Another week...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing you all a lovely day...

Bye for now,

Alex

xoxo

Golden Wedding Anniversary

Hi all,

Just wanted to upload a new Wedding Anniversary card I was commissioned for recently. As it was their Golden wedding anniversary, I wanted to use gold cardstock, so have used non-SU for the base, matting of the sentiment and heart. The ribbon was bought in Singapore earlier this year, which I love as it's appropriate for most Wedding Anniversary cards and the colours suit this card especially seeing as I made it in gold and Very Vanilla. The large Very Vanilla heart has been covered with Versamark Dazzle so that in the right angle/light it shimmers like a pearlescent effect. *Note to self:* Must try out my new Shimmer Paint which will give it the same effect - Shimmer Paint mixed with Isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to use like a Shimmer Mist.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card


Stamps: Love You Much, Mr & Mrs (sentiment stamped inside and heat embossed in gold).
Cardstock: Very Vanilla. Speciality Papers - Bridesmaid. Non-SU: Kanban - Mink.
Inkpad: Versamark Stamp Pad, Versamark Dazzle - Frost (for the Very Vanilla heart).
Accessories: Stampin' Emboss Powder - Gold, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals. Non-SU: Ribbon - Happy Anniversary, Cream halfback pearls. *Note to self:* Must buy the Pretties Kit.
Card Size: A5

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.

Alex

Greenhouse Garden Card With Vintage Vogue

Hi all,

I hope you're all looking forward to a nice long Bank Holiday weekend :) Happy Good Friday! I've been busy recently playing with my Greenhouse Garden stamp set and have a couple of cards to show you using Cameo Coral and Mellow Moss as a colour theme. I'll upload a new card each day till Tuesday, so that you have something to look forward to.

The first one below is using "Greenhouse Garden" with "Vintage Vogue" and "Love You Much" stamp sets. I'm loving "Greenhouse Garden" stamp set and now with the new Mini Catalogue out yesterday, I've equally fallen in love with "Vintage Vogue" :) Todays card I've used both favourites to create a card that can be given to a friend for any occasion. Hope you like.


Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Vintage Vogue (Mini Catalogue, P. 14) and Love You Much (sentiment).
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral and Regal Rose.
Accessories: 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - White, Stampin' Write Marker - Cameo Coral, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Have a good day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Two Celebrations in One Day...

Hi all,

Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentine's Day to you all :) Well, seeing as it's Valentine's Day, I couldn't not show you another card that I recently made...



Stamps: Love You Much.
Cardstock: Real Red and Whisper White.
Accessories: Black Stampin' Write Journaler, Stampin' Write Marker - Real Red, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 3D dimensionals, SU Bone Folder, a button from Mum's button tin and some DMC thread.
Card Size: A6.

Have a great weekend, whatever you're doing :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Love You Much

Hi all,

Another Valentine's card made recently with the current "Love You Much" stamp set teamed up with the Sale-A-Bration 2009 set "Polka Dot Punches". With the use of the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, you're able to stamp exactly where you want to, thus creating a wall paper/patterns paper effect background :)

Here's the card below:


Stamps: Love You Much, Sale-A-Bration: Polka Dot Punches.
Cardstock: Rose Red, Regal Rose and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Rose Red, Regal Rose and Pretty In Pink.
Accessories: Wide Double-Stitch Grosgrain Ribbon - Rose Red, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 3D dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by, have a good day.

Alex

Milk Carton

Hi all,

Hope you're all well and looking forward to the weekend, not long to go now :)

I have fallen in love with these larger than life Milk Cartons from Sarah-Jane/Julie's blog and couldn't resist having a go myself. Using Sarah-Jane's instructions, and a bit of CASing from Julie, I created the below Milk Carton for someone special for Valentine's Day, or just because :) Fill the box with your recipient's favourite chocolates and you're sure to be a winner!

Here it is below:


Stamps: Love You Much.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink and Real Red.
Ink Pad: Ruby Red and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Heat Tool, 3D dimensionals, ruler, pencil, SU Bone Folder and a bull dog clip.
Box Size: to follow...

Treat Pouch

Hi all,

Hope you're all having a good Monday so far and you've all managed to get into work what with the snow and all.

Decided to have a play with my Love You Much stamp set today and after seeing Monica's video on a Treat Pouch I couldn't resist. It won't be long before Valentines Day is upon us so thought I'd make a start!

Really pleased with my first try at this and hope to make a few more in time.

Love You Much Treat Pouch


Love You Much Treat Pouch Close Up
(Layering the stamped images)


Stamps: Love You Much.
Cardstock: Hostess Level 1 - Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper III - Rose Red. Cardstock in Ruby Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Ruby Red.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers - Cameo Coral, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Rhinestone Brads - Clear Circle, Grosgrain Ribbon - White (Coloured with Cameo Coral Marker Pen), Cello Bag, 3D dimensionals and Bone Folder.
Pouch Size: Approximately 4"x3.5".
Contents: Couldn't resist some Cherries in Kirsch Liqueur :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

December Workshop...

Hi all,

Hope your weekend is going well. Well, I had my last workshop for this year, and I think the ladies enjoyed making a card with a difference :) We made a stair step card which I cased by Ellen (KEA2004) from SCS, which was originally cased by Julie. Note: I changed the dimensions from the original template, so that it would fit in our UK standard sized envelope. I enjoyed creating this card using most of the stamps from Season of Joy and I look forward to making more of these in the near future.

Stair Step Card - Front View


Stair Step Card - Side View


Stamps: Season of Joy.
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White Craft Ink.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Stampin' Write Markers - Night of Navy, Old Olive, Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and 1-1/4" Circle Punch,
Card Size: A6.


Next, the ladies made a Peek A Boo Box using the Love You Much stamp set that I received as Blog Candy in October to celebrate the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue. We used a wheel to run over five of the six faces of the cube, and used a number of punches to create the peep hole and the topper.

Love You Much Peek A Boo Box


Stamps: Love You Much, Standard Wheel: Hearts O' Plenty.
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink.
Ink Pad: Pixie Pink and Standard Wheel Cartridge - Pixie Pink.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Handle - Standard, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty in Pink.
Box Size: 2" x 2" x 2".

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Alex

December Already...

Can you believe we're in December already? Well, Christmas is not too far away now, so remember you still have time to take me up on either my Christmas Wish List Service, Gift Vouchers or even the Stampin' Up! promotion of Christmas Extravaganza to earn yourself a free Tag Punch.

It's also the weekend of my next Stampin' Up! Workshop this Saturday, and I've been busy making the samples.

Below are a couple of sneak peeks of what the ladies will be making this week.

Season of Joy Card



Love You Much Box


Be sure to come back on Saturday to see the projects in full :)

Bye for now,

Alex

SU Blog Candy Has Arrived!

Hi all,

Well what a great day to come home to. I have mail and it's my SU Blog Candy that I won from the promotional Blog Hopping at the beginning of this month to launch the new Idea Book & Catalogue.

I won a stamp set, punch and ink pad and here they are below:


Can't wait to ink up and play now!

Bye for now,

Alex