Christmas Cards

I felt like making some Christmas cards today. Using this card for inspiration, it took me about an hour to whip up a pack of 5 cards which are now for sale on Trade Me! It was a great to use up some retired designer series paper scraps. I figure if they don't sell, I'll use them as my own Christmas cards!

Stamps: So Many Sayings
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Real Red, Dashing DSP
Ink: Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Gold Brads, Bird Builder Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch

Baby Sympathy Card

What a solemn few days it's been in New Zealand. My heart goes out to all those affected by the terrible earthquake in Christchurch, especially those families who lost babies. With a baby in our own household at the moment, the thought of losing him is just unbearable. No words can express the grief that everyone is feeling at the moment.

I thought it would be timely to show a baby sympathy card I made recently. A friend of mine lost her baby girl full-term just before Christmas and this is what I made for her. I scoured the SCS site and found this card which seemed to signify what I was wanting in a card; soft, simple and clean. RIP Baby Teresa.Stamps: So Many Sayings (Retired), Curvy Verses, Fresh Cuts
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Tea Party DSP (Retired)
Ink: Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Paper Daisies, Rhinestone Brad, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Top Note Bigz Die, Sponge Dauber

Last Week of May Scrapbooking - Day 2

This page started life as a 6x6 which you can now see in the middle. We Demos made this page at the Regional Seminar in Hamilton last November and I've only just got around to putting a photo on it now (albeit one that's 8 years old!). I have used the Progressive Page method of scrapbooking where you start with the 6x6, add it to an A4 then onto a 12x12.
Stamps: Hello Again (Retired), Retro Remix Wheel (Retired), Life Definitions, Defining Alphabet, So Many Sayings (Retired)
Cardstock: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Ski Slope DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Rose Red
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Flower Fusion, Ribbon Originals Valet, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad

Hot Chick Scrapbook Layout

Now alot of people don't seem to like Cameo Coral, some even calling it "puke pink". To be honest, it's not one of my favourite colours, and is a colour that we will be farewelling on 31 Aug, but it is one of the coordinating colours for the Raspberry Tart designer papers and I think is just lovely used more as an accent, rather than a main colour. Both Cameo Coral and Raspberry Tart just happen to coordinate with my daughters poncho too!
Stamps: Fresh Cuts, So Many Sayings (Retired Hostess), Alpha Stamps
Cardstock: Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Raspberry Tart DSP, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Grey Marker
Accessories: Extra-Large Two-Step Bird Punch, Spiral Punch