Dad's Birthday Card

I bought this set off eBay awhile ago and kept it in waiting for Dad's birthday! It's an old Stampin' Up! set called Definitely Decorative Leapfrogs. I stamped the frog in Versa Mark, then embossed him in green, with a bit of gold embossing powder! Yet again I've used my toaster to do this, but I am investing in a Heat Tool! Here's the rest of the recipe:
* STAMPS: Definitely Decorative Leapfrogs, Occasional Greetings
* CARD STOCK: Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, River Rock, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou
* INK: Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Versa Mark
* ACCESSORIES: Green & Gold Embossing Powder (from Spotlight), Stampin' Dimensionals
Its such a cute card-I've used the Stampin Dimensionals on the frog's eyes and the tops of its legs to give it a 3D effect! I'm really happy with how this turned out! And I think Dad liked it too!!!

Nursery Necessities

We found out on Saturday night that we'll have new little niece/nephew around the 29th October! We're so excited for Scott & Belinda! I thought I'd make them a card to congratulate them as this is their first little bundle of joy!

I've been waiting for an occasion like this so I can use my new Nursery Necessities set! It's so cute! It'll be a good one too when I finally get around to starting Meg's scrapbook!

Here's the recipe:

* STAMPS: Nursery Necessities

* CARD STOCK: Barely Banana, Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

* INK: Barely Banana, Sage Shadow

* ACCESSORIES: Scallop Punch, 1 -3/8inch circle punch, 1 -1/4 circle punch, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals

Think I'll need to invest in the new Star punch, it'll make it easier to do the star!

So Swirly & Priceless

Here's Adele's card for this weeks card swap! Again I've used Priceless, but teamed it with the new So Swirly Jumbo Roller! This is a great roller for creating a simple and effective background. I've inked it with Purely Pomegranate ink to match the Card Stock, rolled it down one side, then turned paper around 180 degrees to roller the other side. It creates a gorgeous effect!
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Priceless, So Swirly Jumbo Roller
* CARD STOCK: Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky, Whisper White
* INK: Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Wild Wasabi
* ACCESSORIES: Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon, 1 - 3/8inch Square Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

I've stamped the flower in a circle in River Rock, then stamped it again on scrap Whisper White in Wild Wasabi so I could cut out inner flower to mount.
All products used are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise indicated.

Priceless In Colour

Here is a card using the new In Colours and a new set - Priceless. The Priceless sets was one of my favourites from word go, same with the new In Colour 'Wild Wasabi'. I didn't realise how much I would love the new range of In Colours, I even like Soft Sky (big call seeing I'm such a Cool Caribbean fan!) This card was one of this weeks card swap with Ally-I'll post Adele's card later.
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Priceless, So Swirly Jumbo Roller
* CARD STOCK: Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate, Blue Bayou, Whisper White
* INK: Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Groovy Guava
* ACCESSORIES: 1-3/8 inch Square Punch, Vintage Brads (from 2007-2008 catalogue), Stampin' Dimensions, SNAIL.

Wonderful Paisley

Another card from the vault-and I've finally worked out how to reduce size of file so I can add watermark! Thanks for that Georgina!
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Paisley Background, Warm Words,
* CARD STOCK: Cranberry Crisp, Mellow Moss, Blue Bazzil Card stock
* INK: Cranberry Crisp, Basic Black
* ACCESSORIES: Paper Piercer, Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon
I think Warm Words is one of the most used and versatile sets I own! It seems to suit most cards I make!

Birthday Whimsy

I made this card for Noah's 2nd birthday! It was a while ago now, but I just found it while playing around on the computer! The birthday whimsy set was one of the free sets during the Sale-a-bration. It's a wonderful set to use for birthdays-it has enough stamps to create a card using ONLY this set! I love sets like this!

Here's the recipe:

* STAMPS: Birthday Whimsy

* CARD STOCK: Brilliant Blue, Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange, Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise, Confetti White

* INK: Real Red, Basic Black

* ACCESSORIES: Red Grosgrain ribbon, Paper piercer, foam dots

I really loved the way it turned out! Great for a little boy!

I'll be posting some cards with new Stampin' Up! products over the next few days! The new In Colours are gorgeous!

Time Well Spent

Well, this card was by request from my 4yr old, Isabella. She asked me yesterday if I'd make her a card-so I told her I'd make one today while she was at pre-school! However, I did get a few rules from her before she left!! Her card had to include pink, purple and blue paper, ribbon("Surprise me with that Mummy" - !!!!!!), butterflies & flowers. Think I've covered all of those!
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Time Well Spent, Warm Words
* CARD STOCK: Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst
* INK: Basic Black, VersaMark
* ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Up! Flirty Ribbon Originals, Silver Embossing Powder, Stampin' Up! Bold Brights Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Up! Large Oval Punch, Stampin' Up! Soft Subtle Brads, Silver Cord, Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects.
My wish list now includes a heat gun-I embossed the flowers using my toaster!! It did the trick but probably not as conveniently as a heat gun!
It will be interesting to see her reaction when she gets it!

Love Without End

Another card I made for mum! I love our weekly card swaps-I'm especially proud of mum and her wonderful card making ability! I absolutely love to open the letter box and see mum's handwriting on an envelope! It makes my day!
I must thank Adele for introducing me to this stamp set-it was the feature of one of her fantastic cards! Being a retired set I hadn't seen it before. But as soon as I did I knew I wanted it! (I think that applies to all Stampin' Up! products-past and present!) Luckily for me someone was selling it on eBay!!!
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Love Without End
* CARD STOCK: Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Tempting Turquoise
* INK: Lovely Lilac, Pretty In Pink, Tempting Turquoise
* ACCESSORIES: Stampin Up! 1- 3/8 inch & 1- 1/4inch square punch, Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects (on butterflies), Stampin' Up! Light Pink Organdy Ribbon, Stampin' Up! 1/2 inch circle punch.
It turned out to be such a pretty card! Very happy with the final product!

Card for Adele

Here is Adele's card for this weeks swap-such a cute little card! I wanted to try something different, so this is a little tri-fold card with a band that slips on and off to help keep it closed! the whole card roughly measures 9.9cm x 9.9cm. I saw the idea for the envelope on Marelle Taylor's website a few months ago-I punched a circle in bottom left hand corner, then glued a piece of card stock inside to stop the card slipping around in the envelope. Just prettied up the circle with flower stamp from Big Pieces Set!

Here's the recipe:

* STAMPS: Big Pieces, Twinkle Roller

* CARD STOCK: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise

* INK: Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Pretty in Pink

* ACCESSORIES: Silver Cord, 1- 3/8 inch circle punch, 1- 1/4 inch circle punch, Pink Bella Accentz, Stampin' Up! Petals & Paisley Designer Series Paper for band.

Here's the card without the envelope and band.

All in the Family

This was a quick card for my mum, I can't believe how well it turned out! Just goes to show a great card doesn't require hours of effort (nothing wrong with those either!) I've used 'All in the family' set to create my two beautiful daughters-thought I'd try without the Stamp-a-ma-jig , then re-stamp if it didn't look any good-but I was happy with first attempt so left it at that! I've paper pieced the girls dresses by stamping image onto patterned paper, then cutting out and attaching!
Here's the rest of the recipe!
* STAMPS: All in the Family, All Year Cheer II
* CARD STOCK: Orchid Opulence, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, So Saffron
* INK: Basic Black
* ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Up!Petals & Paisley Designer Series Paper (so glad this made a re-apperance in new catalogue!) Blender Pen, Stampin' Up! Pastels, 1- 1/4 inch circle punch, 1 inch circle punch, corner rounder.
To be a bit different I made the spine of the card down the left hand side instead of along the top, which I usually do with horizontal cards. Its a bit uncanny to see that the stamped images of my girls look so much like them! 'All in the family' is going to be such a versatile and effective set-can't wait to purchase the 2 co-ordinating sets! I will have to add them to my ever growing wish list!

Heart Speak

I'm slowly going through my folder of Stampin' Up! cards so I can post them for you! I made this one for mum awhile ago now, but just stumbled across it. It's such a pretty card, just have to share it with you!
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Heartspeak, Warm Words
* CARD STOCK: Certainly Celery, Brocade Blue, Morning Marigold, Confetti White
* INK: Basic Black
* ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Up! Pastels, Blender Pen, Stampin' Up! Large Oval Punch, Sponge Daubers, Gold Brads, Blue Ric-Rac Ribbon (Bella brand), Green felt-tip pen for stems of flowers, Stampin' Up! Slit punch
In hindsight it may have been better to stamp and colour on Watercolour Paper, or even Whisper White Card Stock-I find Confetti White does not always stamp as evenly as I like, or absorb colour evenly either.
I'm so glad Warm Words continued into the new catalogue. Its one of my favourites!

Carte Postale

I made these set of cards to submit to Stamping & Papercraft, and 1 of the 4 was accepted into the Readers Gallery! I'm pretty happy with that as it was my first submission! I'll keep you posted on when it'll be published! Here are the 3 that were 'rejected'.The first is a post card and envelope set. The insert can be taken out of the little triangle fold envelope. It's roughly 9.5cm by 9.5cm. Its quite a cute little set. I finally found something to use the 'Carte Postale' stamp on!!! It doesn't look quite right on the normal size cards I've made.
* STAMPS: Carte Postale
* CARD STOCK: So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant and Enchante paper
* INK: Always Artichoke
* ACCESSORIES: 3/4 inch circle, Chunky Certainly Celery Grosgrain ribbon

This one is a tri-fold card and uses the same stamp set as well as French Flair (without the birds!!! Sorry Adele!) I just turned over the Enchante paper to get the different pattern.
With this card I used my circle punch to punch out the circles down the side, then attached the flower to the inside of the card so they show 'through' the circles-something different that adds a new dimension to the card. This card also uses Vintage Brads and Olive Organdy Ribbon.

I find it funny that they accepted the one I liked the least!!! Stay tuned, I'll let you know when the magazine is out!!!

Wild Rose

I made this card for my wonderful mum a few months ago! It's such a beautiful set to use, especially with my favourite colour family-Soft Subtles!
Here's the recipe:
* STAMPS: Wild Rose
* INK: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Mellow Moss
* CARD STOCK: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Mellow Moss, So Saffron, Whisper White
* ACCESSORIES: Olive Organdy Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Foam dots.
This was my first attempt using this two-step stamping technique. It was fairly easy to line up the overlay image without using a Stamp-a-ma-jig! I'm so happy they didn't retire this set!