Oval Regalia

Check out this gorgeous die from Spellbinders.....the latest to arrive in our craft room - the very delicate Oval Regalia die, pictured on the card below. This card is intended for my friend Helen's birthday next week.

The roses are handmade...such fun....and the background paper is from Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters paper collection....so pretty. The sentiment is from JustRite Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two.

Roses and Frames

Guess what? I like buying and trying new products! One new discovery has been the JustRite delightful background stamp, Lace Oval Frame, pictured below. Isn't it simply gorgeous? The sentiment is from another JustRite set, Large Elegant Sentiments....an absolute favourite, as it has sentiments for every occasion.

The red rose is quickly made, using punches. Look in my January archive, for the tutorial. They are easy, and great fun.

Happy Accident!

We were stamping backgrounds recently in card class, and Fran made what she thought was a mistake...only part of the stamp made contact with the paper. She tried another stamp, to fill in the backgrounds, and I seized the result, to copy it.

Here is my take on 'Fran's Mistake' background, using the Stampin' Up! Off The Grid background stamp, the I Love Lace background stamp, and the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Swirls stamp.

The flowers are Heartfelt Creations Botanical Rose stamps, die-cut with the matching Botanical Wings die, then sponged with Stampin' Up! Blackberry Bliss ink.

 

The sentiment is from JustRite Large Elegant Sentiments, and die cut with a JustRite Vintage Labels Four die from that wonderful set of dies. Cardstock is Perfect Plum, from Stampin' Up!

A New Direction

This week, life took a new direction! I have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator since 2011, and it has been an amazing journey - but the time to move on seemed right to me, and with mixed emotions, I resigned this week -giving thanks to Stampin' Up! and the special people I have met along the way. The support from the sisterhood of fellow demonstrators has been truly wonderful.

What next, you might ask? All in God's hands!

Recently I discovered the wonderful stamps and dies created by Heartfelt Creations, and below is a card made with their gorgeous Botanical Rose flowers, cut out with the matching Botanical Wings die, and sponged with Stampin' Up! Hello Honey and Cherry Cobbler ink. Heartfelt Creations have paper stacks to match their individual collections, and these include a couple of pages of card fronts. The card front used here is from Antiquity paper belonging to the Sweet Juliet Collection.