something a little different....

Ok so i have to admit i'm a little proud of this myself  :)

i'm really happy with how it turned out..

Meet woody.... my punch art pal  he was so fun to make!

he was for my 5 year olds birthday card.. and i used my punches to make him... the 1 3/4" circle large oval, cropodile,  and the 3 heart punch.... 

with choo choo stamp set ( the puff of smoke makes a really cool cow print)  and the sanded background stamp...

And inside was this little guy! again i used the same punches as before...

My son thought it was great!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

pretty pansies

I've seen a few of these cards but thought i'd give it a go my self and it was actually alot of fun, once i had figured out the template for it :) although i'm sure i probably could have found a template somewhere had i looked for long enough, how ever i knew exactly what i wanted and here it is.

This is the type of project my mum loves so i might save it for her birthday i'm taking it to the craft show tomorrow so if you're around come and check it out for real!

abi

into space

Hi every one sorry this is a bit late but I've been busy enjoying all the gorgeous sunshine that we've been having.

Any how  back to Male card month which is almost over so will try and squeeze as many cards in as possible before the end of the month.

My eldest son LOVES space and all things associated with it he wants to be a scientist when he gets older,  and his birthday is coming up so this is for his little brother to give him.

I used  1 3/8" circle punch and the 1" circle punch,  Platinum, champagne mist and frost white shimmer paint,  and the bird on a branch stamp set.

I probably haven't got the planets in the right order but i'm pretty sure he'll tell me where they are meant to be!  :)

thanks for stopping by!

Regal rose buds

More of the 2 step bird roses which i love right now!  this was my swap card for the field training event which we attended in Reading last month  I only just realised i hadn't posted it so thought i would share it.

I used:

Rose red, Regal rose, Old olive and whisper white card stock,
Rose red pretty in pink and blush blossom ink,
curvy verses and a rose is a rose stamp sets,
whisper white ribbon,
eyelet border punch and the two step bird punch.

you can find a tutorial for these flowers here

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Seriously shattered!

but happy and itching to  get crafting!   we had a great weekend really loved seeing all the things that the other demo's had created this weekend finding out about new products!.....................  so keep watching for those!

But really had a great tie and can't wait for the next one which is a little more local in Plymouth!   so if you would like to join us on April 10th in Plymouth for a fun free crafting event then  let me know as space is slowly running out and i don't want any one to be disappointed!

Any way thought i'd share a card with you today this card uses the scallop square and butterfly punch with Kraft, Bordering blue card stocks and the bella bleu designer paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Happy mothers day mum!

I could've posted this before today really as my mum only checks my blog when i show her how to but thought i'd save this for today as it is mothers day!

If you check out my tutorials page you'll find the tutorial on how to make these flowers, I used the Large heart punch with some designer series paper.

I used the water colour vine Jumbo roller with always artichoke ink and i like the  way it all turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

and Thanks for being my mum mum!

Abi

Perfect pairs ???

Just stopping in today to remind you about the new promotion for this month from Stampin' Up! 

This month you can get 20% off selected punches when you purchase the coordinating stamp set plus a chance to purchase the brand new full heart punch not available again until the release of the 2010-2011  UK catalogue.

click on the link in the side bar for more information! then contact me to place your order!

in the mean time here's a creation i made recently these were invites to someone's birthday party...  I used the Flight of the butterfly stamp set with the coordinating butterfly punch  which are included in this months promotion from Stampin' up!

Also very quick experience event update!    Sheffield and Coventry experience events are both now full!  so don't miss you chance to attend  an event near you!  click here for more details 

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

Sincere salutations.

Here's my entry for this weeks Funky Friday challenge!! :) finally up to date well almost. I just love these colours!

I made the flowers on this card with the Boho Blooms punch and the five petal flower punch ( a tutorial for the large flower can be found here. )

I used:

Five petal, Boho Blooms, 1/4" circle punches

Close to cocoa designer series paper,

Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Barely Banana card stock

Sincere Salutations stamp set,

Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon,

and some glossy accents.

I'm just loving experimenting with my punches at the moment, I really like all the possibilities there are, so look out for more punch creations soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Friday again!!

Friday again!! I love setting the Funky Friday challenges it means I get to trawl through all my photo's and this is one of my favourites it's an old one, my youngest son was about 8 months old in this photo he's now coming up for his 4th birthday.

SO i chose this photo for the colours in the jumper he was wearing, and this is the card I came up with, which I really love, I really like the fact that it is so simple,

I used a Kraft card stock base with the wonderful words stamp set I used my five petal flower punch for the flower and the leaves and used the bashful blue striped gros grain ribbon from our mini catalogue with night of navy gros grain ribbon and finished it all off with a pearl from the pretties kit.

To see how to make this flower click here

Thanks for stopping by my blog!!

Abi

Just a quickie :)

I saw this colour inspiration over on Kristina werners site and thought I love that, had all these great ideas then when I came to make a card I really struggled, so I kept it quick and simple with some clear and white embossing the Fall flair hostess stamp set and the five petal flower punch.

If you would like to see how I made this flower click here

Thanks for looking.

Abi

Funky Friday #19

OK i know so i am REALLY late posting this one but in all fairness when the challenge was posted last week i was on holiday without pretty in pink :)

So this is what i created for last week's Funky Friday challenge, I used All the circle punches the scallop oval and the large oval punch to create these gorgeous bears and to just to prove you can make curved edges with the scallop edge punch that's what i used to scallop the heart, hopefully when i get around to it I'll do a tutorial on how to go around circles with it.

Any way if you can get a close up look the female bear has a HUGE engagement ring on :)

I used the colours stated in the challenge, in ink and card stock i also used creamy caramel card stock. The ribbon is pretty in pink striped gros grain from our mini catalogue.

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

Roary the racing car.

My youngest son is going to his first birthday party today with out his big brother!! and this is the card i made for the birthday boy, he loves Roary the racing car so as you can see that's what i had a go at making.

I used Stampin' Up! Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock,

My Stampin' Up! corner rounder, 1/4" , 1" and 3/4" circle punches, my colluzle Fiskars trimmer with a scoring blade and lots of foam dimensionals.

I also used the star from the wondrous gift stamp set for his hat.

I love making kids cards it's so much fun, hope you like it!