Tweet Little Bird

It's my very dear friend's birthday next week and I have made the above card to give to her. I wanted to have a play with the gorgeous On Board So Tweet chipboard set. I fell in love with this set when I first saw the Catalogue. So many possibilities! I decided to do a girly pink card and have used the Raspberry Tart DSP to cover the wee bird.

Supplies:
Stamps: Polka Dot, Best Yet, Window Dressing
Card: Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla, Raspberry Tart DSP
Punches: Scallop Circle, Scallop Edge, 1 3/8" Circle
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Rose red
Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

Until next tiem...
Janine

Birthday Cupcake

A simple yet effective birthday card for any girl - big or small. This one uses the massive stamp, Simple Birthday Thanks. All I have done is use the Stampin' Write Markers to 'ink up' the part of the stamp I want to use. I have stamped the base onto some Good Morning Sunshine DSP, the icing in Pink Pirouette, and the cherry onto Real Red. The sprinkles are Soft Subtle brads and I have highlighted the cherry with a spot of Crystal Effects.

For the label I have used the Curly Label Punch Bundle and again just inked it up using a Chocolate Chip Marker as I didn't want to use the 'thank you' message. The message is from Best Yet, Level 1 Hostess Set.

It looks good enough to eat I think :-)

Until next time...
Janine

Teddy Bear Fairies

Hello again!
I know, it has been an awfully long time between posts. I do apologise, but I do have a wee bit of an excuse. I am 16 weeks pregnant with my third child and have been feeling pretty yuk. Only now am I feeling a little like my old self :-)
I haven't been terribly busy creating, but I have managed to make a few cards when birthdays have come along. I will post these over the next few days.

Last week was my daughters 7th birthday. For her party we went to the Teddy Factory where all the children got to make their own teddy bear to take home. It was very sweet. I do not own a teddy bear stamp so I decided to make my own wee teddies. I found a tutorial on Andrea Wilford's blog (she is a very talented Canadian demonstrator) on how to make teddy bears with punches. They were very easy and fun to make.



Andrea uses a butterfly die for the wings which we don't have here in New Zealand, so I had to put my thinking cap on. What I did was trace around the butterfly wings from the Garden Whimsy set onto vellum, and cut them out. Viola! Fairy wings, just the right size :-)

For the background sky with clouds, I cut a template of a cloud from card and sponged the sky with Stampin Pastels. The flowers are also punched from the Scallop Circle and 1" Circle punches.

My daughter absolutely loved the card and I was pretty chuffed with the outcome too.

Supplies:
Card: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Pink Passion, Real Red, Only Orange, Yoyo Yello, Lovely Lilac, So Saffron, Gable Green, Glorious Green, Green Galore, Wild Wasabi (retired), Vellum, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Kraft, More Mustard
Stamps: Itty Bitty Background (retired)
Punches: Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, 1/2 " Circle, Word Window, regular hole punch, 5 Petal Punch
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Stampin Pastels, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Write Markers, Fine Supernova Stampin Glitter, 2-Way Glue, Dimensionals.

Until next time...
Janine