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 very clever card!

Good morning! 

It's a really dark and wet morning here today...you can really see autumn is here! 

So I think I can feel slightly less guilty about showing you a Christmas card now! ;)

This is one of the other projects we made at the Craft Reward day last Sunday.

We got to have a play with the new Thinlits word dies and made a very clever card indeed!

This is a slider card - pulling one side causes the other side to come out too! It is a really simple mechanism, but so clever and really does give the 'wow' factor!

The easel on the back to hold it up is also very simple to make.

Products used

Cardstock - Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink - Marina Mist, Night Of Navy, Versamark

Stamps - Festive Flurry, Merry Little Christmas, Sweet Essentials

Punch - Label Bracket Punch

Embossing - Stampin' Emboss Clear and Pewter

Huge thanks to Michelle Last for giving us the reward day, and for this project too!

If you would like to purchase any of the materials used in this project, please click on the link on my sidebar.

Right, off to work, then the first part of my Christmas shopping! I will be finished by the end of November! ;)

More Snowflake Flurries!

Hello :)
This is a very quick post today, as was typing it last night and I didn't feel too great. 

I have made another Christmas card...getting in the mood now!

I used the Festive Flurry bundle and the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder. I backed the panel with Silver Glimmer Paper...isn't it sparkly??

The snowflake is embossed in Pool Party Stampin' Emboss then Iridescent Ice. The sentiment is from Sweet Essentials, stamped in Silver Encore.

Supplies

Stamps - Festive Flurry, Sweet Essentials

Dies - Festive Flurry

Ink - Encore Silver

Embossing - Versamark, Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder, Iridescent Ice EP, Northern Flurry EF

Other - Silver Ribbon

Challenges

Try Stampin' On Tuesday - #133

ABC Christmas Challenge - Q is for Quick

Thanks, as always, for stopping by!

A Modern Wedding Card

Good morning! 

Wow we had a lot of rain last night! Did you? We started off camping in the back garden, but it didn't last long! We came inside at the first sign of lightening!

So I am here with a card that I made to enter into the DT call at Stampin' Celebration, and here is the inspiration photo...

And here is the card I made...

Yes, this IS a tent fold DL card! I have a lot of A3 cardstock so I can make pretty much any size card blank I like!

The main panel is stamped using one of the heart stamps from Hearts a Flutter, stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe, using my Stamp-a -majig for perfect placement. The flower was created using the small heart punch, and the top panel is the new Co-ordinations card, also in Crisp Cantaloupe, embossed using one of the Adorning Accents Embossing Folders and gently sanded to lift the colour off the hearts.

 The sentiment is from Sweet Essentials and I punched it out using just the ends of the Elegant Label Punch. I finished with some of the gorgeous new Ruffle Stretch Trim and a few seed beads from my stash. 

Supplies

Cardstock - Co-ordinations

Stamps - Hearts a Flutter, Sweet Essentials

Ink - Crisp Cantaloupe

Punches - Small Heart, Elegant Label

Embossing - Adorning Accents EF

Ribbon - Ruffle Stretch Trim

If you would like to order any of the other fabulous new products, and have the opportunity to earn some of the gorgeous hostess items, please do contact me and I will be very happy to place your order for you.

Please click on the catalogue link on my sidebar to browse the yummy new catalogue, or for £4.95 inc. p&p I can send you your very own copy to drool over and write your wishlist in!

Challenges

Charisma Cardz - Make Your Own Embellishments

One Stop Craft - Add Flowers and Ribbon

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Right, I'm off to church now... see you tomorrow!

Thank You Chalkboards for Teachers

Hello!

Well, after a really busy week I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! 

One of the reasons I was so busy is because it is the last week of school, so a teacher thank you cards were needed! Keiran's class in Reception has 2 fab teachers and 2 great teaching assistants, so I thought they should have special cards. 

I have seen lots of little chalkboard easel style cards, so I thought I would have a go at one...

...or four!

I wrote the teachers' names on the back of each card with chalk, then to fix it, I sprayed them with hairspray.

The wood effect was made using the woodgrain stamp, and each vertical strip is 1.5cm wide by 14cm long, the horizontal strips are 1.5cm by 7cm. The black card base starts out as an A6 tent fold.

I stamped my sentiment using Vintage Verses (SAB, retired) and Sweet Essentials with a Whisper White Craft pad. The little tags are created using various punches, washi tape and a cheeky monkey stamp!

Supplies

Cardstock - Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Stamps - Vintage Verses, Zoo Babies, Sweet Essentials, Woodgrain Background Stamp

Ink - Basic Black, Whisper White

Punches/Dies - Chalkboard Framelits, Jewellery Tag, Petite Curly Label

Ribbon - Stitched Grossgrain, Linen Thread

Other - Gingham Garden Washi Tape

If you would like to order any of the products I have used, or any of the other fabulous new products, please do contact me and I will be very happy to place your order for you.

Please click on the catalogue link on my sidebar to browse the yummy new catalogue, or for £4.95 inc. p&p I can send you your very own copy to drool over and write your wishlist in!

Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Thank You

Right, off to work! See you tomorrow! :)

A shaped One Layer Card

Good morning LIMettes!

Are you enjoying the lovely weather...isn't it gorgeous?!

This week at Less Is More, Chrissie and Jen have a One Layer theme and it is...

SHAPED CARDS
(not square or rectangular)

So here is my offering...

I have cut my card shape using the largest of the framelits from Labels Collection, the stamp is Stippled Blossoms and the sentiment is from the Sweet Essentials set, which is currently available at 20% off!

Right, I'm on a mad dash to work now...running late as I slept in lol!
Bye!