Special Easel Card

Hi everyone,

 

I found a tutorial for an Easel Card with a Twist and I have finally created one.

 

I have used Regal Rose for base of the card and once more I have used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.

 

I added a little sample of the Cheerful Treat DSP and found in my stash the lovely forgotten Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon to create the bow.

 

The sentiment is from Field Flowers stamp set and the Elegant Lines Textured Impression Folder makes a great background on the Very Vanilla cardstock.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Field Flowers

Card: Regal Rose, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla 
Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories:  5/8” (1.6 cm) Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Cheerful Treat DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

Hmm now who is the special person I would like this card…. decisions, decisions, decisions :)

 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Everybody Art Challenge – Easel Card

Craft Your Passion – Easel Card

Oldie But a Goodie Challenge – Mum’s The Word

Papertake Weekly Challenge – For the Girls or Mum

Dream Valley Challenges – Mother’s Day

Lexis Creations – Mother’s Day

Crafty Purple Frog Challenges – Pink & Girly

Delightful Challenges – Someone Special

Moving Along with the Times – Special Lady

Craft Cafe Challenge Blog – # 2 Ribbon and/or Lace

Little Miss Muffet Challenges – # 30 Easel, Shaped or Stepped Card

Shelly’s Images Challenge – Anything Goes

 

Have a great weekend everyone, hope to see you back soon…. Meg

Field of Flowers

Hi everyone,

 

I have been away for a few days celebrating my birthday and I have had a great time which included my my sister flying up for Melbourne to spend the weekend.

 

I caught up with my friends whom I stamp with on Friday night and had birthday cake and a cup of Tea.  Then last night I had a long talk to my best friend that lives in London.

 

This is the first chance I have had to do some crafting and I created a card with the Field Flowers stamp set.  It is a lovely 2 step stamp set and I have also used some of the Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon that is  in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue.

 

I have taken my colour inspiration from the Play Date Cafe challenge and the sketch inspiration from Moving Along with the Times.  The colours used were Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Lucky Limeade.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Field Flowers

Card: Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Regal Rose

Accessories:  1/8” (3.2 mm) Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders,  Curly Label Punch, 1-3/4” (4.4 cm) Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones,  Dazzling Diamonds, SNAIL Adhesive

 

Unfortunately you cannot see from the photo the Dazzling Diamonds that I added to the centre of the larger flower and on the top of the smaller blossom.  There is always room for more bling of course  :)

 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

The Play Date Cafe – Colour Challenge #121

Moving Along with the Times – Sketch Challenge

Stampin for the Weekend – Bingo Challenge #4, I picked Ribbons, Glitter, Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Challenge – Anything Goes

Our Creative Corner – Making Melody, song is Fields of Flowers by Sixpence None the Richer

Crazy Catz Weekly Challenges - #122 Punches and Dies

Hotshot Craft Blog Challenge – # 5 Ribbons

Polka Doodles – Week 9 Polkadots, Stripes or both

Divas by Design – Spots or Stripes or both

Pile it On – # 10 Are We Seeing Spots or Stripes or Both?

 

This is a nice little card and I am happy with the end result.

 

Thanks for visiting, I hope that you been inspired a little ? If so go and start creating :)

 

See you next time….. Meg

Hello Baby

Hi everyone,

 

Hope your weekend has been great or that it will be great – depending on where you in the world.

 

The weather here in Sydney has been lovely again today, a little humid but there is a lovely breeze blowing now and you can hear the birds chattering away.

 

A lovely friend of mine had a little girl about a month ago and I finally caught up with her today and meet little Christina for the first time. 

 

I took over a small gift and I made a card, not in the traditional pinks.  I used some of the colours from the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper and the happy little elephant image from the Elebration stamp set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Elebration, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card: Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Very Vanilla
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip 

Accessories:  Word Window Punch, 38” (1cm) Velvet Very Vanilla Designer Ribbon, Spice Cake DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really like how the card looked when finished and the ‘bling’ on the balloon was an added touch.

 

I will enter this card at the challenges found at :

 

My Time Made Easy – Sketch Challenge # 49

Moving Along With The Times – Lots of Layers, at least two

The Play Date Cafe – Colour Challenge, Baby Blue, Orange, Basil
– my colours inspired from the Spice Cake DSP include Pear Pizzazz for the Green, Baja Breeze for the Blue and More Mustard for the Orange.

 

I am off to organise a little person for school tomorrow and do some chores.

 

Thanks for coming back to visit – take care and see you again soon…… Meg

How is your week going……

Well its Tuesday evening and my little girl has settled back into school, so I am off to work again tomorrow after a few days break.

 

I have been busy doing some tidy up in between school drop off and pick up – you know time flies from the time you drop children off and until you pick them up again!

 

But I have been playing with a few challenges and I have used Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo and Whisper White to create some cards.

 

These are the colours that I matched to The Play Date Cafe colour challenge and the colours are all In-Colors.

 

I have also used the sketch from Create With Connie and Mary for the card layout.

 

 

I used the lovely verse from the Just Believe stamp set and I also got to use the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on the Lucky Limeade cardstock.  I have been wanting to use this embossing folder for sometime now but not had the right inspiration.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe

Card: Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Ink: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, 3/16” Corner Punch, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, 3/8” (1  cm) Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

Unfortunately the picture has not captured the embossing very well and my ‘bling’ or Rhinestones look like silver brads!

 

I finished the above card and then made another card with the same layout, same colours (except the Island Indigo) and used the lovely but forgotten Creative Elements stamp set.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe, Creative Elements

Card: Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  3/16” Corner Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

I used the Rock n’ Roll Technique with (Pear Pizzazz & Concord Crush ink) on the flower image  and stamped the swirl image with Pear Pizzazz.  Don’t ask me why I used the Pear Pizzazz instead of the Lucky Limeade ink pad as I couldn’t tell you but it still looks ok and I think it has come out darker than the Lucky Limeade would have.

 

Again I have used a little ‘bling’ – one of my favourites Rhinestones but again they look like brads! 

 

I have also linked this post to the challenges found at:

 

Moving Along With The Times Challenge – # 133 Blooming Marvellous

Truly Scrumptious Challenge – #72 Something Forgotten

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #177 Swirls

My Time To Craft Challenge - #171 Your Favourite Embellishment

Lollipop Crafts - #65 Anything Goes

 

Wow, two cards at the one time I am impressed with myself :)

 

Hopefully when I catch up with some friends on Friday night I will be able to do this again but I will not hold my breathe on that one, as we normally do more talking then stamping!

 

Thanks for visiting once more, see you next time….. Meg