Everything Eleanor Wedding Card

I can safely show you this Wedding Card as the wedding has now passed. 

This is a 6" by 6" card in Whisper White with a Soft Suede mat.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment in Gold Embossing Powder.  The sentiment comes from Occasional Quotes a retired stamp set.  The Top Note Die creates a decorative panel in Very Vanilla and River Rock.  I stamped the wonderful flourish from Everything Eleanor in River Rock.  Then added a scattering of the smallest Basic Pearls.  

The Soft Suede strip has the Baroque Border Wheel rolled across it and embossed in gold.  I then attached a couple of hearts punched out with the Full Heart Punch in Very Vanilla and River Rock.  I embossed the Very Vanilla heart with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  Then added two medium Basic Pearls. 

Here's an example using Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and silver embossing powder. 

I love how you can use the same design but change it up by using different colours. 

Hope you are enjoying you holidays.  Thanks for taking the time to come by and visit. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Stamp - Everything Eleanor, Occasional Quotes

Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dot

Punch - Full Heart

Die - Top Note

Wheel - Baroque Border

Other - Basic Pearls

On first - 

Card - Whisper White, Soft Suede 

Ink - River Rock

Embossing Powder - Gold

On Second - 

Card - Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum

Ink - Perfect Plum

Embossing Powder - Silver

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  Like receiving freebies?  Then check out the latest promotion of a ribbon and brads bundle if you spend £45.  Our new fab promotion for July.  Also still time to take part in the We {Heart} our hostesses for even more free goodies!! 

Bordering on Romance Birthday Wishes

My goodness it's thursday!  Another week has flown by. 

So onto todays card.  I've followed the challenge at Dynamic Duos which is to use Regal Rose and Basic Grey.

I've started with a Whisper White card base.  Added a mat of textured Basic Grey.  This is lovely card stock and comes in 12" by 12" perfect for scrapbooking too.  

I stamped the flower from Bordering on Romance in Whisper White and matted onto Regal Rose.  I decided not to colour the flowers as they look fab this way too.  

I attached some Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon.  This ribbon is so versatile.  It takes ink really easily so can be colour matched to suit your project and is only £5.25 for 13.7 m. 

A Whisper White banner adds my sentiment in Regal Rose.  The sentiment is from a retired stamp set Occasional Quotes. 

Let me know if you would like to order any of these supplies and don't forget the promotion that is running this month.  Order 3 packs of paper and receive 1 free. 

Hope your week is going well.  My daughter took part in an inter schools fun run yesterday.  They had to run 1600metres.  It's the first time she's taken part and she came 4th beating her personal best time from the training sessions.  I'm so proud and they all did so well. 

Take care and happy crafting. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Basic Grey, Regal Rose

Ink - Regal Rose

Stamp - Bordering on Romance, Occasional Quotes

Other - Organza Ribbon

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK! 

Faux Mother of Pearl Congratulations

Happy Friday Everyone.

My card today is for two challenges.  

Friday Mashup  

follow the sketch and/or mash it up using the faux Mother of Pearl technique.  There's a tutorial on the challenge site. 

and the other challenge is CASual Fridays and for this week - 

CFC44:  It's as Easy as 1-2-3  Create a Clean And Simple project using 
1. A Pattern
2.  An Image
3.  A Sentiment
Sound easy?  Remember to keep it CAS!

So onto the card.  

The card base is Basic Black with a mat of Very Vanilla.  I wrapped some Rose red seam binding around the middle and tied a bow.  Then stamped Congratulations from Occasional Quotes (a retired set) in Basic Black.  

I punched out a scalloped circle in Basic Black with the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch and added a Basic Pearl to all the scallops. I punched a circle of very Vanilla with the 1 3/4" circle punch.  Then using Frost White Shimmer Paint dabbed a pattern with some kitchen roll to make the faux Mother of Pearl.  Once dry I stamped a heart from I {heart} hearts in Jet Back Stazon. 

Here's a close up to show the faux mother of pearl -

On the inside I've layered some Very Vanilla on Rose Red card to tie in with the ribbon on the front.  I've left it blank meantime until I decide why it's congratulations. 

Still time to join my Stampers 6 club starting in April.  This is a good time to join the club because there are lots of good things coming from Stampin' Up! in the next couple of months.   You can e mail me on ails300@btinternet.com to book your place. 

Supplies used
All Stampin' Up unless otherwise stated

Card - Basic Black, Rose Red, Very Vanilla
Ink  - Basic Black, Stazon Black
Stamps - I {heart} hearts, Occasional Quotes
Ribbon - Rose Red Seam Binding
Punch - 2 3/8" Scallop Punch, 1 3/4" circle
Other - Basic Pearls, Frost White Shimmer Paint

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets from Sale-A-Bration that you would like if your order reaches £45. x

Baby Tees

Good Evening Everyone.  

Here is my second baby card for this week.  I know of  two baby boys that were born last weekend! 

For this one I followed the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and teamed Bashful Blue with So Saffron. 

I love the Baby Tees Wheel as it's so quick and easy to create a background or cut out the individual tees.  You can colour them or leave it plain as you wish.  

For my message tag I used welcome baby from the retired set Punch Bunch and added Congratulations from Occasional Quotes (also now retired).  To make the pointy end, I placed one end into one of the corners a square punch.  The welcome baby tag is popped up on some Dimensionals and a Basic Pearl finishes it off.

That's it for me this evening, it's been great to play around in my crafting supplies again.  Happy crafting everyone! x 

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Whisper White

Ink - Bashful Blue

Paper - Play Date Designer Series

Stamps - Punch Bunch, Occasional Quotes

Wheel - Baby Tees

Punch - Square, Tag

Other - Basic Pearls

Sneak Peak- Gate Fold Christmas Card

Here's a little sneak peak from the new catalogue which comes out in October.

I've made a gate fold card this time using Cherry Cobbler as my base. The patterned paper panels are Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper (this is now sold out but don't worry we have a new set of Christmas papers in the new catalogue) which I've mounted onto Basic Black.

Have you spotted the little trees?  These are from one of the new stamp sets Pennants Parade and the tag is also from a new set called Tags till Christmas.  Two very exciting new sets which I'm sure you'll see a lot more of shortly. I've stamped them in Old Olive and the tree bases in Basic Black.

My sentiment which you can just see on the inside is from the hostess set Occasional Quotes.  You still have time to earn this set with the appropriate order or party.  Be quick though as it is only available up until the end of this month!

Have I teased you enough? I can start taking orders from the 1st Oct but in the meantime you can still order from the old catalogue.  I'd love to hear from you on ails300@btinternet.com.

Here's the supply list
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Ink - Old Olive, Basic Black
Stamps - Occasional Quotes, Tags till Christmas, Pennants Parade
Paper - Jolly Holliday
Punch - Decorative Label
Other - Dimensionals

Lovely as a Tree Seasons Greetings

This is another card from my card class.  We used Lovely as a Tree and Curly Cute stamp sets.  

The bottom half of the Whisper White panel was masked then we used the brayer to create the sky with two colours - Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy.  The edges were sponged with the darker colour.  I think this gives a lovely effect.  The trees and sentiment were stamped in Not Quite Navy.

The main panel was mounted onto Not Quite Navy and the card base is Baja Breeze.  Here's how we decorated the inside - 

The sentiment is from Occasional Quotes and we masked the same stamp as used on the front to add a small group of trees.  

I'm really pleased with the result on this card.   Thanks for coming along for a visit.

 A big welcome to QiQuilly and Cheryl thanks for choosing to follow me.  x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! supplies unless otherwise stated

Card - Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Ink - Not Quite Navy

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Curly Cute, Occasional Quotes

Other - Brayer

Gold, Silver and ..... Dimensionals!!

This weeks challenge at less is more is metallic.  Mmmm so I really only have gold or silver embossing powder which would fit the bill.

My first card above was using some spares that I'd embossed a while ago in gold just to see what they would look like.  The tree from Season of Joy and the bird from Punch Potpourri.  I added some leaves, also spares, from the 2 step Bird Punch and popped my gold bird onto Dimensionals.  I embossed my sentiment from Occasional Greetings in gold.  (This set is currently reduced from £30.95 down to an amazing £18.57!  If you haven't already done so you can check out the retiral list on my side bar)

So, showed my hubby this morning and he was "it's OK but not wow".  "Metallic should be something with metal", he said.  Mmmm back to the drawing board, of course the Motorbike stamp sprang to mind but firstly out of rebellion I embossed in gold something definitely not metal.  The leaves form Lovely as a Tree.  And here is the card -

I liked all the intricate designs on this stamp and it embossed really well.  Of course gold fits into Autumnal which we are experiencing up here.  I cut round the leaves and before popping onto Dimensionals, I stamped the same leaf pattern in Versamark straight onto the card blank.  I then stamped my sentiment from Occasional Quotes in Old Olive.  Here's a close up of the leaves -

My last card is the Motorbike, all shiny metal!  I've stamped this before with silver embossing powder and it is wow.  This time I decided to highlight the different metal parts of the bike so stamped and embossed it twice.  Then cut up the parts I wanted.  I coloured a little red onto it using my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker and added Crystal Effects to give some shine.  They were mounted onto Basic Black and each panel popped up on some dimensionals.  On this photo I tried to show the shine -

The sentiment from Occasional Quotes was stamped in Basic Black. 

Hubby approved of this one but why wasn't each part in a line to make up the bike?  Sigh!  Do tell what you think.  I'd be really interested in your opinion.

Thanks for looking through this post, if you would like any of these supplies or anything from the sales list give me a shout on ails300@btinternet.com.  I'd be happy to help.  I still have 4 places left for my Stampers 6 starting in October when the new catalogue becomes available. There's loads of lovely new goodies in it! x

Supply List
All Stampin' Up! supplies unless otherwise stated

Card - Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink - Basic Black, Old Olive, Versamark
Stamps - Season of Joy, Punch Potpourri, Occasional Greetings, Occasional Quotes, Lovely as a Tree, Motorcycle
Punch - 2 step Bird
Other - Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Real Red Stampin' Write Marker

In the pink with Circle Circus

Today's card was inspired by some of the entries over at Less is More where the recipe this week is buttons and/or ribbon.  After seeing some of the black and white entries I fancied making a card in this style.  However I've added pink to the mix.

Firstly I started with a rectangle of Whisper White.  I stamped the flower circle from Circle Circus in a random pattern in Basic Black.  Before allowing the ink to dry I covered it with clear embossing powder and heat set.  I then cut the top at an angle and attached to a Blushing Bride mount.  I coloured some of the flowers with my Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker.  I then added some Basic Black 5/8" Satin Ribbon following the angle.  Birthday Wishes from Occasional Quotes was stamped in Basic Black after firstly stamping off on some scrap.  I then punched this out with the Decorative Label Punch and attached it as a tab to the side of my panel. 

I like the way my card has evolved and I think I'll enter it as a second card to less is more although I'm not sure if it is CAS enough. 

We had a fun day today.  My son went swimming with his friend at the Beach Leisure Centre.  Another first leaving them to go in themselves, they had a great time.  My friend and I took our younger ones to the carnivals.  They had super fun running between the different rides.  Glad they are big enough to go on themselves, it was making me dizzy just watching them!! 

Thanks for visiting. x

All sorts of flowers

This card is following the sketch on Simply Stampin'.  It was dull and rainy when I made this card so I went for bright sunny and warm colours.  

I started off with Pumpkin Pie for my card base and teamed it with some designer paper from Greenhouse Gala.  This is a lovely set of papers with bold patterns on one side and more subtle on the other.  Great for adding a little interest to cards, scrapbooking pages and other projects. 

I've added a scalloped edge in Pear Pizzazz with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.  A Pear Pizzazz strip was embossed with the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder.  I then die cut a couple of flowers with the Daisies Bigz Die in Real Red and Pumpkin Pie.  A flower button from the Brights Buttons finished off the centres.  Birthday Wishes from Occasional Quotes was stamped in Pumpkin Pie along the bottom.

I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out but I rather like the end result.  Thanks for looking. x 

LIM - Shades of Blue

A couple of cards for this weeks challenge at Less is more where this week it's all about shades of blue.

My first card is a wedding card.  The base is Tempting Turquoise.  The butterfly is cut out using the embosslits die.  I've used Pacific Point and Bashful Blue as my combination with a string of pearls in the centre.  Wedding is from Occasional Quotes with only the word wedding coloured in Tempting Turquoise stamped on the Whisper White.

The next card sticks with the love theme.  This time using the little heart from Tiny Tags.  Again on a Tempting Turquoise card base, I attached Whisper White card.  The hearts were stamped in Bashful Blue, Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point.  The love sentiment is from the same set in Tempting Turquoise.

Well I'm quite late in joining in this week as we are just back from a fab trip down to London visiting the sites.  The main highlights were Lion King, Ripleys, the Zoo, Foo Fighters for the boys, for the girls getting our nails done.  But especially for me, roller blading in Hyde Park.  For some reason I thought I could do this, oh boy what a wobbly sight,  whilst daughter zipped along perfectly.  Glad I did it though, it's all about the experience. 

Happy crafting. x 

Evening Classes and Baby Tees

Over the summer holidays, classes will be shifted to a Thursday evening 7pm till 9pm from July 14th to Aug 11th.  The individual dates are on my side bar and all you have to do is drop me an e mail to book your place - ails300@btinternet.com.  It's all very informal and hopefully you will go away having tried out a new technique or re visited an old one.

Onto todays card.  For this one I've followed the sketch over at less is more.  I quite enjoy following a sketch it gives the old mojo a boost.  Go check it out there's always loads of entries which in turn means loads of inspiration.

My card is using the Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel.  I rollered the Baby Tees in crumb Cake then cut out 3 vests.  I used my Blender Pen to add some Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake to the vests.  The background was made by using a template to mask off an area and sponged with Bashful Blue.  By moving around a scallop circle scrap and sponging the edges you can create a lovely cloud effect. I then strung my baby tees along a Linen Thread washing line and popped them on some Dimensionals.

And here's the inside........

........where did the linen thread go?  Well I added another piece of Whisper White, the same size, to the inside of the card and sandwiched the thread in between.  I added some decoration by creating another sky panel and a baby tee to the bottom corner.  The sentiment, Congratulations, is from Occasional Quotes.

Thanks for having a look,  I'm off to check out all the other entries.

Here's what you need to make this card -
All Stampin' Up! supplies

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Bashful Blue
Stamps - Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel, Occasional Quotes
Other - Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Linen Thread

Wedding Wheels in monochrome

Another one for less is more - colour challenge.  This week it's monochrome, so for this card I went with brown and cream.  

The image is the fantastic Wedding Wheels stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla and mounted onto Chocolate Chip.  The background is Crumb Cake embossed with the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder.  I overlapped the bottom corner with the image.  Then added a Congratulations sentiment from Occasional Quotes Hostess Level 3 set stamped in Soft Suede. I trimmed the edge of the sentiment using a 1 1/4 square punch by just placing the end into the edge of the punch. 

This is such a fun wedding stamp, I'm sure I'll be using it a lot more. 

Thanks for looking today. x 

Materials Used

All Stampin' Up! products

Card - Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip

Stamps - Wedding Wheels

Ink - Soft Suede

Tools - Manhattan Flower Embossing Folders, 1 1/4 square large

Just Believe Grasses

Can't stay away from the Just believe set at the moment.  Although I haven't touched the surface of the set, there are actually 9 stamps.  Must try out the others next time! 

However today I've used the large grasses stamp.  First of all I inked it with pear pizzazz then using my blender pen I coloured directly onto the stamp with ink from daffodil delight and marina mist ink pads.  Using the blender pens give a water colour look to your images.  Very soft and gentle which suits these colours. 

I tore the top corner and distressed round the edge of the whisper white using the blade of my scissors.  Very therapeutic, I can assure you.  I used a piece of designer series patterned paper from Sunny Garden to go behind the main image and attached this to a rectangle of marina mist card. 

Now, twine seems to be the in thing at the moment.  You can order linen thread in the catalogue at £3.75 so I think this will be added to my next shopping list.  For today I used normal string but split it in half and wrapped it round the bottom of the panel and tied with a knot.  

The sentiment is from Occasional Quotes.  I stamped it in marina mist and punched it out using the decorative label punch.  I then tucked it behind the panel before attached all of this to the pear pizzazz card base.  

If you would like any of the items that I've used today to make the above card then please e mail me on ails300@btinternet.com I'd be happy to help. 

I hope you enjoyed looking today.  Thanks for all your comments I really appreciate them.

Just Believe Circles

Still with the Just Believe stamp set,  I've had another play with the circle stamp.  

The colours I've used are daffodil delight, marina mist and pear pizzazz.  I punched the circles out using the 1 1/4" punch then mounted them onto their corresponding coloured card punched out with the 1 3/8" punch.  I set these onto a panel of whisper white which was in turn mounted onto basic black which helps the colour pop.  

My patterned papers often get neglected when I'm card making as I usually reach for my stamps but this time I added a strip of paper from the designer series set - Sunny Garden.  This is a lovely set of papers, very zesty in yellows and oranges with a gorgeous pattern of trailing flowers on one side and spots or stripes on the other.  

I attached the paper onto a marina mist card base and set the basic black panel on top.  The sentiment is from Occasional Quotes punched out with the word window punch and set on marina mist punched out using the modern label extra-large.  I then popped this onto the patterned paper using a couple of dimensionals.  

Hope you have a great day and thanks for visiting.

Materials Used -

Card - daffodil delight, marina mist, pear pizzazz, basic black, whisper white

ink - daffodil delight, marina mist, pear pizzazz, basic black
stamps - just believe, occasional quotes
punches - word window, modern label extra-large
extras - dimensionals

Springtime Vintage and Just Believe

Meet Springtime Vintage Designer Paper.  This is a lovely set of 12 sheets of double sided 12" x 12" paper.  It's a very sweet set, all mini flowers and rose buds, very 1930's.  If you are not into bold patterns the opposite side is calmer and more modern.

  For this card I followed the sketch on this weeks simply stampin challenge.  Instead of the square I've used the circle stamp from Just Believe and stamped it in crumb cake, baja breeze and not quite navy.  The sentiment is from Occasional Quotes and has been punched out using the word window punch and then mounted onto baja breeze punched out with the modern label extra large punch. 

The card base is not quite navy and this card size is 6" by 6".  I cut and attached a sheet of the patterned paper slightly smaller than the card front.  The strips are crumb cake with a narrow strip of baja breeze. 

I finished off the inside with a little decoration.  Take a look at the vintage papers in the mini catalogue at only £8.75.  There's lots of additions that co-ordinate with them - stamp set, seam binding ribbon, buttons. 

Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting. x

Materials used

Card - not quite navy, crumb cake, baja breeze, whisper white

stamps - Just Believe, Occasional Quotes

ink - not quite navy, crumb cake, baja breeze

paper - springtime vintage designer series paper
punch - word window, modern label extra large, 1 1/4" circle

Strength & Hope Birthday Wishes

These are the cards that we made at card class today using the Strength & Hope stamp set.

I love this colour scheme of perfect plum, crumb cake and pear pizzazz.

We used the stamp-a-ma-jig a lot today.  Firstly the fancy flourish was positioned top and bottom in pear pizzazz.  Then the butterfly was stamped in perfect plum.  We then masked the butterfly and stamped the text in crumb cake over it.

A line of four basic rhinestones gives some sparkle.  The sentiment - Birthday Wishes is from Occasional Quotes.  It was punched out using  word window and mounted onto modern label punch.



The second card also uses a crumb cake base with a mount of perfect plum.  This time we made 3 tiles using the same technique with the butterfly and text stamp.  These were then mounted onto elegant eggplant and placed on the perfect plum mount.

 

Thanks for looking and to everyone that commented on my daughter's cards, a special thank you.  She really appreciated them and now wants her own blog! Lol 

White on White at Less is More

Oh Boy what fun I had today.  The challenge over at Less is More this week is white on white so no colour at all.  I took this quite literally and even made my sentiment white!

 I did have trepidation when I started as I haven't made a card like this before.  However, thank goodness Stampin' Up! brought in the Big Shot in the mini catalogue this year.  I was able to have a good old play with some new goodies that arrived this week.  

I started off with a whisper white card base (note to self - always check work table before laying down a white card for wet ink!!)......... so, deep breath, onto card base number 2 and I rounded the bottom corners.  I stamped "congratulations on your wedding day" with versamark and then heat embossed using white embossing powder and in the middle I did the same with "Love begins in a moment grows over time and lasts an eternity".  

The sentiments are from Hostess Level 3 Occasional Quotes.  This is a super set to add to your collection as it has lots of quotes to suit all different occasions.  If you stay in the Aberdeen area you can book a workshop with myself and you may earn this set for free!  

The photos below are to try and show you the sentiments.    

I embossed a strip with the perfect polka dots embossing folder and corner rounded the edges.  I then used the swirls scribbles sizzlits die to make a couple of flourishes which I put top and bottom of my large daisy.  The daisy was created using flower, daisies bigz die.  I glittered the tips of each petal using dazzling diamonds then layered up the flower and attached one of the large basic pearls in the centre. 

And there it is, my first all white card which I'm really pleased with but can you tell me why I feel that I've done a lot more to this card than any of the others? Lol!  

Have a great weekend everyone. x