The last true friend card this week

This card was made with the left overs from yesterdays card The only addition is the use of the Stamp a ma jig to make the single stem flower into a double flower. the flowers are raised up using Stampin' dimensionals. I know that many of my ladies hated the Stamp a ma jig when they first used it, and to be truthful so did I but now I love it & try & use it in all my classes & I get a great amount of pleasure when one of my Ladies decides that it is a great aid to getting your images straight. If you haven't tried a stamp a ma jig then you don't know what your missing.

More True friends

This is an A5 which is made using a base of Elegant Eggplant, I then used Elegant eggplant ink with the circle flower stamp all over as a background.

The whisper white layer was matted onto a layer of Taken with Teal. The images were stamped using Stampin' Write markers in Old Olive & Taken with teal, I have found that Stamping in a random organised pattern does take some thought so the images don't overlap, my solution is too stamp the first image in the middle & work outwards.

The small gaps between the stamped images have groups of three dots all drawn by hand.

The border is taken with teal & using the mat pack & paper piercing tool a pricked pattern on one end, the greeting is stamped in Taken with Teal onto Old Olive card & cut out with the word window punch. The circle motif is coloured using the Stampin' Write pens in Old Olive & Elegant Eggplant & punched out using 1 1/4" circle punch & matted onto a circle of Old olive cut with the 1 3/8" circle punch, the brad in the middle is from the Earth elements pack.

A True friend is retiring & look at the extra discounts now available on last chance list

Today's card is made with the retiring set True friend. The base of this card is Perfect plum with layers in Pale plum & Elegant eggplant, the top layer is Whisper white card stock. The flower image was stamped three times once in each of the above colours, each flower was trimmed & popped up on stampin' Dimensionals. In the centre of each flower I put a small glue dot & coated it in Dazzling diamonds. The greeting was from the same stamp set & was stamped in Elegant Eggplant directly onto the whisper white layer.

If anyone would like to order this set or any other Stampin' Up products then please contact me.

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More retirements ~ Don't miss out

Two cards featuring two retiring sets, these sets will only be available whilst stocks last until 30th September. True friend & One of a kind.

The first card features the retiring sweet pea papers, Rose red card stock, whisper white & Old olive card stock. The lovely flowers are coloured using the Stampin' Write markers In rose red & Old olive.

The circle punches are 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Both are on the retirement list, but they are only retiring in the current format, Stampin' Up are re-releasing the punches in a lovely slim design.

The small card is 4" square & made from Rose red card stock, the flowers & greeting are also stamped in Rose red Ink. The flower is stamped onto Whisper White Card stock using Old Olive & Elegant eggplant Stampin' Write pens. The backing papers are Rich Razzlebery card stock & papers from the the retiring sweet pea paper stack. The Polka dot ribbon is Rich razzleberry & tied with Hemp thread.

You have just 15 days left before these are gone for ever, if you would like to order any of these products please contact me.

It's that time of year again, Yet more retirements

This card was made using True friend set that retires at the end of September, The main part the card is pretty in pink, on the front the large flower is stamped in Melon mambo & Rich Razzleberry, the small flower is stamped in whisper white ink. The care was scored at 3.5" from each end, with 3" being trimmed from the long side which will form the belly band.

The flower is punched using the 5 petal punch in 2 colours and the flowers from the Boho blossom punch makes up the two smaller layers of the flower.

The polka dot Grosgrain ribbon is also on the retired list.

The curves of the main card are made by drawing around a large pasta bowl & trimmed round with sharp scissors.

The flowers are coloured with the Stampin' Write markers in Rose red, Elegant eggplant & Handsome Hunter.

If true friend is on your wish list, better be quick as it is retiring at the end of September 

My first 10 card swap

Well I like a challenge so in my first week of joining Stampin Up I decided to join a 10 card swap on ILWS. The idea of the swap is too boost your sample board & to give a boost to your inspiration. A great idea as not everyone is in their comfort zone in all four of the colour families.

The idea is to compile a group of 10 people, each of those 10 people make 10 identical cards & send them off to the swap organiser, who then sorts them into 10 sets of different cards & then sends them back to each participant.
The deadline was very tight as I joined near the end of the swap, I managed to get my 10 cards to there destination in time to beat the deadline.

Stamps: Simply said, True friend, Wheel ~ Its Beautiful

Card: Whisper white, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana

Ink: Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Scallop punch, scoring board, d/s tape, glue

World Card making day October 4th

I hope everyone had a great day yesterday especially as it was World Card Making day.
I took Abi and we went and spent the afternoon with Michelle at the Stampin up catalogue launch at her house. We did a couple of beautiful make & takes, Michelle always makes some lovely 3d items & yesterday was no exception.

This bag was so simple but very effective and uses one of my favourite sets Season of joy. I can think of loads of excuses to make these bags, especially with Christmas just around the corner.
The second card we made was using one of the new release sets called True friend, definately on my wish list.