Lovely Friend

Hello. I have a card to share today that I threw together with some bits left from a previous failed project. :) Do you have many failure projects?? Sometimes an idea seems so great, but doesn't work out so well... this is why I sketch. :)

The cute paper is from paper from THIS range, and the stickers are Lily Bee. I added gorgeous Ribbon Girls pins and seam binding. Oh, and that cute scallop and dot paper at the top and bottom is cut from THIS 12 x 12 sheet.

Well, I've had a very good day - my baby FINALLY giggled today - a real giggle. It's taken a LONG time to get her to laugh even though she smiles all the time. But it was worth the wait. And on my husband's birthday too. :)  And she's ALMOST crawling - dragging herself across the room in a comedy style. :)

Anyway - I'm off on vacation tomorrow. Yay. I have some posts scheduled so you won't even know I'm gone.

Have a FAB weekend and week. Take care.

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Miss You

Hello everyone - and happy 4th July to my lovely American friends. I hope you are having a great holiday.

Sorry for the lack of posts recently - I've been rather busy, and Lily has decided sleep is no longer her friend. Oh dear! :) Still, we'll get back into our routine soon, I am sure.

Anyway - I have a CAS card to share today - just some simple stamping, patterned paper, punching, hand cutting and stitching. :)  All the papers are from Studio Calico's Autumn Press 6 x 6 pad (on sale HERE.)

Have a great day - back soon, I promise :)

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Sending You Love

Hi, it's time for a new Ribbon Girl challenge. And this month, the challenge is to make a girly card. Not too hard for me... let's be honest, almost ALL my cards are girly ;)

So here's what I came up with. I've had these yummy Prima Wooden Buttons for a while... kinda been hoarding them cos they are just sooo pretty. But I knew it was time to use them up. I used the reverse of the buttons for this card. The button card is from Echo Park's This and That Graceful collection, and the papers are from MME's Howdy Doody and Rosy lines.  I used a sweet Hero Arts sentiment from the Sending You Love set (on sale HERE), and cream seam binding and button twine to embellish. I enjoyed putting this together.

Hope you get a chance to play along - of course, there's a great prize up for grabs.

Check out all the challenge details HERE.

Have fun.

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Card Kit - Day 5

Hello and welcome to the final day of my Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit feature.

Today's card uses my favourite patterned papers from the kit... and I LOVE that it comes in two shades so I could do this:

The sentiment was customised with a bit of masking. Helps make the stamps go further. And that gorgeous little bird journaling spot was cut from a sheet of patterned paper. I love it. :)

Right.

That's all folks.

To sum up, this is a FAB kit that I can not recommend highly enough. Plenty of materials, enough for LOTS more cards than the five I created, beautifully co-ordinated supplies, AND an exclusive stamp set! What more could anyone need. A perfect vacation pack, all boxed ready to go. :)  

Thanks again to Heidi for sending me a kit to test - I really had a ball with it.

Back soon with more cards - see you then.

x

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Card Kit - Day 4

Hi - it's time for another card made using Simon Says Stamp's July Card Kit.

Here I used my favourite sentiment stamp from the set. The two little banners were cut from one of the sheets of patterned paper. And I just love the cute Tim Holtz paper clips. ;)

I have one more card to share tomorrow.

Hope to see you then.
P.S.
Check out my 1st bunch of flowers this year. I love having a garden... picking your own flowers and food is the BEST.

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Card Kit - Day 3

Hello - it's time for card 3 of my Simon Says Stamp's July Card Kit creations.

This card really showcases the pretty patterned papers in the kit. And Kristina's gorgeous stamp. :)

I was so happy to find so much aqua in the kit. My FAVOURITE colour. :)

With the sentiment, I used a black fine liner to colour in the letters, using a scribble style to match the font. This was fun.

Another card to share tomorrow - see you then.

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Card Kit - Day 2

I'm here today with the second of my cards made exclusively with Simon Says Stamp's July Card Kit. For this card, I was determined to use the other half of the envelope I cut up for yesterday's card. Waste not want not! :)

I adore this tiny sentiment stamp... I stamped it on a tiny journaling card cut from one of the sheets of patterned paper in the kit.  And aren't those buttons pretty?

More to share soon. :)

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Card Kit - Day 1

I'm back. Sorry for my absence...

I had a LOVELY time with my family. Really special, given that I don't get to see my sister and brother a whole lot. We had lots of laughs and fun. Perfect. :)

Anyway - as I was packing to go away, I received a very wonderful gift from the super kind Heidi at Simon Says Stamp. She sent me one of her FABULOUS July Card Kits. So, I grabbed some black ink, an acrylic block, and a pair of scissors and packed the kit along with all Lily's toys. I thought I might be able to grab a few minutes to create something or other while away...

And BOY did I have fun. These kits are perfect for this kind of thing - a little vacation, a weekend away... all you need is a couple of tools and you have the ingredients for LOADS of cards.

Heidi includes a glossy sheet of card ideas by the wonderful Kristina Werner if you get a bit stuck for inspiration, but I didn't have that problem. The items in the kit are put together so well that it's easy to come up with ideas, and before I knew it, I had made 5 cards. I have LOTS of supplies left too for another day. AND a fab stamp set that is a definite new favourite.

So, I'm going to share one card a day for the next 5 days. :) All of the cards use ONLY materials found in the kit along with black ink and a sewing machine.  Here's a picture of the kit contents:

And, here is today's card:

It could be used as a gift card holder as the envelope opens to the side. A fun little extra. :)

So, Heidi - thank you. I LOVE the kit. And I recommend it whole heartedly. It was so exciting to open this little box of delights. And even more exciting sketching and designing these cards. :)

Back tomorrow with card 2.

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