Twitterpated DSP

Hello and once again my apologies for the lack of posts recently. My Dad is still in hospital so life is a bit manic at the moment but I've managed to grab a few minutes to show you a card I made last week using the Twitterpated DSP, available in the Summer Mini. This card was inspired by one that my sister made for Fathers Day and is perfect for one of those men in your life. It was very easily made by cutting a strip of DSP and tying and knotting some Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine around before fixing to the side of a card blank. I stamped the sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Lucky Limeade onto Whisper White cardstock and punched out with the Decorative Label punch. Three more Decorative labels were punched from Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red and Lucky Limeade to co-ordinate with the DSP, the pointy bits in the centre were cut off before cutting the labels in half and these were layered to form the frame around the sentiment.

That's it for today and I will be back as soon as I can.

Love & Laughter

 

Here are two more cards I have made to send to Jo to sell for the Candlelighters Appeal (see previous posts for more info) and it was the perfect excuse for me to use my Love & Laughter stamp set which is brand new in the Summer Mini. For the top card I embossed the wedding dress stamp in silver and cut one end of the card with one of the Edgelits dies and then matted it onto a longer piece of Basic Black cardstock which had also had one end shaped with the die. This was then layered onto a white card blank and some Basic Rhinestones added down the side. The sentiment (also from love & Laughter) was silver embossed, punched with the Curly Label punch and matted onto a Basic Black Decorative Label with a couple of Basic Rhinestones added. The second card was also made with a silver embossed image and matted on Basic Black. A piece of Whisper White was embossed at the top and bottom with the heart folder from the Textured Impressions Embossing Folders set. matted onto Basic Black and then layered onto a white card blank. The silver embossed sentiment was punched with the Modern label punch and added to the bottom of the card.

Another commissioned card with the brief - butterflies, not too girly and a nickname (real name Louise!) - so I'm just hoping this will fit the bill. I used a colour theme of Elegant Eggplant (my all time favourite colour) and Whisper White. I began by doing the matting and layering and used a white DL card blank topped with Elegant Eggplant, then Whisper White and finished with Elegant Eggplant DSP from the Rich Regals Paper Stack. The letters are from the Letter It Alphabet set, stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto Whisper White and cut out. After glueing them in place I added a Basic Rhinestone between each letter, these letters do look great curved with a brad in between but on this occasion I wanted them to be flat. The sentiment is from a SAB set and punched with the Curly label punch, inked around the edge and matted onto an Elegant Eggplant Decorative Label. The butterflies are, of course, from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die in Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White with a Basic Rhinestone in the centre.

Bullseye

Something a bit different today - my attempt at a Punch Art version of Bullseye, the horse from Toy Story! Notice I said 'attempt' as he's a bit odd looking but my daughter assures me, even if it only looks a little bit like him, my grandson will love it - let's hope so :0)

He was made with a variety of punches and, in all honesty, I messed about with it for so long I can't even remember which ones I used in the end. His stable is a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock marked with an Early Espresso marker and cut at the top. The centre was cut with a non-SU die and a piece of Early Espresso cardstock put in the aperture. The number and letters were cut, in Toy Story colours (Pacific Point & Daffodil Delight), with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and the 4 was matted onto a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock cut with the Decorative label punch and 'hung' with some Linen Thread. The Old Olive leaves were from the Bird Builder punch and the 'shoes' were made with Brushed Silver cardstock and two circle punches, hanging on nails made with another circle punch.

Picture Inspiration

I have made two cards for today's challenge at Less is More which is 'Picture Inspiration' and the inspiring picture is shown top left - a beautiful colour combination of soft grey, green and pink.

For the grey I took some Basic Gray DSP from the Neutrals Paper Stack and punched out a Decorative Label for one card and a large Scallop Circle (available in the Spring Mini) for the second, using the dotty patterned side on one and the script side for the other. These were glued into place on a white square card blank and I drew some faux stitching around the shapes with the fine end of a Basic Gray marker. The flowers were punched in Pink Pirouette using the Boho Blossoms punch and the leaves are in Certainly Celery and punched with the Bird Builder punch. A small sentiment was stamped with Certainly Celery and punched out with the Jewelry Tag punch, and a non-SU pearl was added to the centres of the flowers to finish the cards.

I am very late (for me!) posting my cards for the LIM challenge this week because, for once, instead of crafting as soon as I got up I went out for a mooch round the shops with my sister. We went and had a look in some out-of-town shops for a change and, although we didn't buy anything much, it was nice to do a bit of window shopping and drink coffee of course! 

       I hope you all have a lovely weekend and don't feel too cold after all that glorious weather we've had :0)

Masculine Card

Today's card is one that I have been asked to make for someone who had looked everywhere for a card for a man which said 'Welcome Back' but could only find flowery ones.

I started with a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, cut slightly smaller than the cream card base, and partially embossed down the left hand side with the Stripes Embossing Folder before matting onto a larger piece of Soft Suede cardstock.

I then took a strip of DSP from Well Worn and matted this onto another strip of Soft Suede. Some Linen Thread was wrapped around this panel and tied in a knot before fixing to the Very Vanilla then the whole thing was glued in place onto the card blank.

The sentiment was computer generated, printed onto Very Vanilla, punched out using the Decorative Label punch, inked around the edge with Crumb Cake using a sponge dauber and then positioned onto the card with dimensionals.

My Everybunny stamp set has just arrived so I hope to be back soon with some Easter Bunny cards!

Silhouettes

I was very pleased to see that Chrissie & Mandi, over at Less is More, have set a challenge this week called 'Silhouettes'. One reason being that I immediately knew that I had a stamp set which was perfect for this challenge, Forever Young, and the other reason being that finally this stamp set which I have had for several weeks was actually going to come out of the box and see an inkpad!! With all the Christmas projects that I have been making I really have not had much time to 'play' so this poor set has been sitting, still 'pristine' in it's box, well until last night that is. So I have two cards for the challenge this week.

On the left is a simple card with the image stamped in Basic Black on Whisper White and matted onto a piece of Bashful Blue, leaving just a thin border around and layered onto a card blank of Basic Black. The sentiment, which is from Cottage Garden, was heat embossed in white onto Basic Black and punched using the Decorative Label punch. I cut the top and bottom off before matting onto a Bashful Blue Decorative Label and then added two Basic Rhinestones.

The one on the right is made with the clock stamp from the set which was stamped using Basic Black onto Whisper White and the corners were cut with a circle punch before matting onto Basic Black cardstock. I stamped the clock again onto scrap card and cut out just the clock body and removed the clock face with a circle punch, this was then placed onto the original image with dimensionals and a Basic Rhinestones added in the centre of the clock face. The bow was made from Basic Black Satin ribbon and the sentiment, cut again with the Decorative Label punch, is from Curvy Verses.

Thank you to everyone who has left such lovely comments on my blog and my apologies to those who I didn't get round to visiting. The past few weeks have been so busy, both at home and at work, and the time just seems to run away with me - I can't believe just how quickly Saturdays come around!

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend and if you've managed to brave the shops (and the queues) -

WELL DONE!

Back soon x

This is a card I made for the christening of a friend's niece. I embossed a panel of Whisper White with the Perfect Polka Dots folder and matted it onto some Brushed Silver cardstock and tied round some Whisper White Organza ribbon. This was then positioned in the rectangle I had previously embossed, using my score board, on a large white card blank. The sentiment was embossed in silver and cut using the Decorative Label punch and another label was punched in Brushed Silver, cut in half and placed behind, with a couple of Basic Rhinestones added. To personalise the card I cut the name using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and added a tiny butterfly from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die. The cross was from my own stash. The bag/box to hold the card was made with some plain white cardstock with some butterflies added to the front and a handle made with the Lace Ribbon Border punch and attached with some pink rhinestone brads.

Another of the birthday cards which I made for my sister and this time I was inspired by an idea in the brand new SU catalogue. It is called an Ideas Book & Catalogue because it is exactly that, not only are there fabulous products in it there are also some great ideas for using them! If you would like to purchase a copy then please do not hesitate to contact me.
The base colour for this card is Wild Wasabi and this time I used the lovely textured cardstock, teamed with DSP in the same colour and Crumb Cake. The large flower was made with 5 petals stamped with one of the stamps from the Build a Blossom set and punched with the Blossom Petals punch with a circle and a button in the centre. The leaves are a piece of cardstock folded and run at a slant through the crimper before cutting with the Blossom Petals punch and the small flowers are made with Boho Blossoms and Itty Bitty Shapes punches. For the sentiment I used a stamp from Four Frames and punched out with the Decorative Label punch and then added the 'happy birthday'. For the inside I cut a piece of Whisper White with the Top Note die and stamped with a retired stamp which co-ordinates with Boho Blossoms in the corners.