Snow is Glistening Christmas Card

This one is for those that get to celebrate a white Christmas. I used the 'Snow is Glistening' stamp set for the snow and sentiment, and used the coordinating dies for the snowflakes.

 

Bring on the Presents Christmas Card

I made this card as part of a colour challenge for one of my up-line team meetings.

The bow is from the 'Bring on the Presents' stamp set, and the sentiment is from the 'Holly Berry Happiness' stamp set. The leaves and berry twigs are from punches and other die sets. I love the simplicity of how the card looks.

 

 

 

Poinsettia Christmas Card

I am so glad the poinsettia dies are still available this year, as they were one of my favourites when they were released last year. These dies are so versatile and work great with the matching stamp set, or look lovely by themselves when used with the embossing pieces.

 

Birds of a Feather Christmas Card

I love a good shaker card, and this one uses a combination of a few retired dies and the 'birds of a feather' stamp set. I used little white beads for the shaker component to represent snow in the snow globe.

 

Dashing Deer Christmas Card

I have a very quick and easy card to share today which uses the 'detailed deer thinlits dies' and some nice DSP. If you are after a quick card to make, then this one is definitely for you.

I cased this card from Jennifer Pauli, but made some subtle changes to make it my own. I used different DSP and added a border between the papers for a bit more detail. I also added a rhinestone for the nose and a sentiment to the top of the card.

 

 

 

Santa's Sleigh Christmas Card

So Christmas is only a couple of weeks away now, so it is time to get into the Christmas spirit, so for me that is sharing some Christmas cards over the next few days.

I used the 'Santa's Sleigh' stamp set and the coordinating dies (now retired) to create the below card.

 

 

Amazing You Card

I love the bright colours on this card and it has a real summer feel to it. So with summer starting next week here in Australia, this makes the perfect card to start the season with. I cased this card from the Stampin Up website, but have no idea who created the original card, so unfortunately am unable to give credit to that person.

 

 

A Little Birdie Told Me - Birthday Card

Sharing a bright and happy birthday card which has lots of dimension. I have used one of the 'Mini Embroidery Hoops' (now retired) to frame the stamped image and to make it the main focal point for the card.

The sentiment is from the 'Hello Love' stamp set which retired a long time ago, but is perfect for this card.

Have a Ball - Masculine Birthday Card

Here is a perfect birthday card for those that love ball sports. The card style was made with males in mind, however it could be used for females as well.

The tennis and cricket balls are raised to give it some dimension. It is a very quick and simple card to make.

Botanical Blooms Birthday Card

One of my all time favourite flower stamp sets is the 'Botanical Blooms' set. This set retired a while back, but I still love using it regularly. 

I wanted to create a card using earthy tones, and the white background really makes the flowers and leaves stand out.

 

 

Beachy Little Christmas Card

Who doesn't love a beachy Christmas! This card is very fitting for us Aussies who celebrate Christmas in the middle of summer.

This card looks simple, however it took a really long time to stamp all the tree decorations and fussy cut them out, as there where no coordinating dies for this stamp set.

 

 

Christmas Gleaming - CASEing the Catty

One of my all time favourite Christmas cards is the one I cased from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue from page 30. The copper foiled paper is absolutely stunning, and so are the foiled elements. 

The photo doesn't do this card any justice, as it looks so much better in real life.

 

Christmas Gleaming Card

It is only 3 months until Christmas, and I'm sure that time will fly by so quickly. So today I want to share a Christmas card using the retired 'Christmas Gleaming' stamp set which I still enjoy using.

I was inspired by the colours from Stesha Bloodhart's card, but I have changed the whole style of the card to make it my own.

Apron of Love Father's Day Card

I know I am a week late for posting a Father's Day card, but here it is anyway.

Sadly, I didn't get to see my dad for father's day, due to the covid lock-down, so I will just have to make up for it when the lock-down finishes...but who know when that might be.

My dad is brilliant at BBQ's, so this card is very fitting.

Thank You Cards & Gift Bags

Well, it's almost been 3 months since I have put up a new post. I have been preoccupied with a new addition to our family...a new fur baby, which has taken up all my spare time. So apologies for not posting sooner, but better late than never right!

My new stampin up club started in May this year, and below are the cards & gift bags I made for each of my club members. The little bags were filled with chocolates and were given with the matching card. I used this year's new in colours for each set.

I cased the cards from Tammy Wilson, however I didn't have the stamp sets and dies she used, so I improvised with different sets.

The little handbags are not stampin up, however SU does have it's own little handbag dies which could be used instead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Occasions Card

I have my first club night for the year next week, and this is one of the cards we will be making. I will be show casing the new 'Basic Border Dies' which will be available for purchase on 4 May.

For this card I have used my favourite border in the set, it's my favourite because I can do two different borders with the one die. I die cut 2 borders, one in daffodil delight, and one in white, which was a larger piece so I could use it for the background. For the white border, I simply trimmed off the small scalloped edges and then placed this piece over the top of the daffodil delight piece.

The patterned background and flower I used, is from the 'True Love' DSP. I coloured the flower with my daffodil delight and granny apple green blender pens. I used 'Gorgeous Grunge' stamp set (now retired) for the ink splatter behind the flower. I also coloured some old clear glitter enamel dots (also retired) with my daffodil delight blender pen to make the bling pop a little more on the card.

 

Forever & Always Mother's Day Card

Well, it is only one week until Mother's Day here in Australia, so I have one last Mother's day card to share. I was inspired by Anna Pickering's card, as I have wanted to use the beautiful gold leaves and gold embellishment hoops that I purchased ages ago.

I changed the card quite a bit, I used the small flower from the "Forever & Always' stamp set, and used different colours for the background wash and flower. I also added a different sentiment, some bling, linen thread and a couple of strips of DSP from the 'True Love' series.

Apron of Love Mother's Day Card

The 'Apron of Love' stamp set and coordinating dies have retired, but I still love using this set to create cards. My mum is a pretty good cook and she is the best mum ever, so this card is very fitting for her.

I also love this colour combination, and have used it for other cards in the past.

Mother's Day Card

Mother's Day is just around the corner here in Australia, so the next couple of posts I will be sharing will be for all the wonderful mothers out there!

I adore my mum, and can't wait to make her another beautiful card...and I know she loves them too! 

For this card, I was inspired by another card from Steffi Helmschrott (I think she is my favourite Stampin Up demonstrator that I like to case from). There wasn't too much that I wanted to change (apart from the sentiment), as the card is perfect just the way it is.

Masculine Birthday Card

I have a super simple masculine birthday card to share. The background is just designer series paper (DSP), the word 'happy' has been stamped and the rest of the sentiment and embellishments have all been die cut from either plain cardstock or DSP.

 

Dragonfly Dreams Card

I love it when bright colours are used together to create a rainbow effect. I cased this card from Steffi Helmschrott, and when I first saw her card, I knew I had to give it a go. I did make some slight changes to mine to make it my own, and I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

Butterfly Birthday Wishes

I find watercolouring a real challenge, so I have been practicing some different techniques to get the hang of it all. The technique I find the easiest and the one that gives me the best results, is the acetate technique.

For this technique, you add ink to an acetate sheet, then spritz the ink with some water, flip the sheet and lay it over your watercolour sheet, then slowing move the acetate sheet around until you get the desired look you are after.

I love this technique because you can add multiple colours at once, or individually, and it looks amazing once you have finished. I used this technique for the card below with 'daffodil delight' and 'pumpkin pie' ink.

Love You to Pieces Card

Since it is valentine's day tomorrow, I wanted to share another card for this occasion. Whilst this card is probably more suitable as an anniversary card for your loved one, it could be easily adapted to a valentine's day card by changing the sentiment.

Most of the products I used are now retired, but you could use current products to make something similar.

Snailed It Card

Here is another cute card using the 'Snailed It' stamp set and dies. This card can be used for any occasion.

I created the border and tiny little hearts on the computer, then printed it out on white card stock. I then stamped my two images from the stamp set using memento black ink, and coloured both images and the tiny little hearts in the border with my blender pens. I added a sentiment and some bling to finish off the card.