Triple Treat

Just popped on here to show you a card I am making as part of a set to go in a decorated tin. If you are a regular visitor to my blog you will remember a while back I made a decorated tin of cards to give to a friend - well she asked me to make two more as gifts. I have managed to make one set (although the tin isn't yet finished) and this is the first card for the second set. I have covered the tins in some of the gorgeous flocked paper from the Mocha Morning Speciality DSP and this one is for the Crumb Cake and Basic Black tin. I have used the Triple Treat Flower stamped in Crumb Cake and Basic Black and punched with the Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower and Circle punches. SU have just announced (early) that the 5-Petal Flower punch is no longer available - apparently it was going to be retired at the end of September anyway but stocks have run out and they are not replenishing. Such a shame because it is a lovely punch but sadly if you haven't already got it then you won't be able to now. Having said that it is not too difficult to cut out by hand, just not so quick :0) Back to the card - the flowers were assembled and an Antique Brad was added to the top flower, these were positioned onto a strip of Crumb Cake DSP punched with the Scallop Border with a thin strip of Basic Black cardstock at the top. The sentiment from Curly Cute was stamped in Basic Black onto Crumb Cake and cut into a banner.
Times are changing for SU in the UK - a brand new seasonal catalogue will be available on 1st September as will the retiring list from the current annual catalogue. If I'm right, there will be quite a lot of products on that list this year so, if you have a wish list, make sure you check out what's retiring because these products will not be available after 30th September.

Triple Treat meets SAB

Another very quick and easy card for you today using one of the DSP's from the SAB set, Everyday Enchantment, teamed up with the Triple Treat Flower stamp. The flower was stamped once in Baja Breeze and twice in More Mustard and the three layers punched out with the Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower and ½" Circle punches. The flower was then assembled using dimensionals. A strip of DSP was cut at one end with a square punch, layered onto a piece of More Mustard cardstock which had also been shaped at one end, and then positioned onto a white card blank. The flower was glued in place on top, a couple of gems added and a sentiment stamped in More Mustard.

Triple Treat with Wisteria Wonder

Another quick'n'easy card for you, this time inspired by Angie Kennedy (an American SU demo), but using a different stamp and different colours. The Triple Treat Flower punch was stamped twice in Wisteria Wonder and the centre stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto Whisper White. The first image was punched out with the Fancy Flower punch, the second with the 5-Petal Flower punch and the centre with the ½" circle punch and layered up with dimensionals. A strip of Wisteria Wonder cardstock was cut at the ends, adhered to the card and the flower placed on top. The sentiment, from Happiest Birthday Wishes, was stamped in Elegant Eggplant. 
I am fortunate enough to own the punches used for this card but the image would not be too difficult to cut out by hand (maybe with the exception of the small circle which I am absolute rubbish at cutting!). The only disadvantage in this would be that it would take a little longer to make - it's so quick when you can just punch away. I love the simplicity and cleanness of this card so I think I will be making a few more in different colours, leaving the sentiment off, so that I have cards ready and waiting which would be suitable for any occasion.

Brown Paper Packaging & St.Luke's

 

The cards I am showing you today are my entries for the St.Luke’s Charity Card’s Challenge which, this month, is to use ‘something destined for the bin’. Now most of the stuff that goes into my bin you would certainly not want to see displayed on a card so the first challenge for me was to think of something to use! Then it came to me – as an SU Demonstrator I get copious amounts of brown paper which the company use as packing in the boxes of SU goodies, so after a bit of experimenting these are what I came up with.

For the first card I took a piece of the brown paper, ran it through the Square Lattice Embossing folder and then folded it to give three pleats. This was then matted onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock and placed onto a Naturals Ivory card blank. I glued some of the brown paper onto a thin piece of cardstock, stamped the Triple Treat Flower stamp three times and punched out with Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower and ½” circle punches. This was then assembled using dimensionals before adding to the card. I threaded some ‘recycled’ ribbon through some holes which I had punched along the bottom of the card and tied in a bow (the ribbon is some of those annoying loops they seem to put in every jumper/t-shirt to stop them falling off a hanger and which I ALWAYS cut out!!). To finish the card I stamped a sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Early Espresso.

I was now on a bit of a ‘recycling’ roll so the second card was made using the same brown paper and ribbon. This time I put a piece of the paper through the crimper and tore the top edge before glueing to a white card blank. A knot of ribbon was placed across the card and a sentiment (now retired) added underneath. The flower was made, with the same brown paper, by punching 6 Scallop Circles which was then screwed up, unfolded, and laid on top of each other before fixing in the centre with one of the lovely Vintage Brads. 

I do hope you've all 'weathered the storm' without too much damage as I know some parts of the country have been hit really badly. I am fortunate enough to live in an area which never sees the extremes but some of the sights I have seen recently on the news have been horrendous and my heart goes out to those people who have been affected. Take care and keep safe x