Sparkly star!

Good morning!

Did you survive the trick or treaters last night? Did you have enough goodies to give out? I was out last night and Keiran was at cubs so we kind of gave Halloween a miss this year!

I realise that I haven't shared any of my makes from the Autumn/Winter catalogue recently, so now that Halloween is over and we can look forward to Christmas (after bonfire night of course!), here is one of the Christmas cards I made this weekend...

I used the Softly Falling embossing folder for the white panels, then the Starlight Thinlits to die cut the star out of Silver Glimmer paper.

The sentiment is from the co-ordinating Star Of Light stamp set and is stamped in Night Of Navy to match the card blank. The stamps and dies are available as a bundle for 10% off so why not get them together and save!

I used a very simple sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch to put my card together...I hope you like it :)

Happy All Saints Day!

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Hello Love!

Hello everyone!

Wow! School holidays really do mess with blogging! And I haven't even had Keiran this week as he's with his Dad! I have, however, taken the opportunity to work some overtime, and spend some quality 1-2-1 time with my man, which has been wonderful!

I have managed to make my card for this week's challenge at CAS-Colours and Sketches thought, and this month is Jacqueline's turn to set our challenges. Here is the first...

Now I must admit, I have kind of let my heart rule this one! I made this card entirely with my Mike in mind (please don't puke lol!!!)

I really love these colours together...they make for a manly card! I have used the lovely Hostess set, Hello Love, and I coloured it using my Stampin' Write Markers. I coloured the background cloud in Night of Navy, stamped off once, then coloured the rest of the stamp before stamping onto my Very Vanilla cardstock. 

I embossed a strip of hearts across my Cherry Cobbler cardstock using a retired border EF, then layered it all onto a Night Of Navy card blank. The solid hearts were then filled with Crystal Effects for some dimension. The whole card is a very cute 10cm square.

I love this cute card and sometime soon it will find it's way to Mike's with a suitable soppy message inside I'm sure! ;)

Have a fantastic Thursday!

A vintage engagement

Hello!

A friend of mine saw a stunning card (not mine) that I pinned on Pinterest a couple of weeks ago, and fell in love with it. She asked me to make one for her friend's engagement, so I decided to case it. You can see the original card here. Sadly I don't have a link to the original page.

So here is my take on that beauty...

I started by embossing the bottom half of a piece of Very Vanilla Core'Dinations using the sadly retired Pretty Print embossing folder. (hard to see in the photo but it's there!) I then stamped En Francais in Night Of Navy onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock before die cutting with the Delicate Doilies Sizzlits and inking the edges.

The hearts were cut using Hearts Collection Framelits which I then scrunched before attaching to the doilies using an Antique Brad. I stamped Flowering Flourishes, added Linen Thread and my doily/heart topper. Oh I forgot to say, I distressed the edges of the Very Vanilla too.

As the card was a commission I added the personalisation by printing the sentiment from my lappy and punching using the Decorative Label.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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It was Keiran's parent's evening last night, and wow am I a proud Mummy! He is working towards mid year 2 level in writing and numeracy, and is well on Y1 targets for reading...he's only 5 so I am very chuffed!! :)

Today's Love Life, Live Lent is to

Be More Generous

Give a small present to someone you know

Have a wonderful day!

Joyful Snowflakes!

Hello!
How are you? I had a very relaxed day yesterday, not really doing much apart from crafting, while Keiran built lego left from his birthday in April! He did really well too!

Here is one of the cards I managed to make...

I used the lovely new Festive Flurry stamp set and used my Stampin' Write Markers to ink up my stamp. One thing I love about the markers is that you can pick out different parts to a stamp and give a really unique look each time. I used Marina Mist and Night of Navy for this stamp.

Here's a closer look...

Don't the snowflakes look lovely in two colours? And the sparkle? Well after I stamped them in ink, I used Versamark and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to re-stamp over the snowflakes, covered in Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, then heat embossed. Don't they sparkle beautifully?! I finished with my sentiment from Joyful Christmas.

Supplies

Cardstock - Night Of Navy, Whisper White

Stamps - Festive Flurry, Joyful Christmas

Ink - Marina Mist, Night Of Navy

Embossing - Versamark, Iridescent Ice

Other - Stamp-a-ma-jig

Have you had a browse of the brand new Seasonal Catalogue yet? No?!! Well then why not pop over to my sidebar and click on the image to be taken to a flipbook of wonderfulness! (it is a word, honest!) And if you would like a 'hard' copy, please do contact me and I will pop one in the post for you :)

Challenges

Colours and Sketches - #40 (the double!)

2 Sisters - Square Cards

Well, thanks for stopping by...don't forget to say hi and let me know you've been :)

Goodbye old catalogue!

Good morning!

Did you have a good day yesterday? Keiran had a fab day! He went to his friend's birthday party and was so pooped he passed out for 2 hours when we got in, bless him! I did too lol! We finished off the day with a curry a 'beer' and 101 Dalmations!

I'm so glad I already had this card made ready to blog today...it saved me from having to make one last night!

This is another card I've made in an attempt to use up some retiring DSP! 

The DSP is from the Regals stack and is Night Of Navy. The Washi Tape is some of the BRAND NEW Gingham Garden tape...isn't it gorgeous! I love how it works so well on such a dark background too! :) The fab 'distressed' yellow background to the butterflies was created by colouring an acrylic block with a Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write marker, then stamped it onto the card....didn't know how it would turn out but I rather like it!

I distressed edge of the panel with my distressing tool. The butterflies are the ever popular Papillon Potpourri and I stamped the big one in Melon Mambo onto card, then the Night Of Navy and Daffodil Yellow ones onto vellum...I'm really loving stamping on vellum lately! I finished by paper piercing using the Paper Piercing Essentials Pack for some added interest.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Designer Paper - Regals

Stamp - Papillon Potpourri

Ink - Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Night Of Navy

Punch - Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly

Other - Paper Piercing Essentials Pack, Gingham Garden Washi Tape

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Today is your last day to place your orders for any retiring items so get in touch now and don't miss out!

Challenges

Try Stampin' On Tuesday - #124

Create With Connie And Mary - #258

CASology - Free

Addicted To Stamps and More - Anything Goes

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Have a lovely Sunday! :)

Ties for the modern man!

Jen and I had a debate yesterday, during our craft session, about whether or not I should use pink on ties, on a card, for a man. I said that men do wear pink ties, she thought it looked girly! I have, however, stamped a pink tie! I like it and Keiran's Dad used to wear pink ties all the time. Hmmm...maybe that's why it didn't work out... lol!

Anyway, here is the (offending) card! ;)

I used my newish Houndstooth and Stripes embossing folders for some texture, and cut the sentiment out using the small Framelit from the Apothecary Accents set for some shape.

Supplies

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade (retired), Bashful Blue (retiring)

Stamps - Best Dad Ever, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Inks - Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Bashful Blue, Night Of Navy

Framelits - Apothecary Accents

Embossing Folders - Stripes, Houndstooth

If you would like to order any of the products I have used, please do contact me and I would be happy to help. Alternatively, you could join my next Stampers 6 club starting in June...see here for more information, and please feel free to ask any questions!

Challenges

Seize The Birthday - #13

Colour Throwdown - #237

I'm working again today, so I'm off now, but I hope your Sunday is a nice one, whatever you're doing! :)

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