Thursday 24 May 2012

Diamond Wedding


The 24th May is a very important day in my diary....its another double celebration with my youngest sons birthday and my mum and dads wedding anniversary. This year though is a special year....18 years ago today I gave birth to my son and 60 years ago today my parents got married. To see my card for Andrew pop over to my other card blog. My parents card was made with Stampin'Up products except for the 60th and the diamond wording, only because I dont have anything suitable in my Su stamp stash.

First of all the stamps....Apothecary Art from the new mini catalogue. I stamped this simply in Silver pigment ink and then I stamped the "Congratulations" stamp from Curly Cute. My orginal idea was to stamp and emboss with silver embossing powder but after a quick rummage in my bags remembered "its a box" somewhere all packed up for the move....{ I would be very rich if I had a pound for everytime I have said that already these past few weeks!!}

The stamp was then cut out with the framelits dies and I cut another on in Silver mirror card. The diagonals on the back was done with a scoring board. I do not have the SU one yet but its on my wish list as its got a diagonal plate which would have been much easier for me to use.



Finally I used some of the white satin ribbon to make a bow and I used the word window punch for the diamond sentiment. Each cross over had a diamond gem attached....I know its abit ott buts its not often I make a diamond wedding card..lol!! I also found some hat pins which I attached behind the ribbon...these can be brought at most good craft shops.

Hope you are all enjoying the fab weather, back soon before I loose touch for a while.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

New Mini Catalogue

Today sees the launch of the new Summer mini catalogue, a link is on the side bar. If you would like a paper copy please email me.

There is plenty of new goodies to play with including new stamps, papers, material, fab Sizzix embossing folders and die, scrumptious new ribbons and brads and loads more. The biggest new item to hit the european Stampin'Up market is the scoreboard, a huge hit in the States its now available to buy over here.



I have been having a little play with my new products and I am loving so many of the new stamps but Bordering on Romance could turn out to be one of my favourites.




  •  Stamps: Bordering on Romance, For my Family {sentiment}
  • Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
  • Paper: Twitterpated Designer series
  • Colouring: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo,Lucky Limeade and Pool Party Marker pens
  • Embossing /dies: Textured Impressions Embossing folders/Edgelits dies Adorning Accents
  • Extras: Watercolour card, Water brush, Pearls, Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon.
So why not grab a cuppa and download the pdf and see what new things we have. If you would like to place an order email me.