Whimsical Purple Fun

Hi everyone sorry I have been an absent blogger has been a hectic few weeks for me, firstly my friend (she lost her husband last November)came over to stay for a few days which turned into a week loved spending time with her of course, and then as she went home my grandson arrived to stay for the week (half term). As you can imagine there was no time to even switch on the computer let alon craft! lol; but we had a brilliant time - love him to bits :-)

So today I have locked myself in my craft room and my inspiration was taken from the fabulous Orchid pot of SU glitter from the Fine Cosmo set; which has been calling to me for ages so I decided to stay with the one colour for my card. Unfortunately the photo does not show up the glitter too well but believe me it has bling!! Even my beloved dog Meg now has purple highlights on her coat (she is or was a golden retriever) .

I used Whimsical Wings Stamp Set and stamped the background card with the smaller stamps in the set added glitter to the swirls and centre of flowers. The main image is stamped and again all the swirls are highlighted with the glitter I have layered the large flower and also birds wing. I distressed the edges with the tool from SU cutter kit.

Note to self : I love this set and I must use it more as it is so versatile.

Bye for now

Maggie

SU items used

Card Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White; Stamps Whimsical Wings, Oval all; Punches Scalloped Oval, 1" circle and 11/4" circle; Inks Perfect Plum; Grossgrain White ribbon; Stampin Glitter Fine Cosmo Orchid

Sale-A-Bration Inspiration

A quick post today just to show you some quick cards I made with the FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp sets Happy Moments and Whimsical Words.(See Brochure in side panel to download)

These cards only took me 1 hour to make!

For the first 2 I used Barely Banana and Pretty in Pink 12x12 textured card for the main and Chocolate Chip and Rose Red for the layers, for the 2nd pair Certainly Celery 12x12 Textured card and Lavender Lace, for the layers pale plum and Lavender Lace; Stamped onto Whisper White with Basic Grey and coloured in the images using blending pen and co-ordinating Inks

Ribbon: Double Stitched Grosgrain and 5/8 grosgrain in Chocolate Chip, 1/2" striped Grosgrain Pretty in pink, Certainly Celery- All Stampin' Up!

Others used: Sizzix Scallop Card Die and Big Shot Die Cut Machine

I also made these quick cards using Barley Banana, Certainly Celery, Pale Plum, Rose Red as before stamped onto Whisper White and coloured with Blending pen and co-ordinating inks.

Cards were cut using the Sizzix Scallop Die

by for now