Pretty Pink Card

I wanted to make a card that was different to the cards I had been doing, I wanted a softer look. I started with Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the word stamp out of the Rustic Rooster level two hostess set in Sahara Sand and sponged the edges. Then I sponged a piece of VV with Rose Red and Regal Rose, tore the edges, damped some of the edges to make them curl and used a rub on from the Laughter & Love set. I used the same pinks to colour the flowers from the Pretty kit using both sponging and blender pens. The salutation is stamped in Choc Chip and a piece of the wide twill tape. Of cause a half pearl or two was needed! Mounted on a Choc Chip card it was all finished!

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Valentines Day

this is my first entry in the Just Add Ink challenge. Just Add Ink is a new website set up by Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up! demo's and have weekly challenges. It's great because most SU demo site challenges have colours and stamps we don't have in NZ.

this weeks challenge is to make a project with a heart. I was thinking of teenagers when I was doing this one. Its CAS - which means it's 'clean and simple' with not to much fussiness.

I used -Sweet Slumber Specialty DSP, Taking Care of Business stamp set & the new Whimsical Words stamp set. The Whimsical Words set is not available for purchase - you don't have to cause SU are giving them away!!! hehe Its part of the Sale-a-bration. The tag punches were really helpful for this project and the important heart is from I {HEART} Hearts set which is from the Summer Mini. A lot of the stamps fit in the two heart punches.

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Tangerine Tango

Sometimes its great to do monochromatic cards - this one is just Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla. Again I have used the new Spring Mini stamp set For Everything (its so versatile!!). I have used the Patterns DSP in Tangerine Tango, and the cool grommets also from the Spring Mini. The 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon has a white stripe on it so I toned it done to cream by colouring in the white with Blush Blossom SU Marker, and I amazed that is is now Very Vanilla colour to match the theme!!

Sometimes we need to think outside the box! Another thing I like to use when I can is the textured card stock the Stampin' Up! sell in 12x12 size, it gives it a lovely rich look to the project. It is sold in colour familys for $25.95 for 24 sheets which is just over a $1 a sheet!! AMAZING!

Contact me if you want to know about more Stampin' Up! products and amazing specials. At the moment we have the biggest sale of the year Sale-a-bration where Stampin' Up! are giving FREE stamp sets!!! You MUST contact me to find out how you can get free stampset with just a purchase of some yummy products of $120!! Its a win win! :-)

FoR eVeRyThInG

this cool set is so much fun, and there is so many stamps to choice from, 11 stamps in total!

I stuck to the In Colours for this card.

Thanks for looking and I love all the comments I am getting on my posts - people from all over the world are looking at my little blog which just blows me away! There must be many people like me who blog surf alot!

oh I have fallen in love with stair cards!

This one is a 2, 4, 6 stair card, meaning each step is 2, 4 and 6 cm high. The whole card is 12cmx24cm. Cut down the middle of the card from 2cm in to 6cm from the other end. Then score from the cut line to the side at 2cm, 4cm, 8cm, 12cm, 18cm. At 12cm score all the ways across the card. You can work out which are valley folds and which are mountain folds from the pic. The colour scheme is Kraft, Vanilla Confetti and Basic Black. Stamp sets are Rustic Rooster, Best Yet and Flight of the Butterfly. I think I got a bit carried away with the layering but hey who cares! lol

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12yo girls birthday card

this card I made for a friends daughter who just turned 12. When they get to that age they often want to be grown up so I wanted to a card that is both age appropriate and nice! lol

Again the glossy white paper came out. The flowers are from the For Everything set in the new Summer Mini. I love my border punches and this eyelet punch really sets the card off.

thanks for looking and for Karen for spell checking for me! love ya!

Owl in a tree

Sorry its another sponging card. I had this card in my head for a few days so it was great to get it down onto a card. The owl is from the set Animal Stories. The tree is just hand drawn with SU marker pens. I have used some of the checked black and white ribbon just to give it a bit of a lift. The little grommet on the bow is out of the current summer mimi catalogue. The picture is mounted on Whisper White, then Not Quiet Navy then Basic Black.

Cheers