Good Morning all

 

WOW! a week has passed already...in the blink of an eye to be honest!!

 

 

Well for once in the last few weeks I do not have a childrens party to attend today just lunch with the mother-in-law :0) and its a beautiful day here so am looking forward to spending some time out in the sunshine too.

 

 

Today I am showing you the lovely little earring holder gifts I made for the ladies I work with...we are a family there and I appreciate them all for the help and love they have given me over a difficult few months sojust wanted them to know that with a cute pair of earrings.

 

 

I used smoky slate embossed with modern mosaic and cut with circle framelets, then stamped using petal parade in smoky slate and punched 2 holes for the earrings to fit in.

 

I stamped an image from chalk talk in various colours to match the earrings and to suit each of the recipients.

 

And here they are all together...lovely.

 

The ladies loved them!!

 

Happy crafting and have a lovely day wherever you are.

 

Karyn x



Good Morning all

 

 

Quick post from me today as busy day ahead filled with childrens parties!!

 

I love the clean and simple look to cards and this project will be entered into this fortnight challenge over on Fantasy Stampers

 

The challenge is Clean and Simple so here goes...

 

 

I used the babywipe technique with reinkers to get the beautiful multi-coloured effect to the flowers stamped using petite petals and punched out with the matching punch...no fussy cutting for me!!

Stamped simple background using gorgeous grunge.

 

Sentiment stamped using petite pairs...bit of a petite them going on don't you think :-)

and gem to the centre of the flowers!!

 

You can see the effect on the flowers better on this close up picture.

 

Happy crafting

 

Karyn x

 



 

 

Afternoon Crafters

 

A lovely day here today...gardening is calling but needed to make a few things before I do that!!

 

A friend has a special birthday coming up and we have bought many gifts for her so obviously we needed some packaging suitable for her special birthday. This is what I came up with...

 

 

I decorated a large SU kraft box using so saffron DSP all around as well as having yet another go at using my spiral flower die...I have really struggled to get to grips with this as my flowers never seemed to look right :(

 

 

I stamped gorgeous grunge  in crumb cake on very vanilla and mounted on black to make it stand out added my flowers in so saffron, perfect plum and blushing bride along with pear pizazz leaves and tiny pearls dotted about.

 

You can just about see the jumbo pearls I used at the centre of the flowers and the sentiment is from Chalktalk stamped in baked brown sugar.

 

Love it!!

 

Happy crafting guys

 

Karyn x

 



Its that time of the year again...retirement lists from the current catalogue :( sad but its a chance to get your hands on some goodies at reduced prices plus it means the new catalogue launch will also be here soon :)

Stamps retiring - http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lastChance/2014_EU_RetiredList/EU_Retiring_Stamps_ENG.pdf

Accessories retiring - http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lastChance/2014_EU_RetiredList/EU_Retiring_Accessories_ENG.pdf

Once they have gone they are gone for good!! Be quick and drop me a line if you wish to place an order.

Another exciting offer is you can join Stampin' Up! at the reduced price for the next month and choose your own starter kit with products valuing up to £55.00.

Wow! love SU!!

Happy crafting

Karyn x

Hello Crafters

 

A lovely day here today got a bit of gardening done before it got too hot then had to have a little crafty time as needed a birthday card for my son's friend whose party we are off to this afternoon.

 

I love the baby wipe technique and once started I tend to make batches of cards so as to maximise the use of my reinkers!

 

Today I used the show and tell photopolymer stamp set - so easy to use even without a stamp-a-majig as you can see exactly where you are putting the stamp :0)

 

So here are a few of the ones I made all together - could not fit them all in the picture but you certainly get the idea :0)

 

I used the itty bitty flower punch in white and embellished with either pearls or rhinestones

And stamped various sentiments from the express yourself hostess set in basic black to make it stand out.

How lovely is the varied colour effect gained with this technique!

 



 

Well wishing you all a lovely day whatever you are upto.

 

Happy Crafting

 

Karyn x



Good evening crafters

 

Wow! Am I glad to sit down today been a very busy day and to top it off have to now sort a new printer as my little doggie decided to chew the cable!! Not impressed and she is in the bad books...no snuggles tonight!!

 

Anyway I wanted to show the lovely wedding stationery I recently sent off to a delightful bride... I am safe to show as they have been sent out too :0)

 

My quota was vintage, shabby chic and birdcages - a varied mix I know and out of lots of designs this is the one that was picked.

 

 

 These were pocket invitation with RSVP and guest information in the pocket and the little bird charm is adorable and dangles nicely, I attached it using some natural twine.

The mellow sage cardstock was embossed using vintage wallpaper folder with a lovely effect.

This shows how many I had to make the pile just kept getting bigger and bigger :0)

 



And here are a few of the designs for place cards that I sent her to choose from...all very lovely and we have come to a decision that brings in a few aspects so will post once the wedding been and gone!!

 



 

 

 

 

Well that's me for today - off to fight with my new printer!!

 

Happy crafting

 

Karyn x



Hi Crafters

 

Hope you are having a nice day whatever you are up to!!

 

I wanted to show you this lovely birthday card I made for a friend recently.

 

I found some rich razzleberry ribbon that had to use so this gave me the colour scheme along with smoky slate and pear pizzazz.

 

 

I did stamp a flower from the petite petals set using some platinum non SU ink to give a shimmery background...love the way it turned out!

 

Also embossed the white card using the chevron folder and stamped a greeting using You're Lovely set...as Alison is :0). topped with a few little itty bitty flowers, gems and little leaves - am so going to miss that punch as it is retiring this month :((

 

Added the ribbon tied to the side and all done!!

 

Although I did then make a matching gift bag for the present to go in :0)

 

 

Hope you had a lovely birthday Alison

 

Happy crafting

 

Karyn x