An 'Every Little Bit' New Baby Card From Hannah!

Today i have another New Baby card to share with you created by one of my fabulous crafty friends Hannah using the fab versatile 'Every Little Bit' stampset:

Hannah started off with a 'Whisper White' base and layered some 'Tempting Turquoise' 'DSP' on to it. She then punched out three 'Scallop Circles' from 'Bashful Blue' card and glued them onto the 'DSP'. On some 'Whisper White' card she stamped out the teddybear, cat and dog images from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset using 'Basic Black' ink and then coloured in using 'Blender Pens'. She punched these out using the '1" Circle Punch' and then secured them into place using 'Dimensionals' to create a raised effect. Finally she punched out a heart using the 'Heart to Heart' punch and then covered it in Versamark and then 'Silver Embossing Powder' and then finished it off with the heatgun!

I love this card. Fab layout and completely versatile! There are so many images in the 'Every Little Bit' stampset that you could customise this card depending on the recipient. Thankyou Hannah for being so thoughtful and sending this fab card! Another one for Xanders scrapbook!! xxxxx

Baby Congratulations! Welcome to the world Summer-Rose!

Hey all! Another baby related post at the moment - 2012 IS the year for babies it seems!! Last week an old friend of mine Daniel and his girlfriend Carly celebrated the arrival of their beautiful little girl Summer-Rose!! As each baby is born i get more and more excited about the arrival of Baby Tiddlywink - just over a month til due date now!!

So here is the card i made for Dan and Carly:

You'll notice it's a very similar design to the baby shower invites that i designed last month. The cardbase is 'Blushing Bride' which has been folded over the top. I punched a 1-3/8" Circle' at the top to create the babygrow headhole and then used the '1-3/8" Circle Punch' and the 'Scallop Circle' to create the lace from some 'Melon Mambo' cardstock. The legholes were punched using a '1-3/4" Circle Punch' and the 'Scallop Circle' punch to create the lace.

Finally i stamped the cute teddybear from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset, using 'Melon Mambo' ink (onto some 'Very Vanilla' card) I punched it out using the '1-1/4" Circle Punch' and mounted it onto a '1-3/8" Circle' punched from 'Melon Mambo' card.

Congratulations to Dan and Carly once again on the safe arrival of their beautiful little girl!!

Birthday Wishes For Harry!

Tomorrow is Harrys birthday! Harry is our friend Rory and Poppys little boy and i can't quite believe that he will be 2 tomorrow!!

Harry (and his brother Jack) are very good friends with our two cats Dewey and Crazy!! and so i knew i had to create a card that incorporated a cat in it somewhere, so i used the  wonderfully versatile 'Every Little Bit' stampset to create this card:

On a 'Tempting Turquoise' cardbase i stamped the birthday wishes sentiment from the 'Happiest Birthday Wishes' set onto the righthand bottom corner. Next i layered a piece of 'Whispr White' cardstock edged using the 'Eyelet Border Punch', onto which i glued a strip of 'Pacific Point DSP'.

Onto some 'Whisper White' card i stamped the dog, teddy bear and cat (all from the 'Every Little Bit' set) using 'Basic Black' ink and then coloured them in with a range of my 'Stampin' Write Markers'. I punched these images out using the '1-1/4" Circle Punch', then layered them onto some '1-3/8" Circles' punched from the same 'Pacific Point DSP', finally layering them onto the three 'Tempting Turquoise' 'Scallop Circles'.

I hope Harry has a fab birthday tomorrow and gets spoilt rotten!!!

Baby Shower Invites!

Hey all, i'm so excited! My sister and my friends are organising a baby shower for me! I'm to have very little involvement in the preperations myself. I just had to confirm the date, write a list of names to invite and oh yeah ... design and make the invites! But my sis is doing the rest!!!

So today i had a lovely day, out for breakfast with hubby this morning, shopping with sis this afternoon, then an evening of crafting and curry with sis!! This is the baby shower invite design we came up with:

This babygrow design was easily constucted by folding a 'Whisper White' cardbase at the top and then punching using '1-3/8" Circles' to create the neck and leg-holes of the babygrow! Next i ran the cardbase through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder' to add some texture. I punched out some 'Bashful Blue' 'Scallop Circles' and punched out the centre using the '1-3/8" Circle' to create the edging on the neck and legs! Finally i stamped the teddybear image (from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset) in 'Bashful Blue' ink using the 'Whisper White' card, punched it out using the '1-1/4" Circle Punch' and then mounted it onto a '1-3/8" Circle' of 'Bashful Blue' card. Now we just have to find time to make a big batch of them!!! Tomorrow is going to be a very crafty day!!!

To my lovely customers...

Hi everyone, hope you are all well. I'm really not feeling well at the mo. Went to the docs on Monday and i have a throat and ear infection and on antibiotics. I really haven't felt like doing ANYTHING and fortunately have a backstock of projects photographed from our craft retreat to the Isle of Wight to keep the blog going until i'm back up and creatively functioning.

You may remember that on the 22nd October i held a very successful crafty open day at my home, we got lots of orders and raised just over £50 for the Phyllis Tuckwell hospice!! The delivery arrived yesterday and i have made some thankyou cards to thanks my lovely customers:

This card has used the lovely new 'in colours'. The cardbase is 'Pool Party' and i stamped the sentiment (from the 'Sweetheart' stampset) in 'Island Indigo'. Next i cut a strip of 'Whisper White' and stamped the small heart (from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset) three times using 'Calypso Coral', 'Lucky Limeade' and 'Wisteria Wonder'. I then mounted this onto a slightly wider strip of 'Island Indigo'. Before gluing this to the cardbase i punched out a 'Decorative Label' from some 'Calypso Coral' cut it in half, gluing them to the cardbase and then placing the strip of hearts over top.

Nine lovely ladies made orders at my workshop so i had to make lots of these but fortunately they were actually very quick to make!!

These cards were nice and quick to make and i hope my lovely customers like them!! Thankyou to everyone who supports my Stampin' Up business. If you would like to make an order please email me: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Also get in touch if you would like to hold a workshop and either earn money for yourself to spend in the catty or fundraise some money for your favourite charity!!!

I have dates available through November and December - Stampin' Up! goodies are perfect christmas gifts so why not arrange a christmas shopping evening where each attendee can even make a handmade christmas gift for a loved one FOR FREE!! (and there is a special hostess offer for November and December!!!) Email for details: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Girly Pillow Box!

Today i have a lovely 'Pillow Box' to share with you. I made it to pop my friend good friend Lucy's birthday present in!

It has been made out of 'Regal Rose' cardstock, ran through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Pillow Box Die'. Before constructing it i randomly stamped (in 'Melon Mambo' ink) lots of girly images (flowers, perfume bottles, handbags and princess crowns) all from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset and then coloured some of the little hearts in using my 'Melon Mambo' 'Stampin' Write Marker' and embellished with some 'Basic Rhinestones' for a little bit of bling!

The 'Pillow Box Die' is a must have for the Christmas season! It's perfect for popping in small gifts and you can customise each one depending upon the recipient - and the best thing of all is that they work out so cheap to make!! Make an order and get your Die in time for Christmas!!!

Crafty Boots Challenge: Autumn/ Halloween

Hi everyone, it's that time again - the launch of a new Crafty Boots Challenge and this fortnight it is 'Autumn/ Halloween', so get you creative thinking caps on, come up with a design and enter!!

I have loved creating halloween products and sharing them with you all over the last week or so and so i offered them to Crafty Boots Challenge as my DT contribution this week.

In case you have been neglecting my Crafty ThINKer blog here's the collection of halloween offerings that i have been making:

All of these projects have been featured on my blog over the last week. To get details on how to create each of these, please click on the links below:

• Pumpkin Card
• Frankenstein Card
• Mummy Card
• Owl Trick or Treat
• Count Dracula Card
• Bat Trick or Treat Pillow Box

All of these projects use Stampin' Up! products: cardstock, Big Shot Dies, Punches, Stampsets and other products. If you would like to order any of these please check out the Stampin' Up! catalogue on the righthand side of my blog and then email me over your order: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Don't forget to get your Craft Boots Challenge entry in! Look forward to seeing them all!

Halloween Treat Box - something special for the Trick or Treaters!

One final project to share with you following the halloween theme! A lovely 'Pillow Box' to pop a few sweets in to give out to any trick or treaters that may visit you this spooky halloween and it really was quick to make - so you could whip up a bulk load of these in no time at all!!

I ran some 'Night of Navy' cardstock through the 'big Shot' using the fab 'Pillow Box Die' and used a little bit of 'Red Sticky Strip' to stick it together!! I punched a 'Scallop circle' from some 'Pear Pizzazz' card, a 'Pumpkin Pie' '1-3/8" Circle' and a '1-1/4" Circle' from some 'Very Vanilla' Card.

Using a 'Sponge Dauber' i rubbed some 'Old Olive' ink around the edges of the 'Very Vanilla' circle and then stamped out the little bat from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset, using some 'Basic Black' ink and coloured him in using my 'Basic Gray' 'Stampin' Write Marker'. I layered up all of the components and glued them in place using my 'Tombow Glue' and constructed the 'Pillow Box'. Final stage was filling it up with some yummy sweets!!

I've really enjoyed creating all these halloween projects - i hope i have inspired you to have a go too! Don't forget tomorrow is the launch of the 4th Crafty Boots Challenge! Thanks to all the Crafty ThINKers who have already got involved. If not, why not? Why not enter the next challenge?! I look forward to seeing your entries!!

Every Little Bit!

Ok, so Monday is over, the rest of the week should be plain sailing! Today i have a lovely card to show you created by a crafty Stampin' Up! pal of mine Jade! She gave me this card at a recent training event, and it features the stampset 'Every Little Bit' - WHICH WILL BE IN THE NEW CATTY! Now, this is a stampset that i have completely and utterly overlooked, but Jade has made some beautiful creations with this set! So here's her creation:

She has used 'Pumpkin Pie' and 'Tangerine Tango' DSP from the 'Brights Stack' for the panels which she have then mounted on 'Crumb Cake' cardstock. She stamped the little dog and cat from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset and coloured them in using a 'Chocolate chip' 'Stampin' Write Marker'. She carfully snipped them out and raised them using 'Dimenstionals'. Jade embellished the with a flower (punched using the 'Boho Blossom Punch', with a 'Basic Pearl' placed in the centre and some of the leaves from the 'Two-Step Bird Punch'.  All of this was arranged onto the 'Whisper White' cardbase. the 'amour' sentiment is from the 'Clearly For You' set and Jade also used the 'n' from the 'no 5' stamp fromt he 'Clearly For You' set in the top righthand corner. Such a lovely original card, i'm sure you'll agree!!

Jades Corner Bookmark

It's Tuesday - only four more working days until the weekend - not that i'm counting!! We're back to the usual teaching routine and it's all very tiring!! I've been really busy planning lessons and haven't had a great deal of time to craft this week. Fortunately i still have a couple of lovely projects created by the Stampin' Up! team i belong to. Today i have a lovely corner bookmark created by a new crafty friend of mine Jade - check out her wonderful Stampin' Up! website: The Jaded Crafter.

Jade created this with 'Tempting Turquoise' and 'Whisper White' cardstock, as well as some 'Daffodil Delight DSP'. Jade ran the 'Whisper White' cardstock through her 'Big Shot' using the 'Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder' and edged the bookmark off with the 'Eyelet Border Punch'. The sentiment has been inked (using 'Tempting Turquoise' ink) and is from the lovely 'Vintage Vogue' stampset. The image is from the 'Every Little Bit' stampset (one of Jade's favourites, and one i had completely overlooked until now!) She stamped the cute little bird and birdcage (again using 'Tempting Turquoise' ink) onto 'Whisper White' cardstock. She coloured in the bird with a 'Daffodil Delight' 'Stampin' Write Marker', then punched it out with her '1-3/8" Circle Punch' and layered it onto a 'Tempting Turquoise' 'Scallop Circle'.

It's such a beautiful creation - i'm just about to start a new book and can't wait to use my new bookmark!!! Thank you Jade!