Small Sayings Card Swap

This card is from my week before last card swap! I had no idea what I was going to do so I did a bit of blog surfing, then started creating. I know I saw a similar design on SplitCoast Stampers, but have no idea who its was or with what sets-sorry!

Here's the recipe:

* STAMPS: Small Sayings (Summer Mini Catalogue)

* CARD STOCK: Choc Chip, Close to Cocoa, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White

* INK: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White

* ACCESSORIES: Corner Rounder Punch, Large Oval Punch, Bella Ribbons, Stampin' Up! Pastels, Sponge Daubers

I chose the ribbon first, then found colours to match! Luckily most Stampin' Up! colours matched perfectly. The ribbon was just from Reject Shop, in the meantime I have purchased some Stampin' Up! Ribbon Originals-they are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!

Here is the second card, same layout, different colours but the same stamp set. I had to make this for Ally-she is such a cameo coral girl!!!

* CARD STOCK: Cameo Coral, Choc Chip, So Saffron, Cool Caribbean

* INK: Choc Chip

* ACCESSORIES: Slit punch, Corner Rounder, Bella Ribbon

I've been tagged!!!!

I've only just realised that I've been tagged by Rebecca Munro. Thanks for your lovely comment-it made my day!
Apparently, the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged are:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

Now for my 7 random facts:
* I have recently moved to Gloucester after living on the Central Coast all my life!
* I can't believe I didn't know Stampin' Up! existed until 6months ago - Thanks Ally!
* I am a complete choc-a-holic-can't resist Dark Chocolate
* My youngest daughter, Meg (16mths) slept through all night for the first time last night-yeah!
* I love looking out of the window of our new house and seeing the mountains, cows and horses-it's very peaceful.
* My favourite book is Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy.
* I'm just about to take my 2 beautiful girls to the library. It gives me 25 minutes of peace while they explore, choose books & DVD's and sit quietly and read books to each other!

As to tagging 7 people!!! Do I know that many other bloggers? I'm going to have to tag those whose blogs I love! Let's see- Ally, Adele, Georgina, Marelle, Alisa, Jayne & Angela. If these links don't work they are all located on the right hand side of my blog!
Happy Stamping!

Scribble Wheel Birthday

This is the early birthday card for my brothers girlfriend. It turned out nothing like I intended (not quite sure what I intended!) but I'm pretty happy with the end result!
* STAMPS: Scribble Wheel, Birthday Whimsy
* CARD STOCK: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White
* INK: Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black
* ACCESSORIES: Turquoise & Light Orchid Grosgrain ribbon, Silver Cord, Large Oval Punch
I really hope Scribble This comes back in the new catalogue-I love it, plus I want the matching alphabet stamps!!!!!!

Little Pieces Birthday Card

I made this card for my brothers birthday last week-I find it hard sometimes to create male cards, but this one came together fairly easily! Here it is:

* STAMPS: Little Pieces, All Year Cheer II, Background Sampler

* CARD STOCK: Buckaroo Blue, Choc Chip, Sahara Sand

* INK: Cranberry Crisp, Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy

* ACCESSORIES: Twill tape, Paper Piercer.

I found the idea to stamp the twill tape from the At Home Simply Scrappin Kit. The colour combo was inspired by the Travel Journal I made his girlfriend (which she loved!!!!)

From The Heart

This is mum's card for our weekly card swap-I love our card swaps! There's nothing better than opening your letter box and there's a card waiting for you! I love happy mail! I bought this stamp set off eBay a few weeks ago, it's so cute! There's also a cute little boy, dog, cat and a flower-I'll try and make some cards with those soon! I've made the little girl look like Bella seeing she's 'Ma's girl'!!!

*STAMPS: From the heart, Warm Words, Butterflies & Blossoms

* CARD STOCK: Bashful Blue, Pretty In Pink, Mellow Moss, Watercolour paper

* INK: Basic Black, Bashful Blue

* ACCESSORIES: Pink & Moss Gingham Ribbon, Bold Brights Watercolour Crayons, Crystal Effects, Watercolour Brush

I totally love the Warm Words set-they seem to fit just about any occasion card-plus they fit perfectly into the large oval punch too! Thanks to Ally who inspired me to use my Butterflies & Blossoms roller after I saw her beautiful card with it! (Her link is on the right hand side of my blog, check it out!)

Tickets & Tokens Travel Journal

My brother and his girlfriend are going on a 3 month holiday so I thought I'd make his girlfriend a travel journal for her birthday (which is while they are away!). I've used the Tickets & Tokens Scrapbook pack and the On Board Art Journal. It was quite fiddly to cover as the cardstock is so thick, and I used the spiral punch so that covers fit perfectly. I love the scrapbook packs-they've got everything in them to create numerous layouts, with left overs which are great for cards. I've also got the At Home scrapbook pack which has lovely colours and great cardstock stickers!

Here is what I've used to create this Journal:

* STAMPS: Little Pieces (as accents on pages throughout the journal)

* CARDSTOCK: Cranberry Crisp, Buckaroo Blue, Sahara Sand

* INK: Cranberry Crisp, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand

* ACCESSORIES: Tickets and Tokens Simply Scrappin Pack, Spiral Punch, SNAIL

Here is a picture of the inside cover! I hope she likes it!

Friendship Blooms

I had to make a sympathy for a good friend of ours who recently lost her mother. I didn't want to use too heavy colours so I thought I'd use Soft Subtle colours. The materials used are:

* STAMPS: Friendship Blooms, Warmest Regards

* CARDSTOCK: Perfect Plum, Sage Shadow, Pale Plum

* INK: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Whisper white, Sage Shadow Stampin Write Marker

* ACCESSORIES: Vintage Brads, Foam Dots

Wild Hearts Postale - Second Card

Here is the second card-its the same as the last one with the following colour changes:
* CARDSTOCK: Taken With Teal, Elegant Eggplant, Regal Rose, Whisper White
* INK: Whisper White, Taken With Teal, Regal Rose
* ACCESSORIES: White Grosgrain Ribbon.

I love the Wild Hearts Background, unfortunately they've discontinued it so it's only available until the end of March! Carte Postale is such a versatile set too! I only wish I'd purchased it earlier!

Wild Hearts Postale

Well, I've switched Blog hosts after having difficulties with the last one-it took 10-15 minutes to upload a photo, and that's if it worked! Anyway, a lot of stampers seems to use this host so fingers crossed this one is more efficient!

Here's the first card. I'm part of a weekly card swap with two wonderful friends, and I challenge myself to create the same card but with different colours! The recipe for the card above is:

* STAMPS: Wild Hearts Background, Carte Postale

* INK: Very Vanilla, Brocade Blue, Bravo Burgundy

* CARDSTOCK: Bravo Burgundy, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla

* ACCESSORIES: Cream Grosgrain Ribbon, 1-1/4 inch circle punch, 1-3/8inch square punch, foam dots, double sided tape

I'll post the second card in a minute!!!