Moving Along With The Times...Father's Day..

Hi,

The Team B MAWTT challenge this week is Father's Day.

I am really pleased with my card..a bit different than the ones I showed you earlier in the week.

I stenciled the background, using a Tim Holtz folder and distress inks - , the hexagons were punched using 2 different sized punches and the sentiment is by Inkadinkadoo - but I masked off part of it, as I'm not mad keen on it!

I added some blue pearls and teeny bits of bling for fun.

Join in the fun over at MAWTT and check out the rest of Team B's wonderful creations.

Cx

WOYWW #261...Feeling the WOYWW Love...

Hi,

Last week's 5th Anniversary WOYWW was so much fun. I loved making ATC's and the swapping part has been big fun. Thanks again Julia for bringing us all together.

WOYWW is a special time of the week when we join the fabulous Julia over at her blog Stamping Ground to say hi to all our friends, meet some new ones and nose at desks.

My desk is bland this week, as I have been all work, yoga and no craft - boo! You can see a little stack of received ATC's, my glasses, my mouse and a discounted pot of embossing creme that I am going to revitalise (it's dried out) and have a play with.

Here are some pics of the ATC's I have received so far.

From Kim - love how everything matches and KIM you star, I just (Tues eve) found the hexagon template and the mirrored hexes...AMAZING.

From Nan G - another one that matches..Love the mini envelope the ATC came in, with the little tab to close it.

From Sharon - can you believe it, as well as making an ATC, Sharon found time to make a card to accompany it too - wonderful. Love the colours of the ATC and the different elements.

Thank you ladies, I love getting snail mail and receiving these mini works of art has been lovely..can't wait for the rest to arrive.

Finally here is a card for you all (and especially Darnell). The sentiment is heat embossed and the flower is from some cheap place cards I found a while back..I mentioned them previously and Darnell was curious about what I was going to do, so here it is!

Happy Birthday flower card

Have a great day, team outing for me tonight, so I'll be late, but I will visit you.

Cx

Missing You...

Hi,

OWH ask for certain themes and 'Missing You' is one of the most requested cards.

I bought a new stamp - which happens to be Hero Arts for OWH - so that I would have a more appropriate missing you sentiment.

As the stamp is round I decided to go with circles as a feature.

I like how this has come out, it's also great because you can use scraps. I punched a star in white to match the detail on the stamp and the colours of the card.

Here is a different version, where I have moved the sentiment circle.

Miss You Circles

I think I'll be making this in other colours and maybe a landscape version..

Cx

Father's Day Ideas....

Hi,

Hope you had a good weekend. Mine was lovely...too much exercising though :(

I have started making cards for Father's Day.

This year with the Silhouette and more stamps than ever meant that I could make some very fun things.

The main card today is one of my faves - I created the white card on my computer and printed it along with the mustache. The tie is a stamp, which I then cut out and mounted using foam pads.

Here are the rest.-

Father's Day card ideas

I used Pink Petticoat papers and cut the Father's Day using a Silhouette cut file. The vellum, bling, etc are all from my fash.

Fun and easy to make and I have made quite a few sales already.

My Dad's card is one of the ideas that I am selling, but I won't show you that until Father's Day.

Cx

Simon Says Stamp...card kit June...

Hi,

Hope you are having a good weekend. Mine has been nice and relaxing (bar the gym and yoga..) and I have mainly been at my desk.

I have been making cards using my Simon Says Stamp June card kit. I love the stamp set with this kit.

SSS June Card Kit

The papers are very summery and very me.

All of the cards I have made so far use heat embossing, as I think the stamp set lends itself to this technique.

The main card has the swirly flower centres heat embossed - a new one for me, embossing over another stamped element. There is a bit of 'splatter' but I am getting better..slowly! Here is a detail shot, so you can see the embossing.

Embossing detail

Here are the other 2 cards that I made with this kit -

Hey Friend..

Happy Birthday..

The yellow stripy card has the flowers heat embossed onto vellum - I was a bit nervous about this technique, but the embossing is really crisp and I'm itching to try it again.

I've used papers, washi tape, enamel dots, stamps and adhesive alphas from the kit across the 3 cards. I really never thought a card kit was for me, but I actually find it really fun once a month to have a more 'set' way of making cards.

Cx