Dragonfly Birthday Wishes!

You know sometimes, you have in your head that you have more space on the card front than you actually have? This card is a case in point, as in my head I could fit two dragonflies on it! Instead I layered the two dragonflies for a 3D element ;-)

 Stamp set: Dragonfly Garden, sentiment from Elegantly Said

Ink: Momento black, Pacific Point, Gorgeous Grape, 

watercolor pencils for flowers

Card stock: In Color Shimmer Vellum (Fresh Freesia), 

Whisper White, Vellum

Accessories: Dragonflies punch, assorted gems and sequins

Keep Shimmering in the Sunshine, 

GenGen xxxx

Anniversary Wishes

 Some of the detail of the new Designer Series Papers is so stunning your card design can really be less is more ;-) this is from the Simply Elegant Suite

Stamp Set: Elegantly Said

Ink: Basic Grey

Card stock: Whisper White, Gold Foil, Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Gold 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon, Triple Banner Punch

Keep Simply Crafting, GenGen xxxx

Niece turns Nineteen 😇

 My fabulous niece down under turned 19 this year. She has a love of angel wings, pearls and simple colours; and I have a need to keep using retired items, but mix it up with some new ones too, like this gorgeous In Color Shimmer Vellum

These White velvet wings are taken from the Dove of Hope die set, and a simple punched a heart which I coloured with one of the new blending brushes. The sentiment from the Artistically Inked stamp set, all in Polished Pink, on a background of Linen ribbon and added pearl embellishments.

Keep on crafting love across the miles,

GenGen xxxx

Teenage Twins!

 Somehow the twins are 13!!!! Where on earth did that time go? This year their current obsession is Harry Potter, which as you can imagine caused a little concern for me, as SU don't do specific HP stamps, but MY obsession with all things witchy and Halloween, and an inability to release retired stamp sets and matching dies, stood me in good stead for resources - hee hee hee!

So Gryffindor colours of Real Real and Mango Melody . . . 

. . . . and Hufflepuff colours of Basic Black and Daffodil Delight.

Retired border star punch, numbers hand cut from an internet resource, quidditch broom, cat and frog from the Cauldron Bubble bundle.

In my quirky head a gift of a Pottery Workshop for this creative duo seemed the obvious choice :-)

Keep on crafting, GenGen xxxx