Too Kind 2

After all the time it took to create my first Too Kind card, I decided to make a few more in different colours.   Below is the first card I made using two different coloured inks, but for the other two I used the same ink pad, just stamping off and using the second generation ink as the contrast colour. 

   Think I like the mauve coloured one best.  How about you? 

Just a touch of sparkle

My 9 year old great niece celebrated her birthday earlier in the month and I realise I have not shown you her card. 

I made it all sparkly with silver glitter paper and silver embossing powder on the inside.  I made it a centre opening card, which I don't attempt very often as I can never usually get both sides to line up perfectly, and it bothers me.  But this one worked pretty well.

  

"Beachy" male card?

I was recently asked by a friend if I could make a birthday card for her husband's 50th birthday.  Of course I would love to, who doesn't love having a project.  When questioned about her husband's interests, the answer was that he loves anything to do with the beach.  

Dilemma - as I don't really have anything beachy.  The Open Sea is nautical, but I wouldn't call it beachy.  However I am very fortunate that she loved the card, and she was sure her husband would too.  

You may think you have seen something like this before on here, and you would be right.  Sometimes you just have to go with what works. 

Too Kind

I seem to have lost my mojo at the moment.  I sit in my room and look at some of the new things I have to play with, but just don't seem to create anything.  I am off to a class tomorrow with another demonstrator, so hopefully she will inspire me to do something.  

This little note card has been in the works for about a week now.  I stop and start, leave it for a day or two, get an idea and then .....  But it is now finished.  And I am quite pleased with how it looks too.  

Too Kind is a two step set, which means that you stamp one image and then there is a shadow or highlight stamp which goes over the top.  Sometimes these are stamped in the same colour using the "stamp off" technique so you get the second generation image with less colour, or sometimes you use a completely different shade of ink.  On this card I used Calypso Coral and Crisp Cantaloupe for the two two effect.  I found a little tag shape in the pile of scraps so used this and a little Baker's twine.  Nice.  

Another Little Letters

Did you notice the other cards on the board on Tuesday's post pictured below? 

Here's my very quick version of the "happy birthday" card. 

We had been out to Bunnings in the morning and I had grabbed a couple of paint card samplers to try on another project, so as I couldn't be bother rifling through the paper packs in the cupboard I just used these.  No where near as effective as the ones from Convention, but at least I had the spacing relatively even.  I should have kept all the little circles from the B, R, D and A letters to make it look better.  Next time. 

New stuff

Finally, we have new things.  A lovely big box arrived last week with lots of new things to play with.  Now I just have to find some inspiration.

One of the products in our new catalogue I had to have was the Little Letter Thinlits.  While at Convention in Melbourne, one of the demonstrations was using these alphabet dies in a slightly different way, or at least one that I had never seen before, with the letters on the top side of the card.  

 

That shouldn't be too hard, you think?    Actually you're right, it's not hard, just fiddly.  Here's my first attempt - be kind. 

 And the back of the card ....

Could you guess who the card was for?  Thankfully I only had to worry about three letters.  As I said, it's a little tricky but quite effective.  I think I would try to hide the reverse side next time though.  

We had a birthday lunch for Sam at Homebush Olympic Park and the letters actually got a little squashed before they arrived.  Of course the card doesn't fit in a standard envelope so I chopped the top fold off to transport the card, but it needed more protection.  

And the card was another spinner card where the space ship was supposed to spin around the planet.  Sometimes worked, sometimes didn't.   

Petal Parade set

Today a set of cards using one of the Sale-a-bration sets - Petal Parade.  This was another one cased from someone on Pinterest, but I am sorry, I can't remember who and where I found it.  If it's your original design, thank you.  I do try to credit people when I can.   

Lots of lovely bright colours, and a splash of bling.  What more do you need?

Inspired by "Frozen"

While I'm waiting patiently (??) for my box of new goodies to be delivered you will have to be content looking at some cards made using older products.  

This card was cased from Michelle Le Breton, another Stampin' Up demonstrator who was inspired to make this card while watching the movie "Frozen".  I still haven't seen it yet, but I loved her card.  So I made it in blue similar to hers, and then Melon Mambo just for something different. 

Apothecary Art

Have been spending a lot of time in my craft room lately, mostly because it gets the sun during the day and tends to be a little warmer than most other rooms, but also because I have been trying to sort through things to see what needs to be filed, thrown out or put away.  It has taken a while, mostly because I get sidetracked all the time, but it's almost done.  I've also sorted through my stamp sets to see which ones are no longer current and it seems to be half the shelf.  Bit sad really, but there are some that are definitely keepers no matter what.  

I have been making cards lately to try to sell at work and have been using sets that haven't been played with much lately.  Today I have a couple of cards made with Apothecary Art.  It's so great that we have framelits to match stamps, so much easier than cutting. 

New Catalogue

1st July - Know what that means?  It means that today is the first day we can buy products from our new Stampin' Up catalogue.  And know what that means?  That our bank balance will be a lot less than it was yesterday.  Sad, but true.  There are so many great things that I NEED, and not just new stamps.  There are alphabet framelits, new punches, beautiful ribbons, ......  

So, another card using one of those new sets you may NEED too.  This card is CASED from one I loved by Ann Schach. The new Traveler stamp set is a great one for males, and also for bon voyage cards or just someone who loves trains, ships, cameras or vintage.  All the images have really fine detail and stamp great.  In the set there is also a globe map, cruise ship and suitcase.