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!

Buggies & booties

I'm going to make a massive call here but I think I've just discovered my favorite all time Stampin' Up! stamp set! Buggies & Booties is no longer a current set, infact it's almost 10 years old but I managed to get my hands on it second hand.  I've loved creating some cards with it and I thought I'd share them with you!

Love

This was a recent card we made in one of my classes incorporating the new circle framelit die. It's quite a simple card but looks effective with the layers used.  The base card is starfuit and measures 15x 13 3/4cm. I cut a strip of summer starfruit and crisp cantaloupe dsp from the new saleabration dsp measuring 2.5cmx 13 3/4cm (summer starfruit) and 7.5cm x 13 3/4cm (crisp cantaloupe) and stuck these pieces in place on the base and ran it through the bigshot using the circle framelit die. 

I cut two small circles of whisper white card using the coordinating circle from the circles collection framelit and two more circles of crisp cantaloupe using the 6.4cm circle punch. One white circle I embossed with bird from the 'love you more' set in white and on the other circle I embossed the 'love you more sentiment' in white. Using my sponges I started sponging with summer starfuit in the middle of each circle and worked my way out to the edges using crisp cantaloupe.  I sprayed over each with some white mist spray and layered them on the card. 

Lastly I finished the card off with a white double bow.

Better late than never!

This past month has been incredibly stressful with a combination of moving house and renovating our new house. I feel I'm struggling to keep on top of anything thus why I'm a day late posting my valentines card... but hey as they say....better late than never!

This crisp cantaloupe card has been embossed with the beautifully baroque embossing folder and rubbed with white ink using a spongue.  It has a strip of vellum I have stamped with a dot background stamp (non stampin up) with versamark, sprinkled with heat and stick powder and then gold embossing powder.  On top is a piece of crisp cantaloupe stamped with the new flowerful heart and embossed in white.  I have sponged over this with crisp cantaloupe to make it stand out a little more.  I have stuck this on a piece of gold foil card and lastly  embossed another a strip of gold foil card with the sentiment always and forever in white.  This sentiment is from the set 'this day forward.'

Happy valentines day everyone!