Happy Mother's Day

Hi everyone, sharing a card I made using products from the Forever Greenery Suite.  I needed some Mother's Day cards for the cards sales at work so I made 12 of these using the one sheet of Designer Series Paper from the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper pack.  

I cut the Designer Series Paper at 7.6cm x 10.2cm or 3" x 4" and the mat is cut at 7.9cm x 10.5cm or 3 1/8" x 4 1/8".

You can easily change this card to whatever occasion you like.  The stamp set I used for the sentiment is Itty Bitty Greetings and the leaves and other foliage is from the Forever Fern stamp set and these were die cut using the coordinating Forever Flourishing Dies.

I embossed the card front with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.  It gives a little more dimension to the card front and goes perfectly with the design of the card.  I love the pretty look of this card, just perfect for a beautiful Mum's.

Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Happy Mother's Day

Another Boho Indigo Product Medley Project

Hi everyone, sharing another of the projects made using the Boho Indigo Product Medley.

For this card I have used the die cuts, small flowers, ribbon and embossed cardstock in the kit, just adding a few Garden Green die cut foliage pieces and some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.  The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set.

Hope you enjoyed this little project that was very quick to make.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Another Boho Indigo Product Medley Project

Butterfly Bouquet - Project 4

Hi Everyone, sharing another project using the products from the gorgeous Butterfly Bouquet suite.  

I really love the soft colour combination of Basic White and Just Jade in this card, it is so pretty.

The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set, this was white heat embossed on a piece of Just Jade cardstock before being punched out with the Classic Label Punch.

The background was embossed using the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder, it such a pretty look to the finished card.  To finish the card some of the gorgeous Opal Rounds were added.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Butterfly Bouquet - Project 4

Butterfly Bouquet - Project 3

Hi Everyone, sharing another project using the products from the gorgeous Butterfly Bouquet suite.  

The card front was embossed using Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.  This gives a great finish to a plain card front.

The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set, I puched it out using the Classic Label Punch.

This is another Mojo Monday sketch created by Julee Tilman, it is sketch #552.  I love using these sketches, so inspirational and are great for using patterned papers.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

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Carolyn

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Butterfly Bouquet - Project 3

Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper - Day 12

Hi everyone, welcome to Day 12 and the final day of the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper projects.

I have chose this piece of patterned paper for today's cards.

The stamp set I have used is Itty Bitty Greetings along with the Forever Flourishing Dies.

The card base is Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The background strip behind the centre panel is a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 5cm x 10.5cm (or 2" x 4 1/4") which was embossed with the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder.  The centre Whisper White mat has been cut at 8cm x 12.3cm (or 3 1/4" x 4 1/2").  

The leaf die cut piece was created using Whisper White cardstock and the die from the Forever Flourishing Dies.  A piece of the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon was added behind the sentiment.  The sentiment was white heat embossed on a strip of Blackberry Bliss cardstock before one end was cut on a diagonal.

The two long strips are for decorating the inside of the cards.  You will get 2 cards from each sheet of patterned paper, so this is 8 cards from the 4 sheets in the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper Pack.

Metric Measurement cutting guide.

Imperial Measurement cutting guide.

I hope you enjoy today's projects.  They are quick and easy to make and suitable for any occasion, you just need to change the sentiment.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper - Day 12

Gilded Autumn Cards

Hi everyone, sharing my cards I made from a 30.5cm x 30.5cm piece of the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper.

I have used the Forever Fern and Itty Bitty Greetings stamp sets along with the Forever Flourishing Dies and the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.

All the card bases are Very Vanilla Thick cardstock.

I cut the paper at 12.8cm in a horizontal cut, then cut this piece into three 8.5cm x 12.8cm pieces and two 2.5cm x 12.8cm pieces.

I then cut another piece at 12.8cm in a horizontal cut and cut this the same way.

This left a piece 30.5cm x 4.9cm.  I cut this into a 2.5cm horizontal strip and this I cut into two 2.5cm x 12.8cm pieces.  This left a 2.4cm piece which I cut into two 2.4cm x 12.8cm pieces.

Cards 1 and 2 use the 8.5cm x 12.8cm pieces that were matted onto Early Espresso cardstock cut at 9cm x 13.3cm and Card 3 uses the 2.5cm x 12.8cm strips matted onto Early Espresso cardstock cut at 3cm x 13.3cm.  You get three each of Cards 1 and 2 and four of Card 3, that is 10 cards from the one sheet of patterned paper.

The centre panel for Cards 1 and 2 is a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock cut at 6cm x 10.3cm and then matted onto a piece of 6.5cm x 10.8cm.

This was stamped using the small dot image from the Forever Fern stamp set and Early Espresso ink.  The sentiment was also stamped on the bottom right corner using Early Espresso ink.  This panel was adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.

The floral arrangement was made by die cutting the curved leaf piece using the Brushed Metallic cardstock.  The curved foliage piece was cut from Early Espresso cardstock.  These were glued in place before adding a leaf image that was stamped with Cajun Craze ink on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock before being die cut.   To finish the floral arrangement some of the wooden elements from the In Good Taste Elements were added and a Metallic Ribbon bow added.  The Metallic Ribbon is from the Basketweave and Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack.

Card 3 uses the 2.5cm x 12.8cm strips, these were matted onto 3cm x 13.3cm pieces of Early Espresso cardstock.  A piece of Very Vanillia cardstock cut at 14.3cm x 10cm was embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder which was adhered to the card front.  The Designer Series Paper matted strips were adhered on top of this.

The centre panel was created using the 2nd largest Stitched Scallop Rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  A piece of Very Vanilla cardstock cut at 5cm x 8cm was stamped the same as for Cards 1 and 2 before being adhered to the Stitched Scallop Rectangle.  This was adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.  The floral arrangement pieces were also made the same as for Cards 1 and 2.  The sentiment was Gold heat embossed on a piece of Early Espresso.

Some of the gorgeous Champagne Rhinestones Basic Jewels were added to all 3 cards to finish.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Carolyn

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Gilded Autumn Cards

Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper - Day 6

Hi everyone, welcome to Day 6 of the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper projects.

I have chosen this piece of patterned paper for today's cards.

For this set of cards I have used the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Layering Square Dies and the Forever Flourishing Dies.  The base cards are all Gray Granite.

Card 1 uses the pieces of Designer Series Paper cut at 9.2cm x 6.3cm.  You will get 8 of these cards from the 4 pieces of patterned paper in the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper Pack.

Card 2 uses the 2.8cm x 2.8cm squares.  These have been adhered to a Stitched Scalloped Rectangle cut using the 2nd die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  You will bet 6 of these cards from the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper Pack.

Card 3 uses the 4 left over 2.8cm x 2.8cm squares.  These have been adhered to a Scalloped Square using the largest die in the Layering Squares Dies.  You will get one of these cards.

Card 4 uses the 2.6cm x 2.6cm sqaures.  These have been layered onto a Scalloped Square cut using the Square Layering Dies.  You will get 2 of these cards from the 4 pieces of patterned paper.

The cards were all decorated with a leaf spray die cut using the Forever Flourishing Dies.  The sentiments are from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and these have been White heat embossed on a piece of Basic Black.

Metric Cutting Guide

Imperial Cutting Guide

Hope you enjoy today's projects.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper - Day 6

Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper - Day 4

Hi everyone, welcome to Day 4 of the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper projects.

I have chosen this piece of patterned paper for today's cards.

For this card I used the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set and the Layered Square Dies.

I cut the Designer Series Paper at 6.8cm x 6.8cm so you get 4 cards from the one sheet.  Therefore you will get 16 cards of this design from the 4 sheets in the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper pack.  The small strips I cut at 0.8cm x 9.5cm I matted onto strips of Early Espresso cardstock and decorated the inside of the card. 

What I like I about this design is that you can change out the sentiment and make the cards for any occasion that you need a card for.

This is the Metric measurements cutting guide.

This is the Imperial measurements cutting guide.

Hope you enjoyed this project.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper - Day 4

Ornate Garden Birthday

Hi everyone, sharing one of the projects from today's class made using the Ornate Style Bundle, Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper and Itty Bitty Greetings.

The flower image was stamped using Black StazOn ink on a piece of Watercolor Paper and then coloured with Watercolor Pencils and a Water Painter.  The image was then fussy cut and adhered to the centre panel made using the Ornate Layers Dies.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Cinnamon Cider and then punched using the Classic Label Punch.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Carolyn

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Ornate Garden Birthday

Needlepoint Nook Suite

Hi everyone, do you ever find yourself in need of a little inspiration to get you started to make a card or project?

The Stampin' Up! Artisan Team are a great source of inspiration and recently they did a Artisan Team blog hop show casing the Needlepoint Nook Suite.  I started with Rochelle Blok and hopped my way around the team, being absolutely amazed at everyone's creativity.

I did a post on Friday for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge which was one of the cards I made after being inspired by the Artisan Team.  I have two more projects to share today.

I love the diversity in the colours in the Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper, and the stitched imagery on the paper.  One of my many hobbies is embroidery and as soon as I saw this paper I immediately thought of Crewel Embroidery.  

I can recommend for you to take the time have a look at the Stampin' Up! Artisan Team blog hop, I am sure you will be as inspired as I am.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Needlepoint Nook Suite

Tuesday Challenge #11

Hi everyone, it is the 11th week of my 'Tuesday Challenge' to use a stamp set and other goodies from the Annual Catalogue to create a card or other project.

I designed this card for my Tuesday Challenge but I also decided to use it as my swap for our Stamparoos team meeting last week.  The theme for our swap was to use a stamp set that was continuing in the new catalogue which comes out in June.

My stamp set of choice is the 'Beautiful Bouquet" and I have used the coordinating Bouquet Bunch dies.

The flowers were stamped with Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody and Daffodil Delight with StazOn Black for the flower centres.  The larger flower I added a little contrast by inking up the image with Mango Melody and then sponging on Pumpkin Pie in the middle with a sponge dauber.  I love these Autumn tone colours together with a pop of black for the sentiment.

The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings as I only wanted a small 'Happy Birthday' on the Basic Black strip across the card.

It does not show in the photo, but I embossed the card front using the Subtle Embossing Folder before adhering the piece of Cajun Craze Designer Series Paper in place.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Tuesday Challenge #11

Roses for Mother's Day

Happy Easter everyone, my card today is not in anyway related to Easter but another happy event coming in May, Mother's Day.

I have used the Climbing Roses stamp set and the coordinating Rose Trellis Thinlits along with the Delicate Lace Edgelits, Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set and the Classic Label Punch.

The image I coloured with Watercolor Pencils Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Granny Apple Green and an Aqua Painter.

The base card is Petal Pink as it goes so well with the colours of the roses.  You could use a piece of Designer Series Paper on the bottom of the card as an alternative.

This card will be going to work for the cards that I sell for our Cancer Council Relay for Life Team.  I have made so many Mother's Day cards lately and as fast as I put them in the box for sale they are sold.  It is great that everyone at work supports our fundraising activities for such a great cause.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Roses for Mother's Day

Tuesday Challenge #8

Hi everyone, it is the 8th week of my 'Tuesday Challenge' to use a stamp set and other goodies from the Annual Catalogue to create a card or other project.

For this week's cards I have used the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (I am going to call this Laser-cut paper for the rest of this post) and stamp sets 'Healing Hugs', 'Itty Bitty Greetings', 'Painted Harvest' and 'Beautiful Bouquet'.

The flowers were stamped with Lovely Lipstick ink, using 1st and 2nd generation stamping, These were then fussy cut.  One set of the leaves were stamped with Olive Olive and Mossy Meadow before being punched out with the Leaf punch.  The other set of leaves were stamped with Mossy Meadow before being fussy cut.

I used one of the pieces from the Laser-cut paper that was already framed for the Crumb Cake card and for the Basic Black card I created a stitched rectangle border using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits before adhering to a piece of the Laser-cut paper that was matted onto a piece of Crumb Cake.

To finish the cards I arranged the flowers and leaves and sentiments on top of the Laser-cut paper.  For the inside of the card I stamped some Mossy Meadow leaves on a piece of Whisper White before adhering in place.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Tuesday Challenge #8

Climbing Roses

Hi everyone, sharing another card made using the Climbing Roses stamp set and the Rose Trellis Thinlits.  I really enjoyed using this stamp set and thinlits when I made my card for the challenge this week at Freshly Made Sketches, so while I had it out on my craft table I made another card.

Again I coloured with the Lovely Lipstick (dark and light) and Old Olive (dark and light) Stampin' Blends.  I started out with just a White cardbase, the coloured floral image and the Glitter Enamel Dots, and of course the sentiment.

The card was a bit bland and I toyed with the idea of putting a background behind the image but I decided to add a 1/2" strip of Lovely Lipstick Designer Series Paper on the left edge which was just perfect. 

The best bit about the 1/2" strip is that you can get 12 cards from the one 6" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper.  This is ideal for me as I make cards for work as part of our fundraising efforts for our Cancer Council Relay for Life Team.

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Carolyn

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Climbing Roses

Tuesday Challenge #5

Hi everyone, it is the 5th week of my 'Tuesday Challenge' to use a stamp set and other goodies from the Annual Catalogue to create a card or other project.

I have used the 'Touches of Texture' stamp set for the flower image and the sentiment is from the 'Itty Bitty Greetings' stamp set.

The image was coloured using ink pads and a blender pen.  The blender pen gives a great colour contrast on the petals as the more you colour the lighter the colour becomes.  It is a quick and fun way to colour your images.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

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Carolyn

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Tuesday Challenge #5

#simplestamping

Hi everyone, sharing my #simplestamping card for March.

The #simplestamping challenge for March is

• Theme: Wedding/Baby/Funeral (choose one)
• Supplies: Stamps, ink and paper
• Bonus Material/Tool: Ribbon

I have used the Beauty Abounds and the Itty Bitty Greetins stamp sets with a colour scheme of Cajun Craze, Basic Black and Whisper White.

My ribbon is the Whisper White Baker's Twine which I tied in a double bow.

Having made my #simplestamping card I decided to make a card for an Occasional Stamper and also one for the Avid Stamper.

An Occasional Stamper will have a few supplies but no Bigshot and dies or Punches.  So for my card I used a strip of Designer Series Paper, stamped the images on a piece of Whisper White cardstock and layered this onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on a thin strip of Whisper White and then cut this to size and added popped this up with dimensionals.  Same card as the #simplestamping card with just a few layers and patterned paper which steps it up slightly. 

For the Avid Stamper (who like me just has to have everything).  They will have a Bigshot, dies, punches, Designer Series Paper and embellishments.

This card is exactly the same as the one for the Occasional Stamper with the only difference being that I have cut the centre panel and the Cajun Craze mat using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits dies.  The sentiment I stamped on a piece of Whisper White and punched out using the Classic Label punch.  A few pearls where added to finish.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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#simplestamping

Mother's Day Cards in February - What is Going On?

What is going on? I was recently asked by a work colleague to make some Mother's Day cards for a relative of hers who is visiting from England so that she could take them home with her.

My post yesterday was one of the cards that is going back to England and this is the other card that will also be going along for the ride.

I have used a colour scheme of Merry Merlot, Whisper White and Mossy Meadow.

The rose is from the Healing Hugs stamp set which I fussy cut after stamping, the leaves are also from this set.  The foliage behind the rose is from the Foliage Frame Framelits which were cut from Mossy Meadow cardstock and Vellum.

Like the lace edge behind the centre panel? This was made using the Delicate Lace Edgelits and Merry Merlot cardstock.  The Designer Series Paper is from the Neutrals Paper Stack.

The 'Happy Mother's Day' sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set.  I added a Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon bow and some Rhinestones to finish my card.

If you live in Australia

you can get all the supplies you need

for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

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Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn

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Mother's Day Cards in February - What is Going On?

Freshly Made Sketches #374

I pondered a bit before making my card for the challenge this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  

My first thought was to use the Butterfly Gala stamp set and the Butterfly Duet Punch but as you can see there is not a butterfly in sight.

I used the Artisan Textures stamp set to stamp the dotted image background.  The stars were made using the Wood Crate Framelits and the Twinkle Builder Punch.

To make the stars with the hollow centre I cut the star using the Wood Crate Framelits and then cut around the image using the indent lines made by the Framelit.

The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set. The stars and sentiment were arranged on the Stitched Rectangle with the stamped background and this was then adhere to the card front using dimensionals.

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Carolyn

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Freshly Made Sketches #374

Freshly Made Sketches #372

Hi everyone, I am playing along with the challenge this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

I have used one of the Sale-a-bration items, the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper on my card.  I love the images that can be cut using the Butterfly Duet Punch.  You can colour these images or leave them black and white as I have done.

I went with a classic colour scheme of Basic Black & Whisper White with a touch of Smoky Slate.   The stamp sets that I have used are Itty Bitty Greetings and Artisan Textures.

I used the image from the Artisan Textures stamp set on the long panel behind the butterflies, stamping with Smoky Slate ink and using the stamping off technique to get a lighter shade of the colour.

Thank you for visiting.

Carolyn 

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Freshly Made Sketches #372