Mothering Sunday

Happy Mother's Day

Hope you're having a good day, those of you celebrating Mother's Day here in the UK. Below is the card I gave my Mum today christening the Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Outlined Occasions which is one of four stamp sets to choose from for every £45 you spend until the end of this month.

Outlined Occasions


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, En Francais, Outlined Occasions (Sale-A-Bration).
Cardstock: Baja Breeze and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Baja Breeze and Island Indigo.
Accessories: Bigz Dies - Top Note Die, 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon - Baja Breeze, Stampin' Write Marker - Baja Breeze, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.

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

Alex

Vintage Vogue

Hi all,

It's been a busy week and I've recently made a card using my favourite stamp set, "Vintage Vogue". I CASEd my own card here, and made it in a different colourway.

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue.
Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Soft Suede.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Brocade Blue, Sponge Dauber, Brads - Rich Regals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Have a good day,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card

Hi all,

What a lovely couple of days we've been having :) The weather has been lovely and warm here and it certainly feels like summer!

Decided to make another colour way of the previous Vintage Vogue card I made and used my new Tempting Turquoise ink pad teamed up with Barely Banana :) Don't you think it has that summery feeling?

Here it is below:

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Sincere Salutations and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Barely Banana and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Tempting Turquoise and Barely Banana.
Accessories: Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.
Card Size: A6.

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

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card.

Good morning :)

Hope your weekend was a good one. I managed to do a bit more crafting these past two days and managed a birthday card using my favourite stamps: Vintage Vogue and En Francais. I love this colour combination and will be sad to see these two colours retiring at the end of September when we welcome our new Colour Renovation to the new Idea Book & Catalogue on 1st October.

Vintage Vogue With Sincere Salutations


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Sincere Salutations and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Close To Cocoa, Cameo Coral and and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Close To Cocoa and Cameo Coral.
Accessories: Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great Monday!

Bye for now,

Alex

3D Box - Vintage Vogue.

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life is really busy at the moment, and I just haven't found much time for crafting :( I'm really having withdrawal symptons, so I'm glad that I have my Workshop tomorrow so that I can be in the company of my lovely crafting ladies for some chatting and crafting!

A while back I was in a Chinese Cafe/Cake Store and I spotted some cute shaped boxes that they package their cakes in. I couldn't resist, and just had to ask for a box! lol.

Well, here's the box below, it's very similar to the one that Lauren Meader has a template for.

Chinese Cake Box


Even this box without my crafting touch looks lovely - can you spot the side of the box - a picture of a lady at the cafe having lunch? How cute is this!

Anyway, I opened up the box to use as a template and here's my take on the same box:

Cake Box - Vintage Vogue


I'm just loving the En Francais Background stamp and can't believe I didn't buy this sooner. Vintage Vogue is just one of my favourite stamp sets at the moment, so I can't get enough of playing with this :) Hope you like my take on this cake box.

Stamps: Vintage Vogue and En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Regal Rose and Rose Red.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Box Size: Approx 4.5" x 5.25" (inc handle) x 4".

Thanks for stopping by.

See you tomorrow to reveal the cards from my Workshop.

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card

Hope you're well and having a good week so far :) It's Wednesday and a special friend's birthday today so here's a card I recently made with Vintage Vogue stamp set.

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue and Cheer & Wishes.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots and Card Candy - Iced Gems.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card

Happy Friday everyone!

Hope you're all well and counting down the hours till the weekend :)

Have been playing with Vintage Vogue stamp set recently and created another birthday card. I love Cameo Coral and have teamed it up with Mellow Moss - both colours will be retiring at the end of September :( so I must stock up!

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card


Stamps: Vintage Vogue and Sincere Salutations.
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Mellow Moss and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Cameo Coral and Mellow Moss.
Accessories: Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots and Card Candy - Chocolate Drops.
Card Size: A6.

I have made the flowers more 3D by using the bone folder to give the petals a slight curve, see picture below for a different angle of the same card.


Have a good weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue - New Colours.

Yay: Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to the weekend :)

After receiving the new colours from Stampin' Up! recently, I couldn't wait to break open the packaging to play with my new favourite colour - YES, I'm in love with Melon Mambo! This new colour is one of three new colours that was released earlier this month and I teamed it up with another new colour called Soft Suede and an old favourite of mine, Barely Banana to make a card using Vintage Vogue - a stamp set I haven't played with in a little while :)

So, here's the card below using some of the new colours and accessories - don't you just love that Polka Dot Ribbon?!?

Vintage Vogue


Stamps: Vintage Vogue.
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Barely Banana and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Melon Mambo, Barely Banana and Soft Suede.
Accessories: Polka Dot Ribbon - Melon Mambo, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sponge Daubers, Brads - Rich Regals - So Saffron, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Have a good weekend.

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Part 6

Morning all,

Hope your week is going well so far :) Today is my final upload in the Vintage Vogue series and below is the picture of how my five 4x4 cards were packaged into. Hope you have enjoyed these uploads and do leave a comment if you have time :)

Vintage Vogue Note Card Tote


Stamps: Vintage Vogue.
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Mellow Moss and Rose Red.
Accessories: 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Rose Red, Eyelet Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Note Card Tote Size: 5x5x2.­

Thanks for stopping by.

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 Part 4

Morning all,

Hope you're not getting bored with all these Vintage Vogue uploads, but I can't get enough of this stamp set! I really do adore this set and I can't believe I was lucky enough to receive this free at the Reading Training Day that I attended back at the end of March :)

Well, as promised, here's the penultimate Vintage Vogue 4x4 card:

Vintage Vogue

I used the Stampin' Write Marker in Mellow Moss just to ink and stamp the "friends" sentiment, then on a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamped the "F" in Rose Red. This was cut and raised on dimensionals :)

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

Have a good day :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Part 3

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope your weekend is panning out well and you're having a good one. Here's another card in my Vintage Vogue 4x4 card series, enjoy:

Vintage Vogue


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

Thanks for stopping by, be back tomorrow with another 4x4 card :)

Until then,

Bye for now.

Alex

Vintage Vogue Part 2

Hi there,

Well, it's another day and another Vintage Vogue card to show you :) I recently made a set of five 4x4 cards, here's one more below:

Vintage Vogue Card


Stamps: Vintage Vogue.
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Rose Red. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 3/16" Gingham Ribbon - Moss, Stampin' Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder - Clear, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and Dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.­

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day.

Be back tomorrow for Part 3 of my Vintage Vogue 4x4 cards :)

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

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

Vintage Vogue With Sincere Salutations

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good morning so far. Thought I'd make a card using my new favourite stamp set called "Vintage Vogue" that is in the newly released Mini Catalogue on page 14. I have used my favourite colours below to create a card for someone's birthday.

Vintage Vogue With Sincere Salutations


Stamps: Vintage Vogue (Mini Catalogue, P.14) and Sincere Salutations (sentiment).
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue and Mellow Moss.
Accessories: 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Whisper White, Brads - Rich Regals - Brocade Blue, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Have a good day and see you soon with another upload :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Vintage Vogue Workshop

Hi all,

Well I've had a lovely morning with my ladies making a card and a co-ordinating box using goodies from the new Mini Catalogue :) Today's projects, using the colour combo of Old Olive and Rose Red, was a Joy Fold Card and one of Lauren's Timeless Templates called "Tucked Away".

Here they are in full, enjoy!

Joy Fold Card - Shut


Stamps: Vintage Vogue (Mini, P.14) and Sincere Salutations.
Cardstock: Rose Red and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Old Olive and Rose Red.
Inkpad: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink and Old Olive.
Accessories: Rhinestones - Clear, Mat Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Joy Fold Card - Open


Tucked Away Box


Stamps: Vintage Vogue (Mini Catalogue, P.14), Framed With Love (Mini Catalogue, P.10) and Occasional Greetings (sentiment).
Cardstock: Rose Red and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Old Olive.
Inkpad: Rose Red, Regal Rose and Pretty In Pink.
Accessories: Rhinestones - Clear, Mat Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder and 3D dimensionals.
Box Size: W: 3.5" x D: 2" x H: 2-3/8"

Joy Fold Card With Tucked Away Box


Hope these were worth the wait :) Off to do some cardmaking now.

Have a good day,

Bye for now,

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