You're in my thoughts...

Well it's true.  I do think about you and whether you like what I post!  Everybody likes to be loved!!! 

Anyway on to today's card...It has a soft and vintagey feel.  I stamped the background in crumb cake, wrapped it in bakers twine and popped up the sentiment panel.  The sentiment panel has been sponged.

Supplies:
Paper - very vanilla c/s from SU, "everyday enchantment" DSP from SU
Stamp - "word play" (sentiment) and "elements of style" (background) both from SU
Ink - crumb cake (background and sponging), chocolate chip (sentiment) from SU
Tools - Big Shot, framelits dies from SU, sponge dauber
Other - calypso coral bakers twine from SU
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

Well that's it from me today.  I am off to make some more decorative boxes for my market stall.  I will endeavour to photograph them before I sell them!!  Have a crafting day!

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Banner birthday

EEK! Yes it's me again.  Today's card is my take on the current trend of banners. They are hand cut and popped with dimensionals.  I drew little hearts all the way around the sentiment panel.

Supplies:
Paper - whisper white, old olive and pink pirouette c/s from SU, scraps of a retired DSP from SU
Stamp - "teeny tiny sentiments" from SU
Ink - pixie pink from SU (R), pixie pink marker from SU (R) - closest current colour would be melon mambo
Tools - Big Shot, framelits dies from SU, "adorning accents" embossing folder from SU, scallop oval punch from SU, large scallop scissors
Other - white embroidery floss from stash, hot pink rhinestones from stash
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals, mini glue dots

Another beautiful sunshiney day here.  It's still very crisp but it buoys the soul.  The winter bulbs are starting to bloom so Spring is not far away.  I love the first whiff of jasmine that heralds Spring!  Hope you have a lovely day and manage to squeeze in some crafting fun.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

I'm back......

Hello, hello.  Many apologies for running off into my cave for so long without explanation!  I just felt totally and creatively worn out from illness.  But life is back on track!  I have made some necessary changes and my Mojo has returned.  I have also joined Stampin' Up as a demonstrator.  I realised that I was using a lot of their product ( it's so gorgeous!) and it made sense to join and get it at a discount.  I am what you would call a hobby demonstrator in that I am really just enabling my habit!!  I don't have the necessary chutzpah to make it in the direct selling world but I love creating and sharing.

This card was for the team meeting last month where the challenge was to use DSP.  I am very happy with the result.  This one looks a little wonky because it was the prototype.  I did keep one for myself but it sold before I could photograph it.  Same with another one I made for another challenge.  ( Note to self - get your act together!!).

I sponged the heck out of everything and the sentiment is popped.  In the interior of the card behind the butterflies I stamped a watermark of a floral flourish with versamark.

Supplies:

Paper - lucky limeade and very vanilla c/s from SU, "everyday enchantment" DSP from SU

Stamp - "a word for you" from SU, "fresh vintage" from SU

Ink - poppy parade from SU, crumb cake for sponging from SU, versa mark

Tools - Big Shot, butterfly embosslits from SU, scallop oval punch, framelits dies from SU, sponge dauber

Other - embroidery floss from stash

Adhesive - snail, dimensionals, mini glue dots

The kids are very well.  We are coming up to the end of mid-year break for my daughter and my son finishes his mid-year break at the end of the month.  They have been busy with their friends and Facebook.  The big news is I am now a great aunt! My niece had a little baby girl - Elektra Ann. Being totally unbiased I think she is gorgeous!!  The little family is doing well.

Well, enough from me.  Hope you are all well and those of you in North America get some relief from the heat soon.

Happy crafting!

Cheers

Susie

Scrapturday #18 - 2012

Welcome.  It's the Queen's birthday long weekend here and so far the weather is brilliant - so yay!  Today's Scrapturday offering is a wedding card.  I punched out the flowers and sponged them and crumpled them and then adhered them together with snail.  The sentiment panel was also sponged then popped.

Supplies:
Paper - very vanilla c/s from SU, scraps of DSP from stash
Stamp - a retired SU set
Ink - chocolate chip and soft suede stamp pads from SU
Tools - oval scallop punch from SU, boho blossoms punch from SU, sponge dauber
Other - "latte" pearls from stash
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

Hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

It's a boy birthday

Hello everyone.  Today's offering is a male birthday card - probably tending more toward the grown up end of the spectrum.  I used some scraps of patterned paper that I had lying around and some co-ordinating c/s from Stampin' Up (SU).  The DSP was unlabelled so I don't know which manufacturer it is from.  I have just about labouriously finished sorting all my scraps into manufacturer and design files so this shouldn't happen  much in the future!!  I feel better for doing it I can tell you!!  The sentiment stamp was hand coloured with markers then punched.  I punched a second label in the navy and cut it in half then adhered the halves to the back of the sentiment label.  It is popped up.

Supplies:
Paper - marina mist, not quite navy and very vanilla c/s from SU, DSP scraps (unknown manufacturer)
Stamp - "happiest birthday" from SU
Ink -  markers
Tools - decorative label punch from SU
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

Off to stamp class tomorrow.  Will be lots of fun to catch up with the ladies and spend some uninterrupted time creating. Then it's off to the markets on Saturday for our second date of the month.  Hopefully the weather will be kinder this week.  After last weeks heavy (continuous) rain our dining room was a shambles with the canopy and fixtures and suitcases all about drying out.  My beautiful paper alchemy banner was ruined so I shall have to make myself a new one.  I can salvage the flowers but the pennants are trashed - bummer!  Hope you get to spend some time creating.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Scrapturday #17 - 2012

Tried a new technique with today's card - embossing vellum.  Love the way it turned out.  It's a wedding card and I think embossed vellum gives a lovely soft effect suitable for a wedding.  As it was my last scrap of vellum I now have to buy some more to do some more experimenting!!  I stuck a scrap of pale blue DSP behind the vellum to give a hint of colour. The "lace" border down the bottom of the card uses different shades of white c/s.  The sentiment was stamped, punched, sponged and popped.

Supplies:
Paper - whisper white c/s from SU, scraps of white c/s, scrap of blue DSP (?), scrap of vellum
Stamp - "teeny tiny sentiments" from SU
Ink - bordering blue (R) from SU
Tools - scallop oval punch from SU, sponge dauber, Big Shot,  embossing folder, eyelet lace border punch from SU
Other - white organza ribbon from SU
Adhesive - snail, sticky strip,  vellum adhesive strips,dimensionals

Another technique I have seen with vellum is colouring the vellum either by putting colour onto the embossing folder or by sponging the result.  As soon as I get some more vellum I am going to try both!!  Hope you have a good week.  We are supposed to have a rainy week so I guess more crafting time for me!!

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Blue and green should never be seen... rubbish!!

Hi - I used to believe this mantra when I was a child -  all the while being secretly attracted to the combination! Thank God fashion and life has moved on from those silly rules.  Though I must admit I still can't bring myself to like light coloured shoes with dark tights!!

Anyway on to today's card.  It's a graduation card that would work easily for both a male or female recipient.  I used a scrap of DSP from who knows who but it went perfectly with the c/s from Stampin Up (SU). I punched the sentiment out and adhered it to some blue c/s then fussy cut it.  It is then popped over the ribbon.  The sentiment was coloured with a  marker to co-ordinate with the papers.

Supplies:
Paper - marina mist, old olive and whisper white c/s from SU, mystery DSP
Stamp - "teeny tiny sentiments" from SU
Ink -  marker
Tools - oval scallop punch from SU
Other - marina mist satin ribbon from SU
Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, dimensionals

It's friday night here and I am going to have a tv feast of murder mysteries (CSI and Law and Order) that I taped during the week.  The kids are out, the pets are fed and I might even break out some chocolate!!  Hope you have a great weekend with some crafting thrown in.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie