Month: July 2017

Happy birthday card

There are times when you just need to quickly whip up a card. In these cases simple is best.

Totally the easiest card with only a base (14.8cm x 10.5cm) of co-coordinating cardstock and a layer of whisper white (13.8cm x 9.5cm).

Quickly stamped using in-colours because I know they co-ordinate.

Of course you have to start with the lightest colour top and bottom with the darker of the top in the middle.

Add a few diamontes and you have a stunning but effective card in a few minutes.

Dragonflies

I’ve always been a lover of dragonflies. I have a necklace I bought while in Byron Bay one weekend which features a dragonfly and this necklace always draws attention.

My mother-in-laws birthday was back in February and of course I had to make her a handmade card. I am always so time poor but obviously I wanted a quick but beautiful card to give her.

This card uses very basic supplies. One stampset, the coordinating dies, one piece of thick whisper white and 4 ink pads.

Stay tuned for the video to come.

Mother’s Day cards

I have so many cards I have photographed and not uploaded. My goal for the next 6 months is to upload them. These cards feature retired products

I was inspired by a post I saw where someone had created a black and white background using a flower centre. In all honesty, even though this set is one of my most used sets, this is the first time I have ever used the flower centre. Now remember when you’re creating a background you nees to ensure the images also go off the page. If you don’t the background looks broken up and un-natural.

The rest of the card is fairly self explanatory.

This next card was created using Blended Bloom. Oh, my goodness what a beautiful stamp.

I love tone on tone and that’s why Stampin’Up! are just brilliant. Wisteria Wonder goes so well with Elegant Eggplant and when you stamp with Elegant Eggplant onto Elegant Eggplant cardstock it is simply stunning.

My most used embossing folder is Decorative Dots and it’s retired too but guess what? There are some equally beautiful and versatile embossing folders that have come in so have no fear.

ESAD blog hop- favourites

Thanks for the wonderful creations you shared Linda Whalley.

Is it even possible to have favourites? This catalogue has some amazing products.

I am always one for a scrapbooking page or two. That’s what I usually do on these hops. I rarely post photos of my cards even though I hold at least 2 classes a month. I should make sure I do that.

As many of you know I love pocket scrapbooking and am an admin to a large facebook group. Of course using the new Memories and More I had to create a few layouts. Let me know what you think.

These two pocket pages were using the Perfect Days Memories and More set. I love to use anything with and black and white base. It makes it so easy to use. So much more versatile.

This side is of page is the Louvre. I used a a more colourful selection of cards. You will see on the reverse side there are cards from the same kit however I have used black and white only so they would match my photos of Notre Dame.

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With a few embellishments these can be stunning pages but of course you can ALWAYS just use the cards as is. No need for embellishments.

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What do you think? Would you like to pocket scrapbooking for your memories?

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The few embellishments.

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For this page I used the Designer Series Paper Coffee Break to create a page about our trip to Europe last year. These photos are from our first day adventuring around Paris. Coffee was a must and these papers were perfect for this page.

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I fussy cut the cups, coffee pots and plunger from paper in the set. I like the way I was able to create some beautiful embellishment clusters using this paper. I don’t mind fussy cutting. It is a mindless task and easy to complete when you want to craft but are a little bit tired or lost for direction.

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