Bloomin' Marvelous & Video!

Hi! 

How is everyone's week been? Mine is going pretty great! Sale-A-Bration has begun, there's snow outside (I'm like a little kid when it comes to snow - can't think of anything better than walking and playing in it!) and last night I got my Christmas present! Stuart got me tickets for Sleeping Beauty Ballet with the Moscow City Ballet! I love the ballet and haven't been in years so it was so lovely to get tickets and it made for a lovely treat in January. Not to mention it just happened to be 6 years since we've become an "item" - where has time gone, it feels like only yesterday. The only downer for the week is that our car died so we have been carless and either having to walk everywhere or beg for lifts! Okay, sorry, I'm babbling, on with today...

I'm posting later than I intended today as I wanted to shoot a video and had to wait ages while it uploaded to you tube, so thank you for being patient with me and I hope you enjoy it!

The card is just a variation on the card I showed a couple days ago but I thought you'd like to see it!

I just wanted to add that if you don't like the colours I've chosen for this card, its very easy to pick some different colours! If you're choosing a pattern paper, you might want to look at what colours the DSP uses and then choose colours to coordinate! 

Happy Stampin',

Amanda xx

Pappillon Potpourri!!

Afternoon! 

So, now you've had a day to look at the Sale-A-Bration goodies, how are you liking them? They're fabulous aren't they?! And if you haven't seen them yet, what are you waiting for?! Grab a cuppa, sit down, put your feet up and relax for a few minutes and have a good browse!! 

So to get your day started I've got a cute card I demo'd for a bunch of lovely ladies back in October! Man it was that long ago?! 

Stamp Set: Papillon Potpourri, Fabulous Phrases, Alehambra wheel

Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight, Primrose Petals

Cardstock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals

DSP: International Bazaar

Punch: Decorative Label, Elegant Butterfly

Extras: Essentials Pierce Pack

Embellishments: Dahlias

So, this is a bit more of a complex card as I really wanted to show off lots of the awesome new things in the annual catty but a simplified version of this card would be equally effective. I think the two things that I love about and really make this card stand out to me is the paper piercing (a very cost effective way of adding detail to a card) and the different uses of the decorative label punch! I adore that punch and definitely recommend it to anyone that is starting out and looking for one or two punches to get them going!! 

So, how about a simplified version of this card - 

Decorative Label Punch (£15.50)

Essentials Pierce Pack (£7.25)

DSP (£9.95)

Coloured Cardstock (£6.25)

Rhinestones (£4.50) 

Dimensionals (£3.25)

= £46.70 and get the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set for free! 

It's got both images and sentiments in it so is the perfect SAB set for someone getting started on card making! If you don't have any ink you might want to think about adding an ink pad (£4.95) to this bundle instead of the rhinestones! 

The DSP used here was the Birds of a Feather which is very light, pretty and cutesy style!

I hope you enjoyed this card and the simplified SAB bundle version! 

Catch you again tomorrow! 

Amanda x