Next Workshop - 3 July 2010.

Hi all,

Thanks for stopping by, I hope your week is going well.

Below is the second part of what the ladies will be making on Saturday - a sneak peek of course! Come back on Saturday for the complete projects in full :)

Project 2


Bye for now,

Alex

Twilight Card

Hi all,

Hope you're well and have had a good week so far. Just wanted to upload my latest card that I've recently been commissioned for. The request was for an 18th birthday card for a girl who is a Twilight fan.

I couldn't wait to get my teeth into this challenge and made a tri shutter card for the occasion. Apparently she's an Edward fan, so I hope she likes her card :)

Twilight Card


Stamps: Framed With Love.
Cardstock: Basic Black (textured), Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black.
Accessories: Bone Folder and Sponge Dauber.
Card Size: A6 --- One sheet of A4 cardstock was used to create this Tri Shutter Card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Papertrey Ink - Friends 'Til The End - Birthday Blues.

Can't get enough of this new stamp set from Papertrey Ink called "Friends 'Til The End".  Here's a card I made for my Mum's friend:

  

Think I like how the flower is stamped onto DSP :)

Have a great day,

Alex

Wild About You

Happy Birthday Alfie

Today is my Godson's 2nd birthday and to celebrate, made a card to mark his special day. Decided to use the retired stamp set "Wild About You" as it makes for a fun children's card. For the top part of the card, have used the Schoolbook Serif Numbers stamp set to create a fun numbered background stamped in Versamark using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Wild About You


Stamps: Wild About You (retired), Schoolbook Serif Numbers and Family Phrases.
Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Junior Varsity (retired).
Inkpad: Pumpkin Pie, Close To Cocoa, Green Galore. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pumpkin Pie, Stampin' Write Marker - Chocolate Chip, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Dimensionals. Circle Nestabilities.
Card Size: A5.

Hope you like the card. Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time.

Bye for now,

Alex

PTI - Friends 'Til The End - Birthday Card

Here's a card I made recently using my new stamp set from Papertrey Ink called "Friends 'Til The End"

Hope you like:

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card

Hi all,

What a lovely couple of days we've been having :) The weather has been lovely and warm here and it certainly feels like summer!

Decided to make another colour way of the previous Vintage Vogue card I made and used my new Tempting Turquoise ink pad teamed up with Barely Banana :) Don't you think it has that summery feeling?

Here it is below:

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Sincere Salutations and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Barely Banana and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Tempting Turquoise and Barely Banana.
Accessories: Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your day :)

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card.

Good morning :)

Hope your weekend was a good one. I managed to do a bit more crafting these past two days and managed a birthday card using my favourite stamps: Vintage Vogue and En Francais. I love this colour combination and will be sad to see these two colours retiring at the end of September when we welcome our new Colour Renovation to the new Idea Book & Catalogue on 1st October.

Vintage Vogue With Sincere Salutations


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Sincere Salutations and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Close To Cocoa, Cameo Coral and and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Close To Cocoa and Cameo Coral.
Accessories: Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great Monday!

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy Father's Day

Hope you're all well and having a good Father's Day.

Like a lot of crafters, masculine cards are never my "go to" cards to make, but losely basing the gatefold card from my workshop yesterday, I decided to make the one below using a much neglected stamp set called "In The Stars":

In The Stars (Closed)


In The Stars (Slighly Open)


Stamps: In The Stars and Occasional Greetings.
Cardstock: Kraft, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip.
Inkpad: Soft Suede, Close To Cocoa and Chocolate Chip.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy what's left of the weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

My Sweet Pea Workshop

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good weekend so far :) The ladies have been and gone and we had a lovely workshop making two cards using the My Sweet Pea stamp set. This little stamp set is from the Mini Catalogue, P. 12 and features five little stamps that co-ordinates lovely with a wheel, 12x12 paper stack of 48 double-sided designs and stitched felt embellishments.

Here are the two cards made in today's Workshop:

Sweet Pea Card 1 (Outside)


This card was inspired from the card we made at Reading back in March. This card is a gatefold card, with the 3rd flowers on both panels punched in the middle with the 3/4" circle punch so that Old Olive satin ribbon can be slipped through the punched circles and gathered into a bow at the front.

Stamps: My Sweet Pea, Sweet Stitches (wheel).
Cardstock: Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Rose Red, Old Olive and So Saffron.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Old Olive, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.


Sweet Pea Card 1 (Inside)

Here's the inside of the card - the Whisper White card insert has the Sweet Stitches wheel in Old Olive at the top and bottom of the cardstock. Old Olive satin ribbon is placed through the two 3/4" punched circles and laid flat so that the inked cardstock insert can be stuck over the satin ribbon to keep the ribbon in place.


The second card we made:

My Sweet Pea Card


This card above was a CASE from the one made at Reading. The colours have been substituted with colours of my choice :)

Stamps: My Sweet Pea and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Sage Shadow, So Saffron and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip and So Saffron.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Scallop Edge Border Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stampin' Write Marker - Sage Shadow, Mat Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the two cards from today's workshop:


Hope you've enjoyed seeing these cards in full.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

3D Box - Vintage Vogue.

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life is really busy at the moment, and I just haven't found much time for crafting :( I'm really having withdrawal symptons, so I'm glad that I have my Workshop tomorrow so that I can be in the company of my lovely crafting ladies for some chatting and crafting!

A while back I was in a Chinese Cafe/Cake Store and I spotted some cute shaped boxes that they package their cakes in. I couldn't resist, and just had to ask for a box! lol.

Well, here's the box below, it's very similar to the one that Lauren Meader has a template for.

Chinese Cake Box


Even this box without my crafting touch looks lovely - can you spot the side of the box - a picture of a lady at the cafe having lunch? How cute is this!

Anyway, I opened up the box to use as a template and here's my take on the same box:

Cake Box - Vintage Vogue


I'm just loving the En Francais Background stamp and can't believe I didn't buy this sooner. Vintage Vogue is just one of my favourite stamp sets at the moment, so I can't get enough of playing with this :) Hope you like my take on this cake box.

Stamps: Vintage Vogue and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Regal Rose and Rose Red.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Box Size: Approx 4.5" x 5.25" (inc handle) x 4".

Thanks for stopping by.

See you tomorrow to reveal the cards from my Workshop.

Bye for now,

Alex

Workshop - Sneak Peeks

Hi all,

Well hope your weekend has been a good one :) I've been in my element, catching up on some much needed cardmaking. I have my next Stampin' Up! Workshop next weekend, so I've been busy preparing for the projects my ladies will be making.

Here are a few sneak peeks of what we'll be making:

Card 1


Card 2


If you're free next Saturday morning and would like to join the ladies in making these two cards, please let me know.

Hope you'll come back next weekend to see the cards in full.

Bye for now,

Alex

Hello.

Hi all,

Sorry I've been MIA for a while, but I'm back and ready to do some cardmaking! I hope to have a play over the weekend and can't wait to see what I'll muster up for my next Workshop that is being held on Saturday 19 June.

If you're in the area and would love to join some ladies and I for a couple of hours from 10.30am, please let me know and send me an email on alexhau@rocketmail.com.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Bye for now,

Till the weekend.

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card

Hope you're well and having a good week so far :) It's Wednesday and a special friend's birthday today so here's a card I recently made with Vintage Vogue stamp set.

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue and Cheer & Wishes.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots and Card Candy - Iced Gems.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex