Wish Big

I'm in Australia at present, so have scheduled this post while I'm away. I only hope it works okay, since I promised to show you another handmade card I received for my birthday.  This is the card that I received from the lovely Judy Beetson. Thanks Judy - I love it! 

Stamp Set: Word Play, Pocket Silhouettes (retired)
Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: White Embossing Powder 
Tools: Heat Tool, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Blossom Punch

Once again, I've guessed the products used in Judy's card, so if there are any anomalies I'll make the necessary amendments later. 

I hope your Wednesday is going well. Pop back again soon, because I've got a wedding card to show you. I haven't made it yet, but it's a twilight wedding that I'm attending on Friday - so I'll have to get busy between now and then...well, once I get home at least.  See you then!

Pocket Silhouettes

Pocket Silhouettes is one of my favourite stamp sets for making quick and easy cards. It's retiring and is very reasonably priced at $40.95 (+ 5% shipping) for 6 stamps. It's definitely a set that I would recommend you buy before it's gone! The images are so sweet and they look great stamped alone or embellished. For today's card, I used markers to add colour directly onto the stamp before stamping and then added punched flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.  

FYI: Not all Stampin' Write Markers will be available to purchase individually in the new catalogue.  Instead they will be sold in their colour collections. If there are individual colours that you can't live without, I would order them now!!

Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouettes (retiring)

Card Stock: Peach Parfait (retiring), So Saffron, Rose Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait (retiring) Stampin' Markers
Accessories: Linen Thread, Basic Pearls
Tools: Sponge, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

I almost forgot to mention that I cased this card from Jill Franchett - a demonstrator from the States. Pop along to her site and see her fabulous creations.  

All going well, I should have something else for you to look at over the weekend. 

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Cute Gift Bag and Notecard

Isn't this little gift bag and card cute?  This is another of the projects we made on Saturday. You can fill the bag with lots of different things - chocolates (that would be my first choice), home baking (a close second) or bath salts, like we did. You're really only limited by your imagination.  I love how we used the Labels Collection Framelits to cut out the front and make the window. Very cool and so easy!! 


Please excuse the lopsidedness of my bag - it got a bit squashed on the ride home and doesn't  want to sit up properly.  

These are what we used to make this project:
Stamp Set: Short and Sweet, Pocket Silhouettes
Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Ridinghood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Ink: Ridinghood Red
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Mini Brad, Window Sheets
Tools: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits (Autumn Winter mini Catalogue), Boho Blossom Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Little Leaves Die, Designer Frames Embossing Folder. 


I'd be happy to order any of these items for you and can have them delivered to your home anywhere in New Zealand.  To place your order, just send me an email or give me a call on (021) 260 6680


Have a happy day!

Unbelievable!

To give you some indication of how fast time is going - my daughter Nicole is returning from her student exchange next week. She would have been away for 11 months. It is unbelievable how fast time has gone, even for those of us who were carrying on with life as usual, here in New Zealand. It just feels like a few months ago I was preparing for her to leave. She has had an amazing experience in the little town of Emmetsburg in Iowa.  And, because she has been so happy, it has been so much easier for me to cope with. More, than I ever imagined possible. Nicole has very mixed feelings about coming home which is totally understandable because she doesn't know when she'll see her wonderful host family and American friends again. I had intended on sharing the little stationery set I made for Linda (Nicole's host mum), but in my haste to post it off, I forgot to take a photo. Don't you hate that when that happens! 

Oh well...here's a photo of some more gift voucher holders I made earlier in the week instead.

 

Stamp Set: Baroque Motifs, Pocket Silhouettes
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Marina Mist, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
Accesories: Envelope, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals

Hope you have a fabulous weekend. 

Pocket Silhouette Swap

This is a lovely swap I received from Bron Heslop. You can pop over and visit her blog HERE to see more of her wonderful creations. For the background, she's used the size a clear block to create the background.  Isn't that such a nifty idea!! Thanks for the inspiration Bron, this is certainly a cool card to case!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Sanded
Ink: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Bashful Blue
Other: Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Scallop Edge Punch, Size B Clear Block

Happy 14th Birthday Bridgette..

It was my youngest daughter's birthday on Tuesday and this is the card I made her. She loves butterflies and I love easel cards, so it didn't take me long to decide what to come up with.  It's not obvious in the photo, but the large butterfly has been double stamped with vellum and is attached with a rhinestone brad. There is also glitter on all the small butterflies, so it's very feminine and pretty.