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!

Happy Birthday....

.....to my lovely Auntie Pat!

I just couldn't help it ..... I just had to play with all these gorgeous products that are in the current Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalogue - The Twitterpated Designer Paper, Satin Pleated Ribbon, Apothecary Art Stamp Set, Framelits, Edglits, Embosslitts and my super-duper simply scored scoring tool to make the rosette/pin wheel. Wow!!  I love this card. Thankfully I was also able to part with the card and post it down to Auntie Pat, in the knowledge that she would love it too LOL! I don't want this catalogue to finish at the end of this month as I love everything in it.

Thank you cards for August!

Hi there!. Well I'm starting to feel a good bit better today and managed a short outing earlier today with Naomi my beautiful daughter. We had a lovely trip over to the pretty town of Banchory in Deeside, and finished up treating ourselves to an icecream to cool ourselves down a wee bit.

Today I'm sharing with you one of  the Thank You cards I've made for all my customers who place an order during August. These use the gorgeous Twitterpated Designer Series Papers, the Apothecary Art stamps cut out with matching Framelits dies, the Edglits dies, Embosslits, Baja Breeze Pleated Satin Ribbon, Baja Breeze Card stock, Pretty in Pink Card Stock. These are all some of my favourites from the current Summer Mini Catalogue. Do you like? Remember you can place an order with me anytime.

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.

Father's Day to Wedding Day

Well you may be wondering why I haven't been posting in recent weeks, so I am going to share this fairly emotional post today as I explain my absence. My Dad's health has been deteriorating for a long time now whilst he's been in the late stages of Parkinsons, and after another short stay in hospital last month, I last visited him in hospital on Father's Day and gave him this card. I will admit that I'd forgotten to put the anchor that I'd stamped and cut out, when I took this photo, but remembered to add it before I gave it to Dad.

Sadly my Dad passed away peacefully, a few days later, just the day after he was sent home. He finally had his promotion to heaven which he'd been looking forward to. I never knew there was such alot to organize for a funeral etc. - so many decisions. Anyway, a week later, we said our final goodbyes to him with around 300 friends whose lives he'd touched, at a very special Thanksgiving Service. It hasn't been all sad though, as we had the wonderful joy of a family wedding the week after that when our son Daniel was married to the lovely and caring Anne, who has been his best friend these last 6 years, and very much part of our family. This was our sunshine after the rain.

It's been such an incredibly hectic time these last few weeks, that it's left us feeling quite exhausted. Any way - life goes on and so must I, so now I have time to get back into crafting for myself, without having to think of wedding stationery (well for a short time anyway - another son getting married next year LOL!). Would you like to see a couple of wedding photos? ... okay, I'll share them just now, but I warn you, there will be many more over the coming weeks as I make my scrapbook pages etc.

A beautiful bride with her proud family and friends

The lovely couple!

See you soon. Thanks so much for visiting.

Candy anyone???

I had fun making this wee Candy Dispenser.

The template for the Candy Dispenser was from Kelleigh Ratzlaff and is very quick and simple to make using Pool Party Card and ribbon and I had the perfect papers to use for it - the New Specialty Designer Series Paper! The New Jelly Bean Brads are perfect as a topper for the ribbon flower on top.

Now I just have to be good and not eat those M&M's!!!!

New Summer Mini Catalogue out today!

What a treat... Stampin' Up! have excelled themselves... A brand new, full of fantastic new products, Summer Mini Catalogue.

It is jam-packed with loads of exciting New Crafting Products including Framelits, embosslits, pleated satin ribbon, bakers twine, new stamp sets, fabric, DSP, Simply Scored Tool, dies and tons more...  It is honestly the best ever... yes I'm excited LOL!

I made this card for a swap with a fellow demonstrator using some of the new products...

This is made in Baja Breeze and Blushing Bride colours.  I've used the new Framelits dies, new pleated satin ribbons, new jelly brads, new Twitterpated DSP and one of the stamps from the new Apothecary Art set which fit perfectly inside the framelits.  Can you see why I'm so excited about these new products - they're gorgeous!  I'm off to play with some more new products and I'll show you later what else I've made.  Have a good day! xx