Deck the Halls

All the eggs have been eaten.  Easter holidays are over.  So it's time to think of Christmas?  No not really but I've joined in with Merry Mondays today and now have another Christmas card for my box!

The challenge is to use Christmas words and decorate the letters.  I've used a sentiment from Christmas Messages as my focal point and decorated the letters with my Real Red and Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers.  I used Chalk Talk Framelits to make the label and decorated with the Little Leaves Sizzlits and Basic Pearls.  The background was made using the Music Note Wheel.  

Funnily enough we were listening to Christmas music today!  I seem to still have a Christmas CD in my car and my son thought it would be funny to put it on with the window down as we drove through our village.  My daughter, her friend and my son's girlfriend were all in the car cringing as Slade's Merry Xmas Everbody blasted out.  

What a giggle!! 

Merry Christmas, I mean Easter to everyone!! xx

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Very Vanilla, Real Red, Sahara Sand

Ink - Sahara Sand, Real Red

Stamp - Christmas Messages

Wheel - Music Notes

Framelit - Chalk Talk

Sizzlits- Little Leaves

Stampin' Write Markers - Real Red, Basic Black

Other - Basic Pearls

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.

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A Kiss to build a Dream on

Happy Monday Everyone!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.  I had a fab time on Saturday demoing at a workshop with the best bunch of ladies.  I'll show you the card we made tomorrow.  For today I'm catching up with a couple of challenges.

Less is More - One layer week with a theme of music

CAS-ual Fridays - Love song.  Choose a song you love to inspire your CAS creation

I've gone for "A kiss to build a dream on" by Jimmy Durante.  My husband and I love the sound track to Sleepless in Seattle.  Not so much the film.  However this song became ours.  We would pretend we could dance when playing it at home and once in a silly mood we danced in a layby as the music played from the car.  What the other drivers thought I don't know!!   When we asked our wedding band if they could play it as our first dance they looked at us strange. We got "Love is all Around" by Wet Wet Wet.  At least our guests weren't exposed to some very silly dancing and instead we did a sedate shuffle!!  Nowadays we are very tame and all fuddy duddy.  No more dancing at home never mind laybys! 

So onto the card.  First off I printed my computer generated sentiment onto Whisper White (Font - Fabulous 50).  I then used my Music Note Wheel in Baja Breeze being quite random and allowing it to fade out.  I stamped the flourish from Everything Eleanor in Basic Black and added the splodges from French Foliage in Pink Pirouette.   I then punched out a few Cherry Cobbler Glimmery Glitter hearts using the Owl Punch and added them to the flourish.

A lovely welcome to Kristie, thanks so much for joining me here.  

Remember to let me know if you are interested in my Stampers 6 (Virtual Hostess) club starting in April.  It's so exciting to receive a lovely parcel of goodies each month.  

Thanks go out to the lovely ladies at Addicted to Stamps and More for choosing my card last week as a winner.  Also thank you to Merry Monday for my honourable mention for this card.

See you all tomorrow. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White

Ink - Basic Black, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette

Stamp - Everything Eleanor, French Foliage

Wheel - Music Notes

Punch - Owl

Other - Cherry Cobbler Glimmer

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 and chase away those winter blues! 

Spaces available 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

Sneak Peek at Stampin' Up!'s Hearts a Flutter

A quick post today, my Hubby gets back today after a fortnight away so my Heart is all a Flutter!! Hee Hee

I've followed the sketch at Less is More for my card. 

I started off by stamping this gorgeous sentiment from Vintage Verses in Cherry Cobbler.  You can get this set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you place an order for £45.  I'd love to organise your parcel of yummy goodies, drop me an email ails300@btinternet.com. 

I still had some Sahara Sand on my desk from my previous card so used it for my banner.  I rollered my Music Notes Wheel and embossed a line above and below.  Then attached it to my Whisper White card base.  

The banner and heart come from the Hearts A Flutter stamp set.  This is a new set from the Spring/Summer catalogue and has matching Framelits.  You can buy the two together in a bundle and save!  Don't worry you don't have long to wait to see the full catalogue as it starts on the 1st Feb. 

The heart is popped up on a Dimensional and a Basic Pearl finishes it off. 

I'm going to use this as a Valentine's card but it could easily suit a Birthday or an Anniversary. 

I can't believe we are almost at February.  I'll be organising my next Stampers 6 starting in April so here's a heads up.  I know I'm going to have spaces available so if you would like to receive a parcel of goodies each month with a small gift from me and hostess benefits in one of those months then please get in touch.  ails300@btinternet.com 

A big welcome to Ardyth thanks for choosing to follow me.  

Keep warm everyone. x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' up!

Card - Whisper White, Sahara Sand

Ink - Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp - Hearts A Flutter, Vintage Verses

Framelit - Hearts A Flutter

Wheel - Music Notes

Other - Dimensional, Basic Pearl

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 and chase away those winter blues! 

Two hearts in Tune

Hi there 

So nice of you to visit during this busy time. 

My card today is for two challenges - Less is More - Anniversary and
Dynamic Duos - Black and Gold with an option of Music

The idea for my card has been buzzing about for a few days amongst everything else!!

I used my Music Notes Wheel to create a musical background for my punched heart.  I corner rounded the Whisper White panel.  Now if I said to you this card has something Christmassy on it, can you guess what it is???...

Yes it's the second heart!  I stamped and embossed in gold one of the lovely Ornament Keepsakes then punched out the centre with the Full Heart Punch.  I love the scroll pattern on this and it looks stunning as a gold embossed ornament too!  I added a Basic Pearl and then a simple sentiment in Basic Black from Pennant Parade.  The Whisper White panel is popped up on Dimensional and the Basic Black card base gives a classy feel.

Only two more days and the kids will be off for Christmas, so much still to do!  I'll dash of now and hopefully be round to visit you later.  Take care x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink - Basic Black, Versamark

Stamp - Ornament Keepsakes

Wheel - Music Notes

Punch - Full Heart

Other - Gold Embossing Powder, Basic Pearl, Dimensionals

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.  

Very Vintage Music Notes Wheels

Oh dear. Dilemmas, dilemmas, dilemmas.  Less is More this week is challenging us to pick 3 challenges from all the previous ones.  So which ones to choose? Well I took a wrong turn with my card and have ended up with different ones to the originals I had chosen. 

My card is 

1. Week 2 - Flower

2. Week 81 - Tearing

3. Week 43 - Bit of Bling

It was going to be Week 6 off the edge but not sure that counts with a layer on a base card and week 83 Brown and Pink until I stuck a purple flower on it!! Lol.  

I was challenging myself to do a bit of vintage which is not a genre I'm that comfortable with.  I like it when I see others just struggle to get there myself. 

So onto how I made it - 

The card base is Crumb Cake with a panel of Whisper White sponged with Soft Suede and one corner torn. I rollered my Music Notes Wheel (right way up I hope Chrissie!) in Soft Suede.  Then on a separate piece I rollered the Very Vintage wheel in Pink Pirouette.  Tore and sponged the edges.  Stamped Happy Birthday from Happiest Birthday Wishes using one of the new In Colours Markers -  Primrose Petals.  

The large flower was one I demonstrated at a recent workshop, so easy to do.  Five Perfect Plum scallop circles spritzed with water and scrumpled up.  Great for the stress levels!!  Then attached all together with a gorgeous Rhinestone Brad.  You then re shape the flower by squoshing it in to the middle and tweaking till your happy.  Once it dries it goes hard and keeps it shape.  Did you like all the technical terms Hee Hee. 

I attached it to my card with a couple of glue dots.  Corner rounded the top corner to echo the torn corner. 

My daughter had a fun afternoon today standing in at the last minute with a theatre group.  The show is in two weeks!  However she loved it and they all looked after her really well.  It helped her big cousin was there as a helper.  So this gave me time alone with my big son which we spent down at Aberdeen beach.  A game of crazy golf, a ride on the rooftop roller coaster and a Mr Whippy 99 ice cream what more could a boy and his Mum wish for! 

Hope you've had a super day and it was sunny with you too.  I look forward to returning your visit. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Ink - Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette

Stamp - Happiest Birthday Wishes

Wheel - Music Notes, Very Vintage

Stampin Write Markers - Primrose Petals

Punch - Scallop Circle

Other - 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!  

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Parade

Not a card to share with you today but a scrapbook page.  This is from a holiday to Disney Florida in 2008 and as we are going back again in a couple of months, I thought I'd better get my skates on to finish my album of the last time we were there.  No doubt I'll come back with another stack of holiday photos. 

My colour scheme was taken from the lovely lady in the top photo dressed as a butterfly.  I used Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo card stock.  The top square of Daffodil Delight has been rollered with the Whimsy roller in the same coloured ink.  I've attached two strips of pink rollered with the Music Notes wheel.  

Once I'd attached my photos I added some butterflies cut out using the embosslits die Beautiful Wings.  I added some So Saffron and Blushing Bride to the butterflies.  A little bit of sparkle was required so I added some Basic Rhinestones to the butterflies.  

Finally the title was stamped in Basic Black using Schoolbook Serif Alphabet on Melon Mambo and mounted onto Daffodil Delight. 

Here's a close up of the lady who gave me my colour inspiration. 

A lovely welcome to Vicky,  Thanks for following and hope you pop back often! 

Thanks for looking and if you are interested in Scrapbooking and would like to have some of the above supplies for your stash then send me an e mail on ails300@btinternet.com.

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card: Melon mambo, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, So Saffron, Blushing Bride

Ink: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo

Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Aphabet, Whimsy Roller, Music Notes Roller

Dies: Beautiful Wings embosslits

Other: Basic Rhinestones

Wheely like Wheels!!

I'm back again with another card for less is more this time using the Music Notes Wheel.  I'm hoping that this still fits within this weeks challenge of a one layer card with a frame.

For this card, I used a Whisper White card base and cut 6cm from the edge.  I then masked and used the wheel to create a music sheet going over the edge of the opening.  The notes were inked with Early Espresso.  I sponged using Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso and Soft Suede.  To try and create a vintage look to my music sheet, I tore a piece of copy paper and laid this randomly over the stamped image and again sponged.

The sentiment, for you, is stamped in Early Espresso from the Occasional Greetings set.

As we are heading towards the end of the school term, I've made this card for my Son to give to his music teacher.  I'll make a different one for my daughter to give to her teacher later.  Then I really must give the wheels back to my friend and put them on my shopping list immediately!

Edit:  Ha Ha Ha........ after all my measuring, careful placing and would you believe checking I had the wheel the right way round, I was wrong!  My music is upside down!!  Doh. I've made 4 cards like this thinking I was right way up.  Thanks Chrissie for pointing it out and letting me know what to look for, hopefully I've got it right this time.  And yes the inking is supposed to be my frame to give the illusion of an old piece of torn music.  Oh dear I'm off to have a lie down.....  

Thanks for taking the time to visit. x

Materials Used
All Stampin' Up! Supplies

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip
Stamps - Music Notes Wheel, Occasional Greetings