Crafting Day

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good start to the week. Yesterday evening I spent hours online getting inspiration and bookmarked a couple of youtube videos I wanted to try out.

Today, I made it my duty to do some cardmaking to make up for having a craft free weekend ;)
So out came all my craft goodies and hours later I managed to create a few birthday cards, "Pull Treats" and a "Waterfall" card.

Be back tomorrow with pictures as the lighting isn't great this evening.

Bye for now,

Alex

It's Friday!

Hi all,

Hope everyone's well and you're looking forward to the weekend. Recently been making a few Wedding Anniversary cards, and so I thought I'd upload a sneak peek here.


This will be uploaded in full, after the intended recipients receive this card next week.

Bye for now,

Alex

Crazy For Cupcakes

Hi all,

It's been a busy week per usual and I'm trying to make a few more cards to add to my collection. After seeing Kate's birthday card I decided to CASE it because I just loved how she paper pieced the balloons and added the sentiment around the balloon :) Thank you Kate.

Here are mine below:


Stamps: Crazy For Cupcakes.
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue and Old Olive, Red Rose and So Saffron and Chocolate Chip and Brocade Blue. Designer Series Paper - Junior Varsity.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Brocade Blue and Old Olive.
Ribbon: 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Bashful Blue and Rose Red. 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Brocade Blue.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Another Male Card

Hi all,

Well have managed to make another male card today. I had a Penny Black image lying around and so I decided to colour it in, add some debossing to the background to resemble a golf ball and made it into a 5x5 card.

Hope you like:


SU Products used are Night of Navy and Garden Green Cardstock.
Stamps are by Penny Black - "Missed You".
Background created with Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Tiny Bubbles - the debossed side to resemble a golf ball.

Bye for now,

Alex

Male birthday

WOW: What an amazing Men's Final at Wimbledon yesterday! I had planned to do and make so much, but what with the tennis being on, it was hard to pull my eyes away from the tv screen!

Anyway, I've been looking through my stash of cards that I have for when I need one and it occurred to me that I don't have that many cards for men. So I've decided, I'm going to try and make a few more seeing as the cards I predominately make are more female orientated. So, with this in mind, here's a card I made earlier using various Stampin' Up! products:


Stamps: Big Bold Birthday.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Whisper White Cardstock. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Hope to make a few more soon.

Bye for now,

Alex

Hot Pink Wedding Combo.

Hi all,

Okay, I think it's now safe to say that I can show off the wedding commission. The wedding invitation was a shade of bright hot pink with cream, so I decided to break open my pack of "Bold Brights" colour family and use Pink Passion with some Bazzill Bling that I had in my stash. Below is the matching card and gift card wallet that I made:


Stamps: Mr & Mrs and Happy Hearts.
Cardstock: Pink Passion and Bazzill Bling.
Ink Pad: Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Stampin' Emboss Powder - Gold.
Non-SU: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Wedding, Nestabilities - Rectangle and Glitterati Gem Adhesives.

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day for my American friends!

Well what a lovely morning I've had. Had my Stampin' Up! Workshop today and we made some beautiful cards using "Seeing Spots" as the main stamp set along with "Schoolbook Serif Alphabet" to make the "Hello" card. The ladies were fantastic and enthusiastic as always and I hope they had a lot of fun today. Here are the cards that we made in their full glory:

Seeing Spots Workshop


All products used are Stampin' Up! and are available to order through me.

Cards Left to Right:

Stamps: Seeing Spots and Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink and Whisper White.
Ink Pads: Regal Rose and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty In Pink.

Stamps: Seeing Spots.
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery and Whisper White.
Ink Pads: Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery.
Accessories: 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Certainly Celery, 1 3/8"Circle Punch, 1 1/4"Circle Punch, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat Tool and Brads - Soft Subtles.

This card was inspired and CASED from SCS.
Stamps: Seeing Spots.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and Very Vanilla.
Ink Pads: Choclate Chip, Cameo Coral and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Tag Punch and Small Tag Punch.

Enjoy your day and be back later with the Wedding commission.

Bye for now,

Alex

Wedding Season

Yay, it's Friday, that means just a few hours till the weekend and my next Stampin' Up! workshop that I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Just thought I'd post a sneak peek of another Wedding commission I've been busy with recently. Here is it below, all will be revealed tomorrow when I can officially unveil it.


Bye for now,

Alex

Another Birthday

Hi all,

Made another birthday card recently for a friend whose birthday is today, so I think it's safe to upload the card in full now :) I christened my new Cuttlebug Cut & Emboss goodies to make this card along with using Stampin' Up! cardstock and ribbon.

Happy Birthday Cam

All Stampin' Up! products were used to make this card, apart from the main Cuttlebug feature and sentiment.

Stamps: Big Bold Birthday
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Ballet Blue
Accessories: Inkpad - Bashful Blue and Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Bashful Blue

Have a good day,

Alex

Workshop - Saturday 4 July

Hi all,

Hope everyone's having a good week so far. Been busy prepping for my next workshop that is being held this weekend. We will be using the stamp set "Seeing Spots" to create three cards using various techniques and accessories.

Here's a few sneak peeks of the cards we'll be making this Saturday.

Card 1:


Card 2:


Card 3:


Be back at the weekend for a full upload of the cards.

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy 1st Birthday

Hi all,

What a wonderful day it has been today. It's my friend's son, Alfie's first birthday and Christening Day and so it's been a lovely day for a special little boy and for me, as I've been asked to be his Godparent which is an honour. I can now reveal his birthday card and Christening card that were made for him, hope you like.

Alfie's 1st Birthday Card:


This card used the following Stampin' Up! products:
Stamps: In The Stars, Big Deal Alphabet and Nursery Necessities.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue and Whisper White.
Ribbon: Light Blue Gingham.

Christening Card


Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Everyday Blessings".
Cardstock: SU Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ribbon: SU Taffeta - Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Versamark Stamp Pad, SU Silver Embossing Powder, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - "Swiss Dots" and Nestabilities.
Sentiment - Computer generated.

Here's the Christening card I made from my parents to Alfie, this was CASED from SCS:


Stamps: Papertrey Ink - "Everyday Blessings".
Cardstock: Kanban White Pearlescent and Mink.
Accessories: Versamark Stamp Pad, SU Gold Embossing Powder, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - "Swiss Dots" and Crystal Stickers - Pearls.

That's it for now. Have a good week.

Alex

Saturday morning

Hi all,

Hope your Saturday has started off well. It's hopefully going to be a lovely weekend and I'm looking forward to doing a bit of crafting later in the sunshine :)

Below is a full upload of an earlier sneak peek - Wedding Gift Card Wallet that I was commissioned for that I can now upload. The products are mostly non-SU but I did use my Stampin' Up! Scallop Edge Border Punch for the bottom edge and Stampin' Emboss Powder in Silver for the sentiment inside.

Wedding Gift Card Wallet


Inside, after sliding off the band to place your gift card:


Have a good weekend,

Bye for now,

Alex