Another Sale-a-Bration set

I received this lovely card late last week from Keryn, congratulating me on becoming a Senior Associate!  It was a lovely surprise to get a gorgeous handmade card in the post - thanks Keryn!  I know she has been having a lot of fun lately creating with her Punch Bunch stamp set, you can see more of her creations here.

What Keryn used (I may have to guess at some of the products!)

Card:  Concord Crush, Concord Crush DSP (hostess Level one gift I think)

Ink:  Concord Crush

Stamp Set:  Punch Bunch, So Happy for You (both these are FREE sale-a-bration sets)

Tools and other fun stuff:  2-step Owl Punch, Scalloped Square punch, 1 1/4" Square puch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' sponges,

Crumb Cake Sweet Summer

For today's card I've used once again the Sweet Summer stamp set which I'm really enjoying!  It makes a wonderful background like you can see here, I stamped one of the flower images plus a tiny bee in Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla, scalloped two edges and sponged them with Crumb Cake as well to soften them.  I had embossed the base card with the Textured Impressions embossing folder to add interest to that part of the card. Once again I have used a blender pen to 'pull in' the colour on the red flower and bee, an effect I really like.

The other set I'm using a lot lately is the Teeny Tiny Sentiments - with 24 different sentiments you just can't go wrong, there's something appropriate for almost every event!

This card meets the requirements of three (or is it four!) challenges - I'm learning to combine them now!  First of all the colour is from ColorLab, the sketch is from GAB and the embellishments are for the Daring Cardmakers challenge (on this occasion sponsored by The Ribbon Reel).

Anyway, once again, hope you like it!

What I used:

Card:  Crumb Cake (first time I've used this colour), Real Red and Very Vanilla

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red.

Stamp Sets:  Sweet Summer, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Tools and other fun stuff:  Heart to Heart punch, Buttons #5 Sizzlits die, Square Lattice embossing folder, Scallop Border punch, Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, blender pens, Stampin' sponges, red twine from my stash.

Sweet Summer

Sorry I've been away for a few days, was feeling rather tired and uninspired but today woke up to a gorgeous day so got motivated to make this card.  I will be sending it to a friend's mother who has just had an operation, hope it cheers her up a bit!

One again I used colouring in techniques, I tried two different approaches on this card.  First I coloured in the flowers by using the ink from the inkpad and a blender pen, and it worked okay, but what I'm really pleased with was something I hadn't tried before and that was of stamping the image (in this case the leaves and little bird) and then using the blender pen to drag the colour in from the sides.  It worked really well as Garden Green is a very intense colour and it created a lighter tone in the middle, really pleased with that effect!

The colour combination came from the Color Dare challenge this week, and the sketch is from
Stamping 411 again.  I'm pleased I found both these sites as they seem to work for me and my way of crafting!

What I used:

Card:  White, Bashful Blue, Peach Parfait

Ink:  Garden Green, Bashful Blue plus a hint of So Saffron

Stamp Sets:  Sweet Summer, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Tools and other fun stuff:  Scallop Border punch, Square Lattice embossing folder, Word Window punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Peach Parfait ribbon, blender pens.

Sale-a-bration is here! (25 January - 31 March 2011)

This is the biggest sales time of the year for Stampin' Up! products.

Earn a FREE stamp set with every $120 you spend in one order or as a Workshop Hostess earn another FREE stamp set when your workshop total reaches $700. 

Join up as a demonstrator and it gets even better!

There are four beautiful sets that you can choose from, from vintage to modern, really stunning.


Contact me now for more details and to book a workshop!