Colour Combo Caniption

Hi all.

Today's creation took inspiration from a card by Ilina Crouse on SCS here. nothing wrong with the card at all, except that it used Calypso Coral........with RED!!!! Lordy....how to make a gal squirm. Still, there was something that appealed to me about the card, that still to this day eludes me, but on I went. On of the "dancing" Mum's had a birthday, so I needed something (relatively) quick as a card and gift.

This is what I came up with........

 

I had to change the ribbon due to none of the calypso stuff, but apart from that it is a direct CASE. I also had the idea of making some matching 3 x 3 note cards in a holder as the gift.

 

 

 

 

I was pretty wrapped with this result. Here is the holder and card....and then the whole kit and caboodle altogether.

 

 

 Thanks for dropping by. I know I have been very slack with posting. Sadly I have had a couple of hiccups with my diabetes and when added to my life in general....the hectic factor is just ridiculous. Know it is my intention to get here more often! Thanks for you patience.

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Real Red, Calypso Coral, Naturals White, Old Olive

Ink: (SU) Real Red, Calypso Coral, Old Olive

Stamps: (SU) Field Flowers

Punches / Dies: (SU) Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Scallop Dot Border Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch (ret), Scallop Envelope Die, Sizzlits Little Leaves Die, Boho Blossom Punch

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Double sided tape, Real Red Brad, Non SU Grosgrain Red Ribbon

 

Lynda xx

More Christmas Cards......

Morning all.

Sadly, uploading pictures on Blogger persists, so I am STILL posting via Firefox....PITA!!!!

I know we are in January, but given that I was such a HUGE slacker before Christmas, I thought I may inspire you for NEXT Christmas with the cards I put together. This year I made the designs relatively easy to mass produce and just changed the colour schemes to suit.

I used the reindeer stamp from the "Teacher's Gifts" post for the cards today. I basically did one in landscape, one in portrait and then in 6 different colour combinations. The red noses were achieved bu colouring in a 2mm adhesive pearl with a red Sharpie marker...too easy.

Olive and Rich Razzleberry

 

 Bashful Blue and Night Of Navy

 

Pink Pirouette and Perfect Plum (yes...v v girly)

 Soft Suede and Early Espresso (to balance out the girly!!)

 

Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant

 

Old Olive and Bravo Burgandy

They were indeed EASY PEASY!!!

Thanks for popping by. More Chrissy cards to Share, but also some 3D fun and some REALLY big news coming...that has indeed been a LONG time coming....hee hee hee.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) as listed above plus Whisper White and Very Vanilla

Ink: (SU) as listed above

Stamps: (SU) Many Merry Messages (ret), Curly Cute, Reindeer stamp fm LSS

Punches: (SU) Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Dotted Scallop Border Border Punch

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Red Sharpie, 2mm pearls fm stash

Lynda xx

Giving Thanks

Morning all.

If you are anywhere around the east coast of Australia, I hope you are tolerating the heat. Saturday (1st day of Summer here) did not fail to impress with the mercury hitting 36.9 degs C (which for those who are Fahrenheit fluent is 98 degs F!!!)

As you may have read, I was lucky enough to attend the recent SU Heartfelt convention in Sydney with Angela Sargeant. She drove me in, showed me around and in general was the perfect hostess. Angela also generously lent me the stamp set that helped create my Diwali cards here and here.

Now I am the kind of gal who believes in saying the 2 small words "thank you" when needed and often. So I made a little something to thank Angela for her generosity and kindness. Now as most of you know, I love to tinker with all things 3D, so this is where I started. I was inspired by a fab tutorial here to make these gorjus wee beauties.

This is what I made Angela, they are lumieres for her Christmas table......

 

They hold a faux (or flameless) teal light candle and the light flickers through the vellum stamped windows. I got mine from the Reject Shop and I am guessing that they are a little easier to get than they have been in previous years. This is it lit up......

 

 

The "holly" was achieved by using the leaf from the XL Bird Punch and 1/4" circle.

 

 

I fashioned a "matching" card by keeping the same colour scheme and using one of the flowers from the Mixed bunch set.

 

 

Here is the lot together.....

 

 

Thanks for popping by. I have more Christmas fun and 3D items to share soon.

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, vellum from Alice's

Ink: (SU) Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green

Stamps: (SU) Daydream Medallions, Mixed Bunch, Curly Cute, Build-A-Blossom

Dies and Punches: (SU) Window Framelit Dies, XL Bird Punch, Blossom Punch, Blossom petals Builder Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Carla Craft 1/4 inch circle punch

Other bits: SU Chevron EF, Dimensionals, Double sided tape, Dk red 1/2 pearls fm stash, flameless tea light candle

 

Lynda xx

 

 

 

Tea Anyone??

Morning all.

Ever had one of those projects on your "to do" list and never seemingly have gotten round to it??? Welcome to my "Gunna" file. It is PACKED with all the cards and 3D things I am GUNNA do. Well....today's post alleviates one thing from the file.

One of the secretaries at work was having a birthday. She and I have a ball when chatting, are as equally as mad as each other and never stop laughing. She is also a lover of all things vintage. With this in mind....I set about to create her something unique and slightly vintage for her birthday. I made her a tea caddy with a matching card. The tea caddy tutorial I used was from LeeAnn Greff here. It was very easy to follow, however the lid to the caddy on LeeAnn's pdf was too big for the box dimensions she cited. From memory, I think I knocked 1/8" off each side, but I cannot be sure.

Here is her card and caddy together......

The caddy was made from Crumb Cake CS and covered with Elegant Soiree DSP. The palate for the whole project was Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Suede and Baja Breeze.

Here are different views to give you an idea of what it looks like.

Front and side.......                                                                                          Other side and front.......

Back...........                                                                                                Flower motif up close...........

It holds a MASSIVE amount of tea bags. I fitted 18 Twinnings tea bags in this one (with the lid beside).....

The card was inspired from this one on SCS, but I continued the lace motif through onto the card which I think worked nicely.

I was so very happy with the way this turned out...after mega procrastination and lid fitting frustration!!

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Elegant Soiree DSP (ret)

Ink: (SU) Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Stamps: (SU) Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs, Yummy (SAB '09)

Punches: (SU) Blossom Punch, Blossom Builder Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Bouquet Blossom Triple Layer Punch, Nestabilities Labels 4

Other Bits: Large 1/2 Pearls fm stash, Dimemsionals

Lynda xx

Craft Camp - #6

Morning all.

Welcome to what is the last of my Craft Camp projects (yippee I hear you all say!!) I have left these till last in the vain hope that I could get a proper picture of them...but alas....bad weather and light became my undoing!!

My inspiration for these cards came from this card by Mickey Roberts. These are my versions......

Initially I had these cards with nothing behind them like Mickey's, but I then thought it needed something more....so I ended up putting some vellum behind them. This gave it such a wonderful look IRL.

The little labels are done with the new Framelit dies and an embossing folder.

Here are all four lined up together..........

Again, I sincerely apologise for the horrid and dodgy photography. Sydney over the past couple of months has not been kind to crafters who wish to take pics of their creations!!!!

Thanks for enduring my Craft Camp creations for this year. I will resume normal crafting insanity very soon....promise!!

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Concord Crush, Whisper White, DSP Stack II (In Colours 2011-2012), Vellum (from Alice in Paperland) and Hot Pink, Pink, Bright Blue and Yellow CS fm Connie's Creative Scrapbooking,

Ink: (SU) Concord Crush

Stamps: (SU) Sincere Salutations

Punches, Dies and Embossing: (SU) Wide Oval Punch, Ribbon Lace Border Punch, Labels Collection - Framelit Dies, Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Set

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Double sided tape

Lynda xx

Craft Camp - #3

Morning all.

I can now post this card, as the person it was intended for was married this weekend past. Truth be told, I only recall vague parts of this card going together as (1)...it was done very late on the Saturday night of Craft Camp and (2)...I was more than slightly hypoglycemic when putting it together!!! On the upside....I was mote than happy with the outcome.

I knew that the colour scheme for the wedding was all vintage tones and I wanted the card to reflect this. I was inspired by the layout I saw here. I loved the idea of the hearts and birds. So...with that in mind, this is what I came up with......

There are lots of little things that are in this card that need a hi-lighted mention. The background is stamped with the largest stamp from "Style Beautiful"....a set that I have not pulled out in some time!! The hearts are actually White lace (yes shock horror.....I used LACE) and what is more shocking....I coloured it with a very light sponging in Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap to age it and make it fir the card. I was soooooooooooooo glad that Connie had these to sell at camp!!












As you can also see, on the bird I also carried through the large stamp to ass texture and interest. The DSP that was used for the Lace Border Punch was carried through onto the wings of the birds too.

Notice the different shape of the label? Believe it or not, it is actually the Decorative Label Punch. I got the idea from here at Debbie Henderson's blog.

I was so very happy with the vintage look of this card. I can only hope the bride and groom were too. I have a couple more weeks to wait and find out!!

Thanks for popping by.

Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Very Vanilla and Making Memories Paper Reverie - Brun Antique Dictionary DSP (#35856)
Ink: (SU) Soft Suede, Crumb Cake (stamped off), Tim Holtz - Frayed Burlap
Stamps: (SU) Style Beautiful, Petite Pairs
Punches: (SU) Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Word Window Punch, XL Bird Punch
Other Bits: Lace Appliques from Connie's Creative Scrapbooking, Dimensionals, Sepia Rhinestones from stash

Lynda xx