Swing fold card

I'd seen some examples of these swing fold cards and wanted to have a go, and decided to try it out on a card I was making for my friend for her Mum's 60th birthday.  I looked on YouTube for some guidance on how to do it, and found a few different styles.  I think I want to try one with more of a 'swing' action next time, but I still think this one works well!

Products used:

Stamps: Elementary Elegance (Sale-a-Bration set)

Inks: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake for edgeing

Card Stock: Pool Party, So Saffron, Soft Suede

Papers: Attic Boutique

Embellishments: Pearls, Linen Thread

Equipment: Number dies, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Beautiful Butterflies die, Framelits

Apothecary Art and Attic Boutique

I'm still loving the Apothecary Art stamp set from the Summer Mini catalogue!  And I've also only just realised how beautiful the Attic Boutique papers (also in the Summer Mini) actually are!  I bought them ages ago but have only recently started using them. 

This card has more of the spiral flowers which I really like making...

Products Used:

Stamps: Apothecary Art

Inks: Pool Party, Crumb Cake,

Stamp write markers: Pool Party, So Saffron, Always Artichoke

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Soft Suede

Embellishments: Pearls

Equipment: Label Framelit dies, Circle punch, Bird builder punch, Itty Bitty punches

Happy August!

Yes, I know we're well into August now (where does the time go??) but I wanted to tell you about Stampin' Up's current special offer.  It's the Reason to Smile offer and it features a brand new stamp set only available this month.

This stamp set has 7 stamps including three delicate flower outlines and their co-ordinating shading! They are so versatile as they can be coloured in, or are great for creating backgrounds.  I think they look like daisies (or gerberas) and buttercups!

There are two ways to get your hands on this stamp set.... either get it for FREE with a purchase of £60 or more, or buy it at the regular retail price of £14.95 for clear-mounted, or £18.95 for wood-mounted.

Contact me to order or why not book an August workshop or party and get even more free products as a hostess!!

Baptism card

Here's a quick post to show you a baptism card my friend asked me to make.  It was for her friends seven year old son, Elliot, and she wanted something bright and fun rather than something religious.

I used the Big Shot and letters dies to cut out the name and printed out the sentiment.  The papers are some retired ones (Play Date) and the leaves are punched out using the bird builder punch.  The owl stamp is from Fox and Friends!

I love tea!

Yes, I do love my tea!  And I love this teacup stamp which comes as part of the Tea Shoppe stamp set in the Summer Mini catalogue! 

Rather than rely on my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig to perfectly line up each cup, I first scored my card using the Simply Scored tool to make squares which I could stamp in!  The Tea Shoppe stamps I used were clear-mounted so I could easily see where I was stamping.

Products used:

Stamps: Tea Shoppe (Summer Mini Catalogue)

Inks: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Regal Rose, Pool Party

Card stock: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party

Tools: Simply Scored, Modern Label Punch, Eyelet Border Punch

Embellishments: In-colour brads, Everyday Enchantment ribbon (July freebie)

Just as an aside...I thought I would share a snapshot of my work area - this much mess was for making just a couple of cards!  Can you imagine what a 10-20 card session might look like??  Well let's just say the mess is not just confined to one table, or one room for that matter!!

Happy Birthday Nephew!

My nephew was 2 years old last weekend - this is the card I made...

Products used:

Stamps: Happiest Birthday (hostess set)

Inks: Real Red, Pacific Point

Card stock: Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pacific Point

Papers: Big Top Birthday

Equipment: Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Simply Scored,

 Big Shot, Numbers Dies, Perfect Dots embossing folder

Ribbon: Real Red Grosgrain

Happiest Birthday Clare!

This week my good friend and workmate, Clare, celebrated her birthday and I wanted to make her a really pretty card. 

I used the Apothecary Art stamp set and Everyday Enchantment designer series papers and I took inspiration from Julie's magnificent diorama cards she showed us how to make at our last training day.  She also showed us how to make these rolled paper flowers and I have been wanted to put them on every card I've made ever since!!

I'm getting a bit panicky about running out of this fantastic paper - it's only available until the end of July so we have only 4 days left to order it.  I know it's a strange thing to say abouit paper, but I'm going to miss it!!  I'm sure there will be a new favourite when the next catalogue comes out!