Smile and put your sunglasses on!

Only 2 places available in my next Stampers 6 Group starting April.  Get in touch now to put your name down.  I'd love to help you build your stash! 

This is the card I made for the Card Swap group I'm part of.  We were asked to use red orange and yellow to brighten the persons day.  I think I got bright correct!! 

I played about with a new technique for me - Bouncing Brayer.  I inked up my brayer with Daffodil Delight on one side and Pumpkin Pie on the other then tapped it around in a circle until I'd covered the area.  I then sponged some Real Red around the edges.  I used this lovely medallion from Happy Day, stamped in Basic Black, as a focal image and the sentiment smile just seemed perfect for such a bright card.  I finished it off with a coloured rhinestone brad and attached onto a mat of Basic Black which was then attached to a card base of Daffodil Delight. 

Happy Day is one of those stamp sets you may pass by in the catalogue but it has some lovely sentiments which make a pleasant change from the normal greetings.  Also they are perfect for scrapbooking pages. 

I took this technique to a workshop and the ladies had fun getting all inky creating their backgrounds.  I'll show you the cards we made another day. 

You might feel this looks too complicated for me but really it's not.  Have a go and see what you create.  However if you want a fast easy to make set of cards then Stampin' Up! has a new product for you. 

Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit

The kit is £17.95 and makes 20 cards.  Click on the title above to see the flyer in full.  This is a super set for someone just starting out in card making or to give as a gift. 

Have a good day and I hope this has made you smile!  xx

Supplies Used

All Stampin Up 

Card - Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink - daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Basic Black

Stamp - Happy Day

Other - Brayer, Rhinestone Brad

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 direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.

You can also order using the Shop Now button. 

Only 2 places available in my next Stampers 6 Group starting April.  Get in touch now to put your name down.  I'd love to help you build your stash! 

Spritzy and Shimmery Beautiful Wings

How are you today?  It's cold and grey here but think we are missing the worst of the snow.  

Did you know that today is the last day of Sale-A-Bration?  Yep I know it's sad but it has to end.  You can still place orders but best hurry so you don't miss out!  It's a whole year until the next Sale-A-Bration.  Also today is the last day to pick up that bargain starter kit with the extra 25% included.  You can join online so it's so easy but make sure you do it before 22.00 tonight to be on the safe side.  It would be wonderful to have you on board! 

So let's take a look at today's card.  I've followed a few challenges so I've listed them below for ease.  First off the card base is Pacific Point.  I made a Whisper White panel and created a mask from some punched out Elegant Butterflies.  I dusted off my Brayer and started with Bashful Blue then added some Pacific Point along the bottom.  Taking off the masks I spritzed the panel using my new Spritzer filled with water Marina Mist and Frost White Shimmery Paint.  You should see it real life as it creates a gorgeous shimmer over the panel. I added my panel to a frame of Basic Black.  I used Beautiful Wings Embosslit for my 3d butterflies in Bashful Blue, Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight.  My sentiment tag is from That's The Ticket stamped in Daffodil Delight and punched out the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. 

This was a lovely colour palette to work with.  We need a bit of colour today! 

Fancy cheering yourself up with some crafting and receiving a parcel of goodies each month?  I have only 2 places left in my new Stampers 6 starting in April so sorry it's get your skates on to make sure you are part of the club.  April is coming round fast! 

Here are the challenges I'm taking part in today - 

Less is more - In the Frame

Addicted to CAS - Wings

CASology - Song - Love is like a Butterfly
The Friday Mashup - Triple Challenge.  Follow the sketch, use a brayer and butterflies

Colour Q

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Pacific Point, Whisper White, Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight

Ink - Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Bashful Blue

Stamp - That's the Ticket

Punch - Elegant Butterfly, Ticket Duo

Embosslits - Beautiful Wings

Other - Brayer, Spritzer

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 direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  

Take part in Sale-A-Bration before it ends on TODAY - 22 March

Only 2 spaces left in my Stampers 6 (Virtual Hostess) club starting in April.  Please get in touch by e mail - ails300@btinternet.com if you would like to take part. x

Brayering Some Scottish Hillsides

Hi I'm very excited to be here with you today.  A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to win at Casology (you can see my card here) and when you win you are invited to be a guest designer.  And yes you've guessed it this is my week.

and the cue card is green.

The inspiration for my card came from the scottish hillsides as we were driving back to Aberdeen from Perth.  They were so green in the sunshine.  

I made the shape of the hills by tearing a post it note and placing on some Very Vanilla card.  I then used my Brayer to colour the hills in three colours - Certainly Celery in the background, Old Olive for the middle hill and Always Artichoke in the foreground.  Once the hills were brayered, I sponged some purples over the edges.  Elegant Eggplant on the front hill, Perfect Plum on the middle and Wisteria Wonder on the distant hill.  A hint towards some heather perhaps?  We saw lots of scottish pines on the hillsides so I've added a pine from Lovely as a Tree in Always Artichoke.  My brayered panel was matted onto another panel of Very Vanilla.  Then wrapped some of that gorgeous sparkly Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon around it and added a bow.  My card base is Certainly Celery stamped with the Woodgrain stamp in Always Artichoke.  

Thanks for coming by for a visit today.  Looking forward to seeing your take on this weeks challenge. x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla

Ink - Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant

Stamp - Lovely as a Tree, Woodgrain

Other - Lucky Limeade Organdy 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!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

Misty Hills

My goodness how strange!  I have just made a card for a challenge which uses tearing paper to create hillsides.  And guess what the challenge this week at Less is More is.....Tearing!  So unfortunately I can't show you the card I made for the other challenge but if you come back tomorrow you will see it. 

So with hillsides on my mind, I've created a misty scene using three Stampin' Up! inks - Wisteria Wonder in the background, Perfect Plum in the middle and Elegant Eggplant in the foreground.  Each of the colours was applied using my Brayer and then the edges sponged in that particular colour.  Up up and Away supplied the birds and they were stamped in Elegant Eggplant.  The panel was then mounted onto and Elegant Eggplant mat and attached to a Whisper White card base.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is also stamped in Elegant Eggplant.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for positioning.  Which is one of my must have tools! 

I love those birds from Up Up and Away.  This is one of those stamp sets that you can use all together or the individual elements.  It's so versatile and has cute sentiments too. 

122755 £25.95 Wood 122757 £20.95 Clear

You could earn this set for free as part of my Stampers 6 when it's your hostess.  Have a look at my Virtual hostess Page now as there are limited places left for the new club starting in October.  
I'm very pleased with my end result and think this makes a great masculine card.  

Thanks for your visit today.  I really appreciate it.  x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant

Ink - Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant

Stamp - Up up and Away, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Other - Sponge Dauber, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

Sail Away Father's Day

Another Father's Day card from my last card class.  This time using Sail Away.  

I started with a card base of Bashful Blue.  Then ran some Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White through the Top Note Die.  With the Whisper White layer this was stamped with Woodgrain in Early Espresso.  For the main layer I stamped Sail Away in Early Espresso.  I then brayered the sky in Bashful Blue and the sea in Marina Mist.  Adding some clouds by using torn paper and sponging.  I stamped the boat again on Whisper White and cut out the sails to paper piece onto the original.  I stamped a third time in Cherry Cobbler and did the same.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler.  Then punched out using the Word Window Punch and mounted onto a Modern Label in Marina Mist.  I added brads to the sentiment and the top corner of the main panel. 

A big Hi to Lynda, appreciate you following me!

Thanks for coming in by.  It's always lovely to see you here.  Take care. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Ink - Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist

Stamp - Sail Away, Woodgrain, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Punch - Word Window, Modern Label

Bigz - Top Note

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! 

Ghostly Paisley Petals

My goodness, it's friday again!  And I'm back with another card as Guest Designer at The Friday Mashup.

Here's the challenge for this week -

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using the " Sketch ".
2. Or Make a project using the " Ghosting (aka VersaMark Resist) Technique".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the " Sketch & the Ghosting Technique".

For my card, I loved the white space on the tag in the sketch so decided to leave my tag white.  I mounted it onto Concord Crush, same as the card base.  Added a strip of Lucky Limeade punched with the Scallop Edge Border Punch. The ribbon is a little Old Olive knotted.  Just For You is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is stamped in white onto Concord Crush punched out with the Modern Label Punch. 

My big flower is from Paisley Petals.  I stamped it in Versamark onto some Glossy Paper.  Then sponged Concord Crush into the middle adding Lucky Limeade to the outside edges.   I fussy cut it out and added a brad from Antique Brads and attached it with a Dimensional slightly rounding in the petals.  The sponging gives the whole effect a soft look.

To make the background panel, I again used Glossy Paper and stamped another image from Paisley Petals in Versamark.  This time I used a Brayer to apply Lucky Limeade ink all over it.  You can see the difference when using this method.  The images and ink are 

much more vibrant. This was then matted onto a Whisper White layer. 

I hope you decide to join in this week and have a go at the ghosting technique.  It's great fun to see the images magically appear! 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Concord Crush, Whisper White, Glossy

Ink - Versamark, White, Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade

Stamps - Paisley Petals, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Punch - Scallop Edge Border, Modern Label

Tools - Sponge Daubers, Brayer

Other - Antique Brad, 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensional

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 paper sets from Aprils Gift with Purchase Event that you would like if your order reaches £45!

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

A little bit of Thanks

A little bit of Thanks to my customers this month.  I really enjoyed making these.  So much fun using the Brayer and one of my favourite stamp sets, Pocket Silhouettes.  I love stamp sets that include sentiments.

To achieve the Brayer effect, I firstly rollered off the page on some scrap in Not Quite Navy before gradually bringing it onto the Whisper white card without lifting the Brayer off the paper. 

I did the same at the top initially with Melon Mambo and a little Rich Razzleberry.  The image and sentiment are stamped in Soft Suede.

Hope you've had a great weekend.  Unfortunately the weather here turned quite chilly with wind and rain.  Brrrrr!! 

If you would like to purchase any of the above products then I'd be happy to help, e mail ails300@btinternet.com.  Thanks for visiting. x 

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card: Perfect Plum, Not quite Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Other: Brayer

Eastern skies

Here's card two from my card class last week.

This time we used the Brayer like a roller to make this eastern sky background and stamped an image from Pocket Silhouettes in Soft Suede.  The colours for the sky are Not Quite Navy, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set and punched out using Word Window Punch then mounted onto a Melon Mambo Modern Label punch out.  The main image is mounted onto Rich Razzleberry and the card base is Not Quite Navy.

Once again thanks for looking.  I really enjoyed making this card so I'm sure you'll see more of this style. x

Sail Away Choppy Seas

Good Afternoon Everybody.  Almost the weekend!  

My card today was one that we made at my card class last night.  I'm so excited to show you this because we used the Brayer.  I had so much fun preparing for the class and experimenting different techniques with the Brayer.  So here's how we made it -

First of all we distressed a piece of Night of Navy card stock by using the edge of a nail file top and bottom and then tearing the edges.  This is so much fun and allows a lot of freedom to just,  well, get messy with it.  

The Sailing ship was stamped onto a post it note and the sails cut out.  Then stamped again onto Whisper White card in Night of Navy.  The sails were masked with the cut out sails.

Then we all had a practice with the Brayer.  The idea for this card was to chop the colour into the white piece using random small movements.  It didn't matter if there were lines etc. as it was supposed to quite random, hence the choppy feel.  We used Bashful Blue and then added a little Baja Breeze.

Some twine was attached with a tag stamped from the Tiny Tags set and punched out with the Jewellery Tag punch. 

Finally the card was assembled onto a Crumb Cake card stock.

Thanks for having a look and I'll share our other Brayer card soon. 

Supplies required 

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card:  Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink:  Night of Navy, Bashfull Blue, Baja Breeze

Stamps: Sail Away, Tiny Tags

Punch: Jewellery Tag Punch

Other: Linen Thread

Giving it a Go!

I've had a brayer for quite a while and I'm ashamed to say that it's stayed in it's box.  However not any more because one of the fun things about crafting is having a go at different techniques and just experimenting.  With loads of tutorials on the internet it's easy to try out these techniques for yourself.  You can also use the brayer to ink up large stamps to give an even coverage.

I went with a simple sunset scene.  I punched out a circle from scrap to make a mask.  Then rollered with So Saffron, over this with Real Red stopping short of the bottom and finally with Rich Razzleberry again stopping a little further up.  I stamped the large ferns from Just Believe in Basic Black and mounted it onto a rectangle of Basic Black.  I added a strip of Rich Razzleberry ribbon onto the same colour card then attached this to a Basic Black card base.  The main picture was then added to the front.

Now that I've broken the ice with the brayer so to speak I'll have to practice some more.

Thanks for coming over to visit and a big welcome to Kim.  Thanks for following I hope you come by often. x

Materials Used
All stampin' Up! supplies unless otherwise stated

Card - Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink - So Saffron, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black
Stamps - Just Believe
Ribbon - Rich Razzleberry
Other - Brayer