Butterflies

Following on from yesterday's post I have another fresh out of the wrapping Clearly Besotted stamp set & some new Stampin' Up goodies which I combined to make this card:

I used my new purchase of the Stampin' Up Paper Piercing Essentials pack to make the piercing around the circle & was pleasantly suprised how quick & easy it was to do. I die cut the MFT 'hi' die from the silver paper, thereby using the negative of the die for the sentiment. This is a great technique to use for sentiments as you instantly have perfect alignment without having to individually glue & place every letter!

Card inspiration

Clearly Besotted Colour challenge

CAS - Colours and Sketches

Supplies used

Stamps & die - Clearly Besotted 'Butterfly Wishes' & 'Butterfly Wishes Additions'

Cardstock - Stampin' Up & grey/silver card from craft stash

Ink pads - Stampin' Up & Memento 'London Fog'

Other dies - Spellbinders circle; MFT 'Hello'; SU Edgelits Large Scallops

Other - Stampin' Up Paper Piercing Essentials pack

Thanks for popping by & take care x

Hot hot hot!

We've had some gorgeous weather but it's been too muggy in my craft room in the evenings to craft, so apologies for the absence of blog posts!

My nephew asked me to make a card for his girlfriend's birthday. They're going on holiday to Turkey so he asked for a beach style card with the Turkey flag on it. This is what I came up with ...

I'm entering this card in the 2nd challenge from Clearly Besotted where the theme is 'Seeing Spots'. I used the umbrella stamp & die from the 'April Showers' set as a parasol; the sandcastle was cut freehand & the sky is strips of washi tape.

Supplies used:
Stamps - April Showers: Clearly Besotted; letters: Banana Frog
Dies - April Showers: Clearly Besotted; Scallop: SU; numbers: Quickutz
Other - Clouds & hearts Washi tape: Paperchase

Thanks for popping by & take care x

A challenge win & Spring Blooms - Part 1

Well, I am truly amazed & chuffed to bits. My Script inspired card, which you can see in the previous blog post here was chosen as the winner of the Just Us Girls colour challenge last week!! So I'm now proudly sporting the Chic of the Week badge on the side of my blog :)

I've got a bit carried away with the Spring Bloom stamps from Clearly Besotted & have made a few more cards with them.
Those of you who have had the pleasure of receiving some Clearly Besotted stamps in the post will know how beautifully Stephanie packages them. Like many crafters, I don't like throwing things away so I used the tissue paper the stamps were wrapped in to make this tulip bouquet for my Mum's birthday card last week.

I used the tulip stamps & matching die again to make this card, which I'm going to enter in the Addicted to CAS challenge this week where the theme is 'Spring' ...

And here's the last of the Mother's Day cards ...

Finally, I used the same design from the card on the previous post, just changing the orientation, colours & sentiment to make a birthday card for my friend ...

Supplies used:
Stamps: Spring Blooms - Clearly Besotted, Mum typography - Papermania, Script - Hero Arts
Dies: Spring Blooms - Clearly Besotted, Large Scallop Edgelits - Stampin' Up
Inks: Promarkers, Gumball Green/Dafodill Delight/Primrose Petals/Raspberry Ripple - Stampin' Up
Other: Baker's Divine Twine - Ribbon Girls, Oval punch - Stampin' Up, Pretty in Pink dotted DSP - SU

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog, I really appreciate your lovely comments. As you can see by the name of this post, I haven't finished with these Spring Blooms stamps & dies yet, so pop back soon for Part 2 :)

Take care x

Love is in the air

The other week I was very lucky to win the giveaway at Clearly Besotted of the Post it: Love stamp set & matching die! If you haven't checked out Stephanie's online shop, pop over & have a look, she has some lovely goodies! I've made a few cards now with this Post it set & here's a few of them ...

Over at Less is More they're celebrating their 2nd birthday this week & the challenge is to use only Kraft & Kreme, here, so I'm going to enter this card.

Cute card Thursday have a 'Love struck' challenge this week, so I'm going to enter this card in that challenge.

Supplies used:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Post It: Love, Clearly Besotted - Framed Sentiments
Dies: Clearly Besotted - Post It Stamp die, SU - Large Scallop Edgelits die, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Inks: SU Red riding hood, Memento grey fog, Memento black, SU crumb cake
Others: Baker's Divine twine - oyster, SU linen twine, buttons from stash, Red polka dot washi tape

Thanks for popping by & take care x