Cascading Birthday Again... but not so overloaded!

Hello crafters. Today I'm showing you the card I made for my friend Iris' birthday last week.

This quick card was made using Stampin' Up! So Saffron 12 x 12 cardstock and cut at 4" across to 8" and scored at 3, 6 and 9 inches. The Scalloped Trim border was in Wild Wasabi colour with a small trim of Perfect Plum. The Blossom Party flowers were cut in Perfect Plum and Wild Wasabi. The Butterflies were punched with the new Elegant Butterfly punch which will be available from 1st October next month (yay!). I tried to resist the temptation to overdo the butterflies again haha! I will be back tomorrow with something different to show you, incase you are thinking that I only do Cascading Cards LOL!
Since I shared the Roe Deer photos yesterday, I thought I would share a few photos I took from my kitchen window of the Combining in the barley field

I love the hum of the Combine Harvesters (well it's much louder than a hum actually - more of a roar). The tractors drive back and forth up to the grain store with their trailers laden with barley. There's such a buzz of excitement in the air (and a whole load of dust!). I always get such a strong feeling of well-being and thankfulness when it's Harvest Time!

Cascading Birthday... overloaded with butterflies

Hello! I've had a busy week with birthdays. This Cascading Card was made for a crafting friend who loves flowers and butterflies. I know... I well and truly overdid the butterflies LOL!!!!  I've been visiting a friend in Inverness who had the new Butterfly Punch that is going to be available here in the UK next month from 1st October. As you can see, I had punched a load out as I loved these butterflies too! The butterfly bodies were filled with the new Stampin' Up! Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle glitter adhesive 127845. The card was made using a 12 x 12 sheet of Rose Red Cardstock and trimmed with Perfect Plum Scallop Trim Border. The flowers were cut with the Stampin' Up! Blossom Party Originals Die and the Boho Blossoms Punch in Perfect Plum and Baja Breeze colours. The leaves were punched from the Bird Builder Punch. Some of the wee flowers had a pretty Stampin' Up! Rhinestone Jewel added to the centres.
Just before I go and get on with some more crafting, I thought I would share a photo taken from my craftroom window about 6.30am one morning last week. It's some Roe deer making the most of the barley before harvesting started the following day.

Happy Anniversary card and 'Vintage' Scrapbook page

Hi there! Today we are celebrating my 31st Wedding Anniversary, so I thought I would share the quick card I made for Phil. I am so pleased that I made this a few weeks ago when I had a quick moment, as I haven't been feeling well enough to do much crafting lately. It's not often that I am that prepared though LOL!

This card was made with Blushing Bride Card stock, Twitterpated DSP and Mocha Morning flocked Speciality DSP, You Are Loved stamp set and embossed with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder. I love the gorgeous red Glimmer Paper which I used to punch the hearts and Decorative Label. Inside the card was matted with Whisper White Card and I stamped some images from the You are Loved stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink. It looks far better in real life, than in the photo, but as always, my photography isn't up to scratch (oooops!).

I am looking forward to tonight's meal as I've bought some Donald Russell Ribeye steaks to cook as an extra special treat! I still need to think of a special desert to make (gluten-free of course!).

I thought I would share the Scrapbook page I made in April (under the talented Carolyn's expert instruction) at the Tartan Stampers Mini Convention. The photo on this page was taken 31 years ago today LOL!

The Open Sea and FREE Offer! details

Hi there, I forgot to share this card with you the other day. This card was made for my Father-In-Law using the Open Sea stamp set which has 5 super stamps - perfect for a man's card, scrapbooking/journalling and many other papercrafting projects (especially 3-d). This stamp set is in the current Summer Mini Catalogue.

The card stock used was Stampin' Up! colours Pacific Point 116202 and Cherry Cobler, 121681 onto Crumb Cake 121685 and matted with Soft Suede 119982. Stamped with mainly Pacific Point Classic Ink Pad 111837 onto Very Vanilla card Stock 106550 and coloured in with the white Gel Pen 105021 to give the sails, compass and anchor some dimension.

Inside the card, Very Vanilla card stock was matted onto Cherry Cobbler and the large globe stamp was added with Soft Suede ink in a corner (sorry, but I forgot to take the photo of the inside). This card was cased from someone, (I remember seeing a picture on a blog somewhere)  but I can't remember who it was - please let me know if it was you as I would like to give you the recognition you deserve.

I must confess that I meant to use Real Red instead of Cherry Cobbler, but got muddled as both colours were lying on my craft table - ooops! The colour still works well for nautical colours though, as it gives it a more vintage look. The shipping list had the edges distressed with  the 7-sided distressing tool from the Cutter Kit 106958, then daubed with Soft Suede Ink around the edges to give an aged look. If I had only remembered at the time, I could also have added a copy of the original shipping list with my Father-In-Law's name on when he first sailed over to USA in the 1950s to live.

I hope you like this card too, as I had alot of fun making this one.

Remember you can purchase any of the materials to make this card, from me and any other current Stampin' Up! products, just send me an email by clicking here. They can be sent to any UK address for ONLY £4.99 P & P, regardless of how large an order! You can browse the online catalogue here or contact me if you wish to purchase a catalogue.

While I've got your attention, I must tell you about the great FREE offer worth £15.95 that Stampin' Up! have  available to everyone who places an order with me for goods to the value of £45 or over (excudes delivery cost of £4.99) before the end of this month of July 2012 :

This FREE offer includes 30 x 1cm Printed Designer Brads (6 each of 5 designs) co-ordinating colours Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla and Soft Suede, and 2 spools of Organdy Ribbon, 3mm wide, each spool measuring 10 yards (9.14m) long - one in Lucky Limeade and the other spool in Calypso Coral colours.
These colours will also match the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper that you may have received free in the Sale-A-Bration offer earlier this year. If you missed that offer, then you have the chance before 31st July this month to purchas these gorgeous papers  at £9.95 excluding delivery (whilst supplies last) the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (12 sheets of double-sided designs - 2 each of 6 designs) of 12" x 12" papers - Acid and lignen free! Contact me if you would like to place an order.

Cupcake Birthday

Hi there. This is a quick share today as my crafting buddies are coming over after lunch and I would like to try and get organised in my craft room.

It was Katie's birthday on the same day that Daniel and Anne were married just over a week ago, and because Katie has just moved into the house that she and Nathan have just bought, she has been experimenting with baking (her chocolate brownies are to die for - and she even made Gluten-free ones for Phil!!!!). She had asked for some kitchen scales for her birthday, so I thought I would make a cup-cake card with my fail-safe recipe and some pretty cases to bake them in.

front of card

gift pack with papercases and pink glitter

inside card

 Have a great day! Thanks for visiting.

Jubilee Tea Party

Last week, I held an open house Jubilee Tea Party! with cucumber sandwiches, Pimms, gluten-free cakes and cups of tea galore, served in my pretty china tea sets.  I really enjoyed the chance to catch up with friends and between my baking, and all their wonderful food contributions - my huge dining table was heaving!  I wish I'd taken time to take photos of the table when it was full, but I was too busy enjoying the time with my friends, to remember about the photos Hee Hee!

I also made a card (it took hours to cut out and fit together like a jigsaw) and bunting using the 123126 Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die (which was actually quite quick to make) for the dining room and also the lounge. I used the Stampin' Up! colours Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White. I also punched out little sandwich flags using the Petite Pennants Builder Punch 122361. 

I also used the Crown stamp from one of my favourite sets Artistic Etchings 118517(wooden) and 120573 (clear-mount). The crown has such a sharp, clear image, that it looked stunning.

Finally, I made the Table Confetti, using the 1" punch 119868 to spread around the pretty china plates on the table.

Thanks for dropping by.

Baby, baby!!

Hi there. This cute card was for some special friends welcoming their first precious babies.
I've used Bashful Blue A4 smooth cardstock 106565 £6.25 for 24 sheets, Shimmery White Cardstock A4 121717 £7.50 for 10 sheets (unfortunately due to my poor photography, you can't see the gorgeous glittery shimmer on the white card), Bundle of Love stamp set which has 16 stamps in the box - Wood-mount 121223£26.95 or Clear-mount £21.95.

I used the Textured Impressions Embossing Folder 117335 Perfect Polka Dots £6.95

The wee Onsie vests were made with a template I created using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch 119850 £15.50, 2 3/8" Scallop Punch (from the Spring Mini) and Word Window Punch.119857 £14.25.

 The babies names were cut with Medium Sizzlits Dies - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet 115951 £65.95 (I got mine half price when I hosted a Workshop/Party at my house)

The wee embellishments were bits and pieces that I had in my craft stash which I've been clearing out recently (well trying to!!!). It's a cute wee card. After I took this photo I did add 3 punched circles with my Crop-A-Dile 108362 £23.95 in Bashful Blue to the bottom of each Onsie to look like studs.

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I'm off to do some more crafting. Have a good day!

My Best Weekend Ever!!!

Hi there.  I've had the most wonderful time away the last 3 weekends. Just over a week ago, over 30 Tartan Stampers (Dawn Silver's downlines) met for 3 days of non-stop crafting.  It was heaven!  We had 28 Shoebox swaps to make and some fantastic classes too.  I hope to share some of these swaps and class projects over the coming weeks and months. 

Today I thought I'd share this gorgeous Scrapbook Page we made at Diane's class. I used a photograph of my middle son Nathan and his beautiful fiancee Katie. Diane had given us a list of things to bring for the project, and being a slow crafter, I'd made the flowers up before, so I just had to glue them onto the page with all the other embellishments at the class.

Isn't this a gorgeous page?

It took ages to prepare and glue on all the components, but it was well worth it wasn't it ? 

I used Pool Party 12" x 12" card at the back and First Edition DSP, topped with a sheet of Spice Cake DSP.  The other colour of card I used was Not Quite Navy.  The stamp set is the versatile Vintage Vogue. I love this page so much that I went into Aberdeen shopping and bought a black 12" deep frame to keep the page in and this should stop the flowers being crushed.

I hope you love this as much as I do!

Love, love, love ...

Hi there. Today I thought I would share this gorgeous card I made using the fantastic  Red Glimmer Paper. It is based on the card made by Dawn Griffith.

I used Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla and of course the fantastic Stamp set You are Loved.  Isn't it cute?

Happy Bunny

Well this card was shown to us at our Tartan Stampers New Demonstrators Training Day by the wonderfully talented Fiona Duthie

Isn't it cute? This is my take on Fiona's card and I made up a picture Tutorial for this.  I haven't forgotten my promise to create a video to show you how to make a Vintage Cascading Card.  I've been so busy the last few weeks and life promises to get busier during the month of April.

Remember, remember....

Hi there. I'm back online after being cut off for 24hours. Thank you to my wonderful son who fixed it for me.

This is my Stampin' Up! Diary, where I keep a note of everything I need to remember and more. I also made a matching bookmark to keep my page at today's date. I've covered it with the FREE Sale-a-bration Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper that I got FREE with my order over £45. This offer is on until 31st March 2012, so if you wish to place an order with me and choose your FREE gift, then you need to place your order soon. Email me with your order details and I will reply back to you ASAP. See you later!

Happy Anniversary

Hi there. I thought I would make this DL anniversary card and wanted to use the fabulous FREE Sale-a-bration Designer Papers. I made a quick cake using the papers and matted onto Pool Party, then onto Very Vanilla Cardstock.

The Calypso Coral cake stand was made usingthe scalloped border punch and the Owl Builder punch. The card is finished off with Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon and some flowers punched with the Boho blossoms punch!
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