More Embracing

Another non-cased card using "Embrace Life". This time I have used Elegant Eggplant and some scraps of Pumpkin Pie and Pretty in Pink. I distressed the edges of these with the cutter kit and I coloured the flowers with Elegant Eggplant. I pierced some holes around the place with my paper piercing tool.

By adding a sentiment at the bottom this card could be used for all sorts of occasions. Hope you like it.

Embrace Life

This card is using a gorgeous set called "Embrace Life" which is available in the Summer Mini Catalogue. Products from this Catalogue are available only until the end of March so that's only a few quick weeks away. Check out the Catalogue by clicking on the piccie on the side.

Colours here are Night of Navy, and Bashful Blue. I have stamped the flowers in Night of Navy on Bashful Blue and cut them out. I have coloured in parts of the petals with a white gel pen. The sentiment has been stamped and punched out with the large oval punch and then sponged around the outside with Night of Navy ink. I like how this one turned out. I think this is one of my favourite sets. I think I'll share a few more soon.

Oh... BTW this one is not a case (as far as I know anyway)!!

Not Botanical Blooms (but still Sale-A-Bration)

Here a card I found by a US demo Deb Horst. You can find the original card here. I have changed it just a little.

The colours are More Mustard, Really Rust and Brocade Blue. These panels are layered on Chocolate Chip and the card base is Very Vanilla. I have stamped in the matching inks and set an eyelet in the middle of each flower with my Crop-o-dile. I can't sew for the life of me so I have used "faux stitching" by piercing holes around the card edge and then joining them up with my Chocolate Chip marker. I love this technique and I love how this card turned out.

The stamp set is Polka Dot Punches from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue - only available for a couple more weeks so if you like it grab it now!

One last Botanical Bloom

Hi again.

Since we are nearing the end of the Sale-A-Bration I thought I would show one more card using the "Botanical Blooms" set. I've really liked using this set (obviously). I promise I will show off something else soon.

This card was CASEd from Linda Heller (a US demo) - you can find her blog here . Just lovely. The card is Pretty in Pink and Basic Black with some paper from the "Petals and Paisley" Designer paper pack (all the papers are great value at $11.95 for 12 sheets of double sided 12x12 paper). I have stamped in Certainly Celery for the leaves. The flowers I stamped in Basic Black and coloured them in with Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose ink (using the Aquapainter). The sentiment is from "It's Your Birthday"

Well While I'm keen and seem to have time I'll post another card using the Sale-A-Bration set "Botanical Blooms"








This one uses Pale Plum, Certainly Celery and Perfect Plum cardstock and the same inks to stamp the flower. I added a little Celery ribbon and the best wishes sentiment is from "Short and Sweet" which is a fantastic set that I use all the time.


This card is CASEd from a German lady who I only know as "sternschnuppe" You can see other cards by her here .

Thanks for looking

This card uses the Sale-A Bration set called Botanical Blooms. The colours haven't shown up too well (Some photography lessons might be in order). I have used Sage shadow for the card base and stamped the leaf outline image with Sage shadow ink. Then I have layers of Night of Navy and Brocade Blue. The images I have stamped in the same three colours and I have added some Night of Navy eyelets (not quite in line I know). I have used the corner rounder punch on all corners.

This set is available for FREE until the end of February when you purchase $100 of Stampin' Up! products. Please feel free to contact me with an order or to book a workshop.

(P.S. I don't think I have CASEd this one but if it looks like yours let me know and I'll acknowledge you.)

First Upload & not a CASE

Here is a card I made (not even CASEd) using one of the Sale-A-Bration sets for this year. Every year Stampin' Up! has a great special where, if you spend $100, you can choose one of 4 exclusive sets for FREEEE. Gotta love that !

This card uses a set called Polka Dot Punches (I have put a link to the Sale-A-Bration brochure on the side so you can have a look at what's on offer.)

Colours here are Basic Black, Very Vanilla,Wild Wasabi and Blue Bayou.

I have stamped the swirly circle from the set randomly all over the Wild Wasabi in Wild Wasabli ink and then again all over the Blue Bayou card with Blue Bayou ink.

The sentiment (from It's Your Birthday) is stamped in Wild Wasabi and ink is sponged around the edges.

This was supposed to be a male card but I just couldn't help adding a flower with a rhnestone in the centre so I'll have to try again.