Mother's Day 2010

I finally managed to upload the pictures of this years Mother's day creations!

I did 2 sets, one for my Mum & the other for my Mother-in-Law. I went for very spring-like colour combo this year, & my Mums loved them!

Supplies:

• Stamps - Flight of the Butterfly
  
• Ink - White Stazon
  
• Card - Non SU card from my stash in Pink, Yellow, Green & White
• Paper - White Vellum
  
• Punches - Butterfly, Scallop Oval, Scallop Circle
  
• Accessories - Fine Cosmo Stampin' Glitter
  
• Tools - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips
  
• Adhesives - Tombow Multipurpose, Snail, Dimensionals
  
• Other items - Plain Gift Bags, Martha Stewart Border, Flower & Leaf punches, Narrow grosgrain ribbon from stash.
  

Thanks for looking,
Kathy.

Talia's Birthday

I made this card for my son's school friend Talia. Talia's favourite colour is purple, she has excellent taste ;), so I had to go with Lavender Lace. I also decorated a plain gift bag & made a matching gift tag.

I always struggle with butterfly antena, my wire never comes out right, my drawing leaves much to be desired, so I tried silver elastic cord on this project.

I tied a knot at each end, folded it in half & stuck it to the reverse of the butterfly, what do you recon, good idea or maybe you have a better one?

Supplies used:

• Stamps - Flight of the Butterfly, Happy Moments SAB
  
• Ink - Lavender Lace, Whisper White Craft
  
• Card - Whisper White, Lavender Lace, Sage Shadow
  
• Accessories - Silver Elastic Cord, Dazzling Diamonds glitter
• Punches - Butterfly, Scallop Circle, Word Window, 5 Petal Flower, Boho Blossoms, 1-3/8" & 1-1/4" Circles, 1/8" Circle Handheld
  
• Tools - Spong Daubers, Paper Cutter, Paper Snips
  
• Adhesives - Tombow Multipurpose, Snail, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals
  
• Other items - Plain gift bag, Martha Stewart Border punch

Thanks for looking,
Kathy.

Bashful Blue Card Candy

I love giving card candy as gift to my crafty friends. For those of you who don't know what card candy is it's an American term term for card toppers.

In the past I used to pay a fortune for this type of thing until I found the joy of making my own! I used a variety of stamp set for their greetings & my growing collection of punches. I added some brads & pearls from the Pretties Kit to give them a lift & gave a false enamelled look on a couple with the new Crystal Effects.

Supplies:
Stamp Sets - Flight of the Butterfly, Circle Circus, Punches Three, Oval All, Fresh Cuts
Ink - Bashful Blue, Kraft in Whisper White
Card - Bashful Blue & Whisper White
Punches - 1-3/8" Circle,1-1/4" Circle, Scallop Circle, Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Butterfly, Scallop Square, Boho Blossoms, 1/16" Circle (handheld)
Accessories - Brads in Bashful Blue, Pearls from Pretties Kit, Crystal Effects, Embossing Powder in White
Tools - Heat Tool, Paper Snips
Adhesives - Snail, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

The Scallop square topper has a chocolate hidden behind it, so it really is card candy!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy.

More New Year Gifts

As you can see I made quite a few of these photo frames to give with Ben's thankyou cards. It's a nice little way of showing off your loved one's photo & a gift too! I have one of these on my desk at work & several colleagues have made lovely comments about this project.

I even had Children as young as 2 years old making a version of these at our School Christmas Fayre. I volunteered to run the craft stall (no surprize there I hear you say). They loved stamping flowers etc all over them (I like to start them young, gets them hooked quick) ;) I also had them making christmas tree shaped cards where they stuck lots of baubles all over them & the most popular were snowflake tree decorations. All the items were die cut from some very stiff card I got from my local scrap store, so it cost next to nothing to make everything. Only problem now is how do I top that next year?

Thanks for looking,
Kathy.