Have you seen the two step promotion?

For the month of August Stampin' Up are running a 20% off promotion on selected two step stampin sets. One of the sets is loads of love that I have used on this my second Christmas card. The trees are from the set lovely as a tree, which I resisted buying for months as I couldn't see the potential but I have since seen such wonderful samples I am glad I have added the set to my stash.The tree in the back of the truck is also from Lovely as a tree. The snow is made from torn strips of Vellum layered unevenly the edges are covered with crystal accents & dazzling diamonds glitter. I stamped the happy couple in the truck from Loads of love accessories on acetate using Staz on ink & stuck them behind the truck using some dst.

If you would like to take advantage of the 20% off promotion then please contact me for further details

Personal challenge day 2

It's all beginning to come back to me now, my love affair with papers, stamps & inks.

So here we are on day 2 of my personal challenge & one card in two different colourways both from the Bold Brights colour family.


Stamps
Loads of love 104606
Loads of love accessories 105349
Neighborhood wheel 109685

Inks
Basic Grey
Stampin' Write markers

Cardstock from the Bold Brights family
Real red
Green galore
Only Orange
Whisper white

Punches
1/2" circle 110103
Round tab 109974

Trimmings
Crystal effects

Looking back

Looking back over the last couple of posts I can see a common theme running through all of the cards I have made for the samples over the last few days.
Can you see what it is?



The change in colour palette, without being consious of the change in seasons I have changed my colour palette in the recent samples.



A few more cards using pocket silhouettes set







Loads of love is a favourite set of mine, so versatile for so many different occasions, again with the rich autumnal colours from Rich regals & Earth elements.


Sets used

Wonderful words 103875
Loads of love 104606
Loads of love accessories 105349
Pocket silhouettes 111672

Birthday thanks

A big thank you for all of your kind birthday wishes and cards, I had lots of cards so wanted to show off some of the hand crafted ones.
From my Hubby Paul

Handmade by Abi ( and Dan )




From my lovely friend Dawn




And heres is the card I made for our friend John who's Birthday is the day before mine.

Loads of Love

At my recent party I ordered the Stampin up loads of love set & the accessory set and the two wheels. Michelle left her demo set here so I was having a play at the weekend.
I have loads of little piles of eggs to colour in and make cards using this set for Easter.
I love the paper piecing idea, not only does it make the truck look cool but its also a great way to use up all of the little bits that usually end up in the scrapbox.

The above is the workshop card that we made.

Stampin up party

Friday evening I hosted a Stampin up party with Michelle as the demonstrator. A big thank you to all of you who managed to come & I hope that you enjoyed your evening as much as I did.

I have had my eye on the loads of love set plus the accessories set for ages now & I guess I just needed a gentle nudge to add it to my shopping list, so I asked michelle if we could have that set as the features set, I just love the little truck.


I love the paper piecing technique that Michelle uses, I must say it's not one that I have used much in the past, but she left her sets here by accident & yesterday morning before I got dressed I stamped a few extra trucks & accessories to play with before my set comes next week.
I will definitely be using more paper piecing in my cards in future especially as my scrap box is bulging out.


The Black border is made using the Stampin up scallop edge punch and is very easy when you know how its done.

Instructions


You just need a square of card 7cm x 7cm


Position the card in the middle of the punch taking particular care that the card is in the middle of the scallop either side.


You can see slightly clearer the positioning in this picture ( just double click on the picture and you can enlarge it )


After the first punch your card should look like this.


Repeat on all four edges and you will end up with a beautiful focal border.


The second card we made was using the Sale-a-bration set polka dot punches & Its beautiful wheel.
I love the orange in with pink & black a great colour mix.
The black card is rolled with the its beautiful wheel using versamark ink and clear powder.



Many thanks again to Michelle for a great party & all of the inspiration.