Sympathy Card

One of the cards that we all dread having to make but the sentiment (PTI Stamp) on this made the card a little easier to put together.

It was made for my dear Uncle's Billie's wife Elaine, he lost his battle against cancer on Friday morning. We are taking comfort in the fact that he is now out of his pain.

Porcelain Bouquet

I love the clean look of this card, I used the Rubberstamp Tapestry Porcelain Bouquet stamp set, the inks used are Color Cubes Indigo and Lavender.

The cut out shapes were made using the Nestabilities Label Dies.

Again I ran around the shapes with an embossing tool after they had been cut to emboss the edges.

The ribbon was another story, I had no matching ribbon, so, I used white sheer ribbon and stained it with the indigo Color Cube Tra-dA a perfect match.

You can see in this picture that the center label shape is attached to the navy insert, you can also see that the vase has been cut out and attached with foam pads to give a 3d effect.

Free Backgrounds - Pretty in Pink

A couple of pretty papers for you to download

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Happy Independence Day

I hope you all have a wonderful Day

Golden Tree

Made using the Nestabilities Labels dies I love the way these nest together and also allow an embossed edge, once I've cut the shape I leave it in the die and just run around the edge with an embossing tool, much easier than searching for the tan mat.

the paper is a K&Co which I've had in my stash forever I used stickles diamond to bling the paper up and a Martha Stewart Border punch on the bottom of the paper.

The stamp I used is from the Father Knows Best stamp set from Papertrey Ink, heat embossed this with gold powder.

Handbag Tutorial

Materials

Pink Card handbag 10.5" x 6"

Insert box 7" x 6"

Hndbag strap 1" x 10.5"

White card Lid of handbag 4" x 6"

Flowers and ribbon to decorate

Lets get started

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Get scoring follow the arrows

Making up the insert box

The inside just nice to pop in a gift

Making the top of the bag pretty

Things are starting to take shape

Nearly there!

Last step

Flippin' Teenagers - Pop Punk

The perfect card for the modern teenage girl.

very Avril Lavigne and a skater girl look, from her striped socks to her fur hooded coat.

I used a Basic Grey scrapbook Paper to compliment the colours and a few velvet flowers.

The back of this one is fabulous the hood really pops out,

I also think that this one looks like most modern teenage girls.

An Elegant Handbag Card

An elegant handbag card, I started with a pink base card a few score lines later I had a basic handbag shape. I then cut out the largest of the QuicKutz Cookie cutter Nesting Label and adhered it to the front of the card.

I used the Flourish Stamp from the Silent Night set by Papertrey Ink I used it with pink ink onto the white flap of the handbag and with white embossing powder onto the pink base card.

I used one of those special buttons I found in the knitting shop slotted a ribbon through the back of it then tied a bow at the back.

If I get enough interest in the handbag I will do a tutorial.

Attention to detail the flowers were white, I painted on the colour using the same pink ink that I had used to stamp the flourish with.

An aerial shot of the handbag.