Class of 2015.

Hi there,

It's this time of year when students are sitting their end of year exams.  In light of this, I made a Graduation Card recently for someone special.

Hope you like.

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

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