Baby Girl

So I'm back to share the two baby girl cards I made.

I must admit, I'm not a fan of this one, but I think it's healthy to share cards, even if they make me cringe :)

I love the simplicity of this one. The felt hearts are from Kaisercraft and I've had them forever! I used perfect polka dots to add texture and overall this was very simple to create.

So do you have a favourite? Any question, just ask.

Thanks for looking

TSOT #118 - Together Forever

Hi! It's yet again time for another sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I REALLY struggled with this one, but once I chose my colours I seemed to find my way :)

Here's the sketch:

And my creation:

I chose a neutral palette of white and crumb cake. I embossed my panels with 2 different embossing folders and my sentiment is from MDS and printed. I added three cherry cobbler hearts punched from the owl punch for a pop of colour. I'm really happy with the end result even if it was a scary sketch for me, but hey, it's great to be challenged right?

Now over to you, it's great seeing what you come up with, and I cant wait to see the amazing creations you create with this sketch! Also if you still need some more inspiration, check out the other design teams creations here. 

Thanks for looking and any questions, just ask :)

TSOT #112

Hello! It's time again for another fabulous sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I actually made TWO cards with this sketch.

I went with two sympathy cards, but I could easily change out the sentiment. These cards all came about because of this cool ribbon I found at my local scrap booking store and it only came in brown -not my favourite colour. SO the challenge for me was to use this fab ribbon on a creation and not just buy it because it looked cool and stash it in my draw, never to be seen again!!

Looking at both of these cards, I dont think I have a favourite :) - do you??
I have used various embossing folders, punches and stamps on both cards, so if you have any questions, just ask :)

Now I know you'll want to see the other AMAZING creations from the other design members, so check them out here. Then link up your creation, because it's great seeing what you come up with.

I also wanted to say a big thanks to every one who takes the time to leave a comment. I truly love reading them and they make my day :)

Thanks for looking and have a great week :)

Live, Laugh & Love

Hi! Well it's time again for another Try Stampin' On Tuesday, and once again Jenn has created a fantastic sketch!

Here's the sketch:

 I love how this sketch lends itself to adding a few more layers or keeping it nice and simple, which is what I did.

I've layered three panels all dry embossed with a different folder (final press, manhattan flower and vintage wallpaper) and layered them onto my not quite navy card base. I love how striking this colour combo is. I've added my happy birthday sentiment stamped in not quite navy, from "on your birthday" and added a few hearts with a pearl to finish them off. I actually made a few of these simple cards, as early January I have a stack of birthdays which seem to creep up on me - so I'm now well prepared :)

Now over to you! We love seeing what you come up with and you'll definitely want to go past Try Stampin On Tuesday to see what the other design members have created.

Thanks for looking :)

Lovely Rosette

Good morning! Nicole recently posted this card and I knew I wanted to case it. I change the colours but basically kept it all the same.

I love how it turned out and I think the colours are so pretty. Any questions about the details just ask!

Thanks for looking :)

Fast and Fabulous

Good afternoon! I thought I'd quickly pop by and show you another card that my relative asked me to make. I was inspired by this card.

I was happy with this card, as I had set out to use some techniques which I dont use as ofeten - masking and watercolouring. I used 'Fast and Fabulous' which I masked and stamped in staz on onto watercolor paper and coloured with my blender pens. I was pretty happy with how the colouring turned out, I used baja breeze as my base, then  added marina mist and did some highlighting with not quite navy and the centers are so saffron. I used 'Fabulous Phrases' for my sentiment and I used paisley petals dsp. I have also dry embossed the white mat on the bottom in 'Final Press'. 

Also wanted to too my own horn and say that this card which I entered for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge, won a "Perfect Princess" award! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Festive Friday #13 Colour Challenge

Good morning!

Well it's time again for another Festive Friday and we're switching it up a bit. We are moving to a more 'traditional' style of blog challenge, so there will be colour challenges, inspiration photos, sketches for you to join in with us. Nicole has done a great job at sorting out the new format and I cant wait to see what the other design members come up with.

So for our first week we have a colour challenge for you and here it is:

I really love these colours together. I found that this card came together quite easily, as I had the colours picked out for me and I had told myself that I wanted to used the 'snow swirled' for my next card I made... so here it is :) I also used 'final press' embossing folder and 'short and sweet' for the sentiment and a few rhinestones add a bit bling! I love the clean lines on this card and could see myself easily mass producing this one.

So now it's over to you... visit Nicole's blog and check out what the other design team members have created and join in on the fun!

Just Add Ink #100

Hi! Over at Just Add Ink, they're celebrating their 100th birthday challenge and so this weeks theme is - 'Just add crowns'. I actually dont own any stamp sets which have crowns or anything to that nature, so I had to think outside the square and came up with this cute box:

I know that these boxes have been around for a while now and I finally had a chance to make one. The box uses the pillow box die, but for my 'crown' shape I cut off all the extra bits on top to get a unified look and cut the bottom straight. The colours I've used are rose red, certainly celery, so saffron and some scrap brown. I embossed the rose red base with the final press embossing folder. The hearts and 'princess' were all cut out using the timeless type alphabet. My Hubby surprised me for Christmas by buying this secretly and it's now my new best friend! You can get the tutorial for the box here. 

I am loving the end result and I cant think of any little girl who wouldn't love to get this!

Thanks for looking and have a great day! 

Congratulations

I thought I'd quickly pop in and post a card I had made a while ago.

I love the simplicity of this card. The flower is made using Stampin' Up's scallop punch, I then scrunched the scallops and repeated. The more layers the fuller the flower. 

Thanks for looking.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 128

I loved the sketch at Sweet Sunday this week. 

Here's what I created. Not the most traditional of colors for Christmas, but I think it still works.

Here's the sketch:

If you have time, go and check out Sweet Sunday  blog - trust me you'll be inspired!

Thanks for looking.