Mum's birthday!

Hello everyone!

It was my Mum's birthday last week, and now that I have given her her card and pressie, I can share what I made for her...

So let's take a closer look at the card...

I created a 7x7in card using the Everything Eleanor stamp set and Gold Soiree Designer Series Paper. I stamped the swirls in Pear Pizazz and the flowers in Calypso Coral. 

The sentiment is stamped in Calypso Coral from the Remembering Your Birthday set and the 'Mum' letters are cut using the retired Typeset Alphabet Bigz die...I still love using those!

So now onto the little gift box...

You may recognise this little box design? Yup! It's the lovely Curvy Keepsakes die again! I used Gold Soiree DSP and Calypso Coral cardstock...doesn't it match beautifully?? I added a little tag stamped from Label Love and punched with the co-ordinating Artisan Label punch.

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I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!

Happy Hour!

Good morning everyone, especially all you sketchy fans out there!

We have a new challenge at Sketch Saturday

So here is how I used the sketch...

I got inspiration for the colours from Colour Q - #235 this week...aren't they a gorgeous combination?

I used my slightly neglected Happy Hour stamps, some retired DSP, Calypso Coral Chevron Ribbon and a button from the Subtles collection.

I also stamped a cocktail inside the card.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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I love this sketch and can't wait to see what you make with it!

Well...thank you!

Hello everyone!
Ooooh look! Another new follower! A great big welcome to you, Vicky...I hope you enjoy my blog! :)

I know I've been missing for a couple of days...it was a work weekend and I was finishing a wedding order so I didn't get chance to 'pleasure craft'! But I made up for it yesterday morning by making 4 thank you cards for some last minute Sale-a-Bration customers!

Here is a pair I made using some unused bits on my desk...

I used Gorgeous Grunge and Hello Lovely stamps in the background, then used up all my punched Papillon Potpourri butterflies that were made for another project, but I made too many!

These took only a couple of minutes to make, but they look so effective don't they? I like the one with the touch of Bermuda Bay...which is your favourite?

Stampin' Up! supplies I used

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It's good to be creative first thing in the morning...it makes me feel like I've achieved something!

Join me tomorrow to see our new challenge at CAS - Colours and Sketches!

A heartful Mother's Day

Good morning!

I am so excited to have yet another follower to welcome to my little blog! Hi Briggita! :)

I had a commission for a pretty Mother's Day card with the brief of red, purple and orange butterflies, so here it is...

I decided that as it was a first Mother's Day card I would do something a little special and different, So I used the large scalloped heart from the Hearts Collection Framelits to make the card blank, and covered it with some of the Watercolour Wonder paper from the Spring/Summer catalogue.

The sentiment was MDS created and die cut using another of the hearts Framelits. I then added butterflies from the Papillon Popourri stamp set, in Calypso Coral, Rose Red and Wisteria Wonder. I did add some Iridescent Ice but it's hard to see in the pictures.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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Thanks for joining me today. I have the day off but I shall mostly be running errands and designing wedding invitations! I hope you have a fabulous Friday!

Rainbow Zoo Babies!

Helllooo!

How was Saturday for you? I spent much of it crafting, in between playing games with Keiran, so I actually got quite a lot done, for a change!

Here is one of the cards I made....

As you can see, I have gone a bit crazy with the papers and the colours! I tend to be more CAS these days, but I just really liked the way these 3 papers from the I Am Me Designer Series Papers went together! 

The stamps are all from Zoo Babies and I inked them using my Stampin' Write Markers so I could match the colours to the papers. I particularly love the zebra! 

Supplies

Stamps - Zoo Babies

Ink - Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry (all Stampin' Write Markers)

Designer Series Paper - I Am Me

Other - Regals Buttons, Pool Party Baker's Twine, Pool Party Satin Ribbon

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Challenges

Colours and Sketches - #41

Deconstructed Sketch - #117

Stampin' Royalty - Patterned Paper (and lots of it!)

Hmmm well....off to church now, then I wonder what today will bring? :) Have a good one!

Heartfelt Sympathy

Hello!! How are you all, my lovely followers? I am hopefully back in the world of blog after a lovely few days break. I took Keiran camping last weekend, then we went to Bolton's Food Festival on Monday, and today we have walked for miles and finished off with a lovely Indian meal, slightly spoiled by the entire lot of drivers from our local cab firm having a row in the very beautiful restaurant! Still, we got our meal free! ;)

So once Keiran went to bed, I decided to fit in some much needed crafting, and came up with this...

I have used the gorgeous Hostess only set, Simply Sketched and stamped it in Calypso Coral, then filled with Crisp Cantaloupe.

The embossed panel is created using the new Pretty Print EF from the upcoming Seasonal catalogue (available to order from as of 29th August...not long now!) I gently coloured the edges with Crisp Cantaloupe using a Sponge Dauber, as I also did on the main panel. I finished with a butterfly from Papillon Potpourri.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White, Calypso Coral

Stamp - Simply Sketched

Ink - Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe

Embossing - Pretty Print EF

Punch - Bitty Butterfly

Other - Sponge Dauber, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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Challenges

Colours and Sketches - #39

Dynamic Duos - #67

Anything Goes - In The Garden (add some butterflies)

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for bearing with me recently. I hope I will be a little more on the ball again now!