Chocolate milk cartons.....

Filled with chocolate not exactly made from!  :)

More teacher  Thank  you gifts... there seems to be alot of teachers this year!  he he.. but these were really fun to make with the fantastic milk carton big shot die! and the just believe stamp set, different class teachers got different colours but i didn't want to bore you with loads of pictures of the same thing i think you get the idea!

My kids teachers this year have been great especially those in the reception class we're going to miss them next year!  

I'm still here! honest!

Hi everyone thanks for the emails I am still here baby hasn't popped yet!

4 weeks to go, i've just been so busy getting ready for the baby and my son's 8th birthday that i forgot to post!

so this week i'm sharing some pretty thank you's that i've been making in preperation for the grand arrival

I used the Baby blossoms set from the mini catalogue with the beautiful wings embosslit, in pretty in pink, pink pirouette and regal rose with river rock which is absolutely gorgeous can't believe i've not used this more.....

and just thought i'd share this one with you too.....

this is our baby from the last scan we had, I have another booked for 2 weeks time just to check her growth but by that point she's going to be too big to get a good picture, the itching so far is under control, the swelling is well... swelling and i now look like i have a giant beach ball shoved up my top....  but on the bright side 4 weeks to go!  woop woop!  can't wait to meet her, I'm working on a few fabric projects so as soon as i get done with them i'll share those too!

will keep you all posted!

Abi

Autumn colours

Some more circle circus, i'm really loving this set it's just so versatile.
I made this card with all the autumn colours that are around us right now in mind, I love all the really rust coloured leaves ( all be it they are a bit slippery to walk on) but they are really pretty.

For this card used:

Stamp set: Sincere Salutations, Circle Circus,

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Very Vanilla,

Ink: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: two way glue pen, earth elements brads, gold fine galaxy glitter

so I'm getting really excited about the new catalogue coming out my wish list is going to be pretty huge!!!!! and there are some gorgeous hostess sets in the new catalogue so if you would like to get your hands on one of the lovely new free hostess sets contact me about hosting a workshop or joining one of my clubs! more info in the side bar!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Something Simple

Oh yes and it's another thank you card!!!! lol

So keeping it simple today,

I used:

Whisper White card stock,

Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Chocolate Chip ink

and the Touch of nature stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Pocket Silhouettes

Another thank you card, I don't care what some of you say ( yes you know who you are!!) about too many thank you cards lol I make and use a lot of them so I am glad most sets come with a thank you phrase! besides thank you is a very important thing to say! ( i do try not to show you thank you cards every time)

So for this thank you card I used:

Kraft, Rose Red and Very Vanilla card stock,

Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon,

Mellow Moss, Rose Red and Chocolate Chip ink,

1 3/8" circle punch and the Stampin' Up! corner rounder.

I used the pocket silhouette stamp set

All supplies from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking!

Abi

A bit more brown

just a quick post for today, I made this card a little while ago,

I used,

Chocolate chip, Kraft and Very Vanilla card stock,

With Rose Red, Chocolate Chip and versa mark ink,

Clear embossing powder and Linen thread,

I used the simply said and Baroque motif's stamp set all from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Petal Pizzaz teachers cards

Hi !! These are the card I made for my eldest son to give his teachers this week, I can't believe he is going to be in year two in September!

I also made them some of the velum gift bags which I posted a couple of weeks ago with some chocolate and notebook and pen set.

For these cards I used:

So Saffron , whisper white card stock,

So Saffron striped gros grain ribbon,

So Saffron, More Mustard and Really Rust ink

with the Petal Pizzaz stamp set and the oval all stamp set from Stampin' Up!

I also used the scallop oval and large oval punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Simply Thank you!

Here is another of the cards I made while we were away, it's amazing how many cards you can make from one 6x6 piece of designer paper!

so this card I made using the simply said stamp set again, this time using Kraft card stock and Kraft designer series paper from the hostess ds paper bundle, with whisper white and Kraft taffeta ribbon combined with some Chocolate Chip, Close to cocoa and whisper white card stock, I stamped in Chocolate chip ink and coloured the image using a blender pen, by using the stampin spot on a piece of plastic and picking the colour up from the plastic sheet. for the sentiment I just inked the thank you part of the stamp which says "simply said from the heart thank you"

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Soft Summer

I really like this card and it was so incredibly quick and easy,

again I used some of the paper from the Love stories simply scrappin' kit and also one of the adhesive borders,

I used a Regal Rose card stock base, I stamped the blossom image form the Soft Summer stamp set in Regal Rose ink on confetti white card stock which I coloured with pretty in pink and certainly celery markers and some whisper white taffeta ribbon I then mounted this on the card using stampin' dimensionals.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Spring solitude Funky Friday #16

OK so i know i said going grey in the challenge but I've run out so i used Basic grey instead. :)

I used the spring solitude hostess bundle to make this card, I used Stampin' write markers in Summer sun and pumpkin pie, with basic black ink on whisper white card stock layered on basic black and basic grey card.

To check out my challenges click the challenge link at the top of this page!

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Chocolate silhouettes.

Here's another card I made using some of our gorgeous designer series paper. This paper is from the spiced cider designer series paper set.

I teamed this with Close to cocoa, chocolate chip and very vanilla card stock, I also used very vanilla gros grain ribbon,

I used the pocket silhouette stamp set which I coloured using my stampin write markers, in chocolate chip and close to cocoa.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Funky Friday# 15 and saturday challenge combo.

I made these two cards for the Funky Friday colour challenge and the Secret crafter saturday challenge,

The Funky Friday challenge was to use Regal Rose , Pretty in pink, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Whisper white, while the Saturday challenge was to make a card using flowers.
This first card I made using the Live Your Dream stamp set from Stampin' Up! I coloured the image using stampin' write markers in pretty in pink and perfect plum, I also used my scallop edge punch, scallop oval and oval punches and also my 1 1/16" hole punch for the details on the scallops. The ribbon was elegant eggplant gros grain which matches the elegant eggplant card base which i used.
This card also used the Live Your Dreams stamp set, I made the small flowers using the three for you punch for the directions for these flowers click here for the tutorial

Thanks for looking! why not join in the chalenges!!

Abi

Soft Summer

Here are the projects that my lovely stampers 10 group made this month at their class , we made a card and a gift bag and I made them all a matching gift which was a scented candle in a little gift pouch.

I used the Soft summer stamp set, with pretty in pink and whisper white card stock,

Chocolate chip, pretty in pink, old olive and close to cocoa ink, with chocolate chip ribbon, the oval punch, scallop oval punch and the scallop edge punch.

we also used stampin' write markers and blender pens.

I didn't realise until after i took the photo that my ribbon had slipped but I've fixed it now.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Funky Friday challenge #14

I just can't get over how fast my week has gone! well for this weeks Funky Friday challenge which you can see here

so for this weeks challenge I used a set which i haven't used for quite a while.... Mixed bouquet, this set is still available in the UK while stocks last until the end of September.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Mojo monday #83

For this card I used, Bordering blue, Ballet blue, Brocade blue, whisper white and bashful blue, card stock ink and ribbon. I used the scallop edge punch and the large tag punch the pearls are from the pretties kit,

The stamp set is the fresh cuts stamp set from our new mini catalogue.

Click here to check out the mojo monday blog

this card would also make a lovely wedding card or invite.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

kwerner colour challnege #48

Another soft summer card, but I absolutely love this set right now, and I really wanted to try it with this colour combination, Unfortunately we don't have Kiwi Kiss or Baja Breeze in the UK at the moment so I swapped them for the two closest colours I had which were Old Olive and Sage Shadow,

I used chocolate chip taffeta ribbon and a whisper white card base, I also used the scallop edge punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Soft Summer

Just a quick card for today, I like cards that don't take to long to make! I chose to use the colours from the summer picnic designer series paper, which are Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Real Red and Whisper White.

I used the Soft summer stamp set and the oval all stamp set and matching punches all available in our new UK Stampin' Up! mini from tomorrow!! (I'm so excited!!) and an aqua painter to colour the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Pocket silhouettes and chipboard!

So I've been having a bit of a butterfly frenzy, everything I've loved recently has had a butterfly on it, it must be the time of year.

So i was playing with my chipboard which is on offer this month! in case you want to order some :) and I love the butterfly from the idea book and catalogue (if you haven't seen it you should check it out here) so I thought I'd have a go and it was so easy there will be a chipboard tutorial on my other page soon!!

Any way back to my card :) I used

The Stampin' Up! Pocket silhouette stamp set,

Bashful blue, whisper white, close to cocoa and chocolate chip card stock,

Chipboard from the on board batch of blooms pack (page 78 of the catalogue) with some bashful blue card stock,

Ballet Blue ink, Scallop circle punch and the 1 3/8" circle punch sponge daubers and an emery board ( nail file )

To see more ideas on how to use chipboard subscribe to my tutorials page or come back and visit lots!!

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Funky Friday #7

I can't believe it's the weekend again already! where has the week gone?? (i spent most of the week sat in the garage waiting for my car to be fixed) so time to catch up on some most important crafting!

This is the card I made for the funky Friday challenge, over on my challenge blog

The colours this week were Brilliant blue, Black, silver and or gold. I decided not to use the gold but i had so much fun making this card.

I used three layers of Silver embossing powder on my chipboard butterfly and then while it was still soft I pressed my pocket silhouette stamp into it and I love the effect!

I also used that fantastic scallop circle punch and my 1 3/8" circle punch ( I use both ALOT!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Thank You!

I need to say a huge Thank You!  to everyone that attended the class last night and made it so much fun!

I really enjoyed it and hopefully you did too!  ( if not tell me)

And Hope to see you all there again next Month!!