I really like this stamp set as it's so flexible - change the colours and hey presto - its' a manly card!
Recipe:Card & Inks: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel
Stamp Set: In The Stars, Cheers to You (retired)
Other: Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Dimentional
This was sent to me by Amy Flemming who has a fabulous blog that you really must check out. I feel kind of cheeky posting it though, as she gave it to me so long ago and I haven't posted in several weeks - Augh! However, I wanted Amy to know that I really appreciate the sentiment so have finally posted it. I believe the deal is that I have to list 5 addictions then pass it on to other bloggers I love....
Addictions:
1) Stamping (of course!)
2) chocolate (also not a shock)
3) Matt (him indoors)
4) movies
5) ??
I'd also like to pass this on to the following bloggers (if you have it already, never mind - I think you deserve it again!)
1) kareNstampZ
2) Kirsty
3) Kelly
4) Nat Williams
5) Heather
Here's the second of my A-Z album pages. I've never used this technique on DS papers before but this design from ' Afternoon Tea' (available until march in the SU! Summer Mini catalogue) seemed to suit it well. I also wanted to use some of my carosel notes from the Summer Mini too, but had to cut the photos by hand as I don't have a circle cutter...yet!
It's Mojo Monday time again..well actually it's been Mojo Monday time for about a week now. I'm not the kind of person who works well under pressure so I must get myself more organised and do these challanges on time.
For this card I chose colours I love but rarely use - Sage Shaddow and Almost Amethyst. I also couldn't resist going all out on the glitter - I embossed all over the Whisper White section with glitter, then added some to the flower embelishment and the background. I'm sure people at work tomorrow will be asking what on earth I got up to last night!
Today's post is another Kristina Werner colour challange. I love these challanges as it forces me out of my comfort zone!
The stamp set I used was 'Brithday Best' which was one of my most used sets when I first discovered Stampin' Up! but I haven't used it for ages - it was good to get it out, dust it off and have a play!
I glittered up the centre of all the flowers with Dazzling Diamonds, and even tried out a new technique I read about somewhere - stick a glue dot onto a brad & cover it with Dazzling Diamonds...hey presto, a glittered brad. If you put on enough glitter the glue dot no longer feels sticky to touch.
I also used my flower punches, scallop edge punch (of course!) and some 1/4" and 5/8' ribbon - Done!
This is a little pop up card I made when good friends of ours had a little baby girl. I love the baby time wheel and was very sad when it was retired last year, so I take any chance I can get to use it!
I used a colour combo I haven't tried before but think it worked well. I also made the scollop edge using the corner rounder (before we could but the scallop edge punch), so it's a much wider curve on the scallop.
Here are some pictures of our team's Extravaganza yesterday afternoon. Everyone made five beautiful projects to take home, many of which you can see on blogs belonging to my team members, so have a browse around.
This is the project I helped to demo, perfectly designed by Rachael Knight. It was very straight forward to make but also very eye-catching and effective. It uses the 'All In The Stars' set from the summer mini catalogue and also the East Coast Prep DS papers from the Idea Book & Catalogue. 
