Frame It!

I have been asked to make two birthday cards so I thought I would tie at least one of them in with the LIM challenge which, this week, is Frame It!
I used a stamp from Apothecary Art, stamped in Certainly Celery and then coloured the image with Summer Starfruit and Certainly Celery marker pens. This was cut out with a die from the Labels Collection Framelits and matted onto a larger diecut in Summer Starfruit to 'frame' the image. I added a bit of paper piercing around the larger diecut and placed a loop of Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin ribbon onto the card blank before fixing the frame with dimensionals and added a few Basic Pearls to finish. The sentiment is a retired SU stamp.
I have been suffering all week with the dreaded sore throat, cough and cold bug and, instead of getting better, it seems to be getting worse so it may be a trip to the docs on Monday :(0
Have a good weekend - if you can dodge the rain that is!!!!

Sue's Masterpiece!

Regular readers of my blog will know that this weekend I have been away on a crafting Retreat where I met up again with some lovely ladies who I don't get to see very often. We shared a crafting area with the lovely Sue (a fellow SU demo) and her sister Carole and whilst we were there Sue created this gorgeous 3-fold card which I just had to show you (I did get Sue's permission first!) She used the new Framelits dies with Basic Gray cardstock and DSP (which I think is Baja Breeze) along with the Apothecary Art stamp set and butterflies from Beautiful Wings Embosslits die. I think this would make a lovely card/gift if a photograph was added to the second layer of the card (picture top right). Thanks for sharing Sue - it's beautiful.

I have to say a big thank you to Michelle & Marguerite for their hard work in making it such a great weekend for us all and also to Sue, Carole, Sandie, Suezanne, Lynney, Jade and her auntie for being such great company - hope to see you all again soon.

On a final note I apologise in advance for the lack of posts this coming week - Blogger had decided I'm using too much space so I am going to have to go back to the start of my blog and delete some of the old to make way for the new. Unfortunately, having been away all weekend, I have more pressing things to do at the moment than sort my blog but I will do so as quickly as I can. I think I can manage a couple more posts but that's about it until I get it sorted. In the meantime have a great week and I'll be back soon x

ILWS Blog Hop

Welcome to the ILWS Summer Mini Blog Hop.

Scroll down to see my projects made with the brand new Framelits dies, Apothecary Art Stamps and Twitterpated DSP.

If you are on the Blog Hop you will have joined me from Emma and the next stop on the list is Kate

The purpose of the Blog Hop is to, hopefully, give you inspiration in ways to use the brand new products in the Stampin'Up! Summer Mini catalogue. Bearing in mind there is an awful lot of blogs for you to hop around I am not going to go into any great detail about my projects but if you have any questions please feel free to email me (details on the 'Contact Me' tab) and I will be pleased to help.

Enjoy!

Central border - Borderlines,
Flowers - Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
Leaves - Bird Builder Punch

Left;
Square Lattice Embossing Folder,
Stamp - Fruit & Flowers
Jewelry Tag Punch,
Crochet Trim

Right;
Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder,
Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die,
Modern Label punch,
Lots of Tags Dies
Rich Razzleberry DSP

Flowers - Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
Leaves - Little Leaves Die
Baja Breeze Seam Binding

Treat holders made with Framelits dies and Twitterpated DSP and a selection of co-ordinating ribbon. Flowers are made with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and leaves are from the Bird Builder punch

(below) Flip Card - Riding Hood Red cardstock and ribbon, Simply Soft stamp, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

To continue on the hop the next stop is Kate at http://stampinupwithkate.blogspot.co.uk/