Mother's Day -- Take two

Good morning everyone, I have now seen my mother-in-law for Mother's Day so I'm safe to post this card. She actually comes to my classes so she made the flip album and matching card last week but I decided to re-make it anyway in a different colour scheme:

For this card I used the Beau Chateau designer papers and Pretty in Pink cardstock for the base card and for the flowers. I used Soft Suede for the leaves and to stamp the greeting. The card was made in the same way as I described in my previous post here.
Now for the close up of the sentiment:

I used pearls instead of rhinestones for the flower centres as I thought it created a softer look. To be honest I think I prefer this more subtle colour scheme. Let me know what you think. x

Hello and Get Well Soon

Hi everyone, someone at work hasn't been very well lately so I made this Get Well card. I used Pink Pirouette for the base card and stamped the image from Elementary Elegance in Regal Rose ink:

I used Rose Red seambinding for the bow and the flower was made by punching a large circle out of Concorde Crush, cutting it into a spiral and then rolling it into a rose shape. There is a rhinestone in the middle, although it's a bit hard to see. The leaf is punched using the Bird Builder punch in Lucky Limeade. Here are a couple of close ups:

This card was based on a card made by Heather at Downstairs Designs. The original is here. Where's the Get Well bit, you may ask? Well, I stamped the Get Well sentiment on the inside but you'll have to take my word for it as I forgot to take a photo. Hope you like this card. x

More Owls

Good morning, I'm trying to be good and blog more regularly so here are the close ups of the owl bookmarks, that I promised you yesterday:

I took these quite late in the evening which is why the light is a bit funny. I put a plain owl on the back, so the paperclip is 'trapped' between the 2 layers:

Here's a photo of the green one:

Anyway, I'm sure you get the idea. These are great fun to make and use hardly any materials, so why not have a go.

I wasn't totally ready to put away my owl punch yet, so made this anniversary card:

I used Night of Navy card and cut a circle from Whisper White. I used my daubers to ink the circle with Daffodil Delight and More Mustard ink, to give it a yellow glow. The Owls are cut out of Basic Black card using the Owl Punch and the leaves are from the Bird Punch, again using black. The little hearts are on the Owl Punch.

A closer look:

The 'Happy Anniversary' sentiment is from one of the free hostess sets called 'Something to Celebrate'. I love this stamp set as it covers all sorts of occasions. Remember you could earn free hostess sets too by holding a workshop at your house or by joining the hostess 10 club.

Well, I'd better be off to work now. Have a good day. x

Another Daisy Card

I've not had much time to do any crafting this week, so I'm going to show you a card I made a while ago, using the Big Shot and my favourite die, the Daisy # 2 Bigz die.

This is a very similar card to the yellow and white daisy cards I posted a couple of weeks ago, but it actually looks completely different because of the different colours used.

Here it is:

I used basic black, melon mambo and daffodil delight cardstock. The leaves were punched in certain  celery card, using the 2 step bird punch. The greeting is from the free hostess level one stamp set Afterthoughts. This set contains some fantastic greetings but can only be earned by having a workshop at home or by joining my Hostess 10 club. Contact me for further details, if you would like to know more.

I covered the centre circle with Crystal Effects and then covered it in glitter. The greeting was stamped using Versamark ink and then covered with pink embossing powder and heat embossed. The ribbon was from my stash but matched nicely. Another view:

I hope you've enjoyed today's card and it's maybe inspired you to try the same products but in different colours. Hopefully I'll have more time to blog this week, so keep checking. x