Happy Birthday Seryn

Good Morning,

Today, my niece Seryn turns 5! So I had to make her a special birthday card, when I saw a cascading card on the web I knew it would be perfect, so I set to work, there was a lot of cutting out for this card, but I feel like it was worth it for the finished result, and I hope Seryn likes it too!

Happy birthday sweetie! xx

Happy SU! Birthday to me.

Good Morning,

Yesterday afternoon, I came home from a shopping trip with my mum to find an envelope waiting for me. I always get excited when I see a hand written envelope, it normally means a card, (yay!) and I wasn't disappointed. It was a card from my up-line in the Stampin' up family Amanda. Wishing me a happy birthday, I hadn't even realised but yesterday was exactly a year since I had received my started kit to become an SU! demo.

It's hard to believe that I have been blogging for a whole year! I love my blog, and creating projects to share. It's strange to think that someone around the other side of the world could be reading this!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, xx

Simply Stampin' Week 40

Good morning!!!

It's almost time to welcome in the New Year, but before we all have a few too many drinks and head towards a stranger with lips puckered, it's time for the Simply Stampin' challenge, which this week is a sketch.

I absolutely adore bunting on cards, it's so pretty! My friend Steph and her hubby Mark, had a little baby boy late Tuesday night, who they have decided to call Matthew. So I just had to make a congratulations card for both of them, and I thought the bunting would be perfect for a baby card!


I have used two of the patterned papers from the aptly named Nursery Nest DSP pack, and then got to work with the little lion from the Fox and Friends set and my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig, stamping one lion in Marina Mist and all the rest in Lucky Limeade. I have cheated slightly and placed my greeting below the ribbon, I did try putting it on the ribbon but it didn't look right.

I do hope you'll join in the fun with this challenge, I can't wait to visit you and see what you come up with. xx

In a Flash

Good morning,

I was all excited for the Viva la Verve first sketch of September, I logged on the the website, saw the sketch and felt my heart sink. Firstly it was a DL card, I always find these cards difficult for some reason. It also had three shaped elements on it and I don't have any shaped dies that were small enough to have three on the front of the card.

I couldn't get past the mind set of 'I can't do it', I've been looking at it over and over again hoping that inspiration would strike me. Well last night, when the cat was being particularly annoying I suddenly thought Fun Flowers die!

I wanted to combine my idea with a great colour combo, and this week The Paper Players have just that, I do love Razzleberry and Olive together, and I'm really warming to grey.

So I grabbed my Fun Flowers die and set to work. My next problem was deciding which stamp set to use for the centres, I decided upon Garden Whimsy, I wish that I'd used this set a lot more, it really is a great little set with great insect and flower images and two sentiments too.

I'm so pleased that I gave this one a go, I think this maybe the fist DL card I've made that I really quite like.

Thanks for stopping by, xx

Viva La Verve Marathon

Hello again,

If you checked my blog this morning you will know that I have discovered (thanks Sian) the Viva La Verve sketch challenge, each Friday a new sketch is released, and let me tell you they are gorgeous, so much so that I have decided to go back and attempt all of this months.

So lets start with the first (seems logical to me) I have teamed week 1's sketch with the colour combo from the Play Date Cafe, I apologise for the poor quality of the photo, the colours are much better IRL, honest!

I really liked this sketch, it's simple but uses a number of layers so great for using scraps or multiple DSP, this will definitely be getting used again. I think this colour combo deserves another go too I think maybe my proportions are off. Here is my card,

The colours I've used are Night of Navy, Rose Red (which is actually pink) and Wild Wasabi, may have to take another picture of this one and change it. I die cut two butterflies one in the Rose Red CS, and one off vellum, which I embossed.

I'd also like to enter this one for the Less is More challenge which this week is 'things that move', I just hope this card is CAS enough to be considered, it is definitely not as embellished as my usual style!

Pop back later for the next installment, xx

Saturday's Simply Stampin' Entry

Happy weekend everyone,

I hope you are doing very enjoyable things this weekend. I am very excited because, as you know I like to enter different challenges and I have been awarded top 3 at Simply Stampin' for my entry last week. If you are anything like me you enter and never expect to win so it's so lovely to be chosen!

This week the challenge is a colour combo, and I think a particularly difficult one, as it includes pink and blue. Here are the colours.

see what I mean, tricky.

I had a ponder and came up with this

I LOVE owls, and this little guy is so cute that I had a dress him up, in a Pacific Point outfit. I'm still not sure that this colour combo works so well in these proportions, but I had fun making it.

Why not join in with the challenge yourself? xx

Mojo Monday

Good evening,

It's Monday again, doesn't it roll around quickly! I have decided to hid away in my craft room for a little while this afternoon and join in with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. I have a few birthdays coming up so I need some inspiration and this was just the ticket.

I have changed the ribbon and bow for some bunting (I've been dying to get this set inked up!) and again have taken the opportunity to use some more of my DSP (Greenhouse Gala) I like to make monogram cards for my friends at work so this one will be for my friend Steph. I have used my trusty Colour Coach again for the colour combo, really loving this handy tool.

So anyway, enough of my babbling, here is the card

I'm really pleased with this one. I can be my own worst enemy when critiquing my own work, I think we all are, it's about time we gave ourselves a pat on the back, when we like a creation!

Enjoy the rest of your week! xx

Happy Friday

Good morning!

The sun is shining here, my cat has already claimed the sunny spot on the bed, and it looks like spring is definitely on it's way.

I'm very excited today, the UPS man will be delivering a package for me containing some of the brand new products from the mini catalogue. How exciting! Unfortunately I won't be able to share these with you until April, but the mini catalogue will be available from me very soon, email me if you would like your very own copy sent out.

The card I'm showing today was made at my fab upline Amanda's tech class (yes, even demo's need to learn new tricks!) If you like the sound of learning new techniques while getting gorgeous products and hostess benefits without even holding a party click here for all the details.

I love the early espresso satin ribbon, it's so luxurious!! Hope you can see it on the bottom of this card.
I think it's these little touches that make a good card stand out.

Here's the recipe
Stamps, Crazy for cupcakes, Confetti, Party this way (sentiment)
Paper, Blushing bride CS, Early espresso CS, Whisper white CS, in-color DSP (hostess level 1) Neutrals DSP
Ink, Staz on, blushing bride
Accessories, Stampin' write markers (daffodil delight, early espresso), Eyelet border punch, word window punch, modern label punch, rhinestones, Early espresso satin ribbon.

Have a great day xx