Elegant Soiree meets Sweet Summer

I just love the Elegant Soiree designer paper and the Sweet Summer Stamp set. It is amazing how when the ladies use this set they "have to have it".
The card was made using Marina Mist cardstock which was embossed using the Elegant Lines embossing folder and the Sweet Summer Sale-a-bration stamp set. The inks used were Sahara Sand and Baja Breeze. To achieve the look I wanted, I inserted the card front into the embossing folder only about 5.5 cms. I ran that through the Big Shot,then turned the cardstock so that I could emboss the bottom section of the card again so have the embossed area cover the whole section. It looks brilliant when it is done. When embossing the lower section of the card try to ensure that the Big Shot rollers dont go over the edge of the embossing folder, because if it does then you will get a little ridge that depending on the cardstock you use could be quite noticeable. A strip of Elegant Soiree was placed down the side and then the image was stamped in Sahara Sand and Baja Breeze on Very Vanilla and then matted onto a piece of the Marina Mist. I tossed up whether to add yet another colour in the cardstock, but I wanted the image to blend and remain simple and unfussy. I love the way this has turned out and the ladies had a ball making it. I hope you like it too, please let me know what you think. Bye for now

Mini Magazine Holder and Cards

Over the next few days I will be posting the cards that were made along with this darling Mini Magazine Holder. I gathered the inspiration for mine from  Wendy Hawkinson The ladies had a lot of fun making their cards and the holder and well before they left they had already planned who they were going to make more of these for and for what occasion! I used my newest favourite colour for the holder and that is Very Vanilla. I wrapped a narrow strip of the Elegant Soiree designer paper around the bottom and then tied a vanilla satin bow. This box has so many possibilities. I think the So Swirly Jumbo Wheel could be used to great effect and also the the Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel would look brilliant too. Once the holder was made we went on to make 5 cards and envelopes to match. I look forward to you visiting tomorrow to see the first of the cards that were made, I wuld love to know what you think of them, Bye for now

Heart Shaped Favour Boxes

These beautiful little boxes are from The Three Sisters website. The template is free to members, and best of all membership is free! It is a lovely site filled with different papercrafting ideas, and membership is growing all the time. These little favour boxes are so quick and easy to make you will be surprised. Can you imagine for a little girls birthday for a treasure hunt, or even on the table with each guests name on them to be used as a place card and a little gift inside. Use Sticky Strip, and they will stay together forever! I decorated mine with the Large and Small heart punch, Star Punch and Small Star Punch, Boho Blossoms, ribbon and a rhinestone brad. I think they are incredibly cute, and any little girl (or big one) would love to receive one of these! Till tomorrow, bye for now.

As many of you know I have been battling the lurgy for some time now and have not had a great deal of Mojo happening so yesterday my son and his family went to Dream World and White Water World and I tagged along with them. All in all we had a fabulous fun filled day. I actually went on these rides! The Corkscrew was the very first ride we went on in the morning. If you can pick which one is me hanging upside down on the left then you will get the prize! After the Corkscrew we went on the Rapids and I must admit I did love it as I did last time we came here. We walked through to White Water World and had a beautiful picnic lunch that Ann had prepared, and then it was back to the rides again. The other ride I went on that I thought I would be terrified on was what was called the Green Room. It was a series of long tunnels heading downward, and then at the end of the tunnel you were spat very unceremoniously into this huge funnel which tossed you from side to side and then out into the open. It was such brilliant fun and we all slept extremely well last night. Now I have it figured that if I went there everyday and climbed all the stairs and steps then I would be waif like in no time at all! I must admit I feel rejuvinated so I will be posting some of my creations from the last week or so. Bye for now.

Motorcycle Card Share

Today's card bought me much pleasure in the creation. After seeing this image stamped it reminded me of my late dad, who was a motorcycle fanatic. Not quite the 'easy rider' type of enthusiast was my dad, but he had a true appreciation of all fine motors. So it was with my dad in mind I made this card with the type of colours that he would love to receive in a card. The card base was Very Vanilla which I topped with a piece of Crumb Cake that I had run through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Folder on the upper portion of the card and the bottom section is a piece of designer paper from the Woodland Walk collection. To conceal the join Grey Taffeta Ribbon was used. The image needed something but not anything that would detract from the motorcycle so My trusty Matt Pack came to the fore and I pierced the corners on the diagonal. The image was then matted onto some Crumb Cake and the Marina Mist. This motorcycle stamp has so many possibilities I m sure it is going to be a firm favourite for those hard to create masculine cards. Let me know what you think, I would love to hear your thoughts. Bye for now.

Sail Away

Hi Stampers!

I thought tonight I would share a quick card that I made while watching the cricket with my husband (not). The baja breeze base had been sitting on my work table for a few days and has been moved from this spot to that. I was mounting the Sail Away stamp and thought I would use it with what I had on the table. I coloured the yacht with Watercolour Pencils and then used my Blender Pen to colour. I thought that I would distress the edges and this was very hard to do, because the whole time my mind is screaming at me to "STOP", it isnt straight or structured. I backed it with Baja Breeze and mounted it on dimensionals. I also matted the baja breeze on some Whisper White Cardstock that I had run the Very Vintage Wheel over and then embossed using the square lattice embossing folder.l I quite like it (I think), made me not step but jump out of my comfort zone of orderliness and into scraggy and distressed. (I wonder if they call is deistressed because that is what the artist is becoming the whole while! Well thats it for me today, so please let me know what you think, bye for now

Happy Birthday to you! Level 1 Hostess set Birthday Bakery

This little card came about because I was cleaning up myu work area and there was a piece of Pear Pizazz, Very Vanilla and a scrap of Pretty in Pink just sitting there asking to be used. Firstly I grabbed the Stampin around Wheel Cupcakes and rolled the front of the card using ink the same colour. I then stamped the Cakes from the Birthday Bakery Level 1 Hostess set in Crumb Cake onto the Very Vanilla and then coloured the cakes using but of course my Aqua Painters. I cant believe that I used to shy away from them and they stayed hidden in the drawer for ever so long before I made myself use them. My Aqua Painters and my Mini Glue Dots are never very far away from me! I matted this layer onto the Pretty in Pink and then onto Very Vanilla cardstock and then straigth onto the Pear Pizazz. I added a small bow in a vanilla coloured ribbon which was on my work table (not SU I am afraid).