Party with Cake - Happy Birthday! With a few Sneak Peeks!

Hello!

I'm lucky enough to have not one, but TWO unwell kids at home today!  We are soldiering on though and for now I am able to add a few posts!

We are so close to saying farewell to our current Annual Catalogue  - click HERE  to see what products will be retiring on the 31st of May, because once they're gone , they're gone!!

Today I'm once again taking part in the Global Design Project #036 CASE the Designer challenge! Paula Dobson created a beautiful card this week and I was inspired by so many features... one of them the colour combination! Well more or less, I used Crumb Cake and Mint Macaron!

This card has no owner yet and I would so love to send it to someone for their upcoming birthday! If you want, leave your details and it might just be you!

Sneak Peek! The shiny Designer Series Paper I used for the background, some perfect layering and the beautiful petals...

What beautiful inspiration! Thank you Paula!

See that shine?! Coming soon!

And a closer look...

My Product List 

(I cannot add the Sneak Peek products yet, but if you spend between $50 and $249 and use the Hostess Code for May, I can send you the NEW Catalogue  to drool over until they become available 1 June '16)! Remember if you Join the Party between now and May 31st  you can order pre-order products as part of your Starter Kit!

Hints & Things

• Don't forget to always use your Embossing Buddy before heat embossing! I promise it makes all the difference, especially when heat embossing on dark card stock, Vellum and with White embossing powder!
• Ink up those Embossing Folders! It adds even more value to those already beautiful Textured Impressions Embossing Folders.

As always I thrive on your comments! Let me know what you think! And Pin away!! 

Also don't forget to actually mail or hand over those Birthday, Thinking of You and Thank You cards you create! We have to bring Snail Mail back - one card at a time! 

Take care!

Mel xx

Picture Perfect ft. You're so Lovely and A Dozen Thoughts - You Made My Day

Hello!

It's a beautiful Tuesday morning in Perth! And hard to believe but it is also Autumn in our hemisphere!

As I mentioned in my previous post I still had to create one more  'You made my day...' card  to say thank you to someone for really making me feel special... And I'm also early with my Global Design Project  challenge this week! A beautiful sketch challenge!

Mint and Lavender or in my language Mint Macaron, Wisteria Wonder and Perfect Plum!

My inspiration!

How adorable is the Fluttering Textured Impressions Embossing Folder!

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Hints & Things

• The Fluttering Embossing Folder was my start off point for this card, the lady I'll be sending it to, adores butterflies! To get the letterpress effect I inked up the embossing folder with Mint Macaron on the side with the most solid area - in other words the de-bossed area on the cardstock! (Does this make sense?)
• I built an embellishment (focal point) with a few flowers and anchored it on a circle of Vellum - this kept the card still simple in a way.
• For cutting out the rose I used Stampin' Up!'s Paper Snips! Really fantastic for fussy cutting! And no, sometimes we have to cut out the old fashioned way - not all stamps have co-ordinating punches or dies!
• The it's my Party Designer Series Paper Stack (12" x 12") is really something that will take you very far! There is something in the stack for everyone as well as any type of project! 48 sheets!Double-sided!
• I used a left over piece of Gold Trim (from the previous Occasions Catalogue) to add a little more gold! I have a jar full of left over ribbon, cording, thread, etc as well as a basket with left over DSP and I love searching through all the bits and pieces until I find something that might work with a current project! As far a my cardstock goes I keep pieces no smaller than a standard card front. 

I had so much fun creating this! I hope you like it! Let me know!

Best of luck for the week ahead and remember to MAKE time to do something you love!

Take care!

Mel xx