Another Big Bold Birthday

My son is going to another friend's birthday soon and this time it is a little boy. Male cards are always hard to design, but thankfully when I was looking for inspiration, I came across my friend's and fellow Stampin' Up demonstrator's blog. Her name is Alison, and her cards are amazing. I got the idea of this card and it's colour combinations from one of her designs which you can see here. It uses the stamps set Big Bold Birthday (pg 37). Hope you like!!

Materials used:

Stamp set: Big bold birthday

Cardstock: Blue bayou, old olive, river rock, whisper white, soft sky & fall flowers DS

Stamp pad: Blue bayou

Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals & 5/8" old olive grosgrain ribbon

Another attempt at scrapbooking

Well here is another attempt at scrapbooking, but I think this page turned out better than the last. It helps when you have a beautiful subject. I can't speak for all the other Mums out there, but I always seem to get suckered in to photo competitions with my kids. I have done really well up until now to avoid the stands - but this time I didn't and of course when I saw the photos I wanted them all.

For this page I just took colours from the photos for inspiration. The cardstock colours are barely banana, chocolate chip and apple cider DS paper (from the spring mini). The flowers are from the baroque motif stamp set (pg 98) and have been stamped in so saffron, cut out and adhered with stampin' dimensionals. The barely banana cardstock looked a little plain so I rolled it with the so swirly roller (pg 105) in versamark. I think my roller may have had some remnants of ruby red on it, but I like the effect it has created. I have also taken my white gel pen and gone around the outside of the chocolate chip cardstock for definition - and that's pretty much it. Hope you like!!!

Materials used:

Cardstock: Barely banana, chocolate chip, whisper white & apple cider DS paper

Stamp sets: Baroque motifs & so swirly

Stamp pads: So saffron

Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals & white gel pen

Colour Challenge

My son is attending a birthday party this weekend for one of his friends. I found this cute wrapping paper and decided to use the colours as inspiration for the birthday card. The colour combination is as follows:

Orchid Opulence
Rose Red
Barely Banana
Perfect Plum
Taken with Teal

I decided for the actual design, I would have a go at paper piecing. I used the scallop circle punch (pg 142) & spring flower bouquet punch (pg 142) for the flowers. The leaves I have taken from a retired stamp set called 'Friendship blooms', stamped in certainly celery and cut out. The green ribbon for the stems was just some miscellaneous ribbon (not stampin' up) I had lying around, but it matched beautifully. I have used stampin' dimensionals to lift the flowers up off the card . Silver brads (not stampin' up) have been used in the centre of each flower for added effect. I have used the Linen background stamp (pg 107) on the card itself, I have also used another retired set 'Fresh Fillers' to create some detail on the flowers themselves. The sentiment is from Occasional greetings (pg 121). This is the final result - hope you like :)

Materials used:

Cardstock: Orchid opulence, rose red, certainly celery, barely banana, taken with teal, very vanilla & perfect plum

Stamp sets: Occasional greetings, fresh fillers, linen & friendship blooms

Stamp pads: versamark, perfect plum & certainly celery

Accessories: Scallop circle punch, spring flower bouquet punch, silver brads, stampin' dimensionals & ribbon

My attempt at scrapbooking

Well since getting my new creative space, I thought I should try and get back into my scrapbooking....Oh Boy!!! I am really out of practice. I had some photos I had taken of my daughter at White Water World/Dreamworld from last year and decided to scrap them. I had an idea in my head, but I just couldn't quite get it onto paper, do you know what I mean??? Anyway, here it is - very basic, so I can only get better from here, right?

Material used:

Cardstock: Brocade blue, only orange, whisper white & pixie pink

Stamp sets: Spot on

Stamp pads: Brocade blue

Accessories: Chipboard letters, generic scrapbook stickers & computer fonts

A New Year.....and a New Craft Room

Well I know I haven't been posting many creations lately, but I was in limbo as I really didn't have a creative space in which to work in. Since I moved and downsized, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My mum came up with the suggestion of getting some furniture built to fit in my existing bedroom which could double as a study/craft room. So here are the photos of what we have done. I am really happy. I have a spot for everything (it's the best space saving area I have ever had).

Not sure how well it will all upload, but hopefully you get the picture......now all I have to do is start getting creative:)

Christmas Cheer - Belated!!

Well Christmas has been and gone, and likely it has been a very busy time for everyone, including me. However, I wanted to post this Christmas card I made for my family this year. I cased this design from Splitcoast Stampers. It was created by Beate Johns who is an amazing stamper in my book. I have always liked this card, so here it is. The card is called a Criss Cross Card, and you can find the instructions here The colours I have used are Old Olive, Real Red, Very Vanilla & Dashing DS paper. The tag created on the card insert is using the 1 3/8" circle punch, which has then been folded in half and adhered. The flower has been punched with the spring flower punch and a silver brad has been used to adhere. To finish off I have used 5/8" Old Olive ribbon, and stamped the flower from baroque motifs in Real Red onto Very vanilla cardstock and then used my scallop circle punch. The sentiments inside the card are from the stamp sets Short & Sweet (pg 118) and Occasional Greetings (pg 121). Hope you like....my family did!! Hope you all have a very safe and prosperous New Year. See you in 2009!!

Big Bold Birthday

My sister in law celebrated her birthday today. This is a card I put together to send her my best wishes. It uses the stamp set 'Big Bold Birthday', which is really cute. I have stamped the pieces of the cupcake individually and then cut and mounted onto whisper white cardstock. The frosting has been elevated on stampin' dimensionals and covered with dazzling diamonds to create some extra effect. I have used some decorative scissors for the edges of the whisper white cardstock. All other supplies are from Stampin' Up. Also for those of you who have been awaiting some new stamps, the Summer Mini Catalogue was released yesterday. There are some gorgeous stamps, DS paper and even some new punches, including the scallop edge punch which is the first thing I will be purchasing. If you would likeany further information, feel free to contact me.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Big bold birthday

Cardstock: Old olive, pumpkin pie, real red & whisper white

Stamp pads: Real red, pumpkin pie,old olive & chocolate chip

Accessories: Decorative scissors, stampin' dimensionals, heat & stick powder & stampin' glitter