Another picture challenge!

I think that Madeline over at Inkspirations 4U has found my weakness! Picture challenges!

Sorry about the size of this picture, but I wasn't able to make it any bigger without major distortion! Anyway if you squint enough you'll be able to make another lovely bed, with pillows and owls on it! Owls, I hear you say! That should be easy! Use the new owl punch.... but I don't have it! So back to the drawing board for me.

Finally I decided to look in the background, so to speak! And what should I see but patchwork! Now if you know me you'll know that I actually enjoy this craft. It's my other creative passion! So would you now beleive that I haven't ever made a patchwork card before? I hadn't and thought that it was obviously time to do something about that!


Most of the cards that I have seen using this technique butt all their squares up together, but I thought I'd leave a wee bit of a gap to give a 'sashing' effect! I also sponged around all the squares in their corresponding colour!

To finish the project off I decided it needed a ruffle around the edge. This is really easy to make. Just punch the eyelet border and then run it through your crimper a couple of times to soften it up!

Card: Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue
Ink: Rose Red, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue
Punch: Eyelet Border
Tools: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Crimper
Stamp Sets: Tiny Tags, Short and Sweet, Fun and Fast Notes

Till next time, happy stamping...

A precious baby!

Today's card has been inspired by the birth of a friends baby boy!

I bought this gorgeous little Cookie Monster jumpsuit for this little man and decided that I would make the card using the same colour. So here it is!

I love the striking-ness of the white. It seems so crisp and clean! I then thought that it needed just a tad more colour so added the Yoyo Yellow! I used the circle scissors to built the centrepiece of this card. It was so quick and easy!

Anyway I am a bit behind with jobs today, so I'll keep this short and get on with the ingredients!

Card: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal, Yoyo Yellow
Punches: Scallop Circle, Scallop Square
Stamp Sets: All In The Family, Fun and Fast Notes, Say It With Scallops

Till next time, happy stamping...

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Well this post is going to show you some old and some new SU! products. Yes, I still have a cupboard full of retired SU! product that I just can't part with.

Anyway my daughter was invited to a birthday party for one of her classmates, who I didn't know very well. I find it so hard to buy for kids, but figured I would be pretty safe with a DVD. So I set about making Tracey Old's DVD box gift set.


The picture above shows it closed, and the picture below shows it open. Isn't it just the coolest? I love the way that you can put a bag of popcorn in the front. It sort of personalises the gift I think!

And of course, I had to make a card to match. I just love these new (available 1/4/10) in-colours. I used Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo here. And isn't that polka dot ribbon just divine? But before you get excited about that, don't forget that the Sale-A-Bration promotion and the Summer Mini catalogue finishes on 31st March 2010. Only a few days left to get your order in!

Okay back to normal programming. Guess what's coming soon? Yep another blog hop. I can't think of a better way to get to see all the new products coming in and the many varied ways of using them. Keep your eye's peeled for more information!

Card

Card: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Summer Sun
DSP: Pink Pirouette
Punches: Eyelet Border, Heart to Heart
Tools: Blender Pens, Dimensionals
Stamp sets: It's your Birthday (retired), Fun and Fast Notes, I {heart} Hearts

DVD box

Card: Rich Razzleberry, Mellow Moss
Ink: Melon Mambo
DSP: Pink Pirouette
Punch: Large Heart
Ribbon: Rich Razzleberry 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain

Till next time, happy stamping...

A moving card.....

Well, this isn't a card about moving.... but it does have moving parts.

As you may be aware, I have recently been away to attend my brothers wedding. Now the bride and groom aren't totally traditional, to say the least. So I thought a quirky humorous card would suit them better.


I got the tutorial to make a moving card like this from the last Ustamp I attended. This card design was submitted by the very talented, Lynn Pratt. Lynn's instructions ended a little further ahead than mine, she had boy + girl + love = baby. Obviously there a lots of different images you can use to create different outcomes.

As you can see below, I used boy + girl + love = wedding cake. I really enjoyed making these little pictures. The cake I used from Fun and Fast Notes. Instead of inking up the whole stamp, I chose one cake and only inked it up.

Now you are probably thinking what a strange colour combination. Well it was a challenge set by the Yahoo group Stampin_Up_In_Oz. Definitely not colours I would normally choose for a wedding card, but they did look great together. And I enjoyed colouring in with my Stampin' Write Markers.

Card: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron
Punch: Scallop Edge Border, 1 3/4" Circle
Embellishments: Earth Elements Brad
Stamp Sets: Illuminations, All in the Family, Simply Said, Fun and Fast Notes

Till next time, happy stamping...

Teachers gift

Okay, you're probably thinking, why didn't she show me this last year? Well I didn't because I made an indentical card and sent it to Andrea, so didn't want her to find my blog and know that it was me.

Now we all know that at the end of the year it's nice to say thanks to your childs teacher, so I modified a box to hold some Ferrero Rochers and Nescafe lattes.

I thought that the '-a-latte' stamp from Fun and Fast Notes would make an appropriate card, the only problem being that it says "Love you-a-latte" and I am not quite that fond of the teacher. So I stamped the 'Thank' from "Thank Ewe" and 'you' from "Love you-a-latte" on some Baja Breeze cardstock and punch it out using the word window punch, then covered the 'love you' bit. I actually think it added a little more pizzazz than just using the straight stamp.



I also used the Spotlight On Christmas stamp set to make the background paper for the card and as you can see it doesn't look very Christmassy at all. I think that's another reason why I love this set. It can be used for a number of occasions.

Card: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
DSP: Parisian Breeze (retired)
Ribbon: Baja Breeze 1" double stitched grosgrain
Punches: Large Star, Word Window, 1/2" Circle
Embellishments: Jumbo Brads 5/16"Neutrals

Make sure you tune in tomorrow for the next addition of the ESAD Blog Hop for Sale-A-Bration. If you haven't been on a blog hop before, basically you start at one blog and hop to the next and the next, until you return to the first post. On your hop you'll be treated to many ideas on how to use the FREE sets that you can earn during Sale-A-Bration.

Till next time, happy stamping...

For a special friend...

Well this post includes a card and a box! Double whammy!

Despite being a demonstrator, I don't own the whole catty... yet! So occasionally I have to borrow some sets from friends of mine. We decided that we would set a new rule, that if you borrowed a set, you had to make a card to go back with the set upon return. Recently I borrowed Loads of Love Accessories from my friend, Julie. I struggled with how to make a card using 'only' this set to go back, as I didn't want to team it up with Loads of Love (although that would have made a great card too).

This is my offering;


I stamped the presents along the base of a piece of cardstock, using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line them up and space them (or non space them) neatly. I then built my card around this. I tried to make it look like a shop front, although I am not sure how successful this strategy was.

I have also borrowed a couple of other things, like the tag punch, so I thought that I would make a sweet box to return the goodies in. I really enjoyed making these items, as I know how much they will be appreciated!

Card Ingredients:

Card: Elegant Eggplant, Pretty In Pink, Rose Red
DSP: Sweet Always
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Lavender Lace
Punches: Designer Label, Word Window, Scallop Edge Border, Photo Corners
Ribbon: Elegant Eggplant 1/4" grosgrain
Embellishments: Flower Assortment Designer Brads (retired)
Stamp Sets: Loads of Love Accessories, Fun and Fast Notes

Box Ingredients:

Card: Pink Pirrouette, Pumpkin Pie
DSP: Sweet Always
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Punches: Small Tag, Round Tab, Tag
Ribbon: Pretty In Pink 1/4" grosgrain, Hemp Twine
Embellishments: Flower Fusion, Flower Fusion Too, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads
Stamp Set: Best Yet

Till next time, happy stamping...

A Priceless Birthday

Wow! Another week is nearly over and I am only just getting around to getting this post up. This is a sweet little card that I made for a friend of my daughters birthday this week. It was very quick and easy to make and is simply beautiful.

Card: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouhette, Basic Grey
Ink: Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze
Ribbon: Baja Breeze 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon
Stamp Sets: Priceless and Fun and Fast Notes
Extras: Cuttlebug Mesh Embossing Folder - I would have used the Polka Dot background stamp if I owned it - just another thing to add to my wishlist