use up your scraps!

I wanted to show you a card using the holiday ornaments framelits today. It actually uses the negative space cut out so you can use the ornament shape for another project! Behind the ornament I laid down strips of ribbon (great for using up scraps that aren't big enough for tying into knots or bows but too precious to throw away!) I just love all the different textures and colours you can achieve doing this tecinque with very little ribbon too! I added a bow too and red stitched outline around the ornament to give it a little more definition. I added some more of the ruffled ribbon to the top and bottom of the sentiment, the ruffled ribbon gives a lovely border! 

Ribbon Ornament

Stamp Set: Curly Cute

Ink: Real Red

Cardstock: Whisper White

Big Shot: Holiday Ornaments Framelits

Ribbon: Old Olive Taffeta, Real Red Taffeta, Gumball Green Stitched Satin, Lucky Limeade Ruffle, Gumball Green Sweater Trim

Have a great day! 

Happy Stampin',

Amanda x

gradient resist some more

Remember a few weeks ago I did a gradient emboss resist card with the snowflake soiree stamp set. So here is another card with the same gradient emboss resist technique. 

This would be a lovely wintery card but not necessarily a Christmas card! Not all winter cards have to be Christmas cards! 

Wintery Trees 

Stamp Set: Lovely As A Tree, Curly Cute

Ink: Pool Party, Marina Mist, Island Indigo, Midnight Muse

Cardstock: Whisper White, Island Indigo 

Ribbon: Whisper White Organza 

Extra: White Emboss Powder

So this was the same as the last card, I embossed the trees and then sponged over the card gradually getting the colour darker. On the lighter side I tied some organza ribbon. 

What do you think? Hope you like it! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Amanda xo

flurries of snow are coming!

Just a quick and fun Christmas card for you today! This is another one that would be great for mass producing and relatively inexpensive too! 

Christmas Snowflake

Stamp Set: For My Family

Ink: Gumball Green, Crumb Cake

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Gunball Green, Very Vanilla

DSP: Be of Good Cheer

Big Shot: Snow Flurry

Punch: Boho Blossoms 

Accessories: Linen Thread

 The snowflake was cut with the gorgeous new big shot die and then sponged a little with crumb cake ink to soften it a little. I added a couple of the flowers from the boho blossoms to the centre of the snowflake to fill it out a little more - without using a button or anything bulky! I added some DSP to the card, wrapped some linen thread around it and a sentiment too. 

What I love most about this card is that its super flat so is excellent for posting!! If you did want to jazz it up a bit more you could definately add a button or brad to the card. Or for a post frindly version with a little more sparkle try spritzing with some shimmer mist or adding dazzling details!

Hope you enjoyed this snowy card - did you know we might be getting a little snow this weekend?! I like snow but I'm not ready!! Its far far too early to be donning chunky winter coats, hats, scarves, gloves etc. Ugh, I am so not a winter person! 

Happy Stampin',

Amanda xx

have a break, take a sip!

This month's card club was Tea and Cake theme. I've got the cards we made to show you another day but today I thought I'd show you a couple simple little cards I made with the Take A Sip wheel that I made while I was thinking of what cards to do for card club (we did another card with take a sip).

Stamp Set: Take a Sip wheel, Tea Shoppe

Ink: Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum, So Saffron, Rose Red, Crumb Cake

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum. Whisper White

Punch: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Modern Label

Other: Simply Scored

Stamp Set: Take a Sip

Ink: Basic Black, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum, Whisper White

Punches: Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

So some really simple cards, just using the wheel to add tea cups and mugs to the background, one I coloured in all of them and the second was just one of the cups that I coloured on a separate scrap of paper and layered it over top with some punches. The dotted scallop ribbon border is great for adding a little extra detail and border to the wheeled image! 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out today's brief little post! 

Happy Stampin',

Amanda xox

snow flurries?

I wanted to introduce you to a new die Stampin' Up! has today. Its called Snow Flurry, and on it are 3 different sized snow flakes! They all look great individually but also layer beautifully on top of one another! Below is a car only using the 2 smaller snowflakes.

Glittery Snow Flurry

Stamp Set: Perfect Pennants

Ink: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glitter Paper 

DSP: Festival of Prints

Big Shot: Snow Flurry, Lacy Brocade

Accessories: Button

Baker's Twine: Whisper White 

Where do I start?! This card has so many things on it that I am loving! I love the lacy brocade embossed background, I adore the patterns from the Festival of Prints (for more information about how awesome this paper stack is see Sunday's post!), the cute little "merry" just inconspicuously stapled on. An then what about the gorgeous snowflake?! It was cut out with the beautiful glitter paper - its basically paper coated in glitter (it comes in Champagne, Silver and Red) - so you get all the dazzle and fun of glitter with no mess! You just have to see it for the full wow factor! 

I hope you enjoyed this card - its another quick one and by embossing the folded card front you cut out on more layering. The thin banner strips are a great way to show off patterns without using lots of the paper! 

Happy Stampin',

Amanda xox

winter wonderland

Good morning! Its Monday again...I hope you all had a good weekend?! 

Well I thought what better way to start off a Monday than to introduce you to another new stamp set which is in the Autumn-Winter catalogue at the moment! My friend Emma, bought this set, its such a cute set with ducklings, bunnies drinking cocoa, kids in puffer suits making snow angels and lots more... so I cheekily asked her if I could borrow it. To make samples to show her what she could do with it for Christmas of course!! She kindly let me so I have lots of sweet cards to show you over the coming weeks using Winter Wonderland. (Thanks so much Emma!!)

Christmas Ducklings

Stamp Set: Winter Wonderland, Come to Bethlehem

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black

Cardstock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Pool Party

Accessories: Mini Brads, Silver Dazzling Details 

This card is post friendly, cheap and very simple. the longest bit will be colouring in the ducks and waiting for the dazzling details to dry! The dazzling details was thinly applied to he edge of the white banner potion of the card for glitz - its really inexpensive at £2.25 a bottle and will go a long way! Its really glittery, I added a little bit to the snow and ground ad well for added shine! 

The brads work out at less than 2p each so they are a bargain also! but if you didn't want to use them I think this card would look cute without them too. Or if you wanted an alternative embellishment why not try adding faux brads with the silver dazzling details seeing as you'll already have it out! I stamped the snow in the background of the Pool Party too for a little added depth and texture, its subtle but a nice, quick and easy touch. 

I used the Merry Christmas from Come to Bethlehem because its the one I own but if you had another sentiment in a similar size I think that would work well also! 

Have a great week! 

Amanda x

what a festival of prints!

I'm back with a very clean and simple Christmas card for you today.

Merry Holly

Stamp Set: Pennant Parade

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake

DSP: Festival of Prints

Punch: Jewellery Tag, Decorative Label, Corner Rounder

Big Shot: Little Leaves

Baker's Twine: Early Espresso

Accessories: Pearls

Extras: Red Permanent Marker

The Festival of Prints paper stack is lovely, its a small stack of designer papers sized just slightly larger than your standard 6x4" photo. This makes it perfect for matting behind holiday photos for speedy scrapbooking but also perfect for card making! You get a HUGE range of designs, not all are overtly Christmassy, some in fact would be perfect for masculine cards!! Right, so this car only uses a little bit - very economical. I punched a decorative label punch out and then laid a strip of another paper that I felt co-ordinated nicely with it over top. The leaves were cut with the big shot and then baker's twine bow, sentiment on a tiny tag and pearls added for embellishment! The red pearls are just Stampin' Up! pearls coloured with a permanent marker for colour! Its such a great little tip to make your pearls go further and match with whatever project you might be working on! 

I rounded the bottom corner just to break up all the sharp lines in the card and just add a little quirky twist!

I feel like I've babbled way too much this morning...

Happy Stampin',

Amanda x