Everyday Enchantment 21st birthday

By now, I'm hoping that everyone who wants Sale-a-bration freebies has placed their orders but if you haven't, do hurry as the promotion will finish at the end of the week! I adore the Sale-a-bration designer papers, Everyday Enchantment, and have used all of mine except for a few snippets. I couldn't bear those to go to waste so I came up with a design which I thought would work well for the Make My Monday theme of New Life and Beginnings. I subsequently realised that although the card is about beginning life as an adult, it doesn't really tie in with the Spring theme at Make My Monday so I can't link it up. (Note to self: must read challenges more fully!) Anyway, come and see:

I ran my card base through the big shot with one of the Designer Frames embossing folders and then cut an aperture in it with the coordinating Extra Large Oval Punch. I suspended the key charm from a piece of embroidery floss, sandwiched it between the card front and a scrap of designer paper and sealed those in with a piece of Very Vanilla card stock to match the front.

Here's a close up of that beautifully detailed key charm. It's just one of a variety of charms available in the spring mini catalogue - have a look on pages 7 and 8, they're gorgeous! Items from this catalogue are only available until the end of April so if you love them, don't miss them!

I used the same design to come up with a card for some Christmas challenges as well: Rudolph Day over at my pal Sandra's blog (I'm afraid I'm rather late!) and 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown where the challenge is to use designer paper for embellishments.

I'm used the Sale-a-bration papers for this too - which just goes to show just how versatile they are! I thought the green paper looked like fairy lights on a Christmas tree and I stamped the ornament onto a scrap of one of the red floral papers from the set, cut it out and glued it on.

Here's what you'll need to make today's cards:

Stamps: Tree Trimmings, various sentiment stamps

Ink: Cherry Cobbler (for the ornament)

Card stock: Very Vanilla

Other: Everyday Enchantment DP (sale-a-bration freebie), Designer Frames embossing folders, Seam binding, markers, Trinket keys, corner rounder, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I'm committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to offer help and advice. To place your order, just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593.

As part of the Sale-a-bration promotion, here until 31st March, you can choose a free stamp set or set of papers with EVERY £45 you spend. Click here to see all the fabulous Sale-a-bration freebies.

Today is not the first time I've misread something. I remember once being on holiday in the south of France and being rather badly bitten by mosquitos; after a cursory glance at the French/English dictionary I sailed into a chemist and explained in French to an astonished pharmacist that I had been attacked by musketeers!

I shall be back tomorrow with a fast card for Three Minute Thursday - do pop back if you have a minute.

Hugs,

Three Minute Thursday - Tree Trimmings Christmas card

Good morning! Welcome to Three Minute Thursday, my weekly offering for crafters who are a little pushed for time - or who are just impatient like me! Today, as promised, I've got a Christmas card for you. Come and have a look:

These baubles come from a lovely Christmas stamp set called Tree Trimmings. There are three decorations to choose from - and they're all as gorgeous as each other! I stamped them here in Poppy Parade ink and decorated them with Stampin' Up's ultra-shiny self-adhesive rhinestones.

Now Poppy Parade may not be your first choice of red to use for Christmas projects but if you're stamping on kraft card stock, I'd highly recommend it. Some red inks go a bit muddy looking on kraft and while Poppy Parade does darken down a little, it really does keep its wonderful intensity of colour.

I used the sentiment from Contempo Christmas - which has to be my favourite 'merry Christmas' sentiment of all time! You can also see in this photo that the edge of the card stock has been sponged with Whisper White craft ink - a technique I use often with this card stock. This quick card is easy to make and easy to post card but the effect relies on accurate positioning so I'd say a stamp-a-majig is pretty much essential for making it.

Supplies needed for today's quick card:

Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Contempo Christmas (sentiment)

Ink: Early Espresso, Poppy Parade, Whisper White craft ink

Card stock: Crumb Cake

Other: Basic rhinestones, stamp-a-majig

You can buy any of these supplies from me and I can have them delivered to your address in the UK. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593. Click here to view the Last Chance List - full of stamps and accessories, some at up to 40% off! These items are available only while stocks last - and some have sold out already!

Things are getting quite autumnal around here so I've bought my youngest son a dressing gown. It's red and fluffy and he loves it. In fact he loves it so much that he wears it a lot. Quite a lot more than I had imagined. In fact I may have to buy him another one to wear when this one is in the wash! Oh well, who needs trousers anyway!

I hope you enjoyed today's quick card. I do love a nippy little card but tomorrow I'll be showing you something that took quite a lot longer than three minutes!  Do you remember that sneaky peek I gave you yesterday? I can't wait to show you - do come back tomorrow and see!

See you then,