The Prom Dress

I love this dress stamp by Inkadinkado it got me thinking of proms I can see this dress hanging in my daughter wardrobe in pure raw red silk.

Stamp inkadinkado, border punch Martha Stewart, back ground Stamps Stampin Up, red and gold card and a bit of love to put it all together.

Attention to detail...

Gold trim from haberdashery shop to edge the card.

French Script back ground stamp by Stampin Up heat embossed with gold detail powder.

Can you remember this?

this was Natalie my daughter on the Eve of her Prom.

Mother to be 2

With this wonderful Mother to Be 2 image by Mo Manning I tried to be a little more daring and coloured the image with black skin tones with the Promarkers, this was a first for me and i have to say that I am quite pleased with the results, the pretty papers were in a set I bought from QVC , buttons bows and blossom and a oval pin to make the card and a bit of love to put it together.

Attention to detail...

the ribbon is tied into a pretty bow then the blossom stem was wrapped around the centre of the bow to keep it in place, finally the oval pearl pin secures the bow to the card by pinning it through the ribbon and down the back of the background paper.

Studio Sketches

I don't know what is is about these sketches but I just think that they ooze Tuscany, they are one of the hostess gift sets from Stampin Up mini catalogue and as soon as I saw then I new that I had to have the stamp set.

Attention to detail...

I stamped the focal image onto kraft card and coloured it with Promarkers then distressed the edges of the card to give it a rustic look.

A Little Birdie Told me...

For this card I used cream and pink card, Bella Toile background stamp and pale plum ink pad and the 2 in 1 bird punch (all from Stampin Up) Martha Stewart Border punch (Doily Lace) die - cut flowers, Nestabilities Label dies cream ribbon and flowers from Wild orchid Crafts.

Lastly a bit of love to put it all together

Attention to detail...

Using the same background stamp Bella Toile from Stampin Up and the same pale plum ink pad I stamped both the cream and the pink card so that the theme was carried throughout the card.

I used the Martha Stewart (doily Lace) border punch on the pink card and finished by tying a cream ribbon on top.

I used the same background stamp on the wing of the bird and a little gem to dot the eye.

Blue Eyed Boy - Jack 23rd April

Jack is tiring himself out with all the crawling he is doing, he tends to give in to sleep much better now and just falls asleep on the floor, so we just cover him over to keep the drafts off him and to be honest with you he is so lively when he is awake you wouldn't dare let him sleep on the sofa in case he rolls off.

So onto the blue eyed boy picture.

Mmmmm he just melts his Grans heart...

Card and Blog Candy Winner

The winner of the Bird bath card from yesterday is...

Regina said...
Jak!!!! I´m very sure your mom will love your card and will ask the stamp just for doing some more cards!!!! My mom also did this. :)))) Your card is so gorgeous and your coloring is absolutely amazing.
Have a wonderful week end.
Hugs
Regina
24 April 2010 06:03

The Winner of the Promarker Blog Candy is...

Ronnie said...
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I am also a follower.

You have an awesome blog!

Congratulations to both ladies, if you could both contact me with your details I will forward your prizes to you.

Lastly I would like to sincerely thank everyone that took part in this, all of you comments were awesome and meant so much to me.

Thanks again.

Promarker Blog Candy - ends 24th April

I have some wonderful candy to give away to 1 lucky winner.
The prize is 2 sets of the promarkers and a handy wallet to keep them organised.
Click here for details

Spring has Sprung Bird Bath

The winner of yesterday clean Teal card is...
Paula said...
I really am having an educational tour - this is absolutely stunning, so elegant & classy. I'm coming back for more.
Paula (PEP)
23 April 2010 23:04
Congratulations Paula, if you send me an email with your details on, I will pop the card in the post for you.

There is a little story behind today's card, when I first started to make cards many many years ago both myself and my Mam fell in love with this stamp it is by PSX and called Bird Bath, I decided not long after buying the stamp that I was giving up crafting as my girls were toddling and I had nowhere safe to keep my craft stash out of little girls reach.

I actually sold all of my stash (scary) then maybe a year later I was missing crafting so much that I started again but of course I no longer had this stamp.

Today my Mam came visiting and brought with her a bag of stamps which she no longer used and this little beauty was in the bag, I know that my Mam often visits my blog so I have a feeling that she may want this stamp back ha ha (too late Mam it's mine now).

I coloured the stamp image with Promarkers then used the Nestabilities Ovals to cut it out and also some scallop ovals in aqua and lemon. I used the Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls folder to emboss the aqua background card and added a matching striped paper to the left side of this. lots of matting and layering, some pearls and ribbon and a bit of love to put it together.

If you would like to win this card please leave me a comment and I will do a draw for it.