It's About Time I Posted A Mother's Day Card!

I did manage to whip this up for my Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day but just haven't got around to posting it!  I cased this beautiful purple card but changed the colour to Calypso Coral because Coral just happens to be my MIL's name!

Stamps: French Foliage, Itty Bitty Banners, Elementary Elegance, Baroque Motifs
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Calypso Coral
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Bitty Banners Framelits, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, 1/2" Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels

French Foliage Sympathy Card

 I needed to make a sympathy card recently so reached straight for my French Foliage stamp set.  It's a good all-round set for many projects.

I was inspired by this card at Pinterest and this colour combination.

Stamps: French Foliage, Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla,
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Always Artichoke, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Crumb Cake Tulle Ribbon, Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon, Big Shot, Cloudy Day Embossing Folder,  Stampin' Spritzer

First Ballet Lesson Scrapbook Layout

 

I did this layout last year but never got around to sharing it!

I gained my inspiration from this gorgeous layout from Arlene Mantle.

 

Stamps: Word Play, French Foliage
Cardstock: Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand
Ink: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frames Embossing Folders Set, Lace Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Trim Corner/Border Punches, Pink Ribbon

JAI Scrap #9 Sketch Challenge

Sick of rainbows yet?  I'm not : )

Here's a scrapbooking take on the card I made for the Heartfelt Inspiration Board (see post here).

 

 

Stamps: French Foliage, Word Play
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Rose Red, So Saffron
Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Big Shot, Paper Doily Sizzlit L, Labels Collection Framelits, Perfect Pennants Bigz L, 1/2" Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Crumb Cake Buttons, White Bakers Twine, Various Punches, Sponge Dauber, Spritzer Tool

Heartfelt Inspiration

I recently attended the fabulous Stampin' Up! Heartfelt Event in Auckland.  I was blown away by the Inspiration Boards that Demonstrators could contribute to for all to see (and take photos of : )  ).

This card was my offering to the board.  I call it my "Subtles Rainbow Iris-Fold Inspired" card!  (Me and my rainbows again...)

For the sentiment I scored a diecut from the new Window Frames Collection Framelits in the Holiday catalogue then adhered it to the card so that it popped up.

Can you also see the scoring I did with my Simply Scored?  It's called Diamondswirl and is a paving brick pattern.  I was doing a little surfing around and found this:

 ...and thought I'd have a try with one or two on my Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate.

Stamps: French Foliage, Word Play
Cardstock: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, So Saffron
Ink:  Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, So Saffron, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Window Frames Collection Framelit Dies, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, Sponge Dauber

Here are some scrapbooking samples from the Inspiration Boards that I loved: