A card and gift holder

Happy Saturday!

My dad is off to sun himself in Benidorm for a week *Ash cloud permitting and so far the flight hasn't been cancelled - so fingers crossed!*, so I have the house to myself and intend to spoil Paddy rotten.

Whenever I'm away Paddy goes off his food, and he's already being quite clingy (haha, sounds like a baby?!) He loves sandwich paste straight from the jar so I have bought a case for him, with the added bonus of keeping him quiet..!

Ok, on a crafty note - there's nothing like a tight deadline to kick start your mojo is there?

My sister asked me to make a card for a friend in work. She asked me at about 10pm... and she needed it for the following morning *insert rolling eyes emoticon*

So straight away I reached for my go-to stamp set when I haven't got time to faff about : Crazy for Cupcakes. Love this set.

I used Tempting Turquoise with some pixie pink for the colour combo, and coloured in the image with some Stampin' Markers.

I used a technique I saw on Shaz's blog to colour the frosting, only I used my markers by transferring some colour onto my stamp-a-ma-jig imaging sheet.

In her workplace, whenever it is somebodies birthday you include a Lucky Dip lottery ticket inside the card! So I made this matching holder for it to go in.

I'm going to attempt to edit this video to within an inch of it's life (or re-shoot... probably the latter!) and hopefully share with you next week.

Have a lovely weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
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Colour challenge over on Stamp With Us.

The challenge this fortnight was to take inspiration from the colour in this picture.

How cute are they btw, I want some!!

I used the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set, I thought I might as well seeing as those cupcakes are so cute!

I used the eyelet border punch too, punched a strip of card stock and then snipped up from the flat edge so I could manipulate it around a circle.

Why not give it a try?

Check out the other cards from the design team on Stamp With Us.

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
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2nd easel card...

... means that my Mini blog series is officially under way!

I hope you enjoy them as much as I've enjoyed my new little challenge - don't forget to bookmark and come back on Monday for the final easel card.

So, the second easel card I made is for my friend Michelle, who's birthday is coming up. Happy Birthday sweetie x

I love this stamp set sooo much, you can do a lot with cupcakes {a not just eat them!!}

I decided to use a strip of regal rose with the eyelet border punch instead of a full mat and layer, I like! Think it adds just a little bit more interest. What do you think?

I'm up for trying out new ideas as I tend to stick to the 'norm'.

Now, don't forget about the Christmas extravaganza offer Stampin' Up! are offering at the moment up to the 29th of December. Spend £45 or more on the supplies in the leaflet and receive a free tag punch! Now that's my favourite price !


And what's great is, if you spend £90, the reward is not capped! You can then pick another - there are two sizes to go for! And we don't just offer free products at special times of the year, we offer them all year round, contact me for details.

Any questions drop me an e-mail, I don't bite!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
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