Thank you card

A magazine freebie again.  I used kindyglitz to unite all the elements and the chipboard pieces are layered and popped up to provide dimension.  The ribbon was stuck across the card first and the bow tied separately and secured with a glue dot.

Supplies:
Card -
Paper - elegant eggplant from SU
Stamp - "Baroque motifs" from SU
Ink - Versamark
Other - chipboard motifs from magazine, Kindyglitz, pink ribbon from Spotlight
Adhesive - dimensionals, foam squares, sticky strip, glue dots

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

A thank you card

As I have said before you can never have too many of these!!  The design is based on a challenge sketch but I can't for the life of me remember which one - sorry. The central motif is a magazine freebie that I fussy cut.  It's from Nit Wit papers.

Supplies:
Card - 
Paper - cream c/s from stash, Nit Wit DSP, watermelon c/s from stash
Stamp - "Fresh cuts" from SU
Ink - Tombow marker, rose/red chalk
Tools - scallop oval punch from SU, sponge dauber, "Threading water" border punch from Fiskars
Other - yellow velvet ribbon from stash, pearls from SU
Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, glue dots, dimensionals

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Bling it on!

Those who know me know that I love a bit of sparkle. I may have gone a little overboard with this one but I do like it! I tried a new technique with this card - colouring rhinestones.  I didn't have any yellow ones and so I coloured them with my Tombow markers and it worked!  I have read in the blogosphere of using Copic markers to do this but the Tombows seemed to work just fine too.  I hand-coloured the stamp and breathed on it before stamping and then punching.

Supplies:
Card -
Paper - buttermilk textured c/s, hot pink and light pink c/s all from stash, SU whisper white, Nit Wit DSP from magazine
Stamp - SU "oval all"
Ink - Tombow markers - pink ,green and yellow
Tools - scallop oval punch from SU
Other - Kaisercraft rhinestones - mint, pale pink, hot pink and white, Kaisercraft paper flower
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals, glue dots.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

China doll birthday

This paper and chipboard pieces were a freebie from a magazine.  I made several cards but will share the others another day.  The photo doesn't show it but I highlighted the pattern of the stamped flowers and pieces of the chipboard with kindyglitz.

Supplies:
Card -
Paper - pale mauve and green c/s from stash, china doll paper from magazine freebie,
Stamp - "Circle circus" from SU
Ink - pixie rose from SU
Other - chipboard pieces from magazine, kindyglitz, Kaisercraft hot pink rhinestones
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Four seasons - one stamp

I set myself a challenge to make seasonal cards using the same stamp for each one.The stamp was from Kikki-k and features a tree and a little bird. I stamped the tree in all the colours that I wanted to use then randomly punched out sections.  The little bird was stamped in the same colours then fussy cut. So here are my efforts!

SPRING

Supplies :

Card -

Paper - SU kiwi kiss and whisper white, Core-dinations basics pale pink and mauve

Stamp - Kikki-k

Ink - SU kiwi kiss and pixie rose

Tools - CM square punch large, SU itty bitty punch "Flower"

Other - Pink ribbon - Spotlight, flower ribbon - American crafts, Kaisercraft rhinestones - hot pink and mint green

Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, glue dots and tiny foam squares, tiny foam dots

SUMMER

Supplies :

Card -

Paper - SU whisper white, olive green from stash

Stamp - Kikki-k

Ink - Colourbox liquid chalks - autumn set, SU old olive

Tools - CM square punch large

Other - American crafts ribbon from stash, Kaisercraft pearls

Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, glue dots, tiny foam dots.

AUTUMN

Supplies :

Card - 

Paper - mustard textured paper from stash, SU whisper white

Stamp - Kikki-k

Ink - Colourbox liquid chalks - autumn, ochre chalk (swiped on edges of squares)

Tools - sponge dauber, CM large square punch

Other - American crafts ribbon from stash, leaf button from stash

Adhesive - sticky strip, glue dots, small foam squares, tiny foam dots

WINTER

Supplies:

Card -

Paper - SU whisper white, mulberry textured paper from stash

Stamp - Kikki-k

Ink - SU rich razzleberry and night of navy, Colourbox light blue

Tools - CM large square punch

Other - SU rich razzleberry dot ribbon, Kaisercraft rhinestones, kindyglitz (highlighting the leaves)

Adhesive - sticky strip, glue dots, foam squares, tiny foam dots

Happy crafting!

Cheers

Susie

Easter basket

This little basket was inspired by one I saw on a blog called Explore. Dream. Discover.  It's by Barb Schram and she has lots of lovely ideas.  She used Spellbinder Nestability dies to cut hers out and they were considerably smaller than mine!! I don't have those dies so I adapted the idea to what I do have - neccessity is the mother of invention they say!  The bags are made using two heart shapes, a circle, and another circle with the centre cut out of it for the handle.  Simple!  I used Creative Memories cutting templates - small heart and small circle. I found that the centre of the circle cutout was perfect for the base of the bag.  You essentially cut it all out then score the hearts about three centimetres from the bottom point.  You then adhere the hearts to the base. The handle is then attached.  For the decorations - eggs - I used the centre of the heart template on the smallest setting. Though you can't see it very well I decorated the plain eggs with kindyglitz and highlighted the pattern on the centre egg with it as well. The flowers were made with the Boho Blossoms punch from SU.  The little tag reads "friends" as I made these for my daughter to give easter treats to her friends.  It is secured by a piece of ribbon through two punched holes.As it doesn't have sides you need to secure the treat with a little double sided tape.When I have time I will try and work out a way to have sides. 

Supplies:

Basket - 

Paper - SU kiwi kiss (green) and whisper white, pink c/s in two shades from stash, DSP from stash

Stamp - vine flourish and friends sentiment from "tiny tags" by SU
Ink - SU kiwi kiss and pink tombow marker
Tools - SU 'Boho Blossoms" punch, SU "jewellery tag" punch, large single hole punch, small single hole punch, CM circle and heart cutting templates and blades
Other - Kindyglitz, SU pretty in pink ribbon, SU linen thread, Kaisercraft pearls
Adhesive - double sided tape, dimensionals , foam squares, snail.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Framed flowers

This is made with the "Hattie" 6x6 pad from the Stella and Rose collection by My Minds Eye. Beautiful blues and yellows. The patterns are varied so it could be used for both male and female cards!  Bonus!! The brass  frame is from a bargain lot I picked up at Spotlight a while ago.  I fussy cut flowers from the DSP and layered them up on an oval of card stock.  When I was happy with the composition I stuck the frame over it with tiny foam dots and trimmed any excess. It was then adhered to the panel with dimensionals.  The papers are double sided and this card just uses the same piece of paper reversed for contrast. The bow was tied separately and adhered with glue dots.

Card detail

Supplies :
Card -
Paper - lemon card stock from stash, "Hattie" paper from My Minds Eye
Other - Not quite navy ribbon from SU, brass frame from Spotlight (old)
Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, glue dots, foam dots, dimensionals

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie