September Card Class

Hello again.

I'm back today to share with you the cards we made tonight during our card class. Here they are....

First up is a simple card using the Vontage Vogue set and the Very Vintage wheel together with the Rock 'n' Roll technique. Colours used were Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments. To achieve the dimensional look of the flowers, the large flowers were curled over the thick end of the piercing tool. The small flowers were glued on top of the large flower and then the petals of the small flower were pushed upwards.

The second card was made with the Sense of Time stamp set. The background was stamped with VersaMark ink & then put through the crimper. The Circle Scissors were used to cut the large clock face & circle punches were used for the smaller circles. Silver brads were added to embellish. The sentiment is from Short and Sweet.

Finally, we made a card that you may have seen in one of my previous posts. The patty was also put through the crimper to make it look just like a cupcake patty. Silver brads were used again. The stamp used was Simple Birthday Thanks. The image was inked with a Basic Black marker to be able to omit the writing from the middle of the stamp. The sentiment is from Something Sweet.

That's all from me tonight. Enjoy your weekend and hope to talk to you all again next week. Feel free to talk back to me by leaving your comments. It gets a bit lonely here in Blogland sometimes.

Bye...

Petal Pizzaz Demo Cards

Hi eevryone.

I hope you all had a great weekend & are geared up for the week ahead. The weather sure is getter better, isn't it?

Well, here are the two cards that I demonstrated on the weekend...

The cards were created using the gorgeous Petal Pizzaz and Short & Sweet stamp sets, So Swirly jumbo wheel, the Tearing Edge, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive & Not Quite Navy cardstock, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive & Not Quite Navy ink pads, the Scallop Circle Punch, Large and small oval punches & gold brads.

Stay tuned for my hostess gift!

Wild About Turning 3!

A little friend of ours is turning three this weekend & she's having a wild animal theme. Here is the card I came up with...

I have to rush off to pick up my daughter from a sleepover at her cousin's house & then take her to swimming lessons so I don't have time to note all the supplies I used, but if you'd like to know any details, please just ask.

Take care,

Andrea

A Very Fairy Birthday

I have had another play with one of my stamps from my pre-SU! days. This time I used a little fairy or ballerina stamp. The card is for one of Mia's friends.

I also used Short & Sweet stamp set for the sentiment, Very Vanilla, Basic Black & Real Red cardstock, watercolour paper, black StazOn ink pad, Real Read, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink & Blush Blossom markers, blender pens, oval punches, Cuttlebug Bug Heart Blocks embossing folder, my Big Kick, flowers, silver brads & glitter.

Thanks for taking to time to stop by. Hope to be back soon.

Andrea.

Wild About Elephants!

Here's a cute little card I demo'd on the weekend...

Isn't the little elephant just the cutest thing? It's from the Wild About You stamp set. The sentiment & flower on the elephant are from Short & Sweet set.

I also used the Nursery Letters jumbo wheel with the Certainly Celery cartridge for the background, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana & Certainly Celery cardstock, Bashful Blue & Certainly Celery ink pads, large & small oval punches & the Tearing Edge ruler for the paper tearing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gorgeous Gown

While getting my new craft room in order I can across all of my old non-SU! stamps & I could resist having a play. I have had this stamp for a couple of years (I think) but I have never used it...up until now, that is. Anyway, here is the card I came up with...



Of course, all other supplies are from SU! except for the Cuttlebug Heart Blocks embossing folder & the little flowers - Short and Sweet stamp set for the sentiment, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip & Pretty in Pink cardstock, watercolour paper, StazOn ink, Chocolate Chip & Pretty in Pink markers, Blender Pens and brads.

I must say, now that I've 'discovered' watercolouring, I'm LOVING it! I don't know if I'm any good at it - Ha ha! - but I'm really enjoying it & that's all that matters, right?

My craft room!

Went shopping today & bought some furniture for my NEW craft room. Hubby is assembling it all as I type & I can't wait until it's all set up. I've never had craft room before. I used to store my stuff in the laundry & stamp on the kitchen bench top so as you can imagine, it's very exciting. The room will double as a study for my girls too, so they, too are excited. I'll keep you posted.

Anyway, I did manage to stamp on the floor & make some more cards using the cute little All in the Family characters. Stamping in a such an untidy room has stumped my creativity so I have stuck with the same layout.

Here are the cards:


Supplies: All in the Family & Short & Sweet stamp sets, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue cardstock, watercolour paper, black StazOn ink, Chocolate Chip & Bashful Blue markers, blender pen, square punches, oval punches, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder & my Big Kick.

Supplies: As above except that the colours used were Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive. Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder.

Have a great start to the week.

Andrea

We moved!

Well, we finally moved into our new house over the long weekend. What an enormous task!

My crafting supplies are lying a big heap in my one-day-to-be craft room. I stamped away on the floor to create two cards. Sorry about the photos. I was in a real hurry to photograph them & they didn't turn out the best.

The first is for our neighbours who just welcomed a little daughter into the world last week. I love Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink & Very Vanilla combination. So sweet. Again, I used my beloved All in the Family stamp set & the Short & Sweet set for the sentiment. I also used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder with my Big Kick, Pretty in Pink Ribbon & my square & oval punches.

The second card is for a little friend who is turning 6 this weekend. I used the Just Cricket & Short & Sweet stamp sets with Chocolate Chip, Real Red & Very Vanilla colours. I also used my Cuttlebug Swiss DOts embossing folder with my Big Kick, and oval punches.


I hope they inspire you with your creations in some way.

Well, thank goodness it's the weekend. I feel completely exhausted so it won't be long before I'm off to bed. I hope you all enjoy your weekend. Take care.

A Male Seaside Card

We just don't seem to make anywhere near as many cards for men as we do for women, don't you agree? Why is that?

Anyway, here is one for you using the smaller shell stamps from the Seaside stamp set:

Supplies used were Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip (could this be my favourite colour?) and Sahara Sand. The Sahara Sand piece has been embossed with my Big Kick using the Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder. The stamped images were punched out with the small square punch and mounted onto large square punch outs. The Chocolate Chip strip was torn freehand. The sentiment was punched out with the small oval punch and mounted onto a large oval punch out.

You can also catch a glimpse of how I decorated the inside of the card.

Thank you again for visiting & I hope I have inspired you to create in some way.

Enjoy your day!

Demonstration Cards

I'm back (earlier than I anticipated) with the two cards that I demo'd last night.

First up we have a fold-back card (not sure of the correct name for it) that I'm pretty sure was inspired by a card by my Upline, Di Barnes. Only problem is, now I can't locate the card on her Blog so I can link to it. Sorry, Di. Frome memory, I used the same or similar colours, but a different stamp set. Here is the card:



I used the Ocean Commotion and Short and Sweet stamp sets, with Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Very Vanilla cardstock, Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip ink.

Next up is the second card I demonstrated:



This time I used the Organic Outlines stamp set, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip ink and silver brads. So simple but very effective. you may notice that the main image didn't stamp as nicely as I would have liked. That is because I failed to 'condition' the stamp first by lightly sanding the rubber. Now it stamps a dream!

Lastly I'll show you the Make 'n' Take card that all the guests made using the lovely Fifth Avenue Floral and Short and Sweet stamp sets:

Still keeping with the colour theme of the night, I used Whisper White and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Old Olive ink. We punched the sentiment using the small oval punch and mounted it onto a larger oval punch out.

Again, this card was very simple to make and the ladies loved their results!

I forgot to photograph the cute little hostess gift I made for Sandra, but she promised that she would email me a photo that she took of it. I'll post it once I receive it.

Thanks for stopping by again!

All in the Family birthday card

This is a birthday card I made for one of Mia's classmate's party...


I just can't stop using these little people from the All in the Family stamp set! They are soooo cute, don't you agree?

For this one I used my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder with my Big Kick on Very Vanilla cardstock, and Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink cardstock too. I stamped the images on watercolour paper using a Stampamajig for perfect stamp alignment & coloured them in using the ink pads and my Blender Pens. I punched them with the 1 and 1/4 inch square punch & mounted them onto 1 and 3/8 square punch outs. I also used my new and fabulous eyelet border punch. The sentiment is from Short and Sweet and was punched out using the large oval punch.

Go the punches - love 'em!

All in the Family again

I couldn't stop at one All in the Family card so here is the second...

This one is for one of Mia's little school friends. Cute, don't you think?

And here is the matching tag I made to put on the recipient's gift bag...

Thanks for stopping by!

All in the Family

I have had this All in the Family set for quite some but this is the first time I have actually made cards with it & I really enjoyed the experience!

First up is a card I made for my sister-in-law. She asked me to make a baby card for some friends of hers. Here it is...



I'm a little tired tonight to post all the details for you but if you have any questions, please just ask.

Just got back from trudging through, & almost getting bogged in ankle deep mud. We're building a new house & I had to let a tradesmen in. Just our luck that it has been raining just about everyday for the last week :(

Anyway, here is a masculine card using the Seaside stamp set & my beloved Big Kick machine...

It's a little difficult to pick up but I used the Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder on the Sahara Sand cardstock. I also used the Short & Sweet set for the sentiment, Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip cardstock, Chocolate Chip ink, the word window punch & the photo corner punch (to cover a mistake - ssshhh!)

I'll be back in a few moments with a couple more cards. Thanks for looking!

Card Folder

Here is a lovely gift folder inspired by a tutorial by Makeesha Byl that you can see here.

I made it some time ago but I never got around to posting it. I can't believe I did that because it's one of my favourite things that I've made!

Anyway, to make it I used the Live Your Dream and Short & Sweet stamp sets, Always Articchoke, So Saffron, Bashful Blue & Very Vanilla cardstock, Le Jardin DSP, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue & So Saffron ink pads, window punch, and gold brads. I think that's all.

Have a great day!

Pick a Petal - or two!

I recently purchased the Pick a Petal set and jumped at the chance to put it into use during a few spare minutes yesterday.

Here is the first card...


I feel it's a little bland but not tooooo bad for my first attempt with this stamp set. I teamed the Pick a Petal set with the Garden Whimsy and Short and Sweet stamp sets. The colours used were Whisper White, Regal Rose & Wild Wasabi.

Now for the second card...

This one is for my Daughter, Demi's 3rd birthday on Monday. I love this colour combination of Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant and Pink Passion.

I can't believe Demi is almost three!

Well, stay tuned for a scrapbooking layout! Back soon.

Just Cricket and Ocean Commotion

Another opportunity to use some of my new goodies! Here is a card for a little boy in Mia's class...

I used the new Ocean Commotion stamp set (isn't it gorgeous?) from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalogue. Colours used were Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue and So Saffron.

And here is a card using the Just Cricket set, a set which I have noticed, does not receive much mention, but I think it's great as it can easily be used for men and boys.

Colours used were Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip and Ruby Red.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your week.

Christmas cards galore!

Hi everyone!

Some of us girls got together last night for a Christmas card "jamming" session - is that the right term? Well, whatever the correct term is, we had a fun time. I made these five cards yesterday (while Demi napped) to inspire the girls, and to satisfy my urge to use most of my new goodies that had arrived in my order the day before. They replicated the origami tree card (tutorial can be found here http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/origami-christmas-tree.html) and then used different concepts from the other cards to create their own card.





Thanks to Anna S, Sandra & Helen!

Christmas Card Class

A big THANK YOU to all of you who attended the Card Making Class yesterday - Alex, Anna, Helen, Kylie and last but not least, Sandra. Thanks for your enthusiasm and can't wait for the next one.

Here are the projects we made:

Any questions, please ask.