Two Cute....

This is the stamp set I have been playing with this weekend. I bought the 'Stitched Squares' cuttlebug embossing folder a few weeks ago, but hadn't got around to using it yet, so I decided it was time to get it out !!!

I embossed the cross stitched square three times onto Very Vanilla Card stock, then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the flowers from the Two Cute set in the centre of each square. I used Taken With Teal, So Saffron & Regal Rose, inks, along with Taken with Teal, and Regal Rose, So Saffron & Basic Black card. Here is what I came up with.......

And these.........

Thanks for looking X.

Lovely As A Tree

I have been creating with this stamp set again over the weekend. I just love this set. this first card is similar to the card I made in my previous post, but I have jazzed it up a little....

For both cards I used the same tree image and water coloured it in using Close to Cocoa and Old Olive. It is so easy to do. The image was then layered onto a scalloped layer made with my Nestabilities. With the first card I used Close to Cocoa as the base card. The top half of the card was stamped with the very small leaf stamp in Close to Cocoa ink to create a background pattern. Next I layered a strip of Very Vanilla onto Chocolate Chip card, then paper pricked a line top and bottom. I love doing this to my cards. It adds such an effective decoration. This strip was added to the card base then the image on top of that. The sentiment is from the 'Wonderful Words' set and stamped in Chocolate Chip.

The second card is similar but in different colours.

The card base for this card is Always Artichoke, with the small leaf in Always Artichoke ink. I have then used a piece of paper from the 'Fall Flowers' Designer Series Paper and layered a strip onto Really Rust card. I then put another strip of Really Rust card on top of the patterned paper.
Two large Pewter Brads where added to the strip, then attached to the card. I again pricked a line along the bottom of the card just under the strip and lastly added the tree image on top with dimentionals to raise it slightly. I am quite pleased with this card. I have found myself using the same colours over and over again, so I am trying to challenge myself into using some of the other colours. think I succeeded with this card. LOL.
I have another card to share, but will post that later in the week. I must now get off this computer and get on with detailing the Cricket Club accounts as it is a Committee meeting tomorrow night............

Thank You cards

I have been busy tonight making these thank you cards ready for Saturday. My son plays Indoor Bowls during the winter and this Saturday is the last session for indoors. These cards are for the three people that run the sessions. Two of them are in their seventies, but they love teaching the youngsters and arranging competitions etc for them all. This first card I have made two identical as there are two ladies.

This card I have made using Pretty in pink as the base with Rose Red and Bashful Blue. The flower was stamped from the Sending Happy Thoughts set which is on Special Offer this month with 10% off the price. I stamped the flower in Pretty in Pink ink then put two way glue on the middle part of the flower then sprinkled glitter on. A Pretty in Pink brad was put through the middle of the flower. The flower was then attached to the centre of the stamped square onto the rose red square. Then layered onto bashful Blue card. The sentiment is from the Wonderful Words set and stamped in Rose Red Ink.

This second card is for the gentleman.........

This card I have made with the Lovely As a Tree set. I stamped the tree with Black Stazon onto Very Vanilla card, then water coloured the tree using Close to Cocoa and Old Olive. This was layered onto Old Olive and Chocolate Chip card. The card base is Close to Cocoa and the sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip.
I am really pleased how this card turned out. Thanks for looking. X

Sketch Challenge WSC#43

I do love joining in with Beate's sketch Challenge that she posts each weekend on her blog http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/.

This is this weeks sketch.............and here is my card.........

I was dying to use my new Paisley background stamp that arrived on Thursday! So decided the panel on the left of the sketch was a good place to use it. I had seen this colour combination in the UK Idea Book & Catalogue and wanted to try it out. They are not normally colours I would put together myself, but browsing this book gives you such great ideas. I actually like the two colours together and will be using them again I am sure. The left panel is stamped with More Mustard ink onto Whisper White card using the Paisley background stamp. (Love this stamp, I can see it is going to get used quite allot). I then tied Brocade Blue 5/8" grosgrain ribbon around the card. The sentiment is from the Circle of Friendship set of stamps and stamped with basic Black onto Brocade Blue card, punched out then layered onto More Mustard and Whisper White circles, then onto scalloped Brocade Blue. Another new item that came on Thursday was the Jumbo Eyelets and I decided to use one of them in the centre of the Sentiment. This is the first time I have used eyelets and I was amazed at how easy they are to use. The panel was then attached to the card with Dimensionals.

Thanks for looking. X.

oops.......

I just realised I promised I would share the card that I made for my best friend Jo. It is made along the same lines as Monica's card, but I used Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa & Apricot Appeal card stock along with Chocolate Chip and Apricot Appeal inks. There are a mixture of stamps used from the following sets. Cheers & Wishes, Two Cute, Mixed Bouquet & Oh, So Lovely.

YAY! .... I have got an award

Got the Arte y Pico award from Lisa today. Thanks Lisa :)

Apparently I have to post these rules, so here goes:

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity,design,interesting material,and also contributes to the blogging community,no matter what language.

2. Each award has to give the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4. Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte y Pico blog,so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5. To show these rules. :)

This award goes to:-

Jenny http://www.stampingmoments.blogspot.com/ I visit her blog daily. Just love what she creates.

Helen http://allthingsstampy.blogspot.com/ another favourite of mine.

Michelle http://www.wifeyscraftingcreations.blogspot.com/ Another inspirational lady,

Kim http://kimsstampinroom.blogspot.com/ wonderful creative lady. Love her work.

Last but not least

Sarah http://thinkingstamps.blogspot.com/ another blog I stop by often.

Birthdays Gifts for Monica

Yesterday was the lovely Monica's Birthday. Just look at all her lovely birthday cards here
http://monicas-passions.blogspot.com/
Here is the card and gift I made for her




All are made from Stampin' Up! stamps and products. I just love how everything coordinates and matches. The Card I have made in Rose Red with a little Regal Rose card. The background has been stamped using the background stamp in Rose Red ink from the Hostess Set Oh, So Lovely. The panel was also stamped like this then mounted onto Regal Rose card stock. I the pricked a line along each side. The flowers are from the Mixed Bouquet set. I stamped the petal flower six times onto Very Vanilla card stock in Rose Red, cut out and layered two images on top of each other and placed a red rhinestone brad in the middle. Then attached to the panel.

The little box of cards, I got from a tutorial on Andrea Walfords Blog. Here is the link http://andreawalford.com/?page_id=85 This blog is full of wonderful creations have a browse around while you're there.

Again it is made from Rose Red card. I made a slight adjustment on the lid measurements on my box. I added 1 inch to Andreas measurements then scored 1 inch all around instead of the half inch Andrea suggests. I just liked my lid being a little deeper. The cards are the little Stampin' Up! love notes. These are 3" x 3" cards and envelopes that I have made up into little 'Thank you' notes using various SU Stamps.

The other Birthday card I made is for my friend Jo, who's birthday is today, so I will share that card perhaps tomorrow.

Stampin' Around...

That's what I have been doing today and produced this along with making a couple of cards for people who have birthdays next week. I will share those after the birthday events in case they are seen by the Birthday girls before the day. LOL

Now I have had my Stampin' around wheel and this 'Spot On' stamp for a while, but not got around to using it until today. Boy is this fun. It is such an easy and quick way to stamp a large area of paper. I started off just doing one strip and used an Ink Pad to ink up the stamp, by just rolling it over and over the pad. This technique allows you to use any colour ink you wish, but you will only get a good print on one revolution of the wheel. The pattern then fades. It is more than enough though to create a panel like I created here.

The colour I used on this card is Lovely Lilac. This was used for the Base card and I used this colour ink to stamp the 'Spot On' Panel onto Whisper White card. This was then trimmed to fit the card and layered onto Elegant Eggplant card. Before attaching to the base card I pricked along each of the long sides. (Not showing up in the photo very well) the flower is from the Polka dots & Paisley set and was stamped in Lovely Lilac onto the whisper white card, layered onto Elegant Eggplant then again pricked on the top corners, using the template from the Crafters Tool Kit. Some Elegant Eggplant ribbon tied around the bottom of the panel, before attaching onto the card, with Dimensionals.

I am now off to do the ironing..........Ooh Hate that job! Much rather be stamping......LOL

This weeks SCS Challenge #SC169

I'm having a few days off work at the moment. The weather is still bad, so making the most of being at home and making cards. Wednesday is Card Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. Now normally I don't get to do this until the weekend, but as I am at home I can do it today. Here is the Sketch..............

One of the rules for this sketch was, that panel 4 must be no wider than 1.5" wide! Now I had a few problems with this! A lot of my stamps are wider than this, so I had to turn to my Hostess set 'Oh, So Lovely'. I had already made three cards earlier using this stamp and Oh! dear the same colour combination. Well it is my favourite at the moment LOL. Here is my card.....


Now off to make some more cards, I have two lovely people with Birthdays begining next week that I need to create something special for................

Back Soon.........Thanks for looking X

Three Card Challenge

I thought I would set myself a challenge........... to stamp an identical image three times and make 3 different cards.

I decided to use one of my new Hostess sets Oh, So Lovely. I stamped the background image with Close to Cocoa ink onto Very Vanilla card. Then stamped the Poppy flower on top using Basic Black. I coloured the Poppy using 'Stampin' Write Markers' in Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Mellow Moss. I then cut this out leaving a small border of the Very Vanilla all around.

Here is what I come up with.............

Ingredients used in these cards:-

Stamps:- Oh, So Lovely, Sincere Salutations

Card Stock:- Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Mellow Moss

Accessories:- Prints Designer Series Paper, Red Rhinestone Brads, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon in Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon