Ruby Anniversary

Hi all,

Recently been asked to make a Ruby Anniversary card and decided to use the Speciality Papers (now SOLD OUT) again as these are just so gorgeous! I really like the quality of these foil cardstock papers and decided it was fitting to use these with Ruby Red cardstock for a Ruby Anniversary card :) The Ruby Red Satin Ribbon was acheived by brayering Stampin' Up! White Satin Ribbon with Ruby Red ink pad with the brayer :) I really like the effect that you can create ribbon in any one of the 48+ colours from the numerous ink pads Stampin' Up! sell.

Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card


Stamps: Polka Dot Punches (SAB 09).
Cardstock: Ruby Red and Whisper White. Speciality Paper - Bride.
Inkpad: Ruby Red. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Brayer, Full Heart Punch, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Bone Folder.
Card Size: A5

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your day.

Alex

Workshop Today - Wedding Themed Cards

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good Bank Holiday weekend and will find a bit of time to do some crafting with the extra day off work :)

I had my monthly workshop this morning and the ladies came away with two cards each using the stamp set Mr & Mrs and the lovely Speciality Papers which I just adore and can't believe it's taken me till now to order them seeing as they've been available to buy for the past 7 months! lol.

As it's Wedding Season upon us, thought it was ideal to make a couple of wedding themed cards this morning, which could quite easily be used for Anniversary cards too. So, after seeing the sneak peeks of the cards the other day, here they are in their full glory:

Card One


This card uses the brayer to colour the Whisper White Speciality Paper - Bride in Blush Blossom to match the colour of the base cardstock. Using a brayer and any ink pad colour from the four colour families over these papers allows you to create your own papers from the choice of Stampin' Up!'s 48 different colours. This card also uses the lovely white satin ribbon too which again, is lovely.

Stamps: Mr & Mrs.
Cardstock: Blush Blossom and Whisper White. Speciality Paper - Bride.
Inkpad: Blush Blossom. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Brayer, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - White, Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder - Silver and Clear, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 8.5" x 4".­


Card Two


This card was inspired by Jo, a fellow SU Demonstrator. Taking her card as a starting point, I used the same layout, substituted her layers with the Speciality Paper and changed the colour combo and little embellishments. Thank you Jo, you can see her card here :)

Stamps: Mr & Mrs.
Cardstock: Basic Black Textured cardstock and Very Vanilla. Speciality Paper - Bridesmaid.
Inkpad: Basic Black. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Basic Gray, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Here are the two completed cards together that were made earlier today in my monthly workshop:



Hope you like these and they have inspired and given you some ideas on how to use this stamp set teamed up with the lovely Speciality Papers :)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend - Remember to check out today's Stampin' Up! Offer on how to get products in three of the new colours coming to the new Idea Book & Catalogue this October.

Bye for now,

Alex

Sweet Sixteen Card

Hi all,

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. It's gone way too fast as usual and I can't believe it's fast approaching Monday morning.

Over the weekend I've been busy doing various things and I managed to make a girlie 16th birthday card for a friend to give to her daughter as she'll be turning sweet sixteen. She loved the original Boo Bear card that I did back in January and so I tried to replicate this card with a few tweeks here and there and came up with the below card in A5 size. Hope you like:

16th Birthday Boo Bear Card


Thanks for stopping by, hope you like the card.

Alex

Confirmation Cards.

Hi all,

Well I'm pleased to say with the kindness of Kate who lent me her Papertrey Ink clear stamps - "Everyday Blessings", I've managed to finish three Confirmation Cards that I've recently been commissioned for :) I'll sneak peek the cards below as these will not be given to the recipients till the end of this month so I'd rather not spoil their surprise.




Please come back on 1st June to see the three cards in their full glory :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Baby Twins...

Hi all,

Well Sunday just gone was Mothering Sunday here in the UK. Apart from making Mother Hau a Mother's Day card, I was busy making a commissioned baby card to celebrate the birth of twins. I was given details such as to use blue and pink and their names and then it was up to me to come up with a finished card.

Here it is below, hope you like.

Bundle Of Joy


Recipe (All SU items are available from the current Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009).
Stamps:-
Bundle of Joy (2008-09) - Set of 7 stamps. P.28. I have used the teddy bear.
SU Cardstock - A4 Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Very Vanilla. P67 - 69.
SU Ink Pad - Basic Grey and Certainly Celery. P.67.
SU Gingham Ribbon - Light Pink and Light Blue, P.80.
SU Punches - Tag, Small Tag and Scallop Edge Border Punch. P.86.
Prismacolor Pencils, using Sansador and blending stumps.
Sentiments - Computer Generated with custom colour settings to represent Certainly Celery.
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Argyle.

Bye for now,

Alex

Finally Boo Bear...

Hi all,

Hope everyone's well. Can you believe it's snowing outside again! It's getting quite thick as I type...

Anyway, at long last all my recipients have received their Boo Bear Cards and I did say I'd post mine once they all went out to their respective new homes :)

So, here it is... the long awaited Boo Bear card that I made:


Used the Go-Kreate Boo Bear die cut to cut out this gorgeous little bear! For the swap I did over at SCS, I had six of us participating in all, so I managed to cut up five for each person and sent them out. I purposely gave each recipient a different coloured Boo Bear, so mine was white, whereas, others where black, grey, blue, brown etc.

Recipe
Card base - Royal Langnickel - Opalescent White A6 blank card and envelope.
Papers - Pink Bazzill Bling Cardstock, Stampin’ Up! A4 Cardstock - Whisper White and Pretty In Pink and Stampin’ Up! 12x12 Textured Cardstock - Whisper White. (P.67-69).
Inks - Stampin’ Up! Pretty In Pink Ink Pad (P.69), VersaMark Stamp Pad (P.67.).
Pastels - Stampin’ Up! - Stampin’ Pastels (P.67).
Pens - Black Pen - Letraset Pigmented Ink Water-Based Marker-Proof and White Pen - Inkssentials Opaque Pen.
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Bloom Dots.
Stamp Set - Stampin’ Up! “Weather Or Not” (Handbags).
Sentiment - Computer generated.
Die Cuts - Go Kreate Boo Bear and Spellbinder Nestabilities - Labels Two.
Ribbon - Ribbon Stash.
Stampin' Dimensionals - 3D Foam Pads (P.87).

Hope you think this card is cute, I certainly had a lot of fun making her :) Please feel free to leave a comment.

Bye for now,

Alex