Stamp With Us - Challenge.

Hi all,

Hope you all had a nice weekend, wasn't the weather lovely!

Well seeing as we had such a lovely warm weekend, it's a little ironic to be thinking of Christmas and winter, but hey ho, that's what the theme was over at Stamp With Us. I've never participated in a Card Challenge online before, but thought I'd have a go :)

Christmas Card


Stamps: Happy Winter.
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey, Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: SU Stampin' Write Markers - Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Real Red and Night of Navy. Scallop Square Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red.

Thanks for stopping by, be back another time with more cards :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Triple Blog Awards

Hi there,

WOW: How honoured am I? Not only to receive one beautiful blog award, but three! Thank you so much to Vicki for thinking of me :) I'm glad my blog inspires you.


In accepting this award, I'd like to pass these three awards on to the following in no particular order:

Aimes
Carole
Emma
Kate & Steph
Kate
Nikki
Steph
Sara
Sarah B
Sarah H
Tracy

These blogs above are by some very talented people that I've become to know through my journey of the world of blogging, some of which I could even call as friends. I love visiting their blogs for inspiration, please check them out. Thank you.

Bye for now,

Alex

Baby Sneak Peeks

Hi all,

Well where has the week gone to? I don't know where, but it's now Friday again.

Recently had good news that my Mum's good friend's son and his wife have recently had a baby boy, so thought I'd make a card and a box to hold a little something for the new baby :)

Here are a few sneak peeks until I know it's safe to do so.

Card


Box


Have a good weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Another month, another workshop!

Hi all,

Not only where does the time go, but where does a month go?!? It's that time again when I host my next Stampin' Up! Workshop :)

Tomorrow I shall be doing a Wheel Workshop and will be creating three beautiful cards using different wheel stamps. I originally thought of this idea last month and wanted to do a Wheel Workshop so I decided to host a Wheel Card Swap on ILWS to get some ideas.

Below are the cards we will be making tomorrow:


The middle Barely Banana card was inspired and CASED from Jeannette, thank you for such a lovely Wheel Swap Card :) This card was so beautiful I decided to use this one and change small details such as the colour and ribbon. The last card was inspired and CASED from Sarah-Jane, another Wheel Swap Card. This time, I've changed the DSP, colour and other little bits and bobs and created the above, which I'm really happy with.

It's wonderful to be able to share ideas and be inspired from such wonderful talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.

Bye for now,

Alex

Friday Already!

Hi all,

What a busy week it's been. I've been organising a Wheel Card Swap over on ILWS and just loved everyone's creations. Below is the one I made using a baby theme:

Baby Boy Card


I made eight of these, and forgot to take a picture of all these cards on mass. Here's the one and only photo I have of it to show what it looks like from the front. When you open the card, you see the round sentiment inside in the top right hand corner.

Stamps: Jumbo Wheel - "Nursery Letters" and Hostess Level 2 Stamp Set "Cause For Celebration".
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue.
Ink Pad: Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Crop-A-Dile, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch. Gingham Ribbon - Light Blue.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Box In A Bag

Well what a beautiful day it is outside, too bad I'm crafting inside and not getting a sun tan ;)

Anyway, I've been admiring the Box In A Bag 3D item on various blogs and galleries for ages now and just been dying to make one of these.

Using all Stampin' Up! products, here's my first attempt at a Box In A Bag:


Stamps: "Crazy For Cupcakes" and "Totally Tabs".
Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Junior Varsity.
Ink Pad: Olive Olive, So Saffron.
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - So Saffron.
Non-SU: Nestabilities - Ovals.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Blog Award

Thank you to Sara for naming me as a blog she enjoys visiting.

I've received this award and in accepting it, I'd like to nominate five other blogs that deserve this award. In no particular order:

1. Carole
2. Sarah B
3. Aimes
4. Kate
5. Emma

Please post the award on your own blog, let people know who nominated you and nominate five new beautiful bloggers (linking to us all).

Have a good Saturday.

Alex

Wedding Season Still

Hi all,

Have been busy lately making more wedding cards using one of the Level 1 Hostess Stamp Sets called "A Little Bit of Happiness" to create some colourful wedding cards using Dazzling Diamonds for that extra sparkle along with sentiment stamps from "Occasional Greetings" and the new Oval punches from the Mini Catalogue.

Pretty In Pink Wedding Card


Cameo Coral Wedding Card


Close To Cocoa Wedding Card


Sage Shadow Wedding Card


Hope you like.

Enjoy the weekend!

Alex

Non-Stamping Wedding Card

Hi all,

Hope you're well and having a good week so far.

Anyway, after making a waterfall card for the first time the other day and enjoying the process of making one using my Christmas stamps, I decided to try out another one but use my Wedding Cuttlebug embossing folders instead.

This is mainly a non-SU card, apart from using the Round Tab Punch, Ribbon and Very Vanilla Cardstock.

Hope you like:


Bye for now,

Alex

Waterfall...

Hi all,

Yipee, it's Friday which means another week has gone by and it's nearly the weekend. Recently made a waterfall card as I love this look. For some reason I was itching to use my Christmas stamps, so here's to a very early Christmas card and hopefully more to come:

Hung Up On The Holidays


Stamps: "Hung Up On The Holidays", "Totally Tabs".
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Garden Green.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey, Real Red, Night of Navy, Close To Cocoa, Garden Green, Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Non-SU Christmas Tree Eyelets from own stash.

Have a good weekend!

Alex

Girlie Birthday Card

Hi all,

Another day passes and it gets closer to the weekend yet again. Where does the time fly to? Anyway, it's a special girl's birthday today and she requested a pink and black card with hearts, so I had the perfect idea to use my Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set again ;)

Here it is below:


Stamps: "A Little Bit of Happiness" and "Occasional Greetings".
Cardstock: Basic Black and Pretty In Pink.
Ink Pad: Basic Black, Versamark Stamp Pad, Versamagic - Cloud White.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Marker Pens - Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat & Stick Powder, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots, Dovecraft Grosgrain Ribbon - Black.

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy Anniversary.

Okay, so I sneak peeked a card the other day, and now I can officially upload it without worrying the recipients haven't seen it yet.

Below I used my Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set "A Little Bit of Happiness" to create an anniversary card using a number of Stampin' Up! products.

A Little Bit of Happiness


Stamps: "A Little Bit of Happiness" and "Cheers & Wishes".
Cardstock: Regal Rose and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Marker Pens - Regal Rose, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat & Stick Powder, May Arts Ribbon, Nestabilities and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex