A little papaya and honeycomb love on Pistacio pudding!

Isn't this bird stamp gorgeous? 

I think so esp when you add it to a picture frame,old style roses and two new colours.

My apologies for the colours it has come over all overcast this afternoon and the overhead light isn't much use for good photos. 

Card recipe

Stamp set: Papaya collage and Label love

Ink: new in colour Pistacio pudding and Bermuda bay

Cardstock: Very vanilla and Pistacio pudding

Big shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder.

Are you Sale-a-brating yet?

 Hi there, can I just mention that we have only one more month of Sale-a-bration left to go?

Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-bration lasts until 22 March!

Lets be honest here - I am looking for hostesses to party with!

We only have a limited number of weekends left to party... and I dont want you to miss out.

My card today uses two sets from the Sale-a-bration FREE offerings:

Feeling Sentimental FREE!!!

Bloomin' Marvellous FREE!!!

as well as some gorgeous Cherry cobbler and crumb cake cardstock on a two tags die,

First Edition newsprint (over stamped with Papaya Collage leaves)

and thinking of you from Sweet essentials.

Like to make a card like this?

Give me a call to talk about a class or better still hostess at your place and lets make a plan to get you some free gifts.

Crafters anonymous pinterest Tuesday - Papaya Collage

On Tuesday's at Crafters Anonymous we challenge each other to choose a card on Pinterest that we have been meaning to CASE and share our interpretation of it.

This week I chose this card by Patty B. She calls it study in Red.

I really like the collage of stamps neatly divided into 12 squares.

Somehow it reminds me of those puzzle games where you have to shuffle the squares around to make a picture.

I chose to use Papaya Collage and French Folliage as my main stampsets and Vintage Verses for the sentiment in Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder.

Here's a close up of my Purple Papaya collage with Pearls.

My early Birthday present from Stampin' Up!

OK, its not my birthday until next month, but stampin'up let me choose a stampset for my birthday already... just love such a generous company.

So this is the card I have made with my gift.

The stampset is called Papaya Collage.

I copied the colours (Gumball green, Soft suede and Calypso Coral) from the card in the annual catalogue and did some fussy cutting with my sharp paper snips for the bird and flower.

The butterfly wings fit snuggly into my stampin up butterfly punch.

A few pearls to embellish ... stamped in 30+ degree heat.