Magical Birthday Wishes

Sometimes I can't resist retiring stamp sets, 

especially when someone sharing your Birthday still loves unicorns!

Stamp Set: Leave a Little Sparkle, retired greeting

Card stock: Whisper White, Lovely Lipstick and Rich Razzleberry

Ink: Momento, Lovely Lipstick, Rich Razzleberry and watercolour pencil for the mane and tail.

Keep on believing in Magic,

GenGen xxxx

Ornate Garden Suite

 A very dear friend of mine had a 90th Birthday in Lockdown,

 so I thought her card should reflect her golden age.

Stamp set: From the Looking Up Card Kit

Ink: Gold

Card: Whisper White, Gold Foil, 

Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Ornate Layers Dies, gold ribbon.

As I had gone with gold reflection, I kept it simple,

keep on card making, GenGen xxxx

Somehow it's July!

You would think without the focus of work, and with more unfinished projects facing me than I'd like to admit, that I would have used the time off constructively and posted all my efforts here!

The reality is that I enjoyed stopping and spending time with family. I've only recently started playing with new goodies from the new Main Catalogue, but anyone who knows me, won't be surprised that I'm this last minute ;-)

It's no surprise that I was taken with the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle,

 and the co-ordinating Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper allows instant sunshine in this case, with minimal stamping, but I love the matching die and used the DSP as inspiration.

Stamp: Retired ;-) as is the punch

(naughty hoarding Genevieve)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight 

and Flowers for Every Season DSP 6"x6"

Ink: Gold

Accessories: 2020-2022 In Colour Enamel Dots

Keep on spreading the love with card making,

GenGen xxxx

Easter in Lock down!

Usually I have family round for feasting at Easter time, 

but this year we all celebrated in our own homes.

It just meant the Easter Bunny needed to enrol the Post man!

Anyone who knows me, will know I struggle enormously to make more than one card that I design, so this helped me to get over this issue ;-)

Stamp set: Wildly Happy

Ink: Stazon On Saddle Brown, Balmy Blue and Sponge Brayer, 

water colour pencils and blender pens

Card stock: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, 

retired Gingham DSP

Accessories: Word Wishes Dies, retired grass die ;-)

As you can see I'm hoarding SU retired stock,

keep on crafting, GenGen xxxx

Social distanced Celebrations

As always with Sale-A-Bration

 there are stamp sets that jump out as soon as I see them, 

and who can resist meercats?

It seemed mean to put the Meercats 2 metres away,

as we couldn't gather together for our usual celebrations.

Stamp set: The Gang's All Meer, Perennial Birthday

Ink: Staz On Saddle brown, watercolour pencil and blender pen, Pacific Point and Bermuda Bay

Card stock: Pacific Point, retired DSP, Whisper White

Keep on crafting in your virtual gang,

GenGen xxxx

Thank You Thursday!

Just as Clapping for Carers comes to a close,

I thought I would share the sign I  have in my window.

I simply used rainbow card stock with the Stitched Stars Dies, and Rainbow Glimmer Paper for the Thank You Die.

As well as the NHS, living in a rural community, my thanks go to the Post Office workers, Posties, Delivery men & women, Shops workers and my neighbours.

Stay safe, GenGen xxxx

Birch Bark Birthday

Sometimes I struggle with cards for males, 

but always love to opportunity for a background stamp 

with a less is more approach to card making ;-)

So this is Birch Background stamp, printed with Staz On Saddle Brown, with a retired Happy die in Copper foil and Birthday stamped in Copper, and a smattering of copper stars!

Keep on card making in the crisis,

GenGen xxxx