Last few days of Sale-A-Bration!

Sale-A-Bration is due to end on the 22nd of March and as always I am struggling to catch up with the projects I have been thinking of doing over this promotion period!

 

So here is a quick Thank you card that I made from some of the FREE products that my orders have qualified for :-)

 

This is the FREE (with any order of £45 for the Sale-A-Bration period) Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper, Island Indigo Ribbon and I've used Pool Party card stock with the Decorative Label Punch with my favourite sentiment set, (which I used hostess points for so was also FREE), Wacky Wishes and Island Indigo ink.

 

Very less is more this week, but this DSP speaks for itself really.

Keep on crafting, Gen x 



Easter Workshop!

So it's the time of year when the Easter Bunny gets to dust off her outfit again!

 

 

I was so looking for the excuse to use the new Cloudy Day embossing folder from the new Spring/Summer Mini, so thought we could have a little fun with Punch Art for a bit of March Madness at Llandrindod Wells Card club last Sunday.

 

 

Just as I was leaving the house for the workshop I was concerned that perhaps my workshop was too Bunny based, so thought I would also offer an Easter chick too :-)

 

 

And this was the Bunny box that we made from the Top Note Big Shot Die, I have really enjoyed doing this punch art as it's a bit like making puppets, the character pops put when the face appears, just perfect for a Mini Lindt bunny and a small bag of mini eggs ;-)

 

And so to finish the workshop I wanted to show a simple and more importantly quick card using the matching Secret Garden stamp set and dies that allow us all to use the scraps of card that seem to be accumulating in my house at least ;-) so used the Birthday card from my previous post and took this sample along to show a different approach to the same project.

 

 

 So with this watercolour effect I have used clear emboss again for the outline flowers, background stamping the images underneath too. I used Certain Celery for the leaves, Baja Breeze, Rose Red and Perfect plum with Aqua painters for the flowers and then Baja Breeze for the butterfly from Papillion Potpourri on vellum with matching punch, and Rhinestones for the flower centres and butterfly body.

Keep on crafting, Easter will be here before you know it! Gen xxx



Marvellous March!

As always I like to share my inspiration and this card as you can see this time it came from the wrapping paper :-)

 

Somehow I managed to justify NEEDING this stamp set and have been itching to get ink onto it!

 

Stamp set: Flowering Flourishes, Secret Garden and a previous SAB set

Ink: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Perfect Plum, Versa mark & clear emboss

Misc: Secret Garden framelits die, Rhinestones

 

 

The detail of this stamp set is so gorgeous that I have simply used Soft Suede ink and the greeting is from the Wacky Wishes hostess set :-)

 

 

And my final creation is for Marvellous Michie, whose Birthday it is TODAY!

 

This Secret Garden matching stamp set and framelits is opening up endless possibilities. Here I've used clear emboss for the flower stamps with Rich Razzleberry and Perfect Plum and then Garden Green for the foliage. I have just used vellum and Whisper White ink for the butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri set, using the Bitty Butterfly punch from the Spring Summer Mini, with the Beautiful Birthday stamp in Rich Razzleberry ink.

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxx

Celebrating Love!

Somehow 13 years have passed since my brother's Wedding Day,
 so I made this super simple card for their Anniversary.
I have used 13 silver hearts, one for each year!

 

Ink & Card stock: Perfect Plum and Silver Glimmer Paper

Stamps: Retired sentiment set I have lurking around ;-)

Misc: Small heart punch and Scalloped heart from the New Hearts Collection Framelits die for the Big Shot

 

Of course later in the week it was Valentine's Day and this lucky girl's Valentine arrived home from working away last week :-)

As with all of my cards simplicity is the theme, and I had been itching to do some paper piercing, less is definitely more!

 

 

Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Naturals Ivory & Red Glimmer Paper

Stamp set: Retired and SAB Pretty Petites on envelope

Misc: Essentials Paper Piercing Pack & Paper piercing tool,

Junior alphabet die for glimmer paper 

 

The inside of the card looked like this . . .

 

 

This is the sentiment stamp set Wacky Wishes which I earned with hostess points so it was FREE, and gives just the sort of look I love, but all the work is done for you - just the way I like it! Hope you have all celebrated with your loved ones.

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxx

 





Fabulous February!

How exciting!

The sensational Spring/Summer Mini Catalogue is now available for everyone to see - just click on the link on the right :-)

 

I obviously have a small stash of new season goodies waiting to be showcased, when I get round to it, as always I am running behind!! I did however use the fabulous 7/16" Natural Trim Ribbon on the Ribbon weaving card in my previous post - so now you know where to get it!

 

To continue with my recurring theme of catching up, here are a couple of recent Birthdays,

 

 

Lovely Louis has somehow reached 15, and so this card was inspired by his present (see below), this is of course a continuation of my Sale-A-Bration obsession!

 

 Stamp sets: Pretty Petites. Celtic stamp set (not SU)

Card stock: Brushed Silver, Basic Black & Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Whisper White

Misc: Curly Label & Petitie Curly Label Punch, Simple Numbers Bigz Die

 

 

Today is Gary's Birthday and his card looks like this . . .

 

 

With this card I have used Sale-A-Bration and In-Colours of Island Indigo and Pool Party, and I have used the Sensational Borders Scoring Plate (from the New Spring/Summer Mini Catalogue), to create the zigzag emboss at the edge of the card - whoo hoo!

 

Keep on crafting, Gen xxx

Sale-A-Bration Inspiration!

It's official! I seriously love the Pretty Petites stamp set and punch. I also love weaving and here I have used some ribbon to frame the central Birthday message.

Stamp set: Pretty Petites

Ink: Island Indigo

Card stock: Whisper white, Night of Navy

Misc: Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Blue & Aubergine Jean Ribbon and some sneak peek ribbon too!

The devil is in the detail ;-)

Keep on crafting, Gen xxx

Sale-A-Bration is here!!

Well, it's that time of year again when a £45 order will qualify you for FREE product, some of which I have used for this project . . 

As always, my creation is understated to highlight the gorgeous detail of this embossing folder. 

As I will try and show you over this offer time period, I have managed to get quite carried away with the demonstrators luck of getting sensational Stampin' Up! products before the actual launch - hee hee hee!

Card stock & Ink: Very Vanilla & Rich Razzleberry

Stamp sets: Sale-A-Bration Pretty Petites with MATCHING Petite Curly Label Punch, Beautiful Birthday stamp on the envelope.

Misc: Elegant Lines Embossing folder, Victoria Crochet Trim and of course Pearl Basic Jewels

It's also the 25th Anniversary of Stampin' Up! and to celebrate they have added even more FREE PRODUCT possibilities if you host a Party during the Sale-A-Bration period, click on the link in the right side bar to see the details.

Keep on crafting! Gen xxx