I Co-ordinated - #2

De ja vu!!!!

I will keep this short, as this is the same concept as previous, but just a different colour...this time....BLUES!!

This time around I used one SU DSP (Urban Garden) and a lovely distressed DP that I got from Scrappin' Kats before she closed down.

                                                 

                                                              

                                 

 And the ink on the DP.............


                                           

And the sentiment the same way......              

Hope you haev enjoyed my venture into co-ordination!!  Catch you all soon!!

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Urban Garden DSP, Out & About No 2 Blue Paisley Paper (item # OA1012) My Mind's Eye - fm Scrappin' Kats

Ink: (SU) Not Quite Navy

Stamps: (SU) Inspired By Nature, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Other bits: 1/2 Blue Pearls fm Bizzy Becs

Lynda xx

I Co-Ordinated - #1

     

You may recall this post a little while back. I stamped on DP (designer paper) for the first time and I loved the way it looked!! Well....I decided to set myself another couple of challenges...and one involving PINK!! I found this card on SCS. I thought of the DP's that I had and the colours that I could use.....here's what I came up with....

Now I have never made a set of co-ordinated cards before....let alone the shock and awe of using PINK, but I am happy with the way that they turned out. I uesd the Pink Pirouette side of the Bella Rose DSP (sadly now retired...##sniff##) and Riding Hood Red ink. Here are the cards individually...

                        

I loved the way the ink looked on the different DP's

                                                 

Now the last wee trick I wish to share with you is with regards to the sentiment. Now I have a LOT of punches, but sadly I can not aquire them all (dare to dream). Now I have RACKED my brain to try and recall where this original idea came from and for the life of me I cannot find it....so if it is you...thanks you so v v much!! The RHR punch resembles the current SU Modern Label Punch, but it is not.....I punched the Scallop Oval Punch and cut it down to resemble it....HOW CLEVER!!!! So thanks who ever you are!! I think it looks FAB!!

  

Thanks for enduring (another) long post. I have another co-ordinated set that I'll share with you soon.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Bella Rose DSP (now retired)

Ink: (SU) Riding Hood Red

Stamps: (SU) inspired By Nature, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Punches: (SU) Scallop Oval Punch, Word Window Punch

Other bits: 1/2 pink pearls fm Bizzy Becs

Lynda xx

A Bevvy of Boxes - #4

The delightful Jenny Hayward recently had a post on a thing called a Boxy Bag. Now I LOVE making things to hold goodies....so I took up the challenge to make one and see what I could come up with.

Miss 6's 1st class teacher (who was also the teacher of Master of Cool (now 10)in the same grade) had a birthday...in September!!!!!! She is a delightful lady and so nurturing to the children, so I wanted to do something unique for her. A Boxy Bag was a good place to start. I also recently acquired "A rose is a Rose" set, which is sadly now retired. I found this card on SCS and I used it as a starting point. Now the large rose from this set is too big for the boxy bag...and I had the brainwave of miniturising the card on the bag to co-ordinate it. This is the gift set....

The card.....

Up close and up on dimensionals

And the sentiment....

The Boxy Bag front......and back......

 And side.......

It held 2 Robert Timms Coffee Bags and 4 Twinnings Herbal Tea Bags (for when you need to come down off the caffeine high....LOL!!) It was all finished off with a small box of Lindt Chocolates and I stamped a white gift bag with the rose and leaf to tie everything together.

 

I am liking this co-ordination thingy a lot and will be back later with another couple of co-ordinated things I have done. Thanks for enduring this post till the end.

Thanks also for popping by.

Stuff used:

Card: (SU) Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP (now ret....sniff!!)

Ink: (SU) Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss

Stamps: (SU) A Rose is a Rose, En Francais BGS, Sincere Salutations, Fresh Cuts

Punches: (SU) Scallop Oval, Large Oval and Small Oval Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch

Odd Bits: Dimensionals, Red Grosgrain ribbon fm Alice's

Lynda xx

Thanks Coach!!

Today is the AFL AGM and Presentation Day. I volunteered to make the thank you card for my son's coach this year. The only real challenge was to make a masculine card from the team colours - Purple and White!!! The team's name is the North Ryde Dockers and the white jersey is emblazened with a purple anchor down the middle of it.

Now, an anchor, the size I needed it to be, is a hard thing to find and even harder in PURPLE!!! My bestie recently aquired a Circut "Cricket" and she boasted that nothing is impossible for this thing to cut. With this in mind, I gave her the dimensions of the anchor I required and the colour it had to be. She searched her files and VOILA!!!! I had the start of a card. A star here and a number there....and you have it.....a (hopefully) masculine looking purple and white card!!! I apologise for the not so great photography.

It was also the first time I had attempted a banner for the sentiment, and I think I need a tad more practice, but was happy with the way it turned out. It sat up a little off the card. The sentiment is from the "Just Jawing" set. Since the group of boys the card is from are 9-10yrs old, I thought it was appropriate. The numbers on the card represent the numbers worn by each of the team. They keep the number for the duration of their time at the club, which I think is lovely.

Thanks for stopping by. Would appreciate hearing your thoughts on the card.

Stuff used:

Card: (SU) Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant

Ink: (SU) Elegant Eggplant

Stamps: (SU) Just Jawing

Punches: SU small star punch (ret), Carla Craft CP2 Star,  Square punch (to nip the corner of the banner).

Other bits: Upkit gold sticker Numbers from Alice's.

Lynda xx



Who Needs Stamps??

Now before all my stamping friends launch a full scale assault on my being....let me explain. You see....before I even considered trying stamping...I was a passionate Punch Artist. For some odd reason I got HUGE mounts of pleasure from putting together different shaped pieces of paper and making a new form. That obsession has led to a MORE than healthy collection of punches (I was gunna tell you all how many...but it's embarrasing!!)

Back to the post...

I had inadvertently misplaced a birthday (as you sometimes do) and needed a card in a hurry. I recently aquired the large and small SU star punches and had not given them a go. That then led to my recalling that I had some star paper in my stash as well as a star embossing plate for my Cuttlebug. The card was for a 5yo boy and this was the end result.

I was so very happy with the result and as you can see I kept the colour scheme fairly bold and basic. Unfortunately what does not show that well is that the blue background had a shimmer to the paper. It just added a little bit of interest.

Thanks for stopping bu and I'll catch you again soon.

Supplies:

Punches: Lg and small SU star Punch, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 SU square punch.

Other bits: Red and Yellow CS fm Alice's. Blue shimmer paper I think is called "Stardream" also fm Alice's. Upkit No "5" sticker.

Cuttlebug: Embossing folder "Stars"

Lynda xx