Papillon Potpourri

Here's a card that we made at Make, Do and Send card club recently.  The base card is Wisteria Wonder and the butterflies are stamped in Wisteria, Pool Party and Lucky Limeade.  I'm so glad that Stampin Up will be retaining most of the current In-Colours although we will lose Lucky limeade at the end of June.
I also stamped the butterflies a second time and punched them out with the matching punch so that I could 3d mount them.  Some simple scoring and a little bling finish it off.

Mouthwatering

Another from the Handbag portfolio. The main image is from the Mouthwatering stamp set and has been coloured with marker pens. The designer paper is again from Sweet shop; other embellishments are the new Bakers twine in calypso coral, ruffled ribbon also in coral and a jelly bean brad.The sentiment is from Sweet cake.

Sweet Cake

This is the first card from the Handbag portfolio and uses a colour combination of Wisteria wonder, Pool Party and Lucky limeade.  The image is from the Sweet Cake stamp set available in the Summer mini catalogue, it has been stamped and then the icing coloured using a blender pen and a jelly bean brad added for interest.  You can't see very well in this photo but the limeade layer beneath the image has had a pattern pierced in the corners, I don;t use the technique very often but I do like it, I really should remember it more. The designer paper layer is from Sweet Shop, also available from the summer mini.

Pretty Pink bow

I am so excited! Last month for my birthday my husband bought us tickets to see Rock of Ages and tonight's the night! It's a show I've wanted to see for a long time and I'm so looking forward to it.

If that wasn't enough I also have a great weekend ahead of me too.  The first half of this year had been quite rough for our family and when the opportunity arose for me to have a whole weekend away crafting I grabbed it with both hands. So, I am off to Worthing in the morning to join some crafting friends. I wonder how much I will get done or if I will spend more time chatting than cutting and sticking!

Anyhow, I do still have a card to share with you today.

This is a very pretty colour combination of wisteria wonder, pretty in pink and whisper white.  The background mat was run through the Big Shot in the polka dots embossing folder and a faux bow made from pretty in pink satin ribbon has been attached to the card front using a designer printed brad. The focal point is punched from the mixed bunch stamps, one in wisteria and one stamped. Add a pink circle punched from the centre of the flower and add a touch of bling with a rhinestone.

Blossom

This card was inspired by a swap that I received at the Reading Training day a few weeks back.  It is such a simple design but so striking and it shows off the new Blossom punch and the new Sweet shop designer paper so beautifully.  These papers are just gorgeous, 2 of the designs (one of which is shown here) are embossed and therefore add some lovely texture to your projects.  The greeting is from Petite Pairs and stamped in Wisteria Wonder. Oh and don't forget to add a touch of bling with rhinestones! 

Sneak Peek! Shhhh!!

Today I have a card to share that we made at team training last week.  We used a stamp set that is from the new catalogue, released on 1 October so you are getting a sneek peek of a product that isn't yet available to buy but not long to wait thank goodness! The base card is made using the large scallop circle die in the Bigshot, the colour is Wisteria Wonder, one of the new In-colours for 2011-13 isn't it gorjuss!!!  We embossed it, again using the bigshot, and dusted over the embossing with shimmer paint which gives it a gorgeous lustre.  The stamps are from the new catalogue too, called Everything Eleanor.  I think I will be getting a lot of use from this set.