Look What I Managed To Make!

Life certainly is busy with a newborn in the house. I spend most of my time keeping on top of the washing & dishes! I've really missed having "my crafting time" but managed to make a card & matching 6x6 page for my friend who just had a baby girl. It took me most of Saturday to make with all the interruptions! (And now it's taken me until Wednesday to blog!)
My upline Tracee Jones suggested on our team forum that instead of stamping on plain paper to make wrapping paper, she just crimps a piece of cardstock which matches the card then pops the card underneath it. Have I done it right Tracee? I think it's a cool idea being able to see the card!
Stamps: Picture This, Baroque Motifs, Curvy Verses, Every Moment
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White Craft
Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlits Die, Beautiful Wings Embossilts Die, Top Note Bigz Die, Scallop Border Punch, Crimper, Sponge Dauber, Orchid Opulence 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds

Happy Bird Day - Mojo Monday/Inkspirations

I'm catching up on a couple of birthday cards which I need soon so decided to partake of a couple of challenges along the way! There is also some sneak peeks for the upcoming 2010/2011 Idea Book and Catalogue!

This card uses the new Level 3 Hostess Stamp Set Playful Pieces and many pieces it has too! 30 in all! The pieces coordinate together to make many different shapes such as the "present" below. Also, the new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder is just gorgeous and I will be making lots of projects with it.

Stamps: Playful Pieces, Picture This
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Kraft, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Spritzer Tool, Silver Brads, Sponge Dauber, Crimper, Scallop Border Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

6x6 Scrapbook Pages - Part 1

My friend Judy has been visiting recently for one-on-one craft sessions. She wanted to make an album for her nephew who is 5 but as a beginner scrapbooker, had no idea where to start. So she bought a 6x6 album from me and here's what we came up with! I will do my best to remember all the colours/stamps sets etc! Where photos/mats have been cut to ovals, circles etc, I have used my Creative Memories cutting system and used the Big Shot too of course. Sorry about the quality of some photos, I was in a hurry!Stamps: Good Friend, Frames with a Flourish, So Swirly
Colours: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Spritzer Tool
Stamps: Baroque Motifs
Colours: Cameo Coral, Raspberry Tart DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Dies, White Ribbon, Boho Blossoms Punch, Rhinestone Brad
Stamps: A Holly Jolly Christmas, Punches Three, Big Bold Birthday
Colours: Real Red, Old Olive, Dashing DSP
Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool
Stamps: Lovely Letters
Colours: Old Olive, More Mustart, Night of Navy, Ski Slope DSP
Stamps: Whimsical Words
Colours: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Washington Apple DSP
Accessories: Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Rhinestone Brads, Scallop Edge Punch
Stamps: Picture This, Sprinkles
Colours: Whisper White, Brocade Blue, Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Brocade Blue & Whisper White Ribbons, Hodgepodge Hardware

MIL Mother's Day Gift

Here's what I made for my wonderful Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day, a set of 8 4x4 notecards for every occasion, along with another card of course and a purse to store them all in. She loved it!
I chose a "rainbow" using 8 of the retiring colours, stamping the outside with Fun and Fast Notes, matting in the same colour, then stamping the inside, same colour again, using the Curvy Verses stamp set. No colouring in required. I then finished off with some sort of matching embellishment, a brad, ribbon, button, etc.

Here's a closeup of the card and purse. I got the idea for the card from Kirsty Brown's blog. This was also my first try at a Scallop Circle Punch Faux Flower, cute eh?
Notecard Supplies
Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Curvy Verses
Cardstock: Whisper White, Glorious Green, Yoyo Yellow, Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Lovely Lilac, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Cameo Coral
Ink: Glorious Green, Yoyo Yellow, Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Lovely Lilac, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Cameo Coral
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, Silver Brads, Buttons, Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Scallop Edge Punch

Card and Purse Supplies
Stamps: Picture This
Cardstock: Whisper White, Washington Apple Designer Paper
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Eyelet Border Punch, Extra-Large Two-Step Bird Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Rhinestone Brad, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, So Saffron Ribbon, Crimper