In colour flowers for CAS

Hey everyone! 
I'm quite excited today, not just because the sun is beating down on Bolton, but because it is my design month at CAS-Colours and Sketches! To kick it off, I have gone with some brand new Stampin' Up! In Colours, but please don't worry if you don't have them...anything similar is absolutely fine!



I think these are really lovely, vintagey colours, don't you? But when I came to make my card, for some reason I thought of wood and flowers, so here's what I came up with...

I used the Hardwood stamp to create my background, using Tip Top Taupe, but I stamped it off first as it was a little too dark for what I wanted. I then stamped the leaves from Crazy About You in Mint Macaron, stamping twice on each inking to give different shades of colour.

I used the gorgeous Watermelon Wonder for the Petite Petals, stamping several times for each inking. I punched them with the matching punch and then die cut 'happy' from Hello You Thinlits. I made it a bit girly by tying some baker's twine onto it. 'Birthday' shows Tip Top Taupe in it's full colour. I used Sahara Sand for the card base, just to show how well it complements the new colours.

I am so looking forward to seeing your designs...I'm sure there will be some gorgeous creations this week! :)

For my friend!

Hello everyone!

It's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge at CAS - Colours and Sketches. This week it's a sketch challenge...

Come and see what I did...

This card is for my longest known friend, Sarah. We have been friends since we were four and although we don't see each other more than about 6 times a year, we're still really good friends! I used a muted colour combo, inspired by the challenge at Dynamic Duos this week. 

I used a Sahara Sand card base, Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper and matching inks on various stamp sets, including Petite Petals and Label Love. I stitched the DSP for added interest.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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Do you have any plans for today? I'm having coffee with a friend this morning, and lunch with another friend...in between I hope to enjoy some sun again...I got quite a little tan yesterday, sat in my garden making wedding invitations!

Have a lovely day, whatever you're doing!

Stampers 6 goodies!

Hello peeps! 

Please excuse my lack of post yesterday...I had been making Wedding invitations until late and didn't get chance to write up a post. 

Today I'd like to share my Stampers 6 card and little gift with you. Each month when I send my ladies their orders, I like to include a little something for them...because I love them!

This month's little set was made using a couple of my current favourites...Hardwood Background stamp and Petite Petals and matching punch.

The little box of goodies is an upcycled Stampin' Up! embellishment tub. I couldn't bear to throw them away so I decided to fill them with bits of goodies and send them to my lovely ladies!

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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Don't forget, for every £45 you spend, you get to choose a FREE Sale-a-Bration product!

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order/host a party with £250 of sales, and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £150 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Thanks for visiting today!

Petite Daffodils for Mum

Hello!

I would like to welcome my newest followers to my blog...Carla, Elaine, Mary Jo, Jacqueline and Jeanne. Whether you have come from my old blog, or are brand new followers, it's so wonderful to see you here!

Ok UK Mother's Day will soon be here, and I decided to be early with my Mum's card for a change! I'm usually 'last minute Lizy' so this is a first for me! My Mum loves daffodils, and I wanted to do her a card with them on, but I don't have any daffodil stamps. So I made my own...

I used 3 different stamp sets for the daffodils. Petite Petals, Mosaic Madness and Blessed Easter. I inked up just the leaves from the Blessed Easter stamp with Pear Pizzazz Marker and water coloured it with the same. The daffodils are created by stamping and punching the Petite Petals flower and the centre is stamped from the Mosaic Madness set, then punched using one of the little punches from the Bitty Punch set. 

I cut the image out using one of the Ovals Collection Framelits, then used the next size up to cut an oval on my Whisper White layer. I paper pierced both ovals using the Paper Piercing Occasions pack before mounting onto an A5 Pear Pizzazz card base. (I just noticed that I missed one of the piercings...I will have to fix that!) The sentiment was fussy cut, (and I do mean fussy!), from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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Don't forget, for every £45 you spend, you get to choose a FREE Sale-a-Bration product!

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

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I am going to enter my card into the challenge at Less is More - Green and Yellow...I'm making up for missing the last couple of weeks!

It is the first day of Lent today, and this year we have a Love Live, Live Lent theme, which means that rather than give something up, (which let's face it, is usually to benefit yourself), we are encouraged to 'Be the change' and do something nice to try and change the world. So each day, I am going to post that one thing each day...who knows? Maybe the world really will become a better place! So here is today's task...

Think about something you have done wrong and say sorry.

I have a crafty date today with Serena, a friend from work and I am really looking forward to it! Hope you have a lovely day too!

A Pretty Thank You

Morning!

How was your weekend?I hope you had a good one. I was working but I managed to get some crafting in too. I have missed entering the Less Is More challenge for the last couple of weeks so I think it's time to get back on track with it! So here is a card I made last night after work, just for the challenge, which is Green and Yellow.

For a simple looking card, I used a lot of products! It was nice to have a play with various stamps and punches! Can you see the subtle background? I stamped it with the En Francais background stamp using the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark ink pad. This gives the background a gentle shimmer, seen in this picture below...

Isn't it pretty? And oh so shimmery! The flowers are stamped using Petite Petals and the tiny flowers from Mosaic Madness. They were punched using Petite Petals Punch and one of the Bitty Punches. The leaves are from Summer Silhouettes. I finished with a So Saffron Candy Dot...I have finally ordered some so now I can use the few I have, instead of hoarding them!

Stampin' Up! supplies used

   

Please click on the pictures to buy direct from my online shop.

Don't forget, for every £45 you spend, you get to choose a FREE Sale-a-Bration product!

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order/host a party with £250 of sales, and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £150 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches - #125 too...

Thanks for having a peek today!