Welcome baby girl!

Card: blushing bride, wisteria wonder, whisper white
Ink: blushing bride, wisteria wonder
Stamp set (s): punch bunch, well scripted
Accessories: pearls, whisper white grosgrain ribbon, blushing bride stitched-poly ribbon, perfect polka dot embossing folder, big shot

A good friend asked me to make a card for her new grand-daughter who was born just before I had surgery just over 6 weeks ago.  It was special to spend some time creating this card for her, and with some online inspiration, this came together quite quickly.  My friend had told me she wanted a card that was pink/purple and that was all I needed to get started!

I added some texture on the wisteria wonder, and layered up the tags before adding ribbon.  I added some ribbon and pearls for the girly look.  A sentiment inside finished it off.  And my friend loved it!

Door prize idea!

Card: whisper white
DSP: everyday enchantment DSP (SAB)
Ink: pool party, calypso coral, lucky limeade markers
Accessories: lucky limeade and calypso coral ribbon

In preparation for my next workshop this weekend, I've made these cute boxes up to give away as door prizes.  I've folded a 6" square piece of dsp, added small holes at the points and tied with ribbon before before putting some chocolate-coated almonds inside - yum!  These were fun and easy to make with everything co-ordinating beautifully.  I loved colouring the stamp with my markers - I'm planning on demonstrating this technique at the workshop...fun!

Not a card challenge!

Card: island indigo, calypso coral, whisper white

Ink: island indigo, calypso coral

Stamp set(s): delicate doilies, punch bunch

Accessories: calypso coral ruffled ribbon, island indigo designer brads, scallop circle punch, rhinestone, scallop trim border punch

Over at Hand Stamped Sentiments, the challenge this week is to create anything but a card - a gift item/idea. I came up with this basket, CASEd from my upline, Paula (thanks, Paula!). I stamped all over the main basket, then added the whisper white panels on the two biggest sides (you can't see the other side!). I attached a handle that has been stamped, layered and punched with the scallop trim border punch with my new in-colour designer brads (gotta love those!). I finished it off with a sentiment that has been punched out with the scallop ciricle punch. I'll add some shredded paper inside and some chocolates to give away :-)

All pretty in pink

Card: blushing bride, whisper white
Ink: blushing bride, rich razzleberry
Stamp set: delicate doilies, punch bunch
Accessories: scallop trim border punch, beautiful wing embosslit, big shot, rhinestones, dazzling diamonds, vanilla spooch spritz, perfect polka dots embossing folder, sponge

Over at HSS this week, the challenge was to think pink for breast cancer awareness month (in the States, I think)... except, that I've missed posting my image on time - sigh! But I thought I'd add it here anyway for you to enjoy.

You can't really see the spooch spritz, but it gives a lovely shine and glimmer to the card. It gives it a sort of elegance and sophistication, I think... I'm liking blushing bride and rich razzleberry together - may have to use this colour combo again!

Beautiful Blue!

Card: concord crush, marina mist
Ink: concord crusth, marina mist marker
Stamp set: punch bunch
DSP: concord crush, in colour pattern stack
Other: 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon - concord crush, square lattice embossing folder, big shot, scallop trim border punch, beautiful wings embosslit, rhinestone

I pulled this card together for a sketch challenge recently, but I was too late to upload it, so I decided to keep it for a time when there's not much happening on my blog...!

I'm loving concord crush and marina mist as a colour combination - I know I go on about loving different colour combos, but that's just what my passion is right now :-) I'm also loving the texture on the embossed DSP - yes, I've embossed DSP! You'll have to take it from me that it looks pretty amazing in real life!

Sketch challenge

Card: poppy parade, blushing bride, whisper white
Ink: poppy parade
Stamp set: punch bunch
DSP: In colour paper patterns pack (poppy parade)
Other: 1/2" stitched-poly ribbion (poppy parade), perfect polka dots embossing folder, big shot, 1-3/4" scallop ciricle punch, pearl

Over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday, they have a sketch challenge this week. I pulled this card together pretty quickly using some of my favourite colours - poppy parade and blushing bride. This is a slightly different shape than what I usually use, so it was fun to give this challenge a go!

This is quite a simple card to demo or use in a workshop, so I'm going to be keeping the sketch idea for my next workshop.

Try stamping on Tuesday challenge no.30

Card: daffodil delight, whisper white, melon mambo DSP
Stamp set: punch bunch
Other: daffodil delight marker, icecream parlor ribbon, icecream parlor buttons, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, perfect polka dot embossing folder, big shot

Over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday this week, there was a sketch challenge that I had to try out. I had a hard time working out my colour combo, but decided on daffodil delight and melon mambo to go with the icecream parlor ribbon. Problem was, I only had a marker in daffodil delight as my ink base to work with...but we got there, with a fun result! I think this card looks cherry, clean & simple, and altogether fun!

My first workshop

The other day, I was playing around with some scraps that were sitting on my desk, and I came up with this card:

Card: Concord Crush, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Concord Crush, Real Red
Stamp Set: SAB Punch Bunch
Ribbon: Concord Crush 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon
Other: Scallop Trim border punch, Top Note die cut, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Big Shot, dimensionals

I was pleased how it came out... What do you think? I ran my ink pad over the embossed top note, bringing out the texture -very cool! I'm thinking it could be in celebration of the Royal Wedding - you know, red, white and blue...!


I also planned my first workshop, and ran it last Saturday - yay! I designed this make n take:

Card: Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink: Old Olive, Concord Crush
Stamp Set: Poket Sillhouettes
Ribbon: Concord Crush 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon

It's a very simple design that was easy to demonstrate and create, but it was interesting to see other people's "take" on it as they created one for themselves.

Looking forward to my next workshop!