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Graduation congrats.. another hoot!

Made to celebrate my niece's graduation this year....
Are you guessing I'd just got the owl punch and was enjoying using him given last few posts? Yep you're right!
Rich razzleberry and Early espresso used. The owl tummy and background was pretty in pink dsp, and the mortar board was cut by hand and decorated with a rich razzleberry button from the brights button kit and a piece of (retired) rich razzleberry dotted ribbon. The scroll was made using the word window punch and then turned and rentered to get a shorter version then tied with twine.
Sentiment is from my to to set at the moment - curly cute.

Hope you liked it!

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Hubby's birthday.. and owls galore what a hoot!

So here is a matching card and dsp gift bag I made for my husband's birthday recently (obviously my toddler must have made them as it says dad!)...
For the card I used a sheet of dsp from the fantastic value neutrals dsp pack - early espresso. (tutorial in available on ilws) and the card is made using the matching paper, pumpkin pie ink and paper, scallop border punch, serif letters, and the totally cute owl punch. (I did use non SU googly eyes for a bit of kiddy fun!)
The 'wooden' posts are made using the solid stripes punch and corner rounder.
The ribbon for the gift bag is the luscious striped grosgrain. (chocolate chip)

Hope you liked it!

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Baroque motifs.... again!

As my friend and SU upline says... me and my favourite set! (inspired her to buy it so can't be all bad!)

So...
Real red card, baroque motifs embossed in white then using the tree trimmings stickers available from last years Christmas scrapping kit (now retired but stamps still available).

Finished off with a flat fake bow in old olive satin ribbon.

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Christmas in July! and serene snowflakes

A very quick and simple card using night of navy card.
Serene snowflakes stamped randomly using versamark then embossed with silver powder.

It doesn't show very clearly in the photo, but the three larger snowflakes were hand cut out and raised up on dimensionals to give added interest.

The edges of the card were also embossed.
Hope you liked it!

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Second version of I heart hearts

Very similar to the previous card - obviously using bashful blue instead of old olive, but blinged up a little with a sentiment from tiny tags, a flower from boho blossoms punch and a brad.

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I heart hearts

I love this set!
Especially the filigree heart!

Stamped 3 times using old olive and early espresso. Cut out using punch to get most and as this stamp has a slightly thinner bottom - used paper snip too! (Others in the set correspond exactly with the punch).

Mat and layered onto dsp from the paper pack and corresponding card stock and et voila!

Hope you liked it!

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Choo Choo but bigged up!

Previously I showed a set of cards I made using Choo Choo set, today I used the same set but made a much more special and time consuming card for my god daughters birthday!

I stamped the carriages and then using a craft knife cut them all out so I could layer animals from Animal stories behind the carriages to make it 3d. The cake from the final carriage was made using the cupcake stamp and punch set (usa only - thanks Liz and Claire!) And the right of track wheel used along the bottom.

The sky was daubed using a scallop circle to create the cloud effect and the hills were ripped from mellow moss cardstock (retired).

I confess the inspiration was from a card I saw in splitcoast but I am sorry I can't remember who - please say if yours and I will edit!

Hope you like it!

Choo Choo....

When I get the chance I like to make batches of children's cards, there always seem to be so many needed!

Here are a few I made with the set Choo Choo and right on track wheel.
Ink - basic gray, real red
Card - very vanilla and real red
Stamps - serif numbers, Choo Choo and stampin around wheel right on track
Corner rounder
Word window punch used for the sentiment and two punched in fed and layered behind create the mat. (sentiment from an SU set but can't find which one!)
Hope you like it!

Peppa pig

Not my idea! Borrowed from Julie Kettlewell - Julies Japes with a few adaptions eg I used the modern level punch to form her dress and word Windows for the Wellies.
I find punch art really useful on young children's cards as there don't seem to be lots of choices for the younger generation - hopefully some of the amazing stamp sets in America will make our way soon! Love those diggers!
Anyway... I digress!
Patterned paper (retired) was hostess special last year, mounted on pretty in pink.
3 is my go to serif numbers set.
Hope you like it!

Katharine and Ian wedding card

Here's a card I made for a lovely couple that I used to work with who got married recently.
For special occasion cards I like to up the layers - I think this is one way to make the card look like it has gone the extra mile!
It's an a5 card made using very vanilla and soft suede layers. I daubed the vanilla edges with soft suede ink for extra dimension and depth. One of the soft suede edges was created wither the border punch.
The hearts are made using the large heart punch and the letters are from a cuttlebug alphabet I own (although SU now have the Big Shot and very similar Timeless Type letters). I ran one of these through with an embossing folder to add the dots for texture, the other was stamped with the filigree heart from I heart hearts and then gold embossed.
The sentiment is from the great Tiny tags set and attached with gold elastic cord.
Hope you like it!

A birthday card for Isabella

Or Bella as my son calls her!
Lots of pink... perfect for a nice girly card!
Pretty in pink and melon mambo team really well with heart to hearts set and the watermarked 3 in the background is created by using versamark and the serif numbers set.

Embellishments come from the heart punches, melon mambo spotted ribbon (retired) and a little bling courtesy of the rhinestones.

Hope you like it! 

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