Anniversary Wishes For Ruth and Teif!

Tomorrow is my good friend and her hubbys anniversary - here is the card i made for them:

The paris theme is simply for romantic purposes!! On a 'Soft Suede' cardbase i layered some 'Pink Pirouette' card and some 'Beau Chateau DSP'.

On a piece of 'Very Vanilla' card i stamped the circle image (using 'Crumb Cake' ink) and the Eiffel Tower image (using 'Soft Suede' ink)both frome the 'Artistic Etchings' set and then ran it through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Textured Impression Embossing Set: Designer Frames'. I layered this onto some pink card and then glued it onto the cardbase.

I finished off the card by stamping the sentiment (from 'Teeny Tiny Wishes') and punching it out using the 'Word Window' Punch, raising it with 'Dimensionals' to create a 3D effect. Finally finishing the card off with some 'Basic Pearls' to add some bling!

I hope Ruth and Teif have a fabulous anniversary tomorrow! Can't believe how quickly the last two years have gone!!

Wedding Wishes For Martin and Tasha!

It's July - so of course another wedding! Today is my second cousin Martins wedding so here is the card i made for them to recognise their day:

I embossed a  'Shimmery White' cardbase using the 'Big Shot' and the 'Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder' placing some 'Basic Pearls' in the centre of the flowers. I ran some 'Rose Red' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Textured Impression Embossing Designer Frames'. On a piece of 'Whisper White' i stamped the lovebird image from 'Easy Events' in 'Soft Suede' ink and coloured it in using a selection of 'Stampin' Write Markers'. I 'Sponge Daubed' around the edges of the card before setting it inside the frame. Finally the sentiment is also from 'Easy Events' inked it 'Rose Red', stamped onto some 'Whisper White' card and punched using the 'Word Window' punch. I layered this onto a rectangle of 'Rose Red' card raising it up using 'Dimensionals' to create a 3D effect.

If you're new to crafting or looking for a new all rounder stampset why not consider 'Easy Events' it is a fantastic set which has an image and sentiment for all occassions:

If you'd like to make an order feel free to email me: amyjtidd@gmail.com - Don't forget there is an offer on throughout July - order £45 of products and get two reels of ribbon and some brads for FREE! Check the top of my blog for details of this promo!!!

I hope Martin and Tasha have a wonderful wedding day!!

Baby Shower Thanks!!

Last week was my baby shower! I had the most wonderful day and still overwhemed by the amount of effort and love that my friends and family showed to make it so special! I had a lot of people to thank and made these cards to express our gratitude:

I used 'Bashful Blue' card to create the cardbases (3 from each piece of A4!!) On which i directly embossed the 'Designer Frame' from the 'Textured Impression Embossing Set' using my 'Big Shot'. On a piece of 'Whisper White' cut to size i stamped the baby using 'Basic Black' ink and the 'All in the Family' stampset and coloured it in using 'Bashful Blue' and 'Pink Pirouette' 'Stampin' Write Markers' and then glued this into the frame. Finally i stamped the thankyou  sentiment from 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' using 'Bashful Blue' ink and punched it out using the 'Word Window Punch' sticking it into place using some 'Dimensionals' to give it a 3D effect.

Here's a close up:

These cards with a change of sentiment would be perfect to give someone at a baby shower, pregnancy and baby annnouncements, new baby cards, christening cards etc... and of course you could change the colour combo depending on the sex of baba! If you'd like to order some materials to make cards similar to these email me today: amyjtidd@gmail.com

I really hope all the ladies who attended my baby shower know how fabulous they are and how grateful i am for all the beautiful gifts both myself and bump recieved!! Love you all!

My Baby Shower!!

Hey everyone, sorry for the late post tonight - i have had the most amazing day - today my sister, mum and my two bestest ever friends Lucy and Suzanne arranged a baby shower for me! An amazing number of people came and both myself and baby Tiddlywink was completely spoilt!!

Now i have to find homes for all the beautiful gifts that everyone brought!!

Today i have a card that Jade made for me today - a special baby shower card:

On a 'Bashful Blue' cardbase she has glued a piece of embossed 'Whisper White' card using the 'Perfect Polkadot Embossing Folder'. (notice she has used the a circle from the 'Owl Punch; to shape the corners!!) Onto this she glued a piece of 'Bashful Blue' card (again embossed using the 'Perfect Polkadot Embossing Folder' and the circle from the 'Owl Punch; to shape the corners, before gluing it downshe wrapped a piece of 'Whisper White' 'Satin Ribbon'. She stamped the 'for your shower' sentiment from the fab 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' set inked in 'Daffodil Delight' and punched it out using the 'Word Window Punch', raising it up using 'Dimensionals', She glued a 'Designer Button' threaded with some 'Linen Thread',

Next she ran some 'Whisper White' card through the 'Big Shot' using the frame die from 'Textured Impression Embossing Set', which she then cut out. Finally she made the cute babygrow - using the wonderfully versatile 'Owl Punch' which she finished off with some 'Brads'.

I love this card!! Thankyou Jade!! And thankyou to all my lovely friends and family for making today so fabulous!! Love you all!!!

Owl Pirate Card!

Yep... thats right today i have an owl pirate card to share with you - just another way you can use the fab 'Owl Punch'!

I ran a ‘Marina Mist’ cardbase through the ‘Big Shot’ using the ‘Stripes Embossing Folder’ to add some texture.

Next up i ran some 'Early Espresso' card through the 'Big Shot using the 'Textured Impression Embossing Set' to create the frame. I then inserted a piece of 'Whisper White' card inside. Next i punched out the owl using the 'Owl Punch' (Body = 'Early Espresso', Body = 'Night of Navy', Stump and eyes = 'Crumb Cake', Eye = 'Whisper White', Pupils amd Eye-Punch = 'Basic Black'. I placed three 'Brads' to create buttons and glued the pirate owl together using the '2-way glue pen' (ideal for intricate gluing!) Here's a closeup of the owl:

Finally i ran some 'Early Espresso' along the bottom of the card, stamped the sentiment (from 'Petite Pairs', punched out using '1-3/8" Circle Punch' and mounted onto a 'Night of Navy' 'Scallop Circle'.

This ‘Owl Punch’ is brilliant and there is so much you can do with it – why not add it to your next order? Email over your orders today: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Another Everyday Enchantment Card!!

Hey everyone! It's Friday!! Woo hoo! I'm so ready for the weekend! I'm really looking forward tomorrow as i'm meeting up with lots of crafty ladies to share our creative ideas and have some lunch! I'm looking forward to sharing all of these with you!

Now some of you committed daily followers may have noticed a bit of a theme in the last few days blogposts - my obsessive use of 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' - i actually LOVE these papers and hope you do too!

Todays project also uses this beautiful collection of paper:

On a 'Crumb Cake' cardbase i layered a strip of 'Pool Party card' and a strip of 'Everyday Enchantment DSP', along the centre i ran a piece of 'Calypso Coral' 'Ruffled Ribbon'. I ran a piece of 'Lucky Limeade' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Textured Impressions Designer Frames'. I cut this out by hand and glued this on the top of the card and in the centre placed a punched out butterfly from some DSP, raising it with 'Dimensionals' and placing some 'Basic Pearls' down the centre!

Finally i stamped the 'happy birthday' sentiment from the 'Create-a-Cupcake' set in 'Pool Party' ink onto a strip of 'Pool Party' card, which i handsnipped down one edge and placed three 'Basic Pearls' down the side!

Don't forget you can earn this collection of papers for FREE and they're only available until the end of this month! So get a qualifying order email over today: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Check back tomorrow because i have another project using the 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' to share with you!

Clearly For You Framed Card!

Today i have a card to share with you that features the 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' that i showed you in yesterdays blogpost.

I was browsing through crafters blogs yesterday evening for inspiration and saw a card on Cates blog that i began to CASE. However when i started i ran through some 'Poppy Parade' cardstock through my 'Big Shot' using the 'Textured Impressions Designer Frames', but accidently used the wrong tab on the multipurpose platform, which cause the frame to cut rather than just emboss ... but instead of throwing it in the bin i used it to my advantage and teared the inside of the frame completely to create the focal point of my own original card:

On a piece of 'Very Vanilla' cardstock i stamped the bird image and the sentiment from the 'Clearly For You' stampset in 'Poppy Parade' ink.

The cardbase i used on this card is 'Poppy Parade' onto which i layered a piece of the beautiful 'Everyday Enchantment DSP'. I glued the 'Very Vanilla' card with the images stamped on into the centre of the card and then layered the frame over top, raising it with some 'Dimensionals' to create a 3D effect!!

The great thing about this card is that it could be used for any purpose!!

So if you love these papers, then don't forget you can get these for FREE! They're only available for ONE MORE MONTH ... so get your qualifying Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration order emailed over to me straight away!: amyjtidd@gmail.com

For my lovely customer Jane!

Today i have a card to share with you that i made for a lovely customer of mine Jane. (I have featured some of her work on my blog before.)

A couple of weeks ago i dropped Jane's order around to her house and with it i popped in a little thankyou card. Here it is:

For those of you who are regular Crafty ThINKer blog followers will recognise this card layout as being very similar to that of the card i demo'd earlier in the month for the Aldershot WI group.

The cardbase is 'Crumb Cake' card. I ran some 'Pool Party' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder'. Next i glued a strip of the 'Sale-a-bration' 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' (which i handsnipped at the end). I then ran a piece of 'Very Vanilla' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Textured Impression Embossing Set' and cut out the oval by hand. I punched a butterfly from some 'Pool Party' card using thr 'Butterfly Punch', drew on the antennae using a 'Lucky Limeade' 'Stampin' Write Marker' and placed a couple of 'Basic Pearls' down the centre of the butterfly.

Finally the sentiment (from the 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' set), stamped using 'Pear Pizzazz' ink onto 'Pear Pizzazz' card. Punched out using the 'Word Window' punch and a couple of teeny tiny 'Basic pearls' placed either side!

Jane really liked her card. It's important to me that each of my customers feels valued because they really are!! In fact i owe Jane a second thankyou card as she kindly gave me two tickets to the Make-it show next weekend!! Looking forward to going and most probably spending lots of money!!!

Everyday Enchantment DSP/ Outlined Occasions Card!

Hi all, today i have another beautiful card to share with you using two fab 'Sale-a-bration' goodies: the 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' and 'Outlined Occasions' stampset:

I just LOVE this card and the papers - it has such a 'Cath Kidston' feel to me!! These papers are just stunning and you can use them in so many different ways.

This card base is made from the beautiful 'Calypso Coral' On that i have layered two of the different 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' designs. Along the centre i have ran some of the lovely new ribbon that features in the mini catty: 'Very Vanilla' 'Velvet Designer Ribbon' - isn't it lush!!

I stamped the 'thanks' sentiment from the 'Outlined Occasions' stampset onto some 'Pool Party' card. I punched it out using the 'Oval Punch'. Using the 'Big Shot' i ran some 'Lucky Limeade' card through using the 'Textured Impressions Embossing Set', which i cut out by hand and then glued the 'Pool Party' oval in the centre. Actually quite a quick make but i just love it!!

Get your hands on these papers and stampset by making a qualifying Stampin' Up! order. Email me today: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Aldershot Womans Institute Workshop - tonight!

Hi all! I've just got back from Aldershot Womans Institute Group where i was demonstrating Stampin' Up! products and then we made two make and takes!
The projects that i demonstrated were variations of 'Sale-a-bration' cards that i have shared with you recently using the 'Fresh Vintage' stampset, the 'Elementary Elegance' stampset and the beautiful 'Everyday Enchantment DSP'.

Here's the first card we made using the 'Big Shot', 'Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder' and the 'Textured Impression Embossing Set':

The cardbase used on this card is 'Crumb Cake', the embossed background has been made from 'Pool Party' card and the sentiment has been stamped in 'Early Espresso' ink onto 'Very Vanilla' card.

Here's the second card:

The cardbase has been made from 'Pear Pizzazz' card. On a piece of 'Crumb Cake' we stamped the floral stamp from the 'Fresh Vintage' stampset using 'Crumb Cake' ink. The borders have been punched using 'Calypso Coral' punched using the 'Eyelet Border Punch'. The butterflies have been punched using the 'Butterfly Punch' from 'Everyday Enchantment DSP', with some 'Linen Thread' tied around each one, and a 'Basic Pearl' placed in the centre. Finally the sentiment (from the 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' set) has been inked onto a piece of 'Pear Pizzazz' card and punched out using the 'Word Window Punch', with a couple of teeny tiny 'Basic Pearls' placed either side.

I had a brilliant evening and loved that the ladies made the design their own! I really wish i took my camera to take some pics of their wonderful creations!!

Some of the ladies left me a couple of lovely comments:

'Many thanks for a great evening with Stampin' Up!'

'I don't do crafty things but i did make two cards with Stampin' Up!'

I had such an enjoyable evening and the time just flew by! If you live local to the Aldershot area why not pop along and attend a meeting. The group meets on the second Wednesday of every month at St. Joseph's Church Hall Queens Road Aldershot.

If you belong to a social group that would like a demonstration that email me to arrange a date: amyjtidd@gmail.com

And please don't forget that i'm making Stampin' Up! sale-a-bration orders regularly. There are online version catalogues on the righthand side of the blog. E-mail over your order today.

One final thing - don't forget to check back on this blog tomorrow as i will be introducing another Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration set: Outlined Occasions'!! I love this stampset and sure that you will too!!

Sale-a-bration: Elementary Elegance wishes you a Happy Birthday!

Hey all!! This week i'm sharing with you a range of cards that have been created using the beautifully elegant Sale-a-bration' stampset - 'Elementary Elegance'!! So without further ado here is todays card:

I just love this card!! Again, it's another card that with a change of colour combo and sentiment it could suit ANY occassion or recipient!

I ran a piece of 'Marina Mist' thorugh the 'Big Shot' using the 'Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder' and layered that onto a 'Crumb Cake' cardbase. Next i cut a strip of the beautiful Sale-a-bration 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' and handsnipped it into a snakes tongue flag shape. I ran a piece of 'Very Vanilla' cardstock through the 'Big Shot using the 'Textured Impression Embossing Set' and then teared the card by hand. I rubbed a 'Sponge Dauber' and some 'Early Espresso' ink over it to create a distressed effect. Finally i stamped the beautiful 'Happy Birthday' sentiment using 'Early Espresso' ink in the centre and placed a couple of teeny tiny 'Basic Pearls' on for a bit of bling!!!

Love this stampset?! Want it for yourself?! Then make an order worth £45 today and grab this set FOR FREE!! You can't get fairer than that! Email me your order today: amyjtidd@gmail.com