WooHoo, 2 days running.

Yesterday was my daughter's 17th birthday, I dont think she reads my blog but thought I had better wait until today to post a piccie of her card....

The Patterned Paper is Basic Grey, the image is from The Greetings Farm, the button and leaves are Papertrey Ink and the flower is from my stash, you would not believe the amount of flowers I have.... the swirl is a punch that I got at the Ally Pally....

And the inside is made to match, but this time the edging punch is a Fiskars Border punch.... I also stitched loads on this card.... thought I would give my sewing machine an airing... ha ha

Have a great evening all, I will be looking after my grandson for a few days from Sunday night so wont be making much, but I do still have some cards and will be able to get on my computer so the postings should continue.... xx

Valentines Card...

I thought I had posted this card, but could not find where I had, so apologies if I have posted it before but thought it was topical.... I made these for a swap when I went for some Stampin' Up! Training with my upline last month... I will have to show you the cards I got in return once I have photographed them.

For this card I used Pretty in Pink Cardstock and stamped the hearts from the Love You Much Stamp Set all over the cardstock in Pretty in Pink Ink. I stamped and embossed the other images in Gold on Bravo Burgundy Cardstock and cut out the hearts using the Heart Punch. I used the Lace Border Punch to punch some white edging and stuck it all together. The ribbon is also Bravo Burgundy... everyone seemed to like them so I was pretty pleased with my offering.

Off to training again tomorrow and I have made 35 swaps, but cannot show you yet in case someone who is going comes and peeks on my blog.

Have a great weekend everyone, keep safe.

Linda xx

18th Birthday

My son celebrated his 18th Birthday on 28th December...... we all went out for a meal the day before and surprised him by having his other siblings and their partners ready and waiting at the restaurant. Not being very organised I had to put together this card quickly before Church on the Sunday morning, I thought about buying one but cannot quite manage to actually buy a card when I am perfectly able to make them (Plus I have tons of stuff to use up.... lol).

Have used Bashful Blue and Night of Navy Cardstock, plus the Old Olive Patterned Paper edged with the Border Punch at the top and the bottom. The circles are stamped with the Circle Circus Stamp Set in Whisper White ink and the stars are cut out using the Star Punch and Bashful Blue Cardstock. The Sentiment was stamped using the Happy Everything Stamp Set. All these items are available from Stampin' Up!

Now the inside was a bit of a joke, he is a trainee butcher and always telling us about the meat he cuts up and he seems to cut up a lot of lamb, so what better to put inside his card than a little lamb.... lol. Inside was created using Whisper White, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy Cardstock. The sheep was made using Stampin' Up! punches, Scallop Circle, Oval, Five Petal Flower (for ears) and Word Window Punch for legs.

There is a Cup Challenge on ILWS tonight, check out my right hand side bar and scroll down for a link to In Love With Stamping, be there at 5pm to register for an evening of fun and crafting.

Take Care all xx