and hello

So I've been playing around with gesso a bit lately and as you know 

I love to add texture and different mediums and layers 

to my cards so this card has a bit of everything!

The base is from the new DSP set 

Gold Soiree which is definitely my new favorite DSP. 

The papers are so shiny and smooth and the colours are divine! 

I embossed this with the ampersand embossing 

powder and applied some layers of gesso using an old ID card 

and placed 4 gold sequins on randomly. 

To get some extra height I used a rectangle piece of 

cardboard from one of the stampin up boxes my deliveries came in, 

a practise I might use more frequently instead of Stampin dimensionals. 

I used a piece of paper cut from 

an old book with a layer of gold glimmer paper and 

some vellum with the embossed 'hello' from the "Hi there" set. 

I painted the top of a clothespin with gesso to get a white look 

and tucked a strip of gold sequin trim and a piece of pink ribbon 

i had at home under the clothespin. 

To find any of the products I used head to my online shop by clicking the link below 

Vellum pocket

 

A customer recently asked me make a pastel gift set for her. I'm a bit 

obsessed with vellum at the moment so I decided to make a big 

vellum envelope to hold them all. I love the pastel colours of the sweet 

sorbet  DSP from the latest salebration catalogue. 

I combined a mixture of the sweet sorbet DSP, pages from an old book and 

vellum to create these cards as well as white embossing powder (I'm also a 

bit obsessed with embossing everything white!)

I've also recently discovered gesso. I used it on the above layout. Once 

sticking a page I ripped out of an old book I picked up some gesso on an old 

ID card to run down the page a couple times. I love the effect it creates by 

totally lighting up the card.

Boys Will be Boys

Happy birthday to my dear 5 year old boy! I can't believe my oldest baby is 5!

Life is going super fast as always and today we are celebrating a very special day. Micah's favorite toy at the moment is lego so I was super excited when Stampin Up released the 'Boys will Be Boys' featuring this lego stamp. Find it in my store at http://www3.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=134138

I hope to post some more cards I've been working on recently so stay tuned for some more exciting designs coming your way very soon!

sympathy and prayers

At the moment I'm having a break from running classes and one of the things I'm loving the most is freedom to have time to  sit down and create a specific card for a specific person for a specific event that is happening in their life. This card was for a friend who was walking through a very dark time in her life but was absolutely shining despite her situation. I wanted to encourage her to keep trusting in God and to keep giving Him her burdens.

The base of this card is crisp cantaloupe.  On top of it I used a layer of whisper white card stock that I have given a small spray of silver Mr huey mist.  On a separate piece of whisper white I stamped some flowers from the set 'simple stems' in crisp cantaloupe and coastal cabana and cut them out. I layered them on the left hand side of the page slightly raised with Stampin dimensionals.  I placed a small piece of pink ribbon I had at home and finished it off with a piece of crisp cantaloupe twine (saleabration) tied in a double knot and added a wooden clothespin.

The sentiment was stamped in black stayz on ink in the bottom right hand corner.  This sentiment was from the set 'Trust God'.

birthday wishes

 

 

Looking at this card makes me happy because it reminds me of summer & I do love summer! Today we loaded up our car and took our kids to the beach and went for a long bike ride along the esplanade. We just soaked up the beautiful scenery and warm sun, making the most of these few warm days left before the coolness of autumn sets in. The kids loved sitting on the pier to eat fish and chips and it was so lovely to share this family time together!

 

To make this card I started off with a crisp cantaloupe card base. On top of that I've used a piece of watercolour wonder dsp. I've then layered a piece of gold fancy foil designer vellum (love heart).

 

For my sentiment I've used a piece of crisp cantaloupe card and embossed the happy birthday from the set 'another great year' in white embossing powder. I used a spongue dauber and some crisp cantaloupe ink to darken the centre of the sentiment just to make it stand out a little more.  I tied I piece of gold baker's twine around the card twice and tied it off with a bow and placed a gold mini metallic clothespin in place.  I also placed a couple random sequins on the layout from the gold sequin trim. I hope I've inspired you with this happy happy birthday card!

 

Happy clouds

 

I absolutely love the new saleabration stamp set 'see ya later.' It's incredibly versatile and always looks great on card layouts. 

 

The base of this card is coastal cabana card stock.  On top of this I've laid a piece of star fruit card stock. On top of the summer star fruit is a piece of whisper white with a cloud cut out using one of the word bubble framelit dies. I've used a piece of window sheeting that I've stuck on the back of the white card stock and behind it is a piece of dsp from the 'high tide' dsp set. I've also stuck some gold sequins from the gold sequin trim on top of the dsp.  I've stamped some 'rain' in coastal cabana ink on the bottom right hand side of the cloud using the dots from the 'happy watercolour' set.  I've stamped the sentiment from the 'see ya later' set in stayz on black ink. I've used the '&' from 'hello, lovely' and stamped that in coastal cabana just overlapping the sentiment on the left hand side. Also overlapping the sentiment I've stamped lines in summer star fruit from the 'gorgeous grunge' set.

 

For the final embellishing touches I've used a strip of gold fancy foil designer vellum, a gold mini metallic clothespin and a small piece of gold sequin trim. I hope it brightens your day!  

 

So happy

 

 

The colours in this card make me so happy!

 

The base of this layout is from the watercolour wonder dsp. I then cut a piece of calypso coral card stock measuring 1 x 5.5 inches and spritzed it with some white spray.  I placed this on top of a piece of gold fancy foil designer vellum measuring 2x5 inches. On top of this is a piece of whisper white card stock that I have cut using the Deco labels collection die. On this piece of card I stamped the happy watercolour paint splash in calypso coal and then the sentiment in stayz on black ink in the centre of the paint splash and the flower I stamped twice on the right hand side just hanging over the page. Using my blender pens I coloured the flower with crushed curry with a darker colour in the middle working to a lighter for the outer petals. 

 

I finished the layout off with a small yellow bow using some summer star fruit twine and adding some gold sequins from the gold sequin trim which is a very cheap way of embellishing your cards!