Retiring 2010-11 In Colour collection

All of the "2010-11 In Color" products will be retiring at the end of the month so I thought I would make a little card collection to showcase these lovely colours.

The colours that are retiring are "Peach Parfait", "Poppy Parade", (my personal favourite), "Pear Pizzazz", "Concord Crush" and "Blushing Bride"  This means that all card stock, ink pads, marker pens, glimmer brads, Designer paper stacks and Stitched-Poly ribbon in those colours will be retiring on 30th September, with some of these items already selling out, so if you do what to get hold of any products in these colours, please get in contact with me ASAP

I used the Note Cards to make these cards as I think it's a lovely size to make a little collection in as it is the perfect size to make a useful little gift for someone.

The stamp I used on these is from the "You are Loved" set which is included in the new 2012-13 catalogue which will be out on 1st October.

Less Is More Challenge No. 82 ~ 3-2-1

Just popped on to do a really quick post as I wanted to enter this weeks Less Is More challenge, ( see HERE ), and the challenge closes later today.

The challenge this week is to incorporate 3 of something, 2 of something and 1 of something else!

My 3 = 3 blocks of colour; "Pool Party", "Lucky Limeade" & "Calypso Coral"
My 2 = 2 stamped images, the flower and fallen leaves from the "Happiness Shared" stamp set
My 1 = 1 sentiment from the "Thank You Kindly" stamp set.

I was pleased how it came out, I love using the clear blocks to stamp colour onto a card, I love the fact that you get a different effect every time you do it.

take care, and that really is it from me for today! ...  xx

CAS Thank You card

Hello there,

I hope your day is going better than mine.  I found out that my email account has been hacked so I've spent most of the morning trying to sort that out and send messages to people to let then know what happened, I just hope that no one got a rude message from my account and they think that I send it :o/

Anyway, on to something much nicer, stamping and my share for today.

It's a real CAS, (clean and simple), "Thank You" card.  My card base if from the "Cards & Envelopes Note" pack.  it contains 20 cards and envelopes, so it's a really economical choice and I just love the size, 5" x 3-1/2",  which is just perfect if you need to make a lot of cards, such as a "Thank You" card.

The image is from the "Simply Soft" hostess stamp set and the sentiment is from the "Thank You Kindly" stamp set, which is a must-have for any crafter.

Until next time.... xx

 
Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Simply Soft" & "Thank You Kindly"
Card stock : "Basic Black"
Accessories : "Cards & Envelopes Note" pack
Colour:   "Old Olive", "Blushing Bride" marker pens & StazOn ink
Tools : Tape runner adhesive

Shiny "Thank You" card

Hello,

I'm really late in posting today as I've been busy working on my Swop cards for next weekends regional training.  This is just one of the many wonderful things about being a Stampin' Up demonstrator, they give so much in the way of training and support.

The project that I'm sharing today is a card I made a while ago but forgot to post.  I wanted to play with stamping using the shimmer paint.

As you can see from the photo, it works well as I stamped an image from the "Delicate Doilies" stamp set, which I really like and I'm not sure why I haven't used it more.

Ooo Shiny!

Stamping with the shimmer paint makes a really lovely, shiny image.  I teamed it up with some paper from the "Mocha Morning" Specialty DSP, which is very rich looking.

I liked the look of stamping with the shimmer paint and it is something that I will defiantly be doing again.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday.... xx


Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Delicate Doilies" & "Thank you kindly"
Card stock : "Crumb Cake"; "Very Vanilla" & "Soft Suede"
Accessories : "Mocha Morning" Specialty DSP & Antique Brads
Colour:  "Soft Suede" Classic ink pad & "Champagne Mist" Shimmer paint
Tools : Tape runner adhesive;  "Decorative Label" punch

Morning,

Hope you and your family had a good weekend and a fun and safe Bonfire Night. Me?, I didn't go out all weekend as I'm terrified of fireworks after being hurt by one as a child but it gave me a great excuse to sit at my crafting desk so it was a pretty good weekend for me too!

Today's share is another card where the fold is the star.

Flat on craft mat

Upright, they remind me of Tie Fighters from Star Wars!

I used the "Flirtatious" Speciality DSP, which is just lovely and the coordinating stamp set "Delicate Doilies", the images of which are just so pretty.

I also did one using a predominately "Wisteria Wonder" sheet from the same DSP.

 For the ribbon on this one, I used "Whisper White" 1/4" grosgrain and dyed it using the "Wisteria Wonder" ink.
You start with a 12" x 4" strip of DSP and the finished card is 4" x 4",  so you can get 3 of these from each sheet of 12" x 12", so great if you want to make a stack of cards quickly, maybe for post 'event' thank yous or as little invites.  I attached a piece of "Whisper White" on the back of the paper for any message, sentiment etc.

Hope you like them... take care xx





 
Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Thank You Kindly" & "Delicate Doilies" stamp sets,
Card stock : "Whisper White", "Melon Mambo" & "Wisteria Wonder" cardstock.
Accessories : "Flirtatious" speciality DSP, 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon in "Whisper White" & "Pretty in Pink"
Colour : "Wisteria Wonder" & "Melon Mambo" classic ink pads and StazOn Ink
Tools : "SNAIL" adhesive; "Scallop Trim Corner" punch, Glue dot.