"Stamp with Craft" - 5 new articles
Birthday Wishes
This is a card I made for my sister for her birthday. She loves her speciality coffees so I couldn't go past a retired stamp set "Like it a Latte" for a feature on her card. I have used my Cuttlebug to emboss the chocolate chip cardstock. I have stamped the images in chocolate chip, close to cocoa and rose red. The steam has been stamped directly on to the cardstock, whereas the other images have been stamped on excess cardstock, cut out and adhered to the image using Stampin' dimensionals. For added effect I have used dazzling diamonds to add some glitz to the heart and the steam (if you want to know how I did this, drop me a line). Other embellishments I have used include a silver brad and some purely pomegranate double stitched ribbon (retired product). Hope you like!!! Materials used: Stamp sets: Like it a latte Cardstock: Chocolate chip, rose red, soft sky, confetti cream & whisper white Stamp pads: Chocolate chip, closeto cocoa, soft sky & rose red Accessories: Cuttlebug, purely pomegranate double stitched ribbon, brad, scallop punch, versamark, dazzling diamonds & heat & stick powder  Hello again!!
Well it has been awhile!!!! Life has been full of changes for me, including a new job which requires more hours in addition to running after my two young ones - therefore my craft/scrapbooking has taken a back seat. There may be fewer uploads......sorry. I have only just placed my order from the new Stampin'Up catalogue that came out in April (how sad is that)!!! This is a card I made for my Mum for Mother's Day (even that seems like ages ago). The DS paper I have used was from the Stampin' Up Spring Mini Catalogue last year, 'Apple Cider'. I really liked the earthy tones of the paper, and that led to the inspiration for the rest of the card. The cardstock is Kraft. I have used the sentiment from Occasional Greetings (pg 112) and stamped in Chocolate Chip. I have sponged the edges of the card in the same ink to give a bit of an aged and weathered look. The ribbon is wild wasabi double stitched ribbon (retired). Hope you are all well and being more crafty then myself....see ya round.  My Daughter's Thankyous
 My Little Fish
I had a scrapbooking day with a girlfriend yesterday. Always good when I need some inspiration. I had some photos from my son's swimming lessons last year that I wanted to scrap. Blue was an obvious colour choice as my theme, but which blue??? I decided on Blue Bayou from the current In Colour range and built my page from there. The DS paper is from fall flowers (pg 134). I have then used my Big Pieces (pg 88) and Little Pieces (pg 88) to create my embellishments. I have stamped in blue bayou, soft sky & old olive and then used my 1 3/8"& 3/4" punches, which saves alot of time cutting out and ensures perfect circles everytime. I have mounted the circles using double sided tape & stampin' dimensionals to give add depth to the page. The title I have used Headline Alphabet(retired) and stamped in versamark ink onto River Rock cardstock. I did have to cut these letters out by hand, which was the most time consuming part of the whole project. I then outlined the letters using my white gel pen. Lastly I have used my microsoft word program to write some phrases regarding the photos and printed straight onto my whisper white cardstock. Let me know what you think. Materials used: Stamp sets: Headline alphabet, big pieces & little pieces Cardstock: Blue bayou, river rock, whisper white & DS fall flowers Stamp pads: Blue bayou, old olive, sky blue & versamark Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals, white gel pen, microsoft word, 1 3/8"punch & 3/4"punch  Friendship
This is a card I have made using mostly products from our current Summer mini catalogue and Sale-A-Bration catalogue. Our Sale-A-Bration promotion finishes at the end of February and the Summer mini items are only available until the end of March. As usual, there are some great items in both that I could not resist. To view these catalogues you can check out the Stampin' Up website or contact me and I would be happy to send one to you. To make this card I used 2 different papers from the Ginger Blossom DS paper to make the background. I have used the scallop edge punch on the bottom of one of the papers. The DS paper has been mounted onto river rock cardstock. I have then used some groovy guava as a border to my sentiment, which has been stamped in chocolate chip onto very vanilla cardstock. The scallop circle has been punched out of pretty in pink, and the polka dot flower has been stamped in pretty in pink onto very vanilla carstock. It has then been punched using 1 1/4" circle punch and mounted using stampin' dimensionals. Material used: Stamp sets: Wonderful words, All scallops & polka dot punches Stamp pads: Chocolate chip & pretty in pink Cardstock: River rock, very vanilla, groovy guava, pretty in pink & ginger blossom DS paper Accessories: Scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch & stampin' dimensionals  More Recent Articles |
