Happy Mothers Day

A very special Happy Mothers Day to all those wonderful mothers out there. This year my eldest made me a lovely card from her and her little sister, and gave me a charm for my pandora bracelet. My son made me a gorgeous wee pot with a lid in pottery class at school. I spent the morning with my eldest daughter at a Mother and Daughter Breakfast fundraiser, then had lunch with my husband's family at a local cafe, and finally visited my parents for afternoon tea. So it's been fairly full on, but very special.

This year, as my father is ill, I made his card for Mum. I had cased the pattern from the internet, and I'm sorry I can't find whose it was, but altered it to what I had in the cupboard. I chose to use Up,Up and Away stamp set in Pool Party, Blushing Bride and Very Vanilla. Dad was thrilled with the result, and so was Mum. So that is all that matters.

This one from my family to Mum, is in Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Whisper White. I used a retired DSP on the background. The two Tags Die was embossed with Vintage Wallpaper. The flower was sewn in Whisper White Satin Ribbon, an antique brad is used in the middle of the Elegant Eggplant Scallop Dot Ribbon bow. The Little Leaves sizzlit and Beautiful Wings Embosslit adda little extra to it.

The last one I made was for my Mother n Law. She loves cats and I found the picture of this on Angela Purdie's site www.kintakards.com I just loved it and thought it would be an excellent card to make. It turned out quite well I thought. So thanks Angela for the inspiration. So I hope you all have had a wonderful day. Yours in creating Dee

Newer Versions

Good morning, I'm back into routine again, and awake early enough to post this before getting the kids ready for their day.

I originally made this one for a friends birthday in pink, and decided to use it for my display board in the elegant eggplant and some of the new scallop dot ribbon and antique brads.

I had made this card for Mum a couple of years ago, and she still has it displayed at home. But because it was made with old DSP, I couldn't use it for display. So I've used the Rich Razzleberry patterned paper, and made a couple of tweeks here and there.

I've added a of new ones all together here for you too. I embossed the Crumb Cake card with Vintage Wallpaper and used the new Established Elegance set, with Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake Seam Binding.

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a great day.
Dee

Feeling the Christmas Spirit

Good morning, the kids are back at school today after a couple of weeks off, and it went pretty well. So the last term of the year has now started, and we are on the countdown to christmas.
You can see where I'm heading with this, I'm sure.

I thought I'd start with a couple of 3D items, that are a lovely way to package your xmas gifts. The little Top Note box, is one my up-line Juliette taught us last year, and I used for my nephew's i-tunes gift card and a chocolate bar gift.
The backpack is a pattern I found on-line and have made several variations of them. My niece got the i-tunes gift card and chocolate bar in hers, last year. I used the Beautiful Butterflies Embosslits to decorate. The DSP is retired now.
The tall box is another one from Juliette, which I filled with chocolates for my brother 'n law. Simple but effective. The tutorials will be posted at a later date. Promise.

I'd been looking through my Stampin' Write's for a couple of pens for a project, and saw some colour combinations that I thought would work well. Here I've put together Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzaz and Whisper White. Just because it's christmas, you don't have to be traditional. The set is Delightful Decorations, and can be used so many ways. But here's my latest interpretation.

The kids and I decided to make some tea-light candles, which was an idea that I had come across on Jill Hillard's site. We used the Jolly Bingo Bits set. Tissue paper is always hard to put through a punch at the best of times, so we folded it 3 or 4 times, then placed it inside some copy paper and punched. It gives it a cleaner punch. Then stamped our images, which the kids had used the Stampin' Writes to colour the stamps as they liked. Using the Crop-a-dile we punched a hold in the middle for the wick to go through, and placed the tissue on the tea-light. Then gently heated the candle with the Heat Tool. The wax melts over the tissue, and you are left with the picture. The little box is 11.5 x 11.5 cm square. Scored at 2cm on all 4 sides. then cut at one of each of the 4 corners, to form a flap to fold and tape for corner.
The sleeve is 8cm x 23cm. Scored at 5, 7, 15, 17 cm. Wrap around the base box and tape bottom flaps to secure. On our boxes, we used the Curly Label punch to put in a window to see the candles. We used a window sheet cut to size and taped underneath of the window. Once we had put the sleeve over the box, we then tied a ribbon around it, and decorated them with a tag to suit. I think they did a great job.

Birthday Wishes

Good morning, well after a day of running around doing a few end of holiday jobs, my children decided we needed a kids class on Sunday. So I'm preparing that one today. I try to keep the kids classes under a dozen, usually because of my limited space, and so that I can dedicate my time to them as they need it. They are a lot of fun, and the children all seem to enjoy themselves.

I wanted to share a couple of birthday cards for you today.

This lovely set is Nature Walk, and it's simple but effective.

For something a bit different, I used my Owl punch. He's so versatile, and I made this one for my husband's birthday. He loves playing the piano, and I wanted to make something for him that reflects him. Which is generally what I do for all my cards I make people, and try to make them personal. Punch art's a lot of fun, and you can do so much with it.

I made this for my daughter's friends birthday. The Pony Party set is very cute, and can be used to do two step stamping if you wish, or leave it simple.

There are a lot of flowerpot cards around, but this is my take on it. These are quite cute, and when you pull up the flowers, the card comes out of the pot, for you to put your message on. Vintage Vogue, is the set I used to make the flowers. It's been around for a couple of years now, and is still one of my favourites to use.

Well, a little inspiration I hope to start your day. I'm endeavouring to get the connections up that I need to finish off my blog, but I'm not that tech-savvy. So I have to wait for a little help from my friends.
Enjoy your day, Dee

Something Elegant

Well, I'm back at again early this morning before the day begins. I wanted to share a couple of cards and easy gifts to make. I've seen these candles around a lot, and wanted to give it a go. They end up being quite a striking gift, and so easy.

This is done with the Forever Young set, and embellished with Butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits, with pearls and the Victoria Crochet trim. The Framed Tulips embossing folder adds a simple but elegant surround.

The other one I did was for my parents anniversary. The set is Artistic Etchings and Baroque Motifs.

The candles are very easy to do. Stamp you image onto some tissue paper, then place it onto the candle. Use a Heat Tool, and slowly the wax will melt into the tissue paper, and the image is left. Let it cool, then embellish. When I gave it as a present, I wrapped the candle in cellophane and tied with a ribbon.

Enjoy your day. Only a few more days of the school holidays, then it's all go again.
Thanks for looking,
Dee