Counting down the days...

Good evening all :-)  We've had a lovely day today drinking tea with friends and catching up on all the news and gossip while the children played.  A fine recipe for a cold winter's day.  I was expecting to get caught up in traffic on the way home, but strangely there was not that many cars on the road, maybe because it is half term.


I'm (im)patiently waiting for my latest order to come from Stampin' Up!  I put the order in yesterday, so it'll be a few days yet I imagine as it is still at the picking stage at the moment.  I can't wait for it all to arrive.  Then there will be the decision of what to play with first!  Especially with all the freebies that are coming too :-D


So, before I sign off to take George to Army Cadets, I have another card to show you that uses the Petite Pennants builder punch and a stamp from the Pennant Parade stamp set:

For this card, I affixed the bunting to a piece of ribbon and used VersaMark ink to decorate the card with the star stamp from the same stamp set.  Finally, I finished it off with a sentiment from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set.


Right, that's all from me for now, have a fab evening and speak to you all soon :-)
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Bunting

Just a quick one this evening, on the super slow Mac Mini which likes to think about every little action that is taken :-(  George has taken the laptop with him to his sleepover at Grannie's house so I am having to resort to this little dinosaur lol

Today's card is another one using the Pennants Parade stamp set and the Petite Pennants builder punch:

I used card from the in-colour collection and stamped the bunting using a stamp from Pennants Parade using VersaMark ink then used the Petite Pennants builder punch to cut them out.  I also stamped the background paper with two other stamps from the same set using VersaMark again.  Finally, the sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes, stamped with Calypso Coral to match the background paper.

Righty-ho, that's it for me this evening, speak to you all soon,

Pinkety Pink Pink!!!

This was by far my favourite card that I made yesterday.  I love pink and am not ashamed to say it is probably my favourite colour, so this card appealed to me immediately!  This card used melon mambo, from the brights collection and the use of black as a contrast works really well.  Again, the Pennant Parade stamp set and Petite Pennants builder punch were used for the Christmas trees and we used StazOn black ink (which smells of marzipan!) to stamp the pots.  Lastly, Dazzling Diamonds glitter was used to jazz up the Christmas trees (and I managed to get it just about everywhere else too, can't be trusted with glitter lol).

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Today was the last Christmas Stamp-a-Stack class with Sarah-Jane for this year.  Stamp-a Stack is where we make 2 cards each of 5 designs in one morning whilst singing along to Christmas songs and eating mince pies (well, not me as I am vegan, so Sarah-Jane made a batch of carrot cake cupcakes especially for me, which are scrummy :-)  )    

I think that the set of cards we made this morning are my favourite out of the three stamp-a-stack classes we have done.  Each of the designs makes use of more striking colour combinations.  

This card gave me the opportunity to try out heat embossing for the first time too.  It was surprisingly easy to do.  The stamp used was from the stamp set, Serene Snowflakes and looks so striking with the blue of  the Night of Navy card stock.  The Christmas tree was made using the Pennant Parade stamp set and the Petite Pennants builder punch, both of which I ordered last week and can't wait til they arrive and I can play with them, I need to make Christmas cards for family and friends :-)

From the new year, I will be making dates for classes, so if you are interested, please get in contact with me for further info.