Crafty Champion

This is a technique we learnt at 1/4 training and I love it! I ran some very vanilla throught the BS with the manhattan flower folder and using the de-bossed side (so the lines that are raised are facing down), take your brayer and very lightly cover some of the image in a light colour. I used daffodil delight, then using a darker colour, I used rose red do the same thing-just brayering very lightly until you have the desired look. I mounted this onto some rose red dsp and very vanilla card stock and stamped the greeting from curly cute in rose red, cut out a point and added a library clip. This was raised onto the card with dimentionals.

Hello, I have had a few days off from blogging and have enjoyed the lovley sunny days and cool nights we have been having. I had dinner at a friends house on Saturday with some other people and we got the karaoke out-with big speakers and everything, and we sang our hearts out till 2 in the morning!!! It was such good fun. Anyway, here is what I have been upto making...

Hi there, today I am sharing this cute little 3D bird I made. I punched out two of the birds in cherry cobbler and made an opening with my paper piercer wide enough for some folded dsp to fit through.

I used the floral image from Tiny Tags and stamped randomly on each side of the bird. I cut some dsp and folded it to make a 'fan' type of design, snailed each inside part of the birds and then fed the dsp through each gap in the bird. I cut some very vanilla ribbon and positioned so the bird can hang from it. I put 2 small pearls on for the eyes, there you have it!

I had my first 1/4 meeting on Saturday and learnt so much from my SU! mummy, Elaine Harding, so watch this space for new projects!! My card today is a masking technique using the scraps from the Big Shot TopNote and brayering. I overlaped the scrap piece of card stock (which had been run through the top note die) over some glossy card stock and brayered in Bashful Blue and then in Pink Pirouette and finishing in Rose Red to create a sky line effect. In black staz on I stamped the berry and butterfly image from Clearly For You then removed the mask. I used the corner rounder punch for the corners of the card. On whisper white I stamped the sentiment from the same set along with some other images also from the same set. I used the extra large oval punch and a button and added 3 jewelry punches with images from Tiny Tags. I glued these ontop of each other and added a gem.
I layered this onto some rose red dsp and crumb cake card stock and used the border punched for the edge of the card and stuck a strip of certainly celery to the inside of the card to it shows when closed and opened up. Some certainly celery ribbon finished this off perfectly!

I am loving the Clearly For You set as it's so elegant and pretty. Today I am sharing this little creation with you...
I used very vanilla as my base and ran it through the big shot with the perfect polka dots embossing folder. I used some baja brezze dsp and some cherry cobbler card stock which I punched with the scallop trim border punch. I ruffled some pear pizazz seam binding ribbon which was stuck onto sticky strip, then I stamped the cute little birds in Marina Mist (loving this colour!) and with my markers, I coloured the berries and leaves and stamped close to the birds.

I punched this out with beautiful decorative label punch and finished it with two jewelry tag punched out images of the 'love' sentiment in cherry cobbler ink and the solid tag image in old olive ink with a pearl to complete it. Thanks for looking xxx

Today I am sharing a cute little Birthday card, I have used crumb cake as my card base and stamped the sentiment from curly cute in certainly celery onto whisper white and cut to size with my paper trimmer. I cut out the end with my paper snips to make it interesting-as this is quite a popular look at the moment!! I put a little pearl at the end for detail. I ran some rich razzleberry through the big shot in the Manhattan flower embossing folder and adhered with the tombow glue. Then I tore some dsp from the newsprint set and glued underneath along with some razzleberry card stock which had been prettied up with the scallop trim border punch.
To complete this card I added some pear pizazz seam binding ribbon and tied it in a knot and added the message '4 you' from tiny tags and the floral image both punched out with the jewelry punch, adhered to the card using a dimentional and a pearl. I added some shimmer spray but it doesn't show up in the photo. Thanks for looking ;) x

Today I am sharing the most CUTEST thing I have seen for a long time!! An owl made from punch art and the Big Shot Top Note. I think I saw this on Dawnsstampingthoughts which she had posted from someone elses creation. This is what I love about Stampin' Up! as you can share all your creations with everyone and get inspired all the time! So, here you go...
Oh my gosh....isn't he just adorable??!! I used soft suede card stock for the top note and just cut this is half for the face. I punched put 2 birds from the large 2 step bird punch and used this for the ears in soft suede again, for the eyes I used the 1 3/8" circle punch in crumb cake, 1 1/4" circle punch in baja breeze and the 1" circle punch in early espresso. For the eye lids I used the 1 3/8" circle punch and cut it in half out of soft suede card stock. For the nose I used the heart 2 heart punch and also for his feet too in crumb cake. For the body, I punched 2 scallop circles in soft suede and 1 in crumb cake. I sponged all the edges before glueing this all together and then ran some very vanilla through the big shot in the perfect polka dots embossing folder. I glued this onto a crumb cake card base.
I added the cute little hello sentiment from tiny tags, stamped in baja breeze and punched it out with the jewellry tag punch and added a little pearl. I added a few leaves from the 2 step bird punch and finished him off with a spritz of glimmer spray, which is some the champagne shimmer paint mixed with some alcohol solution! Let me know what you think of him!! Bye for now xxx

Happy Thursday to you! Today I am sharing 2 posts with you. The first is of the beautiful Manhattan Flower embossing folder. I ran some crumb cake through the big shot in the Manhattan Flower folder and tied some rose red seam binding ribbon down the side. I used the vintage style frame stamp from four frames, inked in Crumb Cake and punched it out with the decorative label punch. For the sentiment I used the Thank you from Occasional Greetings inked in Rose Red. I finished with a cute little pearl at the bottom. Quick and simple ;) x
The next card is quick and easy again. Using the gorgeous crumb cake card stock again I scalloped the bottom of this, keeping the little strip that comes off when you punch your card stock! I added some pretty in pink dsp from the subtles pack and glued the crumb cake strip I had saved near to the bottom. I used the Just For You sentiment from Oval All stamped on more pretty in pink dsp and punched it out with the oval punch and then punched out some Rich Razleberry with the scallop oval punch. I used a couple of dimentionals to add volume for this. I finished off with some razelberry satin ribbon along the top of the dsp and tied a bow. Bye for now xx

 The new masculine stamp sets in the new mini are so lovely and I had to play with the motorcycle stamp! I used cherry cobbler as my main card stock, I stamped the image in Black Staz on onto whisper white card stock and then mounted it onto basic black card stock. I cut some dsp from the newsprint set and glued with snail, I used the curly label punch and wild wasabi dsp from the subtles stack and adhered underneath the black card stock.

I glued all this down and added a button from the subtles pack and cut a very thin strip of cherry cobbler card stock and threaded it through the button and tied very gently. I used a mini glue dot to adhere this. I finished off with the aqua painter and cherry cobbler ink on the metal parts of the bike. Then to add the wow to it, I added crystal effects over the painted parts. It doesn't show up too well in the photo but it really looks good!! Until tomoz, by for now x

I haven't had chance to post in the last few days as all my new toys arrived and I have been buried alive in gorgeous stamps sets, ink pads, DSP, punches and....THE BIG SHOT!! Yes, it is finally here and I have wanted to get my paws on this for like, ever!!
I held my first workshop on Thursday and had a great time demonstrating all the above to them and as a Thank you for them coming I made some little gifts for them. I made the Thank you one for my sweet upline Elaine Harding, as she came to help me out on my first workshop!



I used crumb cake as a card base, a strip of wild wasabi, a small stip of cherry cobbler and more mustard for the scallop trim border punch. I ran the sweet very vanilla ribbon down the dsp strip and used the decorative label punch and four frames set for the thank you sentiment (from occasional greetings) to sit in. I finished off using my aqua painter to colour the roses with cherry cobbler ink and the leaves with old olive. Cute! Bye for now x

Hi all and Happy Mothers Day to each and every Mother out there! I had the cutest card from my little boy today with a wonderful drawing of me inside it!! So cute.

I am waiting for my delivery of things from THE NEW MINI!!!!! Yes its finally here and there is SO much in it I can hardly wait to start stampin'. Finally THE BIG SHOT is here and with so many dies to choose from, you will be spoilt for choice. I seriously can not wait for this as it's something i have longed for for years now! While you wait for my new arrivals have a look at some cards I have been inspired to make from catherinepooler.com
 This is a cute little pinwheel card that is perfect for all the girlie birthdays coming up! I used  Basic grey card stock and the DSP from Lap of Luxury. I cut a 3x3 piece of DSP and folded from corner to corner making score lines into the middle. I then cut into each score line, stopping beofe I got to the middle, using the paper piercer i made a hole in the centre and then with the crop-a-dile, punched 4 small holes in each bottom right hand corner. I used a clear brad and then fed each hole through the brad and finally through the middle hole. (It's easier when you watch the video that catherine pooler made!) I attatched the pinwheel with glue dots and used the 'for you' greeting from occasional greetings and punched it out with the tab punch. I used the scallop edge punch for the top piece of DSP and it was finished off with the sweet pretty in pink ribbon.

Next I used the Newsprint DSP (again this card is CASED from catherinepooler.com) I cut strips and glued them onto basic black cards stock in a way that they mis-matched slightly. I then punched out the bicycle with the 1 3/8" circle punch and then used the scallop circle punch and did the little twist on it to get the extra punched out bits. I put dimentionals onto it and added the sentiment from occasional greetings and inked it in whisper white! Love these cards but can't take any credit from them! x