New Look!!

My sister and I have spent a lovely bank holiday Monday afternoon updating my blog layout.  There are still some tweaks that are needed but now having eaten the chocolate cake we have run out of steam.  I would love to hear your comments on the new look so far.  Remember your comments make me happy.

Get Well Soon Wishes

I made this card for my Grandma who was taken ill whilst on holiday last week and has been in Bournemouth hospital. I have used one of the stamps from the Fun and Fast notes stamp set and coloured it in using the inkpad lid and my blender pens.

The main base of the card is Very Vanilla and topped with a layer of Perfect and Pale Plum cardstock. I have used the tree vine from Vintage Vogue to create the border on the outer edge of the card, inked with pale plum.

The little bow to finish off the card is 1/4" elegant eggplant ribbon and adhered with a glue dot.

We all wish Grandma a speedy recovery and hope that she will be back home soon XX

Project 2

This is the second project my ladies undertook. The original idea came from a swap of Kerry Timms.

My card base is whisper white and then a layer of pretty in pink which I have versamarked with the vintage vogue wheel.

Then a strip of so saffron cardstock has been added and a length of certainly celery ribbon adhered with glue dots.

The three images along the centre of the card have been made using the scallop circle punch in rose red and then 1/3/8" and 11/4" circle punch in old olive and whisper white card stock.

I have used the 2 step bird punch to create the top images in off cuts of cardstock.

The sentiment comes from Sincere Salutations and is stamped in rose red ink using the stamp-a-ma-jig to position..

Bookmark

Tomorrow I am going to see some wonderful ladies at Parliament Eary Years Centre for a morning of crafting. One of our projects will be to make this lovely bookmark.

Amanda gave a swap at our last team meeting so I have changed the ribbon and colours to make my own version of the bookmark.

I have used 2 scallop circles of Night of Navy cardstock which were stapled together with a lengh of bashful blue stripped grosgrain ribbon to start with.

I have then added 11/4" circle of Taken with Teal and a 1" circle of Bashful Blue cardstock. A small heart was added to finish off. (repeat this for the other side of the bookmark)

Thanks for stopping by.

Pocket Silhouettes and Rose Red

Last Friday my friend Paula hosted a workshop. As the ladies sat whilst I demonstrated a card all you could hear was I couldnt make that. Oh you make it look so easy said one. But we all know Stampin up! makes things easy with co-ordinating card and inks.

Well ladies you all made the above card and how easy was it..........

Recipe:

Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Whisper White, Cameo Coral and Rose Red.

Inks: Rose Red

Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouette

Punches: Scallop Square and Word Window

Ribbon: Pretty In Pink striped Grosgrain

Adhesive: SNAIL, tombow, sticky strip and dimenionsals.

If you and a group of your friends would like to get together and craft give me a call 01452 855231/ 07855617920 to arrange your own workshop.

Wedding Day

My sister and her family were at a wedding on Saturday and she had asked me to make a card at the last minute. She is a great crafter but had just not had time to make the card herself.

Trying to make the most of my time on friday evening I packed myself a small box of supplies and went off to take my younger daughter and her friend to gymnastics. My plan was to make the card whilst waiting for the girls. I had 45 minutes of free time.

I used Confetti White cardstock for the base. ( a new choice for me), but its lovely and just perfect for a wedding card. The middle layer is Pale Plum and Pretty in Pink cardstock I used the Simply Said stamp set with pretty in pink ink and 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon.

My images were stamped and coloured in using blender pens and were then punched out using the scallop square. The middle sentiment comes from Occasional Greetings.

I hope the happy couple enjoyed their day, they certainly had perfect weather.....

Thank You Card 2

This is the second card that I made for Alice. Again it was a quick card using scraps from my craft box.

I have used Whisper White cardstock for the base and then layered a piece of Chocolate Chip and DSP from Rose Red. The sentiment is again from Oval All and has been stamped in Rose Red onto Whisper White cardstock, and then layered onto Rose Red. I have used the oval and scallop oval punches. I have used a piece of 3/8" taffeta ribbon pretty in pink to balance the bottom of the card.

Its surprising what you can do with your left overs. Have a look in your box and challenge yourself to make something with the bits. Email me your results I would love to see them.