Summer has arrived and while I'm really enjoying the hot sunny weather, sometimes it's a little too hot. When that happens I head to my craft studio for some cool relaxation. I'm still working my way through my new Stampin' Up! products and today my focus was on the Wreath Builder Dies. Just to keep things interesting I decided to use them to create a pretty gift tag. SUMMER FLOWERS I began my project by die-cutting a whole pile of pieces. From Granny Apple Green Card I cut the ... VIEW POST
Summer Days, Lazy Days
My 9 year old granddaughter Alyssa is an avid reader, like her mum and grandma. So it stands to reason that I send her bookmarks that I've made. Recently she very sadly admitted that one of them had been damaged and I promised to make a her a new one. I had the perfect image in mind, a child reading under a tree. It would be my first project using the new Summer Days (Host) Stamp Set. SUMMER DAYS Isn't that a sweet image, and all using just one stamp. I began by cutting a 2" x ... VIEW POST
Sunflower Love And New Ribbon
After being obsessed with the new Forever Fern Stamp Set over the past week, I've successfully moved on. Sort of... For my final sneak peek I wanted to show you a project featuring some of the new In Color ribbon. I succeeded, but in the process went back to my other recent obsession, the sunflower. SIMPLE START With the sunflower theme in my head I chose warm colours for my bookmark. I started by cutting a 2" x 5-1/2" piece of Thick Very Vanilla Card for the bookmark base. Then I ... VIEW POST
Summer Scene In The Middle Of Winter
The snow flurries continued to fly yesterday and I decided to spend the day indoors. I still have a number of new stamp sets to try out so it wasn't as if I needed any persuading. For today's Simple Sunday project I wanted to get away, to a warmer, sunnier place. So I pulled out the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set and set to work creating a quick summer scene. FIRST THINGS FIRST Before I could begin stamping I first needed to prepare my bookmark base from Thick Very Vanilla Card. So I ... VIEW POST
Summer Scenes Are In The Past
Well yesterday was eventful with horrendous wind and rain, and we weren't the only ones who lost power for a while. By the end of the day the few remaining leaves on our maple trees had gone and the landscape is looking much sadder. But instead of brooding I'll look back at a summer scene on a project I made for World Card Making Day. I'm not quite ready to surrender to the damp and cold just yet. BRAYERED SUMMER SCENE This project began with the simple brayered summer scene. First ... VIEW POST
