A nice Cuppa - there's always time for tea!

 

It's time for a cuppa don't you think?? Well at least make a cuppa... CARD! With some time on my hands and some new goodies to play with I made this card for a dear friend of mine who when we are together ALWAYS share a cuppa! Usually at a sweet little Tea shop (in Berry if any of you know the one!)

I cased the idea from page 34 in the new Occasions Catalogue with using the black stamped image and then Popping the colour into the words. The lovely flower is from the new DSP Birthday Bouquet and that amazing gold glitter watercolour look is using a BRAND NEW product (p.24) Glitter brush! YUMM!!

I'm soooo looking forward to getting with some of my stamping ladies next week to do some crafting together! YAY!!!

Sale-a-bration, Happy New Year and A Nice Cuppa!

 

It's a NEW year! It's time to celebrate and I'm back (FINALLY) after some wonderful holidaying and moving and settling and relaxing and enjoying NOT being at my computer!!
Hopefully you already know that we are right in the midst of Sale-a-bration. It's a fabbo time of the Stampin' Up! year when for every $90 you spend you receive FREE PRODUCT!!!!
It's also the start of a new Occasions Mini catty too, LOADED with the most gorgeous goodies you will want to get your hands on!! SO with my oldest daughter turning 14 Friday I made this card for her with some new stamps to my collection.

  

 The hearts you can softly see in the background are from the A Nice Cuppa stamp set which also includes that super cute greeting.... YOU are TEA-riffic!!

 

The BIG, bold JUST FOR YOU is a SAB goodie (which you can earn FREE) from the Botanicals for you stamp set. Soooo lovely that little set is!!
Ohh and that stunning glitter pool party ribbon is in the new mini (page 9) which just adds a nice little sparkle to the card.
I can honestly say that this is the first thing I've made ALL year, well since November actually..... hoping to get back into the swing of things soon!!
Sending many Happy New Year Hugs

Twelve days of Christmas Cards 2015 - Day 12 {punch art angels}

 

It's the last day lovely people! Only a few more sleeps till we celebrate Christmas day, so here is my final card (and probably final post till next year... sometime!)
This was another project I made and have never showed it, it's quite old sadly but it's too lovely to not show it for my 12th day of Christmas! Now they aren't toy soldiers but they stand firm and strong and look much better!!
ANGELS! Made from the petal cone die and a whole bunch of other punches! I saw the idea HERE and HERE. The children love this kind of thing, punch art is certainly a fav for all ages and there are HEAPS of amazing ideas all over the Internet!!!

 

 

 

 

So what was your favourite day of Christmas cards??? I'd have to say I've loved sharing them all!
I hope and pray that your Christmas season is full of love and peace and joy and that you are touched by God's love as we celebrate the best gift of all - Jesus!
Merry Christmas Everyone!

Twelve days of Christmas cards 2015 - Day 11

I have to confess that this is a card I made last year...... but there's more!!!
I DIDN'T EVEN SEND IT!!!! Be sure to know that this issue has now been resolved, you could say a bit like the rats and mice the piped piper happily led out of the city! Problem solved! YAY!!!

 

 

I used one of the wonderful embellishments from the Project life Hello December (2014) as the focus of my card BUT with the gorgeous gold embellishments from the NEW collection of Project Life Hello December 2015 you could make something just as lovely! The background was made with an embossing folder covered in ink, such a gorgeous effect!!
Show this technique at your next get together and I'm sure you'll have a whole following of ladies after you wanting to make it too!

Twelve days of Christmas Cards 2015 - Day 10

 

How about some more tags? For my 10th day of Christmas cards I'll have you leaping to your craft space to make some too!! Inspired by the amazing Wonderland stamp set and some more of that stunning vellum I came up with these tags for my club ladies as their farewell project for the year!
You will LEAP  when you find out how easy they are to make!
Vellum, tag topper punch, triple banner punch, ribbon, Wonderland stamp set, sticky strip, and a gold foil sheet!

 The table was set and ready for my Paper Doll club ladies to arrive!

 

 It's party time with hands "leaping" everywhere

 to make their tags and eat the goodies!

So don't wait a moment longer, get leaping to make some for yourself NOW!!

Twelve Days of Christmas Cards 2015 - Day 9

 

Feel like some dancing??? It's day nine and I have a beauty for YOU!!!
This card was created by Kim!!!( not sure where she got here inspiration from sorry!) I was totally dancing on the spot when I saw this in her office and then found out she was gong to demonstrate it in her card class!!! Of course I asked if I could come - she said YES!!! Happy dance right there!!!

 

 

I would NEVER make a card this involved, we had a ruler and pencil and rubber and...... well all i can say is that Kim is a super whizz with all things organized and she blitzed this card with a Hip HOP!
So love the end result, I'm sure any good judge would give it a 10/10!!

Twelve days of Christmas 2015 - Day 8

What do you do with your scraps?? Mmmmmm I have a "scrap" box and so doooooo my children! You can collect quite a few can't yoooooou??!! Well with scraps like the one I've used here there is most certainly not a reason to throooooow it away!
I'm sure you've seen the idea Mooo-dles of times (don't forget we are on day 8 now...) by using the negative of the cut out!!

 

Gro-oooo-vy idea if I do say so myself!! I've kept with simple (YET AGAIN) and white too, another fav "go-to" base colour for me this year and with a wooden element, twine and washi you have a Scrap card!!! Moooo-velous!