Cupcake Punch

Hi there,

Has it really been July since I last posted?  I have been holding classes and making cards, but not blogging!

I found this card as I was on Pinterest and changed it ever so slightly.  This was designed by a lady in America whose blog is called Simple Stamping.  I just loved the look of it!  The colours used are:  Pool Party, Strawberry Slush, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.

I used the cupcake punch for the scoops and cherry and the pennant punch for the cone.  The Simply Scorred scorer to give a nice boarder to the card.  I used a framelits set  (Labels Collection) to cut the decorative background, with my new Big Shot magnetic platform.  The magnet inside it keeps the framelits in place as you cut it, which is really handy.

We will be making two of these cards (as well as 4 others) at my next cardmaking class on the 19th October at my house, in Wahroonga.  Please contact me on 0402 276 324 or on cookv3@tpg.com.au if you'd like to come.

Card Class- Vintage Butterflies

I thought I would let you see what we will be making next card class.  I got the idea for this style while looking at a a blog I stumbled across by Diane Van Galien.  You can get so many good ideas by Googling the stamp set you want to use!

The next card class will be held at my home in Wahroonga (North Shore, Sydney) at 2pm next Saturday, 6th April.  Please contact me  (0402 276 324) if you'd like to come.

Here is a close up of it:

I love the embossing- it shows up really well.  When you come, you can choose your greeting and embossing style.  The colours we will be using are Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder and Pink Pirouette. 

The stamps I used were:  Papillon Potpouri (for the butterflies) and Perfectly Penned for the greeting.

The butterflies were so easy as I punched them out with the two different sizes of the butterfly punch.  I then folded them in half and added a glue dot to one side to give the feeling that they'd just landed in the page.

I cut the two shapes on the page with a new Framelit set called Apothecary Accents.  So easy, as I put two sheets of cardstock at a time through the Big Shot machine.

Happy Easter,

Ness xx 

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.

Party This Way

I have had the Party This Way stamp set for ages, but mainly only used the greeting of 'Happy Birthday'.   I got this set out the other day and had a play with it.  This set looks great in bright colours.  All I did was stamp the ballons and then drew a 'string' with a Stamp'n'Write Marker.  It took me about 5 mins to make and I think it looks really effective.

Ness xx

Sophie and Simone's Birthday

My friend Simone and my neice, Sophie both have birthdays in November so I made them the same style card.  I made this using the sets: French Foliage, Kindness Matters and Letter it.  I love how the French Foliage set has a stamp that looks like something has spilt on the paper, giving it a really weathered look.  I finished it off with crumbcake Seam Binding Ribbon.  The butterflies were hand cut, which made it a bit fiddly, but worth it.

Ness