Manhattan Flowers #1

A little piece of DSP, with a punched border was all that was needed once I'd embossed th front of the card base with the Manhattan Flowers embossing folder & I sponge daubed the embossing to bring out the image.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x

Springtime Vintage #2

Another great pattern from the Springtime Vintage DSP, this time showing some more of the colours that make up this great set. I used River Rock as my card base, together with Not Quite Navy.

Do you like the flowers? They are a couple of them from the Sizzix Fun Flowers die. Be prepared for Fun Flowers to get everywhere! The centre is a card button I made using the Sweet Buttons Embosslit die. We no longer have to pay a fortune to send a card in the post with buttons, use card ones instead!

More cards using fab items from the mini coming soon!

Take care,
Kathy. x

Build a Blossom #1

As you might have guessed by now, I bought quite a lot from the new mini catalogue! Not quite everything, but a lot!!

One of the things Stampin' Up! does brilliantly is matching stamps and punches and here's a lovely set called Build a Blossom with Blossom Petals punch. These stamps make the most gorgeous flowers a petal at a time.

The flower I created here is very large so I decided from the start that there would only be part of the flower showing, and I love how it turned out!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x

Team Swap March 2011

This is the card front I made for Abi's team training swap back in March. I decided tobase the card around the Springtime Vintage DSP as the mini was coming out the next month. Just a strip of it was used, along with a scallop border in Rose red. The Scallop Circle was put throught the Square Lattice embossing folder, before cutting in half. I then finished the card by adding a greeting to a Four Frame panel.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x

Elegant Bouquet & Baja Breeze

This card might look complicated but, thanks to the Big Shot, is super quick to make!

I started off by embossing the base card with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, then adding Glass Glitter in Baja Breeze to the flower centres with Tombow Glue. I then set the card aside to dry.

Next I cut a large butterfly using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit (keep the smaller ones for other projects) and sponge daubed it with ink to bring out the detail.

I then made a panel using one of the Four Frames stamps and the Decorative Label punch. An oval greeting was added on top.

Once the glue was dry I assembled the card and finished it off with a Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon bow.

Take care,
Kathy. x