French Foliage Thinking of You

Finally I'm here with a card for Less is More, later than I would have liked. 

Our challenge from the lovely Limettes is to include HARDWARE on your card.  Mines is in the form of this lovely Brushed Bronze button currently available in the Stampin' Up's Autumn/Winter catalogue.  I bought these buttons specifically for autumn cards and also scrapbook pages.  

I used my favourite leaves - French Foliage.  A little rolling and tapping in Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red.  I stamped the sentiment from Sincere Salutations (now retired) in Riding Hood Red.  A little Linen Thread crossed through the button finishes it off.  Did you notice my card base?  It's the lovely Natural Ivory Card perfect to carry on the nature look. 

Hope your week is stress free.  Take care. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin Up 

Card - Natural Ivory, Very Vanilla

Ink - Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red, Cajun Craze

Stamp - French Foliage, Sincere Salutations (now retired)

Other - Linen Thread, Brushed Bronze Button

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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Stampin Up Paisley Petals Gift Boxes

Here's some little gift boxes that I made up for my Stampers 6 ladies.  This was the last month of their current Virtual Hostess club so I wanted to make something a little special.  

I'm so pleased how these came out and they weren't hard to put together either using Stampin' Up!'s Scoring Tool.  Have a closer look.

I used Early Espresso card stock and Paisley Petals Designer Papers.  I started off by making the box.

I used the 1" Circle Punch and the Word Window Punch to create the apertures for my gifts to sit in.   The top cover was cut with the Labels Collection Framelits die.  I also used the framelits to make a small label for my sentiment from SIncere Salutations stamped in Early Espresso.  I attached a sentiment tag to the front with a Brad.  The tag on the front is from Tea Shoppe stamped in Early Espresso and punched out with the Modern Label Punch.  Some Linen Thread looped through the box holds the flap in place.  

I like putting a little gift into my ladies bags as a little surprise.  Is joining a Stampers 6 club something that would be of interest to you?  If it is then give me a call or e mail me to discuss further.

I thought I'd share a photo taken a couple of weeks ago when we had a little heat wave.  I was in shorts and a t shirt now its padded jackets! 

 This is Slains Castle just up the road from Aberdeen and only just discovered by us.  It was Bram Stokers inspiration for the castle of Count Dracula and sits right on the cliff edge.  We had a fab day here exploring and going to the beach at Cruden Bay.

Isn't this fabulous and it's right on our door step.  I did dip my toes, icy cold water of the North Sea.  Very refreshing. 

Take Care. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink - Early Espresso

Stamp - Tea Shoppe, Sincere Salutations 

Punch - 1" Circle, Word Window, Modern Label

Framelits - Labels Collection

Designer Papers - Paisley Petals

Other - Brad, Linen Thread

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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Phew what a faff!

Dear Oh!  This has been a difficult post!  Our router died so no intersnetty for us.  So I'm sitting in our local Dobbies in Aberdeen with a cuppa writing this post.  Very civilised!  Perhaps this is how we all should do our blog posts!! 

I really wanted to join into Less is More this week which is a one layer week with a theme of foliage.  This first card is actually the second one I thought of.  I've stamped the small leaf from Stampin' Up!'s Lovely as a Tree in Versamark then embossed with gold embossing powder.  Then I used a blender pen to pick colour direct from my ink pads - More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  Here's a photo to show the embossing. 

The sentiment is from Petite Pairs and I used the Glossy cardstock.  

So this is actually the first card I made and is also for the Less is More challenge.  This time I stamped a scattering of leaves and embossed in white embossing powder.  Then sponged on More Mustard, Tangerine Tango and Cajun Craze.  The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations (one of the retiring stamp sets) and is stamped in Cajun Craze.  This card is also using the glossy cardstock. 

Mmmm now I've finished my coffee do I go get a fancy cake???

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Glossy

Ink - More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze

Stamp - Lovely as a Tree, Petite Pairs, Sincere Salutations

Other - Versamark, Sponge Daubers, White Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

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!  

Get in touch now to join my Stampers 6 (look at the Virtual Hostess Page for details) starting in October, only 2 places left!! 

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Get Well Bulrushes Stampin' Up! style

There's a new challenge site - CASology - which I've been meaning to join in with but have only got round to it today.  

You are given a cue card to make a Clean and Simple card from.  I must admit to being stumped when I saw Pond!

However I kept coming back to Bulrushes and thought the Word Window Punch would be perfect for them.  I used Daffodil Delight to create the heads and sponged down one side to give a little dimension.   I always have a bag of strips so attached a couple of stalks in Old Olive.  I punched an oval out of the bottom section of my Whisper White panel using the Extra Large Oval Punch then corner rounded each of the corners.  I attached some Night of Navy to the base card to show through the oval. Stamped my sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Night of Navy then attached my panel to the Whisper White base card with Dimensionals.  The bulrushes were then added to the panel before adding a strip of Old Olive along the bottom.

Having been stumped I'm really pleased how it's turned out.  

I'd like to say Hello to Barbara thank you for following me, I hope you pop by often. 

Thanks for visiting me today. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Stamp - Sincere Salutations

Ink - Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight

Punch - Extra Large Oval, Word Window

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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Pastel Mixed Bunch

Hi there, glad you've dropped in! 

I got a pastel card for you today using the fabulous Mixed Bunch stamp set.  I think this one would also look fab embossed in black.  I've just stamped it directly onto Whisper White in Basic Black and coloured using my Stampin' Write Markers - Marina Mist and Pink Pirouette.   I drew a line with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to create a stem.  I distressed the edges with my Craft Rubber Scissors, attached it to a Pink Pirouette mat and then onto the Marina Mist card base.  

The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations stamped in Marina Mist.  Should have been slightly over to the right but oh well!! 

I've dressed up my flowers with some Marina Mist ribbon and a Basic Rhinestone in the middle. 

Thanks for popping in by and I look forward to catching up with you too!  Have a great weekend. x

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Ink - Basic Black, Marina Mist

Stamp - Mixed Bunch, Sincere Salutations

Stampin' Write Markers - Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette

Other - Basic Rhinestone, 1/4" Marina Mist 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.  

Best Wishes Rosette Flowers

Hi Everyone.  

The rain has finally caught up with us in the North East.  Hope it's dry where you are. 

This card is for a new challenge Dynamic Duos and I better get my skates on because their first week closes today.  Here's the challenge -

You've only to use the two colours in your challenge apart from neutrals.  If you don't have these exact colours you can choose ones that are close to them. 

I love the two colours together but haven't had a chance till now to have a play at making a card.  So here's how I made it - 

I used Pool Party for my card base then added a Whisper White layer which was embossed with Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  Down one edge of the card I've embossed lines using my new fabby Scoring Tool. 

Also using the scoring tool I made two rosettes out of Sale-A-Bration Designer Paper.  I punched out circles for the middles in Lucky Limeade and Pool Party.  Added a Designer Brad to the largest rosette in Lucky Limeade and for the smaller I used a normal brad in Old Olive (this was my nearest colour).  

I punched out branches using the Bird Builder Punch and then used the little flower punch from Itty Bitty Shapes to make white blossom.  I snipped the flowers so the curled a little and then popped a Basic Rhinestone into each one. 

For my sentiment I stamped Best Wishes in Pool Party from Sincere Salutations and punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch.  I added some more bling under the sentiment actually to hide a little smudge from my stamping.  Ooops but a happy end result. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your visit.  Take care. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Pool Party, Whisper White. Lucky Limeade

Ink - Pool Party

Stamp - Sincere Salutations

Punch - Decorative Label, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, Bird Builder

Paper - Everyday Enchantment (retired SAB)

Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots

Tools - Big Shot, Scoring Tool

Other - Basic Rhinestones, Brads

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.  

Everything Eleanor Best Wishes

I may be put on the naughty step for this one because I've taken a lot of liberty with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

What do you think? 

My tall panel sits above the top of the card and is Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler.  I stamped the superb swirl in Basic Black.  I can see this stamp being used loads!  Wouldn't it be fab on scrapbook pages too? 

The smaller rectangle is my large frame stamped in Soft Suede and cut out.  Best Wishes is from Sincere Salutations and stamped in Basic Black.  I've brought this part of the sketch to the foreground and popped it up on Dimensionals.  I've also added Baja Breeze Pleated Satin Ribbon with one side tucked under the tall panel and the other creating a small loop. 

The circle element is my bunch of flowers stamped in Baja Breeze and cut out.  The main flower has two layers with some Basic Pearls in the middle.

I hope you can still see the elements of the sketch.  Why not have a go yourself.  Thanks for stopping in past and for all your lovely comments.  They mean a lot! x 

Supplies Used

Card - Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler

Ink - Basic Black, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze

Stamps - Everything Eleanor, Sincere Salutations

Other - Baja Breeze Pleated Satin 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.  

Pink, Girlie and Bling

My card today is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. 

I thought I'd use some bright colours and give you another sneak peak from the new catalogue.  This time using one of the stamps from Mixed Bunch.  I stamped it twice in Melon Mambo and punched it out using the co-ordinating Blossom Punch.  Another newbie from the mini catalogue.  I layered them up and curled the top layers petals.  I used another one of the stamps from the set and punched out a centre piece using the 1/2" Circle Punch. 

For the background panel I stamped a pattern in Basic Black onto Melon Mambo and then matted it onto Basic Black. 

I added a sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Melon Mambo and finished the card off with some Basic Rhinestones. 

Thanks for coming in past.  A big Hi to Rachel, thanks for choosing to follow me.  x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Ink - Melon Mambo, Basic Black

Stamp - Mixed Bunch, Sincere Salutations

Punch - Blossom Punch, 1/2" Circle

Other - Basic Rhinestones

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!

Mines a 99!

My favourite ice cream is a Mr Whippy 99.  Mmmmm yum!  Not a day for one today though, lots of rain and a bit too chilly.

My card today features an ice cream with a triple scoop.  The cone is from Pennant Parade stamped in Soft Suede, punched out with the Petite Pennant Builder Punch.  The scoops are from the Create a Cupcake Builder Punch in Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette and Soft Suede. 

I embossed a panel of Very Vanilla in the Square Lattice Folder and matted onto Soft Suede.  I added a strip of Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper behind it also matted onto Soft Suede. 

And a little sneak peak from the new mini out at the beginning of May.  Can't say much more but look at the fancy mat I've created for my sentiment.  The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations and is stamped in Soft Suede.

The card base is Marina Mist.

The colours are from the Simply Stampin' Challenge.

I hope it's drier with you.  Happy crafting. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette

Ink - Soft Suede

Stamp - Pennant Parade, Sincere Salutations

Punch - Petite Pennant Builder, Create A Cupcake Builder

Paper - Beau Chateau

Other - Framelits, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

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!

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

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

Manhattan in the pink

Today I'm sharing one of the cards that I made for my card class last week. 

I started of with a Crumb Cake base then layered it with some Blushing Bride card stock after rounding the corners with the 3/16" corner small punch.  I used the Top Note Bigz Die to cut some Very Vanilla which was then placed into the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder.  The edges were sponged with Crumb Cake and a little Old Olive.  The embossed lines and the center of the roses were sponged with Real Red working from the centers out to the edges.  The sentiment "Birthday Wishes" from Sincere Salutations was stamped in Blushing Bride on Very Vanilla and punched out using the Decorative Label Punch.  I'm loving this punch and use it a lot.  Again the edges were sponged with Crumb Cake and Old Olive using my Sponge Daubers another must have tool.  The label was popped up on a couple of dimensionals.  

You could really go to town with this adding ribbon, frills, gems etc.

Thanks for looking.  If you live in the area and fancy coming along to one of my classes then drop me an e mail or if you just wish to purchase some of the supplies for the above card then I'd be happy to help. 

ails300@btinternet.com 

Thanks So Much

A little card to share today.  This is my thank you card for last months Stampers 6 Club. I really appreciate my customers and like to put in a little thank you card with their orders.

I've used Crumb Cake as my card base and stamped using the same ink some of the hearts from the I {heart} hearts set. Then stamped a further heart in Marina Mist on Whisper White card and cut out.  This was popped up on a couple of dimensionals.  The "Thanks so Much" is from Sincere Salutations set and i used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up along the bottom.

Very simple and straightforward.  If you would like any of the supplies to make this card then I'd be pleased to help.  E mail me on ails300@btinternet.com.

If you would like to join my NEW STAMPERS 6 starting in October, then I have places available.  It's a great way to spread your crafting costs and gradually work through your wish list.  Our new catalogue comes out at the beginning of October so lots of new goodies to peruse.  If you would be interested then drop me an e mail - ails300@btinternet.com.

Thanks for your time. x

Flight of the Butterflies

This is a card I made for one of my lovely ladies in my Stampers 6 club who's birthday it was at the weekend.

The card base is Bashful Blue.  I ran some Whisper White through the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder and attached this to the card base. I stamped Best Wishes from Sincere Salutations in Bashful Blue.  I then added some butterflies in Pacific Point and Bashful Blue using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  The large butterfly has three Basic Rhinestones added for some bling.

It was such a rainy day here today, hope it was better with you. x

Supplies Required
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card:  Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Pacific Point
Ink: Bashful Blue
Stamps: Sincere Salutations
Tools: Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Basic Rhinestones

The above supplies can be purchased by from myself by contacting me on ails300@btinternet.com.

It's an Elegant Soiree sort of day!

I feel very indulgent today.  I decided to reach for my Designer Series Papers and Elegant Soiree caught my eye.  These are a lovely set of papers in soft colours.  

I started off with a Basic Grey textured card in 6" by 6".  I then cut two panels from one of the sheets of paper.  I mounted them on Baja Breeze card showing the opposite patterns.  Then I chose one of the other patterns so cut a 3" by 3" square and again mounted it on Baja Breeze and off set this over the patterned panels.  

The final element is the sentiment.  I used Sincere Salutations Best Wishes and stamped it in Baja Breeze on Whisper White.  I then punched it out with 1 3/4" Oval Large.  I used this punch to punch out a second oval in Crumb Cake.  This oval was cut in half and attached to the sentiment to give a border.  I then attached this to a frame from the Four Frames set.  The frame was stamped in Baja Breeze on Baja Breeze card then punched out with the Decorative Label Punch. 

So this is my indulgent card which I've enjoyed making today with very little stamping involved.  

You can make this card using the above supplies which can be ordered through myself by contacting me on ails300@btinternet.com.  I'd be happy to help with your crafting needs. 

Well the end of my day wasn't very elegant nor a soiree.  I was standing at the bottom of a ladder holding it whilst my hubby attempted to clean out our gutters raining dirt, moss etc over me!  Neither of us are very keen on heights so glad it's done and we are no longer growing bushes on the roof. 

So I'll sign off by wishing you a happy weekend and thanks for visiting. x