My Diary

Hello!

I spent most of yesterday and last night designing and making a card for a commission order. I will blog it later this week, hopefully, but unfortunately I didn't get time to do anything else!

So today, I'm going to show you the diary that I made for myself. I don't know about you but I can't keep track of my life without one and as I made them for my friends I thought I deserved one too!

I used a sentiment from Express Yourself and yes, it is for me! I sometimes need reminding that I am actually amazing, even if only in my own little world! The frame of the sentiment is from Hello Lovely and I punched the panel out with the Decorative Label punch.

The butterflies are from Papillon Potpourri and are punched using the matching Bitty Butterfly punch. I added little bits of ribbon, lace and twine for interest, and part of a die cut from the Lattice Bigz Die.

Supplies used

A quick update on my foot...it was still a bit swollen this morning, and quite bruised, so I decided the gym would not be a good place to go, so I went swimming instead. It made quite a change! I may have to swim more often!

Have a good Wednesday!

Predominantly Purple Flowerful Heart

Hello!

Oooh last day of 2013! Was it a good year for you? It really was for me and for the first time in a long time I'm going to be sad to see the end of a year. I had a tough couple of years in 2011 and 2012 and last year was just so great for me! I joined Stampin' Up! in the back end of 2012 and after a year I am even more in love with the products, inspiration and especially the family I have been welcomed into! It has opened up so much for me and I am sure 2014 is going to be even better!

Anyway, back to the reason I blog...my crafting! I made this card as another entry into the Less Is More challenge and this time I am using week 49 - Predominantly Purple.

Now I will admit to some shameless CASEing here! I saw this stunning card and loved everything about it, so I had to have a play.

I love how the combination of Gorgeous Grunge and the elegant Flowerful Heart work so beautifully together! I stamped the heart in Perfect Plum, then using my Stamp-a-majig, I over stamped with Versamark and heat embossed using Clear Stampin' Emboss.

Supplies used

 

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I really hope you have a wonderful New Year and I hope that your 2014 is as good as my 2013, if not better! And I hope I can continue to be of inspiration to you in the coming year! :)

A Joyful Poinsettia

Hello!

How are you on this cold and frost morning? Well it is here, but it's a beautiful one!

I had a very productive evening yesterday making some cards for my family and some little gifts for my friends. Here is the card I made for my Mum and Dad for Christmas. (Don't worry, they won't see as they don't read my blog!)

I absolutely love the Poinsettia from the Joyful Christmas set, and I know my Mum loves Poinsettias too so I thought this would be perfect for their card. I stamped it twice in Gold Encore ink and then embossed it in Gold EP before cutting it out.

I then curled the petals for dimension and added Champagne Glass Glitter to the middle. The embossed panel is made using the Pretty Print EF and I used the Lattice Bigz Die behind the flower. 

I haven't used Stampin' Up! card as I have a lot of card lying around from before I was a Demo and I need to use it, so please forgive me! You can, of course, re-create this card using card from Stampin' Up!, which you can buy, along with all the other products used in this project, from my online shop here or by clicking on the product pictures below.

     

 

I hope you have a lovely day...enjoy the sunshine if you get chance!