My Dear Friend.............

Here's my design team creation for the Funky Friday challenge this week which was a sketch...   no scrap book page this time i hear you cry...  well no actually needed a birthday card for a friend and thought i may as well make something useful and I loved the sketch so here's my take on it..

I Used:

Card stock:  Nigth of Navy, Whisper White
Stamp set: Occasional greetings
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: eyelet border punch, Pretties kit, satin ribbon, crystal effects.


Thanks for stopping by make sure you pop on over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team have created this week!

Abi

Happy New year!!! well almost

I feel like I haven't been on my blog for ages, it has been so nice to spend time with my family over the christmas period and just be able to relax ( which has been good as I have felt really rough!! why do i always get ill during the holidays?)

Any way so today is New years eve if you hadn't noticed so hope you all have a really great night! I'll be tucked up in bed with my tissues and hot water bottle :)
But today is also special for another reason............. Today is my Down line Lisa's Birthday!!!! now she hasn't opened her present yet as it's sat here next to me while I type so I can't show you what is in it just yet, pop back tomorrow to see what else I made, but this is the gift box which I made for her it's really clean and simple,

I used:

Pattern for box from Stampin' Up!

Card stock: Naturals Ivory and Kraft

Ribbon: Chocolate chip gros grain

Accessories: Eyelet border punch

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA!!

AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by pop back again soon!

Abi

A bit more Bella

I'm really enjoying how simple the Bella Toile stamp makes card making it really is beautiful, This is a birthday card which I made for one of my down line girls It was her birthday on monday but i didn't want to post this until she had her card as it would have spoilt the surprise.

Happy birthday Kathy!

I used:

Card stock: Brocade Blue, Whisper White, Night of Navy

Stamps; Bella Toile,

Ink: Brocade Blue, White craft

Accessories: white taffeta ribbon, eyelet border punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Bella

Here's something new my stampers 10 made last week end, I think the name of this stamp is perfect as it's a beautiful stamp it's called bella toile, bella obviously in italian means beautiful and toile in french means canvas so this is a beautiful canvas...
I used all Stampin' Up! products:

Stamp sets: A touch of nature, Bella Toile back ground and Oval All

Card stock: Whisper Whiter and Brocade Blue

Ink: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Bordering Blue,

Punches: Scallop oval, Corner rounder and the new eyelet border punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Apricot Appeal and Pumpkin Pie, fancy a challenge??

Yes those are this weeks Funky Friday challenge! click here to see the challenge.
I love thee colours together but wanted it to be clean and simple too plus I just got this stamp set and was desperate to try it out so here is the card I made.

I used:

Stamp set: Flight of the Butterfly,

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum,

Paper: velum

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum.

Tools: craft knife, Butterfly punch,

Accessories: Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, dimensional foam pads.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Celebrate with circle circus

OK my Favourite stamp set again :) I made this card for the secret craft Saturday challenge and of course the colours are taken from the Funky Friday # 34 colour challenge

I used:

Card stock: Rose Red, Very Vanilla, So Saffron,

Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Regal Rose, Rose Red,

Stamp Sets: Curvy Verses, Circle Circus,

Accessories: Crystal effects, dimensional pads.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

A bit rusty

This card really makes me think of Bella's truck fro all those twilight fans out there. :)

I made this card for the Funky Friday #33 challenge and the one stop craft challenge their theme was autumn inspiration.
I used:

Card stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Spiced cider designer series paper

Ribbon: Chocolate chip gros grain

Ink: Really Rust, Chocolate chip, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie.

Stamp set: Loads of love

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Blue Bird

I Love this bird!!! If I'm Honest it's a relationship which has had to grow, I loved what I saw other people using him for but seriously every time I looked at him I came up blank but he's grown on me, you'll have to check back to see what else I come up with.

For this card I used:

Card stock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron

Stamp Set: Good Friend

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip gros grain

Tools: Scallop edge punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Good friend

I'm such a bad blogger sorry for not updating recently, I just don't seem to have enough time to get everything done at the moment.

This is a quick card I made for my down line ( and one of my oldest friends) recently for her birthday.

I used:

Stamp sets: a good friend, sincere salutations

Ink: so saffron, regal rose, rose red and chocolate chip

card stock: vellum, chocolate chip and vanilla

ribbon: regal rose.

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Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Abi

Rich Regals

Some of you may recognise this card :) My Team girls had a play with my stamping stash a few weeks ago and this is the card we made.

I love the Rich regals colour family and the fact that with Stampin' Up! you can use one colour family and all the colours co-ordinate.

We used:

Card stock: Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla,
Ink: Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant
Ribbon: Very Vanilla taffeta,
Accessories: Boho blooms punch, Pretties kit,
Stamps: Baroque motifs, en francais back ground stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Tempting Turquoise

OK this is for the Funky Friday challenge which I set last Friday ( we've been having problems with our Internet again so it's a little late as i had to use hubby's lap top and there is no sd card slot!!!! so that had me stumped on the card uploads )

Any how the colours were Tempting Turquoise, Taken with Teal, Whisper White and Basic Black,

I used:

Stamps: Loads of Love, Simply Said,
Card stock and ink : Whisper white, Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black,
Ribbon: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White,
Accessories: Pretties kit gem brads.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

A bit of colour

Thought I'd share this with you this is a card I made recently for a workshop,
I used:

Stamp set: Level 2 hostess set Fall Flair and Sincere Salutations,

Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Regal Rose,

Ink: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Rose Red, So Saffron

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Gold brads

Just a quick reminder the Stampin' Up! Ribbon offer only runs until the 31st August click here for more details The ribbon is absolutely gorgeous so don't miss out, email me today with your order!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Feeling Blue

Well not literally feeling blue, although the weather is about as grey as this card, good old British summer time! So this is my card for last weeks Funky Friday challenge, ( I'm running a bit behind posting my cards this week.)
I used One of the Stampin' Up! level 3 hostess sets which you can earn by hosting your own in home workshop ( or qualifying order) along with lots of other fab goodies.

The challenge was to use: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Basic Gray, and Whisper White.

Ink: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Basic Gray

Card stock: Basic gray, Whisper White,

Ribbon: Certainly Celery,

White gel pen,

Stamp set: Happiness Always

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Cocoa

I thought it was about time I used this set again, I love these colours,
I used:

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White,

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral,

Accessories: pretties kit, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Love Stories Simply Scrappin' kit, Scallop oval and the Oval punch.

Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouette

You can view a tutorial on how to create scallop edges here

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Buttons

Ok so this is something I have been wanting to try for a while but actually finding the time to sit down and craft for my self has been a challenge with the school holidays :)
I have seen so many different cards using similar images and I wanted to have a go using all my Stampin' Up! stash here's what I used:

Card stock: Whisper white, So saffron,

Ribbon: Chocolate chip gros grain,

Ink: Chocolate chip, Close to cocoa markers,

Stamps: Tree from Forest friends stamp set, sentiment was from the pocket silhouette set.

Accessories: Button latte designer buttons from the mini catalogue.

I coloured the tree trunk with my marker and was careful not to colour any of the leaves on the tree.

I really love the way it turned out and the fresh colours ( I should have made 2 as I don't want to send it to any one now.)

Thanks for looking!

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 Floral Baroque Motif

Here's my card for this weeks funky friday challenge to join in pop on over to the challenge site by clicking on the link at the top of the page.
This weeks colours were Rose Red, Regal Rose OR pretty in pink, Whisper White and Old Olive,

I coloured my silk flowers with my classic stampin' pads in Rose Red and Pretty in Pink., I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to positions the back ground stamp ( you can see a video tutorial on how to use the stamp-a-ma-jig here)

I used some old pearls I had, so I even managed a bit of recycling on this card, I love the background so expect to see me do this a bit more often :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Turquoise rocker!

Thought i'd have a go at the jazzy inspirations challenge again only this time I remembered to post it on my blog :)
So I used Stampin' Up! starring you stamp set with versa mark ink and clear embossing powder,

Large star punch from Stampin' Up!,

Basic Black, Whisper White and Tempting Turquoise card stock,

and of course I used my sugarnellie rockstar, who I water coloured with my stampin pads and my aqua painter.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

cupcake challenge

This is my challenge card for the cupcake craft challenge #50 they challenged every one to use pink, brown, green, animals and flowers.
I made this card using:

Pretty in pink textured card stock, Close to cocoa card stock and certainly celery designer series paper,

The live your dreams stamp set,

pretty in pin and chocolate chip ink, the scallop oval and large oval punches,

The flowers were from my stash.

The bear was made using:

Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom and Pretty in Pink card stock,

1 3/8" , 1" , 1/2" , 1/4" circles and oval punch with a sponge dauber, pretty in pink and chocolate chip ink, white gel pen and Chocolate chip marker.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Chocolate goth girl

Just to prove I do use other makes of stamps :) here is my chocolate goth girl, I made this chocoate wrapper and card set for one of my best friends birthday's!!! she was 21 again yesterday :)There was a hidden message behind the front panel with a birthday message on it,
I used:

Stampin' Up! Card stock in Very Vanilla, Kraft and Close to Cocoa,

Stampin' Up! Kraft ribbon, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom and regal Rose inks

Stampin' Up! Crazy for cupcakes stamp set and the jumbo watercolour vine roller,

and of course my lovely little sugarnellie goth girl who I water coloured using my aqua painter and su inks.

( thanks to my down line kathy for the chocolate inspiration! )

I really love the way it turned out and didn't really want to give it away in the end, but I like my friends birthday cards to be individual and I don't like making more than one so they are unique just like my friends.

Happy birthday shelley!

Love

Abi :)