Motorcycle Father's Day

Hello Everyone,  How are you all today?  I've got the music on supposedly to help me speed through my housework but here I am blogging again!  Oh well whilst I'm here let me tell you about my latest card.

I have a craft fair coming up at the beginning of June so thought I'd make some Father's Day cards.  This one uses the Motorcycle stamp from the mini catalogue.  I stamped it in Night of Navy slightly off the edge of my Whisper White card.  I then coloured it with Bashful Blue using my Blender Pen.  This was then mounted onto Bashful Blue card.  A Night of Navy background was created using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and attached to a larger Bashful Blue mount.  I stamped Happy Father's Day from Occasional Greetings in Night of Navy, firstly picking out Father's in Bashful Blue again with my blender pen.  Then placed to overlap the square lattice background.  This all sits on a Night of Navy card blank.

This is such a fun single stamp and I think it will be a big hit with the Dad's.   Thanks for looking, have a great day. x

Materials Used
All Stampin' Up!

Card - Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Stamp - Motorcycle, Occasional Greetings
Ink - Night of Navy, Bashful Blue
Embossing Folder - Square Lattice

Vintage Vogue

I thought I'd play along at Simply Stampin' again this week as it's a colour challenge.  Here are the colours.

I made two cards using Vintage Vogue as my stamp set.  Here's the first - 

I started with a card base of Old Olive.  I used the rock and roll technique on the large flowers, firstly stamped with Daffodil Delight and rolled it in Pumpkin Pie directly on to Very Vanilla.  I stamped the little leaf in Old Olive before attaching two cut out smaller flowers.  One stamped in Daffodil Delight and one in Pumpkin Pie.  The sentiment was stamped in Old Olive and placed using my Stamp-a-ma-jig. 

And here's my second card -

This time I stamped the leafy branch in Old Olive directly onto the card base.  The flowers were stamped again using the rock and roll technique on Very Vanilla and cut out.  Two flowers were directly stamped in Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.  These were placed over the leafy branches.  The Friends sentiment was stamped in Old Olive on Very Vanilla and punched out using the Decorative Label Punch.  I added a couple of flashes to the label in Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit me. x 

Cakes and Pearls

Today's card is On a Pedestal and I've gone very girly.  Let's face it, us girls like a bit of cake especially on a special occasion.

The card base is Concord Crush.  I've layered a piece of Blushing Bride patterned paper on top.  The patterned paper is from the In Colour 6" by 6" stack.  Each of the papers is double sided and there are 12 sheets of each colour.  The best part is you can earn this stack free as a hostess gift. 

I stamped the pedestal in Concord Crush and added six basic pearls.  Then using my Stampin' Write Markers I coloured the cake with Concord Crush and Blushing Bride for the icing. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position it and added a cherry to the top to finish off.  I mounted the Whisper White panel onto a Concord Crush rectangle which had been edged with the Scallop Trim Border punch.

The sentiment is from So Happy For You and this was stamped in Concord Crush and punched out using the Decorative Label Punch.  To add a layer to the label I punched out a second label from Blushing Bride Card, cut it in half then attached this to the back of the Whisper White label.

I hope you've enjoyed looking.  I'm going enter this into The Friday Mashup which this week is ribbon, pearls and all things girly. 

Materials used are all Stampin' Up! 

Card - Whisper White, Concord Crush, Blushing Bride

Stamps - On a Pedestal, So Happy For You

Ink - Concord Crush, Blushing Bride

Punch - Decorative Label, Scallop Trim Border

Other - Stamp-a-ma-jig, Basic Pearls 

Bling up your Vintage Vogue

Hello Everyone,  hope you've had a good weekend.

Today I've made a card using the Top Note Bigz Die which is now available in the mini catalogue.  This die has a lot of uses not just for cards - topper labels for cello bags, scrapbooking labels for journaling to name a few.  It has a lovely stitching detail around the edge which you can leave as I have done or using a Stampin' Write Marker make some faux stitching.  Either way it's a fun detail. 

I chose to use the In Colours on my card today and started with Blushing Bride as my card base.  The trellis flowers from  Vintage Vogue were coloured directly onto the stamp using my markers - Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush and Blushing Bride.  Once I'd cut out my Whisper White Top Note, I lined up the trellis using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.   I then coloured the little flowers again using my markers.  A medium sized Basic Rhinestone finishes off the flowers.

The sentiment is also part of the Vintage Vogue set and this was stamped in Concord Crush.  

I'm going to enter this card into CAS-ual Fridays challenge which is to create a Clean and Simple card but with a bit of bling. 

I'd like to welcome Linny, thank you for choosing to follow me.  I hope you drop by often. 

Materials used all Stampin' Up!

Card - Blushing Bride, Whisper White
Stamps - Vintage Vogue
Markers - Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush, Blushing Bride
Die - Top Note Bigz
Other - Basic Rhinestones

Less is More - Butterflies

The challenge at Less is More this week is butterflies.  Found myself flitting between different ideas much like a butterfly today but settled on this one. 

I've gone monochrome using Concord Crush.  The little butterfly is from Sweet Summer.    

First of all I cut a rectangle of Whisper White so I could mount it on to Concord Crush card and then onto my Whisper White card base.  I stamped the sentiment from Butterfly Prints then inked the leaves from Just Believe once and stamped it three times.  The butterflies were then stamped in a heart shape using a template punched from the Full Heart Extra Large punch.  I cut out three butterflies to add a bit of dimension to the center of the heart.  The butterflies wings were coloured using the Concord Crush Stampin' Write Marker.  I then added some Crystal Effects to the tips of the wings to add a little sparkle.

A close up of the heart and single butterfly.

Thanks once again for taking the time to look.  Enjoy your weekend. x  

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