Bright Lamp Post

Hello Stampers
                         I fell in love with this lamp post die as soon as I saw it in the holiday catalogue.  I always had this image of the lamp post with the Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper words in the background.  I wanted to soften the edge of the DSP so I sponged it with Sahara Sand. 

The Lamp post after all that looked a bit lacklustre... so I added a bit of sparkle using Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.  I stamped the sentiment from the Brightly Lit Stamp Set in Garden Green Ink and layered it onto Cherry Cobbler Card Stock to add a bit of festive cheer.

Stamps: Brightly Lit Christmas

Inks: Sahara Sand, Garden Green

Card: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Merry Music Specialty DSP

Big Shot: Christmas Lamppost Thinlits

Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, Sponge Dauber, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Tear Tape, Dimensionals

The Brightly Lit Christmas & Christmas Lamppost Thinlits are available at 10% discount when purchased as a Bundle.

Floral Lovely Heart

Hi All
           Sorry I've been away for a bit, I got quite sick for a while and lost track of absolutely everything.  I made this card up to send to my lovely customers who ordered with me last month as a little thank you.

Because the DSP I chose was quite bold being floral with a Basic Black background I wanted to keep the rest of the card simple.  I chose to layer some Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon onto some Tangerine Tango and then onto the DSP layer.  I used the Lovely Words Thinlits to cut out the word "lovely" from Basic Black card and then coloured it with Clear Wink of Stella to continue the sparkly theme.

I layered the word lovely onto the Tangerine Tango Heart that I cut out using the Sweet & Sassy Framelits.  Then I stamped the word Hello from the Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set in Basic Black on the Heart and popped the heart on the card with Dimensionals.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Banners
Ink: Basic Black
Card: Tangerine Tango, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP, Basic Black
Big Shot: Sweet & Sassy Framelits, Lovely Words Thinlits
Accessories: Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon, Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed this card, if you like any of these products you can purchase them by contacting me.

Bright Bee's

Hi Ho Everyone,
                           Like most of you I'm looking forward to the arrival of spring.  The warming weather the chirping birds, blooming flowers and increasing amounts of sunshine.  Thinking of sunshine brings me to the bright and cheerful card I'm sharing with you today.  I made this card a while ago but the bright and cheerful Daffodil Delight and cute bee's just called to me to share them.

For this card I embossed a card layer using the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder. This card layer is just a little smaller than the card base.  I stamped the sentiment on a piece of Whisper White and then cut it down using the Triple Banner punch.

The Bee's are stamped individually on Whisper White in Basic Black Archival Ink and then the Daffodil Delight wings and body are Two-Step Stamped over the Line Image of the Bees.  I fussy cut out each of the Bee's and then coloured over the wings using Clear Wink of Stella.  I had three bee's as I didn't want them do be symmetrical so I layered them in a basic triangular shape.

Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams p138
Ink: Basic Black Archival 185, Daffodil Delight p186
Card: Daffodil Delight p186, Whisper White p185
Punch: Triple Banner p206
Big Shot: Hexagons Dynamic Textured EF p211
Accessories: Tear Tape Adhesive p 202, Dimensionals p203, Clear Wink of Stella p200

If you like any of these products you can purchase them by contacting me or through my Online Store

Elegant Dragonfly

Hello Everyone,

                          Thought I'd share another Birthday card with you, using the elegant dragonfly image from the Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set.  Of course to make it simple I cut the image our using the co-ordinated Dragonfly Details Thinlits, I just love how Stampin' Up! makes crafting so easy by co-ordinating these products for us.  It really makes things simple and to be honest I don't always love to fussy cut.  For the lovely dotted background I used the dotted image from the same stamp set and stamped it in Pear Pizzaz and Marina Mist.  It's hard to tell from the photo but the wing of the dragonfly have been coloured with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.

Stamp Sets: Dragonfly Dreams, Birthday Blosssoms

Inks: Pear Pizzaz, Marina Mist, Dapper Denim

Card: Pear Pizzaz, Dapper Denim, Whisper White

Big Shot: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits

Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Adhesive, Dimensionals

Happy stamping, if you would like to purchase any of these items contact me or buy them at my online store.

           

Bremuda Dragonfly

Hi All
           I just love the dragonfly image from Dragonfly Dreams and the co-ordinating die Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits.  My aim with this card was to keep things relatively simple but as you can see I got caught up with my layers.  The dragonfly is stamped in Bermuda Bay on Whisper White then die cut.  Then layered onto Gold Metallic Thread and then onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cut with a circle from the Stitched Framelits.  I then stamped the Whisper White rectangle layer with the dotted image from Dragonfly Dreams in So Saffron.  The sentiment also from Dragonfly Dreams is stamped on the So Saffron card base in So Saffron.  For an added bit of sparkle I used Clear Wink of Stella on the Dragonfly Wings, it's a bit hard to see in the photo but it sparkles prettily.

Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
Ink: Bermuda Bay, So Saffron
Card: So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Big Shot: Stitched Framelits, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits
Accessories: Gold Metallic Thread, Clear Wink of Stella, Tear Tape Adhesive, Dimensionals

Like anything you see here you can purchase them at my Online Store.

                                                                                                     

Day 13 Thoughtful Branches

Hello Everyone,
                           Here's another card I whipped up this week and a new colour combo I tried out.  I wanted to feature the new Peekaboo Peach as I sometimes have trouble including orange tones in my colour schemes.  I also wanted to use some Chocolate Chip because it's been a sorely neglected colour lately, for some reason I'm reaching for the Early Espresso or Tip Top Taupe instead.  Then to balance out those two colours I added in a little Cajun Craze, so it looked like an autumn theme colour scheme (rhyming unintended).  So you guessed it I used the gorgeous leaf stamp to pair them with from Thoughtful Branches.  Then I added a sentiment from Gift from the Garden which just seemed to beg to go with this card.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Gift from the Garden
Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip
Card: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Cajun Craze
Punches: 1 3/4" Circle
Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (it's on the leaves but hard to see sorry), Adhesive, Dimensionals

Happy Stamping Peggy

Day 10 Thoughful Branches

Hi All
          For my creation today I wanted simple and clean.  I had in my head the idea of the leaf image stamped in multiple colours and my first thought was autumn tones.  But I've used those tones before as it's a natural choice so I thought I'd mix it up.  I chose these colours as they are in the one colour collection and funnily enough my ink pads are stacked in this order Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Rose Red and then Perfect Plum.  I've always thought how pretty they are sitting there together so I thought this was the time to put ink to stamp and get them onto a card.  How do you pick your colours?  Even though you cannot see the sparkle I've brushed Clear Wink of Stella over each of the leaves to give them something extra.

Stamp Set: Thoughtful Branches, Tin of Cards
Ink: Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Rose Red, Perfect Plum
Card: Island Indigo, Whisper White
Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, Dimensionals

Cheers & Happy Stamping Peggy