Love Blossoms Gift Boxes

Hi everyone, how cute are these little boxes.  They are made using a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock with no glue or double sided tape. The boxes are just folded and a belly band added to help keep the box together (I found that the box stays together with out the belly band).

I decorated the boxes using the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack, a Silver Metallic Doily, Silver Metallic Thread and flowers made using Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy and Petite Petals Punches along with the small flower punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.  The leaves behind the flowers were made using the Rose Garden Thinlits.

These little boxes are perfect for chocolates and some other little treat or gift.

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Carolyn

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Love Blossoms Gift Boxes

Sneak Peak - Painter's Palette

Hi everyone, another sneak peak for you.  I have used the Painter's Palette stamp set and Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack along with some old favourites.

I did not start out making this card with any intention to add flowers, but the painter's easel looked a bit bare just sitting in the middle of my card.  I thought that it needed a little bit of dressing up.  I tried stars, circles but ended up with flowers as I really liked the framed look that was created.

Keep a look out for these products on the 1 June 2016 when the new catalogue is launched.

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the fun with the On-line Club or Contact Me and place an order.

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Carolyn

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Sneak Peak - Painter's Palette

One Sketch - Three Cards

Hi everyone, do you sometimes get a bit of a block when you sit down to design a card?  When this happens to me I reach for my sketch folder.  I keep a little file of my favourite sketches along with the cutting dimensions to make the card.  I find that this helps me get my design started and things just flow from there.

I have three cards to show you today, all the same base sketch but by using different papers and embellishments you get a different look each time.

I have used the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Pack for my cards, this shows how versatile theses paper packs are.  

My first card is for a Wedding.  The base card is Crumb Cake to match the pattern in the paper.  I have just added a gold flower made using the Botanical Builder Framelits, Gold Foil Sheet, Gold Glimmer Paper and an Iced Rhinestone for the flower centre. Some gold sequins from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit were added to finish.  The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder stamp set.

My second card is a pretty birthday card, made using a Rose Red card base to match the flower colours in the patterned paper.  The flower was made using the Flower Shop stamp set, Rose Red ink and the Pansy Punch.  An Iced Rhinestone was added for the flower centre.  The spray of leaves behind the flower were made using the Rose Garden Thinlits, Vellum and Garden Green cardstock.  Rose Red Candy Dots were added to the sentiment panel to finish.  The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder stamp set.

My third card is made using a patchwork pattern for the background that I cased from Mary Fish.  You cut 1/2" strips of patterned paper and adhere to the Whisper White cardstock.  The sentiment panel I made using the Rose Wonder stamp set, with the embellishments from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit.  An Iced Rhinestone was added to just below the bow to finish.

The Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper and the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit are retiring along with the Iced Rhinestones, so if you like these products make sure you do not miss out.

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Carolyn.

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One Sketch - Three Cards

Beautiful Bunch

Just a quick post today of a card I made last week while on holidays.  I started back to work on Monday after two weeks off over the Christmas and New Year period so I have not had a lot of time to play in my craft room (working seriously cramps my stamping time).

The new Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper is so pretty and I have used one of the sheets to make a one sheet wonder.  I have never done this before and it was a bit of a challenge to design the cards and cut the paper to get the most out of it.  I managed to get 12 cards with a colour scheme of Pool Party and Whisper White.

I am sharing one of the cards that I made using the Lovely Lace Embossing Folder on the background and a flower that I made using the stamp sets Beautiful Bunch, Flower Shop and Petite Petals.  The flower images were stamped on Whisper White using Versamark and Silver Embossed.  The petals were then coloured using Pool Party ink and an Aquapainter.  Once the flowers had dried I punched them out with the matching punches.   The petals were shaped using a bone folder and then layered together with dimensionals.  An Iced Rhinestone was added for the flower centre.

Close up of the flower, it finished the card perfectly.

Thank you for visiting

Carolyn

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Beautiful Bunch

Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peaks...

Hi everyone, I have been playing this afternoon with some of the products available in the new Holiday Catalogue from 1 September 2015. 

My first project is using the new Silver Corded Trim and the stamp set Cozy Christmas.  The DSP is from Merry Moments which is available in the Annual Catalogue.  I have used several packs of this DSP but found that I was left with several sheets of the same design.  So I set about designing a little Baker's Box for Christmas, using the DSP sheets that I have a collection of.    I have also used the Baker's Box Thinlits Dies, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Cardstock, Cherry Cobbler Thick Bakers Twine, Silver Foil Sheets and the Silver Fancy Foil Designer Vellum.

My second project is using the Curvy Corner Trio Punch and Gold Corded Trim from the new Holiday Catalogue. The other items that I have used are all available in the Annual Catalogue - stamp sets Kinda Eclectic, Flower Shop, Petite Petals and Beautiful Bunch along with the coordinating punches Fun Flower, Petite Petals and Pansy, Pearls, Metallics Sequin Assortment and reinkers Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake. The centre panel is on Very Vanilla cardstock.

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Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peaks...

Just Playing Around

I was just playing around making some flowers and trying out different ideas.  This is my finished card.

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Just Playing Around

Just adding a butterfly

Hi everyone, just sharing my card that I made for the challenge this week at Just Add Ink. The challenge is to add butterflies.

I have this terrific stash of Washi Tape (I am addicted to the stuff), so I created my background by using a mix of Washi Tape from the 2014-2016 In Colour, Everyday Chic and Bohemian Designer Washi Tape packs.  The colour scheme that I have gone with is Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Whisper White and Silver.

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Just adding a butterfly

Thanks with flowers...

The colour scheme and stamps sets for my card were inspired by the Week 11 One Sheet Wonder video by Ruth Trice. I have used the sketch challenge this week at Freshly Made Sketches for my card.

The stamp sets used are Flower Shop, Gorgeous Grunge and Kinda Eclectic with a colour scheme of Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Soft Sky and Crumb Cake.  I have used one of the wooden elements from the Expressions Natural Elements pack and finished with some silver rimmed pearls and silver metallic thread.

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Thanks with flowers...

Best Mother Ever...

Hi everyone, I would like to share my card with you that I have made for the colour challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts, using Night of Navy, Wisteria Wonder and Silver.

On my card I have used the stamps sets 'Flower Shop' and 'And Many More'.  The flowers were created with Heat & Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds, the image was then stamped over this with Momento Black Ink and coloured using the Wisteria Wonder Blendabilites before punching out using the Pansy Punch.  The centres of the flowers were made using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Regals Candy Dots and the Candy Dots Brad Bases.  Ribbons is the Silver 5/8" Satin Ribbon and the Silver 1/8" Ribbon.  The leaves were made using the Flower Frenzy Bigz L die.

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Best Mother Ever...

Party Time Perth

I was recently invited to do a 15 minute "WOW" presentation at the Party Time Perth event held on 8 November, 2014.  It was a terrific day, and the presentations were so inspirational.  The display was out of this world, I did not know where to look first with so many beautiful and creative ideas.  I certainly went home inspired.


Well back to my "WOW" presentation.  I was so organised at home having decided on a theme of vintage, I had made my notes and decided on what I was going to say, cinch you say.  Well, when I got up on stage to do my presentation, the heart started beating at a great rate of knots and stage fright set in.  All my carefully prepared presentation went out the window.  I was so nervous and I can't even remember what I said.  It must have been okay, as people were congratulating me (either that or they were just being very nice to me).  Either way I went home a happy camper.

This is the card that I made for the presentation.

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Party Time Perth

Sneak Peaks 2014-15 In-colours

Hi everyone, it was like Christmas in my house yesterday when my pre-order arrived for the 2014-15 Annual Catalogue.  I have fallen in love with the new Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey colours and the Moonlight Designer Series Paper.


I made this card for a friend of mine using the Mojo Monday sketch for this week. 



The DSP is from the new Moonlight Paper Pack and also the Neutrals Paper Stack.  Colour scheme of Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand, Hello Honey and Whisper White.  The flowers are from the "Flower Shop" stamp set, stamped with Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand and Hello Honey ink and punched out with the matching punch.  The sentiment is from the "Petite Pairs" stamp set.  A few rhinestones were added for a bit of bling.

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Sneak Peaks 2014-15 In-colours

White Vellum Flowers

I made this card a few weeks ago for the Mojo Monday Challenge #341 but did not get around to posting it.  I loved the sketch layout so I thought that I would share my card with you.


I took inspiration from this card for yesterday's post using the same colour scheme of Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake and Naturals White along with the white embossed flowers made using the Flower Shop stamp set and the matching Pansy punch.

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White Vellum Flowers

Butterflies Again ....

I have seen a few cards out in blog land made using die cuts on the front of the card to give a different cut and finish to cards.  Naturally I just had to try it.


I have used a colour scheme of Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Natural Ivory, DSP is from the Polka Dot Parade paper pack and the Subtles and Neutrals Paper Stacks.  Stamp sets used are Flower Shop, Sassy Salutations, Secret Garden and Backyard Basics (that butterfly again coloured with Early Espresso and Marina Mist using a blender pen).  The flowers were made by white embossing on vellum and then punching them out with the matching pansy punch, large pearls for the centres.  The leaves are from the Secret Garden stamp set and matching die (stamped with Marina Mist on Marina Mist) and the Little Leaves Sizzlit (in Early Espresso).   I used the Deco Labels Collection Framelits for shape on the front and the inside of the card.  The sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set, this was stamped on a scrap of Crumb Cake and backed with Marina Mist, pearls were added on the side to finish.

This is the inside of the card.

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Butterflies Again ....

Flower Shop

I have been playing with the "Flower Shop" stamp set and matching punch for my card class today.  I have made three completely different cards, to show the versatility of the stamp set.  I have also used a constant theme of embossing on Vellum.

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Flower Shop