Cute as a Button!

Every now and again I remember to take a tour around some of the challenge blogs and yesterday I came across the sketch (top left) over at House of Cards. Each month a different challenge is set such as colours, sketches or photo inspirations and then each week in that month the main challenge is kept but a different style is chosen. So this week's challenge for the sketch is Clean & Simple and they don't come any more simple than this card!
I used the Gingham Wheel (which I have taken off the wheel to use as a flat stamp) to make the criss-cross and stamped this in Pistachio Pudding. The label in the middle is a stamp from Label Love punched with the co-ordinating Artisan Label Punch, again in Pistachio Pudding. To finish the card I added a small button cut from the Sweet Buttons Embosslits die with a bow of Bakers Twine

Margaret x

Simples Sunday (and another sneak peek)

Two cards this week for Simples Sunday - one for a boy and one for a girl! And again showing you a combination of current, retiring and brand new products - as well as two brand new colours!
The retiring product is the sentiment from Friendly Phrases and, although it's retiring, it will be a set I hang on to as I just can't seem to part with the sentiment sets! The current products are the buttons from the Sweet Buttons Embosslits and the flowers from Boho Blossoms and Itty Bitty Shapes punches.
The rest will be revealed in just over a week's time. If you haven't got your catalogue yet, and you would like to buy one, please get in touch.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend x

Simples Sunday Sneak Peek

For my Simples Sunday card today I am combining it with a Sneak Peek at some new SU products which you will be able to buy on 2nd July when the annual catalogue launches. My card shows you a couple of new things combined with a few old favourites. Can you spot the new ones?

I used Naturals Ivory and Chocolate Chip cardstock along with the Stripes Embossing Folder and buttons from the Sweet Buttons Embosslits die and that's all I can share with you for now!

Don't forget if you would like me to order any products for you, hold a workshop in your home, interested in attending my monthly classes or even joining my team and becoming a demo yourself then I am always happy to help (contact details can be found on the tab at the top).

Until next time, enjoy the rest of the weekend x

Happy Birthday

I made this card and money holder for my nephew's birthday which is today. 

I used the Typeset Alphabet Bigz die to cut out the letters from DSP covered chipboard and mounted these onto Whisper White cardstock which had been run through the Chevron Embossing Folder, matted onto Basic Gray cardstock and fixed to a plain white card blank. The 'birthday' was punched using the Word Window and Jewelry Tag punches with a bow of Bakers Twine added.

The money wallet was made from Basic Gray cardstock with letters made in the same way as above and the top flap embossed.
The closure was made with two buttons cut from the Sweet Buttons Sizzlits die and tied with Bakers Twine

Simples Sunday for the men

 A very quick card with a very quick post today. I realised this morning, after quite a busy weekend so far, that I hadn't made a card for my Simples Sunday this week. So I hurried off to my craftroom to come up with something that was very easy to make and here it is.
It is a 10cm square Basic Gray card base with a strip of Basic Gray DSP across the card, stamped with a sentiment. I then cut two panels of cardstock, rounded the edges and ran through the Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder before fixing to the card with dimensionals. The button was cut with the Sweet Buttons Embosslits with a piece of Bakers Twine tied in the middle. Five minutes - job done!!
Must rush as it is my Grandsons second birthday party this weekend, this time for family, and hopefully it will be a bit quieter than the one he had for his friends on Friday :0)
Have a great weekend and I'll be back soon x

Dungarees

This card was made from a template I found for dungarees, which I re-sized and did a bit of altering. The base card was made with white cardstock and I stamped the top half in Bashful Blue with the alphabet stamp from the Confetti set. The dungarees were made from the striped Bashful Blue DSP in the Subtles Collection stack and some odd pieces of Bashful Blue cardstock and the faux stitching was drawn with the fine point of a Stampin’Write marker. The buttons were cut with the Sweet Buttons Embosslits die and covered with Crystal Effects to add some dimension and, as this is a congratulations card in preparation for the arrival of my new grandson Conor (who is now overdue!) I added a ‘C’ to the pocket which I cut with the Timeless Type Alphabet die. On the back I put another little pocket with a smaller button - again from the Buttons die.

This card could be used for a birth congratulations or a birthday card for a little one - and it is quite cute!