I Love My Blueprints 15 Die-namics Die Set

Ok, I do have an obsession with my new Die-namics Blueprints 15 die set.  With such amazing shapes and angles it's easy to create something beautiful and I'm loving how my cards are turning out.

I have used retired DSP, Crumb Cake, Sky Blue and Silver Foil paper all from Stampin' Up!  The inner die cut and the butterflies have all been raised on Dimensionals with rhinestones in the centre of the butterflies and on the edges for decoration.

White cotton thread has been used for interest and decoration.

The butterfly is Crumb Cake and velum.  The whole page has also been raised on Dimensionals.

Inside are die cuts using the Stitched Rectangle set also from Die-namics and Sky a Blue card.  The sentiment has been stamped in black Archival ink and raised on Dimensionals with a rhinestone added for decoration.

I'm not sure when my obsession will end but I will try and use some other products do not yo bore you all lol.  Hope your day has been good fun.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Golden Wonder

Today's post is just delightful.  As you would have seen from yesterday's post I am making use of my new Die-namics Blueprints 15 die set.  I am loving it.  This set is just so versatile.

Sorry about the lighting, it was early evening and this picture doesn't do the cards any justice, I wish I had pulled out my light box now!

The card base is Whisper White and then Crumb Cake.  The inner die cut has been gold heat embossed using VersaMark and Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, one of my favourites for creating different effects.  This time I stamped several times up the card and flipped the stamp every time I stamped to create even more of a difference.

I also used gold foil paper and glimmer paper for the heart.  The sentiment was also gold heat embossed.  The sequin and all the products are otherwise Stampin' Up!

The inside has also been layered with mats for definition and gold sequin also added to embellish.  I love the gold foil envelope liner.  How wonderful would it be to receive this card.  I would love it.

I hope your Monday is more gold than blue.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Cute Notelets Using Stampin' Up! Products

A few weeks ago I made these notelets.  I hadn't realised I had not put them up on my blog so rectifying that now.

I made a few of them and I am loving Gorgeous Grunge right now, I think it's perfect as a background stamp.  

I used Choc Chip and Tempting Turquoise cardstock on a Whisper White card.  The ink is Crumb Cake and Choc Chip.  I used my Petite Petals punch adhering them onto the card with glue dots.  The rhinestones are from my stash.  

These cards measure 4"x4".

It's All About Silver

My cards today are all about silver glimmer paper from Stampin' Up!

I made two cards in different styles tonight.

This card I used Coastal Cabana ink and card and using the Hearts and Stars masks and a finger dauber I stencilled in the stars.  I used a medium and large star punch and also silver pigment ink with the mask on the inside to add a subtle accent.  I love the sequin, they really make the card sparkle.

This card I used Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party and Whisper White card and Pool Party and Crumb Cake ink.  The front sentiment is from Hello Love and the inside stamp is from my stash.  I also decorated both envelopes to pull the card and envelope together.  I like this touch as it ensures the envelope is equally a welcomed touch too.

I hope you enjoy these cards, leave a comment if you wish.  I hope today has been kind to you.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Flower Card with a Gold Accents

Tonight I have been making more cards.  I used Baked Brown Sugar card stock and Petite Petals punch.  The background cardstock and flowers are Whisper White.

First using Crumb Cake ink I stamped the card using a stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  I love this set as they provide wonderful background accents without being too intrusive into the rest of the card.  Using a sponge dauber, Crumb Cake and Soft Sky ink I then highlighted around the edges of each flower.  Using the back of my inkpad scrubbing pad and the end of a round pencil I pressed the flowers into the foam backing to make the flowers curl.  I then used Candy Dots and adhered these to the middle of the flowers and adhered the flowers using glue dots to the card.

I then used my leaf scoring tool from my Susan's Garden toolkit and scrap pieces of gold card, which were remnants from die cutting Christmas words I cut a few days ago to make some Christmas cards. I am a terrible person for not throwing away even the tiniest scrap of paper and on this occasion I am really glad as these leave shapes in gold I think make these cards simply amazing.

So of course the 'amazing you' was then heat embossed using gold embossing powder.

All these products can be purchased from me.  Please click on the tab link above and this will take you directly to the Stampin' Up! order site.

I hope you have had a great day.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Sympathy and Thinking About You

This week I heard about the death of an old friends husband last year.  Sympathy cards are not cards I usually make as I feel they aren't my strength but I got to checking out other sites for motivation and came up with this.

I used crumb cake card stock and layered with whisper white both from a Stampin' Up!  I used crumb cake and choc chip ink and using a stencil I made myself I stamped into the circle with En Francais then over the circle with Simply Soft and Express Yourself for the sentiment.

I liked how this card turned out so I made two more.

I used the same colour combination on the card on the left just switched it around a bit and used pistachio pudding and rich razzleberry, which I think looks great.  The card is also rich razzleberry and I used the modern label punch with the sentiment, also from Stampin' Up!

I then decided to add more and added 3 candy dots in rich razzleberry.  I think this makes the card absolutely perfect.

Thanks for dropping by.  Take care of you.

Pauline x