Birthday Girls ......

I have been busy with cards for Philip's friends at nursery agian, as today he is at another Birthday party!!!
It is time for twins Lucy and Emily to celebrate their 4th Birthday, they are such sweet little girls!!

I have made both cards using Pumpkin Pie and Pink Passion card and ink, such vibrant colours, but I think they work so well together!!  I have stamped their names with the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, and I have used the All in the Family set for the little girls along with the matching accessory set for the balloons and presents. The ballons have been coated with a thin layer of Crystal Effects and covered with the gorgeous Dazzling Diamonds glitter.   I have just added a tab of wide stripped grosgrain ribbon in Pumpkin Pie to finish them off.

 I love all the ribbons that Stampin' Up! sell but in particular the wide 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. It's the perfect ribbon for so many occassions and it's unbelievable soft which makes it fabulous for tying gorgeous puffy bows really easily.  Many of my customers love this ribbon so I've been offering sampler packs in all 4 of the colours - pumpkin pie, old olive, basic black and chocolate chip.

You can buy a mixed pack of these beautiful ribbons from me for just £4.75 including postage and packing.  You will receive 1 meter of each colour in the pack,  e-mail me to buy your ribbon pack before they are all gone!!

This week at Sweet Stampin' the challenge is "Get Personal", so I am entering my cards as they are perfect with the girls names on them!!

                                

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 32 ......

It is time for a new challenge at Truly Scrumptious, this week Sharon has given us a fabulous sketch to use, with the added extra option of making a circular card.  There are some amazing cards from the Design Team, you can see them all here.

This week I have not used the optional extra, as I only had my circular nesties, and I didn't feel that they would make a large enough card, so I have stuck with a square base.

I have used the Medallion background stamp from Stampin' Up! on my card base, using Close to Cocoa and chocolate Chip ink to ink around the card base. Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa have been used for the circles, the sentiment is from the versatile Circle of Friends stamp set.  I have coloured the image and cut it out, using foam pads to give it some extra diamension.

There is another fantastic prize on offer for the lucky winner drawn by random org, so why not join us for the new challenge at Truly Scrumptious this week.

                                    

Your Next Stamp Challenge 16 ......

Today is the new challenge at Your Next Stamp, this week it is starlet Maureen's challenge and she would like you to "cut it out and pop it up".  There are some beautiful cards from the Starlets over at  Your Next Stamp challenge blog, so why not pop over and take a look!!

I have coloured Ellie with Presents, stamping extra presents  and cutting them out and layering them with foam pads. I have also used foam pads to pop the scallop circles up too. I did add some sparkle to my card, but unfortunately the camera didn't pick it up?!  The sentiment is from the Circle of friends stamp set available from Stampin' Up!.

I hope you can join us at Your Next Stamp challenge blog.

                                        

Tiny Tags .......

This is my second post toady, as I managed to get this card made this morning along with finishing my cards for tomorrow!!!

I have made a Wedding card, with some of the gorgeous new products from Stampin' Up! This time of year it is handy to have a couple of Wedding cards ready, this is the first one, I have another card to finish, so I will show you that later in the week.  I have used the beautiful Melon Mambo card, with the So Swirly wheel, these are perfect for making quick backgrounds, layerd on to Basic Black card I have stamped some of the brilliant Tiny Tags and punched them out with the matching punch, the ribbon is the new Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon in Melon Mambo.

If you want to get your hands on some of these gorgeous new products, you can read more about it here!!

I an entering this card into the following challenges,

Charisma Cardz - All about weddings,

C.R.A.F.T. - Wedding

One Stop Craft Challenge - Wedding Wishes

Don't forget to  pop by tomorrow, I have my Design Team cards ready for Your Next Stamp and Truly Scrumptious.

    

                                                    

Cheeky Monkey's .......

I have decided to try and get a few children's cards made up in advance, as I never seem to have anything ready when I want a card in a hurry!! Philip has so many party invites, my weekends are taken up going to the parties. This weekend Philip is going to a soft play party for twins, so look out for their cards later in the week!!

I have stamped the monkey from the  Fox and Friends stamp set, I just love this set, I have found its perfect for children's and baby cards.  The last box of cards I took for the neo-natal unit had some of these cute animals on too!!!  I have used the two step bird punch to make the branches for the monkey's to hang from, the sentiment is from Whimsical Words, sadly no longer available, stamped  in Chocolate Chip ink.

Must dash, I have still got to finish my cards for tomorrow!!!