Sneak Peek

Sale-a-bration 2012 is just over a week away and Stampin' Up! have outdone themselves with a lovely offering of goodies this year presented in a delightful new way.

Despite my determination to wait until the sales period, I managed to find this gorgeous Designer Series Paper in my last order....giggle.  Ummm, how did that happen?!

Here's a sneak peek:

I've used lots of In Colors to make these:  Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Peach Parfait, Pool Party.  And of course, one of my favourite neutrals, Soft Suede.   It seems that all our ribbons look lovely too, whether it's seam binding,

ruffled,

or lace.

These cards are for my special customers, so don't tell them that you've had a sneaky peaky!
Enjoy this Friday 13th.......hope it's not too weird!
Karen

Sunday Scraps

It's an overcast and slightly rainy Sunday afternoon - perfect for using up more scraps!

This lot (of scraps) came from a box I keep that's full of unused cardmaking kits from classes (some over 3 years ago!).  I may be a hoarder?!  Anyway, I pulled out a kit which contained the Close to Cocoa base, Ruby Red layer, vanilla watercolour paper & a piece of Mellow Moss gingham ribbon.....now that's old!  The flourish (non SU) and the flowers were in the scrap shape drawer.   A small amount of stamping with the trusty Stamp-a-majig for good placement (I can't say perfect......look closer, I'm a bit sloppy today!) and some glitter glue completes the card.   The flowers are cut out from our long retired Haiku paper.

Happy Sunday.
Karen

Scrap to it!

Two days of this and I may have formed a habit?  Oh well, it's a productive one!

This card uses up some embossed cardstock that I'd previously made with the Stripes embossing folder.  Some of the design elements were necessary to cover flaws - there's a mark on the white cs under the butterfly and the embossed whitecs was a little crushed so I covered it with the butterfly negative.  Love that! 

The butterfly negative - or stencil, was created using scrap cs - yes! - and I embossed the cut out for added interested.  Using daubers, I added colour so the white cardstock, then turned the stencil over (so you don't see the messy inky edges) and attached it with dimensionals.  The flower brad makes a cute centrepiece.   

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set:  Curvy Verses
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
Petals a Plenty & Stripes EBF & Beautiful Butterflies Die with Big Shot
Scallop Trim Border Punch
1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Daffodil Delight

Have a lovely weekend!
Karen

Without some discipline I will soon disappear under a pile of scrap paper & left over die cuts and punch shapes. It's not that I don't use my scrap bits and bobs, I certainly try, but somehow they seem to multiply in the dead of night while the craft room is empty......very mysterious!

When I made my Mojo card yesterday, I played around with a couple of things, as you do, until I came up with the finished project.  Naturally, my "extra" bits were piled on the table, and as I was about to sweep them into the scrap drawer a little voice yelled "Stop!"  Since they were all in the same colour scheme & looked quite nice together, my little voice told me to do something with them now.  So I did......

Absolutely everything is out of the scrap pile.  Even the card base.   I did have to do a bit of piecing together but you can't really tell so what the heck?

The punched circles and scallop circle came about by accident.  I punched the smaller circle first (Pool Party), then went back to the scrap piece, now with a hole in it and punched out the larger circle (Pool Pary ring).   The Very Vanilla scallop circle was made by punching out the 1 3/4" circle first then going back to the scrap piece with the hole in it to punch out the scallop which I offset slightly - just for fun!   I used Tombow multi adhesive to stick the hemp onto the ribbon because the bottle has a nice fine tip that you can easily use for small areas.

Supplies:
Stamp Set:  Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Cardstock:  Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Pool Pary, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Metallic Gold
Ink:  Soft Suede
DSP:  Spice Cake
Punches:  Small Heart, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1 3/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle
Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon & Hemp
Antique Brads

Hope you are somewhere crafting.
Karen