My First Video Tutorial...

Welcome to my first Video Tutorial. I thought I would start with something quite easy but very effective.... a Valentines Card as it is topical at the moment. These only take a few minutes to make and hopefully the video is self explanatory. Excuse my voice I am always being told I sound like a little girl and sometimes when a person rings my house they think I am my daughters... doh

I also want to enter this card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge which is to make a predominantly pink card.

I wont give you the recipe for these cards as if you watch the video, the items used will flash up on the screen. I hope you like it and if you have any comments on how I can improve it then please leave me a comment.

I will also be making a tutorial later to show you how I made my giraffe card that I made for swaps at our training day last Saturday... so keep checking back.

Have a great day all... xx

Papertake Challenge

Well I am doing well so far, have managed a challenge for Monday and now another for Tuesday. Today I have made a card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge and it is a sketch challenge... and here is the sketch....

You can find the challenge here. And here is my card, another for my order of 12 as I really need to get them finished and have only managed 2 so far, will definately have to get a move on, but it just seems to take so long for me to make cards, I am definately not one of you who can put a card together in 30 minutes.... lol

I have used Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Patterned Paper and Papertrey Aqua Mist Cardstock. The image is Stampin' Up! A Flower For All Seasons and the ribbon is also Stampin' Up! grosgrain in Chocolate Chip. The sentiment is Verve Stamps and the pearls are from my stash, I bought loads of pearls when I went to the Ally Pally last month. And as always the inside has been decorated to match...

The centre of the flower was stamped using Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip Ink and using the new Circle Circus stamps. The scallop punch is Martha Stewart and the shape is a Nestabilities die. Hope you like it, have a great day all xx

On a Roll Today.....

Well I have made another card, the creativity is flowing today. My 8 year old is going to a birthday party tomorrow so thought I had better make a card, I am trying to be more organised so dont want to make a last minute one at the last minute. It is for a little girl and I thought I would take part in another challenge so would kill two birds with one stone and combine the card and challenge. Well I cheated slightly as I already had the image coloured in, but thought it was quite an appropriate image, it is a Sugar Nellie Stamp and I think they are so cute. I used one of these designs on my daughters card back in August. Anyway, here is what you have been waiting for...

I used Basic Grey Papers and Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery and Rose Red Stampin Up Cardstock, along with the SU punches. I also used Stampin Up Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and Tempting Turquoise Brad. The Stamp Set I used for the sentiment is again SU Circle of Friendship. I used a strip Cuttlebug Folder for the embossing on the left hand side of the card and sanded it slightly to bring out the white core and make it stand out more, and I lightly inked the edges of the paper in white. The border edge punch is Martha Stewart and flowers and gems are from my stash. And true to form, I have also decorated the inside to match...


Luckily my 8 year old is quite a neat writer so there should be enough room on the white cardstock to write his message. By the way, the Challenge I made this card for is the Papertake Weekly Challenge. I hope my card meets the criteria as I made it on a rectangle card and not a square one, but one of their DT made a cover for a rectangle notepad, so I guess it will be okay.

Have a great weekend everyone xx