Sketch Saturday

Good morning!
Today is my last full day here in Holland, staying with our wonderful friends Simon, Marco and their 3 lovely children. As always, we will be very sad to be leaving.

Today Simone is having a party for her 40th birthday, which is on Monday, so I have made her this card using our new sketch at Sketch Saturday this week.

Here is the sketch...

And here is my card...

A lot of this card has been created using elements from MDS...the sentiment and the Twitterpated Designer Paper are all printed from there.

I die cut the sentiment panel using my Labels Collection Framelits before paper piercing using the Paper Piercing Essentials pack. The embossed panel is created using the Beautiful Baroque EF. I finished with a little Soft Sky Seam Binding and some gems.

I hope you will join in our challenge this week!

Cheers!

Good morning sketch fans!
We have a fabulous sketch from Cathy this week at Sketch Saturday...



As I so often do, I used this sketch for a commission I had to do...funnily enough, for a Cathy!

This is an 8x8in card and I used the ever popular Happy Hour stamp set. I coloured the stamps with my Stampin' Write Markers before I stamped them and cut them out.

The sentiment was printed onto some Whisper White card and I cut it our with my Labels Collection Framelits. 

The DSP is so old retired I had in my stash, but you can download it from MDS...this is from the Brights collection.

What are you going to create this week?

Have a wonderful weekend!

New Baby and New Catalogue...FREE!!

Good morning and a huge welcome to my newest follower via Bloglovin...Susan! Thank you for joining me here in blog world...I hope you enjoy my creations and waffling!

It's new sketch day at CAS-Colours and Sketches this week and it's time for a sketch with a difference!

I took my inspiration from the shape shown here, mainly as that is about the only shape Framelit I have big enough to make a card!

I used the cute Sweetest Gift (retiring) stamp set for this one, mainly as I knew the mobile would 'hang' perfectly!

I coloured the stamp using Stampin' Write Markers and 'hung' it using nail pearls. The card base was die cut using the Labels Collection Framelits, and was embossed using the Chevron EF. I trimmed off the bottom so it would stand firmly.

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What do you have planned for today? I am working, shopping and crafting...wonder which I prefer more... ;)

CASEd Papillon Potpourri...is it yours?!

Helloooo!

Are you enjoying the bank holiday in the UK? I am, even though I have been working. Keiran has been with his Dad all weekend and while I miss him like crazy, it has been nice to have some evenings to myself.

During one of my evenings 'off', I made this card, which was inspired Amanda's card I found on Pinterest, which you can find here.

I have used En Francais, (in fact, this is a piece that was laying on my desk already stamped - Frugal Friday!) I cut out an aperture using the Labels Collection Framelits and paper pierced around both the inner and outer of the shape. 

I then used a Papillon Potpourri butterfly, stamped in Daffodil Delight onto So Saffron Cardstock and cut out using the matching punch. I finished with some Daffodil Delight Seam Binding.

Here are links to each of the products I used...

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll pop back again soon :)

Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£13.95

Elegant Butterfly Punch

£14.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

£6.25

En Français

£15.95

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Daffodil Delight 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

£6.25

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Labels Collection Framelits Dies

£22.95

Sketch Saturday and Colouring Tutorial!

Hi happy crafters! I want to welcome my newest follower, Jane! It's lovely to have you as a follower of my little blog! :)

So here is today's fab sketch, designed by Cathy...

So as you know, I have a little obsession with a particular Designer paper...here it is again!

I have combined that gorgeous Springtime Vintage paper with Apothecary Art and oh my gosh...boy does it work! I punched the bottom edge using the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

I coloured the flowers in using my Stampin' Write Markers and a Blender Pen, then die cut the panel using the Labels Collection Framelits. I added a Very Vintage Designer Button and some Linen Thread to finish the card. 

I must admit that I have shied away from this set because of the colouring, but as I have discovered, it is very easy to do! In fact, so easy I have made a little video tutorial to show you just how easy!

All the products used are Stampin' Up! If you would like to place an order, please click on my online shop link over on the right >>>

Alternatively, please do contact me for a chat about anything crafty!

Do you have any exciting plans for today? I shall mostly be working, but that's ok 'cos it's raining!

Vintage banners

Hello and a huge hello to another 2 wonderful followers, Regina and Jill...I hope you enjoy visiting from time to time!

Today I have a little reminder of my Frugal Friday challenge. Since I got back from Telford on Sunday night I have been completing a wedding stationery order so I haven't had much time for other crafting. Unfortunately I can't show you the finished product just now, but I had an awful lot of offcuts and so in true frugal fashion, I decided to see what I could do with them!

Here is a picture of the bits...

Isn't that paper stunning? It Springtime Vintage and is printed from MDS would you believe, on just a home printer! The quality really is amazing!

So here is what I made with some of the bits...

First of all the sentiment is from Feel Goods, and I stamped it in Rose Red and Always Artichoke, then die cut with one of the Labels Collection Framelits.

I trimmed a few bits of the DSP into banners and added them to the card before adding the sentiment panel popped up on Dimensionals. I finished with the little bit of Crochet Trim.

You can order any of these items direct from my online shop, or if you prefer the personal touch, please do contact my. All my details and shop link are over on the right >>>>

As you can see, there are a lot of offcuts there...I think they will keep me going for a really long time! I hope to see you join my challenge...click here.

Have a lovely Tuesday!

A bit of the Wetlands

Morning all!

It's time for our new challenge at CAS - Colours and Sketches and this week it's a colour challenge.

My friend asked me to make a birthday card for her husband, but she had absolutely no theme for me to work with so I had complete free reign! So I borrowed the gorgeous stamp set Wetlands from Jen and here is what I made...

I have always admired the way this stamp has been used so I don't really know why I haven't bought it! I thoroughly enjoyed making this card!

I sponged Marina Mist for the water and Pear Pizzazz for the grass. The birds and grass were stamped using Chocolate Chip, then I sponged the goose with a little more Chocolate Chip. 

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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What do you think you will do with these colours? They're fab aren't they?

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CASEd notebooks

Good morning all!

It's a frosty one here again! I think winter is well and truly upon us now!

When I went on the brilliant Pinkies craft reward day a few weeks ago, we had a swapping session, and this is the swap I got from the wonderful Michelle Last...

I loved this so much that when I was looking for some inspiration earlier this week for my notebooks, I decided to CASE it. So here are my takes on Michelle's stunning card...

I used Modern Medley DSP, Best of Butterflies, Swallowtail, Chalk Talk Bundle, and Labels Framelits to create my little collection of notebooks. What do you think? 

It's a quick one from me today as I am working, and I have lots of Christmas orders to finish!

Enjoy your Friday!

C6 Box Envelope for UK sized cards!

Good morning!

Did you see my midnight post? If you did, you'll know all about the brilliant new Envelope Punch board. I promised to show you a fab project using this wonderfully versatile tool, and here it is.

This box envelope is the perfect size for UK standard C6 envelopes and cards.

I made these 4 cards to fit in mine, with 4 envelopes, but I reckon it would take 6, depending how much embellishment you put on them.

I have kept them quite simple and along the same theme, but they are very classy and elegant I think.

Supplies
Cardstock - Pool Party, Whisper White
Designer Paper - Winter Frost, Silver Glimmer Paper
Stamps - More Merry Messages, Warmth & Wonder (hostess)
Ink - Encore Silver, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Versamark
Embossing - Pool Party Stampin' Emboss
Ribbon - Silver Ribbon 
Framelits - Ovals Collection, Labels Collection, Apothecary Accents
Other - Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle
Tools - Envelope Punch Board, Simply Scored, Heat Tool

I have made my first video tutorial for this great little box... 

 I hope you find it useful...let me know what you think!

Have a lovely Friday!