Side Step Card - Baby Girl (Another)

Morning peeps :)

Okay, I promise this will be my last Side Step Card from me for a little while ;) After making one for a baby girl, then a baby boy the other day I just caught the bug for them! I decided to make another one, just because I can't get enough of them, so have changed the "clothes" hanging out of the top drawer and the sentiment stamps :)

Hope you like:

Side Step Card - Baby Girl (Front)


Side Step Card - Baby Girl (Side)


Stamps: Nursery Necessities, All For Friends (Level 2 Hostess - Mini Catalogue) and Bundle of Joy (retired).
Cardstock: Regal Rose and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Sweet Always (retired).
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose.
Accessories: 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, Brads - Soft Subtles, Eyelet Border Punch, Sponge Dauber, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals, Non-SU: Nestablities - Labels Eight (for chest of drawer legs).
Card Size: 6" x 4".

Have a good day!

Bye for now,

Alex

Crazy For Cupcakes

Morning :)

Hope your weekend was a good one and you managed to see some sunshine :) My weekend was good, busy with the workshop and some crafting.

Thought I'd make some cards using Crazy For Cupcakes seeing as it was out for the workshop and it's a stamp set I have not used in a long time. Made a card or two in different colourways :) Loved the card by Jules, so have taken inspiration from her card that she recently made.

Here's a Crazy For Cupcake Birthday card for my collection:


Here's a close-up of the gorgeous glitter!


Stamps: Crazy For Cupcakes and Sincere Salutations. Cupcakes Wheel.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Bashful Blue, Stampin' Around Handle, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Sponge Dauber, Stampin' Pastels - Chocolate Chip, Stampin' Write Marker - Real Red, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Fine Cosmo Glitter - Light Blue, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Non-SU: Oval Nestabilities.
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

Mother's Day Approaching.

So, it's only a week away till Mother's Day, I've been busy making a few Mother's Day cards recently for my collection.

I have used my Sale-A-Bration 09 "Polka Dot Punches" stamp set to create a background to the card along with a "Happy Mother's Day" stamp from the Occasional Greetings stamp set for the sentiment. I love how "Occasional Greetings" stamp set comprises of 12 different sentiment stamps covering many occasions such as Easter, Mother's and Father's Day, Christmas, Birthday, Love/Wedding/Anniversary and many more - please see P.25 in the IB&C for all sentiment images.

Here's the card I created, I hope you like and it inspires you to get creating soon :)

Polka Dot Punches - Happy Mother's Day


Stamps: Sale-A-Bration 09 - Polka Dot Punches, Occasional Greetings (sentiment).
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Rose Red, Pretty In Pink and Mellow Moss.
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 3D dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Bye for now,

Alex

Darling Dots - Female Birthday Card

Hi all,

YAY: It's Friday... the sun is shining and the birds are singing outside :)

Over the past week or so, I've made a lot of cards, so over the next week or two, I'll try and upload one each day :)

So here we go, the first card I'm going to post today is a female birthday card using my Level 1 Hostess stamp set, Darling Dots.

Darling Dots


Darling Dots Birthday Card

Stamps: Level 1 Hostess: Darling Dots and Occasional Greetings (sentiment).
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Regal Rose.
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, 3D dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Have a great day everyone!

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

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...

Tree Trimmings

Kit Two - Tree Trimmings
The other kit of Christmas cards the ladies had the choice to make on Wednesday night were the card I posted the other day and a 3D card which was inspired by Crafty Squirrel

Here they are:


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.



Stamps: Tree Trimmings and Season of Joy (sentiment).
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Real Red and Chocolate Chip. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Eyelet Border Punch, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you've enjoyed looking at the cards that were available to make on Wednesday night. If you would like to come to my Wednesday Evening sessions, please contact me for more details as space is limited on a first come first served basis.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Alex

Another week...

Hi all,

It's Monday yet again, the weeks are really flying by and it's not too long till it's Christmas!

I recently had a birthday card to make for a special girl and was told that she loved Build A Bear. So with this in mind, and with her favourite colours, the card below is what I came up with:



Stamps: Typeset Numbers (retired).
Cardstock: Lovely Lilac, Pretty In Pink and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Pretty In Pink.
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, Sponge Dauber, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Dimensionals.

NON-SU: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - Happy Birthday and Swiss Dots. Sentiment is computer generated. Go Kreate Die Cut - Boo Bear.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

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

Sneak Peeks of Workshop Cards...

Hi all,

Been a busy bee this weekend and have Workshop Sneak Peeks to show you.

All I can say is that we're going to have a lot of fun with lots of Stampin' Up! goodies - which includes items from the new Idea Book & Catalogue such as "Tree Trimmings" stamp set, Word Window Punch, Embossing Buddy and the lovely Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon along with a few favourites such as embossing powders and a bit of sparkle thrown in!

Here they are:




Hope you like the sneak peeks and be back with full cards at the weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Stampin' Up! Demo.

Hi all,

Just a quick post to say "hi" and that I had a fab evening on Monday night demonstrating Stampin' Up! goodies at a local craft club. Thank you ladies and gentleman for being so warm and welcoming, I had a great evening and I can't wait to do it again soon.

I demonstrated a few different techniques to show the possibilities of what Stampin' Up! can do and here's the results:

Using "Snow Flurries", "Loads of Love" stamp set for the sentiment, some lovely Striped Grosgrain ribbon from the Mini Catalogue, and white embossing powder I created the below card in my favourite colour :)


Next, I demonstrated one of my favourite stamp sets and one of the first that I bought called "Big Bold Birthday". I love how cute this stamp set is and the possibilities you can create with the many different colour combinations. Using this stamp set, here's the card I created:


All cards are A6 in size.

Thanks for stopping by, more cards will be added later.

Alex

Friday again!

Hello people,

It's been another busy week here and the sun is shining :) Thought I'd upload a few more cards that I have been working on from the weekend.

After liking the scallop dresses and getting the hang of how to make these, I made a few more:

After making the Certainly Celery card the other day and uploaded it, I experimented with the oval punches and a sentiment for this one. I'm undecided whether it needs this or not, so made all the other ones without! lol.

Hope you like,

Alex

Christmas Cards.

Hi all,

So, after having a great productive weekend of crafting, I now have a few cards to show you. I recently bought some more Magnolia stamps and Penny Black stamps, so what better way to spend the weekend than to stamp them up and colour them in ;)

Here's some cards made for the Christmas season:




Be back later with more cards...

Alex

Monday already...

Hi all,

I had a lovely workshop on Saturday morning and the ladies loved the different ways of making a Gift Card Holder to pop a gift card in. In fact, one of my ladies was going to give her lovely card that she had made to her daughter for her birthday!

Now that you've made these gift card holders, once, just replicating the directions along with different colour schemes, papers and stamps allows you to make any themed card. In fact, I can't wait to start making more of these for upcoming events like birthdays and Christmas presents. Watch this space for more gift card holders! lol.

So, I've been playing around with the SAB stamp set "Polka Dot Punches" and white embossing powder and have made a recent wedding card with a blue and white theme. I've used the lovely 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Bashful Blue, the wedding themed stamp set "Mr & Mrs" for the sentiment and I've finally christened my Script embossing folder too, only had it for about a year now!

Here's the final card below:


Be back later with another card I'm working on right now :)

Bye for now,

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

Another Birthday

Hi all,

Made another birthday card recently for a friend whose birthday is today, so I think it's safe to upload the card in full now :) I christened my new Cuttlebug Cut & Emboss goodies to make this card along with using Stampin' Up! cardstock and ribbon.

Happy Birthday Cam

All Stampin' Up! products were used to make this card, apart from the main Cuttlebug feature and sentiment.

Stamps: Big Bold Birthday
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Ballet Blue
Accessories: Inkpad - Bashful Blue and Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Bashful Blue

Have a good day,

Alex

Confirmation Cards

Hi all,

Hope everyone reading this post are well and have been enjoying the beautiful weather wherever you are. I can't believe it's been a while since updating my blog, but it's been extremely busy this end so I've now got a spare moment to do a little catching up :)

So, since it was the end of May yesterday, I can now officially upload the three Confirmation Cards that I was commissioned for earlier. Kate lent me some gorgeous Papertrey Ink stamps so that I could do these cards, so I was ever so grateful for her kindness.

Here they are:





Be back later for another upload of earlier sneak peeks.

Alex

Grad Card

Hi all,

Hope you're all well and looking forward to another long Bank Holiday weekend. Thought I'd show you my latest Boo Bear card with the theme of graduation seeing as it's exam season. I have used Boo Bear a few times before now, but by choosing different coloured cardstock, choosing to chalk the edges or outline in pen creates a different look. Hope you like:

Hope to make a boy version one day soon :)

Bye for now,

Alex

The Big 4-0

Hi all,

Hope everyone's having a good week so far. I have recently been commissioned to make a 40th birthday card and thought as the lady's birthday was yesterday, it is now safe to upload it.

I bought some new Designer Series Papers recently from the Mini Catalogue because of the May's Offer of buy three packs get the fourth pack free deal, so I thought I'd christen the patterned papers - it really wasn't hard to cut into them! lol. Luckily, I haven't got into the phase/stage where I stroke the papers only! hee hee hee. I also christened my new Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamps that I received a few weeks back too :) I love how you can spell anything you want, might think about doing some Grad cards with this stamp set soon.


Hope you like the card using new goodies - 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in So Saffron, Tea Party Designer Series Paper, Occasional Greetings and Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.

Please feel free to leave me a comment as I do enjoy reading them.

Bye for now,

Alex