Well, it's nearly Monday...

Ok, I know I said I'd post Monday but I didn't anticipate getting home from V Festival quite so late/early. I really should have booked the night off work!

I had such a fab time, but have you ever tried walking for more than a few hours in wellies??
Ouch! Feels like I've been on the treadmill for 8 hours straight... and I'm sporting a rather red and shiny forehead with burnt hair parting.. haha I really can't complaint though it was soooo good, seriously the best time I've had for a while!

Anyhooo, here are the thank you cards I made for my sister.
They are using Nursery Necessities and the sentiment is from Trendy Trees.

I punched out a circle from the blue layer and popped up the little elephant.

The fancy frame outside the word window punch is a fab little creation which I learnt from Jo D.
You can see it here, very creative!

I like to stamp a little coordinating image on the envelopes to finish them off!

And on a personal note, I can't get enough of my little nephew. Just look at this little sweetie!

He's so adorable I could spend all day just watching him!

Ooo, and before I go there is a mere 8 sleeps before we as Stampin' Up! demo's get to see the new catalogue! I can't wait for pre-order and be prepared for some sneaky peeks soon, eeekk!!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
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Trendy Trees

Hi everyone!

We had a lot of fun at my card class on Tuesday, we had such a blast and once again thank you for you lovely feedback!

If your interested in attending one check out the details on the craft classes page :)

Here is another card with matching lottery ticket holder, I know there was a request on how I did the holder and plan to do a photo tutorial early next week so stay tuned!

I used the Trendy Trees stamp set for this one as well as the matching wheel called Funky Forest.

I used Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon as the closure and love this type of ribbon, it is quickly becoming one of my faves!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
x

Playing with...

... my brayer!

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Sorry! I scheduled this to post yesterday (Wednesday) as I knew I'd be in the pictures - I LOVED New Moon btw!! - but for some reason it didn't post hence why it a little late. But we got there in the end :)
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First of all, I want to say a huge thank you to my fab SU! Mum Bekka. She made me this little bow as a gift for convention. It was on a headband and slips off so I decided to put it on a clip today for a change! I love it, I've been wearing it almost every day since I got back! I just love this ribbon and now I can wear it. Sooooo cool :)

Anyways, onto crafting...

The next swap from convention is the most gorgeous bookmark I think I've ever seen!

It's made by Valerie Lo, thank you!

It's so gorgeous and inspired me to get my brayer out, I must admit it's been neglected a fair bit over the past year or so.

So for mine, I masked out a moon and used Rose Red and Elegant Eggplant ink to give a 'dark winter' feel to the card.

I then tore a piece of paper roughly and used that as my mask for the grassy landscape. I inked this with Old Olive and Handsome Hunter.



I then stamped the bare tree trunks from Trendy Trees in Chocolate Chip ink, some straight onto the card and others stamping off first for a lighter image.

I'll be honest with you, it took me a couple of goes to get the ink on without the lines but I got there in the end. The trick I learnt from convention was to take off the excess on the scrap paper under your piece of card first with a few rolls then roll onto the card so it's softer and easier to blend!

I'll be back on Friday with another brayered creation.

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
x

How I love...

...Trendy Trees!!

It was one of the first sets I bought from the new catalogue and I *Heart* it soooo much!
Now I've got the wheel too, I'm in my element!

Ok, so It's Monday and that means its the last easel card *sniff*. I think I'll make some of my crimble cards like this, so easy to do in batches.

I went for a slightly bigger size for this one and used ribbon to keep the 'easel' part up.

I hope you've enjoyed the start of the mini series as much as I have making them!

Here are the cards all lined up (Please excuse the creased backdrop in my light tent!)

The next set will start on Wednesday, make sure to pop over!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
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