Nora Christmas Card Commission

Happy weekend everyone :)

Hope you've got something lovely planned this weekend as it's the last one before Christmas! Can you believe this time next week, it's actually Christmas Day!

Anyway, here's the last in the uploads from a recent commission of four Christmas cards for a lady's grandchildren.

She liked the one I made here and requested that it be made in colours that her granddaughter liked, namely lilacs and to match her hair colouring. Below is the card I made:

Swiss Pixies Nora Christmas Card


Stamps: Digi Stamp - Swiss Pixies Nora by cc designs.
Cardstock: Almost Amethyst (retired), Lovely Lilac (retired) and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party (retired).
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Certainly Celery, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch and Bow Easy.
Sentiment: Computer generated - Lovely Lilac RGB: 170, 54, 255.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you like the card and enjoy your day.

Alex

Workshop - Greenhouse Garden

Morning all,

Okay, so with "Greenhouse Garden" stamp set being one of my favourites and on offer this month, how can you refuse to have a little play?!?

The Hostess from my recent workshop received a handmade gift from me as a thank you for allowing me to demo at her Craft Club. Her favourite colours are pink and green, so I decided to make a number of cards in those colours for her. Below is a card I demoed to the club, that also made up one of the cards she received from me.

Card Demo


This card is based on the same layout as the previous one made here. Just changed the colour combo, Designer Series Papers and stamp set, and hey presto! The background has been stamped with one of the middle line stamps, firstly on some scrap paper, then onto the Whisper White cardstock so that it's a more subtle effect. The edges have then been inked with a Sponge Dauber and matching Pretty In Pink ink.

Stamps: Greenhouse Garden and Oval All.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Mellow Moss and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink and Mellow Moss.
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon - Mellow Moss, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Sponge Dauber, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Thanks for stopping by, and please visit again tomorrow to see the second card that made up the Hostess Gift.

Bye for now,

Alex

Simply Said - Hi There

At last it's Friday :) Thought I'd share another card with you that I made with Simply Said, a stamp set that was used for my first workshop, so it has a special place in my heart. I've paper pieced the little flowers below, stamped onto Designer Series Paper, cut out and secured onto Whisper White cardstock with Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive (wet glue). The sentiment is from Basic Phrases, which is a great set of 24 little stamps. This card is a "Hi There" card, something I never have to hand :) However, you could quite easily change the sentiment to more or less anything!

Simply Said With Basic Phrases



Stamps: Simply Said and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Regal Rose and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party.
Inkpad: Basic Black. Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen - White.
Accessories: 3/16" Gingham Ribbon - Black, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a message if you have time.

Have a good weekend, fingers crossed we have some lovely weather!

Bye for now,

Alex

Butterfly Punch Card

Morning all,

Hope you're having a good week so far :) Last weekend I played with my new Butterfly punch and was inspired by the cards in SCS and decided to CASE a card by kstamper. Really liked her use of the punch using designer series papers and the swirly stamp from "Season of Joy" to create a card for any occasion.

If you haven't already got "Flight of The Butterfly" stamp set, now is a great time to purchase it and get 20% off the Butterfly punch at the same time with March's Perfect Pair Promotion.

Butterfly Punch Card


Stamps: Season of Joy.
Cardstock: Confetti White (base) and Basic Black. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party and Sweet Always.
Inkpad: White Craft Ink.
Accessories: Butterfly Punch, 3/16" Gingham Ribbon - Black and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Have a good day, be back tomorrow with another card...

Alex

Cute Magnolia Card

A little while ago I was asked to make a Granddaughter card for a soon to be four year old and so I used a cute Magnolia image along with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and SU Designer Series Papers to create the card below. Apologies for the slightly blurred image, unfortunately I no longer have the card to take another photo :(


Stamps: Non-SU: Magnolia.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party.
Ink Pad: Pretty In Pink. Non-SU: Memento Tuxedo Black.
Accessories: Sponge Daubler, Copics, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Numbers. Sentiment Computer Generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Friday again!

Hello people,

It's been another busy week here and the sun is shining :) Thought I'd upload a few more cards that I have been working on from the weekend.

After liking the scallop dresses and getting the hang of how to make these, I made a few more:

After making the Certainly Celery card the other day and uploaded it, I experimented with the oval punches and a sentiment for this one. I'm undecided whether it needs this or not, so made all the other ones without! lol.

Hope you like,

Alex

The Big 4-0

Hi all,

Hope everyone's having a good week so far. I have recently been commissioned to make a 40th birthday card and thought as the lady's birthday was yesterday, it is now safe to upload it.

I bought some new Designer Series Papers recently from the Mini Catalogue because of the May's Offer of buy three packs get the fourth pack free deal, so I thought I'd christen the patterned papers - it really wasn't hard to cut into them! lol. Luckily, I haven't got into the phase/stage where I stroke the papers only! hee hee hee. I also christened my new Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamps that I received a few weeks back too :) I love how you can spell anything you want, might think about doing some Grad cards with this stamp set soon.


Hope you like the card using new goodies - 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in So Saffron, Tea Party Designer Series Paper, Occasional Greetings and Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.

Please feel free to leave me a comment as I do enjoy reading them.

Bye for now,

Alex