Let the Good Times Roll Birthday Card

I have the perfect fun card that is suitable for any child. It is made using the 'Let the Good Times Roll' stamp set and the 'Thrill Ride Pop-up' thinlits dies. Let's be honest...who doesn't love a good roller coaster ride.

I cased the inside of the card from the 2018 mini catalogue, well...the colours anyway. The pop-up dies, takes a bit of time to get it right, so you'll need patience when using this set, but the end result is well worth it.

Happiness Surrounds Birthday Card

I have another simple card to share, which is made using the 'Happiness Surrounds' stamp set and the 'Snowfall' thinlits dies. It's a nice and easy card to put together and adding the bling and silver twine, certainly gives it an elegant feel.

Beautiful Bouquet Birthday Card

The 'Beautiful Bouquet' stamp set and the 'Bouquet Bunch' dies, are a couple of my favourite items in the 'Stampin Up annual catalogue'. There are so many choices you can make with both of these sets, and the bouquet is very easy to assemble to get a lovely bunch of flowers.

I was inspired by Mary Fish's card, and loved the simplicity of how the bouquet of flowers looked against the clean vanilla background. I did use a different sentiment, and changed the colours of the stamped flowers, to give it a pop of colour.

Sending Love Card

This is a card I made for a colour challenge that I was given for one of my upline team meetings, and since Valentines Day is in a couple of days, it was a good time to share it.

We'll Walrus be Friends Card

I am sharing a card that I made for a sketch challenge that I set for one of my club nights late last year. I found the challenge from the Global Design Project website, it was sketch challenge 050, which you can see here.

I actually struggle with this challenge myself, as the sketch was so simple, I thought the card may end up looking too plain and boring, but in the end, I was quite happy with the result.

Woods Words Card

I really enjoy making simple cards, especially when using the 'wood textures' DSP (now retired). So when I came across Mel Pagano's card, I new I had to case it. I kept everything the same, except I added some 'clear epoxy dots' for some added texture.

Love You to Pieces Card

Valentines Day is next week, so I thought it would be best to share a card suitable for the occasion.

I cased one of the cards for the 'Love you to Pieces' bundle on page 113 of the 2018-2019 Stampin Up annual catalogue. I made a couple of small changes, one being the size of the card and I used a different doily and ribbon.

Dashing Deer Christmas Card

So Christmas is fast approaching us, and I will be sharing a few trendy Christmas cards over the next few weeks to help get you inspired for the festive season and your creative juices flowing.

I am so glad that the 'Dashing Deer' stamp and dies sets are still available for purchase. It was one of my favourite sets when they released it last Christmas and I have made many cards with this bundle. The foliage is die cut from the 'Pretty Pines' thinlits dies.

 

Bird Banter Birthday Card

Today's post is a card that is suitable for everyone.....both genders and all ages!

I was inspired by Ilse Stouten's card, and decided to case it making a few subtle changes. I love how the bright colours look against the black background.

Timber Themed Masculine Card

I really enjoy making masculine cards and the one below is one that I cased from Connie Collins. When I saw the background on the card that Connie made, I new I had to give it a go and I really enjoyed putting this one together. My card orientation and sentiment is different from Connie's, as I always like to change things a little, to make it my own.

I used the one of the sheets of DSP from the 'wood textures' pack, and cut it into thin wood strips and then inked the white edges with early espresso ink. I laid the wood strips diagonally onto a black piece of card stock, leaving about 1 millimeter space in between each strip. I then trimmed the 4 sides of the background piece and adhered it to my card base and embellished it with my sentiment, linen thread and a leaf from the 'seasonal layers' dies.

Varied Vases Birthday Card

Well, the last six months has flown by, and it has been an extremely busy time for me, and I am way behind on sharing regular posts with you all.....my apologies!

For my next few posts, I will be playing a bit of 'catch up', but will promise to share as much as I can.

For this post, I am sharing a card made with the 'Varied Vases' Stampin Up stamp set. I love using rainbow colours on white or crumb cake card stock, as it really makes the colours pop. I used a water spritzer on the vases after I had coloured them, and then used paper towel to dab up the water, which removed a little of the colour and gave me the effect I was after.

Etsy Made Local Event - 23 November 2019

I am thrilled to be a part of the 'Etsy Made Local' handmade market this year.

It has been two years since I was part of the last event, so I have had lots of time to prepare heaps of hand-crafted items to sell. I will have a range of trendy greeting cards, gift tags and boxes, framed pictures and many other items.

So lock in the date and come and check out all the wonderful stalls at the Etsy Made Local handmade market at Exhibition Park in Canberra.

 

Decorative Hexagon Window Box

Sadly the 'Window Box Framelits' has retired, but I still wanted to share this sweet little box. The heart on the ribbon is used as a little handle to open the box.

The flower on top was made using the 'Festive Flower Builder Punch' and and a bone folder to curl the petals.

Pansy Punch Mother's Day Card

Mother's Day is in a couple of days here in Australia, so I have a very simple card that is perfect for the occasion. My card is cased from a similar card that I found on the web, but unfortunately there was no watermark, so I am unable to credit the person who created it :(

Whilst my layout is similar, I changed the colours, flower and the sentiment. I also layered 4 die cuts together for the flower stem, petals and the love sentiment, to give it a bit more dimension.

Beautiful Bunch Birthday Card

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted on my blog...life just got in the way!

I have also realised that I am so far behind in my photography, that I don't have any cards to share using the latest stamp sets. So, rather than posting nothing, I am sharing a card that I cased from Connie Collins a couple of years ago. I love everything about Connie's card, so I didn't want to stray too far from her original design. I have used similar colours, however my flower and sentiment are different.