Petal Potpourri

For my birthday last year I received the most beautiful card from Trevor Poole who is in my downline and if you have ever been lucky enough to receive a card or swap from Trevor you will know just how beautiful his projects are.  Well my card today was inspired by the card Trevor sent me.

 

I used a new set from the Spring/Summer Catalogue called

 

"Petal Potpourri"

 

and guess what, there's a matching punch that works with the large flower called the

 

"Flower Medallion"

 

If you purchase both stamps and punch together you can save 15% on a bundle offer

 

 

I love the little scallop flower image, here I stamped it in Blushing Bride Ink onto Blushing Bride cardstock and used a Rhinestone in the centre.  Thankfully our little 7/8" scallop circle punch cuts this out with ease!

 

I used the Bitty Butterfly punch with some Vellum and Blushing Bride cardstock then added some leaves using the Bird Builder Punch.

 

My crumb cake frame is from a Framelit Die set called "On Film", love this!

 

You will also see that I've used Gorgeous Grunge stamps on the background too!

 

If you would like to re-create this card, you can purchase any of the products via my online shop

 

www.stampinspiration.stampinup.net

 

or call or email with your order

 

 

Love you Always!

I have been getting so much use from my new stamp set

"Something to Say"

 

I love the little flower image that is included in this set of greetings and the fact that it has a matching punch makes it more appealing!

 

 

I've used patterned papers from the "Moonlight" mini paper stack, just £6.25 for 48 doubled sided sheets of designer paper, measuring approx. 4 1/2" x 6 1/2", perfect for your card layers.

 

 

The long brush lines at the bottom of the tag are from "Work of Art", another new set, here stamped in Lost Lagoon, one of the new In Colours.

 

The flowers are stamped in Hello Honey, another new In Colour and you can see that we have matching ribbons for these colours.

Playing with Punches

I made this card a while ago, originally as a Christening Card but it was one of many so I altered the greeting.  I saw a similar item whilst blog hopping and decided to have a go myself.  I didn't have any measurements so just guessed most of it but it is quite straight forward!  The sleeves and bottom of the dress are punched with the Eyelet Border Punch and the neckline with the Scallop Circle Punch.  My greeting was punched out with the Oval Punch and bordered with the Scallop Oval.  All edges were inked with Chocolate Chip ink and then to finish, I tied a bow with Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, really quite sweet and simple!

Just to let you know that my UPS Man delivered my parcel successfully today after 3 days in transit!!!  Poor men must wonder why us Stampin' Up! ladies are always so excited when we answer the door!

Customer Thank You's

I decided to make some envelope cards for my recent customers to say thank you for their orders.  I used Rose Red, one of my favourites, along with Old Olive and Whisper White.  The stamped image is from "Pocket Silhouettes".  I used the Word Window Punch to cut out my greeting and the Scallop Edge Border Punch for interest.  I added a piece of Rose Red Designer Series Paper on the bottom of the envelope, I love these papers, they are so versatile.

Stampin' Saturday

Yesterday afternoon, in a moment of lonliness, I decided to invite a couple of friends around to be creative with me as I knew I was going to be "home alone".  I prepared a make and take project using the wonderful "Circle Circus" and Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper.  We had a lovely time, chilling out, being creative and discussing the endless possibilities produced with this stamp set.  Thank you ladies for coming along, hope you enjoyed yourselves!

I also did a little demonstration using one of the "Love Notes" envelopes, with the "One of a Kind" stamp set, this is just so cute.  The paper is from the "Bella Bleu" Designer Series Paper.

Don't forget, if you would like to order any Stampin' Up! products, just give me a shout on stampinkerry@aol.com. 

Check back soon for details of a new Stampin' Up! offer that begins  tomorrow.