Rainbow Cards - Sneak Peak!

The new Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue is just around the corner and here's a sneak peak of one of the fabulous products in it. I've chosen to make rainbow cards to showcase just how cool the new label framelit dies are, using all six of them on each card.

The card on the left has colours from the Regals Collection on Very Vanilla while the other is from the Brights Collection on Whisper White. As rainbows have seven colours, I've used the 7th colour as the sentiment and embellishment.

Stamps; Elementary Elegance
Cardstock: Regals, Brights, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Button, Hodgepodge Brad, Boho Blossom Punch

Simply Adorned

After feeling inspired by Australian Demo Deb Speijers, I had to have a go at creating jewellry! Technically we just making the inserts, but Deb took it a step further and made a folder to hold and display the inserts. I had fun one afternoon going through many of my stamp sets and designer series paper and coming up with different designs.There are a couple in there which I made for my daughter Georgia as she loves to wear my necklace too!

The Simply Adorned range of jewellry, currently available in the Summer Mini Catalogue will not be continued after the catalogue ends on 31 March so any orders will need to be in by then.

FOLDER
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Big Shot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies, Blossom Party Originals Die, Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack, Sponge Dauber, Slit Punch (Retired), Simply Adorned 61cm Chain, Simply Adorned 2.5x3.2cm Charm
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Just Add Altered Art...

Further to my post from yesterday, I thought I'd enter this month JAI Scrapbook Challenge as well: Altered Art. I'm hoping they don't mind me entering with my "made the page first then had it framed" entry!I made this page recently as I really wanted a way to display my children's school/daycare photos and be able to change them easily each year. I chose neutral colours, only adding brighter colours for each child's initial. I then had it framed so the glass was slightly off the page and also able to open at the back. I was very happy with the result!

The photos aren't the best sorry, I had trouble photographing it because of the glass on the front.

Stamps: En Francais, Broadsheet Alphabet, Word Play
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose, Daddodil Delight
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose, Daddodil Delight
Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlits Die, XL & X Tag Punches, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Sponge Dauber, Spritzing Tool, Basic Pearls

Just Add Beaches...

This weeks challenge at JAI is to create a project with a beach theme. Here's my creation, a very easy, clean and simple card.

Stamps: Summer Splash, Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frame Embossing Folder

"Mini Baa" Scrapbook Layout

It's not easy coming up with new layout titles, this is the 3rd year our family has entered Calf Club and I've used "Mini Moo" before! But this year they all had lambs so "Mini Baa" was most appropriate!  This layout was real easy! I just cut a 6x6 square of Night of Navy in half diagonally and adhered to opposing corners then framed with the Vintage Vogue edge stamp, voila!

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Lovely Letters Alphabet
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive
Accessories: Punches: 1 1/4" Square, Scallop Square, XL & L Tag, Boho Blossoms, Paper Daisies, Rhinestone Brads

Thanks JAI!

I was the winner for the last JAI scrapbooking challenge! See the creation on my last post or visit JAI.

JAI Scrapbooking Challenge

This month it's all about holiday photos. I haven't printed summer holiday photos yet so my son's joint birthday/weekend away will have to suffice!

I had lots of fun using markers to colour the stamps. I recently bought the set Summer Splash from the Summer Mini Catalogue after wanting a decent "beach" themed set for a long time. This ones got it all: surfboards, fish, bucket and spade... And I've used them all on this double layout.

This layout on SCS was my inspiration.Stamps: Summer Splash, Word Play
Cardstock: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist & Crumb Cake Markers
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Linen Thread

I cut all my circles using the Creative Memories system but you can do the exact same thing with the Stampin' Up! Circle Scissors Plus.

Big Shot Double Scrapbook Layout

In 2010 my son was born on my Nana's 94th birthday so the following year we just had to make a big deal of Nana's 95th birthday and Isaac's 1st! This layout was dedicated to my Nana's birthday as I've previously blogged here a layout of Isaac's birthday.

I got inspiration for this from this layout.Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Little Leaves Sizzlits Die, Lots of Tags Sizzlits Die, Simple Numbers Bigz Dies, Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die, XL Bird Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaller

"Imagine the Possibilities" Layout

Gosh it's sometimes soooo hard cutting into a brand new pack of designer series paper! Especially when it's as pretty as this:
This is the DSP on offer with Sale-A-Bration at the moment, and here's what I made with it:
I've covered up the bottom photo as it's of the whole gang at daycare. The Soft Suede cardstock was folded in half when put through with the Top Note die so as to make it big enough for the 6x4 photo.

Also, the layout I've used is a standard one that I use over and over again for all my children's school photos. I scrapbook chronologically so they are all intermingled throughout my albums at the moment but one day my kids might ask for their own albums!

Stamps: Word Play
Cardstock: Pool Party, Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack, Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Top Note Bigz Die, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, Sponge Dauber

Lovely As A Tree Christmas Cards

I was inspired by some Christmas cards on SCS and ended up having to buy the Lovely as a Tree stamp set just so I could make them.

Of course I added my own twist (as you do) and was really pleased how they turned out. They were actually very fast and simple to make and once you have made a positive/negative oval template, it's all go!

Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, God's Blessings, Woodgrain
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Ink: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frames Embossing Folders Set, Sponge Dauber, Spritzer Tool, Dazzling Diamonds