Wednesday WOW! - 2020 Graduate Celebration in the house...

Proud and happy parents here... as the son and heir got a 2.1 in Computer Science last week... what a star!

And this is the card (in his colours) I made!! Gray Granite & Merry Merlot...

A very large A4 Square card (so 21cm Square or US 8 1/4" Square)... 

Really wish I hadn't sold this retired Morning Star stamp set on... though I have to admit to spending about an hour stamping this star in various colours before I passed them on!! And they have only gone a few miles up the road!!

Birthday Bonanza #10

A Birthday Bonanza birthday card for right now-right here for you... 

The masked one...

The socially distanced one...

And note that this would be even better with one of the sentiments from the Help to Share Sunshine Covid-19 pdf as detailed here... but I made this a few weeks ago so that wasn't around then...

Masks care of the bunting dies in the Birthday Bonanza bundle... and greetings care of snipped down Label Me Bold greetings... both of which are on the Retiring List and so will be gone soon!

So... another week of lockdown for us all... and we're still all good in our "shielding bubble"... feels like a very safe place to be... albeit Groundhog Days mode!

But I definitely don't like...
(a) not being able to go see my father
(b) not being able to get out of my garden for a walk!
Oh and of course (c) having to do cleaning!!

But everything else OK in the circumstances... Though cooking, shopping and cleaning seem to have taken over pretty much all of my life!! So working on that!! And then I can be back with you a bit more again...

A bigger star...

Take a simple little card...

And make it larger...

Simply by adding to a large card blank... in this case a 14.8cm square card blank (about 5 3/4" - so I would use a 5 1/2" square card blank if using US Letter card size)

And it immediately become something more special...

Both inside and out!

Saturday Simple Morning Star Congratulations

Can't believe I hadn't shared this simple little card with you...

One made in a hurry as a box needed to go in the post about 10 minutes later!

But so very effective.... and just said it all... to a son that did so well in his exams!

And I liked it so much... I had to make two! And so did everyone else in classes!

Where Morning Star meets Stitched Stars dies meet Label Me Bold... in Pretty Peacock, Gray Granite and Whisper White

Painted Poppies Thank You cards and Round up...

I realised that I hadn't used the wonderful wreath die cut image in the suite of 9 cards for which I am offering my Painted Poppies free Class in the Mail...

So I thought I had better make a Thank You card to provide some inspiration for using it...

And think this is my second favourite card out of the 25 Painted Poppies & Labels projects I ended up making!!!

So whilst they were all out I played around with a few colour combinations* and images from the Thoughtful Blooms stamp set (Yours for Free with a £45 purchase during Sale A Bration)

And a fun fact... Thoughtful Blooms is the best selling stamp set this year in the UK so far!

That co-ordinates with the Small Bloom punch (yours for free with a £90 purchase during Sale A Bration)

And here are the 9 cards included in the Painted Poppies free Class... 

Live in the UK? Fancy a class for free? Either here "at home" or in the mail... then simply order* the Painted Poppies bundle  (and don't forget to add a free Sale A Bration product as your order will be over £45... and my host code DUCCVEGD when you do) 

Orders in by tomorrow, 2nd March please... You will get a prepped class kit and written instructions for the 9 cards....

Alternatively  - for those of you that can collect and that have financial arrangements already set up with The Craft Spa... I am placing an order on 3rd March... and can add yours onto that! I will also include one of these cards!

* Colour combinations Daffodil Delight & Mango Medley or Grapefruit Grove & Calypso Coral with  Coastal Cabana & Bermuda Bay. Both of which were inspired by the Birthday Bonanza papers...

And greetings from Label Me Bold and Magnolia Blooms

Painted Poppies Splatter Notecards Trio Step by Step Pictorial

So I have been asked a few questions on the creation of my Painted Poppy notecards with splatters .... so I thought it easiest to just make another, take some photos and come back to share!

So colourwise... I used Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray and Granny Apple Green on this and most of my other Painted Poppies samples but Poppy Parade (instead of Pretty Peacock) on the first version shared (as shown below but first shared here with more product details and images...

No masking involved...

And note that ...

I stamped off the Seaside Spray (sky) splatters ie ink up stamp, stamp on scrap paper, then stamp onto card... 

But I didn't stamp off the Granny Apple Green (grass) splatters - I just stamped twice/thrice without re-inking ...

(1) Die cut label ( this label is in the co-ordinating Painted Labels dies)

(2) Stamp single stem poppy in Memento Black

(3) Stamp large Splatters behind poppy (to top) NB stamped off!

(4) Stamp Granny Apple Green splatters to bottom NB stamped twice

(5) Using stamped label for required positioning on card... ink up and stamp Seaside Spray and Granny Apple Green large splatters directly onto notecard to left hand side... you can see better in the 3rd photo below...

(6) Colour in flowers and leaves using Stampin Blends

(7) Adhere stamped label to card using 3D foam Stampin Dimensionals

(8) Finish off with a hand cut Label Me Bold greeting (in Pretty Peacock/Poppy Parade)

And then I used the same technique on this card...

With the extra touch of the Enjoy Life grass image (in Granny Apple Green)... over the "grass splatters"  for extra definition... ie Top Left image below...

And I will be back soon with a tip for the shaped card mat behind that Painted Poppies/ Labels die cut label on this last card!

Painted Poppies #7 - in Calypso Coral

Well I was rounding off the Painted Poppies extra long series today... after 7 days of poppies... but then I went and made a few more!!

So here are the Calypso Coral ones...

And more details on this basket coming over the next few days...

Painted Poppies #6 in the yelllows...

 

A trio of yellow poppy cards...

Live in the UK? Last day to order to get a class for free...  either here "at home" or in the mail...

Simply order the Painted Poppies bundle through me this week (and don't forget to add a free Sale A Bration product as your order will be over £45... and my host code DUCCVEGD when you do)  

You will get a prepped class kit and written instructions for 8 of the cards....

Painted Poppies #5 - last Pretty Peacock makes...

The last set of makes for this week's classes...

But never fear.. as I do have more Painted Poppies inspirations coming your way... as it is official... I made more projects over the weekend than I have ever made before! Well apart from Scallop Square die projects maybe!!

Live in the UK? Fancy a class for free? Either here "at home" or in the mail... then simply order the Painted Poppies bundle through me this week (and don't forget to add a free Sale A Bration product as your order will be over £45... and my host code DUCCVEGD when you do)  

Orders by tomorrow, Saturday 15 February please... You will get a prepped class kit and written instructions for 8 of the cards....