Love Birds

Hello! Once again I am pulling a card from my long over due 'to blog' folder! This card was for my brother and sister in-law for their wedding.

I think last year every engagement and wedding we went to, the couple received a card with these 2 love birds!! I think they also got some variant on this colour combo as well - but I'm a believer it something works - stick to it! I do however love this now retired baja breeze dsp and the branch the birds are sitting on is created using the adorning accents. 

Thanks for looking and any question, just ask :)

TSOT #130

Good morning! It's time again for another sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I used this one to make an engagement card for some family members.

I was quite happy with the end result. I did alter the sketch a little, but I'm sure thats ok :)
It's a short and sweet one from me today - I have a bazillion things to do.

Any questions just ask and thanks for looking

Two Love Birds - TSOT #110

Hello! Once again we have another great sketch to inspire you to get your crafty on over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I LOVE this sketch and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

Heres the sketch:

And what I came up with:

This is the anniversary card I gave to my Hubby - he loved it!
I flipped the sketch and changed the oval to a circle. I kept it clean and simple, with a basic grey and white colour combo, with a 'pop' of colour with real red. The sentiment is from fabulous phrases, the birds were punched out with the bird punch and the glimmer heart is from the owl builder punch and the real red heart is from heart to heart punch. The birds and heart are popped up on dimensionals.

I was really happy with how this turned out. Now over to you, go past the Try Stampin' On Tuesday blog and check out the other design team amazing creations and then link up your creation - it's great seeing what you come up with!

Thanks for looking :)

Fine and Sunny Birthday

Hi! Finally getting around to sharing a few creations I've had sitting in my 'to blog' folder :)

This is a card I made well over 6 months ago. I used Kaisercraft paper and made it as a joy fold card, but turned vertically, not horizontally.

This card actually had a last minute change, before I gave it away. I needed a card for my DD kindy teacher, so the sentiment change to 'thanks'. I love making my own cards for that reason - I can change up sentiments or even leave cards blank until I know what I need :)

Any questions just ask

Thanks for looking :)

Happy Birthday

Hi! I'm loving having a bit more free time, now I can actually have time to join in with some great challenges! So for this card I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches :

And my creation...

I know it's not a new idea using stitching down the middle of an element, but while spending a bit (ok a lot :) of time on Pinterest, I've seen a few cards using it and wanted to try it. I pulled out my subtle polka dot scraps from the paper stack and punched out two hearts in each colour, I sponged the edges, and attached to crumb cake tag with stitching. I layered wild wasabi lacy circle behind the tag and added my happy birthday from 'Teeny tiny sentiments'. The white background is embossed with the chevron EB folder.

Go here to check out the design teams great creation :)

I also wanted to enter this card for Inkspirational Challenge - anything goes. Once again an amazing design team, so go here and check out their creations.

Thanks for looking :)

Bright Birthday Four!

MERRY 

* CHRISTMAS! *

Well the day that we've all planned and scurried around for is finally here! I hope that you are able to enjoy family and good times today and dont eat too much (as I know I seem to do!)

We still have a challenge on today at Try Stampin' On Tuesday, and its a goodie! I need a card for my DD who has a birthday early January and this sketch was perfect. 

I wanted to use bright, fun colours, so out came my brights collection from Stampin' Up. I used my beautiful wings embosslit and my heart punch to create my panel and then I inlaid embossed it with my square lattice embossing folder. I actually made a second embossed panel, but it was way too heavy on the card, so I've used some vellum, embossed with my perfect polka dot folder and trimmed with a very thin piece of pumpkin pie. I was happy with the result, as I can still see the bottom panel. The scallop circle is from spellbinders and I've cut out my number 4 in white and popped it up on dimensionals.  My twine is actually from a pack I got with a magazine, but it is a perfect match with the tempting turquoise - score!

Here's another view - do you think a 4 year old would love to get this?? I know I would:)

Go past Try Stampin On Tuesday and see the other creations the design team have come up with as usual they are amazing!

Thanks for looking

Festive Friday #29 - Colour Challenge

Hey there! Well it's time again for another Festive Friday and this week Nicole has given us a colour challenge.  Here are the colours we have to work with:

Here's my creation:

I went with a joy fold card, but I turned it vertically. I used the lucky limeade for my base, and used some lucky limeade DSP from Nursery Nest for the bottom flap. I used my old faithful polka dot from the paper stacks in melon mambo, every thing has been matted on whisper white. I used my 'Tree Trimmings' and stamped them in tempting turquoise and clear heat embossed them to give them some shine and the two smaller ornaments are cut out and placed on dimensionals for a bit of depth. The sentiment is from 'Four the Holidays' and stamped in melon mambo and I used some retired melon mambo buttons. I've held the top card with a punched heart, which I embossed with the polka dot embossing folder.

So go past Nicole's blog and see the other great creations from the design team and have a go at this bright colour combo.

Thanks for looking!

Festive Friday #23 - Inspiration Photo

Hello! It's time again for another Festive Friday. Nicole has given us a photo to inspire us:

Here's my take on the photo:

I loved the garland around the mirror and I tried to stay true to the layout of the photo. I also picked up some colour from the red on the packaging. The garland was made by using my owl punch to create the different sized circles of glimmer paper, I then stuck them onto some crochet twine. The 'merry' is done by using my 'timeless type alphabet' in basic grey, the presents are made from 3.5 cm squares of glimmer paper, then layered with 1 1/4 square punch in bashful blue dsp and popped up on dimensionals. I used cherry cobbler for the pop of colour. To create the 'bows' I punched out a heart with my owl punch, then punched it again with the heart to heart punch. I stuck them all together and finished them off with a rhinestone.

Feeling inspired? Swing by Nicole's blog and check out the other amazing creations by the design team and join in on the fun.

Thanks for looking