Loads of Love

Happy Birthday Noah!

I have been hanging to use this SU! DS paper 'Notebook'. The colors are great, so when I had to do a birthday card for one of my sons friends, this was the first thing I went for.

Stamps: Loads of Love & Whimsical Alphabet

Card: Kraft, soft sky & chocolate chip

Paper: SU! DS 'Notebook'

Ink: Chocolate chip & basic black

Accessories: Hodgepodge paperclip, spiral punch, chipboard, kraft tags & sponge dauber

Kristina Werner CIC #20

Well, it is that time of the week again .... Kristina's Colour Inspiration Challenge. The colours for this week are chocolate chip, regal rose, pink pirouette, certainly celery & very vanilla. (for us here in the 'land of oz' - who don't have the new 'in colours' yet, I have substitued 'pretty in pink').









Stamps: Friendship Blooms, Spring Solitude & Bud Basics
Card: Very vanilla, chocolate chip, pretty in pink & regal rose
Ink: Certainly celery, pretty in pink, regal rose & chocolate chip
Accessories: SU! Rhinestone brads, paper snips, pretty in pink brads, dimensionals, dble sided tape & stickles

K Werner CIC #19

Ok - here is Kristina's Colour Inspiration Challenge #19. The colours for this challenge are: Basic black, basic grey, whisper white & any other colour. I don't use yellow much but I decided to go with 'summer sun'.

Stamps: Garden Silhouettes

Card: Whisper white, basic grey, basic black & summer sun

Ink: Basic black & basic grey

Fish Friends

Yes, another 'fishy friend'. I made this one for a SCS colour challenge using blush blossom, ruby red and close to cocoa ...

Fishy Friends

I have had this set (fishy friends) forever! I cased it from my sister, who is not even into cards/scrapbooking etc. I think she wanted to make certificates for kids she teaches swimming... anyway, it is mine now. He! he!

I also got the matching wheel and 4 ink pads....

I seem to be using this set more and more ...

Stamps: Fishy friends, family phrases & 'going my way' jumbo wheel

Card: Kraft, whisper white, taken with teal, sage shadow and night of navy

Ink: Bordering blue (M), tempting turquoise (M), not quite nave (M), night of navy, sage shadow & versamark

Accessories: 1 3/4" round punch, 1 3/8" round punch, 1/2" round punch, 3/4" round punch, crop-a-dile, embossing powder, heat gun

(M) - means I used SU! markers

All products used are Stampin' Up!

Boho Backgrounds & Occasional Greetings

I finally found the tutorial for these georgeous little bags. If you would like to have a go, click here & you will go directly to the tutorial on Diana Gibbs blog. I have created a matching card to go with the bag. Hope you like them ...

Stamps: Occasional greetings, short & sweet, boho background

Card: Whisper white, purely pomegranate & certainly celery

Paper: SU! DS 'Summer picnic'

Ink: Purely pomegranate & bashful blue

Accessories: Purely pomegranate dbl stitch ribbon, hemp twine, circle scollap punch, lrge oval punch, spiral punch, wide cetainly celery grosgrain ribbon, double sided tape

Season of Joy

I know, I know ... I have been very slack blogging lately ... but the truth is, I haven't been doing much creating lately either. Anyway, I made this christmas card last night. It is a double fold card from Michelle Giraud. A very talented lady, if you get the chance you should check out some of her work. Beautiful!

Stamps: Season of Joy, so swirly jumbo wheel
Card Stock: Very vanilla, dashing DS paper, real red & river rock
Ink: Old olive, real red & river rock
Accessories: Spiral punch, sponge dauber & slit punch

I don't know if you can tell but I have used the slit punch for the christmas tree to slide into, but it doesn't really close properly. Michelle used a ribbon to tie around hers.

Accordion Card

Happy Birthday Craig!

I found this tutorial on Scor Pal gallery/tutorial. It was really easy, and I think very effective. The possibilities are endless. Even my husband thought it was a bit snazzy!

Stamps: Weathered background, family phrases, harlequin background & I think it was a linen background as well (it was a piece of scrap)
Card Stock: Kraft, chocolate chip, very vanilla & river rock
Ink: Chocolate chip, river rock and close to cocoa
Accessories: '40' chipboard (not SU!), sponge dauber

K Werner CIC #18

Wow! This was a 'challenge'. The colors are fantastic:

Basic black, pumpkin pie, rose red & gable green/summer sun (one or the other of these last 2)

Stamps: Office accoutrement, boho backgrounds & baroque wheel
Card stock: Gable green, basic black, pumpkin pie & rose red
Ink: Basic black

As you can see from the photo, it is very retro ... and all I can say is that I tried (lol!)

Fishy Friends & Sanded Background

Just a quick one today, I have finally made the decision to have a workshop (after 2 mths), and I am preparing my make & takes ... so I started this one, but it turned out a bit fiddley (is that a word?), anyway I thought I would upload it ...

Stamps: Fishy friends, sanded background & family phrases
Card Stock: Bashful blue, groovy guava, whisper white & kraft
Inks: Bashful blue, chocolate chip, groovy guava, ruby red, apricot appeal
Accessories: Wide chocolate grosgrain ribbon

Wild About You

Happy Birthday Jessica

Stamps: Wild About You & Boho Backgrounds
Card Stock: Purely Pomegranate & Whisper White
Ink: Purely Pomegranate & Old Olive
Accessories: Round tab punch, circle scollap punch, purely pomegranate dble stitch ribbon

All products used are Stampin' Up!