Bon Voyage

Lately, it seems like almost everyone I know is away on a holiday, just been on a holiday or planning a big holiday.  Ever get the feeling fate is trying to tell you to do something? Maybe one day it will be us.  

My card today is a bon voyage card made for a friend who recently traveled around parts of Europe on a cruise, and had a fantastic time away.  I had to make something quickly (cause once again I left it to the last minute), and I was disappointed to find I don't own a stamp that says something along the lines of "happy holiday" or "bon voyage".  Will have to try and rectify that in the future as I know I am going to need it again soon.  Without a sentiment my card looks a little bare, but its meaning couldn't be mistaken. 

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.  

Saturday's card class

We had another card class last Saturday where there were lots of things to look at.  Of course there was the new catalogue to have a quick look through, the things we made at Convention, the swaps received and also some new products. 

And of course we had to make cards using the new products, didn't we?

This first one uses the Amazing Birthday stamp set - not really a set I would have chosen, but ... it's growing on me.  We were given this set at Convention to use on a make and take but I wasn't happy with the colours we used.

It's AMAZING what a little sparkle and the right colours can do.  

Our next card uses the Traveler stamp set.  This set was on my wish list the first time I saw it.  The detail that has been put into each stamp is really fine and they stamp beautifully.  

My original sample card was used for a birthday my son was going to, so this is actually one made the following day.  I had wanted to use the World Map stamp as background but as I don't own it yet, for the class we used the ledger image from The Open Sea.  I had also printed out some maps from the internet which I "aged up" using tea, but most chose to stamp the background.  I chose to use the tea stained map and created a slightly different version.  

 

More soon.