A Fond farewell ... to some of our favourite stampsets

A photo slide show to say Fare well to some of last years stampsets.

Stamped gifts

I love candles. Scented candles.

Even when they're not lit they give off their scent into the room.

I think they make the lovliest gifts ... I am looking for a coffee scented one at the moment.

They're not that expensive either.

These three were made using bits of scrap papers with brads and ribbon to hold them on.

The front one is the Embrace Life flower in Pumpkin pie, watercoloured from that previous project. With a jumbo eyelet in the centre and a clear rhinestone from the pretties kit.

I did another in rose red using the french fleur de lys stamp from Carte postale and another in close to cocoa from the "Its all good" stampset - It says: Live, laugh and Love - thats a good approach to anything.

Ribbons are the double stitched wide grosgrain from the Summer mini catalogue

and I have used the square scallop punch a couple of times, too.

Merci, Carte postale !!!

I made this card because I love the the elegant look you can get with the carte postale set.

I just love all the different stamps in this set. Swirly patterns, flowers, and it so suits the chocolate chip and old olive colour combination.

It mostly suits a tailored look with matting and cutting to bring the flowers out.

I must play with this set a bit more and try it out with different colour combinations.

Old olive is just so rich and the look of it can be changed with just a touch of white gel pen added to the pattern.