winter fun!

Sorry for being AWOL once again! Its that time of year where everyone is busy and when I do get a spare moment, blogging is not what first pops into my head, but now that I sit here I am thinking my life is pretty sweet right now... 

Its cold and frosty outside, bit I am inside with the nice hot fire, I'm sitting next to our Christmas tree, in a very Christmassy house. There are a gazillion homemade cookies in boxes in the kitchen waiting to be bagged up, tied and tagged for gifts. We made an awesome gingerbread house too!! Oh I definately have that Christmassy feeling going on! Love it! 

To go with that Christmassy feeling, I have a couple of Christmassy cards for you! 

Winter Skating and Tubing

Stamp Set: Winter Wonderland, Curly Cute 

Ink: Basic Black, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, Crumb Cake,  Blush Blossom

Cardstock: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Punch: 1 3/4" Circle

Extras: Silver Dazzling Details 

I used the blender pen to colour in the little kids, everything was assembled and the final thing to do is line the circle punches with a thin line of silver dazzling details! 

Seeing as I've been absent for a while, I thought I'd give you a bonus card today. 

Winter Wonderland Ornaments

Stamp Set: Winter Wonderland, Curly Cute 

Ink: Basic Black, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Blush Blossom Island Indigo

Carstock: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Gumball Green Core'dinations

Bis Shot: Perfect Polka Dots Emboss, Holiday Ornaments Framelits 

Extras: Linen Thread, Dazzling Details 

I just LOVE this card! The "snowglobe" ornaments are adorable aren't they?! I coloured them with the blender pen again for that watercolour look. I used dazzling diamonds because I wanted that thick glittery look but dazzling diamonds would work well too. 

The Gumball Green cardstock is a lighter shade underneath so once embossed I sanded the paper to reveal the pretty colour below! 

I hope you enjoyed a couple Winter Wonderland creations today. If you want any last minute gifts for Christmas you have until the end of today to get your order to me and I will tag it on to the last order before Christmas!! 

Happy crafting! 

Amanda xx

50 anniversary - card 7

Well I thought it was about time I drew my 50th anniversary card series to a close with the last of the cards that I made for a lovely couple a few months back. 

Love Birds Anniversary

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Soft Suede, Versa Mark

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake

Punch: Bird Builder, Modern Label

Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dots, Designer Frames, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

Accessories: Pearls

Extras: Gold Emboss Powder

So I used the bird punch to make the birds and the branch for them to sit on. I thought it worked better having the branch curving up the side of the oval frame. It looks like the birds are sitting in a little nest! I embossed polka dots in the background for some added texture and stamped the sentiment on a modern label punch below the birds. I didn't really think that a "50" would work here so I opted to add the 50 inside the card instead! 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing lots of pretty 50th anniversary cards recently. I've got a couple more orders to do so I will be digging out my neutrals and gold embossing powder again this week! How fun!

Happy Stampin',

Amanda xox

50 anniversary - card 6

I thought I'd show you yet another of the anniversary cards I made recently. Are you getting bored yet?!

Polka Dot 50 Bow

Stamp Set: 

Ink: Versa Mark

Cardstock: Very Vanilla

Big Shot: Alphabet Simple Numbers, Perfect Polka Dots

Ribbon: Very Vanilla Satin

Extras: Gold Emboss Powder

So I embossed the card with the polka dot embossing folder and then added some of the lovely satin ribbon to the card. I wanted to keep everything very clean and monochrome so the textures and gold 50 and sentiment would really stand out!

Hope you enjoyed seeing another anniversary card today! Hope you are all having a great day! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Amanda xx

create bunting

Just thought I would show you more images of my cute bunting I made for this month's class - its going to go in my craft room - yes my newly cleaned and tidied craft room!! 

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, So Saffrom, Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze

DSP: Subtles Paper Stack

Big Shot: Simple Alphabet Letters, Fun Flowers, Blossom Party, Perfect Pennants, Polka Dot Emboss, Square Lattice Emboss

Punches: Boho Blossoms, 3/4" Circle

Accessories: Rhinestones, Buttons

Extras: Crop a dile

Isn't it lovely?! The girls that came along to class this month made some gorgeous bunting and each one was so different!! 

I will be sure to take a photo of my bunting up in my craft room when I have finally decided where I want to put it! Decisions, decisions, hey?!

Please leave me a comment, they make my day!

Happy Stampin',

Amanda x

march class...its all about the bunting!

As promised here is a taster of the gorgeous bunting you can make if you come along to my class this month! 

I have made mine to hang in my craft room - its really pretty and springy and will bring a smile to my face when I'm working in there! 

You wil be free to decorate your bunting however you choose - how about some HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CONGRATULATIONS, named bunting or simply just pretty flowers & butterflies... and these are just a few ideas for starters! I hope you will join me for an afternoon/evening of crafting, chatting, tea and cake! Its only £13.50 - bargain for something you can use time and time again. 

Oh and this would make a fabulous gift also!! 

Happy Craftin',

Amanda x

21 cupcakes

My cousin was 21 last month and therefore it called for a special card! I've already shown you the "twenty one" card that I was commissioned to make by my cousin so I knew I wanted to do something really different. Here's what I made...

21 Cupcakes

Stamp Set: Create a Cupcake

Ink: Soft Suede, Perfect Plum, Peach Parfait, Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizazz, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock:  Perfect Plum, Peach Parfait, Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizazz, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Red Glitter cardstock

Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Punch: Cupcake Builder

So this card was small but VERY long! It concertinaed and each side had a piece of polka dot embossed cardstock and a cupcake on it! Each one was different but using a mixture of the above colours. Quite a complex card but I felt I needed a challenge and it turned out way cool in the end! Not a card I would make often but for a special birthday one is entitled to such a card! I hope she liked it! 

Do you like it? If you don't have this stamp set and punch already I would highly recommend getting it as its so much fun and so easy to whip up. A lot less mess and hassle than baking them and ZERO calories!!! Yay! 

Happy Stampin'!

Amanda xx

heart on a line

Last night was my first ever card club. I had 6 lovely ladies come and we all had a great time! In fact I have had such a good response to my card club that I have added another date for this month - this Friday (Feb 10th)! I have 4 ladies booked on already, if you would like to come along and make 5 great cards for £7.50, its not too late! Call me on 01604 949827 or email me on amanda_burditt@hotmail.co.uk to book you place! 

This is one of the cards that we made this month....

Heart on a Line

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes, I {heart} Hearts

Ink: Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder

Punch: Cupcake Builder

Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Accessories: Linen Thread, Mini Clothes Peg

Extras: Sponges

So the edges of the cardstock were sponged lightly. The "clouds" are punched from the cupcake builder and run through the big shot for some texture. Linen thread was wrapped around the pool party cardstock and tied in a bow. Finally I stamped and cut out a heart and added it to the line with the mini clothes peg. Lastly I stamped a sentiment at the bottom in Wisteria. 

Hope you liked this cute little card - its very cheery!

Happy Stampin,

Amanda x

polkadot birthday

Another more masculine birthday card for you here today. Hope you like it!

Polkadot Birthday

Stamp Set: Happiest Birthday Wishes

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive

Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise 

Punches: 3/4" Circle, 1" Circle

Big Shot: Polkadot Embossing Folder

I adhered circles down to the Sahara Sand cardstock and then ran it through the polkadot embossing folder. I used the markers to colour in the letters of the sentiment and made it into a snake tooth banner. 

Do you like it? It was fun to make! I'm sure I will be making more of these in the future! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Amanda xoxo