White Lattice Wedding

Hiya!

I've been playing around with some of the soon-to-be-retired products from Stampin' Up and before they say farewell I combined a few to create a wedding card...

This features the following retiring products:
- Lattice Bigz die
- Fun Flowers Bigz die
- Square Lattice embossing folder
- Loving Thoughts

I wanted to stick just with white for this card, adding a few touches of gold with gold foil card, gold embossing and a strip of gold foiled vellum.

I combined a couple of challenges for this one: the Paper Players theme and the inspiration from Curtain Call...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Whisper White, Naturals White, Gold Foil, Gold foiled vellum
Tools: Fun Flowers die, 1/2" and 3/4" circle punches, Lattice die, Square lattice EF, Gold EP

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Sympathy Butterflies

Hello there!

This week at the Friday Mashup Heidi is our hostess and she is making us aware of a very important cause and support group...

October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.  Each year, approximately 870,000 families experience the loss of a baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth.  We have a support group through our local hospital called H.A.N.D.S., Hope after Neonatal Death through Sharing, which holds a Walk to Remember and balloon release event every October to commemorate our babies.

In addition, the support group provides assistance and emotional support to the families undergoing the loss of an infant, including ceramic memory boxes, crocheted blankets and infant gowns, and help with funeral arrangements.  I cannot donate these type of items, as I have no talent for these crafts, but I can donate cards.  The support group sends out cards to members during their time of grief as well as on the anniversary of their loss. 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a "Thinking of you or condolence card."
2. Create a card/cards and "Donate it to a Charity or Organization of your choice."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Thinking of you/Condolence Card and donate it to H.A.N.D.S via Heidi."

I kept my card fairly simple, using the butterflies from Backyard Basics and some dsp...

The butterflies were stamped on Whisper White with Stazon and coloured with a blender pen and Rich Razzleberry ink and marker, as well as a touch of Smoky Slate on the bodies. They are layered on Naturals White, with the sentiment (from Loving Thoughts) layered over a couple of punched ribbon strips. The dsp is from the This & That Epic Day collection and both the focal panel and dsp were layered on Basic Black. I added some silver mini brads in the corners.

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday and colours from the Paper Players for this one...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Backyard Basics, Loving Thoughts
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Stazon black
Paper: This & That Epic Day dsp, Rich Razzleberry, Naturals White, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Silver mini brads
Tools: Backyard Basics framelits, Dotted scallop ribbon border punch

Make sure you see all the wonderful creations from the rest of the design team this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Grateful Apothecary Tablescape

Hiya!

I've been playing with one of the new kits from the Autumn/Winter catty called Thankful Tablescape - it's designed for creating table settings and decorations but there are SO many more possibilities! In fact, I'm holding a class this coming weekend on it (more to follow about an online version..!) and I had so much fun designing the projects. When I saw the colours from this week's Create with Connie & Mary challenge I knew it would be a perfect opportunity to use some of the kit...

It just so happens that these are the colours included in the kit (as well as the neutral Sahara Sand). I took out my Apothecary Art stamp set (one of the most fabulous sets for colouring in the catalogue!!) and came up with this...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts
Paper: Thankful Tablescape kit, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Naturals White
Ink: Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Crushed Curry chevron ribbon, basics pearls
Tools: Labels framelits

That's all for now... Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Razzleberry Flower Shop...

Hello!

I've been playing around with the Flower Shop set and pansy punch this week and used a couple of challenges to help me: the colours from In{k}spire_me and the sketch from the Paper Players.

Here's what I came up with...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Field Flowers, Flower Shop, Loving Thoughts
Ink: Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate
Paper: Quatrefancy dsp, Basic Grey, Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Accessories: Simply Pressed clay & button mold, mini brads, pansy punch

I'm keeping it short and sweet today... hope you've having a great week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

These are a few of my favourite things...

Hiya!

Are you singing the song..? I do love the Sound of Music and the title of my post always makes me want to start singing lol! Anyways, this week on the Friday Mashup it's my turn to host, and I've come up with a tic-tac-toe challenge that features a few of my favourite things to include on creative projects...

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using a "line from the grid".
2. Create a project with a "few of your Favorite things ( Stamps & Colors)".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project using the "Tic Tac Toe grid with a few of your Favorite Things".

So as well as choosing the row from the grid with flowers, butterflies and lace, I also included most (if not all!) of the others as well (I think the only one missing is ribbon... unless you count the linen thread!). I used one of my favourite stamp sets (Secret Garden) as well as my favourite colour (Pool Party) for this one...

I started by stamping the flower on watercolour card using versamark then embossing it with white EP. I then coloured it with an aquapainter and Calypso Coral ink, adding a vintage designer button in the centre with some linen thread and adding some die-cut leaves underneath. The dsp I've used is from the This & That Epic Day collection, from which I also die-cut a few butterflies using the Beautiful Wings embosslit die. I stamped the sentiment from Lovely Thoughts underneath with Basic Grey ink.

I used the layout from this week's Retro Sketches challenge to help me on this one...

Make sure you check out the stunning creations of the rest of the design team this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Dynamic Portrait...

Hi there,

I was excited to see Stampin' Up's latest promotion in the UK - the 'Best Of' series. My sweet downline Claire lent me her Best of Flowers set to play with and so I wanted to make a few things showing the fab images in this set. I started with the silhouette image and combined the colours over at Dynamic Duos with the Deconstructed Sketch this week...

These colours reminded me of a sunset so I used the emboss resist technique to create a little picture...

I stamped the flowers on Whisper White with versamark and embossed with clear EP, then sponged over the top with Wisteria Wonder and Raspberry Ripple inks. I used the rectangle designer frame embossing folder to create the frame around it. The background is Wisteria Wonder stamped with Flowering Flourishes in Whisper White ink. The banner piece is a combination of Basic Grey card and vellum, scored a few times in the middle for a bit of added detail.

I'm going to keep it short and sweet today - hope you had a great Monday!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x