Sunshine from Tenerife

I can't believe I am still sharing projects from my crafty weekend away!  I achieved so much while I was there. 
I don't know about you but I don't think we have had nearly as much sunshine as we need this year so I dug out some photos of our trip to Tenerife a couple of years ago to scrapbook.
I created the spotty border by making a template, I punched a lot of holes in a scrap piece of card with my cropodile and then sponged the ink through the holes. I was pleased with the effect as it was a little random and gives some lovely texture. Te flowers began as plain white paper flowers but by pressing them into my inkpads I was able to coordinate them to my page. 

Ladybird topper

Something a little bit different from me today.  This little ladybird is sitting atop a pencil and is made from a collection of circles, cut using the Bigshot and cropodile, and a treat cup which holds the sweets.  I think that next time I make some of these I will search out some googly eyes!!

Noel - Christmas Bunting

This is what mine is going to look like when I've finished making it! The bunting was one of the projects at our Stampin Up team training day recently and this is the lovely Amanda holding up her sample. 
I think the bunting looks amazing and will look great in my house at Christmas and it really isn't that difficult to create.  The designer paper pennant triangles are from Jolly Holiday and are matted onto cherry cobbler.  Then each pennant is trimmed with vanilla card that has been edged with the scallop border punch.  The letters have been inked in old olive and then crystal effects to give them that gorgeous glossy shine.  The letters are then placed onto vanilla circles and cherry scalloped circles.  We used the cropodile to make holes in the corners and to set the jumbo eyelets and the whole thing is joined together with some old olive satin ribbon.  Of course you could make much longer bunting and use different words, hmmm I've got an 18th birthday in the family next year I might make some in a different colour scheme for that!

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!

Organized?? Not Me!!

Grrrrr!! I don't believe it!  Another photo that I don't seem to be able to rotate :(  You will just have to turn your computer monitor upside down I'm afraid until I can fix it.

This is the second of the projects that I made with Amanda the other week. I think it could be the result of her attempts to organise me :S
We began with a piece of 12x12 card and covered it with Blueberry crisp dsp.  A second piece of dsp was added so that it sat halfway up but it was only stuck on 3 sides so that it formed a large pocket.  Then another similar layer takes the bottom third, again only stuck on 3 sides to form a pocket.  The two tiny pockets on the front are made from Stampin Up's scallop envelope Big Shot die.  I also used the Big Shot to cut the letters so I could add my name to the top.  A piece of Ribbon strung through eyelets which were set using a cropodile as a finishing touch and means that it can hang in my hallway in an effort to keep me more organised :)  
More tomorrow