'Afternoon Tea' & Boho Backgrounds

Yeah! the sun is out today ... even though it is freezing here in Melbourne, the sun just makes you feel warmer. I had a go at making a pocket/slider card last night using a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers (thankyou). It was really quick and simple to do, and I will be making another one for a birthday party this weekend that my boys are going to.

Stamps: Boho background & Occasional Greetings
Card Stock: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky & 'Afternoon Tea' DSP
Inks: Groovy Guava, Soft Sky & Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Circle scollap punch, circl 1" punch, circle 1 3/8" punch, tab punch & Chocolate grosgrain ribbon

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Friendship Blooms

I find I have a bit of a creative block when it comes to purple/pink. Not my colours at all! Anyhow, this is card and (yes, another) box set for my sons teacher, whose birthday is tomorrow.


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Stamps: Friendshop Blooms
Card Stock: Whisper white, Lovely Lilac & Sage Shadow
Ink: Lovely Lilac & Sage Shadow
Accessories: Stickles & Rhinestone brads

It was hard trying to take a photo because the sun just doesn't want to stay out long enough ...

DS Paper & Classic Stars Wheel

I am sorry that I haven't had a chance to do any creations in the last couple of days, so I am posting a card that I made a while ago. Having 2 boys of my own, I tend to create for boys rather than girls.

Stamps: Short & Sweet and Classic Stars jumbo wheel
Card Stock: Whisper White & 'Spring Break' DS paper
Ink: Blue Bayou & Soft Sky
Punches: Lrge Oval & Round Scollap
Accessories: Wide 'Old Olive' grosgrain ribbon & Soft Sky double stitch ribbon

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I have some more 'boys' birthdays coming up soon, so stay tuned!

Kristina Werner CIC #17

Another wonderful colour challenge from Kristina Werner:

Rose Red, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow & Whisper White.

I love this colour combo!

And this was a really quick and easy card to do.

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Stamps: Short & Sweet and Solitude wheel
Card Stock: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow & Whisper White
Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose and Sage Shadow
Punches: Scollap round, Lrge oval and Tab punch
Accessories: Regal rose wide grosgrain ribbon and stickles

Although you can't really see it, I have used stickles on all the dots from the wheel to give it a bit of bling ...

Easy Fold Origami Box

Here is another great tutorial from Nicole Heady. This could not have been easier to do ... I used some snail at the end, just to keep the end down, but you really don't have to.

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Kristina Werner CIC #16

Another very quick challenge from Kristina using:

Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie & Very Vanilla

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Stamps: Fishy Friends, Eat Cake, Sketch a Party & Fishy wheel

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky & Spring Break DS paper

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive (marker) & Basic Black

(The inspiration for this card was fwdd to me by a friend ... so thankyou!)

Boho Background & So Swirly

Happy Birthday Virginia!

Stamps: Boho background, So swirly & Occasional greetings
Card stock: Very vanilla, Certainly celery, Cameo Coral and Apricot appeal
Ink: Cameo coral, Certainly celery, apricot appeal
Accessories: Wide Certainly celery grograin ribbon, Rhinestone brads
Punches: Circle scollap, 1 1/4 circle, 1 3/8 circle and cropadile

Wild About You

My niece Mackenzie, has been staying with me for a couple of days. I had some cards to do and she was instantly attracted to a seat beside me, and asking if she could make something .... & I have two boys, who are totally not interested in what I do, so it was very pleasant.

This is a card she did for a party that she will be going to on Saturday.

Happy Birthday Perry!

Pop-up Card

A couple of days ago I came across a blog of a very talented lady, Nicole Heady. This is from one of her tutorials ...

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Stamps: Short & Sweet, In the spotlight & Big pieces

Card stock: Blush blossom, Certainly celery & Regal rose

Ink: Certainly celery

Accessories: Rhinestone brads, lrg oval punch, cropadile, corner rounder & wide grosgrin ribbon in regal rose

Kristina Werner CIC #15

This is Kristina's new challenge #15:

Colors: Chocolate chip, close to cocoa, certainly celery, really rust & whisper white

CS: Apple cider DS paper, whisper white, close to cocoa, really rust & certainly celery

Stamps: Occasional greetings, sanded

Ribbon: Wide chocolate chip grosgrain

Season of Joy

I gathered some supplies and headed over to Sue's for a stamp afternoon (minus children - lovely).... we had planned on getting a head start on our xmas cards (I did a total of 7 in about 6 hours OMG!)....here is a couple from the day.

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Stamps: Season of Joy

Cardstock: Real red, Old olive, River rock, Whisper white & Very vanilla

Inks: Real red, Old olive, River rock

Other: red ribbon

Short & Sweet

This is a card I made for my girlfriend, Veronica .... she shares a birthday with one of my husbands mates, so as usual, it was a last minute rush to get them done...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE & VERONICA

... and this is Dave's card ...

Kristina Werner Color Inspiration #14

This is Kristina Werner's Color inspiration #14, using:

Black, Going grey, Basic grey, River rock, Ruby red and Whisper white.


What a challenge! I eventually used a color scheme from a card that I had made earlier in the week...

Stamps: Big Pieces, Little Pieces and Short & Sweet

Ink: Ruby red, Going grey, Basic Black

Card stock: Whisper White, Ruby red, Going grey and Basic black

Punches: Scallop circle, 1"circle, 3/4" circle and 1 1/4" circle

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Big Pieces & Little Pieces

Hi ... This is my first card from my new desk (which by the way is great !! ). I haven't finished moving in yet...

This is for a little girl who is turning 7 tomorrow. Hope she likes it & doesn't see it before I have a chance to give it to her this afternoon. oops!

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Stamps: Big pieces, Little pieces, Eat cake.

Card stock: Whisper White

Inks: Certainly celery, Rose red and Cameo coral.

Ribbon: Certainly celery grosgrain.