Fun and Fast Notes: Get Well Soon!

Hiya, back again with another 'Fun and Fast Notes' card! For those of you who haven't visited for a while, or are new to my blog I'm actually away at the moment in Tanzania on a working holiday - but i haven't abandoned you, hopefully assuming blogger is working i have scheduled projects for you! This week all the projects are using the 'Fun and Fast Notes' stampset.

Today's card is using the 'Get Well Soon' stamp:

I have used the 'In Colour' 'Peach Parfait' as my card base, and some 'Peach Parfait' 'DSP' from the level 1 hostess pack. To separate these i have used a strip of 'So Saffron'. The image and the sentiment are from the 'Fun and Fast Note' stampset, inked in 'Early Espresso' onto a piece of 'Whisper White' cardstock and coloured the image in using the paintbrush end of my 'Stampin' Write Markers'. I have wrapped a piece of 'Certainly Celery' 'Grosgrain Ribbon' around it and tied it in a bow, and then mounted it onto a piece of 'Certainly Celery' cardstock.

Now if you were feeling ill, surely a beautiful card like this would perk you up!!

Fun and Fast Notes: Congratulations

Hi guys, hope you are all well! If you visited my blog yesterday you will know that over the next week or so i will be sharing with you projects and cards that i have made using the 'Fun and Fast Notes' stampset. So today here's a little gift box using the 'Congratulations' star from the set:

I brought several of these cardboard gift boxes at a craft fair a while back. The vendor was selling them 3 for £1. This gift box started life very simple. I used the 'star' stamp from the 'Fun and Fast Notes' stampset to stamp all over the box using 'Soft Suede' ink. I punched out a 'Scallop Circle' in 'Real Red', a '1-3/8" Circle' in 'Pacific Point' and a '1-1/4" Circle' in Daffodil Delight'. I then stamped out another star on a scrap of 'Whisper White' and coloured it in using my 'Stampin' Write Markers', i cut this out using my 'Paper Snips' and raised it using a 'Dimensional'... No longer a plain and simple box!

Tomorrow i have a card to show you using the 'Get Well Wishes' stamp from the set!!

Fun and Fast Notes - Thanks i needed that!

Hiya everyone, by now i should be in Tanzania! the first week of my trip i will be staying quite literally in the middle of no-where!! In a camp called Ndarakwai, where our view will be of the spectacular Mount Meru! Oh my job is so difficult!!

So before i went i had a major crafting session, so that i could post plenty of projects whilst i was away! I'm going to start by sharing with you how fab the 'Fun and Fast Notes' stampset is!

It consists of eight stamps, here they are:

Now to make them even more versatile i decided to cut my stamps up and mount them on the wooden blocks like this:

The great thing about doing this is that you can use the image and the sentiment independently from one another if you choose to!!

So for the next eight days i will be sharing with you a project/ card using each of these stamps. So here's todays card:

I can't take much credit for this design, as i CASE'd it from the '2010 Ideas Book and Catalogue'. I have started with a 'Real Red' cardbase. Next layer is 'Daffodil Delight'. I have stamped the 'thanks...i needed that' sentiment in 'Early Espresso' onto a strip of 'Whisper White' cardstock and stuck that onto the yellow layer. Next is a rectangle of 'Early Espresso' card. Finally i have stamped the bird image onto a piece of 'Whisper White', coloured him in using my 'Stampin' Write Markers', i stamped out another flower, coloured and cut it out and raised it using a 'Dimensional' to create a 3D effect. Before gluing down the final layer, i used a scrap strip of 'Real Red' edged it with the 'Eyelet Border Punch'.

This is obviously a very versatile layout, you could create any card using this design and a 'Fun and Fast Note' stamp.

Please check back tomorrow for another 'Fun and Fast Note' card!

I'm off to Tanzania!

Jambo all! 'Jambo' means hello in Swahili! Yes, today's the day i'm off to Tanzania today for four whole weeks! I really can't wait! I'm going on a work trip and taking 15 students with me, we have a jam packed expedition planned and during our trip we will be going of safari, volunteer work in schools, some conservation work, as well as some scuba diving!! It's going to be amazing!

Now i thought it would be completely fitting to have an African themed project for today. We will be celebrating a couple of birthday's whilst we are away, so here's one of the cards that i have made to take out with me:

This card style is referred to as a 'Tri-Fold Card'.  I have used the wonderful 'Colour Coach' to match up these colours. The card used here is 'More Mustard', 'Cajun Craze' and 'night of Navy'. The lion comes from the 'Fox and Friends' stampset, and i have stamped them in 'Cajun Craze' and 'More Mustard' ink. The central lion has been stamped on  a scrap of 'Very Vanilla' cardstock, which has been punched out using the '1-3/8" Circle Punch' and i have used a 'Sponge Dauber' to edge the circle with some 'cajun Craze' ink. i have layered this lion on a 'Night of  Navy' 'Scallop circle'. The sentiment is from the 'Something to Celebrate' stampset, inked in 'Night of Navy'. You may notice that there is also some 'Early Espresso' 'Satin Ribbon' to hold the card together.

This card style is quite unusual as it doesn't stand the same way as a regular card, so i have created a folded stand to prop this card up:

Now don't worry i'm not completely neglecting you. I have scheduled blog posts whilst i'm away so please keep checking back! Hope you have a lovely July!! xx

It's a wrap!

Hi all, hope you are all having a fab weekend. I've been enjoying my last day in the UK by spending some time with my lovely hubby - can't believe that i'm going to be away from him for a whole month :(

I'm off to Tanzania tomorrow, really excited and i'm almost packed, just about to do my last bag check now!!

Some of my lovely friends really spoilt me on Friday buying me a few little gifts to make my trip a little easier. Sally brought me some lovely toiletries, so i have a little bit of luxury whilst i'm away and my friend Hannah bround me a really bright torch keyring which will definately be very useful!

I have been converting Hannah to my crafty ways and she comes up with some fab ideas! She wrapped up my present in some handmade wrapping paper! She began with some plain brown parcel paper and stamped all over it with the small buteerfly from the 'For Everything' stampset, in 'Daffodil Delight', 'Pumpkin Pie' and 'Real Red' ink. What a fab idea. Here it is:

You can personalise the paper to suit the recipient and the purpose! Such a great idea!!

I'm off to finalise my packing! Don't forget - keep checking back at my blog as i have scheduled a daily post and project for you!!

Have a great July!!

Happy birthday Jamie!!

It's my sisters birthday today! So happy birthday Jamie! Now i made her birthday card months ago. I just couldn't resist making her a tortoise card as she is a little bit obsessed with them! She has a tortoise called Willy! He's so cute and he is her little baby!! So her is the card that i made for her:

To make the tortoise i firstly ran a piece of 'Garden Green' cardstock through the 'Big Shot', which the 'Top Note Die', which i chopped in half to make his shell! I edged shell with a strip of 'Soft Suede' card edged with the 'Eyelet Border'. His feet and head are made with 'Certainly Celery' card. I have used the 'Eyelet Border' for his feet. his head has been created with the '1 3/4" Circle Punch'. His eyes are punched circles of 'Soft Suede' and 'Basic Black' card and i have hand-drawn his nose and mouth. I have layered Mr Tortoise onto some 'Crumb Cake' card, which has been 'Sponge Daubed' with some 'Soft Suede' ink. The cardbase used for this card is 'Wild Wasabi'.

The Sentiment has been ink in 'Soft Suede' and is from the 'Cheers and Wishes' stampset.

I hope Jamie loves her birthday card!! Happy birthday sis. xx

Butterfly Bookmark

Hi guys!! It's FRIDAY!! Woo hoo!! and i have a very busy weekend planned! Firstly it's my sisters birthday tomorrow, so i'm looking forward to celebrating it with her!! It is also my last weekend in the UK before i disappear off to Tanzania for a whole month!!! Now don't worry, i have been very, very busy scheduling lots of projects ( i think you will still be getting a daily post!!!) so please make sure you visit and leave me lots of comments, so it all feels worthwhile!!

All though my Tanzania trip is going to be a very busy one i'm hoping i'll get some down time and get some reading done! and so i thought i'd make myself a little bookmark to take with me. Here it is:

This bookmark started life as a strip of 'Bashful Blue' card, next layer is 'Marina Mist' and the top layer is a strip of 'DSP' from the 'Elegant Soiree' collection. The topper is a 'Bashful Blue' 'Scallop Circle', a '1-3/8" Circle' punched from 'Marina Mist' and finally a '1-1/4" Circle' of 'DSP'. I have stamped  a butterfly from the Level 1 stampset: 'Punch Potpourri', punched him out using the 'Butterfly Punch', placed some 'Basic Pearls' down the centre of the butterfly!

A very quick make and it's lovely to be able to take something a little crafty with me to Africa! I think i'm going to miss my crafting whilst i'm away. But i think i will get my crafting fix - some jewellery making with a Masai tribe and also making some elephant dung paper!!

Please keep checking back on this blog regularly to see all my crafty creations!!  and check back tomorrow especially as i have a very cute little card to share with you, i made it ages ago for my sisters birthday and have been keeping it a secret for ages!!