Simply Stampin Regal Theme

Good morning,

You may have realised I'm a little late posting this weeks Simply Stampin' design team entry, I have had technical difficulties, my internet connection doesn't seem to like adverse weather conditions at the best of times so I don't know if it was all the wind we had here, but I could barely get a connection at all, and when I get it was beyond slow!

It's still not great today, but apparently the provider is looking into it, what ever that means?!

Anyway back to this weeks challenge which continuing the jubilee celebrations is Regally Royal.


I decided to use up some Twitterpatted scraps for my background, I cut strips in different widths and stuck them at an angle onto a background and matted this onto Basic Grey CS, and topped the whole thing off with a crown.

I can't wait to see your take on this weeks challenge, I really love how all the Design team have gone for completely different variations on the same theme!

Happy stampin, xx

Simply Stampin' Colour Challenge

Good morning!

It's that time of the week when the next challenge over at Simply Stampin' is revealed, we had a great response to our sketch challenge last week so I hope that you will love the colours we have for you this week!

I made this card a few weeks ago now, for a friend at work Fiona, who celebrated her birthday at the beginning of this month and I have been desperate to share it with you ever since, it uses what has to be my favourite stamp set from the current mini, (only available until the end of this month, boo hoo) Create a Cupcake.

It's a little cupcake shop!! Its hard to see in this picture, but I scored the blue panel at the bottom to try and make it look like wood panelling, the awning was made using the word window punch! I also added alittle decadence to the cupcakes by adding pearls for decoration.

I hope you like my little shop front card as much as I enjoyed making it, I'd love to visit you and see what you can do with these gorgeous colours!
Plus don't forget to visit the rest of the DT and leave them some love, we all like comments!

Happy stampin', xx

Happy Birthday Pauline

Good morning,

Today is my job share buddy Pauline's birthday, this card was left on her desk last week for her to open today, I hope she likes it!

I made this card a few weeks a go when there was a challenge at Hand stamped sentiments, using blues, I liked the card I thought I would also done in pinks and here is the result. The brayer worked overtime for these cards but the effect it produces is great so it's worth the work.

Happy crafting, xx

Cupcakes For Maddy

Hello stampers,

If you saw my post on Sunday then you will already know that I was asked to make several cards for Maddy's 18th birthday last week. Today I'm sharing another one of these cards with you. I have mixed two DSP sets for this card, Everyday Enchantment and Spice Cake.

There are quite a few layers to this card, I started with Spice Cake paper in the background, I love the shape of the Top Note die, so I cut one in the retired Choc Chip DSP, cut it in half and placed it behind the central panels, next another layer of Spice Cake in the gorgeous Pool Party (I love this colour!!) on top of that is a strip of Everyday Enchantment. I couldn't resist adding some satin ribbon and a bow! I took the colours for the cupcakes from the DSP I'd used, so simple to make with a cupcake builder punch.

I'll have another card to show you tomorrow, hope to see you then, plus don't forget to check out this weeks Simply Stampin challenge, and Design Team call!! xx

Colour Blocking

Good afternoon,

I have had a busy morning finishing off a few projects that I had started earlier in the week but hadn't gotten round to finishing. Earlier this week I was checking out challenge blogs that I like and Hand Stamped Sentiments had technique that I had never heard of before called colour blocking, now I hope I have this right, I masked of areas with post-it notes and using my spritzing tool I added colour blocks. Masking each one off before I did the next so I didn't get a brown mess where they overlapped. I used Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, and Lucky Limeade.

I wanted to use a large sentiment over my colour blocks, so I pulled out an old retired set called Happy Everything, I wanted to add a bit a glitz so I went round the edges of the coloured blocks with a glitter pen, before stamping and punching out a cupcake, from the create a cupcake set. If you look closely you should be able to see it sparkling in the sunshine.

See you again soon I hope! xx

Simply Stampin - Lace

Good morning,

Saturday already! where does the time go? Well if you are anything like me then there is only one way to start your Saturday morning, and that's with a crafty challenge, and this week over at Simply Stampin' we are asking you to use lace on your projects, so head on over there to check out what the rest of the design team have come up with!

I have used my crochet lace trim to make two cute little flowers, it was sew (sorry I couldn't help myself) easy, just a running stitch down one side, pull and voila! a pretty lace flower!

I wanted to go for the vintage style for this weeks card, so out came the Artistic etchings stamps, and they work so beautifully with the Vintage wallpaper embossing folder, I brayered one side of the folder with Pretty in Pink before I put my CS inside, so if you look closely you can see the indentations are pink!

Here is a close up of the tag I made for the front of this card

You can see a bit more of the detail here, I used a a retired background stamp to give texture (but I'm sorry I can't remember the name of it, if someone knows please leave me a comment) I then layered over the script stamp from Charmed stamped in Sahara Sand, I used the little crowns from the Elementary Elegance set in Pretty in Pink and Rich Razzleberry, with the Eiffel Tower taking pride of place, the sentiment is from the Create a cupcake set, all topped off with a knot of Razzleberry ribbon.

If you'd like to get lacey with us then pop over and join in, we'd love to see you there!

Happy Stampin', xx