Christmas Cards - Polar Party

Hi all,

I hope you had a lovely Christmas yesterday and enjoying a relaxing Boxing Day!

Thought I'd show you the Christmas cards I made for friends and customers using Polar Party stamp set and a new punch that is soon to be released... watch this space!

I used a number of colours for the same card layout, Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Garden Green and Riding Hood Red. Here they are below:

Polar Party Christmas Card - Bashful Blue


Polar Party Christmas Card - Cherry Cobbler


Polar Party Christmas Card - Garden Green


Polar Party Christmas Card - Poppy Parade


Polar Party Christmas Card - Riding Hood Red


Polar Party Christmas Card - Wild Wasabi


Here are they altogether:


Stamps: Polar Party (P.20).
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red, Poppy Parade, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black.
Accessories: NEW Punch coming soon, 1-3/8" Square Punch, Stampin' Write Markers - various colours to match the cardstock, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Alex

Happy Birthday!

Hi all,

Well hope you're all keeping well and looking forward to what today may bring :)

Today is a special lady's birthday and one of her favourite colours is Melon Mambo (I couldn't agree more). Towards the end of last month I was really organised and made a couple of birthday cards in advance for a few birthdays I have this month, so here's one I made earlier:

Birthday Card


Stamps: Playful Pieces (Level 3 Hostess Set) and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess Set).
Cardstock: Melon Mambo and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon - Melon Mambo (retired), Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals and Cross Stitch Thread - White.
Card Size: A6.

Have a great day Janet and hope all your wishes come true.

Alex

Make A Monster Birthday Card

Hello everyone :)

A new stamp set to my collection called Make A Monster is a fun mix and match stamp set to create endless monster combinations which I had endless hours with recently :) I used new colours and ribbons to create the card below:

Make A Monster


Stamps: Make A Monster and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess stamp set).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Wild Wasabi.
Accessories: Extra-Large Tag Punch, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Marina Mist, Linen Thread, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the stamp set, Make A Monster as seen on P.36 which is available in both clear-mount and wood mount:


Have a monster day!

Bye for now.

Alex

Stampin' Up! Class - In The Stars

Hi everyone,

Hope you're having a good weekend despite the dreary weather outside!

The ladies came today to make the two cards that I sneak peeked recently which was a success :) The cards were surprisingly quick to make, but effective, especially the tri-fold card! The first card was inspired and CASEd from Julie and the second from Bekka.

Here are the two cards made in the class today:

In The Stars

This card uses a cardstock base measuring 12" along the bottom, scored and folded at 4" and 8". The tallest part of the card measures 8-2/8" high and is cut at a diagonal angle from top left to bottom right to 3" high. The two Very Vanilla pieces of stamped cardstock is adherred to the front of the card base on the first and third panel and the Night of Navy cardstock stamped with the jumbo wheel is adhered on the opposite side in the second panel.

Stamps: In The Stars and Swirling Stars (Jumbo Wheel).
Cardstock: 12x12 Kraft (soon to be called Crumb Cake), Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Night of Navy, Ruby Red and Soft Suede. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Stampin' Around Jumbo Handle, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals.
Card Size: 8-2/8" x 4"


In The Stars


Stamps: In The Stars.
Cardstock: Kraft (soon to be called Crumb Cake), Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Ruby Red and Soft Suede.
Accessories: Large Star Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

The Two Cards Together:


Hope you like :)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Greenhouse Garden - Happy Birthday Wishes

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good week so far. Been playing with my "Greenhouse Garden" stamp set recently and made a card for when I need one quick using my favourite colours - blue.

Hope you like.

Greenhouse Garden


Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Fun & Fast Notes (sentiment).
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Barely Banana, So Saffron and Sage Shadow.
Accessories: 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Brocade Blue, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Wild About You

Happy Birthday Alfie

Today is my Godson's 2nd birthday and to celebrate, made a card to mark his special day. Decided to use the retired stamp set "Wild About You" as it makes for a fun children's card. For the top part of the card, have used the Schoolbook Serif Numbers stamp set to create a fun numbered background stamped in Versamark using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Wild About You


Stamps: Wild About You (retired), Schoolbook Serif Numbers and Family Phrases.
Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Junior Varsity (retired).
Inkpad: Pumpkin Pie, Close To Cocoa, Green Galore. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pumpkin Pie, Stampin' Write Marker - Chocolate Chip, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Dimensionals. Circle Nestabilities.
Card Size: A5.

Hope you like the card. Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time.

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy Father's Day

Hope you're all well and having a good Father's Day.

Like a lot of crafters, masculine cards are never my "go to" cards to make, but losely basing the gatefold card from my workshop yesterday, I decided to make the one below using a much neglected stamp set called "In The Stars":

In The Stars (Closed)


In The Stars (Slighly Open)


Stamps: In The Stars and Occasional Greetings.
Cardstock: Kraft, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip.
Inkpad: Soft Suede, Close To Cocoa and Chocolate Chip.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy what's left of the weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Part 5

Morning all,

Today is my last 4x4 Vintage Vogue card in the series :( I hope you've enjoyed viewing them all and if you'd like to see how I packaged these up for my Hostess, please pop back tomorrow for my final upload :)

For now, here's the last of my Vintage Vogue 4x4 cards:

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue.
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Mellow Moss and Rose Red.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Eyelet Border Punch, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.­

See you tomorrow :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Card

Hi all,

Hope you're well and looking forward to the weekend.

I've been playing with my Vintage Vogue stamp set of 8 stamps (that I received at Reading Training) to make a few 4x4 cards for a lucky Hostess and really have enjoyed playing with the different stamps to create five different cards and matching envelopes. I recently ordered the Very Vintage wheel to co-ordinate with Vintage Vogue stamp set and christened it for this card.

Here's the card I demoed below at a recent workshop. I will upload a new one each day and then the final holder I presented them in.

Vintage Vogue With Very Vintage Wheel


Stamps: Vintage Vogue and Very Vintage (wheel).
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Rose Red and Whisper White. Textured Cardstock - Regal Rose.
Inkpad: Mellow Moss, Rose Red and Regal Rose.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Jumble Handle, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Brads - Rich Regals, Sponge Dauber, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.­

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend!

Bye for now,

Alex

Simply Said - Hi There

At last it's Friday :) Thought I'd share another card with you that I made with Simply Said, a stamp set that was used for my first workshop, so it has a special place in my heart. I've paper pieced the little flowers below, stamped onto Designer Series Paper, cut out and secured onto Whisper White cardstock with Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive (wet glue). The sentiment is from Basic Phrases, which is a great set of 24 little stamps. This card is a "Hi There" card, something I never have to hand :) However, you could quite easily change the sentiment to more or less anything!

Simply Said With Basic Phrases



Stamps: Simply Said and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Regal Rose and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party.
Inkpad: Basic Black. Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen - White.
Accessories: 3/16" Gingham Ribbon - Black, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a message if you have time.

Have a good weekend, fingers crossed we have some lovely weather!

Bye for now,

Alex

Another Vintage Vogue With Sincere Salutations Birthday Card

Hi all,

Hope all's well with you and thought I'd share with you a recent card I made, using Vintage Vogue from the Mini Catalogue again, teamed up with Sincere Salutations again, lol. Using different stamps from the Vintage Vogue set, a different layout and colour combination, my card below clearly looks different to my previous upload, so it just goes to show how you can get a lot out of your stamp sets!

Hope you like :)

Vintage Vogue With Sincere Salutations


Stamps: Vintage Vogue (Mini Catalogue, P.14) and Sincere Salutations (sentiment).
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Cameo Coral and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Ruby Red and Cameo Coral.
Accessories: 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Whisper White, Sponge Dauber, Corner Rounder Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

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

A Rose Is A Rose

Having recently bought an Eyelet Border Punch, I was eager to christen it and put it to good use on the below birthday card. After much online surfing, I was inspired by a card I saw and decided to use my "A Rose Is A Rose" stamp set to create a birthday card for my collection with a sentiment stamp from "Birthday Best".

Hope you like:



Stamps: A Rose Is A Rose, Birthday Best (sentiment).
Cardstock: Old Olive, So Saffron and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: So Saffron, Barely Banana, Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Bye for now,

Alex

Tree Trimmings

Hi all,

WOW: What a miserable rainy day here :( Hope you've got a nice weekend planned out, I for one, think I'll stay in the warm and do some crafting.

Recently played with my "Tree Trimmings" stamp set along with my newly purchased "Season of Joy" stamp set that I've been eyeing up for some time. Here's the card I recently made below:


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Season of Joy (sentiment).
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Old Olive, Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Basic Grey.
Accessories: 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.

All the cardstock and ribbon used for this card has been purchased from the November Christmas Extravaganza Promotion - take advantage of this now and earn a free Tag Punch.

Thanks for looking and be back later with another card.

Alex

Christmas Cards...

Here are a few Christmas cards made recently using the much loved Hostess Level 3 Stamp Set: "Window Dressing" teamed up with "Snow Flurries" and a sentiment from "Occasional Greetings".

Card One


Stamps: Window Dressing, Snow Flurries and Occasional Greetings (sentiment).
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Gingham Ribbon - Light Blue, Stampin' Markers - Yo Yo Yellow, Real Red and Bashful Blue and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.


Card Two

Stamps: Window Dressing and Snow Flurries.
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Bashful Blue. Versamark Stamp Pad
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Bashful Blue, Stampin' Markers - Bashful Blue and Real Red and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.


Card Three


Stamps: Window Dressing, Snow Flurries and Occasional Greetings (sentiment).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Night of Navy.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon - Night of Navy, Stampin' Markers - Close To Cocoa, Real Red and Garden Green and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.


Hope you're having a good week.

Bye for now,

Alex

Moving House?

Hi all,

Can you believe it's Friday tomorrow! Where does the week fly to? Anyway, been busy per usual and decided to christen my "Neighbourhood" Stampin' Wheel teamed up with "Loads of Love" and "Loads of Love Accessories" and the SAB stamp set "Congrats" last night to make a few New Home cards.
Here they are:
This one was cased and inspired by on SCS:


Another card made using the same stamps as mentioned above:

Hope you have a good weekend.

Alex

Sunday morning.

Hi all,

The weather's a little brighter now, so thought I'd take and upload a picture of the goodies that the ladies made in the workshop yesterday:


I'm really pleased with the end results - two matching cards and Mini Gable Boxes in Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip - two of my favourite colour combos using various Patterns Designer Series Paper :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Thank You...

Hello blog,

WOW: I heard we were going to get snow by Monday, so was I surprised to see it was falling hard from the sky earlier today :) I so love seeing fresh snow on the ground, and even better when I walk in it and hear the crunching underneath my boots! lol.

Anyway, I wanted to share some cards I recently made for a few special people to say "thanks". I've used my new Stampin' Up! stamp set called "Seeing Spots" that I received as part of my Starter Kit and decided to use the different stamps in the set with different colour ink pads so that I could create three different cards. Hope you like:

First card I did, I used my two favourite colours - Bashful Blue and Pretty In Pink.


Recipe
Stamps:-
Seeing Spots (2008-09) - Set of 6 stamps. Available to buy in the current UK Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009 - P.50. I have used two out of the six stamps.
Circle of Friendship (2008-09) - Set of 8 - P.60. I have used "Thank You For Everything Over & Over Again".
SU Cardstock - A4 Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Pretty In Pink - P67-69.
SU Ink Pad - Bashful Blue and Pretty In Pink - P.69.
SU Ribbon - Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty In Pink - P.80.
Nestabilities - Circle.

Okay, here's another Thank You card that I've made using the same stamp set as above, just chose two different stamps from the previous card:


Recipe
Stamps:-
Seeing Spots (2008-09) - Set of 6 stamps. Available to buy in the current UK Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009 - P.50. I have used two out of the six stamps.
Riverting - Set of 8 stamps. Not available in the UK catalogue yet. This is a Retired Set from the US Catalogue. I have used "Thanks So Much".
SU Cardstock - A4 Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Apricot Appeal - P67-69.
SU Ink Pad - Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Basic Black - P.69.
SU Ribbon - 1/4" (6.35mm) Grosgrain Ribbon - Certainly Celery - P.80.
SU Ticket Corner Punch - Only available to buy from the US catalogue.
SU Stamp-a-ma-jig - This tool is a god send!!! It helps me line up the stamps perfectly so that I could ink the outer circle with Certainly Celery, and the inner circle with Apricot Appeal :)
Nestabilities - Circle.

Okay, my last card for the night is my last Thank You card that I've made recently:


Recipe
Stamps:-
Seeing Spots (2008-09) - Set of 6 stamps. Available to buy in the current UK Idea Book & Catalogue 2008-2009 - P.50. I have used two out of the six stamps.
Riverting - Set of 8 stamps. Not available in the UK catalogue yet. This is a Retired Set from the US Catalogue. I have used "Thanks So Much".
SU Cardstock - A4 Whisper White, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery - P67-69.
SU Ink Pad - Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Basic Black - P.67, 69.
SU Ribbon - 1/4" (6.35mm) Grosgrain Ribbon - Certainly Celery - P.80.
SU Ticket Corner Punch - Only available to buy from the US catalogue.
SU Stamp-a-ma-jig - This tool is a god send!!! It helps me line up the stamps perfectly so that I could ink the outer circle with Certainly Celery, and the inner circle with Bashful Blue :)
Nestabilities - Circle.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment :)

Alex