Fruit and Flowers Best Wishes

The Friday Mashup this week is all about colour - Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, and Blushing Bride.  You can create a project with these colours or use paper piercing or mash it up and do both.  I've combined this with the sketch challenge over at Simply Stampin' - 

I love these colours together, they are so yummy.  I've made a best wishes card but it could pass for lots of occasions. 

My card base is Riding Hood Red.  I matted Early Espresso onto Blushing Bride after embossing it with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.  I then punched out 6 squares of Blushing Bride using the 1 3/8" square punch and 6 squares of Very Vanilla with the 1 1/4" square punch.  I corner rounded two edges on each of the Very Vanilla squares and sponged the edges with Riding Hood Red.  The flower is from Fruit and Flowers.  It was first stamped in Blushing Bride and the edges rolled in Riding Hood Red. The sentiment square was stamped with the flower in Blushing Bride only and was stamped off first so it faded into the background.  The sentiment itself is from Silhouette Sentiments and stamped in Riding Hood Red.  

Tomorrow is the launch of SALE-A-BRATION.  

This is one of the best times so stock up on your Stampin' Up! goodies because -

For every £45 spent you receive a stamp set for free!  

Host a party and if your workshop reaches a sales total of £300 then you receive a stamp set for free in addition to all the usual hostess benefits. 

Join Stampin' Up! for only £119 and choose any current stamp set within the current catalogues for free! 

So do call back tomorrow when I will post the brochure so you can look over the gorgeous free stamp sets and also this year there is the choice of a set of designer series papers.

Thanks for calling in today, look forward to seeing you tomorrow. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla

Ink - Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride

Stamps - Fruit and Flowers, Silhouette Sentiments (now retired)

Punch - Corner Rounder, 1 3/8" square, 1 1/4" square

Embossing Folder - Vintage Wallpaper

Other - Sponge Dauber

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. x

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

Lovely as a Tree Thinking of You

Here's my card for CASual Fridays challenge which has joined with Clean and Simple Stamping.  Two challenges in one! This is the sketch we were given to follow - 

For my card I've gone with a Crumb Cake card base and teamed it with some Perfect Plum and attached a Whisper White panel.  The tree is from Lovely as a Tree and is stamped in Elegant Eggplant.  I sponged some Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant across the bottom and carried it over the card base.  The sentiment "Thinking of You" is from another stamp set Silhouette Sentiments.  I punched it out with the Word Window Punch then re inserted one end back into the punch to make it shorter.  This is layered onto Perfect Plum punched out with the Modern Label Extra-Large Punch. 

I had a lovely fun day with some close friends who are truly bitten by the crafting bug.  We are all learning together and passing on skills to each other whilst having a laugh.  It also kept me occupied so I was not thinking of my (or rather worrying about) my eldest who started secondary school today!  

If you would like any of the supplies featured in the above card then you can contact me on ails300@btinternet.com.

Thanks for looking. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card:  Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum, Whisper White

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Silhouette Sentiments

Punches: Modern Label Extra Large, Word Window

Other: Sponge Daubers

A little thanks

Just a little card today.  This is a Thank You I made for my lovely customers which I forgot to post.  Isn't it sweet? 

It's a 3" by 3" Whisper White card.  I masked off an area and added some sponging using Old Olive and a little Real Red.  I then used my markers, Old Olive and Real Red, to colour the little flower from Silhouette Sentiments.  The Thank You was stamped in Old Olive and positioned it with my Stamp-a-ma-jig.  Some Old Olive ribbon finishes off the top.  

If you like this ribbon then I currently have a ribbon share where you can have 1 meter of each of the colours - a total of 13 meters.  Click here to see earlier post and details.  Also there is still time to get a little Extra Extra from you workshop or order - See side bar! 

Must dash we are off to Glasgow today, hope it's not raining there! x 

Poppy Parade and Silhouette Sentiments

I found another sketch to follow over at the Friday Mashup.  I chose to use Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait.

I made a little scene using Silhouette Sentiments.  Sponging in the background with some Pear Pizzazz and Bashful Blue.  The corners were rounded and mounted onto Poppy Parade card stock.  The background paper is Poppy Parade from the In Colour Hostess Level 1 gift set.  This was attached to a Poppy Parade card base.

The sentiment was stamped in Pear Pizzazz.  It was punched out with the Word Window punch then mounted onto Poppy Parade and punched out with the Modern Label Extra-Large punch.  The Boho Blossoms Punch was used to make the little flower in the corner.  A large pearl finishes of the flower.

If you would like any of the supplies required to make this card then you order them through myself by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or calling 07827923123.  Remember you can earn the In Colour Designer Series Paper pack and the Silhouette Sentiments for free with a qualifying order.

Today was my son's Primary 7 Leavers concert.  They all performed really well and I was very proud of them all even when some became emotional they carried on like true troopers.  I'm sure there were quite a few teary eyes in the audience too, mine included, especially when they ended with "You've got a friend in me."  But hey ho onto the next chapter!

Thanks for taking the time to visit it's very much appreciated and if you leave a comment I'll be sure to come visit you. x

Birthdays and Thank You's

Good evening to you all.  

Tonight I wanted to share with you some cards that I made with my daughter, Holly.  She was invited to a birthday party on Saturday so we made a card for her friend.  

She chose the colours - Melon mambo for the card base, Perfect Plum and Pear Pizzazz. The stamp sets she chose were - Fox and friends, Silhouette Sentiments and Punch Bunch.  Together we put together the layout.  I showed her how to make a sponged background and let her have a go.  She also had a shot of stamping the little flowers.  I explained how we could have put some colour on the flowers by using Mum's magic pens (blender pens).  She chose the tortoise because she said her friend likes turtles!  We stamped it in crumb cake.  I then showed her the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die and she decided where the butterflies were to go.  I was surprised but pleased to see that she understood perspective as she explained "The smaller butterflies are further away."  I helped her to punch out the true friend stamp with the 1" punch.  It was mounted using the 1 1/4" punch.  We then punched out some perfect plum using the Modern Label Extra-Large to finish off our sentiment.  

We also decorated the middle but she had it written out before I could take a photo of the inside! 

Now after her play yesterday she was itching to have a go at her Thank You cards which we hadn't gotten around to.  Her birthday was in April when she turned 9.  This time I cut out whisper white squares and once she had chosen her ink colours and stamp sets, left her to it.  I didn't want to influence her, you know how it is, you always want to say don't stamp it there or use these colours etc. 

Well here's what she come up with.  Aren't they wonderful? 

Did you notice the owl card is a little shorter than the others?

 

 Well here's the story.  She was only supposed to make the panels but decided to make up the full card using my paper trimmer too I might add!  She tried hard but well super squint lines so a rescue was in order.  However she had put the colours together, mounted the panel onto bashful blue with a blue strip along the bottom and stamped the thank you.  She had also sat the owl on the branch without the use of a stamp-a-ma-jig!  However if she had known about it I'm sure she would have given that a go too.  Did you notice the little flowers?  Yep you guessed it she used my magic pen picking up ink from a palette of ink on the stamp pad.  Good grief she must have been soaking it all in!  

I've highlighted this one because after rescuing the owl card I reiterated that she should only do the panels, I would do the cutting out but she could continue to chose the colours etc.  After a bit of a thump and crash I went back in to see what was up and here she was trying to use the Beautiful Wings Embosslit on her own!!  Well it is part of the panel.  Her fox does look cute with it's black additions though.  

I can hear her little voice now from when she was 2 saying "I do it!" 

Sorry folks this has been a long post but i hope you don't mind my indulgence.  I told her that i would post her cards on here and that any comments would be hers so please if you would be so kind to let her know what you think.  

Thanks again. x

Punch Potpourri Best Wishes

A simple post tonight.  This card uses the Punch Potpourri stamp set which is available as a hostess set only.  Each of the stamps has a matching punch.  Super easy! 

On this card I've used basic black as the card blank.  A swatch of real red with a strip of whisper white for the background.  I stamped the heart in real red on whisper white and punched it out.  This was then attached over the white strip.  The bird is actually stamped in versamark then heat embossed with black embossing powder and punched out.  I popped up the bird with a dimensional.  The sentiment is Best Wishes from Silhouette Sentiments and was also stamped with versamark and then black embossed.  

I'd like to enter this as my second card for less is more. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to comment.  I love this challenge blog, everyone is so friendly and there's loads of inspiration.  See you next time. x 

Monkeying Around

A quick post tonight to share a fun card.  This card is on pear pizzazz and the central panel is mounted onto chocolate chip.  I stamped the monkey from Fox and Friends in chocolate chip ink on whisper white card, linking their tails using my stamp-a-ma-jig.  The heart is from the So Happy For You set and I covered it with crystal effects.  The "Thinking of You" is from Silhouette Sentiments with a line drawn at either side. 

Have a good evening. x

Materials Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card: Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Stamps: Fox and Friends, So Happy For You, Silhouette Sentiments

Other: Crystal Effects

Silhouette Sentiments and Less is More - A touch of red

Oh dear once you get started on something...... well my favourite colour is red!  

As I am still enjoying playing with the masking and sponging technique, I wanted to have a go at sponging an area and putting a silhouette in front.  Silhouette sentiments are perfect for this.    I punched out a mask using the 1 1/4 square large, punching it twice to create a rectangle.  Then sponged using real red, pumpkin pie and so saffron onto the whisper white card base.  The image and sentiment were stamped using chocolate chip.  

I'm really chuffed with my first attempt at this style. Have a look over at the Less is More blog there are loads of very talented entries. 

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there! x  

Less is More - A touch of red

Well I've had great fun today making cards for this weeks challenge over at Less is More which is to include a touch of red.  It really is a fab blog, very friendly and very addictive! 

This wasn't my first idea.  My first idea was the card below.  However I noticed, with a very fast entry, Zoe had used the motorcycle on her card.   So I thought I'd attempt something else.  

I came up with Silhouette Sentiments which I hadn't gotten round to using yet.  This set can't be bought but can be earned as a Hostess Benefit when you host a workshop or place an order for £150. 

I thought the little flower would look great coloured red.  I used my stampin' write markers in real red and pear pizzazz.  I enjoyed using the markers to colour the stamps for a change as it gave a slightly more water coloured effect.  I stamped them in a row on whisper white using my stamp-a-ma-jig for positioning.  This was mounted on real red and placed on a pear pizzazz card base.  The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in pear pizzazz onto whisper white and punched out using the large tag.  To make it smaller I repositioned the tag back into the punch and punched it again.

As I had already stamped and coloured the motorbike I decided to go ahead and make up the card - 

The motorcycle is one of the new stamps from the mini catalogue and as my husband is a keen biker it really was a must have.  His bike is red so first time out it had to be red didn't it?! 

I stamped the bike onto whisper white and mounted it onto basic black.  I then used one of our brand new embossing folders - square lattice on real red card stock to make a strip behind the image.  How brill is it that we now have the Big Shot, dies and embossing folders for Stampin' Up!?  The Happy Birthday is from the Basic Phrases set and stamped in whisper white.  

As I really like this card I'm going to put this one into the challenge, although the image is the same as Zoe's the cards look completely different. 

Thanks for having a look at my cards.  Your comments are very much appreciated. x