Valentine's day ideas - No.4

Hello again,

Well, I can't find the photo's for the project I wanted to show you, so I will share this one with you instead.  As you can see, it's another card, but this time a full sized A6 card.

I used "Poppy Parade" cardstock and the "First Edition" DSP, which I think work wonderfully together.  I used the heart punches to create a 'kite' effect, with the linen thread as the kite string.

I heat embossed the image from the "Always Elegant" stamp set onto the cardstock before using the large heart punch so that I could get a symmetrical image on the heart.

I used the mat pack and the paper piecing tool to put holes all around the card and used a black marker to make the faux stitching.

I really like this card, hope you do too.


 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Always Elegant"
Card stock : "Poppy Parade"
Accessories : Clear Embossing poweder; "First Edition" Speciality DSP & Linen thread.
Colour : VersaMark ink pads & "Baisc Black" marker pen.
Tools : "SNAIL" adhesive; Dimensional Adhesive; "Full Heart" punch; "Small Heart" punch; "Heart to heart" punch;"lace Ribbon" border punch; Mat pack & Piercing tool.

Having another go ... and what I found on my desk this morning!

Hello everyone,

Is it just me or did autumn make an appearence yesterday?

Anyway, today's share is just me having another go at the card I shared on Monday, see HERE, except this time I did a blue colour scheme instead of the pink.

I also changed the orientation slightly by having the ribbon on the left of the main image rather than below as in the original card. Redoing a card you've done before and just changing it a little bit is a great thing to do when you are feeling like your crafting mojo has deserted you.

Oh, and on a completly unrelated note, this is what I discovered on my crafting desk this morning.

This is my cat, Cat, (named by my son and after the cat in Red Dwarf), she loves to sleep here as the sun beems through the window, but she doesn't like the sun in her eyes so she covers them up with her paw and goes to sleep like that.  Very cute, but really annoying as that Stampin' Up! grid paper you can see under her is meant for my stamping not her sleeping! lol

Until next time  ... xx
 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets :  "Nature Walk" &; "Always Elegant" - for the sentiment
Card stock : "Marina Mist" &; Watercolour paper - for the main image
Accessories : 5/8" Organza ribbon in "Whisper White; DSP patterns stack in "Subtles" - for the "Marina Mist" patterned paper
Colour : "StazOn ink; "Marina Mist", "Always Artichoke & "Sahara Sand" marker pens
Tools : Stampin' Dimensionals SNAIL Adhesive; Blender Pen
 

All pink and girlie

Morning, well, here we are again back at Monday, still, that just means that we have a whole week of possibilities ahead of us :o)

For today's post I would like to share something a little pink and girlie.

I'm finding myself making more cards like this, not sure what that says about me - lol!  This card just came together as I wanted to make a few generic cards to have in my card stash but looking at it now I think it could be a wedding or anniversary card, hmm, not sure, I'll just let it call out to me when I'm looking for a card.

One thing you might find interesting is the technique I used when colouring in the main image.

As you can see from the photo, the leaves have some shading on them.  I actually achieved this by colouring in the leaves with my marker pen then took my blender pen to remove colour rather than add it and I just kept removing colour by going over those areas that needed to be a lot lighter.  What do you think?  I like it and may have to make another one, just to practice the technique you understand - lol!

till we chat again, take care  .... xxx


Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets :  "Nature Walk" & "Always Elegant" - for the sentiment
Card stock : "Pretty in Pink" & Watercolour paper - for the main image
Accessories : 5/8" Organza ribbon in "Whisper White; DSP patterns stack in "Subtles" - for the "Pretty in Pink" patterned paper
Colour : "StazOn ink; "Pretty in Pink", "Always Artichoke & "Sahara Sand" marker pens
Tools : Stampin' Dimensionals SNAIL Adhesive; Blender Pen

Invitation Card

Well, 2 posts in one day, get me - lol!

I wanted to share with you a quick card I made for a lovely lady who is interested in joining my team and becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  We are having a full team training day soon and I made a more formal invitation for aforementioned lady so she knows just how welcome she will be even though she is not a member of the team.

The patterned paper with the musical notes on is from the "Newsprint" Designer Series Paper, (DSP), which is on the retirement list, so you only have until the end of the month to get hold of, that's if it stays in stock that long!  The image from the "Always Elegant" stamp set was embossed using a mixture of black and gold embossing powders, which creates a really lovely two-toned effect.

If anyone else is interested in becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator, please do get in contact for all the details.  It really is great fun, and it really is something that you can put in as much effort as you want to but the friends you make and all the help and support you get as well as loads of training and top tips is amazing and worth it just for that!

Until next time, take care..

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets :  "Always Elegant"
Card stock : "Naturals Ivory" & "Riding Hood Red"
Accessories : "Newsprint" Designer Series Paper, "Filigree" Designer Brads, "Crumb Cake" Seem binding ribbon, Basic Pearls and Versamark Ink Pad; Black & Gold Embossing powder - mixed together
Colour : "Crumb Cake" ink pad
Tools : Personal Computer - for the text, "Itty Bitty Shapes" punch pack, Heat Tool