Ruby Wedding

My friend Sandra needed a Ruby Wedding card for her in-laws and asked me to come up with something. I decided to use SU Rose Red ink as it went with the 'Ruby theme' and a love heart of course!!! This card is my 3rd attempt the first one ended up in the bin (trash for Americans!) and the 2nd one wasn't 'special' enough and then I came up with this idea ... I made up the sentiment on the computer and printed it on vellum, then just laid the vellum strip over the image. So simple and quite weddingy! I just added a few pearls at the corners and I think I've cracked it. Now I just hope Sandra likes it!!!

Recipe:

Stamps : Anna Griffin (B/G), SU Gentler Times

Cardstock : PTI antique ivory, SU Rose Red, Basic Black, Vellum

Ink : Rose Red

Accessories : 1/2 Pearls, computer (for the sentiment)

HOOT

Just a quick post, Sarah just had a tooth pulled out so she wants to go to Dairy Queen for an ice cream!!! I guess she's NOT as grown up as I thought!!!

I also wanted to say hi to my French Auntie {{hello Auntie Brigitte}} ... she and uncle Colin are staying with my parents this week ... they all go 'way back' to when they were all newly married and Auntie Brigitte actually rescued me from the beach one night after I escaped from my parents' home and wandered onto the beach at the bottom of our road. In fact, that's how they met! I think I was about 2 years old .... can you imagine? Mum, you'd be arrested if that happened today!!!! LOL.


There are a series of challenges this week for the Fan Club over on SCS. One of the challenges was to make a masculine card. I decided to use my new Wise Owl set from PTI. HE IS SO GORGEOUS ~ I LOVE HIM. I paper-pieced him and popped him up on dimensionals over the bough from Out on a Limb (also from PTI). So simple, I love it!


Recipe

Stamps : PTI Wise Owl, Out on a Limb
Cardstock : PTI Ivory, SU Chocolate Chip and Au Chocolat DP
Ink : Palette Burnt Umber, Noir and Spring Moss
Accessories : 1/2" circle punch (eyes), dimensionals, Tombow mono adhesive

Colour Challenge and a New PTI Set

I got my new Papertrey Ink goodies yesterday! Love this Quilter's Sampler set (find it here). So I decided to use it along with today's colour challenge on SCS. The colours to use were River Rock, Very Vanilla and Soft Sky.

I started by cutting tiny 3/4" squares of vellum (the blocks fit the 3/4" punch perfectly so that's on my next order!). I then carefully stamped my chosen blocks onto the square (if you have the punch, stamp first, then punch!) with Palette Burnt Umber ink ... once the ink was dry, I flipped the squares over and coloured the blocks. I don't have the reinkers for these colours, so I pressed the lid down onto the ink pad and opened it up. By doing this, you can pick up the ink with your blender pen and colour accordingly. Once all 9 squares were coloured, I stuck the vellum down onto a piece of vanilla c/s and trimmed. I used a special vellum adhesive so it didn't show.

The Finished 'quilt' measures 2 1/4" square so I just matted it with a piece of soft sky and river rock and mounted the whole thing on dimensionals onto a 4 1/4" Vanilla base card. The base was stamped with some spots from PTI's Polka Dot Basics (love that set!). Then I added a sentiment with a brad onto the corner of the quilt and a length of River Rock ribbon. It's simple and pretty (in my opinion) and I'll be creating many more quilts ... probably after my 3/4" punch arrives though!

Recipe:

Stamps : PTI polka dot basics, quilter's sampler

C/S : Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, River Rock

Ink : Palette Burnt Umber

Accessories : River Rock Ribbon, Brad, C/Bug die cut label

Stampin' Up Retired Accessory List

Today Stampin' Up published the retiring accessories from the Spring/Summer 2008 Catalogue. To see the list, click here.

If you see any products you've been meaning to get, let me know and I'll put an order in for you.

Designer Paper and a Box

I found this brown-paper covered box at Target this week for $2.99 in the giftwrap section and decided to alter it with the new Stampin' Up DP called Bella Rose. I started off by measuring around the box and trimming the paper. I adhered the first layer of Riding Hood Red to the main body of the box using Red Sticky Strip. I then cut a 2nd layer of the DP just 1/8" narrower and layered it on top of the RH Red. I then covered the edge of the lid with RH Red and a 2nd design from the Paper Pack.

The lid was covered with a 6" circle (cut with my Fiskars circle cutter) of Kiwi Kiss and layered with the 3rd design from the DP. The centre was made using Nestablities and I stamped my name using the Sans Serif alphabet set.

I didn't want to 'over do' the decorations so I just tied some SU Old Olive grosgrain around the box and glued some primas onto the the lid.

I've fallen for this new Designer Paper and want to decorate my whole house with it!!! A bit too expensive though unfortunately (or fortunately, according to my husband!).

Recipe:

Cardstock : Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DP

Ink : Kiwi Kiss

Accessories : Target Gift Box, Sticky Strip, Grosgrain Ribbon, Primas, Nestabilities

Tea Bag Holder

I wanted to let you see my version of the Tea Bag Holder card. It's very quick and easy and makes a great card/gift for someone who might need cheering up!

To make the card, cut a piece of cardstock 10" x 3 1/4". Score along the long edge at 3 1/4", 3 1/2" and 6 3/4". Use your bone folder to crease along the score lines. From the photo you can work out which is the back piece of the card, cut this at a diagonal to make a flap to hold your tea bag and fold it back towards the centre of the card. I used Tombow multi adhesive on the corner to hold it in place. Pop in a tea bag (mine's very posh, Fortnum & Mason!). Decorate as you wish and pass along to a friend, they're guaranteed to love it!

My tea bag holder today is using SU's new 'In Colours' which will be available in the new Fall/Winter Catalog due out on 11th August. They're great! The card base is Riding Hood Red, layered with Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DP (the plaid) and the tea pot is stamped on Pink Pirouette. It's a very simple card but I like it! The buzzy bees on the teapot had their wings coloured with a Sakura Stardust Gel Pen for some shimmer and the teapot itself was watercoloured using the same In-Colours.

A Sketch from Splitcoast

Here's today's card made from a sketch over on SCS. Today's challenge is called SC185. I made a card called Shabby Lemons! I started with a standard sized card and rubbed Tim Holz Distress Ink in 'Old Paper' all over the base to give it that shabby feel. Then I stamped the Lemon from Sun Ripened II in Palette Burnt Umber ink onto PTI Ivory cardstock. I coloured the image with Copics and mounted it onto Close to Cocoa C/S after distressing with Old Paper Ink. The larger rectangle was stamped with the watercolour joy wheel in Barely banana and distressed with the Old Paper ink, again it was mounted on Close to Cocoa. The strip is 1" wide and is barely banana run through the cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot holder. I added jumbo brads at each end and glued it all together.