Inchie squares gift box

This lovely gift box is so cool to make. It's called a one sheet wonder card box.

It will hold a whole stack of C6 envelopes and handmade cards.

Created from a piece of 12 x 12 " white cardboard (the backing piece that comes with a pack of patterned paper) and lots of squares of embossed paper.

 This idea comes from the lovely Tanya Bell at StampingT.com.au

She made hers with 20 x 1 1/4" squares of patterned paper.

 I have stepped it up by using the Natural Composition Specialty embossed paper and simply sponged all my squares with Elegant Eggplant ink.

 My embellished box uses the gorgeous two-tone grey ribbon in the seasonal catalogue, two different purple ribbons from Stampin' Up! and several blossom and flower punches.

I did a fair bit of scrunching and distressing of the flower (great stress release) and added three beautiful feathers.

Enjoy!!!

Wisteria Wonder and Pool Party... just thinking

Another Thinking of you card... changed the colours to the very in - colours: Pool party and Wisteria Wonder.
I think they look very cool together.
Just thinking was inked with my Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write marker and stamped on a whisper white circle punched out.
The lovely flowers are inked in Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant markers, then punched with the blossom punch and the small scallop circle punch.

I have pearls on everything at the moment. Love how they come in so many different sizes for the centre of flowers and accents on words.   Enjoy!

A Bright Red Butterfly Birthday...

Got a birthday coming up very soon?

Need a vibrant, bright card and preferably with butterflies on it?

Here is what I came up with recently with friends on a recent card making session.

Red and white Flowers and butterflies.

Card Recipe:

Stampsets: Papillon Potpouri, p.115 AC,  $25.95 (Clear mounted)

 Mixed Bunch p.94,  $38.95 (Clear mounted)

Itty Bitty Banners p.134 $21.95 (clear mounted).

Ink: Poppy Parade

Cardstock- Poppy parade, whisper white, basic black.

Tools: Butterfly punch, p.184 Annual catalogue $27.95

Small scallop circle punch p.7 Holiday catalogue $27.95

Blossom Punch p.185 AC.

Big shot and  Apothecary Accents Framelits die, p.191 AC.

Dazzling Details p.158 AC Comes in silver, cherry and clear. 

Rhinestone brad, Paper snip scissors.

Paper Piercing tool, mat and Essentials paper-piercing pack p.181 AC.

Black and white Wedding

 Recent card making session challenge:

Congratulations, Wedding , in black and white.

 Black and white says wedding like nothing else.

It takes some fancy layering though to make a white on white card pop out and say: Special!

 I came up with this design starting with the Mixed Bunch flower in stazon black, stamped, punched then layered onto basic black card.

Thanking you Teresa for the donation of a glittery silver brad for the centre of our flower.

We sponged the edges and layered white on white cardstock to announce our "Itty Bitty" congratulations.

For detail I added the paper-pierced Essentials, a piece of black spotted scallop ribbon and

glimmer paper punched hearts!!!!

Glimmer paper now comes in Silver, Champagne and Red see it on page 160 of the Annual catalogue.

$8.95 for 2 sheets of 12x12 inch paper.

Worth every glimmery square centimetre!

Scrapbooking the holidays

This scrapbook page is from photos I took last school holidays.

It celebrates my daughter and I and the fun we have together.

So the title is Celebrate today and the journalling says:

"My happiest days are with you".

I have stamped directly onto the patterned paper in the blank space below the bird on it's branch.

There is something about this bright  and clear "Poppy Parade" that makes me smile.

I have made all the embellishments with my Mixed bunch stampset and the blossom punch with a few of the circle punches to make the centres.

The Patterned Paper featured on this page is:

Pocketful of Posies.

The paper was cut out using the framelits die and the Big shot machine.

Mixed Bunch Autumn card

 Here is the card (or my version of the card) that Angela Sergeant showed us how to make at Team training  on Thursday. I just love the Ridinghood Red with Vanilla and Chocolate chip!

I couldn't help taking a few photos of the red square rhinestone in the centre of the "Mixed Bunch" flower.
And how it goes so well with the Pleated satin ribbon and the embossed scalloped Edgelit.

 It is a different style to my own usual colours and layout.

My words say "Here's to you" from the

 "Friendly Phrases" stampset.

I think you could say ...

here's to you MUM

with

Happy mothers day

or Happy Birthday

on the inside.

Scrapbooking a proud moment!

 When the weather is wet and gloomy we scrapbook.

Today's page is all about a proud moment when Jess received a class medal at the end of year assembly.

I have so many photos I never know what pictures to scrapbook next,

 so I have chosen a picture that has lots of feelings and emotion attached to it.

... and then its play time with what ever new stamps and tools I can find.

 I am loving the "Mixed Bunch" stampset and matching punch.

You can layer the punched flowers with plain, stamped or patterned paper and the centres fit into several of our circle punches.

 By cutting out two of the frilly petals you can make a butterfly.

The antenas are made from ribbon or twine would work too.

I like to put a rhinestone jewell in the centre of my butterflies. How pretty are these?

 The Journalling box is stamped with the apothecary Art stamp which conveniently has lines to write on.

The New Big shot - Framelit dies are great for making different sized frames around any image.

 And did you notice the gorgeous big strawberry I made using the Sizzlit heart and a trimmed down piece of the 5 petal flower punch? these look great dipped in some chocolate chip or Early espresso ink.

 For a title I stamped the Congratulations stamp from "Curly Cute" and

Wow, you're the best

from "Friendly Phrases".

Cardstock: Cherry cobbler, Lucky Limeade, whisper white.
Designer paper: First Edition.