TGIF Challenge

This week over at #tgif the colour challenge this week is Basic Gray, Pool Party and Daffodil Delight. Here is what I made.

I wanted to make a more masculine card, hard for someone who automatically reaches for sequin and butterflies lol. 

I used Basic Gray ink with a new stamp from My Favorite Things, Cheesecloth. I love this stamp and I think like all the other background stamps from MFT it will be versatile and be well used. 

I stamped my Typewriter Text stamp, MFT, in Pool Party and die cut this using a Die-namics Pierced Tag die.  I also die cut a Daffodil Delight circle using a Dienamics Zig Zag Circle die.   Foam Dimentionals were added to this to create layering. 

I used the Hello You die set to make the 'happy' and used black Bazzill card stock for this.  I then used my Rotary stamp from Stampin' Up! to stamp 'birthday' and layered this with white card to make the banners.  All these were layered together to create the card.  I found it difficult not to add a butterfly but I still had to add some embellishments so chose sequin from Teresa Collins Urban Market collection in grey and black and white.

I hope you have enjoyed this card. Why not head over to the  and check out other cards using this colour combo. 

See you tomorrow for another card. Take care of you. 

Pauline x

Pink Pirouette and Cream Card

Today's card is all about pink and cream.  I have seen lots of cards, projects where dimensional paste is used with a palette knife through masks or stencils but the paste I have I don't like as its too thick and lumpy so I tried to emulate this style but simply using card.  

I used my wee heart punch from Stampin ' Up! and punched out some whole hearts and hearts with bits out of them.  The background is Sweater Knit from My Favorite Things.  This was heat embossed with clear embossing powder onto Very Vanilla card the die cut out using the large stitched rectangle from the Blueprints 15 die set.  The sentiment is from Flower Patch.  The tickets are free to move with the knot secured with a Glue Dot to the ribbon below, so they can dangle creating a further element and interest to the card.

I used the circle die from the Blueprints 15 set which creates this stitched circle then used my 1 3/4" circle from SU to punch out the negative, which is also left with the stitched effect.  Using some Basic Gray card I used a die from the Project Life die set to create the ticket but shortened this then punch a heart, raised this with a foam dot to place on the end.  I made a longer one using Sweater Knit stamped with the Pink Pirouette to lie behind the gray.  The outer stitched circle was then adhered to the top of the gray ticket with the inner circle raised on a Dimensional with a Basic Gray heart added also on a foam dot.  Small rhinestones were then added to embellish.

A Pink Pirouette stitched rectangle with white ribbon was added to the inside with rhinestones added.

As always the envelope is not forgotten and has been decorated with coordinating hearts on a Very Vanilla envelop.

I hope your day has been a great one.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Beautiful You

Well a few days I got some new goodies and this new Striped Cover Up and the pierced Tags dies from Die-namics you just know I love.  I feel over this past couple of months my passion for cards has increased ten fold and really developed too.

Here is my first use of the Striped Cover Up die, you know your going to see so much of it over the next few weeks.  I used two of the Pierced Tags and silver embossed onto the white tag using a Flowering Flourishes stamp and silver embossing powder from Stampin' Up!

Silver foil flowers added to envelope and Signo White pen to centre of flowers.

The "you" is from the Hello You die set, the card is Pink Pirouette, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray.  The flowers are punch from the Itty Bitty punch set, "beautiful" is from Express Yourself stamp set, stamped in Basic Black and die cut using the Stitched Rectangles set from Die-nanics.  The brads I have had for years and used to use when I made mini albums, these can be seen in my much earlier blogs using Graphic 45 collections.

Too much fun, I'm off to make another card.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Freshly Made Sketches Weekly Challenge

However, today primary colours must still be in my headspace because for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge I made this.

Right up until I was adding the sequin I wasn't sure about this card, in my head I knew exactly what I wanted but as I putting it together I was full of doubt.  Now I love it.  

I used the new Cotton Paper from Stampin' Up! die cut and stamped from Flower Patch and coordinating dies then layered with foam dots onto a Basic Gray Striped Cover Up die from My Favorite Things, Dienamics.  I used a large Pierced a Tag to create the accent at the bottom, which had been stamped with Sweater Knit with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I then used the 'Hello' only from the Hello Life stamp set from SU then die cut this with a small tag die.  I used Watermelon Wonder ink from SU with this.  A small foam dot and Glossy Accents were used to adhere this down.  

From the side you can see how the petals curl, I used a bone folder on all the petals for this.

Inside I used a Stitched Rectangle from Dienamics and a die from Hello You from SU.  This was die cut in whisper white and watermelon wonder and I offset them slightly to create a bit of a shadow effect.  Silver sequin then added to embellish front and inside.  

Why not head over to Freshly Made Sketches blog, click here and see what others have been creating.

See you tomorrow.  Take care of you.  

Pauline x

You're The Best

Recently I have been all about butterflies, pink, monochrome, flowers , sequin and rhinestones, well these cards are simply stamping and Dimensionals lol.

Left blank to suit any occasion, but can be stamped later.

My that feels good to be doing a completely different type of card lol.  Talke care of you.

Pauline x

More Die-namics Blueprints 15 Cards

Today I have been playing more with my new Die-namics Blueprint 15 die set.  I'm so in love with these dies.

The sentiment has been stamped with Archival ink in black onto velum which has been secured at the back to avoid glue being seen through the velum.  Pearl accents adhered either side of the sentiment.

The butterfly has been die cut from Sizzix Basic Shapes die in gold foil paper and velum, both Stampin' Up!  The paper is retired DSP and Basic Gray for accent.

A pearl and butterfly adorn the inside too.

Turning the card to the side shows the sequin, rhinestones and silver foil strip along the bottom off great.  The sentiment has been raised on Dimensionals.  These butterflies are silver foil paper and velum also from Stampin' Up!

The pegs on both cards have been adhered to the card with Stampin' Up! glue dots with the butterflies simply held in place with them.

Rhinestones on the inside for decoration.

You can see the silver foil paper really well in this picture too.

Happy Birthday Butterfly Card

Today's card is clean and simple.  

Happy Birthday in black ink, flag in Basic Gray, butterfly in velum and pink using Basic Shapes die from Sizzix.

Large and small die cuts using Rectangle Stitched Stax from Dienamics.  Rhinestones from Stampin' Up!

I hope your day is full of summer goodness.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Die-namics Blueprints 15 Die Cards

Ok' I think I have fallen in love with Die-namics dies, especially this Blueprints 15 set I bought for my birthday.  Ok, it's not my birthday for another couple of days but I just couldn't wait to play so when the fell through the letterbox this morning I just had to bring out the Big Shot, well after I watched a little Wimbledon lol.

I'm almost at the end of my favourite paper, this retired Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!  All the paper and embellishments are Stampin' Up! in fact I'm almost out of this Basic Gray too and I forgot to order more!

And not forgetting the inside too.  Now off to make some more.  Hope today is good to you.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Butterfly Delights Cards

For today's post I have taken inspiration from Keisha Campbell on Pinteret who I greatly admire.  Her work I find romantic, creative and completely up to date with respect to card making.

Here are my takes on her card.

Here I used retired DSP and Basic Gray card, which I embossed using my Big Shot.  

For the butterfly I first die cut this using the Sizzix Basic Shapes die in pearlised thick cream card and then a layer of velum.  I then added a medium sized rhinestone from Stampin' Up!

I used white ribbon tied together in the middle with some white cotton thread and the adhered using Crystal Effects.  The hexagons were punched using a punch from SU and the large octagon was made using my Sizzix Eclipse machine and are 3".

All the DSP has since retired from SU.  I really need to buy new paper.  I chose to leave the cards all without any specific sentiment so they can be used for any occasion.

I hope today has brought you giggles and smiles.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Gold, Navy and Pink Card

Some days you just feel as if it's not coming together.  I knew what I wanted to do but when I started I really struggled.  Here it is....

This is the Stitched die from Dienamics.

I like it but I'm not really loving it, maybe it's the circles.  I wanted to use them as other cards I have seen look amazing, but it's so out of my comfort zone as I'm usually a straight line kinda girl lol.

I do love the butterfly, it's one from the Heidi Swapp collection and I foiled it with gold foil in the Minc.

I then used a strip of gold glimmer card from Stampin' Up! just to get back to my comfort zone lol. The pink is from my stash and the gray is Basic Gray fro SU.  The sentiment has been heat embossed with gold embossing powder from SU also the die cut using a Dienamics die.  The small butterflies were punched from the Bitty butterfly punch with the tiny gold spots punched from my Crop-A-Dile and adhered with Glossy Accents.

Well I hope you love this card and appreciate more than myself.    I like it lol, but just don't love it.  I feel awful admitting this, please forgive me.

Take care of you.

Pauline x

Monchrome Card Using Stampin' Up!

Today's card was inspired by Keisha Campbell on Pinterest.  I have used all Stampin' Up! products with exception of the silver sequin, these are from my stash.  Stampin' Up! Do stock silver sequin I am waiting for an order.

I used the Kraft resist paper from the last Sale A Bration keeping it plain to add to the monotone theme.  The flags are also retired DSP.  I made the gray top for the tag using the Bow Builder punch snipping off the ends.  The flowers are made using the Petite Pairs flower punch and the Pansy punch.  Pearl adhesive embellishments are then added.  I used stamp set That's The Ticket (now retired also) and Basic Gray ink.

I hope you're all having a wonderful week.

Take care of you.

Pauline x