Celebrating Today....

I love it when a stamp set inspires lots of cards, even when the variations are subtle.  Mr 711/12's had to go to a birthday party yesterday, so I whipped this card up for the birthday boy.

 

 

Quick and easy, but with some technique with the shading of the balloon. I inked in Daffodil Delight, then stamped it off on scrap then onto the cardstock.  I kept reinking and adding more ink each time,  but instead of stamping off, I used a tissue to remove the ink from the stamp.  Here is the shaded result...... with some Night of Navy bunting over the top!!

 

 

Here is the Pumpkin Pie and Black version, with some pearls this time.....

 

Back to Daffodil Delight .....

 

But with some Crushed Curry spots......

 

Daffodil Delight with rhinestones.....

 

Then for something a little different, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red and Pacific Point....

 

More shading and a little bit of Crystal Effects to add a high light.....

 

and again on the blue.....

 

Then for something completely different.....Soft Sky and Marina Mist.....  I'm imagining this as a baby card......

 

Love those little stars and spots.....

 

Stamp Set: Celebrate Today

Colours: Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Night of Navy.

Other: Basic Peals, Basic Rhinestones, Crystal Effects

 

Happy Stamping....Manda xxx

Build a (quick) birthday....

Hi Everyone.... I'm back!!  Did you miss me?  We have had school holidays, and I've been away from my craft desk, visiting parents, lots of friends for play dates for the children, and tripping interstate to catch up with life long friends to celebrate our mutual '0' birthdays.

 

Anyway, sat down tonight, and whipped these two cards up.   Literally, maybe 5 minutes each.  Not much technically to them, but sometimes, a super easy and quick card is what you need.

 

The first is for TGIF

 

 

And the second is for CAS Colours and Sketches

 

Don't you love the little bit of added detail at the bottom of each card with the scored lines, highlighted by the pearls?

 

Stamp Set: Build a Birthday

Colours: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Smokey Slate, Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo

Other: Basic Pearls, scoring blade on my trimmer.

 

Happy Stamping.... Manda xx

Christmas Festival....

 

Just popping in quickly before running out to the orthodontist for DD1.....

 

Here's my entry for Can You Case It? # 75

 

More Christmas cards....I'm onto a theme I think!! 

 

Colours: Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: Petite Pairs, Festival of Trees

Other: Merry Moments DSP, Stamp'n'Write markers, basic pearls.

 

Happy Stamping...Manda xx

Sheltering Tree.....

 

I wanted to have another go at the Colour Q colour palette #296 this week.

 

 

 

 

I combined it with Retro Sketches # 169

 

And here is the card.....it's a bigger than usual card, measuring 14cm square.  I've brayered the background of the stamped image, and then used the tree stamped off to create the reflection idea.  I've also stamped the snow images in Marina Mist and then overstamped each with Whisper White craft ink. I've then edged the Daffodil Delight card base with some Faux Stitching, using Night of Navy Stamp'n'Write Marker.

 

 

Colours: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight

Stamps: Sheltering Tree

Other: Brights Candy Dots, Candy Dot brad base, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder,

blue and white bakers twine from my stash.

 

Happy Stamping.....Manda xxx

A little Christmas in June.....

 

 

 

I spent today with one of my very best girlfriends.....and even with 7 children between us, we managed to get some stamping done!!!  We decided to get a head start on our Christmas cards for this year, and we chose from the stash some (retired :-( ) Christmas product from past years.  Thought you might like to have a quick look at what we made.....

 

Card 1 - Rudolph

 

Very simple but loving the red nose......use the smallest pearl from the Basic Pearl pack and colour it with a red Sharpie permanent marker.

Card 2.....Penguin.

 

Stamp twice, once in Basic Black, once in Real Red.  Fussy cut the beanie and scarf and pop up with little pieces of dimensionals.

 

 

Card 3 - Snowman scene

 

Stamp the tree 3 times, making sure that the middle tree is slightly higher.  Fussy cut and pop with dimensionals your snowman.  Punch border is just 2 large ovals punch and attached to the back of the sentiment.

 

 

Card 4 - Christmas Cheer.

 

Celebrating the DSP pattern.....a very simple (if large) sentiment panel with a sideways bow.  I still love the wide grosgrain ribbon - long since retired, but a favourite none the less....thank goodness my girlfriend has quite a supply!!!  Ties the most gorgeous bows.

 

Colours: Whisper White, Real Red, Baked Brown Sugar, Garden Green, Soft Sky, Basic Black

Stamps: Cheerful Christmas, No Peeking (both retired), Wondrous Wreath

Other: Nordic Noel DSP, Basic Pearls, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

 

Happy Stamping.....Manda

Happy 21st......

 

My nephew had his 21st birthday last weekend, and we are celebrating this coming weekend with a family birthday dinner.  I saw this week's colour palette over at Colour Q, and decided that I would use it to create this card.

 

 

What a perfect colour combo for a masculine card!  Though I have to admit, it's a combination that has many, many applications.

 

Anyhoo.....here's my card.

 

Did you like the layered punch border?  I punched out 2 Marina Mist and 2 Night of Navy label brackets, cut them in half, and then attached them to the back of the Daffodil Delight punched shape, making sure that each time I attached them that I had a similar border around the edge.

 

So easy to do!!

 

Colours:  Whisper White, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight

Stamps: Dotty Angles, Memorable Moments (retired but such great numbers!)

Other: Label Bracket Punch, embellishments from my stash.

 

Happy Stamping....Manda  

You've Got..... TGIF CC&S #129

 

I really am enjoying using this flower from You've Got This....this time I've used it to create a wedding card for the TGIF Challenge #08 Together Forever,

 

(apologies for lack of image - technical difficulties :-( )

 

And I've combined it with the colour palette from CAS Colours and Sketches #129

 

So here is my card......

 

 

 

I've watercoloured the flower on Shimmery White Cardstock, and then fussy cut the entire flower, then popped it up using dimensionals over a second stamped image of the flower.    

 

Colours: Shimmery White, Basic Gray, Delightful Dijon, Cucumber Crush

Stamps: You've Got This, Petite Pairs

Other: Dotted Lace Trim, Dimensionals, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Aqua painter

 

Happy Stamping.....Manda