Bye, Bye

Today we will be saying goodbye to some SU favourites and I thought I would use some for a challenge over at ILWS.
Each month a card is chosen from Pinterest and you are asked to replicate it using SU products. This month's card (right) was designed by Natasha Trupp and can be seen here.
For my entry I have used Lucky Limeade and More Mustard cardstock along with a sentiment from A Word for You and the images are from Circle Circus.
The banners are made from Lucky Limeade and More Mustard DSP with a little bit of Twitterpated tucked in.


Tomorrow sees the launch of the brand new 2013-14 catalogue with some exciting new products. I will be putting a link to the catalogue on my sidebar but, if you would like a 'proper' copy, please don't hesitate to contact me at margaretk21@hotmail.com and I will be happy to help. The catalogue costs £5 which includes p&p. Until the end of July I am offering free p&p with any order over £50 so, again, please don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like to take advantage of this offer. (Please note this is an offer from MaKing Papercrafts and NOT from Stampin'Up!)
If you are considering become a demonstrator and would like to join my team then please contact me for a no-obligation chat about the benefits on offer. You really have nothing to lose I promise!

Notecard

You may remember last week I set myself a challenge to design some notecards for my next class, well this is another one I've come up with!
I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut to C6 size and matted this onto a very slightly larger piece of Lucky Limeade. I used a stamp from Circle Circus inked with Lucky Limeade and stamped off before stamping twice onto the Whisper White to give me two lighter shades. The band across was made with one of the Apothecary Accents Framelits which I extended but, if you haven't got this set (and if not, WHY not?), you could use just a rectangle of card with a circle punch at either end or just a rectangle of card. The sentiment on the band is from Friendly Phrases. For the actual notelet I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock wide enough to slip in the band and slightly shorter than the 'holder', inked around the edges with Lucky Limeade and added the stamp 'with love' from Field Flowers at the bottom.

Thank you for stopping by and I'll be back soon x

One Sheet Wonder

Lots of cards to look at today and all from one sheet of A4 cardstock (well the patterned bits that is!) I have never tried the one-sheet wonder before but decided to have a go and this is what I've done with it. There are lots of templates and ideas out there in cyber-land for the one-sheet wonders and I used a mixture of some of these and a bit of my own. The top-left photo shows my sheet of A4 after being stamped using Circle Circus in Rose Red, Not Quite Navy and River Rock before being chopped up to make the cards. I think Circle Circus is a really good set for this as it contains a lot of sizes and some solid stamps and some which are ideal for 'filling in', but any stamp set can be used and any colours. If you don't want to be bothered stamping a sheet, or simply wish to save time, SU have some fabulous DSP's which could be used instead. It is a great way to make several cards at once as you pick a colour scheme and have your ribbons, inks & cardstock all to hand and, an added bonus, also saves time on cleaning those stamps! I used a variety of sentiments and punches but you can use anything that takes your fancy.

Well it's Friday again so, whatever your plans for the weekend I hope you have a good one. I'm sure I will be back tomorrow for the Less is More challenge so do pop back sometime x