Button Buddies cards

Happy St. Georges Day! ~  but I hope you're having a great day whether this sentiment is relevant to you or not :o)

Today I would like to share with you a few cards I made with the "Button Buddies" stamp set.  I was lucky enough to receive this set for free from Stampin' Up as an achievement award.  Stampin' Up are really good at offering incentives to demonstrators, they really make you feel like they have your back and are trying to help you achieve your goals as a demonstrator, whatever they may be.

I've made my cards 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square cards, which is a size I love.

As you can see, these images are really cute but simple and great for all sorts of occasions.

 

 I've only used a few of the images, there are still 5 more for me to play with.

Why "Button" buddies are you asking yourself?

Well that's because all the images have an element on them that matches up perfectly with our buttons, as you can see in the card above - how cool is that and makes 'stepping-up' card so easy.

I also teamed the images up in this little collection with the "Swirls & Curls Verses" sentiment set.  This is a hostess only item that is in the Spring mini catalogue, which comes to an end on the 30th of this month, so only about a week left to get hold of the items in that mini so don't delay in getting in contact if you would like to order any item in that catalogue.

take care ... xx

Last minute "Sale-a-bration" projects

Hello there,

I was awake at 'stupid O'clock this morning, so I thought I would get to my blog as I haven't posted for a few days ~ opps!

Today's card features the gorgeous "Everyday Enchantment" DSP and the "Fresh Vintage" stamp set, both of which are exclusive "Sale-a-brations" items and are therefore only available for a few more days as this event ends on 31sdt March ~ eek!
I also used the "Swirls & Curls Verses", which is the Hostess gift in the current Spring Mini catalogue.

The card is the same design and layout as the card I sent to my lovely upline Sarah-Jane.  To see her card, please see HERE

Front View

The card rests on the "Pool Party" section at the front rather than the traditional inverted 'V' shaped card.

Front view, open

Side view, open

These cards are great fun to make and I can certainly see lots more of them coming out of my little crafting corner over the summer.

That's it for today, I've just got to do some photo editing of some of the projects I've made recently as I've a few more things to show you that I've made using Sale-a-brations goodies.  Please get in contact soon if you want any of these items as I would have for you to miss out.

take care and chat again tomorrow.... xx

Mother's Day projects - No.4

Less than a week to go till Mother's Day - eek!

Anyway, today's very quick post showcases another project from the CASE'd book files.  This time I was inspired by THIS  project by an American demonstrator, Dawn Griffiths.

It's a little bag with coordinating cards.  What Mum wouldn't want such a cute and practical gift.

Gift bag with cards inside

The pocket of the bag is made using a 6x6" page pocket protector ~ what an fabulous idea!

 

If you want to know how it's made the page the link above takes you to leads you to Dawn's video.  I used different DSP and stamp set and haven't embellished as much as Dawn does on hers but hopefully it will give you a few ideas.

Enjoy!   xx

 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Swirls & Curls Verses"
Card stock : "Pool Party" & "Whisper White"
Accessories: Everyday Enchantment" DSP & "Whisper White" 5/8" Satin Ribbon
Colour  StazOn Ink
Tools : "SNAIL" adhesive & Crop-a-dile