Field Flowers

I love, love, love this set.  It is just so pretty and delicate.  This was one of my favourite cards I have made in awhile and the First Print Limited Edition DSP is a must have for everyone!

Stamps:  Field Flowers, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzaz, Very Vanilla
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzaz
Accessories:  Pear Pizzaz Seam Binding Ribbon, DEcorative Label Punch Stamp-a-ma-jig

Faux Silk Elements of Style

Oh my goodness, photography lessons and a new camera would be wonderful!  We revisited the Faux Silk technique for this card.  It hasn't photographed well but it is an effective technique.

Stamps:  Elements Of Style, Creative Elements, Tiny Tags

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink:  Early Esspresso, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Jewelry Tag Punch, Pearls, Tissue Paper

Apothecary Art For You

I really don't understand why this stamp set has been named what it is but it is a great set for those who love to colour but looks just as striking as one colour or embossed. 

Stamps:  Apothecary Art
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels Collection Dies, Pearls, Polka Dot embossing folder, black striped grosgrain ribbon

Tea Shoppe Thanks

Tea Shoppe grabbed my attention when I saw the Autumn/Winter Catalogue and one of my favourite colour combos is red, black and white as it is always really striking . I am a huge fan of dies also as they make my work so much easier and the Labels Collection are wonderful.

Cardstock:  Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black
Stamps:  Tea Shoppe
Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Die, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder(hearts), Modern Label punch

Lovely As A Tree Duo

It has been a while since I posted so I am going to try and catch up on the past few weeks of class projects, they just won't be in order.  A great staple stamp set for male cards is Lovely As A Tree and these two cards were designed to be kept simple.

This first one used:

Card Stock: Confetti White, Old Olive, Early Esspresso

Ink:  Old Olive, Early Esspresso

Stamps:  Lovely As A Tree, Curly Cute

Accessories: Mini Library Clips, Dimensionals

This one didn't photograph as well as I thought when I was editing my photos and I deleted all the others I took so sorry about that.  It is difficult to see but there is some "blue sky" behind the tree that was done using a clear block as the stamp.  We simply inked up the surface of the block and stamped it onto the cardstock.  This technique makes a great subtle background for any image.

Cardstock:  Old Olive, Confetti White, Early Esspresso

Ink: Old Olive, Early Esspresso and Bashful Blue

Stamps:  Lovely As A Tree

Apothecary Art

My first impression of this set was fatastic for water colouring but it is so much more than that.  It looks great in a single colour and embossed.  So for all of you who are not a huge fan of water colouring, take another look at this one as it is actually very versatile.  It is made to fit with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies perfectly and can make a statement all on its own or as part of a masterpiece.

We used the Framelits to create a "Frame" for the image.  This is so simple to do.  When cutting your Framelit, choose 2 sizes and lay one inside the other evenly spaced and run it through your Bigshot.  We then ran the frame through an embossing folder to add some texture.  This really was a quick and simple card but noone would ever know, they would think you spent ages making it.

Stamps:       Apothecary Art, Just Believe

Card Stock:    Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink:     Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake

Access:   Big Shot, Polka Dot EF, Finial Press EF, Labels Collection Framelits

Bordering On A Little Romance

When the new Autumn/Winter Mini came out, I couldn't wait to put my order in.  The biggest problem I had was what to get straight away and what to wait for - I'm not the most patient person!

I jusst had to get the very gorgeous Bordering On Romance set.  Of course if you get that you have to have the new Edgelets Dies and matching Embossing folders - of course - right!!!  This was a great opportunity to do some water colouring which we haven't done for some time.

Stamps:                    Bordering on Romance
Cardstock:                Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Water Colour Paper
Ink:                           Black Stazon, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red
Access:                     Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelets Dies, Adorning Accents Embossing
                                  Folders, Pearls, Aqua Pens

Honoured with an Award

The lovely and ever so talented Kerry Bunting kindly nominated my me for this award.  I was blown away to receive this and want to thank her for thinking of me.  The conditions of this award are as follows:

1. Show your thanks to the blogger who nominated you for the award.

2. Link back to the blogger who nominated you.

3. Copy and paste the award to your blog.

4. Presnt the award to 5 other bloggers with less than 200 followers

5. Let them know they have been nominated by leaving a comment on their blog

Five other bloggers that I love to visit and find inspiring are:

1. Bev Watt

2. Pam

3. Michelle Marchant

4. Juliette Chapman

5. Linda Higgins 

Phew, my duties are done.  I hope you enjoy visiting all these talented ladies sites and find something to inspire your own wonderful creations.  Happy stamping!!!!!!

Style Beautiful Birthday

Another of my favourite sets (I have soooo many) is the Style Beautiful set.  It is great for backgrounds or as a centre piece for a card.  This card uses just a little of one of the images showing that you don't need to use an entire stamp to create a masterpiece. The words are from A Word for you minus the - cherry on top.  We learnt a nifty little trick for blocking out part of a stamp set to just ink up the part you want.  What you can't see in this photo is the Vanilla background has been lightly stamped with the French Filigree background stamp to break up the stark look of plain card.

Stamps:  A Word For You, Style Beautiful, French Filigree
Card:      Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Ink:        Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Access:  Postage Stamp Punch, 1" square punch (Summer Mini)

Happy I Do Day

We haven't done a wedding card for a long time and as the Iridescent Ice embossing powder from the Summer Mini was about to finish, I couldn't resist. I just love the fine detail stamp from the Creative Elements set for any formal cards.  It is difficult to see in the photo, but I used silver embossing powder on the back layer and iridescent ice on the from layer and then the words are done with the black embossing powder.

Stamp Sets:  Creative Elements, Word Play

Card stock:  Basic Black, Silver

Ink:  Versamark

Access:  Silver, Iridescent Ice and Black embossing powders, gemstones, Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Die