Party Parade

Hi quick post tonight.

Another last minute card for my daughter who has a birthday party on Sunday.

For this one I've used Party this Way flags in Real Red, Tempting Turqouise and Daffodil Delight.  The centres were stamped with stamps from Pennant Parade.  I added brads to the corners and looped ribbon as little tags to the top.  The sentiment was stamped from Party this Way.  I mounted the panel onto Real Red card stock before attaching to the Whisper White card base.

I would like to put this card into CAS-ual Fridays which this week is to add ribbon loops but bows don't count.

Also I would like to enter this card into the Friday Mashup which this week is to use brads or autumn or combine both.  For this week I've just used brads.

Come back tomorrow and see the new catalogue which launches on the 1st.  It's so exciting!!

A big welcome to Kasey and Lindsay so nice to see you following!

That's it for today, have a great weekend. x



All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Real Red
Ink - Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise
Stamps - Party this Way, Pennant Parade
Other - Brads, Ribbon

Manly Christmas!

Good Morning,  I'm hoping the rain stays off long enough for me to go a walk.  I went one yesterday with the children.  They were on their bikes and Mum was puffing along behind!

Onto todays card.  I'm playing along with The Friday Mashup which is a square sketch this week and make it manly.

I swapped my snowflakes to the other side as I just felt it looked better.

My card base is Crumb Cake textured and the card is 6" by 6".  I started with Lovely as a Tree stamped in Night of Navy.  I masked off the snow to sponge in the sky with Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy.  The oval was mounted onto Night of Navy Card.  A strip of Whisper White was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  This is a really versatile folder which can be used for lots of occasions but I particularly like it for a snowy scene.  I added a some Night of Navy 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.  One of the snowflakes has been glittered using Versamark, Heat and Stick and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  This is a lovely glitter, it's very fine and gives a super sparkle to your projects.  A Basic Rhinestone gem was added to the centre of the snowflakes which I had in my stash.  The "for you" sentiment is from Occasional Greetings and has been stamped in Night of Navy.  I used two oval punches to make my sentiment tag - The Extra Large Oval Punch for the Navy background and The Large Oval for the Whisper White.

Still time to join my Stampers 6, I'm looking for 4 members to take part in the club.  You will receive a free catalogue and a small gift to enjoy whilst looking through your new catty!  Check out the tab at the top of the page to see details.

Right the sun has peeked through so I'm off for my walk before I find something else to do!!

Here's the supply list which is available to order from myself on ails300@btinternet.com.
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Crumb Cake Textured, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink - Night of Navy, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Occasional Greetings
Punch - Extra Large Oval, Large Oval
Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots
Other - 1/4" Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Rhinestone, Heat and Stick, Dazzling Diamonds, Versamark

Sail Away Birthday

The card I have today is for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge which is to use 3 monochromatic colours (your choice) and one brown.  

I've made a masculine card using Sail Away.   I started by cutting an oval and stamping Sail Away in Night of Navy.  I used a scallop circle to sponge some clouds in Bashful Blue and waves in Marina Mist.  The sails were masked before sponging so that they remained white.  I mounted this onto Marina Mist and attached a tempting turquoise brad.  

The background is a card base of Crumb Cake with a mount of Bashful Blue then a panel of Night of Navy.  This was partially embossed with the Square Lattice folder with some twine wrapped around it.  I stamped Happy Birthday from Afterthoughts in Versamark and heat embossed it twice with Clear Embossing Powder.  

Thanks for coming along today to view my card.  Not long now till the new catalogue is available.  I still have 4 places available in my Stampers 6 which is a super way to spread the cost of all those new goodies.  You can e mail me on ails300@btinternet.com to register your place. 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Ink - Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Versamark

Stamp - Sail Away, Afterthoughts

Other - Linen Thread, Tempting Turquoise Brad, Clear Embossing Powder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Christmas Sparkle

Well I'm not quite sure how to describe this card.  It fell together out of having a play with my new embossing folder - Vintage Wallpaper.

It's such a rich deep embossing folder I decided to use a rich deep colour with it - Cherry Cobbler.  Using my Colour Coach I matted it onto Night of Navy after corner rounding and using Dimensionals to pop it up.  The sparkle comes from dabbing Frost White Shimmer Paint onto part of the raised pattern.  A Basic Rhinestone in the centre finishes it off.  The panel is attached to a Whisper White card base.  I decided it looked Christmassy so added Holiday Greetings from Sincere Salutations in Night of Navy.

This follows the sketch on Less is More

This is a great sketch to play along with so join in the fun! 

A big welcome to Cindy, hope to see you often. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Ink - Night of Navy

Embossing Folder - Vintage Wallpaper

Other - Forst White Shimmer Paint, Basic Rhinestone

Punch - Corner Rounder

Autumnal Tree

Good Evening.  Hope you had a nice day today.  It wasn't so cold here today in fact at some points it was quite warm.  Makes it much easier to enjoy this time of year.

My card today follows the sketch on Freshly Made Sketches -

This was a lovely sketch to follow and my card came together really easily.  

I started off with a Crumb cake base which I rounded the corners on.  My tree is from the beautiful stamp set Lovely as a Tree.  I stamped the trunk of the tree with my Early Espresso  stamp pad wiping away any excess from the leaves.  I then tapped Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait using my Stampin' Write Markers onto the leaves.  Isn't it great how everything with Stampin' Up! co-ordinates so you know the markers will match the ink pads and card stock?  It makes it all so easy!  

The tree panel was popped up on dimensionals and attached to Poppy Parade card.  I don't know if you can see in the photo but I added a frame of leaves using Poppy Parade ink.  This was then mounted onto Chocolate Chip card.  

The border is a Chocolate Chip base with Poppy Parade punched out using a punch out of the New catalogue available in October - Lace Ribbon Punch.  Isn't it fab?  I think this will be fantastic for scrapbooking and 3d projects too. 

The little sentiment is from the Hostess Set SiIhouette Sentiments.  A beautiful stamp set that has become a favourite of mine.  You only have till the end of the month to earn this set. It was punched out using the Oval Large Punch and mounted onto a Chocolate Chip Scallop Oval. 

A big welcome to Kelly, thanks for choosing to follow.  Hope you come back often. 

I'm also going to pop this card into Paper Players where the theme is animal or plants.

Thanks for stopping by.  We have a local holiday tomorrow and Monday, great to have a long weekend.  Hope you enjoy your weekend too. x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Ink - Poppy Parade, Early Espresso 

Stamp - Lovely as a Tree, Silhouette Sentiments

Punch - Lace Ribbon, Ovel Large, Scallop Oval

Stampin' Write Markers - Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait

Thank You Pennant Parade

A wee card to share with you today.  It's only 3" by 3" however I think little cards can still pack a big punch.

It's another sneak peak folks!  A little bit more of Pennant Parade and an introduction to some of the new In Colours - Pool Party and Island Indigo.  Aren't they fab together?  The tiny sentiment is also from the same stamp set and the card base is Whisper White.  The centre pennant has been punched out using the new punch which goes with the set - Petite Penant Builder Punch.  I popped it up with some Dimensionals.

I think this will become a very popular stamp set as it's very versatile (see my previous post to see it turned into a Christmas Tree).  Most of the sentiments are small enough to be used with the Jewellery Tag punch or placed inside the flags.

If you would like to be one of the first to have this set then you can e mail me on ails300@btinternet.com and your order can be placed on the 1.10.

Thanks for looking and a big Hello to Laurie, thanks for following! x

I'm entering this card into CAS-ual Fridays which for this mean they are looking for mini cards.
Also Less is More which is anything goes this week and they are hoping for 1000 entries to celebrate having 1000 followers.  They are about a third of the way there so come on crafters pop your LIM cards and help them to reach 1000!

Supplies Used
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Pool Party, Island Ingigo
Stamp - Pennant Parade
Punch - Petite Pennant Builder Punch

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