Reason To Smile - Thanks

Hi all,

Hope you've been having a great week and looking forward to the weekend :)  Recently made a card using the new Reason To Smile stamp set.

Here it is below:

Reason To Smile

Stamps:  Reason To Smile and So Happy For You (SAB 2010).
Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder (In Color 2011-2013) and Whisper White.     
Inkpad: Wisteria Wonder (In Color 2011-2013).  Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Baker's Twine - Wisteria Wonder, Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder - White, Heat Tool, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your day.

Alex

Get Well Wishes

Hi all,

Hope you're all having an extra special weekend seeing as it's a whole day longer for some of you :)

Recently made a Get Well Card for a special someone as it's one occasion, that I rarely have to hand, so below is the card I made using "Fun & Fast Notes" stamp set. I used a mix of two different stamps so that I could mix and match and choose one image and a sentiment of my choice.

Fun & Fast Notes


Close Up (Paper Pieced Hedgehog)


Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes (Set of 8 stamps).
Cardstock: Kraft (soon to be Crumb Cake), Close To Cocoa (retiring colour), Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers - Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Creamy Caramel, Sponge Dauber, Word Window Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals.
Card Size: 4" x 4".

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Pop by on Wednesday for it's the 1st of September.... which means the Retired List of what will not make the new Idea Book & Catalogue will be released!!! It's your last chance to buy goodies that will only be available to buy until Thursday 30th September. Yipee.

Bye for now,

Alex

Trendy Trees - Thanks So Much.

Hi all,

Recently been attending a lovely craft group and got to play with their Stampin' Up! stash that they've acquired through my Workshops :) Decided to stamp up "Trendy Trees" as it's a stamp set I'm eagerly awaiting to buy this weekend, so thought I'd make a small card with some of the images I stamped up the other day.

Trendy Trees


The cardstock base looked a bit bare, so decided to use a stamp from "Seeing Spots" stamp set as it was a close match to the style from "Trendy Trees". I versamarked this on the base cardstock to create a watermark background. If I had the Trendy Trees stamp set, I would have done this with the circular stamp from this set.

Stamps: Trendy Trees and Seeing Spots.
Cardstock: Close To Cocoa, Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Cottage Wall.
Inkpad: Old Olive and Close To Cocoa. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day.

Alex

Simply Said - Part 2

Happy Saturday!

Hope you've got something nice planned for the weekend :) Can you believe it's August tomorrow! Wait till you see what Stampin' Up! have in store for you :D (Come back tomorrow to find out August's Promotion).

Below is the final card made for the Hostess as part of a collection of cards made using the one stamp set, "Simply Said".

Simply Said


Stamps: Simply Said and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Bashful Blue and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Inkpad: Basic Gray.
Accessories: Gingham Ribbon - Black, Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen, Word Window Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Thanks for stopping by :)

See you later today for revealing the complete set of cards and box made for the Hostess.

Bye for now,

Alex

Simply Said - Workshop.

Hi all,

Held a workshop recently for some lovely ladies and decided to play and showcase a favourite stamp set of mine called "Simply Said" which I think has many possibilities with the numerous images and sentiment stamps in the set of 11 stamps. I love this stamp set, but haven't managed to make much with it recently, as my go-to-stamps right now seem to be "Vintage Vogue" or "Greenhouse Garden"! lol. So, a perfect opportunity to make a few cards with this set to show it's versatility to the ladies.

The ladies all watched me demo a card using various stamps from the Simply Said stamp set along with En Francais Background Stamp and Oval All and matching punches. (This card was CASEd by Helen a fellow SU Demo). The completed card that I demoed made part of the Hostess gift for welcoming me to their club again. Here's the card I made below:

Simply Said


Stamps: Simply Said, Oval All and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Basic Gray and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Inkpad: Bashful Blue and Basic Gray.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Marker - Bashful Blue, Taffeta Ribbon - Basic Gray, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

Pop back tomorrow and I'll show case the Make & Take that the ladies made.

Until next time...

Alex

My Sweet Pea Card No. 3

Yay, we're half way to the weekend :)

Hope you're enjoying my little collection of cards using "My Sweet Pea" stamp set. Today I have the penultimate card to show you :) Hope you like...

My Sweet Pea


Stamps: My Sweet Pea and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Old Olive, So Saffron and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Old Olive.
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, Word Window Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.­

Hope to see you tomorrow with my last card in the "My Sweet Pea" series :)

Bye for now,

Alex

All For Friends - Baby Boy Card

Hi all,

Hope all's well with you all and you're having a good Bank Holiday weekend :) After doing a little blog hopping for some inspiration, came across a lovely Baby card by a fellow demonstrator, Julie and decided to christen my Hostess Level 2 set from the new Mini Catalogue called "All For Friends".

Have made a baby boy card, but seeing as I really enjoyed this one, I think I'll make a girl version too! :) Watch this space...

Anyway, decided to use my "Queue Up" stamp set for the background of the card, using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line up and stamp across the card. Stamped the babygrows three times onto Patterns Designer Series Paper and again onto Whisper White cardstock so that I could cut and adhere to the babygrows. I do love the effect of paper piecing, and the Designer Series papers are just gorgeous - something I don't use a lot of! lol. Anyway, did a bit of drawing on the Whisper White cardstock using the Stampin' Write Marker in Ballet Blue and with the Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen in White onto the Ballet Blue cardstock. Popped all three babygrows on dimensions and voila :) Really pleased with this card, and can't wait to make the girl version soon.

Here's the card I've been waffling about:


Stamps: Queue Up (Hostess Level 3), All For Friends (Hostess Level 2) and Nursery Necessities.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Inkpad: Ballet Blue and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Word Window Punch, 3/16" Gingham Ribbon - Light Blue, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Stampin' Write Marker - Ballet Blue, Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen - White, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Thanks for coming by, have a good day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Male Birthday Card

Hi all,

Hope you're well and looking forward to a long Bank Holiday weekend :) I can't believe another one is nearly upon us so quickly already :) I just *hope* the weather is kind to us.

Recently made a male birthday card after being inspired by the current Idea Book & Catalogue - using the Hostess Level 3 stamp set, "Queue Up". Using the lovely row of candles stamp, stamped on three different coloured strips of cardstock. The Whisper White strip of candles was coloured in using the Stampin' Write Markers and then I stamped and coloured in another set of candles so that I could create a 3D look with the 5th, 7th and 9th candle raised on dimensionals.

Queue Up


Stamps: Queue Up (Hostess Level 3) and Happy Moments (Sale-A-Bration 2010).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue and Basic Grey.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Word Window Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.­

Have a good day,

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Part 3

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope your weekend is panning out well and you're having a good one. Here's another card in my Vintage Vogue 4x4 card series, enjoy:

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue and A Rose Is A Rose (sentiment).
Cardstock: Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Mellow Moss and Rose Red.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Word Window Punch, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.

Thanks for stopping by, be back tomorrow with another 4x4 card :)

Until then,

Bye for now.

Alex

Baby Shower.

Hi all,

Hope you're all well and having a good start to the week so far. Have been commissioned to make some Baby Shower cards recently on a nautical baby boy theme, so as it's safe to reveal the card, here it is:


Stamps: Nursery Necessities and Polka Dot Background Stamp. PTI: Borders & Corners Monogram Edition (sentiment).
Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Real Red, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Ballet Blue, Real Red and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Gingham Ribbon - Light Blue. 3D dimensionals, SU Bone Folder and Tombow Wet Glue.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Tree Trimmings

Hello all,

Well it's been another busy week as usual and my Workshop on Saturday went well making two Christmas cards using the new stamp set "Tree Trimmings". My ladies got to use new goodies from the newly published Idea Book & Catalogue and they created the two cards below:

Tree Trimmings


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Wersamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Embossing Buddy, White and Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch.
Card Size: A6.

Spinner Card

The below card is a spinner card with the use of two pennies. These fit in between the Word Window slot and enables the ornament to slide left and right across the card as you tilt it slightly to reveal the sentiment behind.


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Garden Green and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat Gun, Word Window Punch.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like and they inspire you to start making your Christmas cards!

Thanks for stopping by,

Alex

Sneak Peeks of Workshop Cards...

Hi all,

Been a busy bee this weekend and have Workshop Sneak Peeks to show you.

All I can say is that we're going to have a lot of fun with lots of Stampin' Up! goodies - which includes items from the new Idea Book & Catalogue such as "Tree Trimmings" stamp set, Word Window Punch, Embossing Buddy and the lovely Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon along with a few favourites such as embossing powders and a bit of sparkle thrown in!

Here they are:




Hope you like the sneak peeks and be back with full cards at the weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex