Happy Birthday Wally!

Today is someone special's birthday... As he likes to fish, here's a card I made especially for the occasion.

Bi-Fold Fishing Card
 
Front:

Inside:

Have a good week,

Alex

Happy Birthday Aunty

Today is my Aunty's birthday and so here's a special card made for her using my much loved but retired stamp set A Rose Is A Rose.

A Rose Is A Rose

Stamps: A Rose Is A Rose (retired) and Heard From The Heart (retired).
Cardstock: Calypso Coral (In Color), Wild Wasabi and Whisper White. DSP - Subtles Collection.
Inkpad: Calypso Coral (In Color), Certainly Celery and Wild Wasabi. 
Accessories: Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Big Shot Machine, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon - Calypso Coral (In Color), Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, SU Bone Folder, Sticky Strip and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

No Peeking

Hi all,

Well, it's certainly feeling more like winter now the clocks have gone back and the weather has done nothing but rain recently!  I couldn't resist, and HAD to buy No Peeking stamp set which I fell in love with ever since I first set eyes on the new Annual Catalogue :)

With Christmas just around the corner, I decided to make my nephew his Christmas card with this cute stamp set, hopefully, he'll love it as much as I do!  For his card, I used Real Red and Wild Wasabi colours for him, below is another one made using Cherry Cobbler and the new In Color: Gumball Green.

No Peeking

From the side:

Stamps:  No Peeking (P.23) and Heard From The Heart (Retired 2011). 
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi and Very Vanilla.         
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party (In Color: 2011-2013), Staz On Ink - Jet Black and Gumball Green (In Color: 2012-2014).   
Accessories:  Simply Scored, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Wild Wasabi, Stampin' Write Markers - Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip and Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your day.
 
Alex

Happy Wedding Day!

Hi there,

Today is a special day for some friends we know, so here's the card I made for them to go with their "Teal" colour scheme:

Wedding Card


Stamps: Heard From The Heart (P.74), (sentiment inside the card).
Cardstock: Taken With Teal (retired) and Whisper White. Speciality Paper - Bride (retired). Kanban Cardstock - Silver.
Accessories: Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Cuttlebug Embosssing Folder - Wedding Marriage, Stampin' Write Marker - Taken With Teal (sentiment inside), SU Bone Folder. Sentiment on front - Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by. Let's hope the weather brightens up for them!

Bye for now,

Alex

Jolly Jingles

Morning all,

At the weekend, I was invited to demo for some lovely ladies at their craft club. We had a lot of fun and they ended up with lots of free goodies by gaining a lot of Hostess pounds!

Here's the card I demoed for them, which I gave to the Hostess as a thank you, along with a matching box to pop some chocolates in :)

Jolly Jingles Card


Stamps: Jolly Jingles (P.24) and Heard From The Heart (P.74).
Cardstock: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.
Accessories: Bigz Die - Top Note, Stampin' Around Handle - Jumbo, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon - Cherry Cobbler, Bone Folder, Sticky Strip and Paper Snips.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the gift box that matches the above card:

Hostess Gift Box


Stamps: Jolly Jingles (P.24).
Cardstock: Garden Green and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Garden Green.
Accessories: Bigz L Die - Mini Milk Carton, Stampin' Around Handle - Jumbo, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Bone Folder, Sticky Strip and Paper Snips.
Box Size: 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2-3/4".

Projects together:


Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow to see more goodies from the Demo.

Until then,

Alex

New In Colors - Island Indigo & Pool Party

Hi all,

How exciting to have five new In Colors to add to our collection. I recently made a birthday card and decided to use two of these new In Colors :) Thought I'd ink up a much neglected Greenhouse Garden stamp set and decided to christen Island Indigo and Pool Party In Colors along with Heard From The Heart to create the below card.

Greenhouse Garden


Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Heard From The Heart and Something To Celebrate (Sentiment inside - Level 2 Hostess Set - Mini Catalogue - Retired).
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Pool Party and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Island Indigo and Pool Party.
Accessories: Sizzix Bigz Top Note Die, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - White, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like the colour combo using some of the new In Colors :)

If you'd like to get your hands on these five new colors, how about joining in my In Color Share?

Until next time.

Alex

Today's Class - I {Heart} Hearts

Afternoon all,

Hope you're having a good weekend and my eariler sneak peeks made you want to come back to see what the ladies have been making in my Stampin' Up! Class earlier today :)

Seeing as next month is February and Valentine's Day, I thought we would start the new year with a "love" themed class and make a couple of cards appropriate for some loved ones.

Both cards christen the stamp set I {Heart} Hearts which is lovely and co-ordinates nicely with three different heart punches. The first card is the easel style card, a technique that I did back in November 09 with the ladies and the second card christens the lovely Poppy Parade In Color products and the Heart Treat Cups along with the much loved Scallop Trim Corner Punch :)

So, without further ado, here are the two cards made today with the ladies:

I {Heart} Hearts - Easel Card


Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts (P.18) and Heard From The Heart (P.74).
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Early Espresso and Riding Hood Red.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

I {Heart} Hearts - Heart Treat Cup Card (With Contents)


I {Heart} Hearts - Heart Treat Cup Card (Without Contents)


Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts (P.18) and Simply Said (P.47).
Cardstock: In Color: Poppy Parade, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - In Color: Poppy Parade.
Inkpad: In Color: Poppy Parade and Pink Pirouette.
Accessories: Full Heart Extra-Large Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Round Tab Punch, Scallop Oval Extra-Large Punch, Oval Punch, In Color: 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon: Poppy Parade, Heart Treat Cups, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Stampin' Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

The two cards together:


Below are the stamps sets as seen in the Idea Book & Catalogue:

I {Heart} Hearts (P.18):


Heard From The Heart (P.74):


Simply Said (P.47):


Thanks for stopping by, hope you liked the cards we made today.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Bye for now,

Alex

Choo Choo Birthday Card

Morning everyone,

Hope you're having a good Sunday so far :) Recently been commissioned to make a 3rd birthday card for a little boy and knew just the card to make. Really enjoyed stamping up these trains and animals and cutting them all out. Here's the card below for Jack:

Choo Choo Birthday Card


Stamps: Choo Choo, Loads of Love Accessories (man), Heard From The Heart (Inside sentiment), Right On Track (wheel) and Wild About You (retired).
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pacific Point, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede and Basic Grey.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Handle, Colour Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Write Markers - Bashful Blue and Wild Wasabi, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a good day.

Alex

Heard From The Heart Christmas Cards

Morning all,

Another day closer to the big day... and another upload of one of the Christmas cards I made to send out to friends.

Heard From The Heart


Stamps: Heard From The Heart (P.74) and Delightful Decorations (P.26).
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Jolly Holiday.
Inkpad: Real Red. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Heart To Heart Extra-Large Punch, 3/4" Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (reversible), Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Bone Folder and Paper Snips.
Card Size: A6.

The stamp sets used on the card as seen in the Idea Book & Catalogue are as follows:

Heard From The Heart (P.74):


Delightful Decorations (P.26):


Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day.

Alex

Happy 1st Birthday George

Morning all,

Today is a special little boy's 1st birthday so I knew I had to use the much neglected Choo Choo stamp set. I had a look online and saw a great card that I just had to CASE, put my own little spin on a few things and hey presto, here it is below:

Choo Choo Birthday Card


Choo Choo Birthday Card - Inside


Stamps: Choo Choo, All In The Family (Dog), Heard From The Heart (Inside sentiment), Right On Track (wheel) and Wild About You (retired).
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pacific Point, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede and Basic Grey.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Handle, Colour Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Write Markers - Bashful Blue and Wild Wasabi, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.

George's Grandparents have a golden retriever dog, so I made sure he was driving the train!

Here's the sentiment stamp set, Heard From The Heart, as seen in the Idea Book & Catalogue on P.74:


Thanks for stopping by,

Bye for now.

Alex