Five on Friday - Beautiful Friendship

So way back then... was when I first got Beautiful Friendship out... with a Team Colour Challenge happening at the time... but gosh how things took over from that day!

So now high time I finally shared the finished cards... both here and back on the Team Challenge page! 

There were actually 6 cards created from this wreath.. but one went away in the post before I got a chance (aka remembered!) to photo... so only 5 finished cards to see in this post... but a "Where's Wally shot" below if you want to spot the 6th before it was finished!! Centre one if you are not sure....

And here are the insides as they needed a quick decoration so that I could write on them to send out with my customer thank you gifts at the time... although I am sure that I will have still failed to write on them... and added a written Sticky Note as I do....

Click here to see the details on what was used to create the stamped wreath one sheet wonder... and here to see more on the cutting up of the sheet...

Thursday Thanks featuring... Beautiful Friendship

Yes another Beautiful Friendship  and Ornate Thanks card for you.... as I had to try a completely different colour scheme for a yellow loving friend...

Which reminds me of my first colour range when I became a papercrafter nearly 20 years ago!! Which was yellows, greens and cream... bet no-one guessed that one!! 

It is funny how colours affect us... yellow used to my favourite colour... but I wouldn't have thanked you for a yellow car! 

And I didn't even wear a lot of yellow... though I did have an amazing dress nicknamed the "Gin and Tonic dress"... which yes you guessed it ... had a very large lemon on the front... though I didn't realise that the pips were rather large holes... as I wondered why all the blokes were staring!! Gosh that takes me back about 35 years!!

But I digress... back to today's card... Balmy Blue hydrangeas, Bumblebee roses, Mossy Meadow sprays and Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz leaves... rest of details as per this card shared earlier in the week... 

And favourite colour ranges today... mmm.. Black or Navy with white or cream... with a pop of a bright (or neutral!) colour...Though I don't get to use much black and white in my cardmaking anymore... not many of my class ladies that like it!

Oh and Pretty Peacock of course! Stand out favourite for now! With a splash of many a blue or green to wash it all down... This is probably the range you would best guess at!

Tuesday Trio - Beautiful Friendship

Love love love this Beautiful Friendship trio... 

The first being pretty much a complete CASE of this card by the very talented Austrian demonstrator,  Michaela Windhager at Papier Vampir... 

Whose card actually inspired me enough to finally buy the stamp set... as I was indeed very late to the "Beautiful Friendship lovers party!"  Always a liker... but this is the card that finally got to me! 

I just changed the colour combination... to Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Rich Razzleberry, Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz...

And I dropped the polka dot ribbon... I tried it... but (and it must just be me!) either I don't get the wrap right... or the angle right... but either way I make such a feature look rubbish! Though I still appreciate it on others' cards! 

And please ignore my boo boo!! ie the Mossy Meadow spray to the bottom right hand side!

And then I carried on with slightly different colour combinations ... Flirty Flamingo hydrangeas in this second one... and less or more stamping...

Oh and again I added the extra layered up parts onto the front... which made an even bigger difference on these cards...

And off to make some more... as this is officially still my favourite Beautiful Friendship layout! Thank you Michaela... still really loving your card!

Also used Stitched Rectangles dies and Ornate Thanks stamps...

Simple On Sunday - Beautiful Friendship #2

As I admitted on Friday... I liked that layout so much that I had to quickly CASE myself and create another for another friend...

So here is Jill's thank you card... all in her favourite pinks and purples... 

I do love it when you can tailor make cards so easily! 

Though I do have to laugh at myself as I was so intent on getting my post out that day... that I have since found the 2 stamped and handcut small Flirty Flamingo roses here that I "forgot" to pop onto the card! Sorry Jill!!

And for anyone that can't quite work out the flower and leaf placement with the banner in the way!! Here you go... the "under layout"... 

Recipe

A6 Card Blank Flirty Flamingo

Thin Whisper White 10 cm x 14.3cm

Thin Whisper White 10 cm x 2.5cm ( 1")

Beautiful Friendship Friday

Quick share of a Beautiful Friendship & Ornate Thanks card to say thank you to a friend... and to to submit for our team colour challenge this month... which is...

Liked it so much that I then had to make another for another friend!! But more of that on another day...

Here was Plan A for this card... 

But then I decided a quick stamp, fussy cut and add would make a big difference... and so it did... 

Can't recommend this Beautiful Friendship stamp set enough!! Even though I was SO late to the party.... 

Simple for Saturday & Loyal Leaves round up....

Finishing off the simple Loyal Leaves series... along with greetings from the brilliant Ornate Thanks set... 

Showcasing the larger leaf that needs more space!  So a standard A6 card instead of the usual little squares... that's better than the diagonal leaf for the little square card series... see bottom centre in the group shot...

And here is the 7 card round up pic... Click here and here for more details on the 2 other trios...

And oh! I have just remembered... Whilst I was "working hard using my friend's Loyal Leaves set..."... I happened to stamp a whole sheet of A4 too... so I hope that I get a few minutes to work on my own One Sheet Wonder (aka OSW)... whilst still working hard producing christmas cards too!

Simple on Sunday - Loyal Leaves

 

Another trio of Loyal Leaves cards... Another quick share...

And I think you can now tell which is my favourite leaf!!!

Using 10.5cm card blanks... 9.5cm coloured mats with 9cm white panels... and click here for more details on the colourways used and the lovely Loyal Leaves  stamp set...

And... ooh... where did the last 3 days go?...  Apologies to those of you waiting the Field of Flowers Class at Home details... almost there! Coming soon...

Simple for Saturday - Loyal Leaves

Sharing a set of makes using another loaned set, Loyal Leaves...

Along with greetings from the brilliant Ornate Thanks set...

I had some Thank You cards to make for a all male group... so creating with this stamp set filled the bill perfectly...

 A simple little trio... using Mint Macaron, new In Color Just Jade and Garden Green ink pads and cardstock...along with Whisper White of course!

A true #simplestamping and #maximisecarduse gem... sized so you get 3 cards from your piece of cardstock...

 

A4 Card Recipe
Card Blank  9.9cm Square
Mat 7.5cm Square
Panel 7cm Square

US Letter Recipe
Card Blank 3 3/4" Square
Mat 2 15/16" Square
Panel 2 3/4" Square

More Tuesday Thank Yous... featuring Varied Vases & Ornate Thanks

Another design for another batch of bulk thank you cards... these being sent to food industry workers to thank them for what they do...

I was inspired by 2 fellow demonstrators sharing their makes on the same day... using the soon to be retired, Varied Vases... and the greetings set, Ornate Thanks

Firstly this card by Mary Fish in the US - who actually helped to design this stamp set! Great job Mary...

I loved Mary's use of the stitched "table top" using one of the Stitched Labels dies... which I don't have... but I do have a serrated fabric tracing wheel which does the job in a flash! I just placed my card blank onto my trusty Simply Scored score board and away it rolled!

And secondly AN Other card... that I now can't find! This time I loved the simple use of just the vase outlines and had to use the idea straightaway...

And I have to admit that the Stamparatus worked its magic on me in the making of this card... can't tell you how quick these were to make once I had everything set up... so I have made 2 batches of 40 so far!

Brand New suite & Wednesday Wideo - Ornate Garden

Stampin' Up! have just pre-released a beautiful new suite of products... the Ornate Garden suite... click here to see in the Online Store...

This features in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue... which comes in June... so not too far away...

Check these out... click on any of the images to download the full size flyer

 And I particularly love the Ornate Thanks bundle - as not only do I have a lot to say Thanks for at the moment... but check out those gorgeous borders!

And click on the image below to see in video format...

And sadly... in case you were wondering... the Sale A Bration promotion is now over... but I am sure it will be back next year! Only 9 months to wait!