Spring Mini Coming Soon!

Hi there.
Yes, excitement is mounting as the new Spring Mini is coming out on the 1st August. Yippee. It is gorgeous!!!!All it's gorgeous yumminess will be available until November 30th. This catalogue is jammed packed with beautiful new stamp sets, designer papers and gorgeous satin ribbons. It is just STUNNING and something you won't want to miss! My personal wish list was practically the whole book and I am stalking the postie in anticipation of receiving my pre-order. This is just one of the perks of being a SU Demonstrator - we get to pre-order a whole month before the release of new catties - cool eh?. I can't wait to have a play and will definitely be sharing my creations with you here on my blog.

Speaking of sharing mini catty creations... a couple of very talented scrapbookers were sent some samples from the Spring Mini to have a play with recently and they will be sharing what they have created starting on August 1st. They will also be giving away some SU goodies so be sure to check them out. The lovely Trina McClune and Nic Howard.
Now knowing me and my limited abilities with linking on my blog, these links may not work, so here are their blog addresses in full if the links don't take you there directly.
Trina: http://www.trinamcclune.typepad.com/
Nic: http://nichoward.typepad.com/

Until next time...

Birthday Stars

This is a variation of a card design I have seen all over the place. It is so easy to do yet very effective. It makes a great birthday card or would be equally suited to a Congratulations card. I have made it up in masculine colours for a workshop but you could easily make it girly with a different colour combination.
I chose the colours for this card from the gorgeous DSP Jersey Shore.




SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Classic Stars (Jumbo Wheel), Wonderful Words
Ink: Brilliant Blue
Card: Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Jersey Shore DSP
Accessories: Large Star & Star Punches, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Pumpkin Pie), Dimensionals

Here are another couple of cards using the same design but in different colour combinations. This time I have used the Stem Sayings for the greeting.


And just to prove how easy this card is to make, here is one done by my 8 year old son for his friend's birthday a few weeks ago. My children love to play with the wheels and punches!

One for the Little Girls

If you have a little girl in your life, then you can't go past the gorgeous stamp set Pretty Princess. This set is so sweet and I know my daughter just loves it and wants me to use it for her birthday card this year. She is already giving me instructions as to what colours I am to use - pink is obviously in there - lol! This is a great set to use when you have a lot of little girls birthday cards to make and the saying which comes in the set is so sweet. It also comes with a yummy looking birthday cake which can be used for the big girls in your life too. I borrowed this set from my friend Jamey (thanks Jamey ;-) ) to make some cards with.

Here she is in all her sweetness!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Pretty Princess
Inks: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Card: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Soft Subtles buttons, Mat Pack, Hemp Twine, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way Glue Pen, Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens, Markers, Dimensionals, Glue Dots










And here she is again in another colourway.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Pretty Princess
Inks: Basic Black, Pixie Pink
Card: Pixie Pink, Pale Plum, Whisper White
Accessories: Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way Glue Pen, Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens, Markers, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

I hope you like her.

Until next time....





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Loads of Love (again)

Hi there
I just wanted to show you a few cards I have recently made using the incredibly versatile set, Loads of Love. This is a great set for both masculine and feminine cards, especially when you use it with the Loads of Love Accessories set. AND, it comes in the Starter Kit which as you know is on special this month!!


As you can see, these two are the same card design, just using different colours. Easy!



And again, the same design, with just a few changes to make it masculine or feminine. That's not a wheel I have used for the bottom of the card by the way. It is the stack of presents from the Accessories set stamped in a row.

Until next time...

Hubby's Birthday

It was my Husband's birthday last month and so I thought I would show you the cards that my children and I made for him.

First up it is my one. This uses one of my favourite sets, Touch of Nature.

I got the idea from a blog tutorial I read on lining up the four circles. You can read it here.
EDITED: Once again I am having trouble linking so if you can't follow the above link to the tutorial, the address is: http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/2008/05/lining-up-4-pun.html

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Touch of Nature, Wonderful Words
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Card: Bashful Blue, Spring Showers DSP
Accessories: 1 1/4" circle punch, Mat Pack, Blender Pens, Stampin' Pastels, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers


The children had a great time looking through all my stamp sets to find the ones that they wanted to use on Daddy's card. We talked about design and colour and we had a fabulous time making them (although I did need a large glass of wine afterwards - lol!!) They had very definite ideas on what they wanted to create.

Next up it is Joseph's (8 yrs) card.



















SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Birthday Whimsy (retired), Big Deal Alpha, All in the Family
Card: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate chip

And finally, Dana's (5 yrs) card.
Dana wanted to stamp a rainbow and since we don't have any rainbow stamps in the SU catalogue, she drew hers.


















SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes, Reason to Smile (retired)
Card: Yoyo Yellow, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Grey, Regal Rose
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Dimensionals

They turned out really well I thought :-)

Until next time....

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