Pretty Quartet ...

Hi everyone, sharing a pretty quartet of cards.  I have been playing this afternoon with the Hello You Thinlits.  I started off by just making one card and as I was stamping, sponging and sticking I had the idea to use the same card layout but change the words to use each of the thinlits, and before I knew it I had four cards.

Cardstock used is Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Watermelon Wonder and Old Olive.  The background was made by inking the Brick Wall embossing folder with Whisper White Craft ink and embossing a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.   

The stamp sets used are Crazy About You, Bloomin' Love and Botanical Blooms.  The sentiments were stamped with Crumb Cake ink onto banners that were made by cutting strips of Crumb Cake cardstock 1.5cm and making the flag ends using the Banner Punch. The tag was made using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch with Very Vanilla Thick Bakers Twine added to the top of each tag. The flowers were made using the Botanical Builder Framelits, with the Old Olive leaf stamped with the matching image in the Botanical Blooms stamp set.  All pieces were inked on the edges with Whisper White Craft ink, including the flowers, leaves and flower centres.

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Pretty Quartet ...

Special Friend...

I confess, I did not get around to sending out Christmas Cards this year and I really, really, really should have sent one to a very good friend who lives on the other side of Australia.

So I decided to make her a very special card for a special friend.

For the background I stamped the Writing Notes stamp in Soft Sky ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  I then stamped some of the images from the Timeless Textures stamp set with Crumb Cake and Tip Top Taupe, first, second and third generation stamping to get the various shades of the images.  The butterfly is from the Grateful Bunch stamped in Tip Top Taupe.   The small splatter images is from the Timeless Textures stamp set which was stamped with Rose Red ink.

The other embellishments include Metal Rimmed Pearls which are part of the Weekly Deals which you can find here.  Just click on the Shop Now tab.  The flower is made using the Botanical Builder Framelits and Designer Series Paper from the Love Blossoms Paper Stack.  The leaves were from the same Framelits set, die cut in Whisper White with Tip Top Taupe sponged on the edges.  I have added a small silver doily from the Metallic Foil Doilies pack and also I cut down one of the White Lace Doilies which I slipped under the Sahara Sand Lace Trim.  Silver Metallic Thread was layered under the flower which was finished with a Crumb Cake Candy Dot added to the flower centre.

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Carolyn

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A bit of Pink and some Bling!

Do you have a stash of Designer Series Paper and never seem to use it?  I do, so I made a concerted effort to use some when I was cardmaking this afternoon.

I used the Blushing Bride paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper pack and the woodgrain sheet from Farmers Market Designer Series Paper pack.  I sponged Blushing Bride on the bottom of the woodgrain paper, graduating from dark to light.  The flowers were made using the new Botanical Builder Framelits that are available 5 January 2016.  A bit of bling was added with sequins, rhinestones and Botanical Garden Jewels Embellishments.  I use the stamp sets "Bloomin' Love" and "and Many More" to create the sentiment.   The finishing touch was the Silver Metallic Thread.

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Hi everyone, I have been playing with the Love Blossoms suite from the new Occasions Catalogue, designing a class for January and also trying out water colouring with an embossed background.

The embellishment kit, designer series paper and stamp set in the suite are perfect for making cards and gift packaging.

I make my own soap so the little muslin bags from Stampin' Up with a little bit of stamping and a tag make a beautiful little gift.   This is the class that I have designed for January.

This is the card made using the embossed background and the water colour technique.  It created a terrific background to the gold heart and other embellishments from the kit.  I have added some Blushing Bride sequin trim which coordinated perfectly with the embellishment kit.

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