Gardening boots

Today I want to share a card with you that I made for a 'Gardening' theme request.  Knowing the recipient lives in a part of the country where it rains a lot I couldn't resist featuring some wellies on it!  Although given the recent weather in the UK he could live anywhere and need them ;)!

I actually did attempt to make a welly shaped card base but this was a bit too difficult when limited on time so I went with cutting out a couple of wellies from some Always Artichoke card stock and coupled these with other colours from the Regals Collection, which I always seem to neglect.

The base is Whisper White with a piece of Bravo Burgundy which I have run through the Stripes embossing folder a couple of times to cover the whole piece of card.  The front welly has been layered up with dimensionals to create a 3D effect and then I have added a Butterfly Punch cut from More Mustard and embossed with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder and then tied with linen thread to create the antenna.

A couple of brads and a sentiment (More Mustard on Whisper White) to finish and I was quite chuffed given I don't normally create cards quite like this, and now I have my very own welly template :).

With the right shoes...

I can do anything!

I'm not sure that the photo does the colours used on this card justice...



I've created a card based measuring 5 x 7 inches from Real Red card stock and then embossed a piece of Whisper White with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder... to do this I had to run it through the big shot twice as the folders are not big enough for a piece this size, however if you line it up right you can't see the join/overlap.

I've cut a shoe shape from Real Red and embossed this with the Square Lattice embossing folder and then added flowers cut with the Boho Blossoms punch.  The sentiment was printed onto Whisper White and then matted onto Real Red.  The 'Daughter' stamp is from the For My Family stamp set, punched out with the Curly Label punch.

Home made cupcake

With the warm weather we have been having perhaps I should have made an ice cream instead!

This is a nice quick and easy card which I cut out the base using a template, from Whisper White card stock and then added the designer series paper with 'stripes' to the base and an embossed (with the Square Lattice embossing folder) piece of Pink Pirouette for the icing...



The cherry is from the Button Buddies stamp set (cherry image) and I've added a few seed beads (non Stampin' Up! to look like sprinkles and tied a quick knot in a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon.

Crafty get together

I've had today planned for sometime... and have been really looking forward to it all week!  There are 6 of us getting together for some crafting and the idea is that everyone brings a project with enough materials for everyone else to make it.  That way we get a load of new ideas and a chance to catch up and relax.

If I can find a gap in my diary I would love to have these get togethers more frequently... so do email me if you want to receive details of any future events.

So here is my project:

It's a flower pot card which I have seen quite a few of but I have largely cased this particular layout/template from Amy Celona at Ustamp4fun.

The flowers are from the Vintage Vogue stamp set and have been inked with Perfect Plum and Blushing Bride onto Whisper White and then cut out and mounted with dimensionals onto the insert created from Whisper White and Elegant Eggplant card stock.

The butterfly has been cut using the Beautiful Wings embossing die which I just love.  Here I have used Melon Mambo and added some basic rhinestones in the centre.

Other materials:

Flower pot base - Crumbcake card stock;

Edging - Scalloped Trim Border punch;

Scallop circle punch;

1' 3/8" circle punch;

Sentiment - Happiest Bithday Wishes;

Ribbon - Very Vanilla Seam Binding ribbon;

Leaves - Bird Builder punch.

I hope the ladies like it.

Using templates: dresses

Quite often I find I don't have quite the right punch or stamp set to create what I need and although the web is a great place to find something appropriate to cut out and/or colour I really like to create templates of my own.

So today I have a girly card to share with you which I created by drawing a template freehand and then using this to cut out the dresses as featured...

I've teamed up Certainly Celery from the subtles collection with silver. Using the dress template that I created I have cut out the shapes from DSP and mirror card (non Stampin' Up!) and then mounted these onto separate panels with dimensionals and then decorated these wtih scraps of the DSP and a designer brad.

Stampin' Up! materials:

Whisper White card stock.

Subtles DSP pack.

Teeny Tiny Wishes stampset - for the sentiment.

Word Window punch.

Dimensionals.