Stippled Blossoms bringing sunshine

Hi, hi, hi everyone!

I hope your weekend is going well? I have so far spent it working, crafting, getting Keiran through a tricky level of Skylanders and catching up on 3 episodes of Nashville! And work tomorrow!

For now though, let me show you one of the things I made last night...

This is a frame I have made for Keiran's Nanna and Grandad for their wedding anniversary on Tuesday. They are two very cheerful and fun people and they help me so much with looking after Keirna so I can work both on my job and my Stampin' Up business, so this sentiment is perfect for them! They have recently had their living room decorated so I took inspiration from this for the frame.

I used Feel Goods and Stippled Blossoms, teamed with the leaves from Secret Garden and Summer Silhouettes which were stamped in Sahara Sand. I stamped the sentiment in Real Red and heat embossed it in clear Stampin' Emboss powder. I finished with Real Red Candy Dots.

Here is a picture of their living room to show you where the inspiration came from.

That wallpaper is practically Stippled Blossoms isn't it?

Here is what I used to create this frame

Summer Silhouettes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

Feel Goods Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

Stippled Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.95

Real Red A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Brights Candy Dots

£5.50

Versamark Pad

£6.75

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

£3.95

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£7.50

Secret Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

Secret Garden Framelits Dies

£20.95

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

I hope they like this frame because I really do love it!

Have a lovely Sunday...I'm off to church now, then work. 

For my friend!

Hello everyone!

It's Thursday so that means it's time for a new challenge at CAS - Colours and Sketches. This week it's a sketch challenge...

Come and see what I did...

This card is for my longest known friend, Sarah. We have been friends since we were four and although we don't see each other more than about 6 times a year, we're still really good friends! I used a muted colour combo, inspired by the challenge at Dynamic Duos this week. 

I used a Sahara Sand card base, Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper and matching inks on various stamp sets, including Petite Petals and Label Love. I stitched the DSP for added interest.

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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Do you have any plans for today? I'm having coffee with a friend this morning, and lunch with another friend...in between I hope to enjoy some sun again...I got quite a little tan yesterday, sat in my garden making wedding invitations!

Have a lovely day, whatever you're doing!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Hi and Happy Valentine's Day!

It's also my Dad's birthday today so I'm going to share the card I made for him...

I have used the Wetlands stamp set again, while I still have it on loan from Jen! I sponged the background using Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi, then stamped the birds. The goose was stamped in Early Espresso and I sponged Chocolate Chip ink over it to make it look 'real'. I then cut it out to give some dimension and interest.

I used my new Hardwood stamp for the background, stamping it with Sahara Sand onto Sahara Sand cardstock. I added some Crumb Cake Seam Binding across the middle and finished with my sentiment and a wooden button from the Designer Naturals buttons.

I used the sketch at Mojo Monday as my inspiration...

Stampin' Up! supplies used

 

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I do have a Valentine card to show you at some point this weekend, but it was a commission so I have to be sure it was given to the recipient before I can blog it!

Have a wonderful day today, whatever you're up to!

Very Vanilla Mosaic Thank you

Hello all!

Did you enjoy your weekend? We had a lovely time with Archie, but it's nice to be able to leave things lying around again without the fear of him grabbing it or chewing it lol! Mind you, he has grown up a lot since we last had him and is a lot calmer in general.

Anyway, here's a card I made last night whilst I had 10 minutes to play...

I very rarely use Very Vanilla card blanks and when I started this one I really wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, but I rather like it!

I used Mosaic Madness stamped in Raspberry and Coastal Cabana and a sentiment from Simply Sketched stamped in Sahara Sand. I then layered onto a Sahara Sand matt and onto my card blank. A touch of liquid pearls finished it nicely I think :)

Supplies

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand

Stamps - Mosaic Madness, Simply Sketched

Ink - Coastal Cabana, Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand

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Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch - #48

Just Add Ink - #185

Over the last few days I have received quite a lot of commission orders for cards for Christmas and birthdays, so I am certainly going to be busy for quite a while! I think I've counted 20 so far not including 7 packs of Christmas cards! Phew...best get off here and get on with them lol!

Happy Monday!