A little home decor

Hey everyone!

I have seen lots of pretty handmade home decor items around the net lately, so I decided to make something myself. I recently got the Spiral Flower Die so I thought I would make some rolled roses and see what happened....here is the result...

I must admit, I have used non SU! card for the roses as I was 'playing', but after this first attempt I think I will have a go with some of the gorgeous card we have!

I made a heart frame by die cutting the two largest dies from the Hearts Collection Framelits, then I glued the flowers onto it along with some leaves which I punched from Core'dinations cardstock using the Bird Punch. I then attached a loop of Crochet Trim to hang it with.

I really enjoyed making this...it was something different and I think I mat make some for my stall for later this year! One brilliant thing with the Spiral Flower die is that you can cut lots of flowers at once, cutting down the time to make this...I managed to cut 8 at once!

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Stampin' Up! supplies used

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If you were to buy each of the products I used to make this project you would be entitled to choose any item FREE from the Sale-a-Bration brochure! How fab is that?! If you would like more information about Sale-a-Bration, please feel free to contact me!

Have a lovely Wednesday!

More love in a card!

Good morning!

Ohhh don't you just love lazy Sunday mornings? I don't have them very often, but this morning I don't have to get up until 9am so I shall still be in bed when this post is scheduled to publish!

So yesterday we had the Pinkies Sale-a-Bration blog hop, (if you missed it, you can see my contribution here and follow the hop from there), and today I thought I would follow on from that by using a couple of other items I also got free from the SAB brochure.

This gorgeous Hessian heart and cute, tiny little peg are left over from the banner I made using the free kit I got from SAB. I added a heart which I die cut from the brushed gold card and some of the brand new Gold Bakers Twine.

The sentiment is stamped with Gold Encore onto my Real Red strip of Core'Dinations card stock, which I embossed using one of the Needlepoint Border EFs. The little 'cross stitches' remind me of kisses so I thought they'd be perfect for this card! I sanded over them to show the white core and also round the edges of the strip. All of this was mounted onto a Naturals White card blank.

As this card has quite a lot of texture, I am entering it into the challenge at The Card Concept, and my card style is Clean and Layered (I think!)

I have used the sketch at Less Is More this week to help design my card...

And I am also entering it into the following challenges...

CAS on Sunday - Lovey Dovey

CASology - Contrast

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Current Stampin' Up! supplies used

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I am starting a brand new Stampers 6 club on the 30th January, details of which can be found here. If you join you will have 3 months' opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Sale-a-Bration promotion, and with the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue released at the same time, I'm sure you will get yourself some wonderful products for free! Please contact me for more details and to join.

Are you doing anything fun today? After church, we are going to visit my parents in Huddersfield for the day, and if the weather is fine we may even get a round or two of Petanque in at the local park with our new set of boules!

Have a good day, relaxing, crafting, or whatever you're doing!

Look, no stamping!!

Good afternoon! 

Yes I am a bit late today...I was out with the PTA last night and got in very late and quite drunk! My alarm went off at 8am, but I really wasn't ready to get up so I had a lazy morning!

As you know, I had a craft room revolution yesterday, gutting it and changing it to add more space and storage. 

It started off like this...

As you can see, it's a bit short on useful storage and a bit messy!

So I emptied it...

And this is how it looks now...

I have much more storage, and I even sorted out some more stuff and had a bit more of a clearout! It was almost worth getting stuck in the Ikea lift for!

So, during the sort out, I found lots of little bits that need using up, mainly die cuts, so I have set myself a challenge this week to use them up! So here is the first card using up a card blank, a strip of Pool Party card and some die cut butterflies...

 I embossed a line of crosses from one of the Needlepoint EFs.

As the butterflies were cut from Core'dinations card, I added some interest to them by sanding the edges and the embossed parts.

I am entering my card into the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch

Stampin' Up! supplies used

Please click on the pictures to buy direct from my online store.

*Only 1 place left!*

I am starting a brand new Stampers 6 club on the 30th January, details of which can be found here. If you join you will have 3 months' opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Sale-a-Bration promotion, and with the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue released at the same time, I'm sure you will get yourself some wonderful products for free! Please contact me for more details and to join.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a fab Sunday! :)

Overlaid Summer Silhouettes

Hello!

I had a fairly productive evening last night and managed to make 2 cards! Here is one of them...

I decided to use my Summer Silhouettes Stamp set as I haven't used it for a while. I stamped the leaves twice each inking to give some a faded effext and the same with the fussy cut flowers.

The button is made with Simply Pressed Clay (I always have some white ones made ready to colour with a marker or rub with inked tissue). I embossed and tore a panel of Core'dinations Basic Gray card for texture and a slightly 'shabby' look.

Supplies

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes, Pretty Petites (ret)

Ink - Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray

Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Gray Core'dinations

Embossing - Woodgrain EF

Punch - Petite Curly Label

Other - Simply Pressed Clay, Baker's Twine

If you would like to order any of the lovely items I have used, or any other products please do contact me for more information and to find out how to earn your own free Hostess stamp sets!

If you would like a lush glossy copy of the catalogue, again please do contact me!

Challenges
Retro Sketches - #75

Colours and Sketches - #36

CASual Fridays - Buttons

I'll be back tomorrow with the other card that I made :)
Bye for now!