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

Whole Bunch of Punches!

Isn't this little owl sweet?

He was stamped in Early Espresso from the Punch Bunch.   Then punched out using the 2 Step Owl Punch.  Although this stamp is no longer available you can still get the same effect using the punch as it punches out the eyes and the vest.  On this card his vest was punched out of Play Date Designer Series Paper.  I used the Full Heart Extra-Large Punch to place a Marina Mist heart behind the owl.  The Old Olive branch is from the 2 Step Bird Punch.  The Whisper White background is attached to Marina Mist card which I've edged with the Scallop Edge Border Punch.  The sentiment is from So Happy For You punched out with the Word Window Punch then mounted onto Marina Mist card punched out Modern Label Extra-Large. The card base is Bashful Blue.

It always handy to have a few thank you's in your card bundle, you never know when you might need one.

And a thank you to everyone who comes by for a visit and leaving lovely comments. x



Materials Used
All Stampin' Up! Supplies

Card - Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink - Early Espresso
Stamp - Punch Bunch
Punch - 2 Step Owl, Full heart Extra-Large, 2 Step Bird, Scallop Edge Border, Word Window, Modern Label Extra-Large

Punch Bunch For You

For this card I've used a Concord Crush card base.  The For You stamp from Punch Bunch was stamped in Chocolate Chip, Concord Crush and Crumb Cake.  The centers were punched out using the 1 3/8" punch.  I then sponged around the edges with the same coloured ink as the image.  These were placed directly onto the card base.  The bottom half of the card was covered with Concord Crush Designer Series Paper from the Hostess Level 1 set.  A strip of Very Vanilla with some Early Espresso ribbon finishes it off.   

I'm entering this at Simply Stampin' where this week it's a colour challenge using Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Concord Crush and Very Vanilla.

Thanks for looking. x

Materials Used

All Stampin' Up! Supplies

Card - Concord Crush, Very Vanilla

Paper - Concord Crush Designer Series Paper

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Concord Crush, Very Vanilla

Punch - 1 3/8" circle 

Other - 1/4" Early Espresso Ribbon

Rocking the Mashup and Owly Thanks

Wow I'm so surprised to have my card chosen for Friday's Mashup.  Thank you very much, it really cheered my day! You can see my card here.

Now onto another little card to share with you. 

I made this as my Thank You card for my Stampers 6 Club.  Each month I put in a little note card to say thanks.  

The owl is stamped in Chocolate Chip from Punch Bunch.  He was punched out using the two step owl punch currently in the mini catalogue £15.50.  I then punched out his vest from the Hostess Level 1 Designer Series Paper Pack.  This is a superb hostess gift set and I've found myself using it a lot lately.  The pack is 6" by 6" and consists of 60 sheets of double sided papers in the 5 In Colours.  This colour I've chosen is Peach Parfait and I've mounted him onto a circle of the same coloured card.  I've said it before, I love how everything co-ordinates.  It makes your projects so much easier! The little heart is also part of the two owl punch and doesn't he look cute with it?  This was then placed on a Whisper White card base.  

Well it's almost the weekend, hope you all have a great day. x 

Materials Used

All Stampin' Up! supplies

Card - Whisper White, Peach Parfait

Paper - In Colour Designer Series Hostess Stack

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Stamp - Punch Bunch

Punches - Two step Owl Punch, 1 3/4 Circle Extra-Large

Birthdays and Thank You's

Good evening to you all.  

Tonight I wanted to share with you some cards that I made with my daughter, Holly.  She was invited to a birthday party on Saturday so we made a card for her friend.  

She chose the colours - Melon mambo for the card base, Perfect Plum and Pear Pizzazz. The stamp sets she chose were - Fox and friends, Silhouette Sentiments and Punch Bunch.  Together we put together the layout.  I showed her how to make a sponged background and let her have a go.  She also had a shot of stamping the little flowers.  I explained how we could have put some colour on the flowers by using Mum's magic pens (blender pens).  She chose the tortoise because she said her friend likes turtles!  We stamped it in crumb cake.  I then showed her the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die and she decided where the butterflies were to go.  I was surprised but pleased to see that she understood perspective as she explained "The smaller butterflies are further away."  I helped her to punch out the true friend stamp with the 1" punch.  It was mounted using the 1 1/4" punch.  We then punched out some perfect plum using the Modern Label Extra-Large to finish off our sentiment.  

We also decorated the middle but she had it written out before I could take a photo of the inside! 

Now after her play yesterday she was itching to have a go at her Thank You cards which we hadn't gotten around to.  Her birthday was in April when she turned 9.  This time I cut out whisper white squares and once she had chosen her ink colours and stamp sets, left her to it.  I didn't want to influence her, you know how it is, you always want to say don't stamp it there or use these colours etc. 

Well here's what she come up with.  Aren't they wonderful? 

Did you notice the owl card is a little shorter than the others?

 

 Well here's the story.  She was only supposed to make the panels but decided to make up the full card using my paper trimmer too I might add!  She tried hard but well super squint lines so a rescue was in order.  However she had put the colours together, mounted the panel onto bashful blue with a blue strip along the bottom and stamped the thank you.  She had also sat the owl on the branch without the use of a stamp-a-ma-jig!  However if she had known about it I'm sure she would have given that a go too.  Did you notice the little flowers?  Yep you guessed it she used my magic pen picking up ink from a palette of ink on the stamp pad.  Good grief she must have been soaking it all in!  

I've highlighted this one because after rescuing the owl card I reiterated that she should only do the panels, I would do the cutting out but she could continue to chose the colours etc.  After a bit of a thump and crash I went back in to see what was up and here she was trying to use the Beautiful Wings Embosslit on her own!!  Well it is part of the panel.  Her fox does look cute with it's black additions though.  

I can hear her little voice now from when she was 2 saying "I do it!" 

Sorry folks this has been a long post but i hope you don't mind my indulgence.  I told her that i would post her cards on here and that any comments would be hers so please if you would be so kind to let her know what you think.  

Thanks again. x

Life's a hoot with you!

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend.  I had a great time on Saturday at a prisma pencil class out at Simply Create in Alford.  My husband thought it was very funny that I was going to a colouring class! 

Onto this week's challenge at less is more which is a sketch.  The card base is to be DL size.  This is new to me so I measured an envelope to get the size for my card.  

You know when you have an idea in your head then try to place it and it doesn't work or just seems too much?  Well that happened to me this week.  My original thought was to have 3 owls peeking behind each other with one standing out in his pretty waist coat.  I soon decided that was overload and one seemed to work better.  My next idea was to put a sponged circle behind him but on my trial it just looked as if he had a bit of a glow!  So I ditched that idea and have ended up with simplicity itself.  I hope this still fits the criteria.

Materials Used

All stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Card - Chocolate chip, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz

Paper - Greenhouse Gala Designer Paper

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Punch - 2 step Bird Extra-Large

Sentiment is computer generated and the font is Lucida Handwriting

Less is More - Masculine No. 2

Hi thought I'd squeeze in a second card for the less is more masculine challenge.  This is a very simple card and completely unlike the other card I entered.  After seeing all the wonderful entries where people have used sponging and masking, I wanted to have a go.  So here's how I made it -

I masked off stripes of different widths and sponged with crumb cake and soft suede.  I then stamped the medallion from Baroque Motifs in Bashful Blue and punched out using the scallop square. The Happy Birthday from Punch Bunch was stamped in Night of Navy and also punched out with the scallop punch.  I then added some crystal effects to the white areas on the bashful blue squares and on the large HB on the Happy Birthday.  Finally popped the squares on some dimensionals.

Thanks for visiting. x

New Baby Boy

Whoa aren't the weeks flying past?  We are already into March and it's week 5 over at Less is More and time for another challenge.  This week is pastels.  Immediately I thought of new babies and conveniently my mother had asked me to make up a baby card for my cousin who is expecting a new baby soon.  You are all witnesses, she assures me they know they are having a baby boy!

So here is my card -

I've used bashful blue as my card blank and stamped Welcome Baby from the recent Sale-A-Bration Punch Bunch set (sadly no longer available) in the same colour then punched it out with the small tag punch and mounted it onto the same colour card.  I then used the 1/2 inch circle to punch out images from Bundle of Love set.  I coloured the little images with my Stampin' Pastels and re created the mobile effect with some silver string I had.  The Congratulations is from the Perfect Punches set and is also stamped in bashful blue.

I let my husband have a look at my card and he said "Oh yes, it's a clock with pendulums".  Oh dear........

Very easy Valentine's Card

This card was so easy to do and isn't necessarily just for valentine's.  It would also make a good birthday card or anniversary card.  I deliberately didn't put a sentiment on so I can decide later.  

The colours are chocolate chip, old olive and poppy parade.  The owl is from the Sale-A-Bration set Punch Bunch.  (the owl punch will be available when the new mini catalogue comes out in April) I lined the second owl up next to the first by using a Stamp-a-ma-jig.  The branch they are sitting on is punched using the 2 step bird punch. The scallop edge border gives a nice trim to the bottom of the old olive card.  The two little hearts are stamped using the So happy For You set, another free set available during Sale-A-Bration. 

If you haven't already got your hands on these fantastic free sets then now is the time to place your orders or host your own workshop as Sale-A-Bration ends on the 28th February. 

Now to decide what to do with my sweet little owl card!! Thanks for looking. x 

Sale-A-Bration Workshop

The above card was the Make and Take at my friends workshop on Sunday.  Thanks very much ladies for a brill afternoon.  It was great fun and a super laugh.  I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. 

Everyone had a chance to use some of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets.  The Sweet Summer set allowed their own creativity to come through as they could choose the images they wanted to stamp on the whisper white.  Also they could swap the colour combo of chocolate chip, poppy parade, and pear pizzazz around.  The border was punched using Scallop Trim and again everyone had the option to use any of the border punches.  For the sentiments on the front, we used the Punch Bunch set and for the middle we used the So Happy for You set.

  

I said at the start that they would all be making different cards and I wasn't wrong as each card turned out to be individual works of art.  They were all fab! 

Here are some more examples that I have made to show variety.  

I used dimensionals to pop each layer of the true friend sentiment.

For this card I used crumb cake, real red, and old olive.  The flowers and birds were coloured using the pastels and a blender pen.  I punched out the middle of the for you sentiment and popped it on to a real red scallop circle. 

This card uses the In Colours - Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush and Peach Parfait.

Everyone who placed an order at the party took advantage of the Sale-A-Bration event and now have free stamp sets to look forward to.  My hostess is looking forward to two free SAB sets, a hostess level 2 set and 3 free punches!  So if you would like to earn any of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets for free then contact me on ails300@btinternet.com to place your order or if you are in the Aberdeenshire area perhaps you would like to host your own workshop and make one of the above cards. 

Thank you for looking.  I look forward to your comments.