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

Elementary Elegance and You are Loved

It's been full on again since school started. The weekend just didn't seem to be a weekend. My son had his softball game on Saturday morning, and then we went to the NZ vs Australia Polo game in Kihikihi that afternoon. Sunday was filled with the Weetbix kids try-athalon. So time just seemed to go. My niece is turning 21 this week, and wanted to use some of the new stamps that are in the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration catalogue. So I decided on the Elementary Elegance, as the basis of this card. The colours are Conchord Crush, Crumb Cake and Whisper White. The Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder was used as a background on the Crumb Cake. The Victoria Crochet Trim and the clear rhinestone brads are used, along with a trinket crown and rhinestones.

I received the "You are Loved" set in my latest order, and wanted to try it out. I haven't seen too much done with this one yet,so I just went tried things out for myself. The first one is hand painted on the stamp with the Stampin' Write markers in Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight and Crumb Cake. Once stamped, I then played around with it till I decided to cut around it. The amour is from Clearly for You. The little butterfly brad is out of the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue. The Wisteria Wonder cardstock is embossed with Perfect Polka Dots and punched with the Scallop Trim Border. Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon and Victoria Crochet Trim are used to embellish as well.

I tried again with it this time using a basic colour scheme of Whisper White, Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler. The cherry Cobbler was embossed with the stripes folder. The Whisper White was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper. Diamantes, and flowers fro the Vintage Vogue set completed the card.

So that's it for now. Hope you have fun with your creating. Cheers Dee

my challenge

Hi again, I thought that since I'd been a bit slack in posting lately, due to a lot of running around for various things, that I'd give myself a wee challenge. Over the next little while I'd try to start at the beginning of the latest catalogue and work my way through, and make a card from each stamp set that I own. So we'll see how we go. I'm in the midst of getting hubby's 40th invites out, and trying to make 50 of these things is quite time consuming. When I post a picture of these, you'll understand why. I won't do that till I've actually got them posted though. So here is my first attempt at my personal challenge. I've used the hostess set Happiest Birthday Wishes. The colours are Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz and Concord Blue. I used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder on the background. When I had initially made it, I thought it was a bit bland, so I decided to colour parts of the embossing to liven things up a bit. I've added the pearls as well. Embellishments are a wonderful thing.

So, I hope it's given you some inspiration for something you might be working on, even given yourself the same challenge. We have these stamp sets sitting there, and sometimes that's all they do. We have good intentions when we get them, so maybe try a challenge for yourself. Good luck. 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

Easel Cards

Hello, it's been fairly busy today, hence the late post. I'm quickly adding whilst I'm trying to scoff a quick bite to eat, before heading out the door again.... Never mind, it's better to be busy than wondering what to do with myself.

I have made a couple of cards recently that I wanted to show you. They are an alternative to the traditional easel cards, and they are made with using shapes through the Big Shot.

Firstly, I made this one using the Scallop Circle, and then the Circle Scissor Plus. The butterflies are from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die. The colours are Concord Crush, Pretty in Pink and Lucky Limeade. The background stamp is from Creative Elements. The leaves are from the Little Leaves embosslit. The base Lucky Limeade is put through the Scallop Trim Border Punch. The Concord Crush stitched poly-ribbon bow is secured with a clear rhinestone brad.

This second one is from using the Top Note Die. Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Concord Crush and Whisper White are the colours. I embossed the Rich Razzleberry with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, and the Pretty in Pink butterfly through the Perfect Polka Dots. On the base I've used the Lace Ribbon Border Punch to help stand the top up. The background of Delicate Doilies is stamped in Whsiper White craft ink.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my Deesigns.
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.