Everything Eleanor with Very Vintage Wheel

One final blog post for April, but please also check out my Pinterest boards regularly (button link on the top right of my blog) as I do put some of my own cards on there together with ideas from other crafters that inspire me. 

Today's card uses the Very Vintage wheel and Smoky Slate ink to create a background .....

On to the background I have stamped the swirl from Everything Eleanor in Old Olive. This has been layered onto Old Olive card before fixing to a base card made from Melon Mambo.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the ornate shape (Everything Eleanor) using Smoky Slate ink and cut this out by hand before fixing directly on to the card. I then made a 'banner' shape from Melon Mambo card, and stamped the sentiment (Label Love) in Melon Mambo onto spare card cutting this out using the corresponding punch. 

To finish I fixed the elements on to my card using foam pads and secured a twist of white organza ribbon between the layers.

To check out this weeks deals from Stampin' Up please click the link here.

Happy crafting!

Julia

Reminder - Stampin' Up Weekly Deals

Just a quick reminder that you can check this week's deals from Stampin' Up here and these products will be available at the special offer prices until Tuesday 22nd April 2014.

I hope you are all having a good week in this beautiful spell of weather we are having in the south of the country - 4 days of sunshine in April!

I've uploaded a couple of my cards to Pinterest, so click on the link if you would like to have a look.

Julia

Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up

Stampin' Up is launching weekly deals throughout April 2014.

You can see this week's deals for yourself by clicking on the link here.  The products are available at these special prices for 7 days from Wednesday 9th April for one week until Tuesday 15th April. There will be a new deal next week starting on Wednesday 16th April and the last one starting on the 23rd April, so check back each week to see the new deals. If you would like to place an order for these or any other Stampin' Up products I would be pleased to order them for you, my contact details are above.

I am showing a card today using one of the items from this weeks deals, the Dress Up Framelits. You can also see some other ideas for these Framelits if you scroll down to my post of the 17th February 2014.

The colours used here are Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Saraha Sand and Bermuda Bay.

The paper used for the background is from the Venetian Romance pack and the black polka dot for the dress is from the Modern Medley pack.

The stamp used on the tag and the flower is from Flowering Flourishes.

Additional Items - Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Brights Buttons, Doily, Crochet Trim and Basic Pearls.

Please also have a look at my cards on Pinterest - just click the link at the top of my blog. I am just starting out with this but will be uploading more cards to Pinterest and continue with at least one post a month onto my blog with details of the products used. 

Julia

Petite Petals with Flower Shop

Hi, one quick last post for March continuing my theme with a hexagonal shaped card.

The colours of this card in real life look a little more subtle. I have used a Smoky Slate base card with Calypso Coral for the additional layer. The flowers have been stamped in Calypso Coral ink onto Calypso Coral card and Whisper White card. I have added some leaves punched with the Bird Builder punch from Gumball Green card. The flower centres are made from Candy Dots and Candy Dot Brad Bases. I used a stamp from Clockworks to stamp the swirls around the edge of the frame. 

Both stamp sets - Flower Shop (large flowers) and Petite Petals (small flowers), have corresponding punches and can be purchased individually or as a bundle.

The piece of spotty background paper is from the Watercolour Wonder designer papers.

As in the previous post the base card has been cut using a die from my own stash.

Have a good week.

Julia

Banner Blast Birthday Card

Hello and welcome. I thought I had better get at least one blog post in for March, so here is a card I made for my niece's birthday on Saturday. I am pretty certain that she doesn't read my blog so will not see this before she celebrates her birthday.

I have used the Banner Blast stamp and punch set to create the banner with Bermuda Bay ink and Very Vanilla card. I fixed the little flags with dimensional foam pads catching the bakers twine behind to form the banner. The sentiment is from Sassy Salutations and is stamped with black StazOn ink onto Bermuda Bay card.

The die used to cut the hexagon shaped card and the two layers of papers are from my own stash and not from Stampin' Up. 

There are still 4 days left to acquire the Banner Blast Stamp Set and Banner Punch as part of the Sale-a-Bration promotion. During the promotion you can choose one item from the Sale-a-bration leaflet for each £45 you spend and so to get both the stamps and punch I have used here you would need to place an order for £90. For details of all the other items available free with each £45 spent, please see the leaflet to the top right of my blog, and my contact details are as above. 

Julia

Flower Shop Wall Plaque

Thought you might like to see this wall plaque I have been working on. The shape has been cut using a specialist punch, which is not from Stampin' Up, and the small metal flowers and leaf head pins are from my own stash. Everything else used to complete the project is from Stampin' Up as listed below.

Inks: Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Staz-on Black

Card: Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo and Old Olive

Stamps: Flower Shop, Summer Silhouettes, Clockworks and Gorgeous Grunge

Punches: Pansy, Bird Builder (leaves) and Small Heart

Ribbon: Ruffle Stretch Trim in Crisp Cantaloupe

The base background paper (which has been stamped over so may not be recognisable) is from the Watercolour Wonder designer papers available in the Spring/Summer Seasonal Catalogue.

Julia

Six-Sided Sampler

Just a quick post today showing a couple of cards where I have used one single image from the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set, and teamed this with papers from the Brights (pink) and the Neutrals (black and white) designer paper stacks.

The image has been stamped using black Staz-On ink, coloured with markers and cut out using the Hexagon punch. This will then layer nicely onto a punched Artisan Label.

Markers: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive

Additional card: Melon Mambo

Sentiment Stamp: Perfectly Penned

Hope the rest of you weekend goes well.

Julia