Perfect punching with some papers!

Here is a sweet little birthday card made for one of our little friends who turned 2 recently. I just love stamps that co-ordinate with punches and this card demonstrates just how quickly you can put a card together using these co-ordinating products. These fun Playdate designer series papers also inspired the colour combo I have used here.

I am entering this card into this weeks Just add ink challenge which is to just add Summer - butterflies and flowers say Summer don't they? :)

Supplies used:

Stamps: Perfect punches, Butterfly prints

Ink: Chocolate chip, Real red

Cardstock: Chocolate chip, So saffron, Whisper white and Playdate DSP.

Accessories: Scallop edge border punch, Wide oval punch, Butterfly punch.

Happy stamping! Love, Claire

Butterflies from the heart

Hi girls!
Still alive here... sorry about the big pause in posts!
Here is a little card made with the beautiful and very handy Butterfly punch from the Summer mini (still available for purchase!) and the new Heard from the Heart stamp set from the Autumn Winter Mini catalogue. The colours are Tempting Turquoise and Real Red on Whisper white. I used the Butterfly prints set from the old mini catalogue (not available currently) but there is a set in the main Idea Book and Catalogue called Flight of the Butterfly which works well with the punch also.


Happy Stamping! Love, Claire

Half a one sheet wonder!

Hello everyone!
Have you ever created a one sheet wonder? Well this is a half sheet wonder! I have been inspired by Claire Daly's post on this clever technique to make some quick cards. You simply take half an A4 sheet of cardstock and stamp it randomly with your stamps of choice. Then chop up that piece of cardstock and use it on cards with other embellishments etc. This is what I came up with.

So I made 6 cards using the half A4 sheet so you could potentially make 12 cards using this method with a whole A4 sheet. It only took about 1.5 hours to make these six cards. If you would like to learn this method first hand then let me know as I would be happy to incorporate this into your workshop.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Whisper white, Tempting turquoise, Real red, Pumpkin pie, Old olive.

Ink: Whisper white craft, Tempting Turquoise, Real red, Pumpking pie and Old olive.

Stamps: Butterfly prints, Eastern Blooms, Lovely labels, Embrace life and God's blessings.

Accessories:Punches: scallop circle, butterfly, large oval and 1 3/8"circle. Ribbon: 1/4 " grosgrain in Old olive, Real red and Tempting turquoise. 5/8" grosgrain in Old olive . Playground designer buttons (More mustard)

Happy Stamping!

Love, Claire

Hand made flower

I have found a new favourite colour - So saffron. It's a beautiful buttery yellow - and I felt it was the perfect background for this flowery card.
This is an idea that I picked up from Stampin' Up!s monthly magazine we receive as demonstrators. I love the ideas they give to us and this is my version of it. To make the flower you simply punch some scallop circles out of stamped cardstock. You curl the scalloped edges up using a dowel (I used a large needle) then you simply stack the flowers and pop a Designer button in the centre. I used the delightful new Playground buttons here from the Summer mini. I'll list all my ingredients below.
If you are keen to get your hands on these inspiring monthly magazines as well as a great discount on Stampin' Up! products then contact me about signing up as a demonstrator! It's great fun and you can be anything from a hobby demonstrator buying supplies for yourself and supplying your friends right up to making a career out of it with brilliant incentives... so drop me a line. We have a promotion coming up where you can receive a free stamp set when you sign up - so it's a great time to do it.

Cardstock: So saffron, Very vanilla, Old olive (stem), Chocolate chip.

Ink: Versamark and Tempting turquoise

Accessories: Playground button, 1/4" old olive grosgrain ribbon, linen thread, chit chat rubons

Tools: Scallop circle punch, Scallop edge punch, Snail adhesive, Mini glue dots

Stamps: Butterfly prints

Happy Stamping!

Love, Claire