for my valentine!

This is the card I made my hubby for Valentines Day. Its acetate which is a great base to use. I even embossed a kiss on the inside in it which you can just see. Its not the easiest thing to photograph sorry but my husband of over 21 years said it was really cool! (he had to eh!)

I used Real Red and Basic Black as they are strong colours. The background paper I downloaded from the web, the LOVE brads are some random ones I found in my craft room. I used the SU heart punch for the red heart and the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set from the Summer Mini catalogue which I have stamped on the acetate with the White Stazon ink. Stazon Ink is the best thing to use when stamping on a non paper surface. It dries super quick and so doesn't rub off. Stampin' Up! sell white and black Stazon.

Wishing everyone a very happy Valentines Day XoX

Bella Rose Purse Bag

This is what we are making at class tomorrow. Its so cute. This photo isn't the best as its funny weather here today so couldn't get the colours right on the camera. But these bags could hold anything from chocolates to cards, from booties to bonnets.

I have trimmed the bag with a Kiwi Kiss scalloped edge and Ridinghood Red topper and handles. Topped off with a lovely green sparkly brad.

Contact me on julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz to reserve your place in class for Monday 15th February 12.30-2.30pm or 7.30-9.30pm.

I {Heart} Hearts!!

I'm sure we are all aware that it's Valentines Day on Sunday and the we are seeing red love hearts EVERYWHERE!! SO just so I don't stand out to be different I have a very 'hearty' card to show you. LOL

This is the card I a made for an engagement - I used the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set out of the Summer Mini (aren't there so many cool stamps in it!) I used Bella Rose DSP as a background and Riding Hood Red as the main colour. The two heart punches came in handy too!

Thanks for calling in to my blog. :-)

congrats

I needed to make an engagement card today so I was looking for the right words, this set was in the last SU spring mini so I thought I would give it a try. I also didn't want to do a traditional lovey dovey card so I picked the Washington Apple DSP. Anyway this is what I ended up with which I now think isn't really what I wanted! lol I was thinking it would be a good card for a teenage success, like graduation, exams passing etc. So this one won't be sent to the happy couple! I have then did a more traditional card too and I will post that one tomorrow.

While I was taking the pics in the garden our lovely cat Jerry decided he need to come and see what I was doing. Couldn't resist to take a pic of him to! He is 8 years old this weekend (yes he was born on Valentine's Day) and he's a British Shorthair. He is just lovely!

Good Neighbours

I made this card for a class member of mine. She's the neighbour of a friend of mine so I thought using this Sale-a-bration (SAB) set would be appropriate! It was her 65th birthday and I thought the Vintage Labels set from the SAB to make a sign similar to the road signs. (on an aside one day my hubby and I want to drive Route 66 in the states in a mustang! lol) All the stamps in this set fit into the great SU punches making life so easy!

I did a bit of sponging for the hill and sun. The houses are all stamped on glossy white and coloured with marker pens. I cut them out and layered them a bit just for depth.

You can get your hands on these sets for FREE. Simply buy putting an order of $120 (nz) and or host a workshop with sales over $700 (nz). Isn't that easy!!

Have a look around at some of the wonderful cards being made using this Good Neighbours set. A good place to start is at the 'Just Add Ink' sit - just click on the link on the right.

Thanks for looking!

CLASSES ARE STARTING AGAIN!!!

my first class of the year is tomorrow (Monday 8th) !!

we are going to make pop up cards like the ones I've been showing on here. The first class is 12.30pm-2.30pm and the second 7.30pm-9.30pm. If you haven't already reserved you spot let me know ASAP please. Classes are only $15!!!
There will be some yummy baking of cause too!! lol we made chocolate crackles yesterday - what fun! My fellow crafter, downline and most importantly good friend had a Scooby Doo party yesterday and we had to take Scooby snacks! I will pop a photo of them on here a bit later once I'm out of bed and have down loaded all the pics! (yes I am playing with my laptop in bed on a Sunday morning!)

Meanwhile here is a pic of a quick pop up card I made from Tangerine Tango. This is probably the least used colour out of all the SU In Colours. I really like it! I think it looks great with the rich hue if Pacific Point too. This card I wheeled TT on the card stock first. I have used some of the TT DSP too. It took all of about 10mins to make (might show it too! lol) but its a fun card and would brighten up someones day!


Thanks for looking!

Pretties Kit Card

One of the cool accessories that Stampin' Up! have is the Pretties Kits. This tin is FULL of all the pretty things that any crafter needs. From silk flowers to blingy brads, perfect pearls and even hat pins! The flowers come white so you can colour them up to match any project. You can sponge them with ink from the ink pads (which I did here) to give them a subtle colour. Or you can dip them in a water and reinker mix for really deep colour. Pastels work well as well as the SU markers.
This card had the half pearls and one of the flowers from the kit. A bit of Very Vanilla ribbon, a Very Vanilla grommet and a wee strip of Choc Chip is all it took. I have used the Forever Friends Jumbo wheel with Whisper White craft ink for the stamping. Then finished it all off with a light sponging of Whisper White around the edges just seems to soften it off. Some times less is more!
The actual shape of the pattern on the card is from a sketch challenge on a cool website www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com which you can access thru the link on the right. I have never done a sketch challenge before but its amazing what people come up with. Go and have a look at all the entries to see how one sketch is visualised so differently by some amazing crafters. Why not enter a challenge yourself!
Thanks again.