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Thursday 28 June 2012


Still hospital visiting and still little time to blog, let alone craft! A very quick post showing you a card I made for someone a couple of weeks ago (couldn't show you until after her birthday!) It's quite self-explanatory if I just tell you the supplies I used and it also means I can get to bed :0)
Colour scheme - Baja Breeze and Whisper White, 'Nannie' stamped from Varsity Alphabet and cut out with paper snips, baby stamped with All in the Family, 'to my' from For my Family, flowers punched from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, hearts punched with the Small Heart punch, Baja Breeze Seam Binding and Basic Pearls.
Apologies once again for lack of posts and also for the very brief post today. Back when I can x

Sunday 24 June 2012

Twitterpated DSP


Hello and once again my apologies for the lack of posts recently. My Dad is still in hospital so life is a bit manic at the moment but I've managed to grab a few minutes to show you a card I made last week using the Twitterpated DSP, available in the Summer Mini. This card was inspired by one that my sister made for Fathers Day and is perfect for one of those men in your life. It was very easily made by cutting a strip of DSP and tying and knotting some Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine around before fixing to the side of a card blank. I stamped the sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Lucky Limeade onto Whisper White cardstock and punched out with the Decorative Label punch. Three more Decorative labels were punched from Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red and Lucky Limeade to co-ordinate with the DSP, the pointy bits in the centre were cut off before cutting the labels in half and these were layered to form the frame around the sentiment.
That's it for today and I will be back as soon as I can.

Thursday 21 June 2012


Firslty I must apologise for the lack of posts this week but, unfortunately, we have a bit of a family crisis at the moment and my time has been spent either at work or the hospital! However I have managed to grab a few minutes this evening to show you a card I was asked to make last week for someone who has just got a new job in the music industry. I used the Music Notes Wheel and ran this twice across the bottom part of Whisper White cardstock using Basic Black ink. Part of the sentiment was computer generated and the 'congratulations' was stamped, layered onto Basic Black cardstock and formed into a banner. I cut out the name using the Timeless Type Alphabet dies and glued this onto the music before layering onto Basic Black cardstock and adding a tiny silver brad at each corner before matting onto an A5 card blank.
I feel certain my posts will be a bit erratic over the next few weeks but as soon as things are sorted I'll be back on a regular basis as usual but, in the meantime, please pop by now and again. x

Sunday 17 June 2012

Speedy Box!

Today I needed a very quick token gift to say thank you and this holder was made in around 10 mins using the Two Tags die. I cut two of the tags in Wisteria Wonder and partially embossed them (down to the score line) with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, the plain parts were then glued together to form the base. I made a little box to go inside to hold two wrapped chocolate truffles and glued just the base to the holder to keep it in place. The tags were made with stamps from Tiny Tags and cut with the Jewelry Tag punch and the flower made with the Boho Blossoms punch. The little favour box was then held together with a piece of Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon. A very quick, inexpensive gift but perfect when you just want to say thank you.

Saturday 16 June 2012

Simply Stampin' Sketch






































Oh dear, my posts this weekend are a bit like buses - nothing for ages then two come along at once! I have had a bit of extra crafting time this weekend due to the fact that I had to wait for someone to come and have a look at my conservatory roof which, in all this wind, has decided to come adrift. He has now been and inspected it and has to 'send the boys in' another day - just what I needed :0)
Anyway onto the cards which I made for the Simply Stampin' challenge. The first one is made with Perfect Plum as the card base with a strip of Elegant Eggplant, cut with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, placed across the card. The central panel is a Whisper White Top Note embossed with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, inked around the edge and glued in place onto the card base. I added two flowers to the top left corner made with the 5-Petal Flower punch and two smaller flowers in the bottom right corner punched with the Boho Blossoms punch. The sentiment is from the retired Create-a-Cupcake set.
The second card was a bit of an experiment and I'm not overly pleased with it (think the added circles were a step too far!) but thought I'd show you anyway. I made a base card with Naturals Ivory cardstock and layered on a piece of DSP from the First Edition Speciality pack which I had overstamped with images from French Foliage in Basic Black. The strip across the middle is the negative part of a piece of cardstock which had been cut with one of the Adorning Accents Edgelits dies, I used the negative part because I thought it looked more manly than the piece you are supposed to use! Three tags, stamped with Tiny Tags and cut with the Jewelry Tag punch, were added to the central strip and I think this is where I should have stopped. However, because the sketch required circles I stamped two of the French Foliage leaves and punched them out with a circle punch and overlapped these onto two slightly larger circles punched from Basic Black cardstock.

LIM - Something Shiny!


Well it's been a while since I entered the Less is More challenge, for no other reason than lack of time or circumstances! So this week I was determined to join in again and discovered that this week's challenge is 'Something Shiny' and here is my effort.
I used the Love & Laughter set from the Summer Mini and embossed the dress, sentiment and heart in silver then, just to add a bit of interest, I shaped two sides using the Adorning Accents Edgelits die (also in the Summer Mini). I used the die again to shape a piece of Brushed Silver cardstock and cut this slightly larger to enable me to layer the image on top and leave a border. After matting this onto a card blank I punched three flowers from Itty Bitty Shapes pack from some card stock which I had previously spritzed with Platinum Shimmer paint and leaves from the Bird Builder punch in Brushed Silver and added these to the top corner. Basic Rhinestones were placed in the centre of the flowers and the heart to finish the card.
Well the weather here is really miserable again - very windy and dark so I guess we're in for yet more rain very soon! Whatever you are doing this weekend have a good one x

Friday 15 June 2012


Firstly my apologies for the lack of posts this week - life just seems to have run away with me! 
This card is one that I case'd from Joanne Friend, a fellow SU demo, whose card can be seen here. It uses a stamp from Bordering on Romance, a set in the Summer Mini, which was stamped in Soft Suede onto Naturals Ivory cardstock and the edges 'blurred' with a blender pen. After inking around the edges the image was layered onto a slightly larger piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock. This was matted onto an A6 card blank which had been matted with Soft Suede DSP from the Neutrals Paper Stack and a sentiment banner added. The card was finished off with three pink butterflies cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die.
I will try not to leave it so long before posting again but, until then, have a great weekend.
 

Wednesday 13 June 2012


This is a card I have made for a friend's birthday with the Create a Cupcake set and punch which was available in the Spring Mini. I hope you can work out that it's for her 60th (there was no way I was going to make 60 cupcakes!). It was made using Early Espresso and Crumb Cake with the cake stand created with the Eyelet Border punch and the Large Oval for the base. The frosting was decorated with some Dazzling Diamonds and a Basic Pearl and the numbers cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Die.

Monday 11 June 2012

Yet another simple card which would be suitable for those 'hard to make for' males!
It uses the owl stamp from Fox & Friends which was stamped with Soft Suede using my Stamp-a-ma-Jig.
The DSP is from Nursery Nest and the banner is a strip of Pacific Point cardstock with a non-SU pearl. The sentiment from Sincere Salutations was stamped in Soft Suede and punched with the Scallop Oval punch.
Short and sweet post as it was first day back at work today after the holiday and I have to admit I'm ready for bed!!!

Sunday 10 June 2012



Another card made for my nephew's birthday but this time from my Mum! Made from the Owl Builder punch with the wings and leaves from the Bird Builder punch. The corners of a piece of Whisper White were cut out using a circle punch then matted onto Chocolate Chip cardstock before positioning onto a white card blank. A metallic brad was placed in each corner, the retired birthday stamp was stamped in Chocolate Chip and the balloons, from the Hostess set Pedal Presents, stamped in Pacific Point and coloured with a blender pen. Mr Owl's waistcoat was punched from Crumb Cake DSP and the card was finshed with 'grandson' at the bottom using stamps from the For My family set and punched out with the Modern Label punch.
Well what a half-term week it's been weatherwise - persistent rain, gales & cold but back to work tomorrow so it's bound to change to warm & sunny, let's hope so anyway because I'm fed up with being cold in June!!
Have a good week and I'll be back soon x

Friday 8 June 2012

Paper Medallions




Something a little different today. These are some medallions I made for my conservatory, using the new SU Score-Pal along with Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip DSP from the Neutrals Paper Stack. The medallions are very easy to make, if a little time consuming, and if you would like to know how to make them there are lots of tutorials on YouTube. A word of advice though, don't attempt these if you don't own a Score-Pal or similar scoring board!!!
As my conservatory is all neutral colours I wanted to make the medallions to match so I stuck with the neutrals theme, both for the medallions and for the decoration. For the centres I used one of the decorative circles on the Perfect Pennants die with the DSP in the middle punched with a large circle punch. The letters are from the On Board Alphabet Soup pack (found on page 103 of the main catalogue),some coloured with a sponge dauber and Chocolate Chip and the others left plain. I finished decorating with a couple of butterflies on each medallion, cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die and some Basic Pearls.
As you can see I have a metal wall art decoration fixed to the inside wall of my conservatory so I attached a magnet to the back of each medallion and this allowed me to position them wherever I wanted and, as well as that, it also means I can take them down when I want to!!

Thursday 7 June 2012

Decorated Gift Tin


I was busy yesterday making a gift for a friend's birthday, comprising of a decorated tin containing six cards. I managed to get it finished just in time to take photos before it was too dark!
I started by covering the tin with a piece of DSP from the Mocha Morning Speciality set and fixed some Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon around the rim using double sided tape and tied in a bow to the side. The large flower was made with Crumb Cake cardstock and the Scallop Circle punch, with an Antique Brad in the centre and the smaller ones with Very Vanilla and a circle punch. It's quite difficult to see on the photo but there are also two leafy branches cut with the Little Leaves die.
Below you can see the inside of the tin, both empty and holding the cards, and also the cards I made to go inside. I kept with the colour scheme of Crumb Cake and Basic Black, other than that I won't bore you with the details as they are nothing new, just a variation on others I've made before!

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Father's Day Card

Another simple card to show you today, it is nice to return to something quick and easy after a couple of weeks making cards which have needed to be a bit more fancy!
This is made using the new Framelits dies, available in the Summer Mini. I began by cutting the middle using a design from the Nursery Nest DSP and a frame made from Pacific Point cardstock. These were layered onto a white card blank with the sentiment stamped in Pacific Point underneath. My little bird is punched with the Bird Builder punch using Crumb Cake and the leaves in River Rock. I used an Early Espresso marker to colour in his eye, beak and feet and a Pacific Point marker to add some dots to the frame.
I hope you had a good extended Jubilee weekend, my celebrations took the form of watching it on the telly and, with the awful weather we've had, I think maybe I chose the best option! Thankfully it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of the hundreds of thousands who ventured up to London, they all looked like they were having a great time. I was amazed at the stamina of the Queen though, particularly yesterday - I bet she slept well last night!

Tuesday 5 June 2012

A really simple card to show you today made with the Hostess set, Simply Soft.
During June & July SU are running a Hostess promotion and if you hold a workshop with sales of £325 they will give you a massive £80 which you are free to spend on products of your choice from any of the current SU catalogues - not only that you will also be entitled to buy ANY one item at 50% of the catalogue price (this cannot count towards your workshop total and cannot be purchased with Hostess pounds) so why not book a workshop and take advantage of this great offer.
Now onto the card - Simply Soft is a 2-step stamp set so first I stamped the basic image three times in Old Olive onto Whisper White and then, using my stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the coloured flowers in Rich Razzleberry. This was matted onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock, a sentiment added which was punched with the Modern Label Punch and decorated with a couple of Basic Rhinestones and the whole thing matted onto a white card blank.

Monday 4 June 2012

Ruby Anniversary






Yesterday I was invited out for Sunday lunch some friends to help celebrate their Ruby Wedding Anniversary and they requested that, anyone wishing to, could make a small cash donation to a charity which is very close to their hearts rather than buy gifts. Whilst I was more than happy to do this I couldn't let the day go by without a small gift so I bought them a bottle of bubbly (only telling you this so you know what the tag is for!)

The card is one that I completely CASe'd from Ruth, a DT member at Simply Stampin', and her card is here. I had already been asked to make a couple of cards for the same occassion so I was running out of ideas for a card from me when I came upon Ruth's gorgeous card - so thanks Ruth you helped me out no end :0)
The colour combo is Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake and uses an SAB set from last year called Sweet Summer. The hearts are punched with the Small Heart punch and decorated with Basic Rhinestones and the numbers are cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and run through the BigShot in the Square Lattice Embossing folder. The card was finished off with a knot of Linen Thread across the top corner. The tag to go on the bottle was cut with the Two Tags die and the flower was made with Crumb Cake cardstock and the Scallop Circle punch with an Antique Brad in the centre. I made a matching envelope with the Scallop Envelope die to hold the donation to charity.

Sunday 3 June 2012

Appeal Update and Birthday card

Before I show you today's card I would like to give you an update on the appeal I made, on behalf of Jo Street, to raise money for the Candlelighter's. Sadly little Florence lost her battle with cancer just two days before the charity event where Jo was selling the donated cards but, on a brighter note, she raised £133 on the night and still has some cards left to sell. Well done Jo you did a brilliant job!

Now onto my card for today - another card for my nephew but this time from me!


This card was inspired by Vicky (her card is here) who, I have to say, is a constant inspiration to me - I really don't know where all her ideas come from. As you will see my card is very different but is based on Vicky's idea. I used the smaller of my two square punches to punch some images from a retired DSP pack and the larger one for Basic Black cardstock which I used to back the DSP. These were then layered onto Very Vanilla cardstock along with a sentiment banner which was decorated with a Vintage Brad. I made the A6 card base from a sheet of Basic Gray cardstock, cut along the longest side, so I could make a flap inside the card to hold some money. This was decorated with a strip of DSP and a strip of Basic Black punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and a Very Vanilla insert cut with the Top Note Die. 
By the way the '4' is not significant - he's a grown up :0)

Saturday 2 June 2012











This is a card I have made for my Dad to send to my nephew on his birthday which is later in the week. I took a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and randomly punched some holes using different size circle punches then ran it through the Perfect Dots Embossing folder before matting onto some Newsprint DSP. This was then matted onto a slightly larger rectangle of Basic Black and fixed to a card blank made from Naturals Ivory cardstock. I stamped the sentiment twice, from the Hostess set Happiest Birthday Wishes, onto Very Vanilla using Basic Black and punched out with two different sized circle punches. The smaller circle was fixed to the larger circle with dimensionals and then the whole thing fixed to the card, again using dimensionals. I finished the card off by adding two Basic Black butterflies cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die. A fairly simple card but I was quite pleased with the finished effect.
Have a great Jubilee weekend - weather allowing of course!!
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