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

Wedding Invitation Samples

I have been asked by a good friend to make invitations for her son's upcoming wedding.  I created some samples using their chosen colours of pale orange, black, white and silver.  The main colour I used for the orange was Peach Parfait which is now retired.  We will have to find a suitable alternative once we've confirmed the layout.
This one is clean and simple:

 Same card with the white insert removed:

 An embossed vellum butterfly:

 A little punch art:

 A thank you card for after the wedding:

 An invitation in the same style as these ones I did:

 A tri-fold card with heart to hold it closed:

 A simple heat-embossed card:

 A framelit easel card:

(I sponged the heart with Peach Parfait to make it orange.)
 A Bride and Groom card:

 A cute scallop circle die card:

 Which unfolds like this:

I won't list all the stamp sets or punches etc I've used as some are retired now but I hope you enjoyed what I created!

Sewing Girls Clothes - Stampin Up Style!

Apart from mending clothes and this wall hanging I have not done much sewing for a long time!  I used to sew alot of my own clothes when I first started working but now that I'm a SAHM I mostly wear t shirts and jeans.  But I decided that my daughter, who has just turned 5, needed some nice new clothes for school and church so here is what I created for her using Stampin Up! fabric and my existing stash of material.

This dress was inspired by this one I saw on Pinterest.  It has a really easy-to-follow tutorial and I love the patchwork look of it.

I found that after she had worn it for a couple of hours the ribbon on her shoulders was starting to pull apart so I had to sew another line of thread down the middle to give it more strength.  But I'm glad I used that ribbon because it coordinates with Twitterpated Fabric and looks so pretty!

SU! Supplies: Twitterpated Designer Fabric, Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon

I recently purchased "Making Children's Clothes" by Emma Hardy and this dress is on the cover.  I made it 6" longer as it was for a toddler, but I didn't make it wider and it fits my 5 year old perfectly.

 SU! Supplies: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Big Shot Fabric Adhesive Roll, Whisper White Button, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

I used the remaining Twitterpated fabric to make this skirt from the same book.  I added the white to make it go a little further but if I'd still had a full pack of SU! fabric I would have just cut strips as in the book.

 

 SU! Supplies: Twitterpated Designer Fabric, Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon

And this last skirt was the same as the one above but using my leftover Spice Cake fabric.

SU! Supplies: Spice Cake Designer Fabric, Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon

JAI Scrap #7 Challenge - Hidden Journalling/Memorabilia

I've missed out on the last 2 challenges so have made an extra special effort to make sure I didn't miss out this time around!

 

The challenge this month was Just Add Hidden Journalling or Memorabilia.  It's quite fun to hide things on your layouts, make pockets for memorabilia etc.  This double layout is about me turning 40 recently (eek!) so I've used this challenge to hide a journalling tag attached to the butterfly.  I have written down some of my feelings about hitting this milestone.

This was also a great project to use up lots of retired DSP, Ribbon and Brads and was inspired by this elegant layout by Kay Kalthoff.

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Vellum Cardstock, Everyday Enchantment DSP (Retired)
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Big Shot, Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Simple Numbers Bigz Dies, Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (Retired), Sponge Dauber

"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

More Butterfly Easel Cards

Here's some more butterfly easel cards as promised:
Cardstock: Love Letter DSP, Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Basic Pearls, Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim, Basic Pearls, Buttons #5 Sizzlits Die, Crimper, Sponge Dauber

Cardstock: DSP Pack - In Colour (Hostess), Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, 1/4" White Grosgrain Ribbon, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber

Cardstock: Sunny Garden DSP, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Daffodil Delight 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Perfect Polka Dots, Square Lattice & Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Sponge Dauber

Playing with my new toys!

My latest order arrived on Friday and I hopped straight to it as I've been longing to have a go at creating easel cards with the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die. I've seen so many lovely cards online, especially Julia Leece and Bronwyn Eastley. I made 4 cards in total trying different ideas for the butterfly "bodies" and "feelers" and will share these in the next few days. For this card I started with watercolour paper and wanted to create a stained glass look. I haven't had much experience with watercolouring so am pretty happy with my first try!

Stamps: Priceless
Cardstock: Watercolour Paper, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black
Ink: Black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turqoise, Read Red, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, Hodgepodge Hardware, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder

6x6 Scrapbook Page

I attended the Hamilton Regional Seminar a few weeks back (yes, with a baby in tow!) and I've only just had a chance to complete one of the four "make and takes" from that day. Of course, I chose the scrapbook page to do! (The photo is from my much younger and skinnier days!)
Stamps: Every Moment
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede
Ink: Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede
Accessories: Whisper White 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Mat Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Scallop Edge Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Sponge Daubers