Attic Boutique Card

Hi!

There's not long left to purchase items from the current Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue, as it finishes at the end of the month.  There's some things I'll really miss from it, but I won't find out for a little while yet if they will find their way into the next Annual Catalogue.  If you don't want to miss out, you'd best get in quick!  Today's card uses quite a few products from the Mini Catalogue.

This was a card I made as a sample for my monthly ladies when the Mini first came out.  There are quite a few runs through the Big Shot with this one!

I quite like the doily paper in the pack, and it provided a pretty background for the sentiment panel.

Stamps: Perfect Punches
Ink: Pool Party
DSP/Cardstock: Attic Boutique DSP, Pool Party, Very Vanilla
Other: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Victorian Crochet Trim, Basic Jewels Pearls, Dimensionals

Don't forget our masculine themed blog hop on Saturday, you're sure to be inspired!

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #24

Hi!

Doing a happy dance today because it's FRIDAY!!!! One more week of school and then it's the holidays!  Yes, I'm one of those mums that love school holidays.  I love the slower pace and the lack of 'places to be'.  Just a wonderful chance to chill and recharge. And hopefully get lots of stamping time.  Speaking of which, it's Festive Friday time!

This week Nicole has challenged us to use fabric on our cards.  This one really had me stumped for a while - I guess that's why it's a challenge!  Here's the card I eventually came up with, and I think it was worth the wait.  I love it!

I used my Big Shot and Perfect Pennants Die to cut 4 doilies out of Deck The Halls Designer Fabric.  I then folded each doily in quarters and adhered them to a circle punched from a Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet.  An Antique Brad finishes off the embellishment quite nicely.

I embossed the base of my card with the new Adorning Accents embossing folder and then used my Simply Scored tool to score vertical lines from the embossed line to the bottom of the card.  Love the Classy touch this adds.

Some nice and simple stamping to finish off the inside of the card.  I'm loving having so many of my Christmas cards made already.  It will certainly avoid the November panic to get them done!  Join in with us each week at Festive Friday and you too can avoid that rush to get your cards made.  Don't forget that the challenge this week is to add fabric to your card.

Stamps: Season Of Joy, Snow Swirled, En Francais Background

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Versamark

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Other: Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Die, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Deck The Halls Designer Fabric, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, Sponge Dauber, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

I hope you can play along this week!

Bye for now,

Tina

A Timeless Birthday Card

Hi!

Today I have for you a birthday card I made using some of the new Edgelits in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.  I love how much elegance they can add to a card.

I used the Edgelits to create a lovely edge on the DSP and cardstock.  I also used a matching embossing folder to emboss the base cardstock.  Here's a closer look.

Just a hint: you need to emboss the base cardstock BEFORE you adhere the layers.  It won't fit through your Big Shot if you adhere the layers first.  I discovered this the hard way, but fortunately I didn't break my Big Shot!  Aren't the pearls a lovely little touch to highlight the embossing?

I also used one of the new Framelits as a panel for the sentiment and some Basic Black satin ribbon to finish it off.

Gotta do the inside too!

Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Island Indigo, Versamark
DSP/Cardstock: Timeless Portrait DSP, Basic Black, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Framelits, Edgelits, Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, Basic Jewels Pearls, Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder

Bye for now,

Tina