Strawberry Fields Forever….

It was my mum’s birthday earlier this month, so here is the birthday card I made for her.

I really enjoyed making the strawberries, and thought it would be nice to co-ordinate everything.  

There was a new shop opened in town a couple of months ago, and I bought mum a voucher so that she could treat herself, so made a matching belly-band to tie everything together!

Here is everything all together.  I was quite pleased with how it turned out - I think mum liked it too!

I used the retired heart punch to make the strawberries, but the new Sweetheart Punch will work equally as well (I just don’t have it – yet!!).  The leaves have been made using the Petite Petals Punch and the ‘seeds’ could be made using the gold Dazzling Details.  The flowers have been made using the flower from the Itty Bitty Punch set, and the centres can be made using the Brights Candy Dots.

My ever faithful Hardwood stamp came out to play – again! – plus a little twist of Linen Thread and it was done!

I hope you like my little burst of sunshine today!

ali

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Sweetheart Punch	Petite Petals Punch	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack	Hardwood Wood-Mount Background Stamp
Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set	Gold Glitz Dazzling Details	Brights Candy Dots
Linen Thread	Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock	Cucumber Crush A4 Cardstock	Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock
Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad	Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

And Finally...

Here are the last two colour combinations using the Floral Wings Hostess stamp set.  

This first card uses a combination of Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder.

The second colour combination is Marina Mist and Blushing Bride,

Which is your favourite?  I'd love to hear from you, and to hear what combinations you've tried!!

Happy Stampin'

ali

Delightful Butterfly...

As promised, here is another colour combination of yesterday's card.  This card uses Delightful Dijon and Tangelo Twist.  I have to be honest and say that I have found it quite a challenge to use the Delightful Dijon, but I am really liking this combination.

The butterfly is cut using the Bold Butterfly Framelits.

I was looking through lots of cards on Pinterest to get some inspiration before I made these cards, and the card that caught my eye the most appeared on Julies blog - my SU upline!!!  Well, that didn't really surprise me as I find her work a constant inspiration - I only wish I could find more hours in the day to play more!!

One more post with some alternative colours coming soon....

ali

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Floral Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad	Delightful Dijion Classic Stampin' Pad
Tangelo Twist Classic Stampin' Pad	Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies

Blackberry Bliss Butterfly...

At last, here I am with a crafty post!  This stamp set is Floral Wings, and is only available as an exclusive Hostess reward.  These are extra rewards that are available when you host a party - if you'd like to find out more, just ask me for more details!!

The colour combination is Blackberry Bliss and Rose Red - I think this is such a pretty combination.

I've also used the Brick Wall Embossing Folder which is new for this years catalogue.

More colour combos to follow!!

Happy Stampin'

ali

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Floral Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad	Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad	Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

Missing In Action...

Apologies for the lack of posts recently!  No excuses other than life just got in the way!  Thought I'd share with you a couple of things that have happened over the last month...

Number one child has finished primary school and takes the next big step in to secondary school in September.  Madeline has turned in to such a confident young lady, and to say I'm really proud of her just doesn't come close to how I feel!  This is her at the end of her last day, after getting all her friends and teachers to sign her school blouse!

The other big event has been Ollie's 9th birthday.  If you saw my Project Life blog post last year for

his 8th birthday, you'll remember that Ollie is a big football fan.  Well, this year, he wanted another football party, so here he is...

I promise there will be some crafty posts soon!!!

ali