Spring Mini Up and Running

Stampin' Up! has released it's new Spring Mini Catalogue. You can click on the picture on the right to get a look or contact me and I will send one out to you. There are some lovely, fresh stamp sets and papers as well as some Christmas sets so we can make an early start on our cards and avoid the last minute panic to get them finished (wishful thinking on my part).

There were a couple of sets that took my eye straight away. Great Friend and Just Beachy were my first purchases along with Oval all and the Scallop Punch as well as the Walk in the Park papers (love these!).

I'm trying to post a couple of cards that I have made with these sets but my #!@! camera refuses to work. So I will wait till DH gets home and hopefully I can get it done tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting, Vicki.

Baby Boom -Part 2

Here's another baby card that, when I saw it, I had to make .

I have used Baja Breeze cardstock and Designer Series Paper along with Apricot Appeal cardstock and ribbon. The baby's face is just a circle that I drew a face on and his/her hair is a piece of frayed Chocolate Chip ribbon. The blanket is made with a scallop that I cut using a Nestabilities die in my cuttlebug. This one took no time at all and looks great I think.

Thanks for visiting. More soon.

Baby Boom

My niece is having a baby shower on Saturday and I needed a card. I don't have many baby stamps in my collection (something I need to fix I think ) so I went trawling the net to find some inspiration. Well I found dozens of card that I loved so I have made 3 and will decide which one I will give on the the day.

First off I have to show this one. How cute is this. It's called a gel card and you use a zip-lock bag with some hair gel in it. There is a tutorial here and the card I CASEd is here (but I must say I like mine better!).

I've used patterned paper from the Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper layered on Pink Pirouhette and Baja Breeze card. The flowers are Prima flowers from my pre-Stampin' Up! days.

I'm happy with how this one turned out. I'm sure it will make my niece smile.

I will share some more cards soon.

Happy Stamping.

More Cupcakes

Well I don't know what's going on with the calender but it sure does seem to be skipping days here & there. I think I just lost the whole of June !!!!

I have hardly had a chance to update here but I'm determined not to let it go completely. So let today be the start of the rest of the year.

Here is a card using the set called "Crazy for Cupcakes". I'm finding this set really useful for boys, girls and adults too.

I showed a card before using just the balloon stamp. This card is using the cupcake stand for a pretty girls card.

Colours used here are Apricot Appeal, Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink as well as Whisper white. I have used the Oval punches and some matching ribbons and I have added some glitter to the cupcake tops (I don't think that shows up too well in the photo).

Hope you like this one and hopefully I will have more to show you soon.

Inspirational Blog

Check this out!! There is a blog that I look at ALL the time.

This woman is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Her name is Michelle Zindorf and you can find her at
http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

She posts detailed tuorials every couple of days on creating really special cards. Works of art. I finally decided to give one a go and I am so happy with the result.

It was challenging but well worth it.I can't wait to have a go at another one. As Molly Meldrum would say 'Do yourself a favour" and get over there and check out her blog. She has a tab at the top pointing to all of her tutorials.

What a generous woman.

This card uses the stamp set called "Voila" which is a chef with some different things to put on his platter. The colours are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White cardstock with Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Always Artichoke & Basic Black inks.

Lots of sponging & inky fingers but good fun.

Happy Stamping.

Crazy For Cupcakes ?

This card is from a set called "Crazy for Cupcakes" It has, of course, got cupcake images which I will share with you later but for this one I have used the balloon.

I've stamped it twice onto Whisper White & coloured them in with some Bold Bright colours. I stamped, coloured & cut out another balloon. This one I mounted on the card with dimensionals, added some brads and layered it onto some matching coloured card. Didn't take too long and turned out quite nicely I think. Oh... the sentiment is from the same stamp set and I stamped it around the balloon making sure of where it went by using my Stamp-a-ma-jig (a tool I can hardly do without).

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping !

First from New Catalogue

At last, time to share. This card is made using a new set from the brand new Idea Book and Catalogue called "Cheers to You". I have a few made with this set so I'll share more soon. You can't see in the picture but I have used some liquid applique on the beer froth which looks great (although I overheated the bottom one & burnt it a little - makes it more unique I think). Colours here are Night of Navy, More Mustard, Real Red and Garden Green. I've also stamped the background with "Sanded" and added a little Choc Chip ribbon. Hope you like it.