Mother's Day Class with the Two-Step Bird Punch

Well, the new Autum/Winter Mini Catalogue is just busting with great new products, but I have to say that my favourite item in it is the Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch. What a fantastic, versatile and easy to use punch! I LOVE IT so much that I just had to prepare my Mother's Day Card Class based on it.

Here are the two cards (one for our mothers and one for our mothers-in-law) that the lovely ladies made on the night, plus the little tags that my seven-year-old daughter & I made for them as a 'thank you' for attending:

This first card is an easel card. To make it we also used the new Top Note die cut, crimper, scallop edge punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch and the Word Window Punch, plus the new Teeny Tiny Snetiments (clear mount) stamp set. Colours were Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.

The second card was also made using the Top Note Die and Word Window Punch. Very basic but very effective.

Finally, these were the tags that my daughter & I made. They were so easy to make that you honestly couldn't tell the difference between the ones I made & the ones she made.

You really don't need too much else when using this punch. You can really create so many different projects without using too many other products. I REALLY LOVE IT!!

Well, that's all from me. I hope you I've inspired you in some way (no matter how small) to create. Have fun!

Party Craft

Are you tired yet?

Never fear. This is the last post for today.

I just wanted to share with you some of the craft projects the girls made during the party.

Firstly, they made a little flip flop die cut bookmark...

And then they made these die cut cards. Every pack was a little different by way of outfits & colours...

I think that's it. So I guess you can see why I haven't posted for a while, right?

Well, I'll take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Easter. Enjoy your break & stay safe.

Andrea.

Flip Flop Pool Party (continued)

Drum roll......the cupcakes....

I bet that was something you didn't know about me, huh? Cupcakes are my other passion. These cupcakes were also in keeping with the flip flop theme & were all made & decorated by me. I make all the edible toppers too, and even the little cardboard umbrellas.

It has often crosses my mind to create another Blog just for my cupcake creations but honestly, I barely have the time to update this Blog. Anyway, it is a thought and who knows, maybe one day.

So what do you think?

But wait, there's more!

Flip Flop Pool Party Invitations.

Well, here are the girls' Flip Flop Pool Party Invitations that I have slowly been working on over the past year...

As you can see I kept the Flip Flop theme going with the pinata, which I purchased but added my own special touch to by way of the flower.

And my masterpiece.....the cupcakes.... but you'll have to tune in to my next post for those. ;)

My Daughters' Birthdays!

I know, I know. It's the same old story. I promised to be back soon but life just got in the way. You know how it is, but if it's any consolation I have quite a few things to share with you, starting with my gorgeous girls' 7th and 4th birthday cards.



Please excuse me for not writing a supplies list but you know the drill. If there is anything at all that you'd like to know, please just ask.


Well, first up I'll share with you the birthday card I made for Mia's birthday...



And next up is the card I made for Demi...


These stamps from The Greeting Farm are sooooo adorable, aren't they?

Ok, now coming right up in the next post are their party invitations. See you soon.

Something Very Sweet

Hello again!

I'm happy to be back with my very first attempt with the delightful Something Sweet stamp set and coordinating cups...


It took a little trial & error to get all the dimensions just right so that the punched circle was centred & so that the little photo anchors closed the card properly, but in the end I got there! I really wanted to ensure that the sweets could be consumed withouth the card being destroyed. After all, it took a lot of time to create - ha ha! And I must say that I'm quite happy with the end result. What do you think?

Supplies:

Whisper White, Chocolate Chip & Pretty in Pink cardstock, Chocolate Chip & Pretty in Pink, circle punch oval & scallop oval punch, sweet treat cup, little flowers, photo anchors, brads & marshmallows.

Remember Me?

Remember me? No? Well, I don't blame you. What a crazy time these last few months have been. Hopefully, now that school has started again & everyone is back into their routines, things will start to settle down.

Here are a couple of masculine cards that I made quite some weeks ago but didn't get around to posting until now...

Stamps sets used were Sense of Time and Vintage Labels from the upcoming Sale-a-Bration catalogue. The large circles were cut using the Circle Scissors from the Summer Mini catalogue. This tool is fantastic!

The smaller circles & the oval shapes were punched out.

Colours used were Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip. Ink pads used were Chocolate Chip & VersaMark. The Tearing Edge (another great tool) was used to tear the cardstock evenly.

The finishing touch were some silver brads.

Well, I hope you're all off to a great start this year. Take care & I hope to be back soon.

Andrea.

Sympathy Cards

I didn't plan to be back before Christmas but here I am. Unfortunately, my husband's good friend lost his mother yesterday and so I have made some cards to send to his family. Here they are...

I'm really liking this colour combination at the moment. It is so soft & calming.

The next card is another sympathy card but this time for one of my husband's co-workers...



I'll also take this post opportunity to show you the card I made for our brother-in-law's birthday...


I haven't provided details today but if you'd like to know anything, all you have to do is ask.

Well, enjoy the rest of this beautiful day. I'm off to watch the girls swim in the pool.

Take care.
Andrea.

Finally!

Finally, I'm back with a new post! Where have I been? Making eighty, yes, eighty of these babies for our neighbours' little girl's christening...


Sorry, I'm not very good with photo editing so this was the best that I could do to obscure all the personal details. Unfortunately, it really detracts from the invitation, which in real life, is soft & really pretty. Our neighbours were delighted with their invitations, which of course, makes all those long hours I put in, very worthwhile.

The colours I used were Sahara Sand, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White. The butterfly is from the Summer Mini Catalogue stamp set, Butterfly Prints. It was punched out with the new Butterfly punch, also from the new Summer Mini Catalogue. The ribbon is also Pretty in Pink & to finish the butterfly off, I affixed two little pink crystals to it.

Well, just in case I don't get a chance to post again before Christmas, I'll take this opportunity to wish you all happiness, health & good cheer possible for Christmas & throughout 2010. I hope you have many memorable moments.

Thank you all for stopping by my Blog this year. Thank you for taking the time to leave such lovely comments. Thank you for your inspiration.

See you in the New Year!
Take care.
Andrea.

More Christmas Treat Bags

As promised, I'm bag with the little cellophane bags I made for Demi's preschool friends...

These contain Demi's favourite lollies, Strawberry Clouds.

Thanks for stopping by!

Andrea

Christmas Treat Bags

Well, it's good to be back. Where have I been? Nowhere, really. Just busy, busy, busy.

Today I have the little Christmas treat bags I have made for Mia's year one classmates, which also doubled as my swaps for the SU! seminar this past weekend...

As this was my first convention I was a little intimated about making swaps, & to be honest, I only got the courage to make something the day before the seminar! I made thirty of these little babies for convention & another thirty for Mia's class. That's a lot of traingle boxes, but I'm pretty pleased with them & I'm sure the kids will love them, especially the little Candbury Santas that are inside.

Stay tuned for the little bags I made for Demi's preschool friends!

Breaking in my Circle Scissors Plus.

Hello everyone.

I'm so glad to be back after a little Blogging holiday. Ok, so it wasn't really a holiday but a couple of very busy weeks worrying & running to & from hospital to see my dad in between all the evreyday running around. I'm glad to report that as of today he is home to recuperate from an operation to remove numerous aneurysms. He had a scar from his groin to his ankle held together with 101 staples!

My Blogging comeback comes because of a need to create a card for my husband's godson and because I just couldn't hold off using my Circle Scissor Plus circle cutting system.

This is the card I came up with...

In the second photograph you can just catch a glimpse of how I've decorated the inside of the card.

To make this card I dug out some retired paper & used it for the colour inspiration of Chocolate Chip &Soft Sky (retired). The little guy is from the cute All in the Family stamp set. He has been stamped on a watercolour paper circle cut using the Circle Scissors Plus & matted on larger cardstock circles cut that were cut in the same way. The smaller circles were all created with different size punches. The sentiment is from the Hostess Level 1 set, Best Yet.

I hope you like it & I hope you have a great weekend. Hope to see you again early in the week.

Andrea.