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Hello all!

I have a very exciting weekend ahead of me...I am going to the Country Music Festival at the 02 London tomorrow and I can't wait! There are loads of artists that I'm looking forward to seeing, but my favourites are definitely Lady Antebellum!

So I may be missing for a couple of days, but I'm sure you'll survive without me! ;)

Ok so on to today's card...

I am making a concerted effort to make more 'man cards' recently as I never seem to have very many in my stash...they are just so much harder to make, don't you think? 

For this one I used some of the Typeset Speciality Paper and after I had cut my piece, I screwed it up to give it a little texture before sticking it to my card blank.

The sentiment is from Label Love and is punched with the matching Artisan Label punch, which I then layered onto a Scalloped Oval, with a little Linen Thread behind, again for texture and interest.

I do quite like this one...I think it's perfect for those males that like to pop their feet up and read the paper on a Sunday morning!

I did use a couple of challenges for inspiration...

Just Add Ink - #252

Colour Q - #282

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I hope you have a fun weekend planned and I will see you very soon!

Lovely Lace

Good morning from Holland! I am here for a week so I won't be posting every day, but I'll try and post a few times :)

So today I am going to show you something I made back in May when I went to the training day in Telford.

We got to have a play with some new products, one of which is this Lovely Lace embossing folder. 

Isn't it lovely teamed with the Petite Petals and the Artisan Label punch?

So, we are off to Efteling tomorrow which Keiran is really looking forward to! I may share some pictures if you're lucky! 

Christening Tin

Good morning all!

If you were here yesterday you'll remember me mentioning a Christening tin I made for a friend, for her little boy's Christening today. Today, I'm going to show it you!

I have used an old baby milk tin for this and all Stampin' Up! products, albeit quite a few are now retired. It just goes to show that even the retired items all still very useful!

The peg is holding lots of little pieces of paper for guests to right their prayers and wishes on for little Harry. I punched them using the Artisan Label Punch.

The sentiment is from an old set called Crosses of Hope...still a frequently used set for me! You can still get the digital download of this set on MDS.

I used the Banner Punch for his name, Simply Stars for the decoration and Trefoil Cross for the main cross.

Here it is with the matching card I made yesterday...

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What are you up to today? I have church, Christening and dinner at Jen's...yay! Have a good one whatever you're doing!

Manly Birthday!

Good morning!

Are you ready for another challenge? Good because we have a new colour challenge at CAS - Colours and Sketches!

I will admit to struggling with this one a bit, not because I don't like the colour combo because I do! It's because it was such a lovely day when I made this that I wanted to craft in colour, though as I post this the weather is definitely a little grey!

I have used Basic Gray DSP from the Neutrals collection, the Dictionary Background stamped in Smoky Slate, and the sentiment from Label Love stamped in Basic Black and Basic Gray.

I used the Artisan Label and Decorative Label punches to give interest to the sentiment. I used the sketch at Fab Friday for inspiration.

 

Stampin' Up! supplies I used

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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!

My first inspiration/memory tin

Good morning!

Have you had a good weekend? I had a very productive one, designing 4 wedding invitations, a birthday card and an inspiration tin! So today I'm going to show you the latter one as the birthday one needs to arrive with it's recipient before I share!

I up-cycled a baby milk tin using some of the gorgeous free Sale-a-Bration papers, the free Banner Blast stamps and matching punch and the Spiral Flower Originals die.

I added a circle of paper to the top of the tin and topped it with my rolled roses.

I decorated the peg with some DSP paper and added some punched notelets, using the Artisan Label punch, for writing an inspirational message on.

The idea behind my tin is every time something good happens to you, you write a little note about it and pop it in the tin. Then when you're feeling a little down, or need a pick me up, you open it and hopefully the little notes will remind you that life is actually not as bad as you think!

Another take on the tin is as a baby memory tin, except that it could be for 'Baby's Firsts'...first tooth, first word, first steps etc. I plan to make a few of those in the not too distant future!

Stampin' Up! products used

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Today is the first day of half term and I am really looking forward to spending some quality time with Keiran...baking, swimming, cinema, Knowsley Safari Park....it's gonna be a busy week!

Have a lovely Monday!