Stamping together

At our recent get together stamping, we made some lovely projects.  This cute little baby tag was Sonja's design - just gorgeous!!

Heather helped us make this fun little pin wheel using the Tea for Two designer series paper - a lovely card full of whimsy!

This beautiful little gift box is Tracey's design with the Morning Cup stamp set and some lovely watercolouring in the gorgeous In colours.

Robyn did some wonderful watercolouring with us too - using For the Birds, and the lovely Love Blossoms wheel.

And I shared two cards using some of the new goodies in the Seasonal Catalogue.

Using the Soda Pop Tops which has been squashed in the Big Shot with Collage Curios,

and the lovely Delicate Details Lace Tape.

Note Card gift

To coordinate with my Amazing Family birthday card, I have made this little gift set which includes some note cards and envelopes.

The box is made from our clear DVD boxes - just slip some DSP into the cover, and decorate!! Super Easy.  I have stamped some butterflies from Bloomin Marvellous (SAB stamp set), and also punched some of the petite butterflies and our elegant butterfly .

Inside the gift box are some stamped envelopes and note cards - again with the butterfly from the Bloomin Marvellous stamp set.

And holding the note cards together is a belly band of the same DSP I used for the cover of the box, wrapped with some of the Old Olive organza ribbon.  Voila, a gift ready to go!!

Amazing Family

Once again another CASE from the Seasonal Catalogue - this time from page 7. I have changed the colours a little - the recipient of this card is not a pink person and she loves our soft greens.  

 Extra embellishments include the two tone ribbon, and some Old Olive organza ribbon.

CASE Seasonal Catalogue

CASE - Copy and Share with Everyone - is a great way to get new ideas for projects.  This card features on page 24 of the Seasonal Catalogue and features the lovely Soda Pop Tops and the Collage Curios stamp set.

The Soda Pop Top has been through the big shot in between the cutting plates - just to squash it a bit so it is flatter on the card - I love this effect!!  Other accessories I have used are the Paper Doilies, some Old Olive Organza ribbon, the spritzer and the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set.

Cross my Heart

I just love Pool Party, and this darling little card looks so sweet with the white and a little Midnight Muse just for the stamping. 

The Sale-a-bration ribbon and button coordinate beautifully  and I have used some of the Delicate Design lace tape along with the Delicate Design Embossing Folder.

Hope you like it!!

Chevron Feeling Sentimental

This time I have tried for a Clean and Simple look with my Feeling Sentimental stamps - and I have used my new ovals framelits for the first time - so easy to use and it looks just great!!!!  The greeting comes from Itty Bitty Banners.

Blue Feeling Sentimental

More of the same but different!!  This time I have used Midnight Muse for my colour and then sponged a paper doily as well to give another antique look to my cards.  

Vintage Feeling Sentimental

You who know me, will know I love the neutral colours - and this stamp set works beautifully in such a colour scheme.    I have stamped onto First Edition DSP and then tore and sponged my piece to age it.

A few brads and some linen thread for some accents - along with the title.  This layout is inspired by the beautiful work of Rachel Greig.

Feeling Sentimental

 This week at Just add Ink, there is a colour challenge, with the colours being

and at SUO Challenges, the challenge is to use a Sale-a-bration stamp set,

and this is my entry - using Feeling Sentimental, one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets, as well as French Foliage in the background.

My Birthday

Recently it was my birthday, and lots of my friends and family (knowing I am a lover of handmade cards) have given me some divine cards!!

I feel so blessed to have such thoughtful and wonderful friends and family.

They were all so lovely I just HAD to share the wonderful creativity with you.

All of the cards reflect the extra thought these people have made to include something I like on their card for me.

Some have thought about my favourite colours, and others, about some of my favourite products and embellishments.

All this wonderfulness in handmade cards is why I just love the whole idea of creating something so beautiful for someone else - truly a gift from the heart.

Lace and Ephemera

This month at Just Add Ink - the challenge is to Just add Lace and Ephemera and oh, what a wonderful challenge!!!  I love all these gorgeous embellishments soooo much!!  This page is for my Sister, and we often do some scrapbooking to give to each other - so I have done two identical pages for this one - on for her and one for myself!!

I have used the Artisan Embellishments Kit for my two pages - along with some of the Tea Time Trinkets, Paper Doilies, Designer Builder Brads and some flower trim.

The stamp sets I have used are:  Amazing Accent, Oh, Hello, and Hello Doily.

I used the cardboard from the Artisan Embellishments Kit to make my tags using the Two Tags Die and the Big Shot which I then stamped and sponged.  The card piece that had the lace wrapped around it in the Artisan Embellishments Kit is used for my journaling piece.

Extras include some Two-Tone Ribbon, Natural Trim Ribbon, Basics Designer Silver Buttons, Large Pearls, Little Leaves Sizzlit and Delicate Doilies Sizzlet for the Big Shot.

Sycamore Street folding cards

These little lovlies are a fun card to do as they open out into a bigger card on the inside - giving you lots of room to write lovely thoughts to the recipient!!!

I have used the new Sale-a-bration paper - Sycamore Street and the coordinating ribbon and buttons!  This is fun and happy paper with lots of great colours!!

The greetings for the cards come from Perfectly Penned and Wacky Wishes.

And I have used the butterfly punches (small and large) and the tiniest scallop circle punch for extra little embellishments.

And inside the card so more great stamping using Bloomin Marvellous - one of the stamps you can earn FREE during Sale-a-bration!!

Jo's class

A week ago I had the wonderful privilege of going to a card making class at Jo's place... and look at the gorgeous projects we did!!  You can see some more of her beautiful creations on her blog HERE - Show me the Love

We did this gorgeous dress card using the new  Dress Up framelit dies from the new Seasonal Catalogue which you can see here

And our last projects was this lovely matching card and oh so cute candle on a cake created from a little tea light - isn't it just soooo divine!!! 

Thank you Jo for a lovely class!