Simples Sunday

I suddenly realised last night that I hadn't made a card for this week's Simples Sunday so, using the LIM challenge to make a baby card, I set to and made this very quick one.
I used Zoo Babies again but this time using the cute little giraffe stamped in Blushing Bride. The border is the negative part of one of the Tasteful Trims from the Bigz Die, again in Blushing Bride, with a few small pearls added and the sentiment is also from Zoo Babies. The panel was matted onto a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock and then onto a white card blank.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Margaret x

Fancy Fold for Card Swap

The Card Swap Group challenge this month is to make a fancy fold card and this is what I've made. I have used some 'soon to be available' products from SAB and the Spring/Summer catalogue along with Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock. The card is cut from an A4 piece of card and the Sweet Sorbet DSP added to the three sides you can see in the photo on the left. For the middle section I used a piece of Whisper White and stamped with the co-ordinating stamp set, Petal Parade. Both the DSP and the stamp set are part of this years SAB promotion. To keep the card folded I made a bellyband with Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, cut with the Tasteful Trims Bigz die and added some flowers - stamped with stamped with Petite Petals and punched out with the co-ordinating punch (both of these products will available from 28th Jan in the Spring/Summer catalogue). The card was finished off with a couple of sentiment stamps from Petite Pairs. Close up's of the stamped panel and bellyband are shown below

Hopefully Sue will have received this by now and I hope she liked it :0)

Margaret x

Card Swap Group

I really can't believe we are on the THIRD month of the card swap group but it's that time again and this month I have to make a card for the lovely Sue. My sister and I met Sue and her sister at a Craft Retreat we attended 2 years ago and we immediately got on really well. When we met Sue and Carole again at the Retreat last year it was like meeting up with old friends and we had a great weekend. Sadly the Retreat is not happening this year so we have to resort to keeping in touch by email, well that is until it's our turn to send a card to each other :0)

Anyway Jane has set a theme this month and that is to make a card in the recipients favourite colours and Sue's are orange and yellow. Jane's email had the comment 'can't wait to see what you come up with' and that's probably because as a regular visitor to my blog she is well aware I don't do bright colours! Well I've tried Jane :0) I have used Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight cardstock along with Polka Dot Parade DSP. The Whisper White panel in the middle was embossed with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder and inked around the edges with Daffodil Delight, the butterflies punched with Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches, and the sentiment was punched with the Word Window Punch and matted onto a Decorative Label Punch. 

I posted my card to Sue on Tuesday so hopefully I'm not posting it on here before she's received it! Have a great weekend and I'm sure to be back tomorrow for the Less is More challenge.

Another challenge card - this time for the ILWS Pinterest challenge set by Leanie. (If you would like to join in, or just see other entries use the link here). This week she has chosen the card on the left made by Andrea Ewen of EwenStyle.com. The idea is to CASE the style and design of the card but using SU products. I used Basic Gray cardstock and DSP along with Whisper White Organza ribbon, Just Believe stamp set and the Bird Builder punch for the leaves. The flower is made with the small Scallop Circle punch and the scallop border cut from the Tasteful Trims Bigz XL die. A couple of hearts punched from Glimmer Paper and some loops of Baker's Twine and I ended up with something that looked like a wedding card!!!!
Back tomorrow with a punch art card x

Not So Inspiring!

 

When this catalogue (above left) dropped through my door the other day I looked at the cover picture and thought 'now there's an inspirational challenge' (more of a challenge than inspirational I assure you!). So, as I have set myself a personal challenge to use more colour combinations, I set to and made this card. I will say, before I go any further, that I really don't like the finished card but at least I rose to the challenge and got out of my comfort zone (well and truly!)

The colours I used were Island Indigo (which is much brighter than it appears in the photo) Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Whisper White. The wavy strips were cut with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die and, once everything was glued into place I ran the panel through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder before matting on to a card blank with dimensionals. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes punched with the Small Oval punch. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that I don't think I will be making too many cards like this one!!

Now let me show you something REALLY nice! At my class yesterday both my sister and Jen turned up with homemade goodies for 'coffee time'. Both of them forgot to take the spares home so it looks like I'm just going to have to eat them myself - oh what a shame :0)

                  Carrot Cake Cupcakes


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                                       Danish Pastries (the one bottom centre got eaten before I took 
      the photos, but there's a crumb left!!)

 

One for the Men

I don't know about you but I always seem to be in need of small gifts for one reason or another (mostly to say thank you in my case!) and, if like me, you need to watch your pennies then a small handmade gift is ideal and a perfect example of 'it's the thought that counts'. But what if the recipient is male? You don't want anything flowery or too fancy so this is what I've come up with.
I used Midnight Muse cardstock, DSP and ribbon which is one of the 2012-14 In Colours and is somewhere in between Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy and perfect for the men.
I measured my chocolate bar and cut a strip of cardstock to fit, scoring in all the right places before adding a strip of DSP down the middle. A belly band was made to hold the chocolate bar in place and glued (remember not to make this too tight as you want to be able to slide the chocolate bar in and out). A knot of Stitched Satin ribbon was tied around the pouch before adding a sentiment from A Word for You punched with the Small Oval punch and matted onto a Large Oval.
The card is also very simple using the same supplies, with the strips being cut from the Tasteful Trim Bigz die and a sentiment from Bring on the Cake.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and I'll be back soon x