Timeless Elegance Card

Recently I bought the most gorgeous paper collection from Stampin' Up! called Timeless Elegance. It's always a bit scary cutting into paper you adore for the first time, weird but true I'm sure you all agree.   Here is today's card.

The envelope is stamped using Tip Top Taupe, a butterfly front and back.

The card base is the new thicker Stampin' Up! Whisper White specially for card bases.

Inside I die cut Very Vanilla and Tip Top Taupe in the Stitched Rectangle dies from Die-namics and My Favorite Things.

I used my Die-namics die to cut the base using the large stitched die from the Blueprints 15 collection.  I then cut two pieces of the Designer Series Paper around 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" each.  I adhered these to the page leaving a gap at the top to place the peg.  The peg is secured with a glue dot.  

The butterflies are die cut from Tip Top Taupe and velum using the Sizzix Basic Shapes Bigz die.  The was then placed on foam dots and rhinestones added to embellish.  A foam dot was also placed between the butterflies to add depth and dimension.

I took some Whisper White and some retired DSP and made flags which were stapled together using my new stapler from SU.  I stamped my sentiment in Tip Top Taupe and added rhinestones.  The flag ends of the flags were raised onto foam dots to lift them off the page and secured at the stapled end onto the page.

I hope you have enjoyed today's card and your day has been good to you.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Pals Paper Arts Weekly Challenge

Today's card was such great fun, I pulled out my Aqua brush  and created brush strokes across the card using colour combo Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pool Party and Bermuda Bay.  Here it is.

I then used Bermuda Bay, Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron card die cut hearts and added rhinestones to embellish.  I love simple but forget it can be just as gorgeous as lots of layers sometimes lol.

Why not head over to the Pals Paper Arts blog,  and check out the other projects.   

Hope you're having a great day.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Happy Birthday Card

Why is it when designing a card layout some flow easily and others, well just don't.  This card despite deciding to follow a MFT Stamps design template just wouldn't work.  Ŷou would think having the template would make it easy but not today.  That said I'm now happy with it so here it is.

Here's the template.

Pink Pirouette die cut inside with stars from the Blueprints 15 set and Stampin' Up! mini punch set.  The hearts are from the Blueprints 15 set with the smallest also being from SU mini punch set.  The envelope is Very Vanilla.

Here you can see more detail; Sweater Knit stamp from My Favorite Things, Round Stitched Rectangle die set, Stitched Rectangle die set, Scribbles die set all from Die-namics.  "Happy" sentiment die cut 3 times in Pink Pirouette adhered together then a pearlised cream card from my stash layers on top.  The navy is Night of Navy from SU as is the silver foil.  "birthday " has been stamped using the Rotary Alphabet stamp from SU also.

I think possibly the reason I struggled today is because over the last 4 weeks I have made over 70 cards, around 50 different designs, so maybe my head is all pooped out lol.  I love making them, I sit all day every day making cards it is such a peaceful thing for me to do but maybe I need to take a rest and come back to it later.  Can't see it happening but I will try gardening instead for a day or two.

Take care of you.

Pauline x

Die-namics Loves Project Life

Today I have been thinking of more ways to make use of the many Project Life cards I have and so I have made a few similar cards, mainly neutral so are gender friendly.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Lots of fun and has scratched this morning's itch for making cards.  Coffee and snack time then I'm off again lol.  Happy weekend to you all.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Pals Paper Arts Weekly Challenge

Admittedly I find I struggle to follow prescriptive sketches, you would think it would be easier lol.  Must be how my brain processes and what parts of my brain are clicking in that I find being entirely imaginative a lot easier.  That said creating this card using this paper collection was always going to be delightful.     

White space, or in this case Very Vanilla, isn't usually part of my card making style but I am respectful how this card requires 'clean'. I think today's card is ultra clean lol.

The circle underneath the butterfly is watercolour card and is thicker and has a texture to it whereas the paper is flat so this was important to me to create this difference.  The brad is from my stash, which is expansive lol, but I can't remember where it comes from.

The "you" was die cut twice, once in the Very Vanilla and once in the same paper as the smallest flag on the front of the card.  These were layered together using Glossy Accents.  The butterflies on the envelope were stamped in Tip Top Taupe which I am in love with.

Well I hope you have enjoyed today's card and why not go over to the Pals Paper Arts blog and check out others folks cards, simply click 

See you tomorrow with a new card, if you like this leave a wee comment, I love to hear what you are all thinking.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Happy Birthday You

Folk following my blogs and Facebook pages will now just how much I am loving my fairly new discovery of My Favorite Things.  I have had two Stitched Rectangle die sets for just over a month know and I have already added to these with more die sets and stamps.  Today MFT Stamps has started a new "summer school" and I really want to join in, so I made this card but I may submit my previous one lol.

The rule is Gallon, Quart and Pint.  Now not being an American I do use these measurements but I get the drift.  So my Gallon is the new Tip Top Taupe in colour from Stampin' Up!, my Quart is Mint Macaron and my Pint is Pink Pirouette, both from SU also.   Honestly it feels quite strange having a completely clean white base as lately I have been using a lot of background stamps and stencilling so My brain hasn't quite adjusted yet lol.  

Sequin added to embellish.

Side view to see all the layering.

I have added some silver Scibbles behind the butterfly from Die-namics and in the flag and to coordinate I have added rhinestones.  The pattern on my die cut stitched rectangle is Mint Macaron using my Sweater Knit stamp.  The butterfly is stamped in Turquoise, Mint Macaron and Smoky Slate and die cut using a coordinating die.  These are Watercolor Wings from SU.   My "you" was die cut 3 times from the SU Hello You set and adhered all on top of each other to create a more defined word.  I have used the same technique several times and whilst it is more time consuming it is definitely worth it to achieve this result.

I hope you have enjoyed this card, I certainly have had fun making it.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Happy Anniversary Card

I can't recall ever making an anniversary card before!  So to rectify this today's card is just that.

The background paper is from Stampin' Up! a now retired stack.  The centre heart is silver glimmer paper and the two by each side are actually Tip Top Taupe but look silver here!  The small hearts are silver foil paper, all from Stampin' Up!  A rhinestone has been added to the sentiment which has been raised on Dimentionals.

Hope you have a happy day today.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Velum Butterfly Card

I have loved making use of velum again and today I have used this to add another layer onto my card.  This paper is retired DSP and I used a 1/4" of Irresistably Yours to add more strength before adding the silver twine from Stampin' Up!

I again used my Dienamics die to create the sentiment having used Tip Top Taupe ink from Stampin' Up!  I then added silver sequin and rhinestones.  The top of the velum I used my Cinch then snipped out to create a notebook effect.  Dimensionals were then added behind to lift this off the page and add interest and layering.

The butterfly was created using the Elegant Butterfly punch from Stampin' Up! and the retired DSP.  This was then layered with Tip Top Taupe and Dimensionals with rhinestones added.

Hope you are having a wonderful day.

Take care of you.

Pauline x

Mint Macaron Magic

Stampin' Up!'s new in colours are simply wonderful.  Can you tell I'm in love with the new Mint Macaron.  Here is another glorious card.

I love silver with this mint, gorgeous.

Hope your Sunday has been relaxing and enjoyable.

Take care of you.

Pauline x

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

Stampin' Up! New 'In Colours' 2015/2015

This weekend I have been making cards using the new 'in colours' for 2015/2017 from Stampin' Up!

I used a new technique; using my aqua brush to freehand make stripes across the page.  Here are the cards I have made.

The new colours are Cucumber Crush, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron (all used above) and Delightful Dijon.

I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend.  Take care of you.

Pauline x