For the Bride and Groom

Oops!! I suddenly realised that I hadn't made a card for my friend Lisa's Wedding as there is only a few days to go I had to come up with something quickly.
I have taken this from a tutorial Jenny made a while ago, she had done them for Valentines Day,
I have adapted it to make it more weddingy... (is that a word)
There are four pockets inside and I made little inserts to go in each pocket.
The card stock is: Craft, Whisper White Pretty in Pink and Blush Blossom.
Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Tiny Tags, Very Versatile, Gods Blessings, Trendy Trees, Flight of the Butterfly and 1 (Heart) Hearts. Thanks for looking, bye for now!!


I used the Extra large Two Step Bird Punch on this pocket

Here I have used the Sweet Pea stitched felt flowers and leaves which I think are amazing you get so many pieces in the packet for only £6.50.

These are the four inserts

Bridal Favours

What a busy week, It has been manic at work and Peter has been quite poorly after his Knee replacement operation and to top it all my computer and internet access has been on the blink, anyway I think it is temporarily sorted although I think we perhaps need a new computer.

Last Christmas I made some crackers for friends at work and put little tubes of hand cream inside. Lovely Lisa a dance teacher saw them and asked if I would be able to make 50 of them as favours for her wedding and also two cards one for Father of the Bride and the other for Mother of the Bride below is the end result.
Lisa's colour scheme and theme is Pinky, silvery and glittery and Butterflies.
I used SU stamp sets Flight of the Butterfly, Vintage Vogue and Tiny Tags to stamp the crackers with Pretty in Pink ink and then glittered the butterflies and flowers with Dazzling Diamonds glitter
Lisa wanted the cards to stay on a similar theme as the crackers but with black and pink for her dad and white and pink for her mum.
I decided to make Shadow cards as they are just a little bit different from the norm.
The same stamp sets and inks have been used with the addition of Frames with a Flourish which I stamped around the computer generated text.
I used SU Specialty Papers Bride and Groom for the card itself these papers are really quite thick and work really well,.
I made a couple of boxes for them tied them with ribbon and there we have it, hope she likes them. Thanks for looking..

Out of their boxes

For my birthday a friend gave me a bag made of card and inside were 2 note books it gave me the idea to create the little bag below. I have used Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Grey and Pink Passion card stock and inks and Day and Night Specialty Paper. I had to adapt the size and shape as I wanted it to hold 6 Cards and envelopes inside.
Stamp sets used are: Vintage Vogue, Very Vogue, Bird on a Branch, Loads of Love, Frames with a Flourish. I would love to know what you think.
I decorated the envelopes to match the cards.

These are the 6 card I made to go inside:

Note Card Wallet

The other day I found myself not quite knowing what I wanted to do. I knew what I should be doing, preparing for my next workshop or making the cards for two weddings we are going to in May. This is what I ended up making, a little wallet with some little note cards and envelopes on one side and a note pad on the other sided there is also some space for a pen or pencil.
I have used Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Whisper White card stock.
Vintage Vogue stamp set and the inks are Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Mellow Moss.
I hope you like it. Thanks for looking bye for now...

Diorama Box Card

I sat down one day last week to make something but I wasn't quite sure what. I leafed through one of my folders and found this. I am not quite sure where it came from but thought I would give it a try. It's called a Diorama Box Card there is about 2 inches between the front and back card with a piece of card running through the middle. It is very 3D but the amazing thing is it folds flat for posting, a very appealing aspect I think with postage prices the way they are.
I used Pink Passion, Whisper White, Basic Black and Mellow Moss Card Stock
Pink Passion and Pixie Pink Inks. Hope you like it.

This last week has been utter bliss, as I have mentioned before I work in a school and at the moment it is the Easter holidays. Because of where Easter fell this year we have had 2 weeks 2 days, and Easter fell on the first weekend, those 2 extra days have made such a huge difference and I have spent nearly the whole of this past week crafting, crafting crafting...Pure Bliss.. Anyway here is what I have been up to..............

The idea for this bag and shadow/diorama card came from Jenny, but I have used Fox and Friends stamp set (from the new mini catalogue) Forest Friends and Pocket Silhouettes I have really gone crazy about Pocket Silhouettes lately but I find it so versatile.
Card stock: Lavender Lace, Almost Amethyst and Very Vanilla
Ink Pads: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip Old Olive, Rose Red and Basic Black.
The two little Butterflies are from Flight of the Butterfly Stamp Set

I needed to make some cards quite quickly for my Church and decided to make several different styles and colours: These 2 are Bareley Bannana and Summer Sun card and inks. The flower is from SU Greenhouse Garden.

These 2 are shadow or diorama cards. I have used Ruby Red and Very Vanilla card stock. Ruby Red and Mellow Moss Inks.

These two are book mark cards made using Lavender Lace, Whisper White and Elegant Eggplant card stock and Inks. The stamp set is from the new Mini Catalogue ..and is called Vintage Vogue.

I have finished off with some Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon.

I borrowed this stamp from a lovely friend of mine, I just love it I have used Brocade Blue card and inks, finishing of with some Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon

I have always loved the Footprints Verse and in fact have the whole verse on a door in my home so when I saw this stamp I just had to buy it. I have used Sage Shadow Bravo Burgandy and So Saffron card stock, with matching ribbon to finish off.

I just love the new bird punch from SU it is new and available from the mini catalogue. I have seen it used in amazing ways. I have used it here in quite a simple way as I wanted the words to be in the forefront. The stamp set is Pocket Silhouettes.

Card Stock is Certain Celery, Old Olive, Whisper White and Summer Sun

Card Stock for this card is as above minus the Summer Sun.

Stamp Sets are Flight of the Butterfly, Pocket Silhouettes and Garden Silhouettes which is an old Hostess set

Little Boxes for little Gifts

Sat down the other day and just fancied making some little boxes, this is what I did:
A little Easter Basket: Taken with Teal and Whisper White, I filled it with very very thin strips of the same colour card and thought it would fun to put some little mini easter eggs in.
Just love this little box the shape was inspired by Jenny Moors, I have used Barely Bannana and Gable Green Card Stock. I made the flower by stamping the new Flower Accent stamp with Barely Bannana ink and then stamping in each petal with the little flower swirl from Tiny Tags in Summer Sun ink, I used the small flower from Vintage Vogue for the centre flower, stamped in Summer Sun ink. I stamped the leaves using Autumn Splendor stamp set and Gable Green ink and then cut them out.

For this little box I have used Certain Celery and Old Olive Card Stock.

The Big flower was made using the new Flower Accent Stamp and the new Silver Shimmer paint. I used the Boho Blossoms Punch for the little flowers. I think it is a really sweet little box and very sturdy once all the mats are stuck on.

Workshop 12th April 2010

I just want to say thank you to anyone who has a peek at my blog. I hope you may find it helpful in giving you ideas. So many of my ideas come from having a peek at other peoples blogs. There are so many very very very talented people out there... also don't forget to check out my Aunts blog, craftysquirrel.blogspot.com. she has just made a watering can and loads of flowers to go inside it its truly amazing.

After quite a lot of contemplating I finally decided on these 4 items for our next workshop of 12th April.
I have used stamp sets from the new mini catalogue: Vintage Vogue, Tiny Tags, Autumn Splendor and Flower Accent.
There are also 3 new style punches in the mini catalogue. One is the wonderful bird on the last card.. it cuts the bird the wing and the branch all in one go.. it's just great. The other is a medium jewelry tag punch, used on the second card with friend stamped inside it. The third and final new punch is a small heart, which I havn't used here.
Card stock used: Certain Celery, Old Olive and Very Vanilla for the first 2 cards and Barely Bannana, Summer Sun, Gable Green and Whisper White for the third and fourth cards.
Hope you like them.

This is the back of the card

A little box/card

Another little box card

and finally and card which maybe good for Easter