Kop a load of this! …

My brother-in-law is a HUGE Liverpool Football Club fan.  So for his birthday present, we arranged for him and his two sons to have a tour of the ground. 

They got to visit the players’ changing rooms, walk through the tunnel – touching the famous “this is Anfield” sign on the way - go in the dug out and the Kop stand, and also visit the fantastic trophy room.  I don’t know who enjoyed his birthday present more – him or the kids! 

So of course I had to use real red cardstock for his birthday card.  A piece of real red satin ribbon was added for the tails of the football rosette…

 

 

Real red satin ribbon was perfect for decorating the birthday cake I made him too…

 

 

I attend a local college once a week to learn cake decorating, and I am loving it!  

 

 

We’ve been learning and practising more techniques in cake class this term.  A lot of the skills used in card making are also used in cake decorating – which is good news for me! 

 

All papercraft supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: stamps: happiest birthday wishes (hostess set), just soccer (retired); cardstock: whisper white, real red; inks: real red, basic grey; accessories: real red satin ribbon, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, stampin’ dimensionals.

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A sale-a-bration celebration …

I just love the Everyday Enchantment designer series paper – which is absolutely FREE from Stampin Up with a £45 spend during sale-a-bration!  I love the colours and all the different patterns … gorgeous!  I have two packs of it ….one to use, and one to stroke …. (fellow crafters will know what I mean!)

As the paper is so gorgeous, I used it to make this card for Deborah’s birthday last week. 

Deb is not only my friend but she’s a fellow Pink Lady too.  When we get together the time just flies chatting and giggling about Stampin Up and crafting … sometimes into the wee hours! 

And the birthday cake I made for her had pink roses – pink roses for a Pink Lady - 

I edged the cake with pretty in pink polka dot ribbon from Stampin Up to match …   

Deb was delighted with her cake but didn’t want to cut into it – she said it was too nice to eat! 

So it was a good job I made her some cupcakes to go with it too then…

   

I used four different embossing folders from Stampin Up to emboss the icing – perfect polka dots, manhattan flower, vintage wallpaper and elegant bouquet – and then added small sugar roses and leaves. 

 I loved that I could give them the Stampin Up treatment! 

 

All card supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: stamps:  sincere salutations; cardstock: whisper white textured; inks: baja breeze; accessories: baja breeze seam binding ribbon, stamp-a-majig, tombow multipurpose glue, beautiful wings embosslit, big shot machine. 

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A charming Parisian engagement …

On Valentine’s day we could all do with a little romance in our lives, no?  My friend, Sarah, had a milestone birthday a little while ago, when she turned 30 – you can see a photo of the birthday card I made her here. 

As a birthday present, her boyfriend took her to Paris for a few days … he took her to the top of the Eiffel Tower and proposed!  How romantic!  They make a lovely couple and are so very happy. 

So this is the card I made for them – I had to wait until we’d given them their gifts, but now that’s happened, I can sharetheir card with you …

I wanted to make something classy and yet modern, and hope I achieved it with this design – what do you think? 

Once again I turned to the Charming stamp set – stamping the background pattern in sahara sand ink onto a piece of whisper white cardstock, which was then adhered to the top of an A4 piece of confetti white cardstock, folded in half to make an A5 card.

A strip of wisteria wonder cardstock added subtle colour across the width of the card, and the sentiment, from the Wedding Sweet stamp set, was stamped to the left hand side using basic grey ink, and a rhinestone added to draw the attention. I applied a line of sticky strip underneath and added dazzling diamonds for sparkle, rubbing the glitter into the sticky strip well. 

I wanted to add some confetti – the card was for an engagement after all – so I used a heart treat cup from Stampin Up, into which I could put lots of little matching heart shaped confetti, punched out from whisper white and wisteria wonder cardstock, using the smallest heart on the heart to heart punch. 

The frame for the treat cup was made by stamping the scalloped heart image, from the Sweetheart stamp set, in versamark ink onto a piece of whisper white cardstock, covering first with heat and stick powder, heating with a heat gun, then covering with dazzling diamonds and reheating to set the glitter onto the card.  Heat and stick powder is so great for adding glitter to your projects in this way as you can add it in exactly the same shape as your stamped image, plus the glitter will not shed as it is adhered closely to the card.  Love it! 

To finish the card, and as an added touch, I punched out a couple of tiny tags with the jewelry punch and wrote their names with a wisteria wonder Stampin Write marker pen. 

I’m really pleased with the way the card looked – I love that the stamped background pattern could be seen through the treat cup and confetti, and I have got to admit – I love the glitter! 

 

All supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: stamps:  charming, sweetheart, wedding sweet; cardstock: whisper white, confetti white, wisteria wonder; inks: sahara sand, basic grey; accessories: large heart punch, heart to heart punch, rhinestone jewel, wisteria wonder stampin write marker pen, heart treat cup, sticky strip, heat and stick powder, dazzling diamonds, jewelry tag punch, silver elastic thread (retired), stampin dimensionals, stamp-a-majig. 

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Charming crumb cake thank you…

I loved playing with the Charming stamp set to make lots of different examples for my inspiration station at Michelle’s training craft event last month.  It is such a versatile stamp set  …

I made this really clean and simple thank you card with a simple row of stamping, some faux stitching and a piece of gorgeous grosgrain ribbon from Stampin Up.  My stamp-a-majig really helped to stamp the images perfectly - I don’t know what I’d do without it!   

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Card recipe: stamps:  charming, just believe; cardstock: very vanilla, crumb cake; inks: early espresso; accessories: small heart punch, rhinestone jewel, white gel pen, 1 1/4” black striped grosgrain ribbon, stamp-a-majig. 

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