A little vintage

What a great weekend. We had a family BBQ lunch on Saturday, and a lazy day on Sunday.  Just what was needed.  Hope you enjoyed your weekend.  

I also had a little clean up of my stuff on Friday afternoon.  You know all those little bits and pieces you seem to collect on the way.  Like when you go to someone's house and use their stamp sets and stamp random images with the idea in your head to make something with later.  And then you never remember what you were going to use them for!  Well I went through all that and packaged the bits in a cute little box for my neice Lily to use.  Took them up on Saturday and she wanted to start creating right away.  

This is the card I made for my mother in law's birthday.  The lady is not a Stampin' Up image, but I think she is just so elegant and needed a simple old world type card. The card is a gate fold card and I have used Crumb Cake and and Early Expresso inks.  

And the inside ...

 

Another Rue Des Fleurs birthday

Hope you're not groaning at another card using this set.  This corset really was the stamp that sold me on buying it, not sure why.  I don't think I am a frilly girl, much rather jeans and boots kind of person. 

Have used my favourite First Edition Newsprint DSP as background, stamped the corset in VersaMark, embossed in clear and then sponged the stamp, darker in the middle and  gradually lessening on the outside.  I was really happy with this one, loved the colours too. Sometimes cards are hard to give away after the time that goes into them, but at least now I remember to take photos of them. 

More variations on a theme

This is another card we made on Saturday.  Once again, the original was Regal Rose and then because I know that some people don't like pink, I given them a choice of colour.  

 

My favourite is the middle one - Wisteria Wonder.  

The card below was the one I enjoyed making the most.  Have used the "rock and roll" technique to ink up the leaves from the French Foliage set.  No idea what I'm talking about?  You stamp the image in the lightest colour, and then roll your stamp around a darker colour ink pad to give it the two colours.  Just make sure you use the lightest one first or else your ink pad will change to a colour not of your choosing.  You also need to clean off the stamp every time you stamp - a bit annoying, but well worth the effort. 

Oops, it's a bit dark.

Final Rue Des Fleurs... for a while anyway

Here is the final card made from the Rue Des Fleurs stamp set.  Have used the border stamp this time, stamping this image a couple of times and then cutting it out so I can join it into a border across the page.  There are Designer Series Papers (DSP) that match this stamp set, and one of the papers has the full borders, but I really don't mind cutting out.  The strip has then been backed with Early Expresso.  I have punched out three flowers from the Fun Flowers Dies (I really have to use this more), which are then crumpled and divided into six layers to form a flower.  Then behind the flower I have stamped the corset stamp to form a circle.  

More next time.  Enjoy your weekend. 

One more Rue Des Fleurs

Remember with film cameras, because they were quite expensive to get developed, you took two or three photos and you hoped that you would get one good shot.  Well it has just occurred to me that I can put more than one shot of a card on here.  Takes me a while, but I get there in the end.  So I have put in another photo of the umbrella card so you can see the background with the water drops and also the Edgelits border in more detail.  This is actually two separate sheets of white cardstock borders layered over each other for effect.  

The fourth card from this new stamp set is the trumpet.  At least I think it's a trumpet.  Wal, you will have to correct me if I am wrong.  This image has been stamped on white and cut out and then the image is also stamped in VersaMark randomly on the background of the main card. The underneath card is Island Indigo and top is Lucky Limeade. 

Another new stamp, and thanks

Well, my sisters have been busy over the last few days telling their friends about my new blogsite, so if you are just popping in I would like to tell you a bit about this site.  I was encouraged to start this by my family (husband and two kids), and as I don't have a job at the moment it was the perfect opportunity to start.  I had told a few of my friends about my blog, but Yvonne, Robyn and Janelle have all been spreading the word, for which I am grateful and very humbled.  

All the cards are made with Stampin' Up products unless otherwise stated.  Why?  Cause I like that everything is designed to match.  There are inks, cardstock, ribbons and brads available in the same colour and they also have a huge range of stamp sets and accessories that again are all designed to coordinate with each other.  They also sell their cardstock in "Collections" so you know that each colour will compliment with the others. 

So I hope you enjoy having a look, and feel free to comment or question.  

As you may know I like the look of squares on squares, and this simple card uses the pen from the Rue Des Fleurs set.  It's not a stamp that I think will get used a lot by me, but who knows.  

Colours used are Early Expresso and Taken with Teal (no longer available) and the edges have been sponged.  The centre square has been raised with Glue Dots.   

Rue Des Fleurs

The original umbrella stamp from the Rue Des Fleurs set had clocks hanging down from it, but I wasn't sure they went together, so cut them off the stamp.  I'm sure I will use the clocks by themselves for something else, just not with a dainty umbrella.  The pink background has been stamped with the water droplets from the French Foliage set in VersaMark, but unfortunately this hasn't shown up on the photo.  Have also used the second Edgelits dies in the set.  This die is scalloped like the SU border punch, but then each of the scallops has more scallops around it. Hopefully you can see what I mean from the picture.  It really is a lovely edge and very feminine.

A special thank you to my sisters, Robyn and Yvonne, for their comments and encouragement.  It helps when you know someone is looking.  The sentiment from the previous card applies to you both - Thanks for the support. 

A sneak peak at some new stuff!

Everyone loves new stuff, right.  The Summer Mini Catalogue starts on the 1st April, and over the next couple of posts I have a few cards to show you using two of the new products; Rue Des Fleurs stamp set and the Edgelit Dies.  

This first card uses the corset and also one of the Edgelit dies. I have also used the First Edition Speciality papers,  Decorative Label punch and non-SU Lacey Circles Nestabilities.  To me, nothing is more elegant than black and white cards with a touch of red.