Very Vintage 2 - Fun Flowers

Hello again, here is a small square card using the same colour scheme as my last post of Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Rose Red and Basic Black.

In this card I have stamped a strip using the Very Vintage stamping wheel in black ink onto Whisper White card, and cut out a square to make the background for my flower.

The flower has been cut using the Sizzix Fun Flowers die and then embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. It is not obvious from the picture but I have made the flower from two layers of Rose Red card and used dimensionals between the petals to add depth. The small flower for the centre is from the Boho Blossoms punch and this has been finished with a Rhinestone brad.

For the sentiment I used the Jewellery Tag punch and the Tiny Tags stamp set, and tied the tags to the flower using some of the Elastic Cord in silver.

Until next time, Julia x

Very Vintage 1 - Stamping Wheel

This evening I visited my 91 year old Dad in hospital, he is very poorly - all my love Dad and get well soon. Crafting is a wonderful way of helping you cope at times like this as you can loose yourself in a craft project for hours.

I have a class for 8 lovely ladies tomorrow and (for once) that is all prepped, so I have been having a little play and here is what I have made.

Please note that the title of this post refers to the name of the stamping wheel I have used and not my lovely Dad.

On this card the borders have been stamped using the Very Vintage Standard Wheel with black ink onto Whisper White card.

The elaborate sentiment uses stamps from the Style Beautiful set, cut out with the Extra Large Oval punch and mounted onto a Scallop Circle punched from Rose Red card. This has all been mounted with dimensionals onto a fancy square made from Basic Gray card with the Scallop Trim Corner punch.

Tip for using the Scallop Trim Corner punch:

Cut out a square 5cm x 5cm and holding the punch upside-down punch all four corners - your will have a lovely little fancy square to use for sentiments etc.

My next post will be a second card using the Very Vintage stamping wheel - I just couldn't stop rolling and made several cards with the same colour scheme.

Thank you for stopping by, Julia x

Nursery Suite Cards & Projects

Hello and apologies for neglecting my blog lately, but I have been busy with workshops and family events. Hope you had a good Easter and have enjoyed some of the beautiful sunshine covering most of the country.

Today I am showing you some cards and projects made with the Nursery Suite Speciality Designer Series Paper pack together with the Accents pack. For the images I have used the Fun & Fast Notes stamp set, this is probably a set that can be overlooked but if you like to do a little bit of water colouring these designs work very well.

These cards and projects show that the papers work well for any event not just 'baby' related.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I will be back soon with some more card ideas and I do appreciate your comments.

Julia 



Springtime Vintage Tag

Wow, the Mini Catalogue is now in full swing and we can enjoy lots of fabulous new products, plus the 'star of the show' the Big Shot. Please click on the image to the left the view the Mini Catalogue, which runs alongside the current Idea Book and Catalogue until the end of September 2011.

For the tag I am sharing with you today I have used the following new products from the Mini Catalogue :

Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper pack

Seam Binding Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz

Four Frames stamp set

Decorative Label punch

Big Designer Buttons

Glass Glitter in Baja Breeze

The inner layer of the tag has been made by adhering torn pieces of Spingtime Vintage paper to a tag shape cut from Baja Breeze card, and this has then been embossed using the Square Lattice embossing folder to give a 'quilted' look. 

My colour theme for the cardstock is Pear Pizzazz and Baja Breeze, and I have used Pacific Point ink for stamping and edging the sentiment.

So many of the new products on one little tag!

Julia

Focus on the Background - Samples from a recent Card Class

Here are two cards from a recent class using the fabulous large background stamps.

Just for You

In this sample I have used the Medallion background stamp inked all over with Perfect Plum and then daubed with Night of Navy on alternate flourishes. This has been stamped onto Very Vanilla card and layered Rich Razzleberry. The centre of the Medallion has been stamped again, punched out and added to the main image with demensionals and a brad from the Hodgepodge Hardware set which is currently on offer in the March Frenzy for £20.76 instead of the usual £25.95.

The base card is Perfect Plum with stripe paper from the Subtles Paper Patterns Stack.

Birthday

The second sample uses the En Francais large background stamp which is a beautiful swirly script. The stamp has been inked with Wild Wasabi and stamped onto Wild Wasabi card. The piece has then been layered onto Very Vanilla and Rose Red cardstock.

The focal image is from the Ornate Flowers stamp set and has been heat embossed using Versamark and Rose Red inks, together with clear embossing powder. The greeting stamp is from the Curly Cute set of sentiments and I have masked off part of the image to leave 'birthday' which will fit into the Modern Label punch perfectly.

The base card is Wild Wasabi and again the text paper is from the Subtles Paper Patterns Stack. The decorative Rose Red border has been edged using the Eyelet Border punch.  

For those of you wondering, the base cards have been made from a piece of A5 card but instead of folding completely in half to form an A6 card I have just folded one-third of the card to the front. By folding cards in this way you can create two larger looking cards from one sheet of A4 and they fit into a 15.25cm square envelope.

Hope you like these samples, back soon - Julia

Hello,

We have had a lovely sunny weekend here in Andover and I hope you have in your part of the country.

Thought I would share with you this sampler I made recently. I really enjoyed making it and was very pleased with the result.

My colour scheme is River Rock and Rich Razzleberry. Unfortunately the close up shot (below) has altered the colours but it gives you clearer view of the background stamping. 

I used numerous stamp sets - too many to list, and punches for the bird, butterfly and flowers. 

For the 'cracked' background paper I simply spritzed a square of River Rock card stock with water and scrunched it into a ball. I then flattened the piece out again and left it to dry for a few minutes before swiping over with a Rich Razzleberry ink pad. The large flower has been made in the same way using three punched scalloped circles held together with a silver brad from the Hodgepodge Hardware set.

Back soon, Julia

Fast & Fabulous - Hostess Set Level 2

Here is a card made using the Fast & Fabulous Hostess Set. This set is available as a hostess gift if you host a workshop and sales reach £300 or above.

As the name suggests these flowers are fabulous, and fast to colour in using a water colouring technique. I have used the Very Vanilla card stock which I know will not take a lot of water, but I prefer to just lightly dab colour on to this kind of image.

Colour combinations for this card are Pear Pizzazz and Perfect Plum card stock, with Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum and Rich Razzleberry for stamping and water colouring. Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon has been tied around the side of the card through a small punched hole and the focal flower image positioned over the top with dimensionals.

Today is my Dad's 91st Birthday! Happy Birthday Dad. 

Back soon, Julia