Love and Laughter

Recently Dean and I received an invitation to a wedding in September and we had to return the RSVP by 1 July 2012.  The initial invitation was a pretty scroll one and the colour combination was burgundy and cream.  Looking closely at the invitation I noted that the colour of the writing was very similar to that of Bravo Burgundy.  Now this is a colour I don't tend to use a lot as I tend to steer towards pastel shade not the dark rich colours so it was a nice change.  This was their invitation:












Luckily I had recently purchased the Love and Laughter stamp set so what a fantastic opportunity to use it.  I didn't want to just stamp the image I wanted to emboss it.  At the present time Stampin' Up! don't do a Bravo Burgundy embossing powder to instead I inked up the dress stamp with Versmark ink and then again with Bravo Burgundy ink.  Once the image was stamped onto the now much loved Cream Confetti card I covered it in a layer of Clear Embossing Powder then set it with my heat gun.

Then I stamped the sentiment "Thank You" from the set Curly Cute in the same way as the main image.  To keep in with the theme of the invitation I punched a little love heart just below the sentiment in the middle.  This was then mounted onto Bravo Burgundy card and, yes you've guessed it, onto more Cream Confetti card.  Now it just needed a little something else and I knew just what that was, Pearls.  It may not be that clear on the picture but I put lots of tiny self adhesive Pearls on the dress and around the love heart and here is the end result....

 

I didn't want to just put any ordinary typed verse into the card so I searched and finally found the same font as the invitation.  I also carried on the love heart theme using the Heart to Heart punch

When Dean took the card in to his friend not only did he say that if  he had known I did my own cards he would have asked me to do the invitations!!!!, but he noticed an error which I was not happy about.  I told Dean to ask for it back to amend the mistake.  His friend was reluctant to give it back but finally gave it back.   Now, by the time I got the card back I had had to format my laptop and could I find the same font, could I eck.  In the end I took it to work where I found the correct font and had to e-mail the verse to myself at home to print off. 

If I'm honest another reason I needed the card back was because I had forgotten to take a picture of it to blog...lol. I'm so pleased that they liked the card as its always good to received positive feedback don't you think?  All I need to do now is come up with a card for the big day.

Thank you for stopping by and please leave a comment if you want to as I love to read them.  I'll be back soon with some more creations.

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Products used;

Stamp sets - Love and Laughter, Curly Cute

Inks - Versamark, Bravo Burgundy

Card - Confetti Cream. Bravo Burgudy

Punches - Heat to Heart, Heart punch

Accessories - Self adhesive pearls, clear embossing powder

Everything Eleanor

Hey there,

I don't know if the weather is like it where you are but its very close here despite torrential downpours earlier  today.  In fact I actually enjoyed standing talking to a colleague earlier today as it was raining.... am I weird or what?  Answers on a postcard only!!!!

Anyway, after my epic journey and tale about my trip to Vienna I am actually going to post a card I made earlier this month for my sister in laws birthday.  I love the Everything Eleanor stamp set as its so versatile if you think about it.... you have the stamp that could be a tag, swirls that are good for scrapbook pages as well as cards, not to mention all the different flowers and the little bird.

The colours I used are Confetti Cream card and Rose Red with Wild Wasabi for the "vine" effect and Soft Suede for the bird.  It was the first time I had used the Confetti Cream card and was very pleased to discover that it was sturdy enough to be used as the base card as well as a layer, unlike Whisper White and Very Vanilla.  I have now ordered the Confetti White card so hopefully it will be the same consistency as the Cream.  Its not a bad price either at £8.25 for 40 sheets.


For this card I cut out the flowers and layered them up using dimesionals to give the card a bit of height.  A pearl was then added to the centre of the flowers as a finishing touch.  I'm pleased to say that my sister in law liked the card and has subsequently bought the set, although I think the fact that we were using it last Saturday in my class might have had something to do with it as well...lol


I'll be back soon with a different card that I did for my sister in law who is going to a wedding this Friday and wanted a "special" card, but more about that later. 


If you would like to order any of the products used to make this card, or any other items from the catalogue, then please don't hesitate to get in touch.  I can have them delivered directly to your door as long as you live in the UK.


Hugs
Tracy -x-


Products used:
Stamp sets:- Everything Eleanor and Curly Cute
Card :- Cream Confetti, Rose Red
Inks :- Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede
Accessories :- Self adhesive Pearls, Dimensionals

Good morning,

Today I am going to show you the cards that my eldest daughter and grandson  gave hubby for his birthday.  Unfortunately she came to collect her cards before I had chance to make new ones so she chose one from a class that I had done and another from a training session I went to.

This is the one my daughter gave to her dad;-

I've used the largest stamp from lovely as a tree set then cut it into 3.  I have then mounted the picture onto cherry cobbler and crumb cake.  I have heat embossed the sentiment onto Night of Navy cardstock using versamark ink and gold embossimg powder.

The one that Leo gave to his granded was made at one of Jules training sessions and just perfect as his grandad has always wanted to fly in a hot air balloon:-

The base card is Soft Suede and I believe the blue card is Pool Party which was embossed using the perfect  polka dot embossing folder.  The basket of the ballon was made using the Cupcake punch and then embossed with the Square lattice embossing folder.  A piece of real red card was stamped using the dot dot dot stamp and soft suede ink and then cut out using the oval and round punch.  The clouds we made using the round scallop punch.  The sentiment is from Create a Cupcake stamp set onto Whisper White card and punched out with the word window and Modern Label punch.

My sister has wanted this stamp set for ages and has just purchased this set and also used it to create Deans birthday cards to he got 3 from the same set.  Here are the cards my sister created, I think they are just lovely.

 

Remember you can only get the items from the Spring Mini until the end of April as we never know what is going to be carried over to the new catalogue in October!!

Tomorrow will be the final card for hubby that I made for my youngest to give to her dad.  Until then take care and happy crafting

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Baby boom !!!

Hello ladies,

Its been a few days  but not as long as before...lol  Both home life and work is very hectic at the moment as I try and prepare for the Arnold Hill fair next weekend.  Why are there never enough hours in the day sometimes?

Anyway, recently I was asked to make a baby card for a little girl that then turned into3!!!!!.  So, as they were going to different people, and to save time, I decided to make the same card and here is the result :-

I used the stamp sets Bundle of Love and Curly Cute.  The colour combination is Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride and Whisper White.  All the recipients were pleased with their cards.

If you would like to order any of the items mentioned, a catalogue, or just want some information on Stampin' UP! please contact me on 07891476636 or by e-mail, tracy6636@hotmail.com

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Lovely as a tree class

Hello everyone,

My what a hectic weeks its been.  Not only have we been baby sitting our gorgeous grandson but have been running his mummy everywhere to find a new car.  She has finally got one so is mobile again.  We also did a major clean on the house, I ran my class yesterday and then organised a BBQ to celebrate our anniversary.  It was a great turnout and, for the first time in years, all of hubbys family were together in one place.  Over the next few weeks I have to make 30ish swaps for training thats next Saturday, a wedding card, design my scrapbook class and other bits and bobs so quite a busy time ahead.  Oh and did I mention I have to work full time as well...lol

At my class yesterday I used the stamp set Lovely as a Tree.  We made a box that holds 4 tea tree lights and 6 cards.  The measurements for the box were kindly given to me by Victoria, thank you.   This is what we made:

The image on the cherry cobbler scallop card doesn't show up too well but it was the largest image in the set stamped in Night of Navy.   The colour scheme was cherry cobbler, night of navy, river rock and whisper white.  All the ladies loved the class and we had a blast as usual.  One of my ladies even brought home made cakes for us all and has specially baked extra for my BBQ... how sweet (excuse the pun) was that!

If you would like to order anything or book in for a class please visit the pages at the top of my blog for details of how to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Hello everyone,

What a scorching day we're having, the English weather goes from one extreme to the other.  Still best make the most of it as not sure how long its here to stay...lol. Earlier in the week Nikki, who only has 23 days to go before baby is born, asked if we would take the cotbed and chest of drawers down as they have finished painting the nursery.  She also asked if we would like to have lunch.  Great, I thought, no cooking Sunday lunch for a change....wrong.  She is so flustered in this heat it took her all her time to go up the stairs so I ended up doing it with a little supervision from madam...haha.  Still it was very tasty.

Well it was brother-in-laws birthday on Friday and I made this card for mum to give to him. 

Its using the Sail Away stamp from the mini, which Victoria kindly loaned me, and the colour scheme is Real Red, Whisper White and Not Quite Navy. The buttons are from the subtles collection and the sentiment from Curly Cute.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Quick card

Hello all, 

Do you ever get someone ask you for a card and they want it the next day?  Well thats what my daughters do on a regular basis and Sunday was no exception.  Nikki wanted a card for her financee's niece who was 2 yesterday. Could she ask me last week when I was on leave week, oh no that was too easy...lol

Anyway I wanted to do something bright and cheerful so for this card I used the Party this Way set as the main images but also used lots of other things as well.    The 2 was die cut from a set I have using the Big Shot and the "today" was using different letters of the Curly Cute set, stamp a ma jig and markers (hence being a bit wonky).  Finally the bottom papers were from the celebrations accent set and Olivia's name was stamped with the Just Perfect alphabet set

I have been informed that she loved the card so thats all that matters.

Thanks for stopping by and will be back soon with something else.

Niece's card

Hello everyone,

Its been a while since I've posted but its been busy busy busy again both at home and work. On Friday it was my nieces 18th birthday and, true to fashion, I left making her card right until the last minute.  Luckily I had Friday afternoon off so was able to go and buy her pressie and also make the card.  Not bad considering we were at her BBQ at 6 that night...lol.  This is the finished product:

I've used the elegant bouquet embossing folder from the mini catalogue, Vintage Vogue, Braodsheet  alphabet and Curly Cute stamp sets and the colour combo is pumpkin pie and whisper white.  Accessories are Rhinestone brads, pumpkin pie ribbon and a beveled window, again from the mini catalogue.

Thanks for looking and if you wish to order any of the products please get in touch and I'll be happy to do that for you.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

21st Birthday card and Make a monster

What a lovely weekend I've had.  It started on Friday night when my girls came for tea.  Nikki was with Lee and Kirsty was on her own as she'd been away all week at her boyfriends so it was nice to see her.  Then on Saturday I went to Victoria's for a card class in the afternoon and then to our neighbours daughters 21st birthday bash.  Again Nikki and Lee tagged along although Nikki was in some discomfort so we didn't stay too late.  Then on Sunday we had visitors for lunch, yeah you've guessed it was Nikki and Lee again....anyone would think she'd moved back home...lol.  Seriously though it was lovely to see them and do things as we don't see them much in the week due to work etc.

Its a week of birthdays for me, it started yesterday with our neighbours daughters, todays is Lee's, tomorrow our friends daughters, Wednesday is Deans and Thursday is Victoria's, I'm gonna be all crafted out by the weekend...lol   So with so many cards to make and show this week I've treated you today as I'm posting not one, but  2 cards, one is the 21st I made and the other is for Lee.

For this one I used the following SU products: Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso and Whisper White card, Early Espresso ink and ribbon, crimper, decorative corner, round scallop  and boarder punches and brad.

From my own stash the numbers were diecut using the bigshot.

All the products on this card were from stamping up - the colour combo is Daffodil Delight, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White and Real Red.  The brad is from the hodgepodge kit and the stamps used were Make a Monster and Party This Way.  The ribbon was initially marina mist stripped but I used the Not Quite Navy ink pad and dyed it, looks quite good eh?

Sorry its been quite a long post but I hope you've enjoyed looking at my creations.

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Vintage Vogue

Hello,

I've been off work since Wednesday on leave so thought it was about time I got my act together and started on my sisters birthday cards. She is the big 50 a week on Saturday and I have to make cards for my mum, my girls to give her and ours... so 4 in total. On top of that my youngest daughters is the day after so have another 3 to make there!!!!! Now, my problem is that I've had crafting block and could not think of a single thing to do so have wasted hours just looking at my stash, getting it out, putting it back, you know what I mean don't you?

Well yesterday I finally got my act into gear and produced this card using the Vintage Vogue stamp set from SU. I just love the colours and the "50th" has been made from die cuts. I first stamped the vine image onto Very Vanilla in Old Olive so that it matched the card.



I am also planning to do her a 12x12 scrapbook as a present so wish me luck on that one. I have made 2 more cards today but will post them another time.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Tracy -x-