A slightly different Christmas card

Hello!

I totally forgot to share a teeny alternative Christmas card I made for a friend who studies Ancient Rome. She has never been one for lavish cards (or Christmas cards in general),so I thought I would make her something a little more personal,a little more 'her'. 
(In a nutshell,Saturnalia is the Ancient Roman festival celebrating the rebirth of the Sun) Anyway,here it is,short sweet and to the point :-)

I hope your New Year is starting well,only 339 days until Christmas! ;-)

Lou x

SUPPLIES USED:

Die: La La Land sun

Stamps: W Plus 9 'Heartflet Holiday', Lawn Fawn 'Milo's ABC's'

Other: Inks: Distress Inks and SU Olive

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Hello!

Today's card is made with a whole lotta joy at finally getting this set from Wplus9 :-)

I have been SO excited to get playing with it and this was the first thing I did (still feeling my way around my newly acquired love of CAS-but I took the plunge with this one...that is a LOT of white space! :-o  )

I stamped the milk container onto the card,then another onto vellum and embossed this with white,tucking the straw between the two layers. 

Hope you like it!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Wplus9 'Milk & Cookies'

Dies: Wplus9 'Milk & Cookies'

Embossing folder: Tim Holtz

Extras: Vellum Polaroid frame Studio Calico, Prismacolor pencils, WOW embossing powder

Fabulous flutterings

Hello!

Wow,sunshine already-what a joy! 

Whenever the sun is out,it always makes things much more fun to do,so I cleared my crafting desk with much more enthusiasm than normal and sat down and made a good friend of mine a 40th birthday card using the gorgeous W Plus 9 (no,really? W Plus 9 again Lou?!)Layered Butterfly die,Fresh Preserves die and Avery Elle's Count on it stamp set for the sentiment. 

Using rainbow cardstock,I used the smaller of the Layered Butterfly layers to make the butterflies in the jar,and built them up bigger and bigger then used all the left over wings to make Le Grande Butterfly! I cut the Fresh Preserves jar from a scrap piece of packaging and inked the edges to make them stand out a bit. I distressed a piece of journaling paper as my base,and rummaged around in my chip board scraps box for some extra accents to add to the edge of the page.

Hope you like it!

 

Spring Greens!

Hellooooo!

Today I have made an almost  monochromatic card,using Paper Smooches A Magical Spring set,which at first glance may look like just a St Patrick's Day set,but you can use it in so many ways,it can be used throughout the year.
I have an awesome friend who is going through a tough spot at the moment,but she is not one for soppy sentiments,so this little greeny will be winging its way to her.

I used the rather handy W Plus 9 Clear Hearts Stacker to make the shamrocks,both the large and the small,inked the edges to add a little depth (and I cant seem to go past a project without inking it SOMEWHERE),coloured the leprechaun and his best mate birdie,and backed them on white so they didn't get lost,ran the main body of the card through swiss dots embossing folder-again to help differentiate the different areas of the monotone card,blinged the centers (well,you just have to don't you?!)and attached the smaller shamrock with a very fine gauge piece of wire. It sproinged around too much,so I had to anchor it down with a pop dot.

I hope you are having an awesome start to Spring (despite the random snow!)There are lots of lovely Spring inspired sets in the shop at the moment,with more on the way,so go check them out when you have a few moments :-)

I Whaley like you :-)

Ahoy there!

Well,snow isn't quite what I was expecting this close to Spring :-/ 

Today's card is made with one of my favourite sets from my favourite companies,although with this weather,maybe I should have used the penguin instead of the whale!

 I have some new Washi tape and immediately thought of this set I had lurking and started thinking nautical thoughts.

I started by wrapping three sets of Washi,in the colours I wanted to stamp the card in,keeping in nautical with blues and reds,and a bit of mustard (can't beat a bit of mustard ;-)) Then,I used the awesomely useful rounded rectangle stacker dies to cut out a frame,stamping the Bitty Buddies frame onto it (it fits pretty much perfectly-score!) I used the Avery Elle Fanfare set to make some waves for the whale,and fussy cut them. I stamped the gorgeous little whale and his water jet onto a piece of card,used the smallest rounded rectangle die for my sentiment and added another heart underneath. I used Stickles on the hearts,then when they were dry,put a bit of Glossy Accents to make the super shiny. After framing the whale and adding the sentiment,I put pop dots on the frame to make it stand out from the Washi background and added two little rope bows from the Lawn FawnTriple Twine set which complimented and completed the look. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bitty Buddy set,it's so versatile and not just for Valentines Day. It has matching dies too (always a bonus). 

I hope you like it,it was made with a very special person in mind  :-)