I didn't finish yesterday.

A really CAS card.

Simply stamped the flowers and leaves from Elements of style,

coloured them in using a blender pen with Rose Red, Regal Rose and Lucky Limeade ink.

Used the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die to cut the butterfly which I raised on dimensionals.

Sentiment from Just Believe.

I love it!!

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!

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!!

Just for you Sue

Here's a card for a special lady who is an ex work colleague and comes to my Wednesday Class - Sue.

She and her husband were recently involved in a nasty car accident and consequently Sue  hasn't been to class, so here's a little card to let her know that we miss her and are thinking of her.

Take Care Sue!!

Colour combo is Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray and White

Stamp sets used: Summer Silhouettes,

sentiment from Just Believe.

Textured Impressions Fancy Fan embossing folder.

Modern label punch and Word Window punch used with sentiment.

All products Stampin' Up.

Sarah's birthday

Today is my nephew Stephen's wife - Sarahs birthday 

and here is the card that I have made for her.

Colour combo is Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla cardstock.

Ink is Soft Suede.

Stamp sets used : Affection Collection , sentiment from Just Believe.

Modern Label punch

Basic pearls for embellishments.

All products Stampin Up

Anna's quick Easter chick tutorial

Chris (sis-in-law) and I got together at mine today for our usual crafting session and made this funny little card, following her friend's tutorial HERE
It is really easy to follow and I am sure that you will have as much fun making these lovely Easter chicks as Chris and I did.
Enjoy!

Mothers' Day daffodils

Here is a card that I have made for a friend for Mothers' Day - it is cased from one that I received at the recent all day Training Event in Leeds - made by
Michelle Bryant . The Colour Combo is Pear Pizzazz, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight, and the stampsets used are Just Believe and Flower Accent

Just Believe - With deepest sympathy

One of my crafting ladies and fellow golfer, Kath, sadly lost her mother on Christmas day. I hate doing sympathy cards, but thought that the Just Believe flower, stamped in black fitted the bill.

Just Believe

Here is the Make and take that we made at Convention using the Just Believe stampset and Watercolour Paper, plus the Colour Spritzer tool. Amazing or what!