This is the card I will be teaching at my next club night. All my ladies wanted me to use the 'Kindest Gnome Bundle', so they will be learning how to make a tiered pop up card. There will be lots of fussy cutting and playing around with the cute gnomes and animals from the 'Story Book Gnomes' DSP.
Oh my goodness, it has been over six months since I last put up a post. Apologies for not posting sooner, but to be honest life has just got in the way! Better late than never I guess.
I simply adore the new gnome bundle in the latest mini catalogue, it's called 'Kindest Gnomes' and I love how the dies also cut out the coordinating DSP as well the stamped images.
I wanted to show how you can easily make some little hands/arms for the stand-alone gnome, as the dies set does not come with these. I much prefer a gnome with arms and hands than without, so I spent a little time trying to find the best option that looked realistic. I used the smallest heart from the 'Heart to Heart' punch (retired) for the hands, and the mushroom stems from the new 'Tree Rings' die set for the arms, as they were the perfect size for this.
You can see below how to cut a small section away from the heart shape, then you simply stick the stems (or in my case 'arms') on top of the hands, and 'voila' you have two realistic looking arms with hands to use for the gnome.
The sentiment is from the 'Vintage Christmas' stamp set.
I promise I will be sharing some more cards using this bundle over the coming weeks.
I absolutely love the 'Snailed It' stamp set and coordinating dies, but am sad that SU retired this set so quickly. This is one of those sets that I will continue to use and will keep for quite some time. This set always makes me smile, and since I still post many cards by snail mail, it is the perfect set to use.
I cased the below card from Jeanna Bohanon, however I didn't want to have a card as long as hers, so made some changes to shorten it. I also changed the sentiment, but used similar colours as I really like the rainbow effect on cards.
Below is a simple and refreshing card that I cased from Jennifer Pauli card. My card is not as tall as Jenni's but other than that it is very similar. I love using black and white with some pops of colour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
