Feeling soppy!

Good morning!

I am in a very good mood today! Well, actually, I have been for a while now, so maybe I should explain...

*WARNING* Soppy post!!

A few weeks ago I met a wonderful man named Mike, and we have been seeing other since then. He makes me smile all the time and I am very happy! Anyway, I don't get to see him everyday, but I find myself thinking about him all the time, so I decided to make him this little card, which I posted and he got this morning, so now I can share...

I used elements all from the Hip Hip Hooray kit (appropriate name!) and added the sentiment from the Bloom With Hope Hostess set, stamped in Baked Brown Sugar. I also added a little Linen Thread and a heart punched from Baked Brown Sugar DSP with the new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

I do love the sentiment and it's perfect for how I feel these days!

Ok...normal service will resume tomorrow, but I can't promise I won't get soppy again in the future! ;)

Have a lovely Friday!

I'm back!

Good morning!!

Wow I feel like I haven't blogged for an age! In case you didn't know, I have been away in Holland for a week, and I have been busy with wedding stationery since I got back, so last night was the first chance to have a little play in my craft room!

Here's what I made...

I had a really good run on notebooks at my last fair so I thought I should get a start on some more. This one is a cheap hardback book I bought from a local shop, and I stamped directly onto the cover using one of the lovely new Hostess stamp sets, Bloom With Hope. I really love this set...there are some gorgeous flowers and really lovely sentiments too.

I stamped one of the flower stamps repeatedly in Baked Brown Sugar, then I used Lost Lagoon and an Aqua Painter pen to colour the flowers. I finished with the Very Vanilla Seam Binding and some Linen Thread.

I will hopefully get back into the swing of things now, so I shall see you tomorrow with my DT card for CAS-Colours and Sketches.

Have a lovely day!

Stampin' - framed

Hello everyone!

I am very pleased to welcome another new follower, Nicky! She has a lovely blog full of very pretty things, that you can see here.

I have a pretty thing to show today too...

I made this using one of the plain white frames I got from Ikea ages ago! I heat embossed the phrase from Feel Goods in Tempting Turquoise, the again with Iridescent Ice. I then added splashes of Baked Brown Sugar using Gorgeous Grunge. (I stamped them off first before I stamped onto my picture, to give a more subtle effect.)

The Petite Petals flowers are also heat embossed and punch using the matching punch. The leaves are from the Bird Builder Punch and I sponged them with some Baked Brown Sugar. I finished with 6 Basic Rhinestones.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

  

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I really enjoyed making this frame....it's something I have been meaning to do for ages! In fact, I loved it so much that I made another, larger one, which I will show you another day!

Have a fab Wednesday and don't forget to come back tomorrow to see my DT card for CAS - Colours and Sketches.

New Home anyone?

Hello!

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? I'm working for most of it, just when the weather looks to be picking up and I could spend some time in the garden! 

My brother and sister-in-law are moving today...yup the ones who just had a baby 9 days ago! Crazy isn't the word! Anyway, I made them a card to welcome them to their new home, so I am going to show it you today. I wanted to show you the new baby card I made for them but I wanted to make sure they got it first!

For this one I have used a Bermuda Bay card blank and then basically cut out a square from Retro Fresh DSP and punched out a little heart, then layered it onto Bermuda Bay using Dimensionals for a little height.

I used Baked Brown Sugar Core'Dinations for the roof and drew the white lines using the Stampin' Chalk Marker pen, just for a little interest! The sentiment is from the Pomp and Circumstance stamp set, and is stamped in BBS. (and is the only stamping on the card!)

Stampin' Up! supplies I used

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Right...it's football shirt Friday today so I'm off to pop my Huddersfield shirt on...it's nice to have the opportunity to where my colours at work!

My Superhero!

I am so late in entering the Less is More challenge this week! Still, better late than never right?

So here is my entry into the Masculine themed challenge...

This is another new set I recently bought...it's super great for kids' cards! 

After I stamped the little fella in Baked Brown Sugar, I coloured in his cape and boots in Real Red and Pacific Blue. The sentiment was fussy cut and mounted on Dimensionals and I paper pierced the image panel to give some added interest.

Stampin' Up supplies used

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I had my cards placed into a little shop in our new market yesterday! I'm only starting with new baby and christening/baptism card for now, but it's a start and I'm very excited about it! So I shall have to make plenty more now to have on my regular church stall!

Have a lovely Friday...make the most of it with your little ones...back to school next week!

Pinkies Spring/Summer bloghop

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous projects 

using products from the new Stampin' Up!® Spring/Summer Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the 

end of each post to keep hopping! 

Here is my project for this blog hop, and I have chosen to use the fabulous Peachy Keen stamp set and On Film framelit bundle and one of the stamps from Happy Watercolor.

I stamped the various elements in Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Soft Sky and Baked Brown Sugar. 

The filmstrip, both arrows and the cute little camera are all from the On Film Framelits. I also cut out an extra 'lens' for the camera, popped it up on dimensionals and then covered with Crystal Effects to give a 3D glassy effect. 

I made this as a 'thank you' card as I plan to give it to a work colleague who has been giving me lessons on how to use the digital SLR he sold me and passing on his knowledge from his photography course!

Now, if you have this bundle, you will know that the camera stamp and the camera framelit don't line up as they are both the same way round, meaning you need to cut the camera from the back of the stamped image, rather than the front, which as you can imagine is somewhat tricky! Well, not anymore!

I have made a little video I made on how to cut it out, the easy way! And for those of you that haven't yet bought the bundle and may have been put off by this little quirk, now there's no excuse! I will be posting the video on Monday morning, so don't forget to come back and take a look!

EDIT: You can now view the video tutorial HERE!



Stampin' Up! supplies used

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It's time for you to go to the next Pinkie in the blog hop and that is Nicky's.... I'm sure you're going to love her beautiful project using Happy Watercolour and Spiral Flower Bigz Die.

Thank you for hopping with the Pinkies and enjoy the rest of the hop!