Wedding Acceptance

Hi everyone,

 I wouldn't want you to think I'll be posting everyday but seeing how's it's the weekend and I have some time on my hands, I thought I should post something while I can.

We have been invited to a wedding in June - actually my husband is going to be the best man, so they definitely know we will be there, but I couldn't pass up the chance to make an acceptance card. I actually made 2 so I could put one on my samples board, and send one. I know the bridesmaid will be in a burgundy type colour, so the card I sent was made in Cherry Cobbler.

This version was made in Rich Razzleberry. I didn't have a stamp that said 'Acceptance', so I printed it on my computer. This was the result:

I used the stamp set Baroque Motifs which is extremely versatile. I stamped the swirl in Crumb Cake ink on Whisper White, and the small flower, using Rich Razzleberry ink. I used the Four Frames set and Decorative Label punch to create the Acceptance label.

The card was finished with some lush Razzleberry satin ribbon and a brad from the Hodgepodge Hardware set. This set may seem expense but it contains 100 lovely metal frames and brads, not counting the 100 small silver brads, and it lasts for a very, very long time.

I'm not sure why the brad has a pink tint to it. You can get this effect by covering it in ink and then wiping the ink away, which just leaves the colour in the indentations. I don't remember doing that for this card, but then there are quite a few things I don't remember....

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed today's card. Check back again soon. Sandrina x

Happy Mother's Day

Well, although my 15 yr old son promised me a cup of tea in bed, I got up before him - no surprise there.... He did give me a lovely card though and the Vintage Vogue stamp set, so it's not all bad. I also had a lovely top from my daughter and a very appropriate card from my other son (who is skint).

I made this card for my mother-in-law:

I couldn't show you this card before today, in case she read my blog. I actually saw this card on the very talented Gilly's blog. The original is here and mine is almost a straight copy.

Here's another view:

I used Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink and Crumb cake cardstock, Pretty in Pink and Crumb cake ink and the Butterfly punch. I also used a flower from the Boho Blossoms punch on the butterfly and the circle is the circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes punch set. I used a card blank, background stamp and ribbon which I already had.

My mum lives in Holland and they don't have Mother's Day until mid May, so I have plenty of time to make her a card. She doesn't know about my blog yet and I may have to keep it quiet for a bit longer, in case I decide to make this card again.

I was feeling creative yesterday so decided to wrap my mother-in-law's present in hand decorated paper. The wrapping paper is from Ikea, and I stamped it with Baroque Motifs. I punched some flowers using the Boho Blossoms punch and stuck them on, after wetting and shaping them. The label is from the Four Frames stamp set, punched using the Decorative Label punch.

This is what it looked like when I was finished:

I've had a great day. Hope you had a good time too. x

Candle and Card set

Apologies for not having posted anything for a while. I've just been really busy and have had etiher no time to craft or I've just been too tired - hard to believe, I know.


Anyway, I work for the local council and lots of people are leaving at the moment because of the spending cuts. This means a lot of my friends are leaving and the only good thing about this, is that I have an excuse to make lots of cards and gifts.


I've made this candle and card set a few times (before I had a blog), so thought I would show you this. Most items are from Stampin' Up!, but not the main butterfly image.


Here is the card, matching envelope and candle. This picture has a horrible blue tint to it, that I couldn't seem to correct:

 Here's a close up of the card and then  the candle.

And the last picture, showing the inside. I love stamping the inside of cards, and I used the same  butterfly image again.



I used rose red, pretty in pink and white whisper cardstock; rose red and pretty in pink ink; baroque motifs stamp set and basic pearls to decorate. The butterfly stamp was one from a set I bought in America. The 3D butterfly was stamped on vellum and heat embossed using irridescent embossing powder. I cut down some pearl dressmaking pins, with pliers, to fasten them to the candle.

Sadly I'll be making lots of leaving cards this week so should have more to show you soon.x