Stampin' Up! Vintage Vogue and I create a Thank You Card

I'm back! The postman arrived with some stamps I'd bought from a friend in the states, so I had to play with them... This card is my first time using anything by Papertrey Ink... *in love*

This is a fairly basic card.... I used a Crumbcake card base, layered it with some retired Stampin' Up! Designer series paper, and a piece of vellum. I stamped the sentiment from Vintage Vogue on a piece of scrap Vanilla, and Island Indigo ink. The butterfly is from Papertrey ink, and has been cut using the matching die, and stamped. I then water coloured him using Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and a tiny little bit of Tempting Turquoise with my Stampin' Write Markers and a blender pen. 

I am entering this into the Clean & Simple sketch challenge, and the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge

I'll be back later with one more card :)

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! I {Heart} Hearts and Vintage Vogue create an engagement card

Hi guys! I told you I'm loving my new light globe, makes crafting at night easy, even photographing my cards at night is easier!

Pretty basic card this one, it is a 4.25" square in Whisper White which has been stamped with the hearts from I {Heart} Hearts in Basic Black and Real Red. I have also punched two hearts from the 2-step Owl punch and the Mini heart punch in Basic Black and stuck them down. I have stamped the sentiment from Vintage Vogue, {Life happens, Love helps} I then drew a small border around the card to finish it off.
I am entering this into three challenges, the first is The Play Date Cafe Black and White with a splash of Red challenge, I am also entering this into the CAS-ual Fridays Colour challenge, which is to be inspired by a book, I have been inspired by a book I recently finished, The Memory Keepers Daughter, By Kim Edwards , which I think shows that even though life does go on, love is an important part of life... The final challenge I am entering this into is the Moxie Fab World Square Sketch challenge.

Ok, that's all for me, but pop over to each of those challenges and have a go, they are all a lot of fun!

Until next time...

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Medallion and Vintage Vogue paired together to make Friendship Cards

Hi Again! I have been on a roll recently with my cards, and last night I had to make one more before bed.... I had been thinking of this one for a couple of hours before making it.....

For this card, I knew I wanted to play with this lovely F from Vintage Vogue, and also the Medallion background stamp that my mum recently gave me. I have stamped the F in Basic Black and then masked it off and stamped the Medallion in Rich Razzleberry, tied a ribbon around the base, and mounted the white cardstock to a Basic Black card base, while I was sitting deciding if I was done, I grabbed a few rhinestones and popped them around the circle of the Medallion. 

I am entering this into the Less is More Monogram challenge, which scared me at first, as I don't own an alphabet set yet, but, I realised I have a few stamps that will work. Keep an eye out, I've got another on brewing in the back of my mind.... 

Thanks for dropping by

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up Vintage Vogue and I create birthday card

Hi all!
Back after being called into work, to show you the second card I created today....

This was created using a few challenges. The first of which is the Inkspirations Weekly challenge, which this week 'round is a colour challenge, Rose Red, So Saffron, Whisper White, and Wild Wasabi. I was a bit daunted by this colour combo, but loving how it turned out! The second challenge I am entering this into is the Clean & Simple sketch challenge - fall to layout 130. I decided I wanted to do some stamping, so created my own designer series paper, which is quick, easy and very effective!

Thanks for checking back, and happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Vintage Vogue ad I create Just Because Cards

Hi There Again!
Sorry for the massive blog changes over the last few days. I wasn't happy with my original layout, so had to change it all! I have a card to share with you tonight... A very Clean and Simple Card!

The stamp set I used was one I got when I first joined Stampin' Up! It's called Vintage Vogue, and I've used two elements on this card that rarely get used... that pretty little flourish, and the big Friends sentiment. I used the challenge colours from Just Add Ink, which were River Rock (a totally underrated colour), Daffodil Delight, and Cherry Cobbler. The ribbon is non-SU! but, matches perfectly to Cherry Cobbler, and I picked up very cheap (10c a metre!) I really should get the rest of the roll next time I'm at the LSS... 

Thanks for looking, and come back later today for another card made using these colours... 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Vintage Vogue and Bliss are so elegant together!

This is another card from my craft day with Kim. This one is inspiration from Kim, who picked out the colours, and the use of the Bliss flourish (which is elegant by itself!), I decided to pair it with the flowers from Vintage Vogue to give it some more interest...

I've tried for shabby chic with the distressing on this card. It doesn't seem to matter what stamp sets I use, as soon as I see Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze and Choc Chip together, I think elegance... 

The second card I want to show you, again uses that pretty flourish from Sale-a-bration stamp set Bliss.... 

This is using Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum, So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz, and was made for the Mojo Monday Sketch. I love the idea of placing that butterfly on any flourish, as they work so perfectly together! 

If you would like to learn how to receive this stamp set for FREE, click this link, send me an email, or give me a call on 0405 173 237. 

Cards

Hi All! Hope you all had a fantastic Australia Day! I know I did, we had a few friends over for a barbecue... We had good intentions of sitting outside to eat, but it was just much too hot! It was still 36 degrees Celsius (about 97 in Fahrenheit) at 2am when I was trying to sleep.... thankfully not long after, a southerly change came through, cooling the place down a little...
Now, onto some cards!

The first I made a few days ago, but didn't get round to posting. It is for the ColourQ challenge, which this week was an interesting colour combo for me! You all know how much I love orange... or in this case 'peach'...

The second card was for a couple of challenges...

The first challenge was the Colour Throwdown, which was to use 

I don't have any thing with Kiwi Kiss, so I substituted with Pear Pizzazz. It's hard to tell in the photo, but the trees do actually have Old Olive leaves... I swear! The other challenge I'm entering this into is the Stamping Vacation White Space challenge... while my card has a lot of empty space.... it's not exactly white.... but before doing this card, I did double check the meaning of White Space, and this qualifies.... The other pre-requisite of this challenge was to use three of anything... and that is my 3 trees... 

I love the sentiment stamp, (it arrived in the mail today!) I don't have enough "just because" stamps.... So, this Basic Grey one was a welcome addition.... 

Thanks for checking in.... 

Go check out some challenges, and as always have fun!

Blog Candy!

Today, I was flicking through the Summer Mini Catalogue, when I came across the scrap book layout on pg 22.
I don't have the stamp set used as yet, but may have to invest in it... Instead, I used Vintage Vogue, and Artistic Etchings. I don't currently own any SU! Alphabet stamp sets either, so I used a KaiserCraft set I bought forever ago!

Have a look through the catalogue and Summer Mini, and see if you can case anything.... I'd love to see what you create...!

I'm going to make this my blog candy! Show me something you have created using inspiration from the catalogues! You have until the 23rd of February 2011, and the winner will receive 1 pack of New Designer Series Paper - Island Oasis, valued at $16.95

Productive Night

Last night was a super productive night for me!
Usually, I spend the evenings watching movies with Mark, or playing around on the computer, or reading.... Not last night... last night, I baked a batch of cookies (peanut butter and chocolate chip) but I also participated in another UStamp tutorial!

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I actually struggled a bit with this one, but kept at it, and finally made it! Boy am I glad I did! I love how it turned out... and to be completely honest, I think it was really easy to make, even though I had issues, I think my brain was on the fritz! After I made up the simple purse, I decided it would make a cute gift to a friend with some of the cookies I made in it... So, I bagged the cookies and popped them inside.... They fitted perfectly!

 

 

The stamp set I used for the front of the purse is Vintage Vogue, a stamp set I got with my SU! starter kit, yet don't use as much as I thought I would! The flowered back ground had never seen ink....
If you'd like to know the recipe for these cookies, let me know, and I will pop it on my blog.