Awash in Beauty Birthday Card

Stampin Up bring out lovely DSP all the time. I am enjoying the 'Awash in Beauty' DSP at the moment, it has a lovely watercolour look and feel to it. I particularly like the sheets with these pink ball flowers, however they do require a lot of fussy cutting as there are no coordinating dies for this DSP.

For this card I cut a lot of the pink ball flowers and different shades of green leaves, then bunched them together and added a linen thread bow. I used a frame to tuck the flowers behind and added my sentiment and pearls to finish off the card.

Products used

 

Dies: Stitched rectangular dies & handpicked framelits

Tools: 3D timeworn type embossing folder
Cardstock: Whisper white
DSP: Awash in beauty

Inks: Crumb cake

Sentiment: Stake your claim

Embellishments: White pearls & linen thread

 

Sailing Home Masculine Card

This card is perfect for an anniversary card for that special man in your life, and if they like boats, even better. I used the 'Come sail away memories & more card pack' for the background and the sailing boat, which made it super quick to make. I love the colours and the little die cut elements used.

Products used

 

Stamps: Sailing home
Dies: Smooth sailing

Tools: Banner punch

Cardstock: Whisper white & night of navy
DSP: Come sail away memories & more card pack
Inks: Verso mark & white embossing powder

Sentiment: Sailing home 

Embellishments: Sail away trinkets & baker's twine

Mixed Drinks Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a card that I made years ago which I cased from Monika Davis. I loved the bright colour combination Monika used, so wanted to do something similar. I did change a few things on my card to make it suit my own style and love how it turned out.

Products used

 

Stamps: Mixed drinks & perpetual birthday calendar

Tools: Itty bitty accents flower punch

Cardstock: Whisper white, gorgeous grape & vellum
DSP: Fresh prints

Inks: Memento black, coastal cabana & gorgeous grape

Sentiment: Mixed drinks

Embellishments: Enamel dots & silver thread

 

Cheerful Daisies Card

This card makes me feel so happy and brings a smile to my face everytime I look at it. I love the bright colours used and how the lemon lolly colour pops. The card bases were a free product from sale-a-brations a couple of years ago, and I am so glad I managed to get a pack, as they sold out very quickly. I used an old die set to create the bouquet, which works perfectly with the cheerful daisies dies.

Products used

 

Dies: Cheerful daisies, bouquet bunch, boho indigo

Cardstock: Whisper white, lemon lolly, granny apple green & crumb cake

Card base: Soft sea foam cards & envelopes pack

Inks: Verso mark & white embossing powder

Sentiment: True beauty  

Embellishments: Linen thread

Sunflower to Gerbera Birthday Card

The 'Celebrate Sunflowers' stamp set is quite versatile and can be coloured differently to represent other types of flowers. Here I have coloured the flowers in different shades of pinks, which makes my flowers look like gerbera's.

Products used

 

Stamps: Celebrate sunflowers
Dies: Sunflower dies

Cardstock: Whisper white, blackberry bliss
DSP: Subtles DSP stack

Inks: Memento black & rococo rose

Markers: Lovely lipstick & rococo rose

Sentiment: Stake your claim

Embellishments: Silver rhinestones 

Valentine's Day Card

I have one more lovely slimeline card that I would like to share for Valentine's Day. This card is based on my previous trifold card I made a year ago. I wanted to keep the colour combination to black, white, silver and red. This card could also be used as a wedding or anniversary card!

Products used

 

Dies: Stitched be mine, wonderful floral & cherry blossoms

Punch: Itty bitty accents flower

Cardstock: Whisper white, basic black, real red, poppy parade & silver
DSP: True love

Inks: Real red
Sentiment: Peace and joy & always die
Embellishments: Silver rhinestones

 

Sending Love Valentine's Day Card

With Valetine's Day fast approaching, I am sharing another card that I made several years ago. I cased this card from Brian King and didn't change a thing, as I liked it just the way it was. This card doesn't use any stamp sets, as it is made with just DSP, cardstock and a bit of baker's twine.

 

 

Products used

 

Dies: Sweet and sassy (heart)

Cardstock: Real red & basic black

DSP: Sending Love

Sentiment: Large letter framelits dies

Embellishments: Basic black baker's twine

 

Friendly Gnomes Valentine's Day Card

Valentine's Day is only 3 days away, so I have a cute card using the 'Friendly Gnomes' stamp set (now retired) to share. I love the colour combo on this card and how the red really pops against the other subtle colours. How cute is that little gnome...I had a lot of fun creating this card, and it was pretty simple to make.

Products used

 

Stamps: Friendly gnomes
Dies: Tailor made tags, wreath builder & sunflower dies

Tools: Banner punch & 3D timber embossing folder
Cardstock: Whisper white, basic grey, real red & silver glimmer
DSP: Subtles DSP stack

Inks: Memento black, verso mark & white embossing powder
Markers: Basic grey, smokey slate, real red and pool party

Sentiment: Love you (not SU)

Embellishments: Silver rhinestones 

 

Simple Wreath Card

I love the irresistible blooms dies, my favourite is the circular die, as I think it makes a lovely simple wreath. I have paired it with the cheerful daisies dies and I love the end result. I wanted to keep the colours subtle for this card, since I was working with a crumb cake base.

Products used

 

Dies: Cheerful daisies, irresistible blooms & wreath builder

Tools: Banner punch & subtle embossing folder
Cardstock: Crumb cake, whisper white, basic black, soft sea foam, pistachio pudding & bubble bath

Inks: Whisper white, verso mark & white embossing powder

Sentiment: Itty bitty greetings

Embellishments: White enamel dots & linen thread

 

Timeless Arrangements Thank You Card

I have a clean and simple card to share which uses the 'Timeless Arrangements' dies. As the name suggests it doesn't take too much time to arrange the die-cuts. 

I first created my background with two lots of DSP and went for an angled design to add a bit of interest. I used 3 of the flower die-cuts in different colours and layered them on top of each other and then added my sentiment on top. Lastly, I added some flowers and a bit of bling...card done in no time!

Products used

 

Stamps: Timeless arrangements

Dies: Timeless arrangements

Tools: Itty bitty accents punch pack
Cardstock: Whisper white

DSP: Heart and home & colour theory

Inks: Smoky slate

Sentiment: Timeless arrangements 

Embellishments: White pearls

 

Cheerful Daisies Thank You Card

The cheerful daisies dies are one of my favourite die sets in the current annual catalogue. I have made a heap of cards with these dies and will share them over the coming months.

This card is one of my favourite cards I made. I love all the foliage and the colours I used. We made this cards for one of my stamp club nights last year.

Products used

 

Stamps: Handwritten

Dies: Cheerful daisies, wonderful floral framelits, splendid stems, boho indigo, succulent framelits & stitched rectangles

Tools: Banner punch
Cardstock: Whisper white, basic black, lemon lolly, lemon lime twist, granny apple green & gumball green

Inks: Smoky slate, verso mark & white embossing powder

Sentiment: Banner banter 

Embellishments: Black rhinestones

 

Cute Critters Birthday Card

Who doesn't love cute little critters. I know I do, especially the cute furry kind!

I have a card today that uses the 'We Must Celebrate' stamp set that I cased from Maike Beimler but made a few subtle changes. Those little critters are so adorable, and the mushrooms are pretty cut too!

Products used

 

Stamps: We must celebrate

Tools: Banner punch & variety of blender markers

Cardstock: Whisper white & basic black

DSP: Wood textures
Inks: Memento black, old olive, verso mark & white embossing powder

Sentiments: We must celebrate

Embellishments: Linen thread & clear enamel dots

Holly Jolly Christmas Card

Oh wow, I have just realised it has been ten months since I last put up a post. Apologies for not posting sooner, but to be honest life has just been very busy. One of my new years resolutions is to get back into the swing of things with my crafting this year.

I know Christmas is over, but thought I should at least share one Chrissy card. It is an older card that I made some years ago and is a very simple to make. It uses the 'Holly Jolly Layers' stamp set.

Products used

 

Stamps: Holly jolly layers
Dies: Layering circles

Tools: Lucky stars embossing folder, banner punch & round corner punch
Cardstock: Whisper white, kraft and basic black

DSP: Pocket full of posies
Inks: Real red & garden green

Sentiment: Holly jolly layers 

Embellishments: Black stitched ribbon & red rhinestones

 

Brightest Beauty Card

Sharing another wattle card, but this time I am not using the traditional wattle colours, as I wanted to do something different. I used the candy canes background die and cut the die-cut piece diagonally in half and layered that over some white glimmer card stock.

My card is simple enough that it can be used for any occasion.

Products used

 

Stamps: Brightest beauty
Dies: Golden beauty, candy cane & bouquet bunch

Tools: Timber 3D embossing folder
Cardstock: Whisper white & white glimmer paper  

Inks: Tranquil tide & blushing bride

Sentiment: Banner Banter 

Embellishments: Enamel dots & blushing bride baker's twine

 

Bubble Over Birthday Card

Today I have a card that I made ages ago which uses the retired 'Bubble Over' stamp set and coordinating dies from Stampin Up. I do like how the bright colours pop against the white.

Products used

 

Stamps: Bubble over
Dies: Bottles & bubbles framelits

Punches: Itty bitty accents heart
Cardstock: Whisper white, melon mambo, daffodil delight & vellum 

Inks: Memento black, melon mambo & daffodil delight 

Sentiment: Bubble over

Embellishments: White baker's twine & clear enamel dots