Purse Die Fun

Morning all.

When the new SU catty came out September 1st this year one thing I was very eager to get was the Petite Purse Die. I have seen many beautiful things done with it, so I thought I may as well join in the fun and games.

My SIL was at the beginning of may 40th birthdays with family and work. It was only fitting that family bore the brunt of my 1st experimental purse!! I also broke out the new Summer Silhouettes stamp set too. This is my 1st attempt at a purse......

I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Wicker Weave EF.

And of course....it held 3 Ghirardelli chocolates just perfectly!!

The card was bases around pink like the purse (my SIL is VERY much a girly girl) and LOVES pink!!

 

The frame that holds the 40 is from the new Window Framelit Dies. I matted it out by cutting 2 pink ones, cutting them in half and then creating the border.

 

 

Here are the purse and card together......

 

 

 

Thanks for popping by. I have MANY more variations of purses to share. I have had lots of 40th birthdays and it seemed like a good way to start a celebration....every gal likes chocolate....right???

 

Next post starts the big challenge I was given....stay tuned.

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Pretty In Pink, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst (ret), Silver Glitter CS fm Alice's

Ink: (SU) Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Almost Amethyst (ret)

Stamps: (SU) Summer Silhouettes

Dies: (SU) Petite Purse Die, Window Framelit Dies, Beautiful Wings Embosslit die.

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Wicker Weave EF, Pink Rhinestone Silver Brads fm stash, White 1/2 pearl fm stash, SU Designer Sherbert Buttons (ret)

Punches: EK Parisian Border Punch

 

Lynda xx

 

 

Sunset Butterflies

Morning all.

For those of you who are frequent readers, you will know that I do not sponge a lot. However when I saw THIS card by the mega talented Darlene from Darlene's designs, I had to give it a crack. She does a lot of instructional VDO's and this helped greatly.

This is my original version of Darlene's card......

 

 

Her colours pop a lot more than mine, but for a first attempt I was not totally disappointed. The "sunset" look and the colours used blended so well.

 

 

My cogs then got a clunkin'. The first card was on Whisper White and I know that gloss card, well the ink goes on a lot easier, so this is how take 2 ended up.....

 

 

(Sadly the dicky weather we had been having in Sydney did not allow for fab photography!!!!) However, IRL the colours popped a lot more in this example. Some of the butterflies lay flush and some were popped up on one side on a dimensional.

 

 

Thanks for popping by today. Things are very slowly settling back down although we are still setting a cracking pace. Thanks Darlene for getting me out of my comfort zone too.

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Whisper White, Glossy White, Basic Black

Ink: (SU) Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Passion (ret), Stazon, Black SWM

Stamps: Amy R - Birthday Sentiments, Clear generic stamp fm stash

Dies: (SU): Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die

Other bits: Post its, Dimensionals, Sponges, White 1/2 pearls fm stash

 

Lynda xx

 

 

 

Bunches of Brithday Fun (aka...Going Potty!!)

Morning all.

The title refers to (the potty part anyhow) to the trouble and total frustration I have had with Blogger to try and get this post well...posted. I had to deal with font/colour/pic gremlins...it was endless!! So without further procrastinations.......

Today I wish to share with you the card I made for my DD's 8th birthday. She (still) loves pink and recently has shown an interest in making cards. For this very reason, I wanted to make her something a little different. I love the wee flower pot cards and stumbled across a tutorial here from Sandra Azzopardi. This is the card I made for my DD........

The pictures were kinda taken in a hurry JUST before it was written and given to her!! (hence the fairy bedsheets). I kept the embellishments fairly simple....

I used the Triple Layer Bouquet Punch for the centres. The brads add that bit of sparkle. These are the ones I got from the Reject Shop for a bargain!! Oh...if you haven't seen how these wee cards work, the flowers pull up and here is also a picture of how it stands all on it's own.

I had this at work one day and one of the doctors saw it......he was so blown away by it, he asked if I could make one for his partner who was turning 30. I made it a little more grown up by changing the ribbon. This was the result.....(the pics were taken at work...hence the lighting!!!)

Needless to say, he was blown away too (blush). I will list the basic supplies used for this project, but if you think I have missed something or have a question, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thanks for popping by.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Non SU bright Blue, Pink and Yellow as well as Hot Pink Glimmer CS for the numbers

Ink: (SU) Pool Party, Rose Red, Pretty In Pink, Wisteria Wonder

Stamps: (SU) Mixed Bunch, Build-a-Blossom

Punches: (SU) Blossom Punch, Blossoms Petals Builder Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Carla Craft 1" Circle Punch

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Pink Grosgrain 10mm ribbon, Pink Organza and Satin 10mm Ribbon, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphapet (numbers)

Lynda xx

"0's" as Far as the Eye Can See!!

Morning all.

Recently I had a considerable run of "ZERO" birthdays. One was a girl on my netball team and the other 2 were crafting friends....one of whom I know definitely reads my blog from time to time!!

A kind of different source of inspiration for these cards. I found this idea here in Lana Harvey's blog. Whilst the outside of the card is stunning, it was actually the inside that appealed to me for an idea. With that in mind, I came up with these.......

What do you think? They are a little different, and the numbers sparkle. Every gal likes sparkle....don't they??? I stamped the "bud" image from Simply Soft in a lighter colour than the main and then stamped the "sticks" in the main colour or similar. If I did not have a suitable ink, I stamped off the main colour and then used it.

I challenged myself a little with colour combinations, but more than happy with the final results. Here are the 30 and 40 together.......

Thanks for popping by again. I sincerely appreciate your feedback and comments. Even if you have never commented before, please do so.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Whisper White as well as Green and Silver glitter card from Alice in Paperland.

Ink: (SU) Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, Soft Suede, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral

Stamps:(SU) Simply Soft, Curly Cute

Punches: (SU) Scallop Dotted Ribbon Punch

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet (for the Numbers)

Lynda xx

Birthday Butterflies

Morning all.......

Please do not adjust you spectacles....yes it is me and I am POSTING!!!! Thanks for you patience and e mails of friendship and encouragement. Things have settled a little, but there is still a ways to go...a long way in fact, but at least there is a little light.

Now I created these cards a VERY long time ago and I got the inspiration from Leonie Schroder and her card here. I just love the whimsy and simplicity of it....so much so that I made a couple....or 4.

Here are my versions....

 Now as usual.....I have made small tweaks on each of them so no 2 are exactly alike. The differences range from a different vine colour, sentiment and rhinestones or pearls. I did particularly like the way the vellum made the butterfly "fly".

The other little piece of special was the wonderful embossing the vellum held.

Here are 3 of the 4 cards together. 1 had to make a quick exit so I was not late for a friend's birthday.

Again, thanks so much for your patience, support and friendship. I hope to schedule a couple more posts over the next few days. Last weekend (18-20th May) I also went to Craft Camp and I have MUCH to share from there too.

Thanks for popping by.

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Vellum

Ink: (SU) Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets: (SU) Vintage Vogue and Amy R- Birthday Sentiments

Punches/Dies: (SU) Large and Small Oval Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit die

Other bits: Dimensionals,  Pearls and Rhinestones (most from Hot Dollar)

Lynda xx

Another Zero Birthday......

Hi all.

I hope you are all enjoying the long Easter break. I have so much to show you, so I hope to schedule some fairly regular posts over the next week or so.

Today's card date's back a month or so....yes I am that far behind!!! One of the secretaries at work was about to celebrate a zero birthday. This lady is very elegant and understated. I was asked to make her card that was black and white and nowhere was it to mention her age!!!! Easy right????

I was inspired by this card on SCS.....it fitted the black and white part anyhow. This is the card I made for the birthday girl.....

and I also made one slightly different for the stash......

I think the red just stepped up the sass factor a little. I embossed the stripe...although due to 2 sproggets tearing around...I ended up debossing as opposed to embossing....but it worked out OK.

The swirl is so very intricate and with both rhinestones and pearls it looked so pretty.

The birthday gal loved her card....so I was happy too.

Thanks for popping by. As promised will have more for you all soon.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Basic Black, Whisper White as well as Paper Mill Black and White Paisley Pearl paper and Stardream Deep red paper

Ink: (SU) Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: (SU) Elements of Style and Amy R - Birthday Sentiments

Other bits: SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Deep Red 1/2 pearls and Red Rhinestones fm stash

Lynda xx

Totally Out of my Comfort Zone

A bonus post for you all!! (scroll down for the other post today)

The folks at Our Creative Corner have set another great challenge for this week. You can read up on it here. Now there is a back story to this card. I have shown you some cards in the past for my cousin's daughter here and a couple of other places. She is 16 tomorrow and I still am amazed by her. She was born at 28 weeks and was not really expected to survive 2 days.....yet here she is 16 years on and still going strong. Sh has many special needs and I so admire the strength and resilience of my Cousin and family and the way she has raised her. Her cards have always had colour and texture as her eyesight is not fantastic. With all this in mind, I went with butterflies. This is the picture that OCC set for the challenge....

This is the card I made.....

As you can see, I drew inspiration from the colours, the flowers on the DP  are similar to the ones on the table and the texture of all the lollies, icings and food on the table. Now because I am also very literal with my cards sometimes too (surprising right!) there are 16 butterflies used in the construction of this card.

I added dimensionals under a couple of the butterflies so she could feel them 'flying' on the card.

Notice the other thing about this card.....NO STAMPING!!!!! Now the things that took me way out of what I felt comfortable with were 1 - the colour palate....I don't do corals/oranges hardly at all....let alone combine it with blues!!! and 2 - the fact that I did not use stamps. Felt really odd.

Thanks for popping by. Why don't you go over to Our Creative Corner and challenge yourself.

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Baja Breeze, Groovy Guava (ret) and Foof-a-La Paper (Savannah - Ambrosia # 47090)

Ink: NONE

Stamps: NONE

Other bits: SU Beautiful Wings Embosslit die, PortaCraft Ice Blue Rhinestones, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet, Dimensionals

Lynda xx

A Special Surprise.....

As most of you are aware...i was on somewhat of a crafting and creative armistace recently, which also meant that I fell FAR behind on things for birthdays and the like. one such miss was Andrea....fm EnchantInk. She has been a blog bud for sometime now and I wanted to send her a surprise. I had seen a fantastic tutorial here on Herringbone technique and thought I'd give it a go.

Andrea loves green...so the colour palate was kind of easy. The set included the card (dah), a Pocket Tissue Holder and a Lip Balm holder. What made it a better gift was that Andrea had been feeling a little under the weather....so it served 2 purposes.

The Herringbone technique is a magical way of using up all those scraps of DP and is so easy....even I did it....3 TIMES!!!! Here are some close ups.....the card.....

The Pocket Tissue Holder....and yes I perhaps went a littl overboard carrying through the pattern to the inside...but what the hey!!

And the Lip Balm Holder....

This actually goes up fairly quickly. the hardest thing was adjusting the card design to fit the fronts of the smaller packets. I enjoyed putting this together very much.

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Pear Pizzaz, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush, In Colour DP

Ink: (SU) Pear Pizzaz, Concord Crush

Stamps: (SU) Bliss, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Punches: (SU) Modern Label, Word Window

Other Bits: Green flower brads, Xyron machine, Green grosgrain ribbon fm Alice's

Lynda xx