1st Advent Window - home made advent!

Having the luxury of leafing through the Seasonal Mini Catalogue I took a shine to the Tidings of Christmas 6"x6" Designer Series Paper, with retired die small numbers in Kraft cardstock.

Somehow this year I have taken to making envelopes, so thought that I could utilise this gorgeous paper to make an advent for friends :-)

Rooting through my craft room I found the mini pegs and a ball of twine to allow the recipients to string it up like festive bunting, fingers crossed it arrives in time!

Keep on Christmas crafting, GenGen xxxx

Nifty Nonagenarian!

 My Uncle turned 90 at the beginning of September and is truly legendary for his age, so I wanted a celebratory, but not too over the top card (somehow the large numbers were still in Gold Glimmer).

Stamp Set: Elegantly Said

Ink: Momento Black

Card Stock: Gold Foil, Simply Elegant 12"x12" DSP, Whisper White, Gold Glimmer

Accessories: Triple Banner Punch, Large Number Dies, Gold 1cm Shimmer Ribbon

After all, it's not every day!

GenGen xxxx

Welcome to the World!

 You know sometimes, a month passes in a flash, well for me, it's two months that passed in a flash and I'm unfashionably late getting cards into the post for the latest family additions - just hoping the thought DOES count despite the tardiness!!

As you can see my time constraint has lead me to use the same base design for these cards (for cousins).

Also, as I deconstruct my old craft room I'm rediscovering old stamp sets, banner punches and retired DSP that I only seem to be able to release, by actually making them into a card!

Keep on card making, 

even if you're as behind the deadline as I am ;-)

GenGen xxxx

World Card Making Day!

 Today, on World Card Making Day I haven't managed to make a card, but luckily for me it coincides with my DH Birthday, and as he's in cooler climes I reflected that in the card I made, and as you can see, couldn't resist some glimmer numbers to reflect the Heinz number he's celebrating this year!

Stamp Set: Merry Snowflakes (and retired Happy Birthday)

Ink: Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue

Card stock: Pacific Point, Balmy Blue, Retired Glimmer and foil

Accessories: Stitched Snowflakes Die set, (retired adhesive backed snowflakes), Large number dies

Keep on card making,

when you get a moment ;-)

GenGen xxxx

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