Convention 2014

Hello there, had a fabulous time at Convention meeting many old and new friends. lovely to put names to faces and of course meeting the CEO and co founder of Stampin Up Shelli Gardner, she was so funny at the last session and inspirational.There was a lot of inspirational work there and samples and swaps. l didn't do badly l was a runner up in the Inspire Create Share competition getting a £50 voucher. If this has inspired you or  you are intrested in joining Stampin Up contact me and you could be coming to Brussels next year to enjoy all the benefits Stampin Up has to offer. Thanks for looking Joanne x

Convention Swaps

Swaps all ready for Convention, looking forward to it. I have used Gold Soirée papers, Petite Petals stamps, Garden Green, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Calypso Coral inks and card stock. Also Whisper White card stock. I used Basic Rhinestones to decorate and bakers twine in Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantaloupe. Convention here we come! Thanks for looking, Joanne x

Triangle card

Hello there my lovelies, hope all is well in your world. Today is a masculine card I feel. I have used a 15cmx15cm square base card in Whisper White. Then matted a 14.5cmx14.5cm piece of Crushed Curry (cs) onto this. The DSP is Confetti Celebrations this is 14cmx14cm. I then used a piece of Crushed Curry (cs) 12cmx12 cm and run it through the Bigshot using the On Point Textured Embossing Folder. This was then matted onto the card. Using the Triangle punch I punched 2 triangles of each colour Smokey Slate, Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay. These were put on Dimensionals and matted onto the card, top left and bottom right.
I punched out two tags using the Angle Tag Top punch in Smokey Slate and Bermuda Bay. I added Whisper White bakers twine to these and through a basic metal button. I used the Four You stamps to stamp Birthday Wishes onto Whisper White (cs) in Smokey Slate. I cut this to make a pennant then adhere it to the card finishing off with the button. Take care now, Joanne x

Well Worded Butterfly

Hello there, this is a 15x15cm square card. I've used Whisper White card stock as the base card then a 14.5cmx14.5cm mat of Daffodil Delight card stock and matted a 14cmx14cm square of  Flowerpot Designer Series Paper ( DSP) before I matted them onto the base card I wrapped some crushed curry chevron ribbon around them. I then stamped the butterfly from the Well Worded stamp set in Daffodil Delight onto the same colour card stock (cs). I did this twice so I could mat and layer them. I then using the bitty butterfly punch punched out a selection of butterflies using a selection of cs colours, blushing bride, night of navy, tangerine tango and lost lagoon. These were stuck to the card using multipurpose liquid glue. Basic Rhinestones were used for the body of the large butterfly. A crushed curry bow was added to the card to finish it off. Thanks for looking. All products can be bought through me via the website. All the best Joanne x

Big News. There's a Wedding

Hello there my Lovelies, hope you are well. Sorry I've not blogged for a while I've not been well but I'm back now.This card used the Big News stamp set. Firstly the card is 15 x 15 cms. It is fully covered by a piece of Gold Soiree paper, it is one of my favourites it looks like lace, Stampin Up must have known it would be a hit as they have made a large stamp in this design. Before I stuck this to the base card I wrapped some Gold Satin ribbon across the bottom of the paper, then added a bow. Using the Labels Collection dies I cut the largest in Gold Glimmer paper and the next largest in White Vellum. I dusted over the Vellum with the Embossing Buddy   and then stamped the happily ever after sentiment from the Big News stamp set in Versamark. I sprinkled on Gold Embossing Powder and then gently tapped off the excess then heat embossed it from the underneath so as not to scorch the vellum. I also used this method to make some hearts from the same stamp set which I cut out myself scored down the middle and stuck 3 together twice, to make dimensional hearts. The flowers using the same method from the Something to Say set were punched out using one of the Itty Bitty punches. Some of these flowers were also punched out in Gold Glimmer and some Itty Bitty hearts also. The Vellum was stuck to the Glimmer paper using Pinflair Glue, a 3D glue, applied underneath the gold embossed letters and where the hearts and flowers were placed. Basic Pearls were added to the centre of the flowers as a finishing touch. This would make a great wedding card or a 50 wedding anniversary card. Hope you like it,all the best Joanne x