Boy meets Girl - 28/1/2013

Another Boy meets Girl Challenge - same stamp, or set, to make a boy card and a girl card.  Today's theme is - baby card.  Just by changing up the colour highlights you can change the recipient.


First up - for a baby girl.

I made the colour palette a bit softer and used pink as the highlight colour. For a more modern baby you could go with hot pink, lavender or purple.

Next - the boy.

I must apologise for this looking so yellow! It is actually white (the photos were taken at the same time and on the same setting!!!) However it would look good in lemon too. The highlight colour is pastel blue.  For a more modern baby you could go with garden green or navy. The giraffe is coloured with a slightly darker palette.

If you wanted a gender neutral card I'd go with red, orange, yellow or mint.

Supplies:
Paper - whisper white, pink pirouette and bashful blue c/s
Stamp - "giraffe" from stash, "teeny tiny sentiments" (the most useful set you will ever purchase!!!)
Ink - pixie pink (ret) (current substitute - melon mambo), bordering blue(ret) (current substitute - bashful blue), various markers
Tools - Big Shot, "dots" embossing folder, word window punch, tiny flower from itty bitty punches, embossing stylus (to curl the petals)
Other - basic pearls
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals, glue dot

 It's raining steadily here - like all of the east coast.  We luckily have not had the worst of it.  Some people are experiencing tornadoes and torrential rain/flooding - like a month's worth or more in 24 hours.

For the first time in almost a week we are all going to be home for dinner so I am going to cook us a special meal.  Don't know what yet - but it will involve chicken!

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Scrap-turday 26/11/13

Today's Scrap-turday is about using up those odd little pieces that aren't any good to be kept for sentiment panels and sometimes aren't the right shape for punch art.  I have stamped small images on them, coloured them and then fussy cut them and adhered them to small 3" x 3", or 6cm x 6cm, cards.  They are not equivalent measurements but rather two sizes that I managed to get out of an A4 sheet.

Here's an overview of the selection -

The "happiest birthday" card is a 3" x 3" and the "just for you" and "sweet stuff" are 6cm x 6cm.

Supplies:
'happiest wishes...'
Paper - whisper white, daffodil delight and pumpkin pie c/s
Stamp - candle from stash, "happiest birthday"
Ink - basic black, tempting turquoise, peach parfait (ret) and pixie pink (ret), various markers
Tools - scallop dot ribbon punch
Other - crystal effects (on the candle flame)
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

'just for you'
Paper - whisper white, marina mist and pink pirouette c/s, silver glimmer paper
Stamp - cake from stash, "teeny tiny sentiments"
Ink - basic black, pink pirouette and marina mist ink pads, various markers
Tools - square punch, small scallop punch
Other - dazzling details
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals


This is a 3" x 3" card with envelope:

Supplies:
Paper - whisper white, pink pirouette and marina mist c/s
Stamp - from stash
Ink - basic black, various markers
Tools - Big shot, "small dots" embossing folder
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals


This is a 6cm x 6cm card:

Supplies:
Paper - whisper white, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight, marina mist c/s
Stamp - "sweet stuff" (ret)
Ink - basic black, various markers
Tools - Big Shot, "large dots" embossing folder from stash
Other - crystal effects
Adhesive - snail

So - don't throw out those odd bits. Grab your small stamps and make some gift cards!!

Happy Australia Day to everyone.  Many "shrimps on the barbie" today!!

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

3D Thursday

On 3D Thursdays (once a month) I will post a 3D item that I have made.  This could be wall art, Off the Page or in this case - a box!  I enjoy making boxes and with all the wonderful dies and templates out there you can have a lot of fun. Today I have used box #3 from Sizzix.  It makes a lovely 12cm by 9cm box with a hinged lid.  I made it in green and yellow because this weekend it's Australia Day and these are our national colours. I am going to give it to my kids filled with some green and yellow biscuits (cookies).

This first photo is a close up of the paper bow. Watched a great tutorial on how to do this on the Stampin' Up You Tube channel. It uses the large oval punch (the simple version) and I added the scalloped oval punch and a "box" shape middle piece and a button with twine. The ribbon ends are just pieces of cardstock notched. It's all held together with glue dots.

This photo shows the whole box.

Supplies:
Paper - so saffron and pear pizzaz (ret) c/s, cheked paper from stash
Tools - large oval punch, scallop oval punch, Big Shot, Sizzix box #3 die
Other - yellow button and green twine from stash
Adhesive - sticky strip (to assemble the box), snail, glue dots

Another thing! Sale-a-bration has started and just by purchasing things (you know you really need them!) you can earn free and exclusive stamp sets, accessories and tools. It's a great deal. Check out the link on the sidebar and you can "shop the catalogues" via their links too. Just let my know via my email what you need and I will be happy to arrange delivery!!

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Sketch madness 17/1/2013

Hi All!
This will be another regular post title from now on. What I am going to do with this is select a sketch and interpret it as a scrapbook page and as a card. Today's sketch is number 133 from Mojo Monday.  Their blog address is just below the sketch. The theme I decided to go with is Christmas because I thought it's about the time that everyone starts to scrap their Christmas photos.

Anyway here is the scrap page -

The little white squares are embossed with Christmas images.  The polka dot strip is cut into a banner shape - couldn't fit it all in!!

Here are the squares in detail -

Now to the card. It uses the same elements and papers as the scrapbook page - no waste!

Supplies for both examples:
Paper - whisper white and gumball green c/s, gumball green 12 x 12 core'dinations, silver glimmer paper, polka dot parade DSP.
Stamp - "jolly bingo bits"
Ink - cherry cobbler
Tools - Big shot, "label" framelits, square punch, postage stamp punch, various embossing folders, dotted scallop ribbon border punch
Other - red tiny twine from stash, basic rhinestones
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

Hope you find inspiration.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Boy meets Girl - 14/1/2013

This will be a semi regular post title from now on.  I will use the same stamp set and collection of DSP to make a boy card and a girl card. This time they are "bloomin' marvellous" (a sale-a-bration set - it starts soon!!) and Sycamore St DSP (also sale-a-bration).

We will start with the boy card. The sentiment I used was "oh happy day" I coloured it with markers and also put a line of faux stitching around it. The sentiment is popped.

Supplies:
Paper - Card base; whisper white 21cm x 12cm. First matte; marina mist 11.5cm x 10cm. Second matte; pool party; 11cm x 9.5cm. DSP "sycamore st" 10.5cm x 9cm
Stamp - "bloomin' marvellous"
Ink - old olive, pool party
Other - wild wasabi stitched grosgrain ribbon
Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, dimensionals


Now the girl card using the same stamp set and pack of DSP. Lots of fussy cutting on this one. The sentiment is popped as well as the butterflies and the blue flower.

Supplies:
Paper - Card base; whisper white 21cm x 15cm. First matte; calypso coral 14.5 x 9.5.
Second matte; pool party 14cm x 9cm. DSP "sycamore st" 13.5 x 8.5cm. Banner; pool party
Stamp - "bloomin' marvellous"
Ink - various markers
Tools - corner rounder
Adhesive - snail, dimensionals

I hope you enjoy this challenge that I have set myself.

Sale-a-bration starts the 22/1/2013. On that date I will have the brochure and details up for you to view and order. Until then I will just tease you with some of the products available!!

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Scrap-turday 12/1/2013

Yes! It's late! Confess had a very busy weekend so could only get my bits finished today. I have used some left over bits of cardstock and some punches to make three different styles of flower.

Here are the punches used -

The large one is "boho blossoms" (old style - the new ones are like the little punches) and the little ones are two out of a three piece set called "itty bitty punches" (the third shape is a small plain circle).  They are all available in the Annual Catalogue.

Here are the flowers -

These ones are made with the little punches.  The cardstock colours are pink pirouette - sponged with pink pirouette ink - and so saffron.  I curled the petals with an embossing stylus - this has to be done before adhering. They are constructed with 1 round flower and 2 four petal flowers.  They are held together with liquid glue and there is a dot of fabric paint in the centre of each - glitter yellow and white pearl.

These ones are the so saffron version of the boho blossoms punch only for the larger flower and boho blossoms and round itty bitty for the smaller flowers.  They are sponged with crumb cake ink and adhered with liquid glue. The petals are curled with the embossing stylus and they have a latte pearl from my stash in their centre.

These are the pink smaller flowers from the boho blossoms punch and the itty bitty round punch (so saffron)
The petals are sponged with pink pirouette ink and curled with the embossing stylus. The pearl in the centre is from my stash.  You could colour a white pearl with a sharpie if you don't have coloured pearls.

Punching out flowers to have a ready made stock is a great way to use up bits of card stock that are too small or an awkward shape for sentiment panels etc.

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Spoil yourself

Today's card uses the postage stamp punch and some retired DSP. The sentiment is popped.

Supplies:
Paper - pretty in pink c/s, DSP (ret)
Stamp - "freshly cut" and "Bring on the cake"
Ink - Blushing bride and chocolate chip
Tools - postage stamp punch, decorative label punch, sponge dauber
Other - chantilly lace trim
Adhesive - snail, sticky strip, glue dots, dimensionals

Hopefully my photography will show signs of improvement from now on as I have bought a little led lamp. I have also been practicing! Today's effort was my first try with the lamp.  Think I need to angle it a little more.

Anyways....

Happy crafting!
Cheers
Susie