Blue Sapphire wedding anniversary

 Wow imagine celebrating 65years of marriage well my mums friends just did... And here is the card i made

I've used my hearts a flutter stamp set and Framelits, my new thinlits again I love these not seen them yet check out the new autumn and winter cattie... 

Colour combo - very vanilla, night of navy and marina mist...

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Thanks for  coming by today...

Golden Wedding

This is a card i made recently for a friend of my mums who were celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary, Ive used the new Stampin up Metalic Encore Gold stamp pad which releases on the 29th August in the New Autumn and Winter Cattie....

Heres the card....

Ive used my Hearts a Flutter Stamp set with Framelits... heres a closer look...

Ive used Baked Brown Sugar Ruffle stretch trim, a very vintage button with linen thread... the buttons are £5.50 for 24 buttons, Linen Thread is only £3.95 for 13.7mtrs, the ruffle trim is £8.25 for 9.10mtrs..

Card Receipe:

Stamps - Hearts a Flutter, Memorable Moments 

Card Stock - Brushed Gold, Naturals Ivory and Very Vanilla

Ink - Encore Metalic Gold (coming soon) 

Framelits - Hearts a Flutter

Embellishments - Very Vintage buttons, Linen Thread and Baked Brown sugar Ruffle Trim, basic rhinestones.

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Hearts a flutter Engagement

Yey its Friday.... This week has gone pretty quick for me as ive been busy with my day job, but I've been making time for some relaxing and crafting of an evening.... Heres what I made last night, an Engagement card for my sons teacher...

I do like making pretty cards.... And hearts a flutter stamp set is totally pretty - girlie and all about love which was perfect for this card.... 

I just LOVE the new in colour ruffled ribbon and boutique detail embellishments... Available in all 5 in colours isn't it pretty - i need to play with this more...

I've used a colour combo of strawberry slush with pistachio pudding... Isn't it fab??!! 

My sentiment is stamped from the Occasions Alphabet stamp set, and then cut out with a Framelit from the hearts a flutter Framelit set...

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Racing themed party invites

 

Well here i am again 3 times in one week hey!!!

Today im sharing with you the invites i made recently for my sons up and coming birthday party – can you guess the theme??? the party is fast approaching now and i need to get my bum in to gear and make table decorations, party bags etc… i’ll share pics with you soon of what else ive made and pics of the party…

heres the invites tho….

The invite details i just printed off on my PC using a word document – i set the page up to print 4 layouts a page – saving paper :)

Here is my son in action – last weekend

What Ive used:

Stamps – Thats The Ticket, Hearts a Flutter, Oh Hello and memorable moments

Ink – Basic Black and Real Red

Card Stock – Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White

Punches – 1” Square / Ticket Duo / Hearts a Flutter Framelits

If you have any questions regarding todays post please do email laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk or give me a call on 01842 828643 im always happy to help.... and love to hear from my customers.

If you would like to purchase any Stampin' Up! products you may order them through myself via email, my online shop or over the phone, i pride myself on fast, excellent service. Delivery is available to any uk address for only £4.95 how ever BIG your order may be..

Spring & Summer Seasonal Catties ends on 30th June 2013 only 4 days to go…

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Thank you for coming bye today...  

Hearts a Flutter meets Christmas

So Yesterday i was lucky enough to stay in my pj's all day and craft... every crafters dream hey, my son did the same we had a very relaxed and crafty day... heres one of the cards i made.. to play along at Colour Q

Challenge 177: stunning yummy colours - and to me they cried out christmas

http://colourq.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/colourq-challenge-177.html

Heres my card:

Made using a set fom the Spring & Summer seasonal Catalogue - Hearts a Flutter - so its not just for Valentines or Mothers Day... It can be used for Christmas too..

Heres a closer look:

I'm really loving the colour combo... 

I've sponged my edges with white craft ink... I've hardly set that ink pad down lately.. 

Here's what I used to make this card:

Stamps - Hearts a Flutter, Heart of Christmas (currently retired)

Card stock- White, Pool Party, Crumb cake

Ink- white craft, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Always Artichoke.

Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies, and essentials paper piercing Mat (FREE during sale a Bration)

Basics rhinestones 

This stamp set is great birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, Mother's Day, valentines day and CHRISTMAS, that's why I love Stampin Up sooooo much.. Have you fallen in love too?? call me today to order the supplies you need and have them delivered to your door...

Interested in anything i have made or used today?? please dont hesitate to contact me i would love to help you, I pride myself on excellent and fast customer service, Orders can be delivered to any UK address  - call me on 01842 828643 or email on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk 

Sale-a-Bration is still going strong dont miss out on earning FREE goodies for every £45 order, and even more FREEBIES when you host a party... call or email me for all the details or questions. Sale-a-Bration ends on friday 22nd March 2013.

Enjoy your weekend and I'll be back Monday 

Thank you for coming by today, Laura xx

DT call

Morning crafters….
This card i had to keep under wraps… you guessed it im sure… it was for my man, but not just for him… shhhh i didnt tell him this bit!! i also had in my mind when designing this card i would enter it in for the DT call over at make my monday.

Take a look at the card im entering:

They said make something spectacular, and of course my mans card had to be just that..
heres a closer look:


I stamped my back ground with 2 stamps, one from the Hearts a Flutter set and one from Confetti stamp set..
Ive dry embossed the read red horizontal strip with my su hearts embossing folder.. the card is then finished with several elements stamped and then punched or die cut out. I couldnt resist finishing the card off with some sparkly gems… to say the least he loved his card..
Of course i couldnt resist including a Talking Tag… with a personal voice greeting just for him..

heres what else i used:
Real Red and pool party ink and card stock, very vanilla card stock. stamp sets- confetti, Hearts a Flutter, Occasions Alphabet, Cioa’ Baby! and  Thats the ticket, Hearts a flutter sizzlits, Ticket duo punch, 7/8” scalloped circle punch. Talking Tags

Interested in anything i have made or used today?? please dont hesitate to contact me i would love to help you, I pride myself on excellent and fast customer service - call me on 01842 828643 or email on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk Sale-a-Bration is still going strong dont miss out on earning FREE goodies for every £45 order, and even more FREEBIES when you host a party... call or email me for all the details or questions.

Wish me luck with my entry into the DT call… I'll keep you posted to how i get on

Thank you for coming by today, Laura xx

Love Doilies and Hearts

Hi Crafters and thank you for coming bye today... 

Today im showing you a card i made using a new technique i came across online... I cant remember where i saw it or if the technique has a name!!! silly me hey!!??

Heres the Card:

The Background uses the technique i came across.... Ive stamped my background using the SU 'En Francais' stamp all over - ive used Raspberry Ripple ink.... I then stamped hearts using my Versa mark ink pad, the stamps i used are from the lovely 'Hearts a Flutter' set from the new spring and summer mini... i then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and my heat tool... I then brayered all over my background again using the Raspberry Ripple ink... once i was happy with my coverage i then buffed up my embossed areas with kitchen roll... this is the first time ive used this technique but i like the effect it gives of revealing the pattern / script through the embossed areas only ..

Ive added a Doilie - cut from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlits to place my hearts on... I do love these Doilies and have a lovely card to show you wednesday using them again...

To finish off my card i added hearts from the Hearts a flutter set, with hearts punched from the silver glimmer card, Crochet Trim, a flower cut from the SU flower trim, My Ticket sentiment is stamped from the 'Thats the Ticket' stamp set, again from the Spring and Summer Seasonal Catalogue..

Heres what i used for my card

Very Vanilla and Raspberry Ripple ink and card stock, Delicate Doilies Sizzlits L*, Hearts a Flutter stamp set and Framelits Dies, Thats the ticket stamp set, Ticket Duo Punch, Heart Punch, Silver glimmer card, En Francais stamp, Crochet trim and Flower Trim..

Interested in anything i have made or used today?? Interested in earning Sale-a-Bration goodies for FREE??? please dont hesitate to contact me i would love to help you - call me on 01842 828643 or email on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk

Dont forget Valentines Day and Mothers Day is fast approaching - Hint Hint to your 'Love one' / Son or Daughter that a Stampin' Up! Voucher would be such a lovely gift... hehehe... give him or her my details, I will then make a Gift card to go with your voucher, post it to them recorded delivery... all he or she has to do is sign the card and give it to you.... all you then have do to is be surprised :) and then email me with your order.... Vouchers available in £10, £15, £20 etc values.

Heres a peak at a card i made for a class i should of held in January but unfortunetly i had to cancel it due to that white stuff..!!! the design is actually easily adapted for a birthday card :) 

 

Thank you for coming by today, Laura xx

Hearts a Flutter range

 

Hi Crafters... Thank you for coming by today...

Today i thought i'd show you what ive been making for my craft stalls that ive been doing. I decided to theme my stand and i thought with it being Valentines and Mother's Day coming up i would use that as my starting point. 

After falling in love with the new Spring and Summer Seasonal Catalogue, i fell even more in love with the Hearts a Flutter stamp set, Framelits, More Amour Speciality Designer Series paper and More Amour Designer fabric, so i set about designing my items to sell around the colours featured in the papers and fabrics - Basic Black, Real Red, Pool Party, Very Vanilla and Primrose Petals all perfect colours for Valentines and Gifts for yummy mummys alike... 

I did several Craft stands on the run up to Christmas, so already had an idea of what i was making, i was just going to adapt the designs for my new colour pallet, fabrics and papers...

My best seller - the cute little handbags filled with a Lip gloss or Vaseline:

I decorated my bags with lots of different embellishments - no 2 bags are the same, i especially love using the Flower trim like on this little bag 

Its available on a 1.8mtr roll for £6.25 - Isnt it just gorgeous, and the lovely thing is because its cream you can colour it yourself to work with any colour scheme you choose.

These are a new little idea i had when i see some cute little sets of heart cookie cutters, i kept humming and harring then decided these cute little boxes were ideal for the cutters... My customers also loved them as they said they didnt have to wrap them... 

Next is a new idea i picked up from a swap i received at a recent training i went to.... little magnetic fridge magnets;

Again all embellished differently, Ive also used some of the First Edition Specialty DSP, to cover some of my pegs along side the More Amour DSP.

These are cute little Fabric pouches to hold packs of Tissues.. these went down a total storm over Christmas, and seemed to go down well in my new More Amour fabrics...

These are my little treat bags - each treat bag is filled with a bag of Thorntons Chocolates, and again are great for peopl as they dont have to wrap the gift. Each bag is made using very vanilla card stock which i have randomly stamped using the Hearts a Flutter stamp set - again in my choosen colour pallette to coordinate with my stall...

Heres a pic of my most recent Stall - 

Interested in anything i have made or used today?? please dont hesitate to contact me i would love to help you - call me on 01842 828643 or email on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk

Dont forget Valentines Day and Mothers Day is fast approaching - Hint Hint to your 'Love' / Son or Daughter that a Stampin' Up! Voucher would be such a lovely gift... hehehe... give him or her my details, I will then make a Gift card to go with your voucher, post it to them recorded delivery... all he or she has to do is sign the card and give it to you.... all you then have do to is be surprised :) and then email me with your order.... Vouchers available in £10, £15, £20 etc values.

Thank you for coming by today, Laura xx

A card of Love

Hi Crafters, thank you for coming by today, Today i have played along with the CAS-ual Fridays challange, if you would like to play along too please click on the link below:

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.co.uk/?m=0

                                  

Heres the card Ive made to play along with the challenge: 

I hope you like it... please feel free to leave me a comment.

  

I decided to keep my card very simple and have the letters as my main focal point, I love these letters there from the Stampin' Up! Broadsheet Alphabet set, I do love this set alot. The heart stamp Ive used to represent my 'o' is from the NEW Spring & Summer Seasonal Catalogue, Hearts a Flutter set which has a co-ordinating 'Framelits Dies' set to go with it, to save you time cutting out, and also saves you 15% if you buy both together.

Each of my letters were stamped and then punch out with the SU 'Postage Stamp' punch. such a versatile and handy punch. I love being able to design my own 'stamps'

What i used to make my card: White cardstock, Cherry Cobbler Ink, Postage Stamp Punch, Broadsheet Alphabet Stamp set, Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set.

I do think this card could look quite nice with a red card base and cream background... so heres what i did next:

  

What do you think???

Ive also dry embossed the background with Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. This time ive cut the heart out with one of the Hearts a flutter Framelits dies. I think i may prefer this one???

Heres what ive used: Very Vanilla cardstock, Cherry Cobbler cardstock and Ink, Postage Stamp Punch, Broadsheet Alphabet Stamp set, Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set and Framelits Dies. Perfect Polka Dot Embossing folder.

Interested in any supplies i have used today?? Interested in earning FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp sets? please dont hesitate me for more details or to place an order, call me on 01842 828643 or email me on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk I'd be delighted to help you, thank you for coming by today.. Laura xx