More SAB Freebies!

This is another card made with a SAB freebie but this time a stamp from Fresh Vintage.

It's not very often I CASe a card but I saw this done by an American demo and just had to have a go (the original tutorial can be found here). 

To start I stamped the image onto a plain white card blank in Wisteria Wonder, the card was then positioned in the oval folder from the Designer Frames Embossing set and run through the BigShot. The central piece is a 'homemade' stamp which was made with a piece of excess rubber in the centre of a stamp which I stuck to a spare wood block and this was stamped, again in Wisteria Wonder, with the sentiment overstamped in Elegant Eggplant. I punched this out with the Large Oval Punch, inked the edges and fixed to the card with dimensionals. Another easy card but a very effective one I think.

Scraps of Lace

The Simply Stampin' challenge this week is Lace and I had to think about this one as I'm really not a lacy person. However I remembered I had a 'scrap' of Crochet Trim somewhere, which was left over in my goody bag from the last team training event and, as the rest of my card was using mostly scraps, it is also my second entry for the LIM challenge. I haven't been tempted to buy the Crochet Trim before but as I was really pleased with how it looks on this card that may very well change!

I made the card base with half a sheet of Naturals Ivory, which was left over from a previous card and used a piece of DSP from Everyday Enchantment (a SAB freebie) as my first layer. I stamped the image from Fresh Vinyage (another SAB freebie), in Riding Hood Red, onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and inked all around the edges with a sponge dauber before fixing to the base card. The panel on the LH side is another scrap of Riding Hood Red cardstock with the crochet trim tied around the edge and butted up against the Very Vanilla. I stamped the sentiment and part of the large image onto Very Vanilla and cut out using the Jewelry Tag Punch, these were positioned onto the card with a Basic Pearl added and 3 smaller Basic Pearls down the edge of the panel.

Don't be put off by the suggestion of colours that co-ordinate with the papers as they can all be substituted, I don't have either of the reds that co-ordinate but I am more than happy with how the Riding Hood Red matches (and I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to colour matching, hate it if it 'doesn't quite go'!).

I hope you're all enjoying this touch of spring that we are getting, it's so lovely to see the sun - apart from the fact that it shows up all the dust, dirt on the windows and the effects of winter on the garden! I just hope we don't revert back to winter. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll be back soon, maybe with even more scraps now they've seen the light of day :0)

COLOUR COMBO to DIE for!

Back again with some cards I am entering for two challenges - Less is More which this week is Die Cuts or Punches, and Simply Stampin' which is a colour challenge using Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White. I don't feel like I'm cheating as I've made 4 cards in all (scroll down for the 4th one) so that's an average of 2 per challenge!

I needed to make some thank you cards so I'm killing 2 birds with one stone, so to speak, and here they are. Using the aforementioned colours but swapped around to make three different cards,along with the Blossom Party die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die and the border stamp from the SAB set, Fresh Vintage, and various thank you sentiments. After having cut the butterflies I was left with some over so made another card to use them up which you can see below.

For this I used the large foliage stamp from Just Believe, inked with Wisteria Wonder and, as I only wanted a faint background, I stamped off before stamping onto the card. I added the butterflies which were supposed to be 'scattered' but, after I had glued them, it would appear they are rather more regimented than I intended! The sentiment was supposed to be stamped directly onto the card but I managed to also ink the edge of my stamp leaving a nasty line underneath so I hastily stamped again onto a piece of cardstock and punched out with the Modern Label Punch and managed to cover up my mistake (oh, if only everything were that easy!). The butterflies, as on the ones above, were adorned with the tiniest of Basic Pearls to finish them off.

Again can I take this opportunity to thank Chrissie & Mandi and all the DT at Simply Stampin' for their brilliant challenges they really do inspire me, as do all the other entries. Also many thanks to everyone who leaves such kind comments and not forgetting a big hello to my new blog followers - I hope you enjoy visiting.

Have a lovely weekend, it's cold and damp here at the moment but they say it's going to get milder again next week - roll on spring! x

Sale-a-Bration Freebies!

 Something a bit different to my usual style today – fancier and more layers, but I am quite pleased with the result. I wanted to make something with the SAB sets of Everyday Enchantment DSP and the Fresh Vintage stamp set so I chose the paper that echoes the stamp and made a gift box and matching card. The box is just one I made up and is a basic square box with a lid but I cut two of the sides a bit differently to add a bit of interest. The box base is made from Pool Party cardstock with panels of DSP added and the loop is Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon – the actual red in the paper is Poppy Parade but, as I didn’t have this, I tried the R.H.Red and I think it matched just as well.

The card is a Naturals Ivory blank with a strip of Pool Party, a narrower strip of DSP on top and finally a strip of the Pool Party again, punched with the Scallop Dotted Ribbon punch and finished with a knot of R.H.Red Taffeta ribbon. I stamped the sentiment, from Happiest Birthday Wishes, three times onto Very Vanilla, punched out with co-ordinating punches and then layered using dimensionals. At this stage the card looked a little bare on the right-hand side so, before fixing the strip into place, I stamped the stamp (which matches the DSP) in Crumb Cake and then fixed the card & DSP strip on top slightly overlapping the stamped images.

The Fresh Vintage stamp set and the lovely Everyday Enchantment DSP are two of the choices you can get free with an order of £45, available only until 31^st March – so go on, treat yourself and get some freebies while you can!

Less is More -Aqua

A very simple CAS card for today's LIM challenge, which is 'Aqua'. I stared by punching a Scallop Circle in a post-it note to use as a mask and then stamped the image, which is fromthe SAB set Fresh Vintage, in Baja Breeze. I then made a frame using the Scallop Circle punch and the Large Scallop Circle punch (new in the Spring Mini) and placed this over the image. I added a few dots around the frame with a white gel pen purely to add a bit of interest and take away the plainess! The sentiment is one of the stamps in the new Hostess set, Swirls & Curls Verses (available in the Spring Mini) stamped in Baja Breeze, with the flower and leaf coloured in with a Blender Pen. 

The fabulous set of sentiments can be yours free if you host a workshop (or place orders) to the value of £150 and the SAB set is just one of 5 free gifts for you to choose from with every order of £45. For more details, or to place an order, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to help.

I ventured out this morning to go and buy my Dad a birthday present and it was MINUS 6.5 - brrrr!! Back home now in the warm and that's where I plan to stay, probably until Monday if we get the snow that's promised :0) Have a good weekend and keep warm x