CASE Study #17

Lots of decoraion going on in this lovely inspiration card by Nina Brackett.  Oddly I don't have any ornament stamps (how can this be!), so I went for a punched wreath inspired by Late Blossom.  Mine is a little simpler than Nina's card as I couldn't put the papers together anywhere near as well as that, but very happy with the results (came together quite quickly too).

What you need

Cardstock - Canson Deep Red;  Bazzill Basics Green

Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly

Stamps - PTI Signature Christmas

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Ribbon - Red Organza;  PTI Silk

Brads and Gemstones - Kaisercraft

Lace - ? Webster's Pages

This weekend seems to be devoted to ballet and jazz Christmas concerts, the first one this morning,  so I now have to go and and try to get very curly hair looking sleek and tidy (not easy) as well as puting on makeup, the worst part.

One Layer Wednesday #20

"3 plus 1 - 3 images and 1 sentiment"

This isn't a terribly inventive take on this challenge, butterflies would have been my other option but it serves the purpose of having some more Christmas cards to sell.

When I do this again I will layer black cardstock instead of a line (a dicey undertaking for me).  Apologies for the poor lighting in the photo but it was a very grey day on Sunday.

What you need

Cardstock - SU Whisper White
Stamps - PTI Christmas Friends, Signature Christmas
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black;  Versacolor Magenta;  Versamark
Embossing Powder - Fantasy Gold
Gemstones - Kaisercraft
Fine black marker

Colour Throwdown #107

Abit hamstrung for this challenge - no Pear Pizzazz, so I am guessing this colour green is close; none of the ink colours, so had to go with Versamark;  and only Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon (not a bad thing I guess).  A friend of mine bought the PTI set All Booked Up which I have been dying to try but, you know stamping etiquette, she should really be the first to christen them, however, she hadn't got around to it so I got the honours.  Yippee!!!




What you need

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics Geen;  SU Whisper White, Rose Red, So Saffron
Stamps - PTI All Booked Up
Ink - Versamark, Memento Rich Cocoa
Dies - PTI Mat Stack 3, Eyelet
Ribbon - SU Pretty in Pink taffeta, Gold Thread
Gemstones - Kaisercraft

Simplicity OLW#11

This is the one and only remotely amusing stamp I have, just doesn't seem to be my thing on handmade cards (love getting them).  The sentiment is from a beautiful Flourishes set but I went back to my  favourite cupcake image I used last year for my daughter's 7th birthday invitations.  Hopefully I can attach a photo of the invite.

What you need


Cardstock - PTI White
Stamps - Flourishes "Let them eat cake";  SU Crazy for cupcakes
Ink - Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black
Embossing powder - Zing! Black (glitter finish)
Kindyglitz - Black, Red
Copics - E55, E59, RV02, RV13
Felt pens - Black marker, SU Stampin' Write (Real Red)

This is the pull out invitation, these were her favourite colours (and we know how transient that is!), and I happened to have sheets of this paper that I could get rid of - er, I mean, which I had for this purpose.  Hadn't discovered the delights of Copics so watecoloured the cupcakes (yes, all 20 invitations), and used SU Dazzlin' Diamonds for the cake icing.

One Layer Challenge - Patriotic

I have been meaning to give the challenges over at Simplicity a go, so thought I might throw in a 'patriotic' card from Australia.  We really don't get into the spirit of our national day (26th January) on a very big scale (then again I guess fireworks from the Sydney Harbour Bridge is a pretty big deal). 
I bought this SU stamp set 'Bloom Away' when a work colleague wanted to send some cards packs overseas,  I didn't think I would ever use it again.  Just goes to show, never say never ...  Sorry the photo is alittle dark, not the best weather today, very grey and threatening to rain.


What you need:

Cardstock - PTI white
Stamps - SU Bloom Away
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics