flowering fields...

• 6x4" white card blank +black & kraft cardstock
• SU!- flowering fields
• archival (jet black) ink pad
• lawn fawn cuts- happy birthday border
• SU! chalk marker

I cut all my mats and layers for this card. I stamped the smallest (kraft) layer with some floral images and a small butterfly from the same stamp set. I added some white highlights to the flowers using the chalk marker. I die cut the happy birthday sentiment from some black card stock and glued this across the bottom of my card. I glued all the layers together to complete my card.

I think this is a lovely card that could suit many occasions if you chose different sentiment dies to use.

Mx

 

friend...

• 6x4" white card blank and cardstock
• HOTP- card maker's floral ultimate pack
• paper smooches- friend word wise dies
• bakers twine

I chose three coordinating papers, the first I cut just slightly smaller than the front of my card as a mat. the second I cut a 1" strip of paper and rounded the corners. i then glued this in position, to match the sketch layout. I made a hole down the spine of my card blank, in the centre of the paper strip. I threaded my twine through the card to wrap around a few times, then tied a bow. (if you have a top folding card you would not need to do this step, but since I had a side fold card I thought it would give a neater finish). I die cut the word 'friend' three times from white cardstock and once from the third piece of coordinating paper. I used glue to attach all 4 layers together to give the sentiment some dimension.

Mx

I would like to enter my card into this challenge:
freshly made sketches- #218

summer strawberries...

• 'strawberries' stamp from LOTV
• 'because you care' stamp set from SU!
• 'fresh floral stack' from DCWV
• 'stitched stackables' dies from lawn fawn
• archival ink 'deep purple'
• memento ink 'tuxedo black'
• copics: R12, R14, R17, YG 21, YG23, YG25, V12, V15, V17,C00, C001, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5
• wink of stella glitter brush tip pen, uni ball white pen and sekura micron pen
• craftwork cards digi cardstock
• 6x6 white card blank

For this card, I have stamped part of the strawberries stamp to fit inside the square die. I then stamped the strawberries from the foreground of the image onto another piece of card.
I added the sentiment above this, (as I didn't have lilac ink, I second generation stamped to create a softer tone of the deep purple ink). I also stamped the butterflies again onto an offcut of card. I coloured all of the images with copics. I then die cut the two main images into panels using a stitched edge dies. I cut the spotty paper to matt and layer onto my card blank. I then added the two panels on foam pads for dimension. I fussy cut the extra butterflies and placed them on the card as embellishments. I used my sekura micron pen to add their antennae. The final touch was some glitter on the butterflies and white highlights on the strawberries.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

• Freshly made sketch #193
• Simon says 'summer' Monday challenge

Mx

lacey butterfly...

stamps: for her sentiments (set 20) from lili of the valley
inks: archival (coffee) ink pad
cardstock: sultry paper pad from basic grey
dies: butterfly from tattered lace

I cut a mat of pink card and layered it with a darker pink, to create a small border. I added a strip of patterned paper, which I stamped a sentiment onto, in the centre. I cut a green strip into a banner, then added both strips to the card. I die cut the butterfly and glued it in place, following the sketch. I think this is a pretty card great for summer time birthdays.

 freshly made sketches -#136

 

simon says- Die crazy

 

Mx

sun and rain to make it bright again !!

had trouble with the camera, my apologies for the picture quality !!

stamps: watering the flowers from lili of the valley
inks: memento (tuxedo black) and promarkers
cardstock: Bo bunny 6x6 paper pad (ambrosia collection), 6x6 kraft card blank, kraft cardstock and craftworks digi cardstock
dies: large paper doily sizzlits from stampin up used with the bigshot from sizzix

I cut the first paper as a matt to fit the cardblank. the second paper was cut into a banner by hand, to layer on top. I die cut some kraft card to create a doily to lay between the papers to follow the sketch. the topper was stamped onto digi cardstock with memento ink and coloured using promarkers to match the papers. this was matted onto another piece of kraft card and added to the card. I think this is a nice simple design that really makes the most of the pretty papers and cute LOTV image, perfect for a summer birthday !!

 

freshly made sketch #133

yellow/ lemon

birthday

 Mx

flower power !!

stamps: say it all, petal parade from stampin' up!
inks: archival ink pad (jet black,magenta hue, aqua marine, venetian orange)
cardstock: craftwork cards digi cardstock, black 4x6" card blank

I cut a matt for the card blank and used the three colours to stamp the flowers in a scattered pattern. I then stamped the black scallop edge and added the strips of paper cut into banners, (which I had inked using the same ink pads as the background.) for an extra bit of detail, I stamped the banners with a pattern and a sentiment. the pieces were glued down to follow the sketch for a simple but fun design. 

'paper players#184'

 

Mx

beach party!!

as promised, here are the pictures from a recent party. it was a joint celebration for my parents silver wedding anniversary and my sisters 21st!!

 

for mum & dad's (fruit) cakes I flat iced it, first in marzipan, then sugar paste. I added two colours of ribbon to the base of each tier. I then piped on the coral. I added flower paste shells, I made by pressing the paste into a chocolate mould, (bought at the cake decorating store.)

 

 for abbie's cake I made a topper with little beach huts. it was all made edible with sugar paste and brown sugar as sand.

 

pinwheels were bought from pipii.co.uk

ice-cream  cupcakes (which my dad loves... he thinks cupcake cases should be banned and only cones allowed!!) traditionally you would add a chocolate flake, but those are a little messy, so I think the chocolate wafer(from Tesco) was the perfect finishing touch for these.

 

these beach cupcakes use some brown sugar as sand a sugar paste towel and a paper drinks umbrella I got from asda

 

hope you like all the beach themed sweet ideas if you want any more details just leave a comment and ill help as much as I can...

 

Mx

bloggerversary !!

 

I made this tag to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my blog ! this is just a quick one tho as im busy at the moment with family celebrations!!





inks: archival ink pads in magenta hue, aquamarine, venetian orange and jet black and a sekura glitter gel pen.

stamps: raining flowers and wacky wishes by stampin up!

punches and dies: adorning accent edgelits, typeset alphabet bigz, bitty butterfly and elegant butterfly by stampin up!.

Mx



a simple taste of summer

 this is a nice bright card for the summer. i've done this one as  a cute little birthday card for a friend, but it could easily be for any occasion using a different message. 

i used the petite pairs sentiment stamp, cut out using a large oval and scallop oval punch. the flower came from the mixed bunch stamp set, cut out with the blossom punch. the swirls were stamped to create a background using the everthing eleanor stamp set. all of these products are from stampin up! the only other things needed to make this card were the tim holtz distress ink to stamp and edge the craft work cards digi cardstock, on a white 4 X 4 card blank.

the beauty of this card is how simple it is ... it only takes a few ink pads, a couple of stamps, punches and some imagination !

Mx