Happy Sapphire Anniversary Mum and Dad!

Good morning everyone!
It's my parent's Sapphire wedding anniversary tomorrow so I decided it warranted something very special!

*This is a post of epic proportions - please do read through for instructions*

First of all, here is a picture of the whole gift...

Can you see the card in a box? That is my first one and I am quite pleased with it! So here's how I made it...

1. Take an A4 piece of cardstock and along the long edge, score at 7cm, 14cm, 21cm and 28cm. The little section will be your flap to join it together.

2. Along the short edge, score at 7cm across three of the panels. The one you leave unscored will be your back panel.

3. Fold along all your edges and assemble.

4. Cut 3 strips of matching card 9cm x 2cm and score 1cm from each end. Fold along each score the opposite way from the other. Attach inside the assembled card.

5. Use acetate to attach all your elements, always checking the card closes properly.

Silver embossed my elements onto blue shiny card from my stash.

The numbers are cut using Bigz Typset Alphabet and Glimmer Paper and the heart is from Language of Love.

The sentiment panel is made using the flourish from Morning Meadow and the phrase from Express Yourself.

A picture of the full card...

I also made an envelope. using my Envelope Punch Boadr, for their gift voucher and tied with White Organza Ribbon, decorated with another heart.

The final gift was a personalised bottle of Champagne!

I simply used MDS to design and print the label, then gold embossed the flourish from Happy Day!

I thoroughly enjoyed making these for my parents! Below is a list of the products I used...it is rather product heavy, sorry!

Stampin' Up! Supplies used

 

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I hope I didn't bore you with this...there is rather a lot here!

Have a wonderful day!

Language of Love

Good morning and a very warm welcome to my newest follower, Elaine from Craft-E-Place! I hope my blog serves as inspiration to you! 

And now to the reason you are here...a card! And this one is my entry into the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary this week. I was extremely honoured to have been picked in their Top 3 last week with this card, thank you!

So here is their sketch...

And my card...

I have used some of the stunning brand new Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue, which you can order as from today! Just click on the links in my sidebar to view the catalogue and to buy direct from my online store. 

I used the lovely Language of Love stamp set, which I stamped in Real Red and Pink Pirouette. I then punched a little heart out of the Pink one, using the Small Heart Punch, and mounted it onto the red one before coating it with Crystal Effects. The 2 larger hearts are die cut from the Hearts Framelits and I used the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack to create the cut out for the ribbon. I finished with 3 dots of Dazzling Diamonds. 

Stampin' Up! supplies used

Please click on the products to buy direct from my online store.

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In the meantime, have a lovely day browsing the new products via the catalogue links in my sidebar!

Girly, spring like, sneek peek!

Good morning!

Wow isn't it busy this time of year?? I haven't stopped with my orders...working til very late most nights, but I think I can see the end now! 

I can't post any of them just yet, so here is a card I made as I fancied a break from the Christmas cards! This is sooooo spring like and girly...love it!

Told you it was girly lol! Have you noticed I have slipped a sneak peak in there too? The lovely banners are from the Language of Love set which will be available in the new Spring/Summer catalogue. Aren't they gorgeous?? 

The string holding them together is one of the free Sale-A-Bration items that will be available at the end of January! 

Supplies

Cardstock - Soft Sky, Whisper White

Stamps - Language of Love (sneak peek), Express Yourself (hostess)

Ink - Soft Sky, Crisp Cataloupe, Pistachio Pudding

Embossing - Fancy Fan EF

Dies - Bitty Banners Framelits

If you would like to buy any of the products I have used here, or in any of my projects, please do click through to my online shop using the link on my sidebar.

I am starting a new Stampers 6 club in January, just in time for the new Sale-a-Bration promotion, where you will receive free products for every £45 spend! If you would like to know more about Stampers 6, you can read about it here, or feel free to contact me with any queries.

I am entering my card into the sketch challenge at Seize The Sketch

I'm off to work now...tatty bye!

Spring/Summer sneaky peeky!

Hello all! 

Well things are feeling a bit more back to normal now after convention! There were so many gorgeous products revealed to us...I can't wait for you to see the Sale-a-Bration and Spring/Summer catalogues this year....so soft and pretty!! 

So here is something I have made using some of the lovely new stamps...

Isn't it stunning?? This is Language of Love. The large heart works with the Hearts Framelits and the smaller hearts work with the Small Heart Punch.

I punched a couple of the hearts out and raised them up, and stuck another couple inside the card, can you see them?

I have a feeling I will be using this set an awful lot! There are more stamps in this set...I will show you another day! ;)

I hope you're having a good week!