Rose Red Candy Wrapper

Here it is, as promised the next projects from January Stamp Club.  As you probably noticed I've used the You are Loved Stamp Set from the Summer Mini Catalogue on two of the January projects.  I wanted to have a little bit of Valentine's day inspiration... it's not till February but it's never too early to start creating for that special someone in our lives.  I did keep both projects a little bit neutral in the wording so that they could easily be used to give to a friend or loved one as well as a valentine.

Project two was the Rose Red Candy Wrapper, isn't it sweet.  When I first saw it I thought when would I use it outside of Christmas... anytime you need a cute box really!!! Perfect as place settings at a children's party or a dinner party... with a little something inside.  The trick with the Candy Wrapper die is to make sure your score lines are folded very well and crisply, using a bone folder is a must.

Project Recipe:Stamps: You are Loved
Ink: Rose Red, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive Re-Inkers,
Card: Rose Red, Whisper White
Big Shot etc: Candy Wrapper Die
Punches: Decorative Label
Accessories: Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Baby Wipes, Paper Snips, Bone Folder

After two Pink toned projects I thought it might be nice to completely change the colour scheme.  A bit of Spice Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso and More Mustard and voila a more masculine colour scheme...  Here's the "Spice Cake Giraffe" as I've nicknamed him. 

Project Recipe:Stamps: Zoo Review, Curly Cute, French Foliage
Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard
Card: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Spice Cake DSP
Punches: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I love the colour combination of this card, in fact this card is modelled after a Swap Card I did for Perth Regionals 2011.  There was a lot of stamping off/generational stamping to make the background effect around the giraffe. 

Cheers