valentines...

Happy Valentine's weekend (as I'm a day late!) everyone! I hope Cupid's bow has worked it's magic ;)

Here are a couple of love themed non-stampy cards I made recently with some goodies from JaneyMays. The yummy papers and epoxy 'love' and flower stickers on this first card are from Anna Griffin's Dorothy collection - I just love this colour combo, so striking.



The papers and chipboard letters on the next card are from K & Co's Lotus Tea box line, a little distress ink around the edge, some Bazzill pom poms and a scrummy paper heart than Janey sells.

Little man

Isn't this chipboard gingerbread man cute! He came in a scrappy kit I bought a few weeks ago so I made this card for my mum.

I adhered red card to the ends of his arms and legs and to his back so his buttons would also be red, then used white gel pen for some interest. His eyes and mouth sparkly red stickles. The white layer is dry embossed with the cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and sewn onto the green and red layers. Ribbons, snowflake, flower, leaves, twine, button and pearls are from my stash.

We're finally putting our tree up this afternoon, time to put on some festive tunes I think!

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Joy

The 1st of December? Already??!! Didn't that creep up on us a bit quickly?! I'm actually starting to feel a bit Christmassy now, which is kinda nice :)

This card is for the current Artygirlz challenge - to create a project using you favourite colour. To be honest my all time favourite colour is aquamarine but since I used aqua mist for last week's challenge I thought I'd use another colour combo I love - deep red and cream, a variation on my favourite red and white mix.

I've used some papers and other bits and bobs from a dreamkits scrapping kit. I love that shimmery star and had fun layering it with a poinsietta, thread, a brad and some fake greenery. The letters are grungeboard coloured with Copics, and I used the mega curved rectangle nesties to cut the papers.

Hope everyone has a good week!

Recipe -
Paper/Card - Very Vanilla/Bravo Burgundy(SU)/papers from scrapping kit (Dreamkit)
Other - cream grosgrain ribbon, mega curved nesabilities, cuttlebug, white gel pen (Ranger), chipboard star, embroidery floss (Bazzill), pearl brad (Making Memories), button, grungeboard (Ranger), Copic markers, burgundy organza ribbon, paper poinsietta

Only punches

Just a quick post from me this morning... this is for the current Ink and Rubber challenge which is to use SU punches. I went seriously punchy with this card! I used every size of SU circle punch!

Decreasing the circles as I built up the tree, the 'star' on top is from the Boho Blossoms punch. Also used the scallop edged punch for the strip below the Certainly Celery ribbon and the corner rounder punch to round (duh!) the top corners of the card.

Colours are Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Real Red.

Have a great day!

Dahlia fold

I tried my hand at some Dahlia flowers this weekend, ending up with this card and gift box!! Fun! Click here for a good tutorial. The double sided designer papers from Stampin Up are perfect for this as both side of your paper will show when making the petals.



Thanks for stopping by! Kate x

Recipe:
Stamps - sentiment from One of a Kind (Stampin Up)
Paper/Card - Chocolate Chip/Regal Rose/Whisper White/Sweet Always DSP (All Stampin Up!)
Other - Hodgepodge Hardward (SU)/adhesive pearls/scallop border punch (SU)/chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon (SU)/cuttlebug/cuttlebug embossing folder