Tucked Away Box

It seems like it's been a while since I have been here but I have finally managed to find the missing camera cord (again!!) and have now uploaded photos from the camera to my new PC. My DH set it up for me after my laptop didn't like the power outage we had.

I have so much to show so first off I will share with you a gorgeous box from Lauren Meader's Timeless Templates. You can find Lauren's site here. This box is the very cute Tucked Away box.

This was so easy to make and can fit any small gift or chocolates. I have used Not Quite Navy and dressed it up with the beautiful Urban Garden papers. The ribbon is just one I had in my stash finished off with a lovely felt flower.

Keep checking into my blog for more updates and I have a couple of 3D easter projects to show as well.

Bye for now :)

I {Heart} Hearts

When I saw this stamp set in the mini catalogue I just had to have it so here is a card I made using this lovely set.

I was inspired by a card by the lovely Kirsty Brown whose blog you can find here, but for the life of me I can't find the actual card on it. I had it saved on my computer for times of inspiration.

Here is my take on Kirsty's card:-

I have used Pink Pirouette as the base card and scalloped a strip of Riding Hood Red. I then stamped the hearts in Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip. This is such a cute card and I love all of those colours together, just perfect.

Thanks for visiting my blog and until next time, happy stamping!!

An Easel Card

I have wanted to give one of these easel cards a go for a while now and also couldn't wait to use my new sale-a-bration set, Good Neighbour. These little houses are just so cute!! The easel card is not as hard as I thought and I may even make some more but in a bigger size.

Here is my card and I know just who to give it to as we have friends who are moving into a new house as we speak so it will be just perfect:-

I have mounted the little tree in the middle so you can see that is what stops the card from sliding down. I realised after stamping the clouds that I should have used my stamp-a-ma-jig but who sees perfectly straight clouds anyway, hahaha!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Loving the Butterflies

I'm back again with some more butterflies this time. I am loving the butterflies from the new Butterfly Prints set, especially because there is no cutting out involved thanks to the co-ordinating punch. I have a couple of cards to share, the first one being a case from the current mini catalogue. I have gone with the soft colours of Pink Pirouette and Perfect Plum, a lovely combination.

Here is my take on the card:-

Now the next card is really out of my comfort zone because I don't often reach for the dark greens much, saw this colour combo so thought I would give it a go, not sure if I am 100% happy with it but it's okay. This was also from a sketch that I came across in a magazine.

Well this is it:-


Looks like we have finally have some sun come out today, the last few days have been very wet and constant showers, good for card making though. Bye for now.

Another Batch

Here are some more of the RAK cards that I sent out to members of my stamping group which I can now post onto my blog!! I was surprised how quick they were received by everyone, well done to the posties.

I hope you are not tired of the Kraft card yet as these cards were all made with the same papers and cardstock which makes it very quick and easy when you can make them altogether.

The cards that follow are ones received by Fiona, Katie and Nikki:-

Fiona:-

Katie:-

Nikki:-

And there we have it, lovely, plain and simple cards that were just a delight to make. I loved these cards so much that I decided to make some for myself!!

More RAK cards

As stated in my previous post, I am a member of a lovely stampin up yahoo group and have made some cards to send out as RAK (Random Acts of Kindness). The following cards I can now add to my blog as the recipients have now received them.

The first card is one made for Val:-

Really loving Kraft paper at the present time, as you can tell from previous posts!! This card is also made using the gorgeous Parisian Breeze papers. I love them so much but don't want to use them a lot so I thought making simple cards was the way to go!!

The next card was for Jodene and here it is:-

I really enjoyed making these cards and was inspired by the ones here made by Louise. I tried to change them a bit for not too much as I thought hers were just gorgeous. Thanks for stopping by.

RAK Cards

I recently became a member of a lovely yahoo stamping group where we send and receive RAK (Random Acts of Kindess) cards. The card I am about to show you is my very first RAK from Liz who is a member of the group:-

This card is just gorgeous and I have been eyeing this set off for a while now. Thank you to Liz for the beautiful card.

Now I was required to make a return card to send to Liz and couldn't wait to use the new Butterfly Prints and punch. I set about making this card, which I can now post onto my blog because Liz has received it:-

I was happy with this in the end and really love the DSP. It is a bit hard to see in the photo but I have used Kiwi Kiss as the base followed by a piece of Regal Rose.

Thanks for stopping by.