Very Vanilla Mosaic Thank you

Hello all!

Did you enjoy your weekend? We had a lovely time with Archie, but it's nice to be able to leave things lying around again without the fear of him grabbing it or chewing it lol! Mind you, he has grown up a lot since we last had him and is a lot calmer in general.

Anyway, here's a card I made last night whilst I had 10 minutes to play...

I very rarely use Very Vanilla card blanks and when I started this one I really wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, but I rather like it!

I used Mosaic Madness stamped in Raspberry and Coastal Cabana and a sentiment from Simply Sketched stamped in Sahara Sand. I then layered onto a Sahara Sand matt and onto my card blank. A touch of liquid pearls finished it nicely I think :)

Supplies

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand

Stamps - Mosaic Madness, Simply Sketched

Ink - Coastal Cabana, Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand

If you would like to purchase any of the products I have used here, please do visit my online store where you can also be entered into this month's Mystery Hostess club for your chance to win this month's hostess freebies!

Alternatively, please feel free to contact me with your order, or any queries you may have. 

Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch - #48

Just Add Ink - #185

Over the last few days I have received quite a lot of commission orders for cards for Christmas and birthdays, so I am certainly going to be busy for quite a while! I think I've counted 20 so far not including 7 packs of Christmas cards! Phew...best get off here and get on with them lol!

Happy Monday! 

A new baby Down Under!

Hiya peeps!

How is your week going? I'm having a busy one, but then I always seem to be busy lately! It's a good thing, honest!

I had a request for a new baby card the other day, with a rather unusual name request...

The card is to be sent to a Great Auntie and Great Uncle in Australia, who sadly will never be grandparents, so they are being Grauntie and Gruntle!

I have used the sadly retired Bundle of Love stamp and stamped it on Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder and Pink Pirouette card stock, then paper pieced parts of the pram. I added a little dimension with stitching, liquid pearls and a Basic Gray Candy Dot, and finished with a computer printed sentiment cut out with one of the framelits from the Chalk Talk set. The Basic Gray card was punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

The background papers are available for My Digital Studio, which I am loving! I haven't created a card with it yet, but I am loving the printable elements! It is available with a FREE trial so why not give it a go? It comes with several elements included to get you started, including stamps, sentiments, papers and embellishments.

If you would like to purchase any of the products I have used here, please do visit my online store where you can also be entered into this month's Mystery Hostess club for your chance to win this month's hostess freebies!

Alternatively, please feel free to contact me with your order, or any queries you may have. 

Challenges

The Paper Players - #164

SUO Challenges - Welcome Baby

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - No Coloured Images

Thanks for popping by today...see you tomorrow! :)

You're how old??

Good morning LIMettes!

I hope you've had a good week?

I've had a very busy one, but I have a week off after tomorrow, which I am very much looking forward to! We are going to Edinburgh and I can't wait!

Anyway, this week Chrissie and Jen have come up with the theme of...

HUMOUR!

Now I don't really have a lot in the way of humorous stamps so I decided to use one of my cute Dinoroars and a computer printed sentiment...

I paper pierced the top and bottom for some added texture.

I think the sentiment is quite fun!

Supplies

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze

Stamp - Dinoroar

Ink - Soft Suede, Old Olive

I had quite a late night last night as Jen and I were at Keiran's school having a craft evening with some of the ladies from church making cards to sell at the summer fair. We had a lovely night using all sorts of Stampin' Up! goodies, plus some old craft stash of ours...it was very enjoyable and I think we will be doing it again for sure! Here are a couple of photos...

Crafters hard at work...

The fruits of our labour...

All in all, we made 61 cards in 2 and a half hours! I wish I could manage that at home lol!

So, that said, I'm going back to bed for a bit as I have no son, no work and no market today!

See you later!

Kinetic The Open Sea!

Hello all!

I want to just say welcome to my newest followers, Sarah and Chana...I hope you find lots of inspiration in here! :)

So here is today's card. I have used a set that I have ummed and ahhhed about buying for a while now, then Jen bought it, so I've borrowed it to have a play!

I have used the great The Open Sea set, and stamped it in Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. 

Now, it's a while since I made a 'kinetic' card, (one that has movement), but this set seemed to scream it to me...that and the sketch at Seize the Birthday!

So I cut out between the top and bottom panels and placed the ship onto a moving strip that pulls out to move the ship across the globe and reveal the birthday sentiment! Pretty cool huh?

Supplies

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Stamps - The Open Sea, All Dressed Up (sentiment)

Inks - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!!Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Seize The Birthday - #16

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons - Monochromatic

Crafty Catz - Inspired By A Song - We Are Sailing

Ooh La La - Vintage/Nostalgic

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes

Before I leave, I'd like to share a photo of one of our new additions to the family. We took in two cats needing a new home yesterday, and the male, Rodney, has made himself very at home...

I think he's a bit of a poser as he seems to like my photo studio! Either that or he likes my card too!

Have a lovely Wednesday...I'm off to the gym!

Ice Cream Anniversary!

Oooh wouldn't that be great?? If Anniversaries were named after yummy foods instead of paper and wood lol! Ice-Cream, Chocolate, Sugared Almonds, Marzipan....Sorry, getting carried away!

I have another entry into the Less Is More colour challenge this week...

I pierced round the edge of my card first, with my Paper Piercing Essentials pack, then drew along the line to create 'stitching'. I then added my Very Vanilla Seam Binding and a Designer Vintage Faceted Button, with some Whisper White Baker's Twine which I coloured with Pink Pirouette to match my hearts.

I have used the hearts from the lurverly Hearts A Flutter set, and I've stamped them in various pinks. I then stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments through the middle of the plain heart to look like an arrow. Perfectly placed using my Stamp-a-Majig of course! I raised this heart up for definition.

Supplies

Card Stock - Whisper White, Sahara Sand

Stamps - Hearts A Flutter, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Inks (markers) - Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Blushing Bride, More Mustard

Ribbon - Very Vanilla Seam Binding

Baker's Twine - Whisper White

Other - Designer Vintage Faceted Buttons, Paper Piercing Essentials Pack

I'd love to feed your letterbox with some yummy Stampin' Up! goodies, so if you would like to place an order, please do contact me!

Challenges

Create With Connie and Mary - Sketch

Less Is More - Colour Challenge

Addicted To Stamps - CAS

A Gem Of A Challenge - Button It

Thanks for having a look today! I'm off to the gym now to work off all the calories that are in this ice-cream I'm dreaming of!

Celebrate!

Hello!

I have a card here that I have made based on an idea I saw a few weeks ago here, so I cased it!

I have used the incredible FREE Sale-A-Bration set Feeling Sentimental and I stamped it in Marina Mist, Cajun Craze and Lucky Limeade ink. I then mounted them onto a strip of Soft Suede card.

I used the Square Lattice embossing folder on the Marina Mist card for texture and finished with the sentiment stamped in Soft Suede. This card ended up with more layers than I had intended it to because as I stuck it together I realised the fold was on the wrong side! Doh! Schoolgirl error! 

Products used

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Soft Suede

Stamps - Feeling Sentimental (SAB)

Ink (markers) - Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Cajun Craze

Other - Square Lattice embossing folder

I now have new pages at the top of my blog for more information about Stampers 6, joining the tINKerbelles, and how to contact me, so now there's no excuses...get your orders in now so you too can get these wonderful Sale-A-Bration freebies! ;)

Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch - #16

Colour Throwdown - #230

Anything Goes - Make It Manly!

Addicted To CAS - Masculine

Here Come The Boys - Lots Of Layers

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Another Thank You

Good evening!

I'm sat here watching the new drama on More4 called Nashville...it's looking interesting so far! Myself, Jen and a couple of others are planning on going there in 2015 for my 40th bitrthday! Of course, if that is to happen, I need to stop spending so much at Stampin' Up! lol! Oh well...something's got to give...maybe I could stop eating...then I'd be skinny too lol!

Ok, here is the reason I came on tonight. A card I quickly made trying a technique I have seen used so much, but never tried.

I basically stamped the flowers 3 times each between inkings, which gives the graduated flowers. 

I stamped 3 flowers and cut them out, curled them for definition and added gems for a little sparkle. I then cut out an aperture with the word window and stamped my current favourite Thank You in it.

Products used

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Stamps - Bloomin' Marvellous (Sale-A-Bration), Elegant Thank You

Ink - Perfect Plum

Punch - Word Window

Challenges

CAS - #11

Nana Vic's - Anything Goes

As you may know, Stampin' Up! is in the midst of the Sale-A-Bration promotion, and right now you could get a free item each time you spend £45!! So why not treat yourself and get yourself some lovely free goodies!

Also, if you have a wishlist of around £99, why not join up as a demonstrator? Right now, during SAB, you can get £162.50 worth of products for only £99!! Yup! It's true! And there is no further commitment necessary...if you just want to be a Hobby Demonstrator, that's totally fine! 

So why not get in touch and take advantage of this fabulous deal? I would be happy to give you all the information you need, and set you in the right direction...please feel free to email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com or call me on 07915 698577

Kraft & Kreme Butterfly

Good evening!

Here is a card I made a couple of days ago but never got round to blogging!

As you have probably guessed, it is another entry into Less Is More's Kraft & Kreme challenge!

I used the Elegant Butterfly punch to cut out the aperture, then I stamped the butterfly from the Sale-A-Bration Blooming Marvellous set in Crumb Cake.

As you can see, I have left the panel quite raise of the card to give more of a frame to the stamped butterfly.
The sentiment is from a retired stamp - Elegant Thank You, also stamped in Crumb Cake.

Products used on this card

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink - Crumb Cake

Stamp - Blooming Marvellous (SAB), Elegant Thank You (retired)

Punch  - Elegant Butterfly

As you may know, Stampin' Up! is in the midst of the Sale-A-Bration promotion, and right now you could get a free item each time you spend £45!! So why not treat yourself and get yourself some lovely free goodies!

Also, if you have a wishlist of around £99, why not join up as a demonstrator? Right now, during SAB, you can get £162.50 worth of products for only £99!! Yup! It's true! And there is no further commitment necessary...if you just want to be a Hobby Demonstrator, that's totally fine! 

So why not get in touch and take advantage of this fabulous deal? I would be happy to give you all the information you need, and set you in the right direction...please feel free to email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com or call me on 07915 698577

That's all from me tonight. I'm now off to watch Bones, have a cuppa and an early night I think! :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Less Is More!!

Good morning LIMettes!

And Happy 2nd Birthday to Less Is More!! I can't believe it is almost 2 years since I started blogging....LIM was one of the first challenges I ever entered!

This week their challenge is

 Kraft & Kreme 

I don't think I've ever made a card in this colour combo before, but I like it!! :))

I used Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla card, Early Espresso Marker and Heart Collection Framelits for my card. Oh and some Very Vanilla Seam Binding.

The sentiment is hand written but inspired by the one from Elements of Style Stamp set. I finished with some tiny pearls from a nail art set.

I have designed my card around this week's sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch.

If you would like to order any of the items I used, and receive free Sale-A-Bration items for every £45 you spend, please do contact me on 07915 698577 or email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com

Also, if you would like to join my next Stampers 6 club, please get in touch...the next one will be starting in March, with still enough time to get your Sale-A-Bration items!

And if you would like to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, now is the perfect time to join up because during Sale-A-Bration you get to choose any products up to the value of £162.50 and still only pay £99!! That's an extra 25% of fabulous SU! goodies! I already have one lady who has taken advantage of this incredible offer and joined me as one of my tINKerbelles!

So please do get in touch...don't miss out! 

I also want to say thank you to Chrissie and Jen for ShowCASeing my card for the 'friends' challenge...it means alot! :)

Ok, off to work now! Don't celebrate too much without me LIMettes! ;)

Happy Saturday! 

Sale-A-Bration sneak peek #4 & Less Is More

Good morning you lovely LIMettes! 

All ready for Christmas? 

I thought I was, but still got some bits to finish, including the annual 'Keiran calendar'...oh well looks like I'm going to be busy Christmas Eve!

So this morning over at Less Is More, Chrissie and Jen have set us the challenge of 

DRINKS

Now other than having had a few of them with the PTA last night, I don't really have much in the way of crafty stuff to use for that theme. Then I wondered if a colour would do?

So this is my drink related card...

I have used another stamp from the Feeling Sentimental stamp set from Sale-A-Bration, and stamped it in Early Espresso! Hope I can get away with that ladies! 

I also matted it onto Early Espresso card and used Early Espresso baker's twine.

Close up...

I've used a lot of Early Espresso here...well it's early and I need an Espresso before work to wake me up after last night!

Bye for now!

Supplies used:

Card - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso

Stamp - Feeling Sentimental

Baker's Twine - Early Espresso

Embellishments - Antique Brads

If you would like me to order any of these products for delivery right to your door, please don't hesitate to contact me on 07915 698577 or email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com

Champagne & Snowflakes

Well hello and welcome to my new blog! 

Have you entered my blog candy? Oooh lovely...I wonder if you will be my winner?!

As promised, here is my first project, and I have gone for a very simple card today...one that I may make in bulk for next Christmas!

Very simply, this is a Very Vanilla card blank embossed with Northern Flurry embossing folder and I highlighted the snowflakes with Champagne Glass Glitter. I finished with 2 score lines at the top as when I embossed it I got a line...well rescued I think! Plus, no need for ribbon making it even quicker to make!

Supplies to make this card:

Card - Very Vanilla

Embossing Folder - Northern Flurry

Glitter - Champagne Glass Glitter

If you would like me to order any of these products for delivery right to your door, please don't hesitate to contact me on 07915 698577 or email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com

Challenges

CCMC - Very Vanilla & Champagne Glimmer 

The Paper Players - Snowflakes

SUO - A Season of Glitter!

Thanks for looking and see you tomorrow!