Pet Thank You Card

Hope you've all had a good weekend.  The weather here has been glorious :)  We combined our weekend with camping and shih tzus, what a fun time we had! lol.

So, here's the card I gave to the lady who organised the shih tzu event.  Hope she will treasure the card :) 

Thank You Card

Bye for now,

Alex

Thank You Mandy

Hi there,

Today is a very special day... we're off to a place to meet up with lots of other shih tzus!  I'm not sure what we'll make of it, whether Riley will have a go at everything, but we're definitely looking forward to a fun day ahead!

I have made a Thank You card for the lady that has helped to organise this event.  She has two gorgeous shih tzus, Coco and Hugo, so I made a card to resemble her cuties.

Come back tomorrow to see the card...

Here's a sneak peek:

Hope you have a great weekend.  Until tomorrow...

Alex 

Get Well Wishes

Hi all,

Hope you're all having an extra special weekend seeing as it's a whole day longer for some of you :)

Recently made a Get Well Card for a special someone as it's one occasion, that I rarely have to hand, so below is the card I made using "Fun & Fast Notes" stamp set. I used a mix of two different stamps so that I could mix and match and choose one image and a sentiment of my choice.

Fun & Fast Notes


Close Up (Paper Pieced Hedgehog)


Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes (Set of 8 stamps).
Cardstock: Kraft (soon to be Crumb Cake), Close To Cocoa (retiring colour), Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers - Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Creamy Caramel, Sponge Dauber, Word Window Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals.
Card Size: 4" x 4".

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Pop by on Wednesday for it's the 1st of September.... which means the Retired List of what will not make the new Idea Book & Catalogue will be released!!! It's your last chance to buy goodies that will only be available to buy until Thursday 30th September. Yipee.

Bye for now,

Alex

Easter Weekend.

Hi all,

Well it's Good Friday today, so a lovely long weekend of cardmaking :)

Yesterday I started to make a gift wallet for holding the many gift cards that are readily available at the tills that are so popular nowadays. Thanks to Carole for the tutorial, I have cased her idea and made mine into a gift card for Father's Day - 21June.

Greetings Eight - Outside


Greetings Eight - Inside


Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

A Rose Is A Rose - 80th Birthday Card

Hi all,

Well I'm on a roll here, so thought I'd upload another commissioned card that I've just this minute finished. My Mum's friend asked me to make a card for her Mother's birthday and so I started it last night and finished it off this morning. I'm really pleased with it, so thought I'd upload it as I think it's safe to say she doesn't blog hop!

I've recently accumulated £35 of free merchandise for spending *cough* so much recently, so I thought I'd invest the money and buy "A Rose Is A Rose" as I've seen so many beautiful cards made with this stamp set.

Enjoy!

A Rose Is A Rose - Outside

A Rose Is A Rose - Inside


Thanks to Carole for the idea of stamping the rose inside.

Recipe (All SU items are available from the current Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009).
Stamps:-
A Rose Is A Rose (2008-09) - Set of 14 stamps. P.44. I have used various roses and petals.
SU Cardstock - A4 Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Old Olive. P67 - 69.
SU Designer Series Paper (2007 Retired Accessories - Available while supplies last) - Certainly Celery. P.93.
SU Ink Pad - Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery and Old Olive. P.68 - 69.
SU Markers - Old Olive for colouring the 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon. P.67.
SU Ribbon - 1/4" (6.35mm) Grosgrain Ribbon - Whisper White. P.80.
SU Punches - Scallop Edge Border Punch. P.86.
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. P.85
3D Foam Pads.

NON SU: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots

Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment, I would love to hear from you.

Alex

What a Lovely Weekend...

WOW: I loved the Stampin' Up! Field Training Day on Friday. It was so much fun and I got to meet lots of lovely other SU Demonstrators :) We all swapped our swap cards that we made and I loved seeing everyone elses too (shall post a picture of them all soon). It was really good to see the variations in cards and luckily there were plenty of cards with different stamp sets, layouts and colours - no two cards were the same :) It was very inspirational and a great evening and start to a relaxing weekend.

Here's my swap card that I made for those that took part in the swap:

Cheers To You


Recipe (All SU items are available from the current Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009).
Stamps:-
Cheers To You (2008-09) - Set of 6 stamps. P.33. I have used the beer mug and sentiment stamps.
SU Cardstock - A4 Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla and Whisper White. P67 - 69.
SU Ink Pad - Basic Grey. P.67.
SU Markers - Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal, Only Orange, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy for the Sentiment.
SU Blending Pen. P.85.
VersaMark Pad. P.67.
SU Punches - Scallop Square Punch. P.87.
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. P.85
Dimensionals.

Hope you like the card. Please feel free to leave a message as I love to read your comments :)

Bye for now,

Alex

What a busy weekend...

Hi all,

Just wanted to say that I had a lovely weekend and held two successful workshops on Saturday morning and afternoon. Thank you to the lovely ladies that came, all the cards were made by using the one stamp set called "Simply Said" (Set of 11 stamps). I wanted to show the ladies how versatile one stamp set can be and with a bit of creativity, how you can make so many different card designs. Just changing the colour cardstock, ink pads, ribbons and layout can really make all the difference and give you so many new and exciting cards!

It was lovely to see everyone's cards looking so unique and individual to each person, as all the ladies were able to change/adapt certain parts to their card, e.g. choosing which side of the double sided designer series paper to use for card one, or what colour to colour in their flowers for card two or whether to stamp certain parts in either chocolate chip or bordering blue for the third and final card for example.

Below is a picture of the cards we made for the workshop:


Card One
Recipe (All items are available from the current Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009).
Stamps:-
Simply Said (2008-09) - Set of 11 stamps. P.31. I have used two out of the eleven stamps for this card.
Sincere Salutations (2008-09) - Set of 8 stamps, P.62. I used "Birthday Wishes".
SU Cardstock - A4 Pretty In Pink and Whisper White, P67, 69.
Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue, P.71.
SU Ink Pad - Pretty In Pink and Barely Banana, P.69.
SU Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, P.80.
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig was used to stamp the two little flowers on top of each other.

Card Two
Recipe (All items are available from the current Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009).
Stamps:-
Simply Said (2008-09) - Set of 11 stamps. P.31. I have used a different stamp to the previous card.
SU Cardstock - A4 Barely Banana, Bashful Blue and Whisper White, P67, 69.
SU Ink Pad - Basic Grey. P.67.
SU Stampin' Write Marker Pens - Various colours chosen by individual crafters.
SU 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Very Vanilla, P.80.
SU Punch - Scallop Edge Border, P.86.
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to align the flowers in a repeated pattern across the whisper white cardstock three times.

Card Three
Recipe (All items are available from the current Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009).
Stamps:-
Simply Said (2008-09) - Set of 11 stamps. P.31. I have used a number of different stamps to the previous two cards.
SU Cardstock - A4 Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, P67, 69.
SU Ink Pad - Bordering Blue and Chocolate Chip. P.68, 69.
SU Stampin' Write Marker Pens - Bordering Blue.
SU Punch - Scallop Edge Border, P.86.
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to align the flowers and hearts on top of each other.
Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time, bye for now,

Alex

New Birthday Cards...

Hello blog,

Well yesterday morning my dear Mum asked if I could make a few birthday cards for her friends. I jumped at the chance and said that I'd love to. I wasn't given much time warning, so I had to make one very quickly, and cheated on another one because my Mum said the recipient would love a girly one - so what did I use??? You guessed it, my Boo Bear card swap card :) These two had to be done yesterday, but last night and this morning I had proper time to do the third birthday card and am pleased with all three. For now, I'll post you two, as I shall not post the Boo Bear card until all my swap cards are in and ready to swap out! :)

I have used my lovely Penny Black clear rubber stamps for the image but Stampin' Up! papers :)
Here they are, enjoy looking:


Recipe
Stamps:-
Penny Black - Hugs (2009) - Set of 13 stamps - various images and sentiments.
Penny Black - Critter Party (2008) - Set of 15 stamps - various images and sentiments.
SU 12x12 Textured Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Cameo Coral - P.68.
SU A4 Cardstock - Whisper White.
SU Ink Pad - Basic Black- P.67.
Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad - P.67.
Prismacolor Pencils and Sansodor (Low Odour Solvent) - known as the Gamsol Technique.

My next card was made with the same main image using Penny Black clear stamps and have combined with Cuttlebug Embossing Folders and a Stampin' Up! stamp.


Recipe
Stamps:-
Penny Black - Hugs (2009) - Set of 13 stamps - various images and sentiments.
SU Stamp Set - Riverting (200) - Set of 8 stamps. Not available in the UK catalogue yet. This is a Retired Set from the US Catalogue. I have used "Enjoy Your Day".
SU 12x12 Textured Cardstock - Chocolate Chip - P.68.
SU A4 Cardstock - Whisper White.
Non-SU Cardstock - Red Cardstock from my stash. Have run out of Real Red on my Chinese New Year Cards - oops!
SU Ink Pad - Basic Black- P.67.
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Bloom Dots.
Letraset Promarkers to colour in the image.
Nestabilities - Circles and Scallop Circles.
Ribbon - Non SU bought by Mum whilst she was holidaying in Boston last year.

I have made the sentiment stamp a 3d effect, see below picture for a close up:


I have stamped the SU sentiment stamp "Enjoy Your Day" on red cardstock, and then again on SU Chocolate Chip. Cut out the small circle of Chocolate Chip and have used Dimensionals to place on top of the original red stamped image to create a 3D effect :)

Okay, that's my ramblings for now, must get on as I have a few more cards to made today.

Until then...

Alex