Variation on a theme

Here's a card that Chris made when she came and crafted with me on Wednesday.

It's a variation of this version that I posted earlier.

The car and sentiment are from the Rev Up The Fun stampset

and the banners from the  Hearts a Flutter stamp set and matching  Framelits dies.

The colour combo is Silver, Pacific Point, Smoky Slate, White and Black.

The button and ribbon are both retired items, but we thought it matched well.

All products are Stampin' Up!.

We are making good use of this stamp set - it goes back to it's owner on Tuesday!!

(Thanks for the loan of it Liz G)

Blooming with Kindness

I am currently trying to use stamps that have not been used recently, so today,

 when Chris (sis-in-law) came over to craft, we turned to Blooming with Kindness.

I took inspiration fro the layout from a post on Pinterest, 

but changed the papers and the scallop border.

I have not put a sentiment on at this point, but will place one top right

when I decide who will receive it and for what occasion!!

Colour combo Midnight Muse and White.

Stamp set Blooming with Kindness.

Scallop border embossed using Textured Impressions Delicate Designs embossing folder, 

then cut with the Large Scallop Edgelit.

Midnight Muse 3/8 inch Stitched Satin Ribbon. used to make a knot-less bow

(using a pearl brad from my stash)

WWWU#16

It's that time of week again - Wade's weekly Warm Up

and this week the colour combo is

Raspberry Ripple, Pool Party and Strawberry Slush.

Here's my card.

I punched one triangle with Raspberry Ripple, two triangles with Pool Party,

the three triangles with Strawberry Slush card stock (using the Triangle punch - if you didn't guess!)

and glued them onto a 10 cm square base card in a pyramid shape.

I then stamped the Petite Petals flowers in Strawberry Slush and Pool Party ,

and cut with the matching punch, then glued them in the white triangular spaces.

A 1/4" punched white circle was then shaped and glued in the flower centres.

Leaves were added, cut with the Bird Builder punch.

I've used the (retired) Just Because sentiment as I am trying to do cards

 that will suit many occasions and I think this one fits the bill perfectly.

Mmmm - I like this one - thanks for the colour combo Julie!!

Just Because.........

Sometimes it's nice to send a card to a friend just because...... for any number of reasons.

So I do like to have a few of these cards that will fit the bill if I don't have a specific occasion card.

This little card was made from scraps left on my desk before I tidied up today,

and this design just asked to be made up!

It's a  10 cm square base card with a colour combo is Strawberry Slush, Silver and White.

Made quite simply from 4 scraps of Strawberry Slush DSP from the In Colour 2013-2015 Collection

a stamped and punched Petite Petal flower,

and a couple of reject silver leaves punched with the Bird Builder punch.

(rejected as the stems weren't long enough for the project - they are fine for this one!!)

The sentiment is a retired stamp that I won't part with as its so useful.

All products are Stampin' Up!

I have just realised I should have taken a photo of the scraps first - as it's too late for that

here is a piccie of what was left after!!

I would like to enter this in

http://lizyshouseofcards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/frugal-friday-1.html

Rita's Birthday

Tomorrow it is my cousin Rita's birthday - she is Linda's sister,

 so as long as I remember Linda's birthday, I don't forget Ritas!!

Here's the card I made for her using the Beautifully Baroque stamp again.

Colour combination is Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, and White.

The papers are Eastern Elegance DSP.

Sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped then punched with the Word Window punch, 

and layered onto a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock cut with the Modern Label Punch.

The grey pearls are from my stash - everything else is Stampin' Up!

I can safely post this today as Rita doesn't blog either!!

Happy Birthday!

Linda's Birthday

Tomorrow is my cousin Linda's birthday,

here's the card I have made for her.

The colour combo is Pistachio Pudding. Gold and White

A Window Framelit aperture was cut out of the front of a White square card base.

Then the lattice frame was cut using the Lattice Bigz die and stuck on the four points

of the aperture.  A piece of Pistachio Pudding card stock was stuck behind this.

The flowers were stamped using Petite Petals stamp set with Versamark

and heat embossed with gold embossing powder, then punched out with the matching punch.

The leaves were cut using the bird builder punch with gold foil card and the flower centres were 

punched 1/4" circles shaped with an embossing/scorer shaping tool.

The sentiment is from Petite Pairs.

I am really pleased with the finished article!! Think that Linda will be too.

(I am quite safe in posting this today - Linda doesn't blog!)

Beautifully Baroque Christmas

Here's the second one of the cards that I made at Chris's on Wednesday

using the fabulous Beautifully Baroque stamp - this time a Christmas card.

It's a 7 x 5 inch card (just to give you some idea of the size of the stamp).

Colour Combo is Night of Navy, Silver and White.

The flourish from Everything Eleanor was stamped in Versamark,

then heat embossed with Silver Embossing powder.

The entire stamp was then stamped onto the card using Versamark and heat embossed in Silver EP,  

plus a further image was made in the same way on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock,

then the central section (the Bauble shape edged in blue) was fussy cut out.

Highlights of Night of Navy were added to this to make the bauble "pop" off the card,

then it was stuck on top of the original stamping with dimensionals to raise it.

A 1/4" Night of Navy Grosgrain ribbon bow was added to the top of the bauble.

There you have it - another Christmas card made.

(only another 73 to make!!)

I would like to enter this in
Completely Christmas - Challenge#10. - Anything goes

Beautifully Baroque

Had a very productive few hours yesterday at Chris's (sis-in-law)

We made a few cards using the Beautifully Baroque stamp and I'll show you them all over the next week.

(It will make a change from Hardwood!!)

Here's the first one.

As this stamp is so decorative it's not necessary to add much else in the way of embellishments.

Just used a small slice of  Eastern Elegance DSP and a length of Coastal Cabana 3/8"Ruffle stretch trim.,

A sprinkling of Basic Rhinestones and voila!

This card is now ready for personalising with a sentiment when I decide who it will be going to!!

The sentiment will go in the top right corner I think.

WWWU#15

This Monday saw the start of week 15 of our Jems' Team WWWU

(Wades Weekly Warm Up)

Our Stampin' Up! sister, Julie Wade, picks a colour combo and we all then

make our cards and share them on the Jems' facebook page.

This week the colours are:

 Basic Grey, Perfect Plum, Smoky Slate and Coastal Cabana. 

and here's my offering.

Stamp sets used, Gorgeous Grunge, Clockworks, Banner Greetings, 

The Chevron punch was used to cut the Perfect Plum chevrons out,

and the sentiments were fussy cut.

Thanks for the colour combo Julie - love it!!

Rev Up the Fun again!

My good friend (and customer) Liz G has lent me her Rev Up the Fun stamp set for a couple of weeks,

so I browsed Pinterest to find some designs to make men's cards.

Here's one that I have cased from Nicole's Blog

Colour Combo is Smoky Slake, Pacific Point and White.

Stamp sets:  Rev Up the Fun and Hearts a Flutter plus matching Framelits (for pennants).

The motorbike was inked in Versamark and heat embossed in Silver embossing powder.

3/4" Basic Black Chevron ribbon cut with Vs at either end

(the ribbon is in fact perfectly straight and the same wide all the way along,

but beacause of the chevrons, it  looks wider on the right than the left-

an optical illusion!

Home Tweet Home

I needed another new home card this week, then remembered that I had made this one at Chris's the other week, when we made a few cards with - yes you've guessed - the Hardwood stamp!

This one was cased from my SU Mummy, Julie's Blog

Cardstock used: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette and White.

Hardwood stamp, inked with Early Espresso.

Bird and leaves cut with Bird Builder punch.  Flowers with Itty Bitty Punch set.

The sign is handwritten on a Ticket punched piece of card

and for the flower centres I have used Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle.

Thanks Julie!!

Get Well Cara

One of my Stampers 10 customers, Cara,  has recently been in hospital for over a week, 

so now she is home and recuperating, I made this get well card for her.

Colour combo is Coastal cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango and So Saffron.

The frame was fussy cut after using the  Textured Impressions Designer frames Embossing Folder, 

The flowers were stamped with Petite Petals stamp set and cut with the matching punch.

The flower centres are cut using the Itty Bitty Flower punch, and the white centre is the cut out tiny dots

after using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. Leaves cut with the Bird Builder punch.

Sentiment from teeny Tiny Wishes.

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery Cara!

Hello my friend.

One of my friends (and Stampin' Up! downline) Trisha, moved house recently, 

so I have sent her a card to wish her well in her new home.  

I have used my home-made diamond template again to make this pattern,

(remember I used the triangle punch to make the acetate template?)

The colour combo is Raspberry Ripple, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette and Black.

The stamp set is My Friend.

The only embellishments are three Basic Rhinestones.

Hope that she likes it!

Triple Stamping Thank You

I needed to send a thank you card through the post, so I made this triple stamping card

 and put the sentiment on flat so that it would go at normal first class rate.

Colour Combo - simply Raspberry Ripple and White

Stamp sets used, Flower Shop and Petite Petals.

Sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners cut with matching Framelits.

(Just for a change from the Hardwood stamp!!!)

Oh no - not even more Hardwood!!

Well, I am so sorry but I am having a love affair with this Hardwood and the Flower stamps!

I really enjoy making these cards, so I am afraid you may get a little tired of them.

This one uses the Flower Shop stamp set and Posy Pynch,

Chalk Talk stamp set and matching framelits.

Watercolour Wonder Designer Washi Tape , Gold Bakers Twine and Gold Sequin Trim.

Thw Hardwood is stamped in Crumb Cake on Naturals White cardstock,

which I think gives a lovely natural look to the wood effect.

The flower and sentiment are stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe.

I think this is a beautiful colour combo.

Once again the inspiration for this card came from Monica's Blog

so thank you Nannan!!

All Occasion Card

My greeting card tin is getting a little short of all occasions cards i.e. cards where I can simply

add a greeting suitable for the occasion (as opposed to general birthday cards)

To out it right I have made a few of these today.

Chris (sis-in-law) has been over today and she made 5 cards whilst I only managed 4!

I'll show you two of them.

This first one is cased from my Stampin Up sister and fellow Julies' Jems team member, Julie Wade.

You will have seen that she does a weekly colour combo challenge for us every week -

Wades Weekly Warm Up or WWWU as we call it.

This week she had challenged us to use the Convention goodies that we received in November

(these were basically gold items) along with black.

She shared the card that I have cased (with her permission of course) 

above, with a slight alteration to the flower centres

And here is another one where I have swapped the colours around somewhat

i.e. black for white and white for black.

Don't know which one I like the best.

I have left them without a sentiment, and will just add one as and when I send the card.

I Used Basic Black, Whisper White and Brushed Gold card stock.

Versamark and Gold Embossing Powder for heat embossing the flowers

which were stamped with Flower Shop stamp set and cut with Pansy Punch

and Petite Petals with matching punch. 

 The Lattice Bigz die was used with the Brushed gold card.

The flower centres were punched with the Itty Bitty Circle punch and a 1/4" circle punch

in Brushed Gold card and shaped.

Congratulations Stephanie!!

Some of my followers will know who Stephanie is - she gave up smoking 

36 days ago - so I am sending her a congratulations/celebrate card to encourage

her to carry on with the quitting!!

Here it is 

Cased from my Stampin' Up! Grandmother Monica's Blog 

I have tweaked it a little to make it my own and obviously it is

personalised for Stephanie.

Colour Combo is Naturals White, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist and Gold.

Flowers stamped using the Flower Shop stamp set

and cut out using the Pansy Punch,

sentiment from Express Yourself (Hostess) stamp set.

Background stamp - Hardwood!  Just can't stop using it!!

Gold Bakers Twine and Gold Sequin Trim embellishments.

Watercolour Wonder Washi Tape.

I am sure that Stephanie will see this, I have posted it today, but it will take a while to arrive with her

and I do so want to cheer her on and share in celebrating her success

in quitting the weed (and I speak as an ex- smoker myself so I know it's not easy!)

Congratulations Stephanie!!

My Friend

Can you believe that it is WWWU#14 ?  How time flies!

Julie challenged us to use our Convention Goodies (which were all Gold!) with Black this week.

Here's what I came up with.

Black square base card, My Friend stamp set, inked with Versamark and

heat embossed with Gold Embossing powder.

Watercolour Wonder Designer Washi Tape down the left hand side.

I originally used the gold striped washi tape, but it didn't show up very well on the black,

so I put a strip of plain gold washi on top of it.

A strip of Gold Sequin Trim down either side of the washi tape

and three "Beautiful Wings" butterflies die cut out of Gold foil sheet,

the only embellishment it needed.

Rev Up the Fun!!

At our Team Monthly Training, we made two cards,

 here's the first of them - I'll post the other one later.  

We used the Rev Up the Fun stamp set and the Positively Chevron stamp.

Card with slider tab closed

Card with slider tab pulled,

 Colour combo of Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Pool Party and Island Indigo.

The pull tab was punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, 

the Pumpkin Pie chevrons were cut out using the Chevron Border Punch.

Natural 5'8" Chevron Ribbon was added and hastened with Linen Thread.

Thank you  Julie for giving us more inspiration for men's cards!!

And there's more! .......

I can understand why this Hardwood stamp is so popular, once you start  making cards with it, 

you just can't stop - so here's another card that I made at Christine's on Wednesday.

Colour Combo is Old Olive, Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry

The fence is Crumb Cake cardstock with Early Espresso Ink

using the Hardwood stamp.

The large flowers are stamped in Pistachio Pudding using the Betsy's Blooms stamp set

Flowers are from the Flower Shop stamp set cut with the Pansy Punch

and Petite Petals cut with the matching Punch

and the tiny flowers cut with the Itty Bitty Flower punch

flower centres embellished with tiny Basic Rhinestones.

Leaves punched with the Bird Builder punch.

Sentiment from Petite Pairs.