27.08.2014

The holidays are coming….

Ok – it’s still August but for a papercrafter that means it’s time to start thinking about the upcoming festive holidays such as Halloween and Christmas.  I have to admit that this last three months of the year is my MOST favourite season – I love the Autumn, Halloween, 3 of my children (and myself) have birthdays and then IT’S CHRISTMAS!!!  It’s a wonderful time of year in our house.  So in the spirit of the festive season (soon) I have a dainty little Christmas card to share!!

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Today also sees the start of a new challenge today over at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog and this week theme is everyone’s favourite… ANYTHING GOES!  The design team are featuring products from Memory Box but you don’t have to to enter.

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Lately I’ve seen Debby Hughes making lots of cards in a smaller scale (4 bar size) which really appeals to me and is perfect for this little deer die.  I’ve used the Mini Stardust Stencil with some gorgeous silver-glitter sparkle medium with the Leaping Deer die both from Memory Box.  I covered the die cut deer in Versamark and then embossed him in silver fine embossing powder.  The sentiment is from Pretty Poinsettia from Clearly Besotted and is also embossed in silver.

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Please pop along to the blog and check out the rest of the design teams fabulous creations and hope you can join in the fun and play along.  As always, one lucky randomly drawn entry will receive a $50 store credit – woo hoo!!  With STAMPtember just a few days away you’re going to want to get that prize for sure!!!

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07.08.2014

Kiss, kiss <3

Been playing in my crafty space with the gorgeous Mama Elephant PANDAMONIUM stamp set and, what I now know to be a retired stencil from Memory Box!  I ran my card panel through my Big Shot to emboss the design before blending a combination of distress ink in Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar onto the raised pattern.

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The wee pandas were then stamped and die cut (I love them SO much) and placed with a simple heart between them (coated in glossy accents).  The sentiment has been stamped onto a word bubble die cut (from Talk Bubbles by Simon Says Stamp).

This is the first card I’ve shared in AGES that hasn’t been a DT project – feels very weird!!

Thanks for dropping by!


11.07.2014

A new Simon Says Stamp release – This is The Life!

Indeed, as I sit here with my ice cold glass of Pinot and a house full of happy children (they broke up for the summer from school today) the theme of the brand new release from Simon Says Stamp could not be more perfectly timed!  The “This is The Life” release is chock full of amazing stamps, dies and stencils with gorgeous summer themes ranging from ice creams to cocktails (my favourite of the bunch – natch)!!!!

I’ve been playing with some of their new products and created this bookmark using the new Floral Bookmarking stamp set and co-ordinating dies:

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Do you see that gorgeous patterned paper on the top of my bookmark too?  It’s from the brand new Avery Elle 6×6 Sorbet patterned paper collection!!  There’s a Brights option too!!  I know…. AWESOME!!!  (can’t say that word anymore without singing “Everything is Awesome” from the LEGO Movie!!!)

Make sure you pop along to the store for the details on all the products being released at SSS and for some amazing inspiration – join the blog hop which starts HERE!!