Mum's the Word

Here is the Mother's Day card I made for my Mum using paper from the lovely Cheerful Treat DSP. I don't think there's a single design in this pack that I don't like, which is a bit awkward because it means I struggle to decide which side of the paper to use. Good job there are two of each design in a pack eh? ;)

I cut out heart shapes from the patterned paper and stuck them onto Concord Crush CS. I then ran the panel through the Big Shot with the square lattice embossing folder.  I stuck this onto a piece of Pool Party CS - I seriously NEED some more of this colour. I didn't think I used much blue until this colour came out! I then added the word Mum, cut using my Timeless Type Alphabet dies and run through the lattice embossing folder, and popped the whole lot onto a summery Melon Mambo base card. The ribbon was from my stash.

As well as a lovely card from my little girl for Mother's Day I also received a gorgeous card and bouquet of flowers from my wonderful Sister. I was so touched and I feel very lucky to have such a lovely Sister. I her a thank you card using one of my favourite stamp 'characters, Nikki from Ladybug Crafts Ink. To tie in with the bouquet, I used 'Flower For You Nikki!.

 

Once again, I chose paper from the Cheerful Treat set and, as it's quite a busy design, I chose to keep everything else simple. Therefore, I just added some colour to the image with my Lucky Limeade marker (so a perfect match with the paper!) and cut it out using a frame die and my Big Shot.

Happy Birthday Daddy

Just a quick post to show you the card I made for my Husband's birthday, from our Daughter. He's been working on his vintage Rover P6 a lot over the past year so this digistamp from Di's Digistamps was just the job.

 

The card is made from a base of Riding Hood Red, which I've scored down the left hand side to add interest. The main image, which I coloured using promarkers, is backed by an Old Olive panel that I've run through my BigShot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. The sentiment (from a retired SU set) has been cut out using the Decorative Label punch and mounted using Stampin' Dimensionals. I made the spanners from textured Basic Gray cardstock and the Word Window punch & 3/4" Circle punch.

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I'm entering this card into the Crafty Catz Happy Birthday Challenge #104 and Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #124 as well as Susanna's Birthday Challenge over at Papercraft Planet.

Time to play!

Apologies in advance for a lengthy post. I suggest a cup of Chai Latte and at least 3 biscuits for this one...

Last week I was able to find some time to have a proper play with some of the fab new products I bought from the 2011-2012 Ideas Book & Catalogue (click on the link on the left to view it).

I am REALLY loving the new In Colours, especially Calypso Coral and Island Indigo. I used the latter, together with Lucky Limeade to make this cute card featuring the new stamp set, Everybunny. The bunny is coloured using a Pool Party marker.


I also used Island Indigo for this birthday card which uses the new a la carte stamp, Elebration.

The base card is Certainly Celery and I've layered up with Island Indigo and Chocolate Chip cardstock. That beautiful border is created with the new Lace Ribbon Border punch, which is definitely a new entry on my fave products list (up there with the Stampin' Scrub LOL!).The sentiment is from the 'Heard from the heart' stamp set.

Next up is a card that I'm very proud of because it was my first attempt at watercolouring.


I wanted a real impact so I chose Melon Mambo for the base card and the Lace Ribbon Border punch accent. I stamped the Lily image from the US set Fifth Avenue Floral in Versamark onto Whisper White cardstock and applied Melon Mambo embossing powder. Once I'd heated it with my heat gun I set to work watercolouring with my Stampin' Write markers and an Aquapen. I then cut out the flower and mounted it onto Basic Black cardstock. The sentiment is from the retired set Basic Phrases. For the finishing touch I threaded some black 1/8" Taffeta ribbon through the punched section.

Back to the new In Colours and a spotlight on Calypso Coral. I love this colour and wanted a design that would really show it off. I decided to use Basic Black to contrast and used my Square Lattice Embossing Folder to create texture on the background layer.The image is from the new Hostess set, Simply Soft; a 2-step stamp set that has such delicate, almost oriental images. Once again, the black 1/8" Taffeta ribbon provides an excellent finishing touch.

Last but not least is the anniversary card I made for my Husband for our 6th Wedding Anniversary. I was inspired by Caroline Skinner's gorgeous card and wanted to make a version with Lovebirds on it instead. Calypso Coral came to the rescue as the perfect shade for their heads, together with Lucky Limeade for the bodies and Garden Green for the wings. The heart frame is made from branches cut from Real Red card using the 2-step Bird Punch. The whole thing is layered on Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake cardstock.

Phew! Well that's it for this post (finished your tea yet?) but I'll be back soon with an update on our 'Turn Up the Heat' class and a sneak peek at next week's 'Terrifying Treats' papercraft session.