Garden in Bloom ft Petite Petals, Teeny Tiny Sentiments - Happy Mother's Day

Hello!

I love using Stampin' Up! products to create wrappings, bags, boxes, etc... this time I created a lovely 'wrap around' for The Bodyshop 50ml Body Butter (love the stuff)! This is a great Mother's Day gift idea and it goes beautifully with the Mother's Day card in my previous post!

Sooo pretty!

So, so pretty!

I love the look the Rose Red water colour wash adds to the Gold Embossed flower!

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Hints & Things

• I really love my Stampin' Trimmer! I was able to cut and score with this one amazing tool! I have never felt the need for any other paper cutter!
• It is very easy to make this wrap around for The Bodyshop Body Butter, you can of course choose your own brand or any size tub and make it work for you! It was so much fun to decorate it!

Next up is my amazing Mother-in-Law's card and gift! I'm sooo excited to be inspired by her colourful personality! Also the Retirement List will be posted tomorrow - don't miss out!!!

Take care!

Mel xx

Bloomin'Love ft. Something to Say - Happy Birthday for Global Design Project #28

Hello!

I had quite a busy weeks with two workshops! Not that I am complaing, I absolutely love workshops... a chance to share Stampin' Up!'s beautiful, coordinating products! What is not to like! This week my focus will be on recruiting and Easter! I aim to recruit two lucky people AND make some tiny Easter gifts for my kid's school teachers!

My entry for this week's Global Design Project challenge (we are CASE-ing the designer, Jessica Williams ) is a birthday card that I made for a wonderful mom from my daughter's class! I thought the colours suited her! The layout and the colours from Jessica's card inspired me!

Calypso Coral, Basic Black and Gold!

What beautiful inspiration!

I love teaming the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack with the Typeset Speciality Designer Series paper!

Yes, I did heat emboss the Sahara Sand Lace Trim with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder! Very carefully I might add!

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Hints & Things

• With just more than a week left of SALE-A-BRATION (ending the 31st of March '16) to go, I urge you to place those qualifying orders before you miss out! 
• Be careful when heat embossing the Sahara Sand Lace Trim - too long and you will melt it! It gives an Old Gold effect to the lace. Very nice!
• I always use my Embossing Buddy, but it is especially handy when heat embossing onto Basic Black ( or any dark cardstock)! Nothing nastier than white or gold specks where you don't want them on your projects!
• I used quite a few Dimensionals underneath my Calypso Coral Die Cut piece to prevent it from sagging in the mail. 

Well something bold from me this time! I hope you like it!

Take care!!

Mel xx

Happy Happenings - Happy Birthday

Hello!

I'm so happy to be posting again! My craft room is finally unpacked and in working order! I'm still getting used to my new surroundings - but not complaining at all!

I'm taking part in this week's Global Design Project - this week is a CASE the Designer ( Connie Collins ) challenge!

My card this week is also made with the birthday of a wonderful lady in mind...

Pink, White and Glitter!

Connie's beautiful inspiration!

Up close and personal!

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Hints & Things

•  I heat embossed my Bloomin' Heart Thinlit (die cut from Kraft cardstock) with Gold Stampin' Glitter - feel free to use Gold Glimmer Paper. I do think the glitter makes for a beautiful gold effect! I added an extra layer of  glittery flowers to 3 of the solid flowers.
• For my pink flowers I used 3 punched flowers of the Itty Bitty Accent Punch Pack  and shaped them with my fingers to form tiny flower buds - to these I added extra shimmer with my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter pen.
• The stunning Pink enamel glitter dots are from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit.
• Vellum adds an extra layer and helps make the card even softer.

A card for a very special person! Happy Birthday Sandy!

I hope that you will pop in again next time - Charlize's 8th birthday is coming up and I will be sharing some projects surrounding that.

Take care!

Mel xx