Black and White Daisies

I told you I'd make an envelope with the die!! Okay, I put it on a card, but it's still an envelope!

A very simple idea, the envelope opens to reveal the greeting (Hostess Level 2 set - Afterthoughts) and I added a large flower embellishment with the Sizzix Daisies #2 die cut from printed acetate (retired) and Whisper White card.

I stamped around the greeting, inside the card and on the envelope with the Greenhouse Garden daisy stamp.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x.

My Friend - Bright

I took my colour inspiration for this card from the Sunny Garden DSP (before I had some) as I love the bright, cheery colours.

The base of this card is Poppy Parade Textured cardstock, I love a bit of texture and this is an easy way to achieve it. If you order the In Colour 12x12 assorted cardstock, you can get 4 sheets of each colour, 2 smooth and 2 textured (that makes 20 sheets in all). I cut the 12x12 sheet into 3 (4" each), then scored at 6" to create my base.

I made an insert using Whisper White, and staped the flower and sentiment using my trusty markers.

Happy Crafting!
Kathy. x

Baja Breeze Photo Frame

I have decorated this frame to give to my eldest sister for her birthday, her bedroom is decorated in this colour so I thought she'd like this to put on her dressing table.

I used a bare basics photo frame from Do Crafts (cost £1.09) and first covered the whole frame (back and front) with Whisper White Craft ink, using a sponge dauber. I let the ink dry then applied Baja Breeze ink, again using a sponge dauber. This gives a nice soft colour all over. I let the frame dry then used Craft Whisper White ink to stamp the base layer of the flowers & Baja Breeze for the top layer. The effect is very subtle, hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x

Plum Easel Card

This design is a blatant case of card ideas from the Craft Stampers magazine! You probably know by now that I just love easel cards, well the magazine showed how you can use your beloved Die Cutter to make shaped easel cards & I just had to have a go!

I'm not sure about the colour on this one, you know I'm a great lover of purple, just I'm not sure I should have used this shade. I'll have another go with another colour soon & try a different stamp set while I'm at it, goodness knows I have enough of them! lol

Supplies:

• Stamps - Greenhouse Garden, Vintage Labels SAB
• Ink - Perfect Plum, Pale Plum
• Card - Whisper White, Pale Plum
• Accessories - White Shimmer Paint
  
• Tools - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips
• Adhesives - Snail & Dimensionals
• Non-SU - Nestabilities Labels 1

Happy Crafting!
Kathy. x

Greenhouse Garden

I promised these pictures to the ladies from my workshop. They are all adaptations of Abi's fab design.

I used this stamp set as Stampin' Up are donating £1 to helping the people of Haiti for every Greenhouse Garden stamp set sold until the end of February & I will match it. The flowers are 2-step stamping so you'll need a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the best results, aren't they gorgeous?

We had a fun evening, each making 4 of these cards. I made the backing papers in advance, or else we'd have been all evening making just those. In some cases I've only used a strip or two of the backing paper, so a sheet of it goes a long way!

Supplies:

• Stamp sets - Greenhouse Garden, Curvy Verses, Happy Moments SAB, Whimsical Words SAB
• Inks - Just about all of them!
  
• Card - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Whisper White, Very Vanilla
• Tools - Paper Cutter, Eyelet Border, Scallop Oval & Large Oval punches, Stamp-a-ma-jig
• Adhesives - Snail 2-Way Glue Pen & Dimensionals
• Accessories - Dazzling Diamonds & Fine Cosmo Stampin' Glitters

Happy Crafting!

Kathy x

Happines Always

This card that Abi showed us how to make at her team meeting has so inspired me. Be warned I have made loads of these style, using different stamps, colours, with borders etc, but the basic design is Abi's.

Supplies:

• Stamp Sets - Grenhouse Garden, Whimsical Words SAB
• Stampin' Write Markers - Brocade Blue, Bordering Blue, Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Ballet Blue
• Card - Ballet Blue, Whisper White
• Tools - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips
• Adhesives - Snail & Dimensionals

Thanks for the inspiration Abi. :)