Sweet Bloomin' Cafe...

Hello!

Just popping in quickly to share a card I made using some new goodies (Sale-a-Bration and Spring catty... both coming soon!). I combined the Sweet Sunday Sketch with the colours over at the Play Date Cafe for this one...

The colours reminded me of the Comfort Cafe papers so that's where I started, and ended up with this...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Bloomin' Marvellous, Vintage Verses
Ink: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede
Paper: Comfort Cafe dsp, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla
Accessories: flower trim, lace trim, pearls
Tools: bitty butterfly punch, bird punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Delicate Doilies sizzlit

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Saffron Secret Garden...

Hiya,

It's time for another fab Dynamic Duos challenge and this week we've got some beautiful and soft colours to play with...

My pre-order goodies from the Spring catty coming in Feb arrived this week and I knew which set I had to get inky first... Secret Garden! This set is so gorgeous, with oodles of possibilities but my first card had to use colouring - my favourite thing!

How pretty are those flowers??! I'm gonna be using those a LOT! I stamped them on watercolour card a couple of times each, die-cut both then hand-cut an inner layer for each to give added dimension. I coloured them with So Saffron ink and an aquabrush, together with a So Saffron marker, and added some dazzling diamonds to the centres. The leaves were stamped with Certainly Celery and die-cut with the matching die (so cool that there are matching dies for this set!!). The background was created with the Very Vanilla card and the honeycomb embossing folder (LOVE!!!). I added a little bee (from Nature's Walk, stamped with Crumb Cake and coloured with a So Saffron marker) and some Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon and brads to finish. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners, hand-cut and layered on a coordinating die-cut.

The layout for this card is from the sketch over at IN{K}SPIRE_me this week...

The Design Team have really knocked it out of the park this week - their samples are AMAZING! Make sure you pop over to Dynamic Duos to get inspired and to play along.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Mojo Patterned Mashup...

Hello!

I'm this hostess this week at the Friday Mashup and I've got a fun colour challenge, with the addition of multiple patterns...

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project using "Different Patterns".
2. Or Make a project with the three or more colors from "Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Patterned Project with the Challenge Colors".

I have to admit to choosing these colours with a view to using some of the fab Sale-a-Bration dsp coming towards the end of this month... lots of fun and colourful patterns are in this pack!

I matted each layer of dsp with Early Espresso card to make them pop, and added a little butterfly (from a SAB stamp set) punched out with the bitty butterfly punch coming in the Spring catalogue next month - woohoo! I also added some SAB ribbon and button, tied with Island Indigo bakers twine.

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch for the layout...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Bloomin' Marvelous, Beautiful Birthday
Ink: Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango
Paper: Sycamore Street dsp, Early Espesso, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Tools: Window Frames framelits, 2 1/2" circle punch, bitty butterfly punch
Accessories: Tangerine Tango ribbon and button (Sycamore Street pack), rhinestones, island indigo bakers twine

Make sure you check out the fab creations of the rest of the Design Team - they really rocked this challenge!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

CR84FN Fab Composition...

Hiya,

I've been playing around with the Naturals Composition dsp this week (I have a class this weekend showcasing this paper) and I combined the CR84FN colour challenge with the sketch at Fab Friday to get me started...

And here's what I came up with...

I know the background looks blue at the top, but it's actually Elegant Eggplant! I won't go into too many details as I'll be teaching this at class, but here's the recipe for you..

Stamps: Papillion Potpourri, Perfectly Penned
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Raspberry Ripple, Wisteria Wonder
Paper: Naturals Composition, Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Tools: Delicate Doilies sizzlit die, buttons sizzlit die, butterfly punch
Accessories: Raspberry Ripple ribbon

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Naturals Greenery...

Hi there,

Just popping in quickly to share a card I made using the lovely Colour Throwdown colours this week...

I was inspired by the pretty flowers and they reminded me of the flower and jar from Perfectly Preserved...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Perfectly Preserved
Ink: Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede
Paper: Naturals Composition dsp, Comfort Cafe dsp, Naturals Ivory, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Tools: Small oval punch, large scallop edgelit die, Cannery framelits
Accessories: lace trim, pearls

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

x Amy x

Wedding Sketch Mashup...

Hi there,

I'm back with this week's Friday Mashup card... this time on time! This week Lili's got a great sketch for us...

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a project featuring "Hearts".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the "Sketch and Hearts".

I went with a wedding theme so I could include the 'hearts' element...

I started by stamping the cake from Love & Laughter with Primrose Petals then cutting it out and sponging with matching ink (I masked each portion of the cake with a sticky note to create the three-tiered look). I added some rhinestone strips to each part of the cake and a couple of layered hearts (using the Fashionable Hearts embosslit die) on top. I layered the cake on a Very Vanilla panel embossed using the dotty EF. The dsp in the background is from Comfort Cafe and the banner strip is Pool Party card embossed with the stripes EF, to compliment the striped dsp. I added a couple of embossed hearts as well as a seam binding bow to finish things off.

I used the colours from the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge for this card...

Make sure you stop by the Friday Mashup to check out the rest of the DT's creations!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

New year, new post & holiday news!

Hiya,

Happy New Year to you all!

Sorry for my absence over the last couple of weeks - my Mum gave me an amazing Christmas present, which was to fly me to Australia for two weeks to spend Christmas with my family over there, and I just got back yesterday! It has been 12 years since I was last in Australia, having moved over here over 14 years ago, so there were members of my extended family that I hadn't seen in 12 years - cousins I remember as children are now grown men that I hardly recognised, but it was great seeing them and catching up after all this time. The weather made a nice change as well!! Not too hot, but I got to wear summer clothes for two weeks which was nice lol. My Mum spoilt me rotten (she is an amazing Mum!) and I ate WAY too much... some sort of diet needed now I think! The reason I didn't post anything about this on my blog before I left was that this was a big surprise for most of my family (only one sister knew along with my mum), and I thought my crafty sister might check out my blog and see what was going on so I had to keep quiet... let's just say that my family have had enough surprises in the last two weeks to last a long time!

Anyway, I'm popping in to share my Friday Mashup project with you... on a Wednesday! (how bad is that?!). This week we've got a great colour combo for you...

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project using "Snowflakes".
2. Or Make a project with the colors "Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, and Basic Black".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Snowflake Project with the colors Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, and Basic Black".

I wanted to make an altered notebook for my friend Helen to let her know how amazing she is, so here's what I came up with...

I used an exercise book from a bulk pack I bought a while back and covered the front and back with Comfort Cafe dsp and the spine with some new dsp coming in Sale-a-Bration. I added a strip of Midnight Muse punched with the scallop trim border punch, then some Pool Party ruffled ribbon, tied in a double bow. The sentiment is from You're Amazing, stamped with Midnight Muse and die-cut with an Apothecary Accents framelit. I coloured the lower half of the 'amazing' letters with a Pool Party marker, then layered this shape onto a black piece cut with the Oval Accent die. I created a flower using the Blossom Party die and Pool Party card and dsp, adding an antique brad in the centre and some Midnight Muse leaves underneath (cut using the Little Leaves sizzlit die). I couldn't resist addings some butterflies to finish!

No mash on this one - sorry, but I couldn't find a way of using snowflakes on this project! Make sure you check out the rest of the team's fab creations over at the Friday Mashup!

It's great to be back... Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x