Mother's Day 2014

To all you ladies out there, I hope you all had a fabulous Mother's Day, whether it be with your kids, your mums or friends. I think it's a great day to celebrate women in general.

Here is the card I made for my mum:

For my mum's card I used the Love and Sympathy stamp set. The background was stamped with the Off the Grid stamp. The butterfly is from the Papillion Potpourri set. It was punch out using the matching punch, and embellished with adhesive half pearls. The sentiment is from Vintage Labels.

This next card is the card I made for my Mother-In-Law:

For this card I used my new Six Sided Sampler stamp set and matching punch. The butterfly is as above, and the sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes.

The colours I used for both cards were Whisper White, Old Olive, Rose Red and Pretty in Pink.

I hope you like them. :)

Catch you all soon.

Andrea

My Baby Girl's Communion Invitations

Just this past week my baby girl made her First Reconciliation and now with much excitement, we await the day of her First Holy Communion.

Here are the invitations I made for the upcoming special day...

I'm so happy with how they turned out. Just so perfect for her.

The card base was cut using the Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die from Stampin' Up! The image of the little angel and teddy bear angel is so cute. I coloured it with Stampin' Up! markers, added extra sparkle to the wings with Stickles glitter glue, and embellished the angel's (Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl Guardian Angel stamp) necklace with a heart shaped adhesive rhinestone. I curled her wings to add dimension. The cloud was cut out of felt using a cloud die, and mounted with foam tape.

These really put a smile on my face. Now bring on that special day. :)

Andrea

 



Bride To Be's Kitchen Tea Bouquet

My nephew is getting married next month and his fiancée's Kitchen Tea is coming up next week. I wanted my card for the occasion to be extra special, so searching the net for inspiration I came across this card for inspiration, and based my own card on it:

http://stampingville.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/bouquet-card-for-bride-to-be.html

Here is my card:

The card base colours are Crumb Cake and Pretty in Pink.

I cut slivers of Old Olive card stock and bound them together with pink ribbon. The flowers were punched with one of the flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, and embellished with tiny adhesive half-pearls. I printed the sentiment on my computer and punch it out using the Jewellery Tag Punch.


I just love how this turned out!

Andrea

Petite Petals Sweet Sixteenth

A lovely young lady is turning sixteen this week. Such an exciting milestone. Such exciting times. Oh, to be sixteen again!

 Here is the card I made for her using the Petite Petals stamp set and matching punch:

 

I stamped the flowers, punched them out, curled up the petals, embellished them with an adhesive rhinestone, and mounted them onto the card with foam tape to added dimension. To the centre flower I added a little "16" tag punched with the Jewellery Tag Punch...and that's it.

Sweet and simple. :)

Andrea

Bunny Hugs

Look at this cute bunny I have to show you today:

She features on a birthday card I made for one of Mia's friends, but she could just as easily be at home on an Easter card or tag. Excuse me while I add that thought to my looooong list of things to try.

Now, where was I? Oh, yes. I was about to tell you that I can't remember the name of this adorable bunny stamp or who it's manufactured by, and I'm too tired to go upstairs and check, so I will check tomorrow and update this post with the info. All other supplies used to make this card are from Stampin' Up!, except for the cloud die, which I seem to be using on just about every card at the moment. Obsessed much? Ha ha...

Andrea :)

Ok, I've checked and the stamp is by Stampavie.

Ice Cream Birgitta

Hi everyone!

What a bad Blogger I've been. :( But I have finally found a few moments to show you what I've been up to.

Firstly, a card for a Demi's BFF from school:

This Crumb Cake base card features the gorgeous Ice Cream Birgitta from C.C.Designs. She was coloured with Stampin' Up! markers. The background was stamped with Versa Mark ink using the Extreme Elements stamp set. The butterfly was stamped with a stamp from the Papillion Potpourri stamp set, punched using the Elegant Butterfly Punch, and embellished with adhesive rhinestones. The little flower in Birgitta's hair was punched with a punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. The sentiment is from the now retired SU stamp set, Vintage Labels.

So cute. :)

Andrea

Next Batch of Invitations

Hi everyone!

I'm back today to show you Demi's birthday invitations...

 Another gorgeous image by C.C. Designs called Sweet Pixies Lucy Bunny. She was stamped in black StazOn ink and coloured with Stampin' Up! markers. All other supplies are from Stampin' Up! - cardstock, scallop square die, Itty Bitty Punch set and adhesive half pearls.

Happy Birthday to a Nurse

Today's card was made for my nephew's fiancé who is a nurse...

Love this cute image from Kraftin Kimmie Designs. She would also be perfect for Get Well cards, don't you think?

All other supplies used are from Stampin' Up! - cardstock, ink, markers, adhesive pearl and sentiment (retired afterthoughts stamp set).

Thanks for stopping by my Blog. Feel free to leave me a word or two, and be sure to pop by again.

Andrea :)

Flower Shop Bundle

I just couldn't wait to ink up the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Flower Shop Bundle stamp set!

Here is the result of my second attempt with this set and matching punch...

Very similar to my first card that you can see here, just with different colours. The flowers were stamped using the rock 'n' roll technique, punched out, curled up using a pencil, and embellished using adhesive half pearls. The leaves were punched using the Two Step Bird Punch. Then sentiment is from the Vintage Labels stamp set. All supplies used are from Stampin' Up!

It's Invitation Time Again!

Yep, it's that time of year again. That time when the girls' birthdays are looming and the air is filled with crazy excitement. Oh, to be a kid again. :)

Here are Mia's invitations to her slumber party, which have recently been given out to her school friends...

 

This cute little girl in her PJ's is from C.C. Designs (Sugarplums PJ Emma). She was stamped in Black StazOn ink and coloured with Stampin' Up! markers.The Crumb Cake background was cut using the Scallop Square die from Stampin' Up! and the little flower in the girl's hair was punched with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, also from Stampin' Up! The cloud was also cut using a die.

The shine you can see in the photos is from the cellophane bags that I used instead of envelopes.

Now, let the countdown to the party begin. Woo hoo!

Catch you soon.

Andrea

A New Little Bundle to Love!

Our friends and neighbours are due to have their little baby boy in a couple of weeks! We're all very excited and of course, I want to be prepared, so today I bought them a little gift for baby and made them this cute card:

 

I used the cute Bundle of Love stamp set and coloured the image with SU markers. Colours used were Wisteria Wonder and So Saffron. Gold brads and a button were used as embellishments.

Now we just sit and wait for baby. :)

Andrea

Flower Shop Bundle School Scrapbooking Page

Today I have another project for you using the Flower Shop Bundle. Actually, a scrapbooking project of my baby's Year 2 school photo:

 

 

Trying to keep my layouts simple and fast so I can catch up on the backlog.

I'm really loving these flowers. So versatile. Can think of a million things I want to do with them. If only time weren't a factor. :(

 

See you soon.

 

Andrea :)

Flower Shop Bundle

Hello!

Welcome to a new year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed a safe break.

One of my Christmas presents from me to me was Stampin' Up!'s Flower Bundle consisting of the stamp set and punch. Here is the result of my first attempt using the lovely bundle:

The flowers were 'rock n rolled' in Pretty in Pink and Rose Red inks and embellished with adhesive rhinestones. The sentiment is from a retired SU set called Vintage Labels. The leaves were punched with the Two Step Bird Punch. I quite like how it turned out - very pretty and feminine.

Back soon with a scrapbooking project using the bundle.

Until then...

Andrea

Christmas Cards En Masse!

As promised, here are the cards I made for my girls to give to their classmates...

They had to be quick and easy, and that, they were. I used the Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up! on Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake cardstock. The sentiment is from the Greetings of the Season set, also from Stampin' Up!

Now for the girls to hand them all out. :)

Angel Christmas Tags

More tags!

This time tags to accompany little gifts for my girls' school friends...

The gorgeous little angel is from C.C. Designs. All I did to her once she was stamped onto Crumb Cake cardstock with black StazOn ink, was add a bit of red accents with a Real red marker from SU, and a little flower that I punch with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. The "To/From" stamp is from the Winter Post stamp set and the alphabet letters are from Simpy Serif Alphabet set, both from Stampin' Up! Very quick and easy!

Next up will be the gazillions (or so it seems) of Christmas cards I made for the girls to give to all their classmates. Stay tuned.

Andrea :)

Christmas Tags 2013

Can you believe it's almost Christmas? Yikes!

Luckily for me, I did strike while the iron was hot last year and made these Christmas tags for this year...

And here are some of the tags already in use on presents under our Christmas tree...

To make the tags I used the Two Tags Die to cut the tags out of Crumb Cake cardstock, and various Stampin' Up! stamp sets; Dasher, Tree Trimmings, Welcome Christmas, Holiday Lineup, Many Merry Messages, Stitched Stockings, Many and Type, Greetings of the Season and Jolly Bingo Bits. I think that's all of them. All  other supplies used are from Stampin' Up!

I have another Christmas tag project to show you as soon as I get around to taking the photos. So many things to do and so little time. :(

Stay tuned. :)

Andrea

Sk8er Boy and Baby Girl Cards

Hi everyone.

 

I hope you've all been well during my absence from Blogland. I have to admit that it's been very difficult to find the time to craft lately, let alone Blog, but here we are.

 

Firstly, a very quick sk8er boy card using the Lollipop Ethan stamp. He was stamped onto Stampin' Up! Whisper White cardstock using black StazOn ink, and coloured in with SU markers. The sentiment is from SU Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set.

 

The next card was made to mark the arrival of a friend's baby niece...

The sweet image is called Swiss Pixie Baby and is from C.C. Designs. All other supplies used to make this card are from Stampin' Up!

Back soon with some little Christmas projects.

Andrea. :)