Tuesday Twofer - Sentimental Rose

Another couple of alternative cards using the Sentimental Rose stamps and inks provided in the Basic Kit...

With extra decoration on the inside too...

Same colourway - Gray Granite, Costal Cabana, Old Olive and Whisper White - just in different orientations...

Using the Gray Granite with the flower and leaf stamps to create the background makes for a stunning effect.... start with the flower and then remember to fill in the gaps with the leaf stamp... I forgot until afterwards!!! 

Simple Saturday -Sentimental Rose alternative project #3

Another quick share for you today... 

With another alternative project using the lovely Sentimental Rose kit stamps... 

They will keep giving after all...

All set on an Angled Corner Layer card ...

Sentimental Rose alternative project #2

Just a quick share for you to day... Showing you another use for your lovely Sentimental Rose kit stamps... 

The stamps that keep giving! Long after the kit has been used...

The son and heir has been home for a little while so my focus went elsewhere! 

Even simpler for Saturday...

 

Just couldn't resist... making the simpler even simpler... Let's call it Reverse Crafting!

 Actually I do like that as a concept! Reverse Crafting! What do you think?

And this is definitely a candidate for #simplestamping too...

Something Simple for the Weekend... super CAS Stitched Stars

 

So this card was pretty much created from yesterday's... so I guess I could call this another Scrap Card...

As the Stitched Star was lined up and die cut out of the centre of a 12 cm (4 3/4") square piece of Thick Whisper White card...

Then stuck to a 12.5cm (5") square Gray Granite card...

Swooshed with an embossing buddy...

Greeting (from So Many Stars) stamped in Versamark through the aperture...

White embossing Powder added... and heated to melt...

Finished off simply with a few shiny Gemstones...

Another perfect super - CAS (Clean & Simple) card for any occasion... just change up the greeting!

And here are the 2 cards together...

Keeping it Simple for Sunday...

Another one of the simple cards in my Noble Peacock foiled papers series... featuring the new Pretty Peacock colour...

And an admittance... I am absolutely fine... but family life has just got "tough"... so I will be keeping my posts short and sweet for a while... that way I can still keep sharing creatively with you... as I have lots of projects made... so it seems a shame not to share them...

Normal service ... with lots of blurb and numbers.. will return as soon as possible...

Thank you for your patience... and continued support of this little ol bloggio...  I really need it at the moment! As it is kinda my Happy Place!

And here are the 2 super CAS cards together (the other one being shared yesterday!)

Love What You Do #1

A quick, easy...and very bright... card...  to showcase the new Love What You Do stamp set in the early release Share What You Love bundles...

As well as showcasing 3 of the new 2018-20 In Colors... which you can also buy on early release with 10% discount for the set of 5 inkpads

So I have used Blueberry Bushel on the flowers to the left hand side (stamped off then stamped) ... Lovely Lipstick on the small flowers (aquapainted) and Pineapple Punch on the larger flowers to the right (stamped direct!) ...

I masked a Whisper White panel about 1 1/4" down from the top and 2" up from the bottom... stamped the flowers and leaves in Memento Black... then sponge-brayered Pool Party from the top and Lemon Lime Twist from the bottom... albeit much more heavy handed than I intended!!!

And finished off with the Love What You Do Thank You greeting in Black, Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon and Black/White Bakers Twine... all set on a Lemon Lime Twist card blank... 

Lemon Lime Twist & Background Bits

A summery day scene.... featuring the new hostess set Background Bits 

With 3 of the birds from High Tide... 

Sponging & swooshing inks for the "marbled" sky on glossy A4 cardstock again which all my ladies are loving doing! (mixing Soft Sky, Pool Party & Dapper Denim for the sky with Lemon Lime Twist for the ground)

And spot the extra script over the ground area (in Pear Pizzazz) - love this stamp in the Background Bits for adding a bit of texture and interest....

And lots of new projects to photo tomorrow.... been a busy little Amanda!!!

Cheers and 5 pints... for Male Happy Birthday

May your Beer be plentiful!

Simple DL card (approx 4 1/8" x 8 1/8" for my US readers!) with a few Mixed Drinks pint pots aka tankards stamped in Delightful Dijon & the Gold Wink of Stella (now out of stock & retired) coloured over the top.

Froth & Glass areas all nice and shiny care of Clear Wink of Stella...

Overstamped with Layered Letter alphabet (also retired and out of stock!)

And yes all glasses hand cut and 3D'd for that extra pop...

Wish I hadn't coughed when I set the A down though!!!! 

Cheers To You! Mixed Drinks Part 2

May your wine be plentiful!

Simple DL card (approx 4 1/8" x 8 1/8" for my US readers!) with a few Cherry Cobbler & Gold Wink of Stella (now out of stock & retired) stamped and filled Mixed Drinks wine glasses to cheer you up! 

Glasses all nice and shiny care of Clear Wink of Stella...

To YOU! wording care of Labeler Alphabet

And yes all glasses hand cut and 3D'd for a pop... Though all the glasses appearing "behind" could have been stamped direct... I just find it easier when faced with a blank card to move my pre-cut 3D images around to work out where I need to stick them!! And I do so like fussy cutting in an evening... 

Need I say more... Cheers!

Super CAS Rose Wonder

Sometimes... simply said is enough...

Rose Wonder to the rescue... 

But can you spot my huge error... yes I had to make 2!!! 

Detailed Floral Notecards in Multi Colours!

Remember this little set... well before I had carried on with finding easier ways to make my notecards.... I had cut a panel using various different colours for my thank you cards that I pop in with my customer orders...

They all have different favourite colours so I thought it was a great opportunity to see the beautiful die cut used with a myriad of colours...

First up were the blues... photo at the top... starting from the left... Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay, Dapper Denim and Night of Navy

Next up... the neutrals... 

Again from the left... Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Tip Top Taupe...

Then the purples...

Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder...

And then I started to play with some colour combinations!!! Unfortunately most not photoed.... so just an example... though I am loving this combi... and not one I would have remotely thought about without a bit of a play!

And cough... you will notice that I hadn't finished off all the cards with the bit of Bakers Twine before I photographed.... Oops...

Keeping it Simple and Floral...

I have to admit that the Detailed Floral Thinlits dies were right at the top of my New Catalogue Wish List... as they are just stunning... Along with their co-ordinating stamp set, Floral Phrases. And available in a Bundle with 10% off... in Wood mount and Clear mount

I have been working hard with them today!!! Which means a few makes to come... and some tips in using them too...

But my first share is pretty much as intended... and pretty much as the sample on the catalogue page/on line store... just a night of navy card base instead of white and no random sequins....

Oh and I have flipped the thinner part to the bottom... just suits my eye more!!

You are Tea-Riffic

A clean & simple card CASEd from this one created by our uber-talented UK Artisan Team member, Val Moody. I make no secret that I have always been a fan of Val's work... probably pretty much since the start of my Stampin' Up! journey almost 9 years ago! So I was very happy to see Val selected for the Artisan Team... and I have certainly not been disappointed by her fantastic creations....

I just added the little tea-bag on a string - as I was determined to use more than one stamp from the A Nice Cuppa set in my class...

So thank you for such a tea-riffic card Val.... cheers!

Table top care of Timeless Textures and Smoky Slate....