So simple

How's this for a quick and simple card? I decided to make a feature of the images from the Bloomin Marvellous stamp set (only available during Saleabration).  I have highlighted the image using the postage stamp punch and matting.

Here's another! I made a whole set of these.

Feeling Sentimental?

I think that Feeling Sentimental is possibly my favourite stamp set from this years Saleabration.  For this simple card I have used a monochrome combination of Night of Navy and Whisper White and added a little bling with some rhinestones.

Triple Stamped Snowflakes

I am loving this technique and it works so well with the Snowflake Soiree stamp set. I used the traditional Christmas colours of Cherry cobbler and Old olive and added some bling with Dazzling Details glitter glue. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season stamp set.

Christmas Joy

Are you feeling Christmassy yet? Are ya?  Even just a little bit? I am!  I have made a start on my Christmas shopping at last and Christmas card making is well under way. 
This card is quick and easy when you have to make a lot of cards quickly.  The new textured impressions embossing folder is perfect for Christmas and coordinates so well with the Joyous Celebrations stamp set, it has various images which fit perfectly into the centre oval space. Of course being Stampin up there is a coordinating oval punch which makes it even easier.

More Winter Memories

An image from Christmas of yesteryear, wouldn't you have loved a sledge like this one?  Or maybe just enough snow to have used it :/  
I stamped and coloured, with marker pens, this image twice so that I could 3d mount it and then added some dazzling details glitter.  A double mat of early espresso and cherry cobbler sets it off nicely. 

Evergreen

Yep, Night of Navy is definitely my colour for Christmas this year.  I used the Evergreen stamps again for this one; using navy ink to stamp the background trees and then heat embossing the central image. I used my small circle punch to create the cut out corners.

Winter Memories

I don't know about you but I think it's time that I began making a serious start on Christmas! I have already made a few cards but now it's time to knuckle down I think.
Night of Navy seems to be my colour of choice this year and this card is no exception.  The stamp set is Winter Memories from the Autumn and Winter seasonal catalogue, I coloured it using marker pens and a blender pen to soften it a little.  The background snowflakes from Snowflake Soiree are stamped in white craft ink and of course no Christmas card would be complete without a little bling, in this case added using Dazzling details glitter glue.

Inspiring Inkee Blog Hop

Woohoo!  This is new territory for me!  My very first blog hop!!

Welcome, if you are new to my blog, lovely to meet you and it would be great if you like what you see here and become a regular visitor.
You should have arrived here from Elaine's blog, isn't her work gorgeous?! I adore her creations, I just wish I could emulate some of them.  Elaine is going to be my room mate at the Stampin Up convention in November maybe some of her inspiration will rub off on me.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, I have a couple of cards to share with you.  I am definitely beginning to get into the Christmas mood, I have been playing with a new stamp set form the Autumn and Winter seasonal catalogue called Snowflake Soiree.

I stamped the snowflake with Staz-on ink onto vellum cardstock and then took  the tool that comes with the score board and embossed parts of the design from the back.  It really enhances the snowflake and makes it look really frosty.  The flower punch is perfect for cutting it out then I attached it to the card with a brad in the centre. 
This photo has distorted the colour slightly but the card base is Night of Navy, I stamped randomly over the background with the "Merry" stamp and then just once with Whisper White Kraft ink.

I have another for you! 

I have been wanting to try this technique for a while, layering up three pieces of card and then stamping across them.  It looks so much more complicated than it is and I really don't do difficult; life is too short.
The stamp is another snowflake from Snowflake Soiree, stamped in Night of Navy ink as is the Noel greeting. I added a touch of sparkle using another new product to Stampin Up, Dazzling Details glitter.  It shows up better if you click on the photo.

I hope you're enjoying the blog hop, next stop is Hayley but just in case you get lost along the way here is the whole list. 

Have a great day, hope to see you again soon 


1. Amanda www.inspiringinkin.com
2. Elaine http://blog.stampwithelaine.com/
3. Kazza www.kazzasworld.blogspot.com
4. Hayley http://hayleygg.blogspot.co.uk/
5. Jane www.haveagostampin.blogspot.com
6. Elizabeth www.elizabethscraftroom.blogspot.com
7. Lynne http://scrapcomber.blogspot.co.uk/
8. Sarah http://www.sarahscardsandcupcakes.blogspot.co.uk/
9. Elizabeth B http://www.stampingwithelizabeth.blogspot.co.uk/

Snowflakes in September

When I first saw the new Autumn and Winter seasonal catalogue from Stampin Up the snowflake die was at the top of my wishlist. There are three snowflakes but on this card I only used the largest. 
It has two of the large snowflakes, the top one is slightly offset and 3d foam mounted to give more dimension.  The other new product on this card is the tulle ribbon, it comes in three colours; cherry cobbler, crumb cake and this one early espresso.  It really is lovely to work with, really really soft and very wide too so you can use it flat and gather it together or fold it over several times for different looks.

Reading Training day Swaps

Yesterday was just great!  I attended a Stampin Up Leadership training day in Reading.  I learned loads, did a make and take or two and met loads of lovely people :)

This is what I made to swap with all the other demonstrators and is what has been the cause of me spending the last few days in various stages of inkiness.  I punched a circle mask from a post it note and then added 3 different inks using a dauber (Not Quite Navy, Night of Navy and one of the new In Colours Midnight Muse).  The images are from Winter Post and Lovely as a tree and stamped in black.  I then matted onto Night of navy and not Quite Navy card. 
Hmm, think I might upscale this a little for card club next week, what do you think?

Christmas already?!

I know, it's only July but if I don't start now I'll never be ready in time.  This card was inspired by a card I found online, I'm really sorry to whoever designed it but I didn't take a note of your name. The design really appealed to me for a Christmas card as it can be mass produced fairly easily. The colour palette is traditional for Christmas, Old olive, Real red and Whisper white.  The background was embossed with polka dots to add some texture. I used circle circus and perfect punches stamp sets and stamped in coordinating ink.  The circles were all punched and layered and 3d mounted for interest.

Rock n Roll Posy

Yay!!  A return to razzleberry for me today :)  I made this card for my friends birthday last week.  She moved away a couple of years ago so I was delighted when she decided to hold a birthday bash in her old stomping ground. 
So, razzleberry card, striped grosgrain ribbon and ink.  The stamps are from one of the new hostess sets Posy Punch and I used the rock and roll technique to give the flowers a lighter pinker centre then used the big flower punch to cut them out easily.

Ollie Owl

I sometimes wonder if I create anything original at all, all my offerings lately seem to have been copied or at least inspired by other people's gorgeous creations and this one is no exception, it was a swap I received at team training.
I have named this owl Ollie as while I was waiting for the photo to upload I remembered the soft toy I had as a small child.  He was a white owl but I remember he went everywhere with me and became very dogeared in the end.
The colour combination for this card is Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Whisper white and Early Espresso.  The base card was run through the Big shot in the polka dot embossing folder, the pink scallop circle was also cut with the big shot and edged with razzleberry ink to add some depth.  I punched the owl in cardstock and in designer paper stack so that he could have a snazzy waistcoat and then 3d mounted him. The greeting is from sincere salutations and is stamped in razzleberry ink.

Variation on a theme

Day 3 : this is very similar to a card I have shown you before.  I love the Sail Away image and stamped in white onto a card of crumb cake and marina mist works perfectly.  The sentiment is stamped on a blue banner in both ink colours and is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set.

Baby, baby.

Those of you who came to the All Occasions workshop last weekend will recognise these, I had a great day and hope you did too.  I intend to share the cards that we made over the next few days rather than swamp you with everything at once.
Bashful blue and Pink pirouette lend themselves beautifully to baby cards and of course we made one in each colourway in order to be ready for when the next baby makes it's appearance.  We used the Baby tees jumbo wheel, inked in matching bashful blue or pink pirouette, for the background.  Then we used it again on a scrap piece of white card; we could then decide which design we liked best to make a focal point.  Coloured with markers then cut out and matted onto another piece of whisper white and espresso card with a little sponge daubing to soften the edges.  A sash of organza ribbon to finish.  Perfect to welcome a new arrival.

Snowman Box

Cute isn't he!  Another project from team training day.  This cute little box is made from a scored rectangle to make the base of the box and 3 top note die cuts, one in cherry cobbler which is cut in half lengthways and 2 in white.  The two white topnotes are stuck front and back of the box with the two halves of cherry making up the hat.  A strip of cherry makes the brim of his hat and then some tiny black circles punched from Stampin Ups owl punch and a tiny triangle of pumpkin pie for his carroty nose.  A hint of rosy cheeks is created by a daubing of pretty in pink ink.

Plain Sailing

A perfect card for the men in our life, especialy those partial to a bit of messing about on the water!  This is number 4 in the series.  We used Stampin Up's Whisper white craft ink for this one, stamped onto crumb cake card stock. You have to be a little careful with this ink as it takes a little longer to dry but the effect is just lovely.  The image was matted onto the pacific point card and a greeting was added in the form of a strip along the bottom of the card.  This was attached using the jumbo eyelets and the ever funky cropodile, one of my favouritest tools ever!

Starry

 Oh dear, something's wrong here but I can't seem to fix it. This photo is upside down!  On my computer I have turned it round but when I upload it to blogger it's always upside down again!  How's that work ??? Fortunately this design can turn almost anyway up (just as well really!)
I have to confess that I was a little concerned about this one, I'm just not sure about the colour scheme of So Saffron and Certainly Celery, maybe I would be happier if it was brighter colours; the ladies at Make Do and Send liked it so that was ok. 
I punched a star out of the whisper white base card and mounted it onto the celery base card then, using the Seeing Stars stamp set, stamped it all over with a mixture of saffron and celery stars.  For a bit of dimension I punched out some more stars from Saffron designer paper, 3d mounted them and added a few rhinestones.

Embossed Roses

Morning all,  I am finally beginning to catch up with myself.  Today I have a card that we made at Make, Do and Send card club at the end of June, Yes I am THAT far behind :(
This technique is so simple but it looks so effective.  Take a piece of Stampin Up whisper white card and insert it into the Manhattan Flower embossing folder which previously has been inked by simply rubbing with an inkpad. Run the folder through the Big Shot and the paper comes out both embossed and inked all in one go!!  clever huh! I then trimmed around the roses and mounted it onto coordinating Pretty pink card and added a sentiment.  More tomorrow :)

MonoChrome

I do like a bit of Black and White, it has a simple elegance I think and as I have a fair bit of black and white card I think I may ake a few more of these!  The stamp set is Artistic etchings, all stamped in basic black onto whisper white card.  I used the topnote die in my big shot to create the centrepiece trimming the edge from the white one to create the black mat.  Finished off with some Stampin Up striped grosgrain ribbon.