Dasiy Bucket card

This card uses mostly Daisy Bucket products. Firstly the paper was adhered to the card, then a piece of vellum was placed across the middle of the card on to this several large flowers, small flowers and leaves were placed. A scalloped circle and plain circle were punched for the sentiment. The plain circle was stamped with a repeat circle image, the sentiment then stamped in the middle.

Products used

Playful Blossoms paper - Libby

Leaf Set Stamps,

Playful Blossom stamp (large flower)

Happy Everything Sentiment stamp

Basic Grey Wild Flower set (small flower)

Basic Grey Bitsy Medallion set(repeat circle)

Firstly the paper was adhered to the card. Then a small piece of white card measuring 7cm x 8cm was matted onto turquoise card. Several small flower images were stamped in complimentary colours. Stalks and leaves were cut freehand and then arranged. A piece of ribbon was tied around the image and then the whole thing was adhered to the card. The "With much love" sentiment was then added to finish

Products used

Dasiy Bucket paper - Katy

Basic Grey Wild Flowers stamp set (small flower)

Basic Grey

This card was made using stamps from the Bitsy Bug set. The sentiment is a Daisy Bucket Stamp.

Papers used
Peach Cardstock
Fancy Pants - Aged Florals Lovebird (front and reverse side)

Pearls by Kaiser craft

Basic Grey Bitsy Bug Stamps

This is me going back and reliving my youth, showing my girls the things I enjoyed as a child.

Here I have used the stamps from the Basic Grey Bitsy Bug set. The cream and peach paper is from the Collage Press "Margot" range as are the journalling squares.

Stuff from my stash

• Fiskars - Ribbon border and Threading water punches
• Royal and Langnickel -Rub ons

Good Times

When you look back on times you had as a child at the beach, didn't the weather always seems good, the water warm and the sandwiches great - despite the sand that always seemed to get into them.
This layout honours those feelings, good times spent with family enjoying the simple pleasures of a beach holiday, digging holes and making sandcastles and friends along the way.
Again, I have used the Sugar High range from My Little Shoebox and the mini stickers. The blue alphabet card is from Collage Press (the T is cut from one too), I have layered this, top and bottom with the border from paper 3. The background paper is Fancy Pants which I have edged stamped with shells. The green ribbon is from Bella.

Sugar High

I have had this layout in mind for years, collecting strawberry embellishments but never quite finding the right paper, until now. I loved my Grandad and spent a lot of time with both my grandparents when I was little as both my Mum and Dad worked. We spent as much time in the garden as is possible bearing in mind the British weather. LOL. Every year he would grow strawberries in the veggie patch at the end of the garden and we would watch them grow and grow until at last they were ready for picking. No one but me was allowed the first strawberry of the year, even when I was at school, it was kept in a bowl for me until I called in on my way home. Special times, precious memories.

The papers, overlays (words) and die cuts used are from the Sugar High range from My Little Shoebox. The mini alphabet stickers come in 6 colours and are also from MLS. The frame around the top right photo was in fact a die cut tag - I used a craft knife to cut out the middle.

Extras from my stash:
Strawberries - Artoz
Garden buttons - Jesse James

It's that time of year again!

These two lovely Christmas combo stamp sets ( Merry Christmas and Doodled Christmas) have been released this month by Kaiser Craft. I have been having a bit of a play with them and have come up with a few card ideas.
Everyone likes to receive handmade cards, so prepare to roll up your sleeves and get to work!

Card 1 - Stamp sentiment and tree on separate pieces of white card. Trim and round edges. Single mount the sentiment on red card, double mount the tree on green and red card. Trace of the stamped tree image with a fine glue pen and add glitter. When the glitter dries add the rhinestones. The paper range used is Cheer by Kaiser. The striped paper "Good Tidings" has been edged with a Holly border punch by Fiskars and applied to the card, a smaller piece of "Season's Greetings" has been used along the spine and edged with glitter. Mount images to card slightly overlapping.

Card 2 - Stamp sentiment on white card, trim closely and rub edges with a red ink pad. Add coloured rhinestones. For this card I have used Kaiser's Sublime range of papers. Cover just under 2/3 of the card with "Outrage"

and the rest with "Majesty". To hide the join I used red ribbon. On this card I have used a die cut tree and applied coloured rhinestones but you cound just as easily use another stamped image.

Card 3 - Stamp image (snowflake from the Merry Christmas Combo) 4 times, twice each in two different coloured inks.

Layer 1 - Cut out a circle as close as you can to the whole image (in dark blue).

Layer 2 - Cut a smaller piece using the stars as your guide line (light blue).

Layer 3 - Cut out the larger inner circle of the design (dark blue).

Layer 4 - Cut out the smaller inner circle (light blue).

Add complimentary glitter to the design, when dry, apply rhinestones and pearls.

For this card I have used dark and light blue cardstock, the dark blue covers the whole card and the light blue is a small strip which has been run the through the die cutting machine using the Cuttlebug embossing folder "Swiss Dots". It is now time to layer up your images using sticky foam pads (see smaller picture above). Adhere the raised images to your card, decorate with more pearls if desired and add a sentiment at the bottom.

Oh baubles!!

Ok, I admit it, I succumbed!! Myers sent an admail announcing that the Christmas decoration were 25% off. What could I do? I had to dash down there, not enlightening DH on the purpose of my trip naturally. Oh the colours, the designs, the displays!! In a effort to be good, I did limit myself to just 3 complimentary colours. Although I still had a little splutter at the till when the total rang up, however I managed to justify it to myself with the savings I had made and how wonderful the tree will look for Christmas's to come. Just don't tell DH.