How cute is this little gift? And it is sooooo easy to make! By using some of your favourite stamps you could give a gift like this to any of your friends too!! The background can be any patterned card stock, and you can add your own touch to that with ink and stamps or just leave it as it is. The main image is stamped onto white card stock with black stazon ink and coloured in with markers and then cut out and glued onto the patterned card stock, or you can use Stampin’ dimensionals if you want it to sit off the base card. I have added some glitz on the fur wrap with glitter, I used crystal effects on the hatband, the beads and the purse, some bright coloured feathers and a glittery flower, you can add whatever you think will make the whole effect more interesting to look at. I have added a stamped phrase to mine but you don’t have to do that. This gorgeous frame is so funky with it’s off centre panel, and it’s colour is so yummy and rich, that I didn’t have to paint it either. There are lots of interesting frames around these days and you can paint them any colour your heart desires. The possibilities are endless, this is such a fun project to make. And it will be a gift that your friend will love for sure -love Sally x
This cutesy little blue duck is from the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set in Stampin’ Up’s summer mini, isn’t he just toooo cute? He has been coloured in with the SU water colour wonder crayons and blender pens. The card stock is from the SU Sweet Slumber Speciality Paper and SU Ruby Red card stock.
The gift I made to give with this card is a wooden capital ‘E’ that I have inked and collaged, for Elijah’s nursery room door. It is made up from lots of bits and pieces I have had in my stash, but the main card stock I have used is the blue long legged bird from the really gorgeous collection of SU’s Good Morning Sunshine designer series paper, all just perfect for a little baby boy who is brand new to the world. It has a ‘Twinkle twinkle little star’, twist because my little granddaughter, Akiah thought Elijah might like that nursery rhyme just like she does. The stars have been punched out with the smaller SU star punch.
So this one is for you baby Elijah, stars and all, welcome to the world.
Congratulations Amy and Zaine, you have a handsome little man to cherish, as you watch him make his way throughout his life, as his story unfolds through the pages of time, he will bring you much joy, love will overflow your hearts and your eyes will radiate pride.
Thanks everyone for dropping by this afternoon,
love Sally xx
This is another vintage Christmas card I made this last Christmas. I really love the pretty cardstock on the front of this one, and have used it on a few cards this last year, it has lots of glittery bits,( but me being me,… of course) I have also added some extra blue and pink rhinestone bling!! Sally X
Hi all, yep I know Christmas is well and truly over now but… I have only just been able to catch up with my girlfriend to give her something special to celebrate our friendship, and to go with my gift I made her this beautiful vintage card. She loved the pressie but she was in-love with this card!! The photo really just doesn’t do this card any favours, it is much prettier in real life, but hey you know one can only do so much with a little camera… (wink wink in direction of darling hubby!!)…lol lol!!!!
Thanks for dropping by this arve,
Sally xx
...the little ones that fill my world with joy and overflow my heart with love!
This is a recent photo of our 4 beautiful little girls taken in our garden last week. Left to right is Akiah, Athanna and Xanthi, and baby Ahria is sitting in front of Athanna. The 3 girls with names beginning with ‘A’ are sisters and they are cousins to the much loved Xanth.
I was amazed when I looked at the photo after I had taken it to see all 4 pretty little faces looking straight at me. Another moment in time captured forever! Just wanted to share some preciousness…lol (a new word!!!)
Sally x
...their delightful giggles filled the air!
My good friend, and up line Kirsty, and I got together on Sunday afternoon for a giggle and a play with stamps,inks and papers! We had a blast!! Laughed so hard at times it was difficult to create!!! We decided to use the gorgeous stamp set Razzle Dazzle from the new summer mini on page 18. I love the big swirly flower stamp, it is so pretty and can be used in so many different ways, Kirsty coloured it in with Stampin’ Write markers to doll it up (check her fabo card out here), and for mine I decided to clear emboss it over Chocolate Chip ink. I forgot to mention earlier that we also challenged ourselves to use the colours Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Creamy Caramel, and Chocolate Chip. Kirsty got out the S U Colour Coach and looked around it to get this combo!!! She is not a Cameo Coral kinda girl, so for her to choose to use that colour was like confronting her fears!! She was hilarious!!! We had to admit when we finished that this colour combo can work if you get the right balance! Anyways we are going to try to make play dates more often this year. I don’t make New Year resolutions ever and this is not one either, but at least I am going to try making the time to be with my friends a lot more. My friends are important to me!!
A grown woman’s heart is full of memories- the sweetest of which are tied to friends *~ unknown~*
Bella put together a terrific staff Christmas Party a week ago, for my husband’s workplace, everyone had a great time. There was a whole lot of laughing going on all night, it was fantastic, and in appreciation for all the preparation she did I made her this cute cute card!! The little fairy and the ladybirds are my stamps and the background flower is the flower stamp out of the Inspired by Nature set of stamps from the IB&C page 74, and has been coloured with Kiwi Kiss ink. The flower centres are enhanced with a fuzzy-like material that is soft and feels and looks just like the inside of a flower, and some bling has been added in the form of rhinestones on the edge of the petals. The little fairy is delicately standing on a leaf and her wings are glistening in the sun with a shimmer of Dazzling Diamonds glitter, she is being held in place with some Stampin’ Dimensionals under her head and body and her feet are glued to the leaf with some Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive. The base of the card is Rose Red card stock with the flower and fairy matted onto Whisper White card stock. The sweet little thank you tag at the bottom of the card is from the Short and Sweet set inked in Rose Red and cut out with the Word Window punch. And there you have it …a ‘fairy’ pretty thankyou card!
…thanks for dropping by,
Sally xx
Have you seen the gorgeous girly bedroom Keesh has given us for this week’s Inkspirations Inspiration Challenge #16? It is so sweet!! I love all those colours together, yummy!! I have taken my inspiration from the little white basket of flowers on the bottom of the rosey-red coloured throw on the end of the bed. I have used the ‘heart to heart, hand in hand’ stamp from the Sweet Little Sentiments hostess set, for the sentiment, it was stamped in staze-on ink onto a heart made from the large heart punch, and has a shimmery border of Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The base of the card is a 15cm square of Whisper White and I have matted the basket of flowers on a piece of spotty pink paper from the Sweet Always designer series paper and matted that onto Rose Red card stock, and the final matting is a 14cm square from the Rasberry Tart designer series paper. All the flowers have been punched from the Raspberry Tart DSP, and a little bit of the spotty pink paper. I used the trio flower punch for all the smaller flowers, and I popped a very small drop of Crystal Effects into their centres. Then for the 3 larger ones I used the 5-petal flower, and the scallop circle punches. I layered the bigger flowers, finishing them off with tiny pink flower buttons from the summer mini’s Sherbet designer buttons that have been tied with some fine gold thread I found in my sewing stash. The little bit of taffeta ribbon and the cute little bow at bottom of the card is called Pretty in Pink. But the best part of this card my photograph isn’t showing up like I wanted it too….I have weaved strips of 1cm Whisper White card stock to make the white flower basket, and gently stamped the Sanded background stamp, inked in Pink Pirouette onto the front of the basket to take the starkness of the white off a little bit. For the top of the basket I used a strip of the white card stock that I had punched out with the scallop edge punch. The whole basket is very hard to see in the top photo, but the bottom photo gives a better view.
Don’t forget to pop over to Keesh’s site (click here) and check out her gorgeous creation and the Designer Team’s brilliant work also. While you are over there check out all the stunning entries so far, they are all very clever chicks!! Thanks again Keesh for another great challenge, I had so much fun!
Thanks for dropping by this afternoon,
Sally x
WOW !! Keesh has given us some lovely bright summery colours to play with this week for the Inkspirations Colour Challenge #16. They are Taken with Teal, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White, cheery hey? I don’t know why but when I saw these colours together I thought… mmmm tote bag!!(as you do!!!! lol lol!!) And so that is what I have made this week! I cut the bag shape from a template that I have had for a little while, in Whisper White card stock and stamped it all over with the smaller flower from Scribble This (page 84 in the big 2009-2010 catty). I also stamped the cute little butterfly and tiny flower from the For Everything stamp set. There is a little pocket on the bottom right hand corner to hold the sentiment, which in this case says ’let’s celebrate’! I folded some real red ribbon for the pull and glued it between the white tag and the red matting. The ’shopping makes everything better’ is from Fashion District Rub-Ons from the Spring Mini catty. The small white grommet (the clip on the bag) is from the Designer Hardware in the new Summer Mini catty (on page 17) and it is holding in place the little piece of Real Red card stock that has been punched with the Word Window punch and folded in half. For the straps I have cut a 30cm length of Real Red 1.25 cm striped grosgrain ribbon, and knotted it at both ends just like you see on most totes. I roughed up all the edges of the bag with the Cutter Kit to give it that material, well loved look!! To take some of the starkness off the white base of the card I sponged some Real Red and Pumpkin Pie very lightly over it, and that also accented the larger flowers. I am pretty happy with my creation and even my darling hubby thought it was worthy some ‘comment love’!!!! I tell ya, he’s too cute that man of mine!
Don’t forget pop over to Keesh’s site and check out her beautiful creation and have a look-see what everyone else has come up with too. Just click here and it will take you straight to Keesh’s site.
Thanks Keesh for another great challenge, I have loved playing with these colours.
Thanks for dropping by this arve,
Sally x
P.S. !! WOW !! thanks everyone for all the lovely comments on my tote-bag card. I had so much fun making it and I am glad you all liked it too. I am over the moon Cindy chose my card for an honourable mention, it was something I certainly didn’t expect, I am very very excited. I sure don’t envy the job of selecting winners, everyones’ entries are all winners to me. I am always inspired by the huge talent out there week after week, it’s amazing, you’re all amazing!! Big congratulations to Julie Leblanc for her stunning peacock, I love her card. Thank you again Cindy, you made my day!
Love Sally X
Hi all,
I am so in love with the new butterfly punch…did anyone notice??? lol lol I was given some gorgeous shabby chic papers a while ago and just wouldn’t use them cos they were too pretty!!! Does anyone else do that? Anyhows I decided to pull one of the sheets out and make a shabby chic card. The base of the card is Pink Pirouette with an Old Olive matting. The butterflies were first punched out in pink pirouette for the bottom of them and then out of the scraps of the rose paper I punched out another 3, then I glued them together down their backs. I put some tiny pink rhinestones down the back of each butterfly stamped their antennae onto the paper where I wanted them to float, and held them in place with Stampin’ Dimensionals so they were all lifted off the page, sort of like they are hovering over the roses looking for a sweet spot to land on the petals. Pretty in Pink ribbon is threaded through a tiny silver ribbon slide from the Hodgepodge Hardware tin and I placed a small cream half pearl, from the Pretties Kit, in the centre of that slide for a vintage-y type of look. The sentiment is from a level 2 Hostess Gift called Echoes of Kindness, it is stamped in Old Olive ink on to Pink Pirouette card stock and matted on to Old Olive card stock. I loved making this card, and I am super happy with the way it turned out. It really looks very very pretty in real life, I am afraid my photography skills are limited with my little camera.
That’s all for today, I have little Miss 3 here, Akiah (aka Lily), she had a sleepover last night, so I have lots of tea parties to attend today, and lots of colouring in and story readings in between. It is way too hot for playing outside today so it’s an inside day!! ahhhh life is good!!
Have a great day yourselves, take care,
love Sally x
