Dandelion Wishes - A Note For You

Dandelion Wishes - A Note For You

Inspire Create Challenge #040 

This week for the Inspire Create Challenge we have a colour theme of Black and White. 

I wanted a clean and simple card and I thought the Dandelion Wishes stamp set would be perfect for it.  I stamped it in Black to begin with but I felt there was something missing. I decided to stamp and emboss in Silver to compliment the monochrome without adding extra colour.

I added the "a note for you" from the Eastern palace stamp set in Black.  I wanted to see how the curve in the stamp would look like under the dandelion head. I love it! And I love the font in this stamp set too.

Just a simple card but very pretty, I added some of the black satin Ribbon to finish it off and tied a knot . I stamped dandelions inside the card and on the envelope too.

I hope you like it. You can see what the rest of the talented Design Team came up with for this challenge over at the Inspire Create Challenge #40 here. You can see all the entries and play along too. We'd love to have you!

Here are all the products I used for my card with clickable links to my online shop.

The new Spring Summer catalogue is in full swing and is full of beautiful, fresh, spring colours and is stuffed full of everything you need for your papercrafting.  Do let me know if you would like a copy wont you!

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a small gift from me.

Hostess Code This Month 

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I also send a little hand made gift and card to all my customers . I really appreciate all my customers because without them I wouldn't be here.

Drop me an e mail or a message if you would like me to send you your own - theres nothing like browsing a paper copy 💕

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon, 

Kate x 

You Lift Me Up Easel Card. Kylie's International Blog Highlights

You Lift Me Up Easel Card

Kylie's International Blog Highlights

Thanks for coming to my blog today. I am so happy to be taking part in Kylie Bertucci's blog highlights. This is a monthly card challenge and you get to choose the winners! There are lots of amazingly creative people from around the world taking part.  The top ten winners will get to be part of an International Blog Hop,  so please vote for me. You can vote for me here.

The theme we have is encouragement, thankfulness and gratitude so I pulled out a stamp/die bundle that I thought would be perfect for this. It's called Lift Me Up. 

It's full of hot air balloon stamps, clouds and great sentiments with a set a coordinating dies called Up And Away, including this fab detailed large hot air balloon die

I wanted to make an easel card and having it looking like the balloon was rising up and away from the clouds - to fit the sentiment I chose - "Thanks For Lifting Me Up"

The balloons are cut using the Grapefruit Grove Foiled Papers - free from Saleabration. Can you see the rainbow of colour when the light shines on it? I was going for a kind of sunset feel. I've used the dies that allow you to cut out sections to fit the back of the balloon in vellum to echo the fabric of a real hot air ballon.

I die cut the clouds in Balmy Blue and Whisper White to match the card and raised them up on Dimensionals to support the Easel part of the card.

Inside the card I have used the "Thanks" sentiment in Balmy Blue ink.

I know exactly who I'm going to send this card to! I love how it turned out, I hope you do

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Please take a second to vote for me in this challenge. I would love to be part of the top ten winners International Blog Hop. You can have a look at all the entries, get lots of inspiration and  vote for me here. So grab a cuppa and enjoy.

Here are the products I used for this card with clickable links to my online shop

Browse all the free items from Saleabration here.

The new Spring Summer catalogue and the Saleabration brochure is in full swing with new items that were added on March 1st, including some from the Annual catalogue!.  It's full of beautiful, fresh, spring colours and is stuffed full of everything you need for your papercrafting.  Do let me know if you would like a copy wont you!

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a small gift from me.

Hostess Code This Month 

TXHSSNYP

I also send a little hand made gift and card to all my customers . I really appreciate all my customers because without them I wouldn't be here.

Drop me an e mail or a message if you would like me to send you your own - theres nothing like browsing a paper copy 💕

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon, 

Kate x 

Congratulations Card. Inspire Create Stamping Challenge #024

Inspire Create Stamping Challenge #024 Floral theme

Congratulations !

You Are Amazing!

This time in the Inspire Create Stamping Challenge we have a Floral Theme

We have so many beautiful flower stamps,  however I was looking for something really subtle and delicate.  I decided to pull out the Jar of  Love stamps and dies and use the leaves in the stamps and dies for this congratulations card.

I have used Very Vanilla card stock for my card for the layer and the Oval which is cut out using the Stitched Shape Dies. The card base is in Old Olive. I first stamped the fern stamps in Pear Pizzazz ink. I then stamped the leaves in Old Olive ink and cut them out using the matching die. I have then cut some more of the same leaves using Pear Pizzazz card. 

 I have layered the leaves in an oval shape, deciding where I want them and adhering them with Tombow before adding the stitched Oval on top with some Dimensional foam pads. The 'amazing " die cut is cut out using the Celebrate You Thinlits. I have added some gold metallic thread to the back of the celebrate before adhering to the front for some added texture and interest and also added a little Pear Pizzazz Shimmer Ribbon along the top of the card.

I have cut the Celebrate out also and added it to the inside of the card, along with some more stamping of those pretty ferns in Old Olive ink.

I really love how the card turned out, the Very Vanilla and the different greens in their subtle shades.

Hop over to the Inspire Create Stamping Challenges here to see what the rest of the talented Design Team members have come up with for this challenge and see all the other entries too. Do play along. We would love to have you and its so easy to add your link. It's lots of fun!

Here are all the products I have used to make the cards with clickable links to my online shop.

You can shop with me here  or click the link at the top. 



If you shop online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a small gift from me.

Hostess Code This Month - 

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 I also send a little hand made gift and card to all my customers . I really appreciate all my customers because without them I wouldn't be here.

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon, 

Kate x