Swing Card & Treat Box

I have a little gift set to show you today, made with a mish-mash of products and stamp sets (but serves to show just how good SU products are to mix'n'match!) The swing card is made using the Framelits dies and is not as complicated as it may look, there are a variety of instructional videos on YouTube if you want to have a go yourself. The little Treat Box can be made in various sizes by simply using different size dies.
I won't bore you by going into great detail but the supplies I used are as follows; Old Olive cardstock and Taffeta Ribbon, Twitterpated DSP, Framelits dies, Bird Punch (leaves), Boho Blossoms punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Basic Rhinestones.
I have been overwhelmed by the number of good wishes I have received in the past weeks whilst my Dad has been in hospital, lots from people I don't know but who I feel like I know. Crafters are such a lovely bunch of people aren't they? He is still there and, like I've said before, it's going to be a long haul but we'll get sorted in the end I'm sure. Thanks again everyone x

Father's Day Card

Another simple card to show you today, it is nice to return to something quick and easy after a couple of weeks making cards which have needed to be a bit more fancy!

This is made using the new Framelits dies, available in the Summer Mini. I began by cutting the middle using a design from the Nursery Nest DSP and a frame made from Pacific Point cardstock. These were layered onto a white card blank with the sentiment stamped in Pacific Point underneath. My little bird is punched with the Bird Builder punch using Crumb Cake and the leaves in River Rock. I used an Early Espresso marker to colour in his eye, beak and feet and a Pacific Point marker to add some dots to the frame.

I hope you had a good extended Jubilee weekend, my celebrations took the form of watching it on the telly and, with the awful weather we've had, I think maybe I chose the best option! Thankfully it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of the hundreds of thousands who ventured up to London, they all looked like they were having a great time. I was amazed at the stamina of the Queen though, particularly yesterday - I bet she slept well last night!

Little Gifts

Today I am showing you some little gifts I have made with the new Framelits dies. It is always very difficult to see the size of things from photographs so, to give you an idea, the picture top right shows the boxes next to a 50p piece. 

To make them I cut two Framelits from Crumb Cake cardstock and cut off the bottom curve, these were then glued to a box which measured H3cm x W6cm x D2cm which I had also made from Crumb Cake. The Elegant Soiree DSP was cut with a smaller Framelits die and glued onto the front and back, then decorated with Very Vanilla flowers (Itty Bitty Punch Shapes Pack), a branch from the Bird Builder Punch and an initial cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies. To fix the top I punched a hole with the small handheld punch, threaded a length of Early Espresso narrow taffeta ribbon through and tied in a knot. The boxes hold a small button shaped soap.

A Challenge and an Appeal

My card today is a dual purpose card and uses the cute Young Vermillion. The challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays is a CAS card using a bird and I also wanted to make some cards for a charity appeal so I thought I would kill two birds with one stone so to speak. As you will know by now I am a huge fan of Vicky (aka Crafting Clare) and when I visited her blog yesterday she had written about an appeal by Jo Street (view Jo's blog here) - this is what Vicky wrote;

I always like to feel that our crafting can help others. I was reading this post by Jo Street of Dinky Daisy Designs yesterday - she has been devastated by the plight of a little girl at a playgroup her son attends. Jo wants to do something to help so she's holding a sale of cards to raise money for Candlelighters, the organisation which will be caring for the little girl and supporting her stricken family. It seems to me that it's easy to make two cards if you're making one and I think lots of us could spare some from our stash, so do pop over to Jo's blog and offer your services.

I completely echo Vicky's last statement so if you can spare a card or two please get in touch with Jo and let's help her raise a lot of money to help this very worthwhile cause.

Now onto the card - I stamped the bird onto a piece of Naturals Ivory cardstock in Early Espresso and blended the colour with a blender pen then I embossed the bottom section of the cardstock with the Stripes Embossing Folder and tied round some Linen Thread before matting onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and fixing to a white card blank. I made a frame from Cherry Cobbler cardstock using the Framelits dies and positioned this over the bird using silicone glue to raise the frame up a little. The sentiment was punched with the Word Window punch and matted onto a Modern Label.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and the sunshine (while it lasts!) x

Yellow Sketch

The first thing I do at 8 o'clock on a Saturday morning is look at the challenge for the week over at Less is More and I have to say I didn't like what I saw this morning - a colour challenge using Yellow - because I'm not a great fan of this particular colour. So onto my next stop which  is always the Simply Stampin' challenge where I find a sketch for this week (top right).

So my very own challenge this week is to use yellow with the sketch :0)

I used So Saffron for my base card and used a piece of Whisper White as a mat. Before fixing this to the card blank I partially embossed two horizontal lines, using the Stripes Embossing folder, down the RH side of the card and then attached a knot of So Saffron Taffeta ribbon across the card. I then cut a piece of Whisper White using the smallest of the Framelits dies and a So Saffron frame using the smallest die and the next size up. An image from Bright Blossoms was coloured with  Daffodil Delight and Old Olive markers and stamped onto the white die cut (I have this set in clear mount so I didn't even need to use my stamp-a-ma-jig!) This was positioned onto the card before adding a tiny flower, punched with the Itty BittyShapes Punch , with a Basic Pearl in the centre and some more pearls underlining the sentiment. The bottom picture shows the inside of the card (which for some reason, despite taking 10 photos, I couldn't seem to get in focus!) and this is a diecut using the largest of the Framelits dies with the flower from Create a Cupcake stamped in one corner.

I hope you all have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and now I must go and get ready for my grandchildren who are coming to visit this afternoon - although I think the housework would be best left until they are gone :0)

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/