Seriously starred!

It's easy to get carried away with new stamp sets and matching dies! It really doesn't take a lot for me to be tempted :-)

 

It seems an age ago that it was my brother's Birthday, but at least he can't spy his Birthday card here before it arrives down under!

 

Stamp Sets: Sassy Salutations, Be the Star

Ink: Pacific Point, Versa Ink & Silver Emboss Powder

Card stock: Whisper white, Pacific Point

Accessories: Stars Thinlits for the Big Shot

 

Along the same lines, here in a male and female theme . . .

 

 

Melon mambo and Blushing bride colours for the girls, while the boys are Coastal cabana and Pacific point. Now, if I could just have enough in stock to keep up with my friends talented teenagers! Well done Jordan and Louis - proving what stars you are!

 

 

Keep on crafting! I'm looking forward to stellar inspired Christmas cards this year, just need a little time to play :-) GenGen xxxx





Blendabilities - who doesn't like colouring in!

I've always been a fan of colouring in, so Blendabilities gives me the perfect excuse to Keep Calm and Carry on Colouring In!!

 

Stamp sets: Everything Eleanor for the background swirl, Something to Say for the Greeting

Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Card stock: Old Olive, Watercolour card

Blendabilities: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Word Window punch

 

 

I also bought the colour lifter and playing around with it, you can lift colour, which looks like light I think ;-)

 

As well as the excitement of totally new products I have managed to tempt myself with a new stamp set (Cupcake Party) for the Cupcake Builder Punch I already have :-)

 

 



Any excuse to use some retired DSP that we all have hanging around, in varying shades of Pacific Point and Soft Sky, and then just for fun . . .

 

 

. . . a Real Red and Chocolate Chip combination with Red Glimmer Paper as a background, with a cheery cherry on the top, a real less is more card!

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxxx

In colours 2014-2016

I had such high hopes for my week off, and somehow I'm at the end! So if I do nothing else I WILL update my blog!! So here goes, a couple more of my examples of playing around!

 

This is the fabulous Flowering Flourishes stamp, printed in Mossy Meadow ink, with flower details printed from the Something to Say stamp set with the matching Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, printed in Lost Lagoon and Blackberry Bliss - also plainly punched out of this cardstock too. With simple pearl embellishments and sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

Continuing with the In Colour creations I made this card for a friend who is winning his fight. Although the large Star is from a retired stamp set, all the rest is up to date - honest!. As well as the Something to Say stamp set, which I used the Banner Framelit die for the whisper white pennant with Lost Lagoon Ink, I've used the Perfect Pennants stamp set, and squeezed in some bunting for this fabulous celebration! The bunting at the top is of course the Banner punch and the star from the Itty Bitty Punch pack. You can never have too much bunting, or restorative cake ;-)

Keep on crafting - it's the ideal shade in the heat of the day :-)
Gen xxxx

 





Birthday Catch up!

This week saw the terrific twelfth Birthday for my niece Down Under. Hope you had a really wonderful Birthday - thought I would add a bit of sparkle to the Australian winter with this . . .
 

Stamp: Swallowtail

Card stock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White & Silver glimmer paper

Ink: Versa mark & Tempting Turquoise embossing powder 

Accessories: Simple numbers for Big Shot, retired flower embossing folder for front panel, large rhinestones for flower centres

 

 

My first attempt at a stepper card, but quite pleased with the result :-)

 

Today is my Seriously Sassy Septuagenarian Dad's Birthday, I know he won't mind me letting people know his age, (a bit of give away when you see inside his card), as he is blissfully unaware of virtual media and the like. Although has just had Birthday greetings from Australia via the wonders of Skype :-)

 

 

As you can see from the front of the card, the numbers are quite subtle!

 

Stamp sets: Another Great Year (retired) and the star from Something to say.

Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Real Red and Pear pizzazz DSP inside.

Ink: Memento Ink, Real Red and Old Olive Blendabilities (also my first attempt).

Accessories: Card base Pop 'n' Cuts & Deco Labels dies for Big Shot, Simple Die numbers, Small scalloped trimmer blade for Stampin' Trimmer 

 

 

Here's hoping your Birthday is as Sensational as you are Dad ;-)

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxxx

New Catalogue - In colours!

So with the launch of the NEW catalogue there is a new set of

In Colours for 2014-2016!

 

The new colours are

Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow and Tangelo Twist

and I've used these colours in my first projects.

 

 

Stamp set: Summer Silhouettes, Petite Pairs

Cardstock: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss

Inks: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist

Accessories: Lost Lagoon 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

 

 

Stamp sets: Sassy Salutations, Summer Silhouettes

Cardstock: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss, Tangelo Tango

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxxx

 



Birthdays birthdays everywhere!

In the greater scheme of things I should realistically be posting new projects I have done with my pre-order goodies, but as always I'm running a little behind! To the degree that these cards are from June!!

 

Here is the card I made earlier! Just when I've been playing around with colours and shading SU release BLENDABILITIES, so you can guess what is at the top of my new Wish List ;-) Although this stamp set is now retired I think colouring in will still be a favourite relaxation, just to get the hang of blending - hee hee hee! As always this card has a real less is more approach, keeping to a blue palette for a boy!

 

 

Somehow 6 years have passed and the twins L&E celebrated a sensational sixth Birthday! As you can see my love of numbers and words and bagging a bargain with the retired candles jumbo wheel has had a big influence! Six candles to celebrate six years - where has the time gone?

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxxx 





Just a quick post - Tidy up time!

So I have been struggling for some time to get a sorting system that I can cope with and means that I can access my stamps easily, so thought I would share my latest idea.

 

 

Being a serious fan of the new tag top punch and chalk marker pens for that blackboard look I have grouped my stamps into the woven boxes of my craft unit, and although I was tempted to print on them I realised I had quite a few punches too which would illustrate the group ;-)

Still fighting to clear the craft room though, but it's always good to have a project on the go - maybe that's where I'm going wrong though as it ALWAYS more than one project on the go!

 - hee hee hee - keep on crafting, Gen xxxx