Stampin' Up! Sail Away and I create masculine birthday cards

One of the stamps in Stampin' Up!'s Winter Mini Catalogue really appealed to me. It is an A la Carte stamp, (single stamp), Sail Away, and at only $14.95, I just had to add it to my collection

It actually arrived in my order on Thursday, but I hadn't had a chance to play with it... So, this morning, between coffees, I whipped up this one layered card. I have used the Sail Away stamp, and my Stampin' Up! Chalks, in So Saffron, retired colours Brocade Blue, Brilliant Blue and Taken with Teal. I love my Stampin' Up! Chalks to create really nice blended back grounds. I find with male cards, it is best to keep the design minimalist, so, I have left this card fairly plain. The sentiment is from Trendy Trees which has the cutest plain sayings. 

If you would like any of the items from the Autumn/Winter Mini catalogue, please, do not hesitate to send me an email or call me on 0405 173 237

Until next time, Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Look Who's Turning makes adorable kids cards

I had a great day today! I had a craft play date with one of my team mates, and friends Kim, (who by the way is fabulous!) I had a few challenges to catch up on, so I made a few cards, including this one....

I bought this stamp set a little while ago, but amazingly, had only used the sentiments in it! So, I cracked out the un-inked stamps and created this adorable kids card.

The challenge I am entering this into is the Colour Q challenge, which was to use the below colours

As usual, I struggled with this challenge, I find it quite difficult to include more than 3 colours in a card, so when I saw this, I freaked a little bit.... I wasn't actually going to participate, but I'm glad I bit the bullet and joined in. 

Happy Stamping,

Jess