Hummingbird Template

Early post today as I am off to see my Mum this morning. She is just out of hospital and still not very well, so I'm trying to spend a bit of time with her to cheer her up unfortunately that means going over to Notting Hill in the rush hour which is defiantly one of my least favourite things to do!!

So on to the sample I would like to share with you today, it started with the Hummingbird.

I downloaded the template from a magazine website, re-sized it and cut it out of "Springtime Vintage" DSP, (Summer Mini Cat Ref; 121782, Pg 17), I love this paper!

Then I left it sitting on my desk for a while whilst I wondered what I was going to do with it. I then choose my trusty "Fast & Fabulous" Lv 2 hostes stamp set, (which means it's FREE!), which I stamped using the "Night of Navy" marker as I don't have any of the 'Regal' ink pads yet, and "Rose Red" ink onto "Very Vanilla" cardstock. This was matted onto "Baja Breeze" and "Night of Navy" card stock then adhered to a "Crumb Cake" card blank. I then stamped a sentiment from the "Hello, You" stamp set, (Cat Ref; 117118, Pg 86), which is a lovely little stamp set and very affordable.

I then left it for a while, actually quite a long while! There was definatly something very missing, but really couldn't put my finger on what else it needed. Finally, on Saturday afternoon I grabbed my trusty glue pen, scribbled in the centre of the flowers and drizzled over some "Dazzling Diamonds" glitter which gave it just that something extra that it needed.

I love the movement and dimension of the hummingbird and it's defiantly a template that I will happily use again and again







So, in the end, this card took about 20 mins to actually, physically put together, but, from start to finish, it took ~ I breakfast, ~ 2 lunches, ~ 1 dinner, ~ 5 cups of tea, oh, and not forgetting a packet of Walkers Crinkles crisps - Sea Salt flavour, (love them!!), but I am now, mostly, satisfied with it! Do you every have projects like that???

If you would like any further information on the products used or any in the 'Stampin Up' range, please do not hesitate to get it contact. Alternatively, if you want to check out the full product range for yourself, please click on the catalogue images on the left to download the latest catalogues. These are also available as hard copies, The Idea Book & Catalogue 2010/2011 is £5.95 and the Summer Mini is 80p. Both of these are free to any customers of mine once they have spent £100 or over, not including shipping costs.

Anyway, must dash, lots of crafty hugs until we chat again....

Simply Stampin' Challenge No. 11

Sorry for not blogging much lately, I'm having some problems with the blogging software which is making it difficult to add new pictures and I really don't think you want a blog with me just rambling on :o)

I'm working on sorting it out, but in the meantime, I've managed to upload this card, not a very good picture I'm afraid ~ trouble with the photo editing software too, (isn't it great how technology makes life easier!!).

It's for this weeks challenge over at "Simply Stampin' Challenge". It's a colour challenge this week, the colour combo being; Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Concorn Crush.

I used the flower stem image from "Fast & Fabulous" stamp set stamped in Chocolate Chip classic ink and Concord Crush class ink to stamp the petals over the top, the petals stamp is from the same stamp set and is FREE as it is a level 2 hostess gift - yes, really, no money at all! I tied 1/2" stitched poly-ribbon in Concord Crush into a knot around the card that I stamped my images on before attaching it with dimensional adhesive foam pads to the Chocolate Chip cardstock and lastly I added faux stitching to the edges of the Concord Crush cardstock to replicate the stitching on the ribbon.

Hope you like it, anyway, must dash and try and sort out this silly software as I have lots to share with you and chat about :o)

Take care of yourselves.... xx

Double Embossed Card

Todays card is a double embossed card, what I mean by that is that there is both heat embossing and an embossing folder used on this card.

Firstly, I used a cuttlebug embossing folder from my stash and embossed the left side of the "Whisper White", (Cat Ref: 106549, Pg 85), cardstock.  I then stamped the open flower image from the "Fast & Fabulous" Hostess Lv.2 stamp set using Versamark ink, (Cat Ref: 102283, Pg 103), and covered in white embossing powder, (Cat Ref: 109132, Pg 100) and heat embossed using a heat tool, (Cat Ref: 110197, Pg 100).  Using makeup sponges I daubed over the embossed flowers using