Card Class this Thursday Night

I have made three cards for my card class this Thursday night.  All three of them are made using the Stippled Blossoms set.  It is a really lovely set, that my friend, Anne Farrar, recommended to me.  She made the most gorgeous card that she let me copy.

Stippled Blossoms is called a two-step stamping set.  That means you stamp an image with a light colour first and then use the second stamp in a darker colour and it gives a lovely darker outline.

The first card is made with three images from the Stippled Blossoms set and then fussy cut.  Fussy cutting is a fancy word for 'hand cutting'!  I put the background through the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and cut the oval out with the Oval Framelits.  I then stamped the greeting with the set: Memorable moments.  It's a great set, as you can stamp any age greeting to make a card for a special occasion.

The second card is an ode to two retiring colours; Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy.  It was super easy to make.  I just stamped the greeting from the set Field Flowers and the flower from Stippled Blossoms.

For the third card, I wanted to use the paper doilies in the Seasonal Catalogue.  I stamped the background using the Netting background stamp.  The two colours used were Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose.

As I mentioned, I will be holding a class this Thursday night (7pm, 30th May) and I will repeat the class on 22nd June at 2pm.  We will be making 6 cards with matching envelopes for $20.

Please email me on cookv3@tpg.com.au if you'd like to come along.

Ness xx

Nothing says Spring like a fete!

Can't believe it's September already.  I have been very busy making cards for my very first market stall.  My friend Anne Farrar (Stampin'Annie@blogspot.com) and myself are going to sell cards and promote Stampin'Up! at the Castle Cove Public School Spring Fair this Sunday.  We would love it if you dropped by our stall.  It runs from 10am-4pm, this Sunday, 16th September.

For the stall I have been focussing on some masculine cards as these are quite hard to find and make.  The first one I'd like to show you is one that is inpired from an American lady called Mary Fish.  It's using a set that I love but never made it here and it's called You're My Type.  I used my striped embossing folder as well as the Square Lattice.  I love the texture it gives.

This card was made for a work colleague of mine.  I used a stamp set I have been using a lot called Memorable Moments.  It is a versatile set as it's got Happy Birthday, Anniversary and numbers that make lots of different combinations.   I used Marina Mist in the background and distressed the edges using a pair of scissors.

Happy 16th Birthday!

A very Happy 16th Birthday to my twin neices!  I can't believe it, they can start learning how to drive-amazing.   As I think I have mentioned, my nieces have always been- one pink and one blue, and they still don't deviate from it much.  It's the colour of their clothes, their rooms- everything.

I made these cards out of a new stamp set we got at the Stampin' Up! Convention.  It will be out in September, it's called: Memorable Moments.