Sweet Sorbet Thanks

Hiya!

Just popping in to share a card I made using the PPA sketch for a class I had this weekend...

Here's the sketch I used...

I used some lovely Sale-a-Bration goodies for this: The Sweet Sorbet dsp and the You're Lovely stamp set that coordinates with the Deco Labels framelits.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: You're Lovely, Petite Pairs
Ink: Stazon, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding marker
Paper: Sweet Sorbet dsp, Pool Party, Whisper White, Sahara Sand core'dinations, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: White organza ribbon, pearls
Tools: Deco Labels Framelits, Scallop trim border punch

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Lovely Pink Orchids...

Hiya!

It's time for another ColourQ challenge and this week there is a very pretty combo for us to play with...

Seeing as today marks the beginning of both the Sale-a-Bration promotion and the FAB Spring/Summer catalogue, I have combined things from both for my card...

I used the Happy Watercolour set from the Spring/Summer catty for the beautiful orchids, stamping them on Whisper White core'dinations card with stazon and colouring with Primrose Petals and Pink Pirouette inks and a blender pen. The sentiment is from my favourite SAB set called You're Lovely, stamped once on Primrose Petals card and die-cut with the matching deco labels framelit, then again on Whisper White and punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch. The background is Crumb Cake card, stamped with the border stamp from You're Lovely with Crumb Cake ink, then overlaid with the swirl stamp from Everything Eleanor with white ink. I added a couple of butterflies and some candy dots to finish.

I used this week's sketch from Create with Connie & Mary (rotated) for my layout...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: You're Lovely, Happy Watercolour, Everything Eleanor, Papillon Potpourri
Ink: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Stazon
Paper: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Blushing Bride
Accessories: Subtles candy dots
Tools: Ovals framelits, Deco Labels framelits, 1 3/4" circle punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, Pennant framelits

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

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Lovely Butterfly Parade

Hi there!

Today I have a pretty project to share with you that I made at our Bristol Stampin Up training day on Saturday... I kinda deviated from the project design a bit and combined a couple of ideas from Hayley's gorgeous samples to come up with this...

It's hard to see in a photo the really cool layers and steps on this card, but I did take a photo with more of a side view to show you...

The background panels were stamped with one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets coming on the 28th of Jan, Petal Parade and the sentiment is another Sale-a-Bration set called You're Lovely. The butterflies are from the Best of Butterflies set that is available until the end of March (hard to resist a whole stamp set full of butterflies!!).

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Best of Butterflies, You're Lovely, Petal Parade
Ink: Stazon black, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Soft Sky
Accessories: Subtles candy dots

I also wanted to let you know that during Create with Connie and Mary's Preview Week for the Spring Edition, there are some fab tutorials and blog candy up for grabs! Today, the wonderfully talented Mary has a great tutorial on the Create with Connie and Mary website that you can download, and she is giving away blog candy - make sure you stop by and check it out! Don't forget that during Preview week the Early Bird price of $24.95 is available - after that the price will go up to $29.95, so if you like a bargain and loads of inspiration, now's the time to sign up!

I'll be back tomorrow with my ColourQ card, featuring Happy Watercolour again.

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Lovely Summer Garden

Hi there!


This week at the ColourQ we have a pretty colour combo to play with...

I was inspired to play with some new goodies - one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets coming at the end of January that you can get for FREE, as well as the Hello Lovely set I received at Convention. I combined them with a favourite of mine - Secret Garden - and came up with this...

I'm loving how this one turned out! I started by stamping a background on the piece of Basic Grey using a couple of the motifs from Hello Lovely. I created a grid using my Simply Scored tool, then lined up the images with the grid and stamped repeatedly - one in Whisper White ink and the other in grey (you can't see much of that one in the card!). I then layered a piece of Summer Starfruit core'dinations card that I had embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder and sanded, over the top, followed by a Cherry Cobbler textured card panel (both of these were layered on Whisper White to make them pop a little more). The sentiment is from the Sale-a-Bration set You're Lovely, embossed with black EP on Whisper White then die-cut with the smallest deco labels framelit and coloured in a little with markers. 

The flowers were stamped on Watercolour card and embossed with white EP, then die-cut using the matching framelits (the outside flowers) and coloured using an aqua brush and ink pads. I used a combination of Tangerine Tango and Real Red to achieve the poppy colour, and used Cherry Cobbler instead of Bravo Burgundy. I stamped each flower a few times then fussy-cut the smaller layers to pop over the top to get a 3D look. The leaves are also from Secret Garden, stamped with Summer Starfruit onto Whisper White then die-cut. 

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch for the layout (I just rotated it... and added flowers!!):

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: You're Lovely, Hello Lovely, Secret Garden
Ink: Versamark, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Tangeine Tango, Summer Starfruit, Smoky Slate, SU markers
Paper: Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler Textured, Summer Starfruit core'dinations, Whisper White, watercolour
Accessories: White & black EP
Tools:  Deco labels framelits, Secret Garden framelits, Simply Scored,

Make sure you check out the creations by the rest of the Royal Court this week - you're sure to be inspired!


Thanks for stopping by...







x Amy x