simple elegance

Just a quick post from me today, this is the project which i made this week for our team challenge,
this week we had to make a project using one roller and one sentiment so this is what I came up with I really enjoyed making it. It also helped me out with my own personal challenge of making at least one item for packaging a Christmas gift every week until Christmas.

Here's what I used for my gift box:

Card stock: whisper white

Ink: Taken with Teal

Stamps: Jumbo woodcut holly roller, Curvy verses

Accessories: Pretties kit, scallop oval punch.

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Abi

Starry night

Here's another card that i made for the funky friday challenge ( yes I know this one is a little late too but I had a good excuse!!! well two actually!) any how you can see the original challenge here

This was my first attempt at using my brayer which i thought came out ok.

For this card I used:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Occasional greetings,

Card stock: Very vanilla, Close to cocoa,

Ink: Close to cocoa, creamy caramel, pretty in pink, lavender lace

Accessories: Scallop square punch, sponge dauber, scallop edge punch, brayer, silver elastic thread.

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Abi

A bit of a catch up :)

This card is for the Funky Friday colour challenge #38 ( I'm a bit late posting it to be honest oops) any how the challenge was to use: Creamy caramel, close to cocoa, lavender lace, pretty in pink and very vanilla, I wanted to try some alternative Christmas cards and I think they came out quite well.

I used:

Stamps: A touch of nature, Occasional greetings and Tags for all ( button )

Card stock: Creamy caramel, Close to cocoa, very vanilla

Ink: Lavender Lace, Pretty in pink, close to cocoa

Accessories: Dazzlin diamonds, dimensionals, earth elements buttons, clear buttons, blender pen.

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Abi

Looking for a creative crew!!!!!

OK so if you haven't checked out my challenge site recently you really should this week, I'm looking for some creative people to join my inspiration team, this involves making at least one project every week for the challenges which will alternate between colour inspiration and sketch, post them on your blog and basically inspire every one with your creativity, a copy of your projects will be posted on the challenge blog for EVERYONE to see too so come along and have a go! this will close this Friday at 24.00GMT so don't miss out!

( I will be posting all my challenge entries later today so stay tuned! a little late I know but due to an unwilling knee I haven't had chance to get in my craft room yet!)

Have fun!

Abi

A bit more Bella

I'm really enjoying how simple the Bella Toile stamp makes card making it really is beautiful, This is a birthday card which I made for one of my down line girls It was her birthday on monday but i didn't want to post this until she had her card as it would have spoilt the surprise.

Happy birthday Kathy!

I used:

Card stock: Brocade Blue, Whisper White, Night of Navy

Stamps; Bella Toile,

Ink: Brocade Blue, White craft

Accessories: white taffeta ribbon, eyelet border punch.

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Abi

Chocoholic gifts

These a re so cute and yes they contain chocolate, I brought these back for my team girls who were unable to attend convention this year, they contained a very pretty ball ball which was full of gorgeous Lindt chocolate, ( of course i had to buy one extra to make sure they tasted OK)

then i made these little boxes to put them in:

I used Night of navy card stock and whisper white taffeta ribbon and used the NEW Stampin' Up! window sheets for the clear window at the front.

Hopefully all the girls liked the chocolate ( if not i don't mind having them back mmmmmm Lindt)

Any how thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions about anything you have seen on my blog please email me to ask!!!

Abi

Funky flutterby

I thought I'd quickly share one of the swaps I made for convention with you, my dh helped me make some of these I think he has discovered he quite enjoys sticking ribbon onto cards :

I used:

Stamps: Flight of the butterfly, French Filigree background

Ink: Pink Passion, craft white

Accessories: dazzlin diamonds, white 1/4" gros grain

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Abi

p.s. am up and wobbling around now just a little bruised :)

Sparkly snow flake and a big ouch!!

Hi Everyone hope you are all surviving the storms we've been having recently, thought i'd share a card i made last week for our team challenge which last week was set by Rosina,

so this is what i made I used the new fine galaxy glitter with my sticky cuts sweet, one of the flowers I thought would look quite good as a snow flake, what do you think?

Here's what i used:

Stamps: snow burst, occasional greetings

Ink: Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst,

Accessories: Silver elastic thread, Fine galaxy glitter, 3/4" circle punch, sticky cuts sweet, 2 way glue pen.

Also for those of you that have heard I dislocated my left knee cap last night, it was very painful and i was taken to hospital and put in plaster :(...................................................... this morning however after all the swelling had gone down the plaster was way to big so i returned to the hospital with the help of my friend Sue ( Hi sue * big wave*) to get the plaster taken off as it wasn't doing anything, so to cut the long story short I will be taking it easy for a little while ( until i can walk lol ) while the purple bruising on my knee comes out and looks really pretty, but I am fine thanks for all the emails and i will be back to normal very soon ( hopefully).

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Abi

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Note let medallions.

You know when you find something you really like and you just can't stop using it, I think that,s what's happening with this stamp, it's gorgeous.
This is one of the projects I made with my stampers 10 group ( if you'd like more information about my stampers 10 or virtual hostess clubs click here ) MY stampers 10 is perfect if you would like the chance to be a hostess but don't know enough "crafty" people for a party!

So any how back to the project :) I thought we could make a gift as it's coming up to gift giving season and we made this lovely set.

We Used:

Stamps: Medallion background, Sincere salutations

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Kraft, Naturals Ivory

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip, White Craft ink,

Accessories: Clear Rhinestone brad

Punches: 1 3/4" circle, eyelet border punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi