More Fruit and Flowers hyacinths!

Yesterday I showed you a technique I've come up with for stamping hyacinths using the little flower from the Fruit and Flowers stamp set. Well obviously I couldn't just make one card! Here's another one:

Not in a vase this time but au naturel! I used three shades of green to get a bit of depth to my grass, Marina Mist for a nice warm spring sky and Concord Crush for that fabulous blue/purple that hyacinths come in.

The tag is from the Two Tags Bigz die, and this is the top of it, threaded through with a little piece of Vanilla taffeta ribbon and finished with a linen thread bow. You can see the butterfly in this photo too, from the Beautiful Wings embosslits die. I chose him in Peach Parfait which makes a nice splash of colour against the green/blue/purple tones.

Here's a close up of the hyacinth panel, with its masked leaves and stamped grass and flowers. The sky is just roughly sponged in. I stuck the panel onto the Tag and then attached that to my textured card base using dimensionals.

The card is finished with this lovely curvy sentiment from the Happiest of Birthdays hostess set, which I use all the time as I love all the different birthday greetings in it. Hostess sets are available to buy with 'hostess pounds' and you earn those with orders of £150 or more, whether group or individual,  or if you join my Stampers 6 club you'll automatically be able to buy hostess sets!

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

Stamps: Fruit and Flowers, Happiest Birthday Wishes

Ink: Concord Crush, Marina Mist

Card stock: Confetti White, Very Vanilla smooth and textured, scrap of Peach Parfait

Other: Markers (I used Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Lucky Limeade), Two Tags Bigz die, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Big Shot, post it note, Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, linen thread, corner rounder, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you (except the post it note!) 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.

Yesterday I was permitted to go to Mumland! My youngest son has been involved in a dance competition as part of a team entered by his school and when they performed last week they won their category, which means they're through to the finals! I wasn't allowed to be there last week but the children repeated their performance in a school assembly yesterday and my husband and I were there in ringside seats! It was just brilliant and my hands are still sore from clapping! The children very obviously enjoyed every minute of their performance and I was proud of them all (but especially my son who is a total performer even when he's not on stage!)

It's Three Minute Thursday here tomorrow and I'll be back with a speedy set of cards. Hope to see you then!

Hugs,

FTL 166 - Button Buddies snowman tag card

I've missed so many of the sketches over at Clean and Simple Stamping because time has run away with me, but the latest sketch is a tag design and, since I'm currently having a bit of a tag moment, I've managed to whip a little something up! Come and see:

I really do apologise for the photos today - I was struggling with some very low light levels and all the photo-editing software at my disposal hasn't helped! - but I think you can get the general idea. I wanted the card to be clean and simple so I kept all the elements the same colour with just a flash of red in the sentiment, ribbon and snowman's embellishments. The tag is from my Two Tags Bigz die and I embossed it with one of the frames from the Designer Frames embossing folder. The large oval punch fits the inside of the frame perfectly so I was able to cut out this snowman image and fit him in there popped up on dimensionals.

Here's a closer view of the snowman - isn't he a cutie?! I made a mask by stamping him in early espresso on a scrap of paper and then punching out his head and body with 1/2" and 3/4" circle punches. Using a sponge dauber and some Whisper White craft ink, I daubed some 'snow' onto some Baja Breeze card stock, then held my mask over it and daubed more white ink inside. Using my stamp-a-majig, I stamped the snowman image over the top having first coloured the rubber with markers.

Supplies needed for this card:

Stamps: Button Buddies, Teeny Tiny Wishes

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

Card stock: Baja Breeze

Punches: Scallop border punch, 1/2" and 3/4" circle punches

Other: Two Tags Bigz die, Designer Frames embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these supplies for you and I can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I am committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to help and advise. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593. 

Today is a very, very special day. Sixteen years ago today, my gorgeous little baby daughter was born two weeks late, and my life changed for ever. I could never have predicted how utterly I would fall in love with my baby and what joy she would bring and, sixteen years later, she's become a young woman that I respect enormously and who remains one of my favourite people to be with.

We'll be celebrating tonight with take-away curry and home-made banoffi pie - her choices! - and naturally I've been beavering away on some little projects to celebrate her birthday! I'll show you those tomorrow if you fancy popping back. 

Hope to see you then,