I can see clearly now.....

ok hopefully you can see the detail in these...

these are a couple of wedding announcements which i made recently with the top note and manhatten flowers embossing folder on acetate..

they are gorgeous up close but super hard to photograph!

I combined the acetate with some of the springtime vintage dsp which i cut using the embosslit beautiful wings and the beautiful butterflies bigz die.

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curly kraft

I seem to be going a bit kraft crazy at the moment i just love it, I used the all a flutter stamp along baroque motifs for this card with kraft (Cookie crumb) card stock and ink and white satin ribbon.

Very simple and elegant.

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invites and favours

Just a quick post today i've been asked to make some wedding invites for a friend  so thought i'd share them on here, this is the invite , favour box and name place setting,

this stamp is from an old retired set in my stash (some stamps you just need to keep forever :)

if you'd like to check out more wedding invites and projects click here

Abi

baroque bird

Quick and simple today, this card was super easy to put together,

I used the baroque motif stamp set with the 2 step bird punch, the scallop edge punch, tiny tags stamp set and the matching tag punch I used the En francais background stamp for the bird and then used a sponge dauber to go around the edges with chocolate chip ink.
I stamped the boroque swirl in so saffron on the so saffron card stock and added my chocolate gros grain and linen thread.

Don't forget the tiny tags stamp set is one of the sets on offer this month...

Tiny Tags was £18.95 NOW £15.16  #118091

see you again soon!

Abi

Funky Friday scrap book pages

So it's the New year and the Funky Friday challenges have re started this time with a Sketch due to popular demand   and also  return with a new design team check out the team and their creations by clicking here

This  sketch challenge was set by Rosina  and we were able to use this sketch to produce any project we wanted not just cards!   Now it's been a while since I have done my scrap booking and I do have a little bit of a back log on the photo front so I decided to use this sketch to my advantage

I haven't added my photo's to it yet  but I will, these pages are for my brother in laws wedding the bride wore a gorgeous red dress and my eldest son was dressed as a page boy ( although he didn't really want to play the part)  but the photo's will look great with this speciality paper, when i can get through the snow to get them printed.

Here's what I used:

Everything is from Stampin' Up!

Card stock:  Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White, speciality paper in white,

Punches:  Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle punch, heart to heart punch,  1/6" circle,

Ribbon:  Whisper White and Basic Grey Taffeta,

Stamps: Wonderful Words stamp set,

Ink: White craft ink.

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Abi

Found my camera! and wedding invites.

No not my wedding that happened a long time ago lol, I've been asked to make invites for a wedding and this is one of the designs which I came up with, the Bride has chosen to have Burgundy and Ivory and wanted a classic look,

I have used:

Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla card stock,

Bravo Burgundy Ink,

Very Vanilla Ribbon,

I have used the Baroque Motifs stamp set and the phrase is from my collection.

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Abi

So Swirly

This a picture of one of the projects my stampers 10 group made a few weeks ago if you'd like to view a video tutorial on how to make this wedding invite then click the tutorial link at the top of this page and check out my youtube videos.

I used the So Swirly roller with Night of Navy ink ribbon and card stock with a very vanilla envelope and card stock card. I also used a jumbo eyelet.

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Simply Soft

Back to one of my comfortable colour combinations :)

For this card I used Very Vanilla card stock, with Kraft ribbon,

Chocolate chip, close to cocoa, and creamy caramel ink,

I also used the scallop edge punch, the scallop oval punch and my crafters tool kit mat pack.

I used the soft summer flower and the for you sentiment from the fresh cuts stamp set.

I love simple colours and it has to be admitted this card matches most of our home.

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Abi

Bag-a-box

I feel like I've been MIA recently, I have been crafting honest!

I'm not really sure what you call this, I've heard them called box in a bag, I just think they are really beautiful gift bags...

This is one of the projects which I've been working on which my stampers 10 ladies are going to be having a go at this week for their class, I used A Rose is a Rose stamp set, with So Saffron, Barely Banana and Whisper White ink and card stock and some of Stampin' up's vellum card stock which I've been dying to try out.I don't normally give them the pleasure of seeing the coming projects before the class, I like to surprise them but I just think it's so pretty I had to share it with you.

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Abi

Live your dream

Here's another card i made using the Love stories simply Scrappin' kit this time i also used the live your dream stamp set.

The card base is whisper white I used blush blossom card stock for the scallops along the edge and one of the adhesive sentiment from the scrappin' kit, these elements made from adhesive card stock and are beautifully pre cut which you just peal off the sheet,

The designer paper is also from the scrappin' kit.

I used the large flowers from the live your dream stamp set and tried out the emboss resist technique, with versa mark ink and clear embossing powder on whisper white card and my stampin' write markers to colour.

Thanks for looking!

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

Baroque motifs

I was in a green mood this morning and I really wanted to play with this stamp set :) so look forward to lots more cards made with it!

I always find I put off getting the stamp sets I really love until last, but i've got it now.

I used,

Stamp Set: Boroque Motifs

Card stock: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke and Whisper White

Ink: Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke

Ribbon: Mellow Moss Taffeta

Accessories: corner rounder and colluzle

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Kwerner challenge #41

I know i said i  was n't going to post anything today but  today has gone a bit too smoothly....that was until i realised i had forgotten to make a wedding card for my friends that are getting married on Saturday, so i checked my emails and saw that Kristina had posted challenge #41 which just happened to be the same colours my friend is having so i thought i should post it for you all to see.

We don't have riding hood red here in the UK so I substituted it with Rose Red but all the other colours are as stated above.

I used my scallop border punch, My three for you flower punch  and my paper piercing tool from the craters tool kit.

I used the sale-a-bration set congrats inside and out  and also some glossy accents for the centre of the flowers and the heart.

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Abi

Simply Simple

I thought I'd keep it simple this time.

I used Whisper White with Mellow Moss and Certainly Celery, with some more dazzlin diamonds and the Mr & Mrs stamp set.

This set also has a coordinating roller but i chose to use just the stamp set to create this card, I like clean images and simple colours it makes it easy to look at.

thanks for looking

Abi

Engagement card

This is a card i made recently for a very good friend of mine. Using the summer by the sea stamp set.

I used Basic grey ink to stamp the image and sentiment and all stampin up inks for the watercolouring which i did using my aqua painter.

I used Chocolate chip card stock for the card base and some hodge podge ( which i don't use very often cos i don't like to give it away, you ust be very special if you get it on your card :)

The light blue card was a gift from a good friend, a us demonstrator and was one of their "in" colours Soft Sky.......I'd love it to be in our new catalogue but i guess we'll just have to wait till the 1st October to find out what we get ....... how exciting.

Keep checking my site to find out what gets retired from our catalogue next month as september could be the last chance you have to order some of the current merchandise... watch this space:)

Love bouquet

Hi Everyone, thought i'd try some colour combo's that i rarely use this card uses Basic Black , Real Red and Always Artichoke ink, with Very Vanilla and Basic Black card stock with Black gingham ribbon.
I watercoloured the rose with Real Red, I used the Mixed bouquet and Wonderful Words stamp sets.

Happy Stampin'!