On the naughty step twice!!

Oh dear I was in such a rush to join in with Less is More on Saturday, I must confess I completely missed the LARGE letters saying ONE LAYER. Doh!!

Thanks to all the lovely people who still commented and bless you, you are so kind, no one had the heart to point out my error! Lol! 

So to correct my error I'm entering two cards to make up for it.

The first uses the little birdies from Stampin' Up!'s Aviary set again but this time I've used their cages as their houses.  Look they are saying Merry Christmas to each other! 

The branch is from Borderlines (now retired).  I stamped it in Gumball Green and gave it some red berries with my Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig a lot on this one to position the cages, the birds and my Sentiment, which is from Chock Full of Cheer.  This is stamped in Cherry Cobbler along with the cages.  I hand wrote From our house to yours underneath using my marker.  It's great being able to match up inks this way. 

The birds are coloured with Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker and a little Real Red on the Robin.  Doesn't he make a fab robin? 

So unsure if this would get me completely off the naughty step (cages not houses) my second card hopefully will. 

This is using the Stampin' Up! wheel Neighbourhood.  The only stamp that I have that actually has houses on it.  I used my wheel guide and rollered the houses in Basic Black.  I then doodled a couple of wreaths, a christmas tree and fairy lights onto my street using Gumball Green and Real Red Stampin' Write Markers.  I added glitter for snow along the roof tops, steps and bushes with my Versamark Pen, Heat and Stick powder and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  

If anything my mistake has resulted in 3 more card for my Christmas pile yipee!  Am I off the naughty step yet?

The children have an In Service day today and my daughter has a friend over for a sleepover.  It's sleety rain outside so in door entertainment required. Must go and see what we can think up. x

Supplies Used

All Stampin Up

Card - Whisper White

Ink - Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Stamp - Aviary, Borderlines, Chock Full of Cheer, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Stampin Write Markers - Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Wheel - Neighbourhood

Other - Versamark Pen, Heat and Stick powder, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

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 call07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  Don't forget to take a look at our current promotions.

Fancy becoming a demonstrator and receiving your goodies at a discount, get in touch for more info and you could also receive a free pack of papers every month for 6 months! 

Just for Fun

I had a last play with the little monkey from Fox and Friends.  He's been a favourite of mine and so handy.  Unfortunately this set is now sold out so sorry if you didn't get your hands on this adorable set :(

I've started off with a Pacific Point card base and stamped the little monkey several times in the same coloured ink.   I made a panel of Whisper White with a mat of Real Red and stamped the Borderlines vine stamp in Daffodil Delight.  Then added some branches from the Bird Builder Punch on Chocolate Chip.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Pacific Point and punched out with the Modern Label Punch.  

Thanks for coming in past today.  Hope you have the chance to have a play! x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Pacific Point, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Real Red

ink - Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point

Stamp - Teeny Tiny Wishes, Fox and Friends, Borderlines

Punch - Bird Builder, Modern Label

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!  

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Runway Inspired Best Wishes

Hi Peeps, 

This card is for the Runway Inspired challenge and here's the gorgeous picture we had to inspire us - 

I started with the shorts and used a card base of Night of Navy scored down each edge and sanded to look like the seams.  From a distance the mosaic squares look like circles so I punched out some circles in Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Cherry Cobbler.  I matted the circles onto squares of Night of Navy.  The little hearts are from spares I had punched when making my penguins with the Owl Punch earlier on.  One square has a Basic Rhinestone to reflect the shimmer of the fabric.  

I stamped Best Wishes from Sincere Salutations in Versamark and heat embossed in Silver Embossing Powder.  This time to pick up the silver shoes and bracelets.

The dots at the bottom of the Bashful Blue card are from Borderlines with a strip of 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon in Night of Navy. 

Yeh it's the weekend.  Hope yours is great. x 

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Cherry Cobbler

Ink - Versamark, Night of Navy

Stamp - Borderlines, Sincere Salutations

Punch - 1" circle, 1 1/4" square, Owl Builder Punch

Other - Basic Rhinestone, 1/4" Grosgrain 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.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets you would like if your order reaches £45. x

Stripey heart with dotty Borderlines

Good Morning!  Second post of the day so please scroll down to see my previous post. 

This is the card that I made for LESS IS MORE but didn't get time to post yesterday.  

This week is a One Layer Challenge and we have to use stripes.  Luckily for me I have the Solid Stripes stamp, just had to think what to do with it.  For some reason candy cane came to mind which developed into a candy cane heart. 

I started with a Whisper White card base and stamped the dotty stamp from Borderlines firstly in Versamark then in Elegant Eggplant then clear embossed.  I punched out a heart using the Full Heart Punch.  I then punched another heart in a post it and lined it up inside the card to act as a mask.  Then stamped Solid Stripes in Rose Red.  I added a Basic Rhinestone Gem for a bit of sparkle.

The sentiment is from Petite Pairs which I inked with Concord Crush Stampin' Write Marker and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to change it to a straight line. 

This is to show you the card open. 

I'm enjoying playing around with apertures just now.  I think it's a great way to give a little extra to a one layer.  Also loving this new stamp set from the mini Borderlines can see it being used a lot! 

If you haven't checked out the mini catalogue why not have a look now.  You could earn yourself a free stamp set whilst Sale-A-Bration is on.  Who doesn't like a freebie?

Thanks for popping by today, can't wait to see all your lovely creations.  Take care. x 

Supplies Used
Stampin Up!

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Versamark
Stamps - Borderlines, Solid Stripes, Petite Pairs
Punch - Full Heart
Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig
Other - Basic Rhinestone, Clear Embossing Powder

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 you would like if your order reaches £45. x

Take a Sip Cafe Card and Tag

Hi there.

Have I said I like going out for a coffee?  Wouldn't this be the perfect card for a like minded friend?

I've used one of the new rollers to the main catalogue - Take a Sip and used Chocolate Chip.  Quite an appropriate colour I thought.  Underneath I've added one of the Borderlines stamps in Marina Mist to give the coffee cups a grounding.  I picked up the colour from my ink pad with my Blender Pen to colour in the patterns on the cups.  This was matted onto Chocolate Chip card stock and attached to the Marina Mist card base.  My coffee shop "awning" is a strip of Chocolate Chip and punched with the Scallop Edge Punch.  I added Marina Mist 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.  Love that you can get ribbon to match perfectly. 

The sentiment label is from Curly Cute.  The ends were punched with the Modern Label Punch by only inserting the ends into the punch. 

As you can see I made a little tag to go with it.  So cute.

Do you want a freebie?  Had a look at Sale-A-Bration yet? Here's how you could get your hands on one of the fabby free sets.

Take A Sip Wheel and Handle - £9.75 + Curly Cute £20.95 + Ribbon and ink pad - £9.45 + Very Vanilla Card Stock £7.50 = 1 Free Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set

All this and a free stamp set, that's a lot of goodies! 

Hope you've had a great weekend and have enjoyed a cuppa or more. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist

Stamp - Take A Sip, Borderlines, Curly Cute

Punch - Scallop Edge, Modern Label

Other - 1/4" Grosgrain 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.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets you would like if your order reaches £45. x

Create a cupcake popcorn card

My son suddenly announced at 8pm the night before that he had been invited to a party the next day!  So no time to get a pressie but I'm sure the recipient was just as pleased with money.  However I had no pre teen boy cards.  So this is what I came up with.

Card base is Pacific Point and I stamped Borderlines, the dotty pattern along top and bottom.   For the front panel I matted Whisper White onto Old Olive. Stamped Happy Birthday from Delightful Dozen in Real Red at one side and made a feature topper for the other side.  The topper is Old Olive matted onto Pacific Point with a circle of Whisper White punched using the 1 3/4" punch.  My tub of popcorn (you knew it was popcorn, right??) is using Create a Cupcake for the bag punched out with the Cupcake Builder Punch.  And the overflowing popcorn was punched out using one of the Itty Bitty Shapes Punches in So Saffron sponged with Daffodil Delight.  I'd seen this on the internet and thought it was very clever but can't remember where.  Not sure if they used the same shape for the popcorn but I thought this looked quite close. 

Inside I just wrote "hope you have a "popping" good day!". 

Hope your weekend is going well.  We have a much brighter day today, still no snow.  Off out later so must get cracking.  Thanks for "popping" in past. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up

Card - Pacific Point, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink - Real Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight

Stamps - Create A Cupcake, Delightful Dozen, Borderlines

Punch - Cupcake Builder, 1 3/4" circle, Itty Bitty Shapes

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 you would like if your order reaches £45. x