Acoustic Guitar Card!

This is the card i made for my Dad's 60th Birthday, my dad loves guitars and i always struggle when it comes to mens cards so i thought of a good use of the wood grain Natural Composition Speciality cardstock...i know i'll make him a card in the shape of a guitar!!

Here is the guitar lined up next to his other guitars..please excuse the rear end of my dog in the picture.

Hearts a Flutter!

Well i am doing rather well i  think at the moment keeping on top of my blogging, and here i am with another creation to blog about, this was a card i made for my mam for her birthday (back in march) though only just took a picture when i went home at the weekend. I used a bit of a mixture of things, the Stamp sets used were Hearts a Flutter, All Dressed Up, Pretty Petites, Bring on Cake, quite a random mixture but thats the joy of having a nice selection to pick from, the background paper is from the More Amore DSP.

Fab Friend!

Card # 2 for this weeks creation, using the Hearts A Flutter to create a bunting effect with the Tea For Two papers, and the Beautiful Wings Embosslits, i stamped the words Fab Friend and embossed with Pool Party Embossng Powder.

Spoil Yourself!

well its been a few days since i blogged and my aim since last training day is to blog everything i create so here is my creation from this week, this is a card i made for my freind in the birthday club in work, i thought her birthday was this week, well it turns out its not until the end of the month so i am very organised...for a change!!

i love the All Dressed Up bundle for simple quick cards.

Pool Party Baby

This is the card i made for my friend, she has just had a little baby boy, i saw the baby grow style card on Pinterest, i decided to add a bib and stamp teddy bear's head from the itty bitty stamps from the Spring/Summer catalogue

i made a box from Pool Party Cardstock for the card to go in, i stamped the names and heat embossed white embossing powder and added bunting across the top which reads 'new baby'.

My Friend Loved the Card!!

BIRTHDAY CARD

My GORGEOUS birthday card off my Stampin Up mam, i love the colours used together and the way she mixed the colours of the embossing powders over the Ex Libris stamp and the 'Happy Brithday' sentiment, and the All Dressed up dress makers bust die cut using glimmer paper, makes it look so glamarous!

Polly Put The Kettle On!

A Card i made for my mam for mothers day, this card was very apt as she has about 10 cups of tea a day and always makes her tea in the pot, hence the little tea pot charm.  she loved it!!

CAKE POPS!

thought i'd have a go at making some cake pops for my friends, hmmm rather a messy job....but tasty, especially the chocolate orange flavoured pops!

i Used the stamp from the 'Tags til Christmas' set.  My friends enjoyed them and loved the packaging.

Sunshine and Sprinkles and a Rainbow

This is a fab technique and simple too, this is how i done the rainbow effect background -

i placed a piece of white cardstock underneath some clear Acetate, using Stampin Up marker pens i coloured on the Acetate over where the white cardstock is placed underneath (the white cardstock is placed under the Acetate to ensure we cover enough of the Acetate to cover the cardstock) when i was happy with the colours and the covering i removed the cardstock from under the acetate and placed a paper towel underneath, using alcohol in a spray bottle (I have been told nail varnish remover can be used instead) spray the ink quite generously leave it for a minute let the colours blend into each other, then take some Creped filter paper (sold in the Spring/Summer Stampin Up catalogue, page 8 - £2.75), place the filter paper over the inked area and rub lightly to ensure the ink soaks into the crepe paper, then remove and leave to dry (alcohol is used because it dry’s fast) leave to dry for a minute then glue this to the white card stock and trim the area, leave about ½” so this can be turned underneath the back and glued down to give a neater edge.

stamp sets used - Rain or Shine (from Spring/Summer catalogue), Tiny Tags (page 184 Annual Catalogue), En Francis (also from the Annual Catalogue page)
Punch used - Jewellry Tag Punch (from the Annual catalugue, page 129)

Dapper Dad!

These are my Training Day male themed cards, i loved putting together these cards, it's great to get some idea's for mens cards, i like the combo of the Night Of Navy and Crumb Cake cardstock together, the stamp set used Dapper Dad, Bring On Cake, Delightful Dozen, Natural Trim Ribbon, Basics Designer Buttons, the stamp sets and Accessories are from the new Spring/Summer cataogue, which is jam packed with lots of fab goodies!!

Male themed swap

This week at training day it was all based around male themed as quite a few of us struggle with mens cards....definatly me!! Also fathers day is approaching so we were all asked to go out of our comfort zone and do a male swap, well i always seem to go foe crumb cake when i come to do a mens card, i just love the authentic grungy look especially with the edges blended with a bit of soft suede ink.  I decided to use the distressed dots and en francis and the background as these are quite uni sex stamps depending what colour they are stamped in, i do like a splash of colour so i had to go with pool party to freshen it up a bit, i distressed the edges of the pool party card stock, using my new distress tool, other stamps used were teeny tiny sentiments, bring on the cake and ciao baby all stamped in chocolate chip ink, puches used were word window, petite curly label and curly label, i used the linen thread through the curly lablel punch out, i edges the base card with a faux stirched outline this just finished it off.

i also thought i'd add a picture of my fab cup cake we all got....cookie monster!! Brilliant!

Thanks for stopping by!

All Dressed Up!

My Training Day Swaps, i thought as we are heading into spring and the shops are filling with gorgeous spring/summery dresses it gave me my inspiration for the swaps, using the All Dressed Up bundle and the striped DSP from the Sale-A-Bration Giveaways, the ribbons are also from the same papers, the base cardstock is Soft Suede, then layered with Pool Party CardStock, i stamped the senmtiment with Calypso Coral & Pool Party, i wanted the 'dress' of the Change of Address' stamp to pop out so i used a contrast colour, the flower in the corner is punched using the small scalloped punch and from the same papers.

Rain or Shine!

Loving the Sunshine & Sprinkles designer papers, this is a card i made on the Training Day with Monica, my great, great, great Grandma!! we used Lucky Limade cardstock for the base of the card, So Saffron, pacific point cardstock, Rain On Shine Stamp Set, White cardstock is embossed with the Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, which i absolutely love!!

Sunshine & Sprinkles

One of the cards i made at todays Training Day with lovely Monica Gale, had a fabulous day and met lots of Lovely ladies, this card was made with Melon Mambo cardstock, stamps used were from the Oh Hello stamp set, the designer papers are the Sunshine Sprinkles from the Spring/Summer brochure which are lovely and bright colours!! the flower is made from Die cuttng flowers from Filter paper pack, finished off with ribbon & gems embellishments.

my bronze 2 cards

my gorgeous cards from my Stampin Up mam & nana for making it to Bronze 2, woo hoo the skys the limit as Julies card states! thank you lovely ladies  x

Birthday Club Card

Here is a card I made for one of the girls birthday from our birthday club in work.

Seen as we are heading towards spring (I say as it is snowing outside!!) I thought I would use some of the gorgeous products from the new spring/summer catalogue.

My Blog Hop creation using the Spring Summer Catalogue

 

My creation for the blog Hop

 

 

I decided to decorate a wooden heart hanger for the blog hop using various products from the spring/

summer catalogue, i used More Amore designer papers for the background, rosette & butterflies, i used the Bitty Butterfly punch.

i used the paper flowers from the Artisan Embellishment kit and a brad from the Designer builder brad for added embellishments.

I used the Valentine ticket stub stamp from the That's The Ticket stamp set, for the sentiment,

The heart in the centre is cut from the laser cut sheets from the More Amore designer papers set.

 

 

a close up of the rosette with the brad embellishment

 

 

 

                                      

 

Full List of BLOG HOP Participants

Debbi Taylor - http://beecraftyandstamp.blogspot.co.uk/

Karyn Davies – http://www.kdcrafts.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Youd - http://stampinandcreatin.blogspot.co.uk

Rebekah Cornford - http://www.craftingbecky.blogspot.com

Angela Dawes – http://www.sparklycards.blogspot.co.uk

Nicola Worrillow – http://nicolaworrillow.blogspot.co.uk

Alex Spence - http://mycardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk

Yvonne Hunt – http://www.vonniesworld.co.uk/blog

Amanda Bates - http://thecraftspa.blogspot.co.uk

Mel Hughes - http://melhugz.blogspot.co.uk

Kate Martin - http://kraftsbykatemartin.blogspot.co.uk

Jane Bisby - http://stampsandpawprints.blogspot.com

Kylie Henshaw - http://hellostamper.blogspot.co.uk

Sharon Glynn - http://shari-anne-happycrafter.blogspot.co.uk

Angie Hutton - http://feathertassel.blogspot.co.uk

Emma Williams - http://www.ditsydaisystamper.blogspot.co.uk

Julie Kettlewell – http://www.juliesjapes.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

The Stampin Up! spring summer Catalogue is here, and is crammed with gorgeous goodies! i have added a link onto my blog so you can link to a flick book and have a browse :)

Stampin Up swaps

Thought i'd post a picture of my stampin up swaps, a whole 44 of them!

i decided to do a tag style swap