Acetate Card

Really quick share with you today, I've been playing with Acetate.

As you can see, I used the acetate to create the card base and added some "Whisper White" card stock on just half of the card on both the front and the back, so there is a space to write your message but I stupidly didn't take a photo before I sent the card out!

Both the flower image and the sentiment came from the "Blooming with Kindness" stamp set, I love the font on the sentiments in this set.  The ribbon is the "Primrose Petals" Stitched Satin Ribbon, it's so soft and lush.

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Cheerio till next time ... xx

Card layout based on Scrapbook Sketch

The card I'm sharing with you today is based on a Scrapbook page sketch that I saw on Shimelle Laine's blog,  (you can see her original post HERE )

I used the "Sale-a-bration" stamp set "Vintage Verses" (love this set!), for the main sentiment and stamped one of the little butterflies from the "Papillon Potpourri" stamp set and punched it out using the new "Bitty Butterfly" punch that can be found in the new Spring/Summer catalogue.

I cut the sentiment layer and it's backing layer using the "Windows Frame framelit" dies; these have been carried over from the Autumn/Winter seasonal catalogue and so are still available.

The paper is also a "Sale-a-bration" item called "Sycamore Street" I used a few little pearls from the Basic Pearl Jewel pack to give it an extra little dimension.  Originally I didn't have the bakers twine on there, but added it as I thought the "Summer Starfruit" piece as a bit plain needed something.

Remember, "Sale-a-bration" items are FREE and you get to choose 1 for every £45, (60 Euros), you spend, so if you spend £90 you could have both the stamp set and designer series paper for FREE - Yay!  xx



Project Ingredients
Stamp Sets : "Vintage Verses" & "Papillon Potpourri"
Card stock : "Summer Starfruit", "Island Indigo" & "Naturals Ivory"
Accessories :  "Sycamore Street" DSP; "Island Indigo" bakers twine & Basic Pearl Jewels
Colour:  "Tangerine Tango" and "Summer Starfruit" classic ink pads
Tools : Tape runner adhesive; Dimensional Adhesive; "Bitty Butterfly" punch; Big Shot machine; Window Frames collection Framelit dies

Another birthday card - CASE'd

Hi,

I have another birthday card to that I wanted to quickly share with you, this time it was for my sister Eileen, whose birthday was earlier in the week.

It uses the "Spotlight" technique that I've been meaning to try for ages but I saw a video on YouTube that Dawn Griffiths posted where she used the "Swallowtail" stamp, which you can find in the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue that goes live today and I knew I had to CASE as it was perfect for this technique.

The "Swallowtail" stamp is huge, as you can see, and really striking.  It's so detailed that there are loads of techniques that you could use it with as it would be very forgiving.

I used "Papillon Potpourri" to decorate the inside and the sentiment comes from the "Perfectly Penned" stamp set, which I've used loads since I got it.

Must dash .... xx

Project Ingredients
Stamp Sets : "Swallowtail"; "Papillion Potpourri"& "Perfectly Penned"
Card stock : "Midnight Muse" & "Whisper White"
Colour:  "Midnight Muse" & "Basic Black" classic Ink pads & StazOn Ink
Tools : Tape runner adhesive & Circle punches

Another Birthday card

My share today is another card that I made for a cousin's birthday, this time it was for my cousin Jennifer, whose birthday was last week. I have a LOT of cousins as my Dad was  of 14 children!

 It was made using the beautiful "Natural Composition" speciality paper from the Annual catalogue, I love this pack that comes with gorgeous pre-heat embossed images, it's perfect for so many things and makes wonderful boxes and gift bags as well as adding a beautiful layer on, what is in fact, a very simple card.

I stamped the sentiment from the "Perfectly Penned" stamp set onto the Cotton Ribbon that is in the current Autumn/Winter catalogue - this catalogue retires on the 31st January, so if you want anything from that catalogue, please get in contact as soon as possible!

As the outside of the card was so quick and simple, I decorated the inside too.  I used the bloom image from the stamp set "Betsy's Blossoms" which I think matches the images on the "Natural Composition" beautifully, the butterfly image and the butterflies on the front of the card are from the "Papillon Potpourri" stamp set, with the butterflies on the front punched out with the "Elegant Butterfly" punch,  the smaller butterfly images on the inside was punched our with a new punch called "Bitty Butterfly" which is in the new Spring/Summer catalogue that comes out on 1st Feburary.

The sentiment I used on the inside is from the "Blooming with Kindness" stamp set, which is one of my favourites of the new ones in the current Annual catalogue.

I kept the colour palette simple, just "Raspbery Ripple", "Crumb Cake" and "Perfect Plum".  I got this trio of colours from my "Colour Coach" which is such a wonderful source of colour combinations.

Hope you have a wonderful day, and if you have any questions about any products on this or any of the projects I share with you, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

 

Blooming with Kindness stamp set

Perfectly Penned stamp set