Delicate Doilies

Morning

I must admit I am very taken with this set of stamps, very versatile for backgrounds which is always very useful when you don’t have the right papers. And the In Colours all coordinate with each other so beautifully too…

I cut out an oval onto acetate and then soft brushed and stamped through it to get the shape I wanted, stamping and cutting out the other doilies and used the lovely brads for the centres.  The colours are Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo.

Lots more to do today so will get a wiggle on, take care as always…

New SU Catalogue

Morning

What a glorious weekend we had, though I hardly saw outside.  I had a party here for my Mum’s 80th and should have gone to M & S for the food instead; I baked and cooked all Saturday and Sunday trying to keep everything cool in 28 degrees heat and, as usual for me, made far too much.  Everyone went home with goodie bags!

Anyway, back to crafting…  1st October means the new Stampin’ Up catalogue is out and there are five new colours to add to the collection, all really lovely colours, as well as new stamps, papers and so much more.

Apart from buying the new In Colours I got the Delicate Doilies set which I love.  I have repeat stamped using  Coral Calypso, Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder for the bottom two and Lucky Limeade for the top one – that will be a firm favourite for me!

I loved the first set of In Colours last year so this will be no exception for me – I am sure you will see plenty more of this set over the next week or so before I get my first big order by the weekend!

Take care as always…

More Centre Step cards

Good afternoon

Well, here are a few more Centre Step cards I have made using the DSP Sweet Stitches which is retiring …

I used Daffodil Delight for both cards and the stamp set Sew Lovely, adding a few embosslits buttons, Chocolate Chip ribbon and some twine.  I promise I won’t keep on with these cards, but I have the 6×6 Album to show yet, probably tomorrow…

Oh, the sun is shining, I am going outside to do some gardening – take care…

Centre Step card

Morning

Looks like it is set for a very warm week here, unseasonably so – our trees have already turned and loosing their leaves, they will be budding again instead!

It took me a long time to order this set of DSP from Stampin’ Up but when I saw what other crafters were doing with them, I loved it.  We made a superb 6×6 album with them at Jo Dumbleton’s last Scrap Club and I have filled it with photos of the grandchildren for my Mum’s 80th birthday this week – hope you like it Mum and made a few more cards with the papers left over from the stash.

Even though the papers are going from the new catalogue, the stamps aren’t. I do like playing about with card templates and like this centre step design.  I used Pacific Point – again one of the colours I haven’t used very much as I am more a Subtles and Neutrals girl and this is in the Brights section – if you have off cuts of paper too you can get rid of them easily with this design…

Ok, more to finish to take care everyone…

Baby Blossoms

Good Afternoon

Cold and breezy here today so a perfect chance to make cards!  I can’t believe some things are retiring  from Stampin’ Up and some things that I can’t believe are staying!   This is one of the stamp sets that I have loved from the start when the mini catalogue came out and amazed not to find it in the new catalogue coming out on 1st October…

Using Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait (those colours are staying for another year) I made a birthday card for a friend also adding the Tiny Tags (staying, thank goodness) stamp set,tag  punch and oval punch too, and the matching colour ribbons.  She likes simple cards so hope she likes this too…

Think I will go and put some socks on or even my slippers!  Take care as always…

More Baby Shower cards…

Morning

At least it is not so windy here today, and I know it has been dreadful in some places all over Britain…

More Baby Shower cards I made last night, quick and simple ones using the retiring Nursery Suite papers from SU.

I have never made so many baby cards!  As I have a limited amount of stamps from SU in this genre anyway I have kept to a simple theme and only made 12 out of 20 so far!

This is using Pretty in Pink, So Saffron and Whisper White, gold elastic thread and a few gold brads,

Then Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron and Whisper White with lovely white satin ribbon, Broadsheet Alphabet, Slice of Life and circle punches…

Then Pretty in Pink and Whisper White with Nursery Suite DSP with Queue Up stamps and a large subtles button…

As I said, all simple as I have to make so many, just hope they like them!  Busy busy busy so must get a wiggle on, bye for now.

Baby Shower

Afternoon

Well, I have to get a wiggle on to make some things for a double pink Baby Shower I am going to in a few weeks time.   They already know they are having girls and some of the other attendees have asked me to do some cards and tags for the presents…

So these are some of the things I have started with – tags made with the Top Note from SU and the Baby Tees roller, the card with the Nursery Suite papers and a few embossing dies, so hope the girls will like them.

Lots to do so bye for now…

Seeing Red

Sorry that I haven’t been posting this week, I am having real problems with my computer on my admin post after letting this silly machine update – it has installed laods of things now that I don’t want and can’t get it back to my old setup.  I like things to stay the same, hate change, so this is very annoying…

Now that rant is over, we are also house hunting after accepting an offer on our house.  It has been for sale on and off for the last few years, so yeah! we have sold but do you think we can find anything we want?? No, the law of sod has reared it’s ugly head and as we are seriously downsizing, can’t find anything  we both agree on and that never happens to me and my hubby.  We have found a compromise and have now had our offer rejected so it is a watch this space, and I am very stressed…

Again not like me at all.  Also have been prepping for my first Card Class in many years and lost my mojo as a result of this stress so thought I would put something simple on here so you wouldn’t think I had gone forever!  I have liked the Centre Step template design for ages so thought I would make it, simple and just one colour (apart from SU Whisper White) it was all in reds…

So I used the Big Shot flower dies with Real Red card which I then embossed with the Square Lattice design. I used the DSP from the In Colours and the lovely Rhinestones and yeah, butterfly free for a change!!

You might see it better from this angle…

Ok, looks like we have some sunshine after all these heavy showers – the grass is loving it and the first time in many years it is not scorched and brown so have some tidying up to do out there.  Have a great Bank Holiday weekend!

Bluebirds

I saw these blue birds on SU’s Kristine McNickle site and loved them, so thought I would do my own version.  My sister Helen is living in New Zealand and is always talking about the bluebirds in her garden, mainly about the racket they make! so thought I would do one for her lol x  Kristine has a lovely blog if you want to visit her site, such a talented lady.

So these are in SU’s Pacific Point, using Marina Mist, Peach Parfait, Tangerine Tango and Crumb Cake, the Itty Bitty punched flowers and Bird Punch leaves, 1in round and scallop circle punches – I do  love using SU’s punches.  I have made more with Bashful Blue and a few other colours too which I may post later but they were such fun even though a bit fiddly cutting out with my silly fingers at the moment.

OOh, the sun is coming out so may get a bit warmer later.  I have loads of gardening tidying to do so that will be nice in the sunshine.  Take care everyone…

More Lily of the Valley

Good morning

Funny old day here, sunshine and showers but don’t mind, wasn’t planning on doing much at all today after a late night at Jo’s Stamp and Stack Christmas cards event at Holt last night.  We had a lovely time, made 12 cards from six great designs (Jo is such a  clever lady)  and lots of chatting!

So this morning I just have a few cards to show from LOTV that I love, both going out to people in my family this week so I hope they like them.  I do love colouring in and getting to like bright colours too.  I used the same layout design for both of them as was running short of time – they are now in the post – so hope they will like them.

Let’s hope the sunshine comes back this week though it is nice not to have to water the garden and pots.  Take care everyone…