Sweet Always

This is a simple little card I made with the Sweet Always Designer Paper (pretty isn't it?) I can't believe that just over a year and a half ago I was pretty resistant to using patterned papers on cards. Now I don't think I can live without it! Now these are colours I wouldn't normally put together but I think the Pumpkin Pie, Pirouette Pink and Regal Rose look great together. I used felt flowers from Flower Fusion (the Pumpkin Pie flower) and Flower Fusion Too (the Pink Pirouette flower) as the central focal point. I used a Rhinestone brad in the middle to attach to the card.

Best Wishes Season of Friendship....

I just love this set, Season of Friendship. It's my absolute favourite out of the new Holiday Mini. I especially love it with the new Autumn Vine Designer Paper. I am already on my second pack and I rarely have to buy a second pack of any of the paper because one pack goes a long way when you are making cards. On this card I used Chocolate Chip, Really Rust and More Mustard. The best wishes stamp is from the Short and Sweet stamp set (all the sayings in this stamp set fit in the small oval punch) It's hard to tell in this picture but the card is made from Chocolate Chip textured cardstock. It is absolutely fabulous looking in person!

Birthday Hugs and Wishes....

I am loving the colours in this card. I haven't used most of them in who knows how long! The dot background paper is from the Rainbow Sherbert Designer Paper, same with the box below. The Birthday Hugs and Wishes (from the Birthday Hugs and Wishes stamp set) was embossed in white on a Green Galore circle (cut with the coluzzle) The stitching was done by piercing the cardstock and drawing in the white stitch lines with a white signo gel pen and I attached three Apricot Appeal brads below. This was layered onto a white circle and onto a large Tempting Turquoise Scallop Circle (Cut with the Big Shot and Scallop Circle die in the Holiday Mini) The flower is from the Ginormous Flowers stamp set (stamped in Apricot Appeal) and trimmed carefully.

The pillow box was made using the Big Shot and the Pillow Box die from the holiday mini. I am having so much fun with these little boxes! The Happy Birthday stamp is from the Think Happy Thoughts stamp set and it all the circles and the scallop circles were punched with Stampin Up punches. It only took a few minutes to make but it's a great little box to make fun little treats for everyone you know!

Birthday Cupcake

Yesterday was winter so here is a nice bright card to take your mind off it! The cupcake is from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set. I coloured it in with markers and then used a two way glue pen on the icing and covered it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter (I love Dazzling Diamonds!) The polka dots one the side are from the Polka Dot background stamp and the sentiment (stamped nice and crooked...I know some of you are enjoying that!) is from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set too. The colours I used were mostly from the Bold Brights (Pink Passion, Pixie Pink and the confetti is various colours from the Bold Bright family) The card was made from the new "In-Colour" Pink Pirouette. I also used pink rhinstone brad.

Hello Winter!

This is what we woke up to this morning. While it's absolutely beautiful it's going to kill all our trees! I couldn't even walk Mary down the driveway this morning to catch the bus because all of our trees were drooped down over the driveway. Needless to say we got snowy and wet as we tried to shake the snow off the trees. Unfortunately it is wet and heavy but we managed to get through. I'm sure it's going to melt (or I really hope it is) but welcome to the first snowfall of the year!

Snappy Birthday Crab

Another card with my really cute crab. I love this little guy, especially after adding the googly eyes (I LOVE googly eyes!) This one was made with Real Red and I used the Real Red DP from the Hostess Benefits Level 1.

This months birthday sale is almost over and Crab and Company is just one of the stamp sets you can get on sale. This sale ends October 31st so be sure to get your order to me this week so you don't miss out.

Spend $20 on regular priced merchandise and save 20 % on Big Bold Birthday (page 62), Party Hearty (page 63), Bitty Birthday (page 64), Crazy for Cupcakes (page 64), Time to Party (Page 65), Simple Birthday Thanks (page 65) and Crab and Company (page 68)

Faux Silk Upsy Daisy...

Here is a simple little card I made using the Upsy Daisy stamp set, Urban Garden Designer Series Paper the Faux Silk technique (instructions below in the Oct. 3rd posting) The only difference on this card is that I stamped the Upsy Daisy Flowers on both sides of the tissue, Baja Breeze on one side, Night of Navy on the other side. I just love the colours in the Urban Garden DP, and it looks fabulous with the Upsy Daisy stamp set.

Eastern Blooms Thanks

I make a lot of thank you cards, I don't know why but I do. I really need to pull out some of my other sentiment stamps! This was a super easy card I made with the Eastern Blooms and Thank You Kindly stamp set with the colours Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Tangerine Tango. In the center of the large flower I used one of new Filigree brads which I love so much I have been hoarding them. I finally broke down and used one! I also used the really beautiful Kiwi Kiss Satin ribbon (it's double-sided ribbon, the other side is very vanilla)

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

Another great card using the "Owl Together Now" stamp set! I just love these little owls and they are so much fun to make cards with. The little googly eyes (from Wal-Mart!) look great on these owls. I did this one in "man" colours of Basic Gray, Going Gray and Brocade Blue. The background is stamped with the Weathered Background stamp.

Awesome Autumn Class....

This is one of the cards we will be making at the Awesome Autumn Class next Sunday (the 19th) at 2pm (my place) We will be making 5 cards using all beautiful autumn colours like Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and more. The cards will feature techniques such as Chalk and Versamark Watermark, Glossy cardstock, water colour, water misting and more. There is still room to sign up so e-mail me today. $25 or FREE when you make a purchase of $75 (merchandise total before tax and shipping) or more that same day.

Autumn Tree....

I can't believe I haven't bought the stamp set "Lovely as a Tree" before this year. It's been around for ages but I finally broke down and bought it this fall. I've really enjoyed stamping this particular stamp on various backgrounds. This background was done with my SU watercolour crayons and my aqua-painter on watercolour paper. The other stamps I used was the Sanded background stamp and the "warm wishes" stamp is from the Beautiful Borders stamp set.

Inspired by Nature....

I am having so much fun with the stamp set "Inspired by Nature" This is a card we made at last month's Stampers Club meeting using the stamp set and a technique called Faux Silk (instructions below) I also used the the "To You from Me' stamp from the Hostess set Best Yet and the Background stamp "Sanded"

Faux Silk Technique

1. On a piece of white tissue paper I stamped the cone flowers with Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and Close to Cocoa.

2. While it was drying I stamped the grass image with Kiwi Kiss on Very Vanilla Cardstock.

3. When the tissue image was dry I crumpled it up and then flattened it out. I covered the Vanilla cardstock panel with a glue stick and gently pressed the tissue paper image overtop, trimming the extra tissue paper away.

Although it's hard to see the texture in the picture it's a really nice technique.

Season of Friendship

I LOVE this set! Season of Friendship is one of the new sets in the new Holiday Mini Catalogue that starts today. This is a very simple card I made with the set but it's one of my favourites. I used Chocolate Chip, More Mustard and Really Rust (a colour combination I keep reaching for this fall!) and the leaves were stamped using the Rock and Roll technique. The rock and roll technique is when you ink your stamp with a lighter colour (like More Mustard) and the you roll your stamp edges onto a darker inkpad (like Really Rust) before you stamp. This technique works best with solid image stamps like the leaf. The little felt flower is from the Flower Fusion Too collection.