I {heart} my parents!

Good morning everyone!

Today I'm showing you a little present I made for my Mum and Dad for their Wedding Anniversary last week. 

This is quite a large cardboard heart that I wrapped with Burlap Ribbon and secured using hot glue.

I then added the sentiment from Feel Goods which I heat embossed with my own mix of Stampin' Emboss Powders. I used Early Espresso and Gold to create a slightly graduated look to it....very effective don't you think?

I added various flowers from Petal Potpourri and Petite Petals, some die cut leaves from Flower Frenzy Bigz Die, and some butterflies from Butterfly Basics. I finished with Basics Pearls and some gold pearls from my stash.

They loved this gift, which I made in colours to match their decor...I hope to see it hung in pride of place next time I visit!

Have a lovely day and I hope the wind has calmed down near you!

Bloom With Hope for Mum and Dad's Anniversary

Good morning!

Would you believe we had snow when I woke up this morning! It seems to have gone now though...lots of rain!

So today is Thursday and that means it's time for our challenge at CAS-Colours and Sketches, and this week is Jane's sketch challenge.

I decided to use the sketch to make an Anniversary card for my parents...they have been married for 46 years this year!

I used the gorgeous Hostess set, Bloom With Hope, for my card. I coloured it with my Stampin' Write markers and created a sentiment on my, which I die cut using one of the Chalk Talk Framelits. 

I tied some Linen Thread round a layer of So Saffron card before popping it onto my card blank, then added my stamped panel using Dimensionals. I finished with a few Basics Pearls.

If you would like information on how to get this stamp set for free, please contact me for more details!

So go get your crafting goodies out and show us your creations!

Creative Blog Hop - a Pink Wreath

Good morning! I hope you are all well? I feel like I've been away for ages, but I haven't...I have actually been crafting, I just haven't got round to blogging, so I am sorry about that!

I have been nominated to take part in the Creative Blog Hop by the lovely Em, so here is my make...

I used some retired Pink Pirouette ribbon to wrap a polystyrene circle and glued it in place with hot glue. I made roses with the Spiral Flower Originals Die, making the small one by cutting the bottom off once I had rolled it, and hot glueing it to a punched circle of card.

The sentiment is from Feel Goods and was heat embossed with Pool Party Stampin' Emboss. The leaves are from Flower Frenzy Bigz Die as are the bases of the larger flowers. I finished with a few punched Bitty Butterflies and some pearls. 

I really enjoyed making this project, so much so that I made another hanger for my parents for their anniversary, which I will show you tomorrow.

So to keep the blog hop going, I have nominated the lovely Susie and Neets who will post their projects next Monday, 30th March.

Have a lovely Monday!

A cheery Thank You!

Good morning!
Today I'm sharing my DT card for CAS-Colours and Sketches with you. We have a yummy, bright colour combo for you all today...



I really love how cheerful these colours are, don't you? Here is how I used them...

I started by stamping the Gorgeous Grunge 'splatter' in Versamark, then heat embossed it with Wild Wasabi Stampin' Emboss powder (retired). I then added a piece of Daffodil Delight Seam Binding and some Strawberry Slush Thick Baker's Twine in a random fashion.

The flower is from the Flower Patch set, and I punched it with the Pansy Punch. I finished with a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments punched with the Word Window, and a Wild Wasabi Candy Dot.

I used the sketch at Retro Sketches for inspiration...



So go get your crafty on and see what you can come up with. We're looking forward to seeing your creations this week!

Make today ridiculously amazing!

Hi all!

Did you have a nice St. Patrick's day? I made a yummy Steak and Guinness pie (with homemade pastry!) and Colcannon, and washed it down with a pint of Guinness...it was yummy!

So today I have the second card that we made at my craft class to show you, using the Amazing Birthday stamp set...

I chose brighter colours than we used for yesterday's card, but still kept it quite 'manly'. The card base is Crushed Curry, which we embossed with the Arrows Embossing Folder, and we used Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate for the complimentary colours.

Again, we inked up the stamp with Stampin' Write Markers before stamping onto our Whisper White card, then stamped an extra 'amazing' which we cut out and popped up on Dimensionals. Black Chevron Ribbon and a Smoky Slate button finish the card nicely!

If you'd like to join us at a craft class, please do get in touch...we'd love to welcome you to our group! :)

Have a fab Wednesday and make sure you pop back to see my CAS DT card tomorrow!

Amazing birthday!

Hello!

As promised, here is one of the cards we made at my craft class on Friday evening...

I recently got myself the Hearts and Stars Decorative Masks, so I decided to have a play. I sponged Baked Brown through the mask using a Sponge Dauber onto Very Vanilla cardsock and mounted it onto a Cajun Craze card blank.

I then inked the sentiment banner stamp using my Stampin' Write Markers and stamped it, with an extra 'happy' to pop up on Dimensionals. I added this to my striped banner, added some Linen Thread underneath and popped the whole thing onto the card. 

I really love the effect of the stars, as did my ladies at class, and of course they loved getting inky too!

If you would like to attend one of my classes, please do contact me...they are friendly and informal, and lots of fun! The details are on the tab at the top of this page.

I will be back tomorrow with another card made in our class, using the same set...have a lovely Tuesday!

All about the Mums!

Good morning peeps! 

It was Mother's Day in the UK yesterday...did all you lovely Mummys out there have a nice day? I was working but Keiran came home from his Dad's with a beautiful bunch of flowers and a card! 

He also made me this gorgeous card at school....

I think he has the makings of a crafter, don't you?! ;)

Ok so here is my card for today...this was the card I made for Mike to give his Mum....

The two butterflies from the Butterfly Thinlits have been sat on my desk for about 3 weeks, and I have been trying to use them up, so I designed this card around them. The Sweet Dreams DSP offered the perfect backdrop and worked well with the Sahara Sand Lace Trim.

The sentiment was created using the die and stamps from the Crazy About You Bundle. I finished with a Gold Basic Metal Button and some retired Thick Baker's Twine.

I used the sketch at Freshly made Sketches for my inspiration.

I hope you have a lovely Monday. I will be back tomorrow to show you one of the cards we made at Craft Class on Friday!