I made 1 card, so why not 4?

Hi Everyone,


Ever have one of those days when you know what colours you'd like to use for a card but can't decide whether you like the first version or not....


Well, that was me when I was creating this card for a friend's 30th b'day...


So here's 4 cards that are all similar but different :)

Inked embossing of the Manhattan Flower. Sentiment from Upsy Daisy

Sentiment from Upsy Daisy. Large Oval & Scalloped Oval Punches



Already given to a friend yesterday - hope she likes it!
Inked embossing of the Manhattan Flower. Sentiment from Whimsical Words (retired)



Melon Mambo on Whisper White. Sentiment from Whimsical Words (retired)

So there you are, one card gone, 3 more for my stash and to start my goal of sending out more b'day cards to friends and family this year! And hopefully selling some too! :)

I can't take all the credit for the design of these cards, I was reminded of the layout idea by Kris McIntosh and remembered I did this technique what seems like a really long time ago here.

ps: the colours are: Whisper White, Melon Mambo & Basic Black


Thanks for looking,

Special Order for a Friend

Hi Everyone,

Wow! Time is simply flying at the moment - the kids and hubby are on hols and even though the girls are only 2.5 and 4yrs old, holidays is making a big difference to our day to day lives. Normally we would have been doing kindy runs and a morning at playgroup, but none of that this week!

Now you'd think that would give me a lot of extra time for stamping but it's not! :(
Hubby is also home so we're supposedly doing extra jobs around the house that we don't always get done - extra gardening and I started to put up the new trampoline but messed it up a bit (ooops we won't go into that now!!) However, in reality, not much is actually being done, we've all fallen into the afternoon siesta pattern a little too easily especially in this real dose of summer we are having here in Perth!

Anyway, I thought I'd show you a special order box for one of my longtime friend's to give as a birthday present. There's a co-ordinating card too!!

Ok, enough from me, I'm attempting to get the kids into bed early to enjoy some time by myself as my hubby has gone out fishing tonight. Fingers crosssed I can do some stamping!


Thanks for looking,

New Year Calendars

Hi Everyone,

I hope you've been enjoying the Christmas break!

Today I've got some Easel-style Calendars to show you. These were inspired by Kim Hanby, an Aussie Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I've met online, however I can't find a blog link - I've been chatting with her over one of my demonstrator groups :)

Anyway, here's a pic of the first 2 I've made:

This design is very similar to a card I made - Love regal rose, so saffron & whisper white!

I've been practicising my heat embossing with the lovely "Upsy Daisy" Stamp

Well, stay cool if you are in WA - Summer has hit us with a bang for Christmas hasn't it!! All I can say, is thank goodness for air-con!

 

Thanks for looking,

Helping Hudson Challenge #4

Hi Everyone,


Ever had one of those days were you have a million ideas and things to do but don't really get many of them done, well at least not as man as you'd hoped. Today was one of those days.... I thought with a kid-free afternoon I'd be able to get heaps done! Ah, ummm nup! Instead, I've been in a bit of a fog after a shocking headache yesterday and I had to sort out a new fridge as our one semi-died earlier this week. Wondering about the "semi-died" part, well our fridge is working like an esky instead of a fridge. It's cold but not as cold as a fridge should be... Anyway, enough of my babble...


With my foggy brain, I did manage to do up a couple of cards including one for this week's for the Helping Hudson site is a colour challenge using these colours:

And this is my card:

I'm not too happy with ribbon but a bow or knot was too chunky and the old foggy brain wasn't working so I left it (for now lol).

Thanks for looking,