A last Sale-a-Bration card!

Sale-a-bration ends on Tuesday so I thought I'd better get my skates on and blog this card made quite some time ago!

It is of course using the very popular Lotus Blossom stamp set. I'm afraid I can't take the credit for the design though as it is a CASE of a fellow demo's card, Teri. You can see her card HERE . I used Wisteria Wonder for my card base and inked panel with Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette and Cherry Cobbler for the flower.

Last Chance for Sale-a- Bration and Trifold Card

Just a quick post to remind you that Sale-a-Bration ends on Monday. So if you would like to get some of these gorgeous papers you need to hurry.  To showcase them for you I made a tri-fold shutter card. This paper is so pretty it needs little extra embellishment, and I have been hoarding it instead of using it!

 

 I added a few flowers stamped with Petite Petals and punched out with the matching punch. The sentiment is also a Sale-a-Bration set,  See Ya Later, which I cut out with the Deco labels framelits. While it was still in the die I drew round it with the fine nib of a marker in Coastal Cabana, then carefully filled in  the edge it left with the brush tip to give the illusion of a very narrow mat. With hindsight I think I should have put the sentiment on the centre panel - I might try and move it.

 As the little flowers and sentiment all used snippets I have just managed to sneak this into the Playground at the last minute!

I'm afraid my posts and commenting have been a bit sparse just lately - other things such as work on house and garden are getting in the way. Hope to get back to normal soon.

Matching card and a Final Sneak Peak

When I made this gift box my intention was to make a matching card but I have only just got round to it. I have used one of the new tag punches, this is rapidly becoming a firm favourite, to make the focal point. The stamp is also a sneak peak from the new Spring Catalogue, and the embossing folder is a Sale-a Bration freebie you can get when you spend £45. The DSP is retired but is the same as I used for the box. The semtiment is from Wetlands.

Come back tomorrow when I will show the new catalogue and give details of Sale- a -Bration, both of which go live tomorrow.

You can order from my online shop at anytime  or email  if you prefer the personal touch .

A Belated Happy New Year!!

First I'd like to wish you all a belated Happy New Year!

It won't be long now till Sale-a-bration starts and the newSpring/Summer catalogue goes live (Jan 28th!) There's lots of lovely new product to look forward to and with Sale-a- bration a free product for every £45 you spend. Yestreday I had a boxful of new goodies arrivw so that I could show some sneak peaks to tempt you!

What I am going to show you today was not what I had planned it just sort of happened! Next month is a friend's birthday - on Valentine's Day would you believe - we always exchange a token present - nothing very expensive but I always struggle with what to give her. It's too late for diaries and calendars, her house is always like a florists shop on her birthday and if she has given me smellies I don't feel that I can then give her some! So at Christmas we were given 6 boxes of champagne truffles from various friends and I decided to rehome one of the boxes but pretty it up first!

I set to to make a prototype but liked it so decided to just go with it. The base is cardstock and the lid is made from DSP- both took a 12 x 12 sheet. As it was a trial one I used retired paper. The flower is the sneak peak from the new catalogue and the label a Sale-a-bration sneak peak. The leaves were cut with the Secret Garden framelits. The sentiment is from Petite Pairs and the ribbon is non SU
from my stash.

If I make another I think I would make the lid less deep.

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New Spring/Summer Catalogue

The new Spring/Summer catalogue goes live today and there are some seriously scrummy things in it. Why not click on the catalogue in the sidebar and have a good browse?

If you would like a paper copy to drool over drop me an email. And don't forget that any order of £45 gets you a free Sale-a-Bration item. Choose from these: