Punch art Spiderman …

Inspired by a punch art card I saw on Pinterest, I decided to recreate it for my nephew’s birthday…

I used the spider web embossing folder from Stampin’ Up to add texture and then did

a little bit of sponging to add shading using sponge daubers and ink…

The punch art was adhered to a base card of bashful blue, with some whisper white clouds punched out using the cupcake punch. I placed Spiderman on a basic grey rectangle of cardstock to represent a building, and added lines freehand for the windows with my white gel pen. The hand-cut banner sentiment is from the itty bitty banners set, which I earned for free during sale-a-bration but is still available to purchase …

You can see the original card made by Natasha here

I really enjoyed making this card, so I hope my nephew likes it!

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Here’s what I used to make today’s cards – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: bashful blue, basic grey, whisper white, basic black, real red, pacific point; stamp sets: itty bitty banners; inks: basic grey, real red, night of navy; punches: large oval, small oval, large circle, word window, modern label, large heart, cupcake; accessories: spider web embossing folder, big shot, white gel pen, sponge daubers, stampin’ dimensionals, tombow mutlipurpose glue.

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Vintage 60th birthday with Everything Eleanor…

My friend was organising a surprise birthday party for one of her friends and asked me to make a special birthday card.  The brief was anything to do with wine and something classy.  I don’t have any stamps that are specifically wine related, so I decided to make the card in wine colours with a vintage style … maybe a tenuous link but that’s all I had to work with!

A little bit of inking in crumb cake, applied with a sponge dauber, helped to give the card a distressed, vintage look …

For texture and a touch of luxury, I added some crochet trim, very vanilla seam binding ribbon and a vintage brad – which completed the look.

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Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: cherry cobbler, very vanilla; stamps: everything eleanor; ink:  basic grey, crumb cake; accessories:  labels collection framelits, typeset alphabet dies, big shot, adhesive pearls, very vanilla seam binding ribbon, crochet trim, vintage brad, stampin’ dimensionals, glue dots.

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A vintage wedding collage …

Whilst still designing my daughter’s wedding invitations, I took some time out to make some for a friend.  I was a little out of my comfort zone with this style of card, but the bride knew exactly what she wanted … a vintage-distressed look with a large mix of colours, from soft pinks, lilacs and beige, to darker colours such as grey and navy.  The bride also had a long list of images she wanted which would tie in with her wedding theme … bird cages, flowers, postage stamps, flourishes and, of course, the Eiffel Tower – as this is where her fiancé had proposed.  You may remember the engagement card I made for them here.

So, here are my bespoke vintage wedding invitations for Sarah…

I used several different stamp sets to create the collage to be able to include all the images the bride had asked for, including the hydrangea from a retired hostess set, which I love and cannot bear to part with.  The bride loved the finished effect with its tiny, fork-tied bows …

I also stamped the envelopes, front and back, to match …

The cards were lovingly hand-stamped and distressed -

and took many hours to complete…

Each card was unique in its own way and made a pretty keepsake for each of the invited guests…

So, there’s a vintage style wedding ahead - a wedding unique in design and with the intricacy of the collage, and the high quality Stampin’ Up! materials I used, the invitation has given a little glimpse of what’s to come.

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Watercolour new baby card – two by two …

The Two by Two stamp from Stampin’ Up is so cute!

I couldn’t wait to ink it up to make this card for my friend to welcome her sweet baby girl…

I stamped the image onto watercolour paper using black stazon ink,

and then used my acquapainter to add colour.

 

I decided to change the sentiment and used one from the teeny tiny wishes set.

The silver glimmer paper by Stampin’ Up can be coloured to match any of their colour range using the stampin’ write marker pens.

There’s a great tutorial showing how to do this on Michelle’s blog.

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Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: pretty in pink, whisper white, silver glimmer; stamps: two by two, teeny tiny wishes; ink: black stazon, stampin’ write marker pens in pink pirouette, pretty in pink, bashful blue, so saffron, daffodil delight, regal rose, certainly celery, elegant eggplant, pool party, crumb cake and calypso coral; punches: large oval, oval, small heart; accessories: watercolour paper, acquapainter, stampin’ dimensionals.

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