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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•  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

Number of Years - Friend

Hello fellow cardmaker!

I hope 2016 is treating you well so far!

Less than a week before our "big" move (only about an hours drive from where we currently live)!

I arranged some time today for my kids to say good bye to their special friends and for a going away gift my little girl chose key rings - each received the initial of their first name. I new I wanted to incorporate the beautiful Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper in my gift bag or box project. This is what I came up with...

Beautiful!

I love the Vellum with this beautiful, soft floral paper.

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Hints & Things

• First of all I have to mention the Embossing Buddy since always neglect to do it! For clean heat embossing this little tool is magic! 
• The Precision Plate comes highly recommended for the detailed Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies. 
• I cut two layers of the heart - one Vellum and one Whisper White Cardstock. The Big Shot Die cut Brush comes in very handy to remove all the tiny pieces form the heart. It can be a tiny bit tedious, but believe me you will love the end result!
• I purchased the tiny flower embellishment is from a craft shop some time ago and I thought it was a perfect fit for the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series paper.
• This project used products from both the Birthday Bouquet Suite (p 8 of the NEW Occasions Catalogue) and the Love Blossoms Suite (p 16 of the NEW Occasions Catalogue. Both of these product suites a stunning!

My suggestion? Make yourself a cuppa or pour a glass of wine and page through this lovely catalogue!

See you soon!

Mel xx

Happy 2016!!!

Hello!

Let me start of by wishing each and everyone of you a wonderful, whole and happy 2016!

Stampin'Up! normally starts of a year with a bang! This year is no different! Today we say Hello to the new Occasions Catalogue (a stunner!) and as if that is not enough we get to earn some amazing free goodies all through Sale-a-Bration!

I made a very special card to wish you all the best for this coming year!

Love those big numbers....? 

Use fun foam to pop up those bigger die cuts!

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Hints & Things

• I think (I know I always say this!) Stampin'Up! has out done themselves with both the New Occasions Catalogue and the Sale-a-Bration products!! They keep on raising the bar!
• The Shine on Specialty Designer Series Paper is truly beautiful and perfect for making both boxes or cards!
• The Large Numbers Framelit Dies has a coordinating photopolymer stamp set and I suggest start with this bundle! Bundle and save! The size of the numbers are perfect! Both on a card and for your wallet!

This week we will say good bye to some dear friends as we move on to a new adventure... Our moving date is set for a week from today! Look out for my next post... some pretty (and interesting)gift boxes!

Take care!

Mel xx

Stampin'Up!'s Year end Sale!!! Don't miss out!!

Hello!

I feel like Santa Clause! What better way to end the year than to buy yourself some Stampin'Up! gifts! At a huge discount - up to 60% off!  Also for ONE WEEK ONLY (10 DECEMBER '15 - 17 DECEMBER '15) you can get up to 50% discount on selected 2015/2016 Annual Catalogue products! Click on the image and start shopping!

Don't miss out!

Mel xx

Peaceful Pines - Wishing you joy tag

Hello!

I have been fortunate enough to live with one of the most amazing people that will ever cross my path - my 9 year old son Chris! Because Chris is Autistic he has made me realize the hard work that our teachers put in! We as a family have been blessed with wonderful teachers and educational assistants through the years - for both my children! I love saying thank you to them at the end a the year! Next year we will be moving to a new school so we will also be saying good bye... Of course I have to work within a budget (the perks of being a stay at home mom - not!)! I bought these red mugs from Target and filled them with choccies and then I added THIS tag...  

BEAUTIFUL!

The wide Very Vanilla Subtle Stripes Ribbon worked as the perfect backdrop to my cheerful tag!

A closer look...

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Hints & Things

• Wide Ribbon makes beautiful bows!
• I would definitely advise that you use the Precision Base Plate with your Big Shot when die cutting Glimmer paper - it really makes it easy! 
• I stamped with Old Olive (Green) onto Bermuda Bay (Blue) - what an amazing effect! I saw this on Pinterest (thank you for y it Daour inspiration Dawn McVey)!

I think the teachers will love it and feel the love when I hand them these?!

I hope to be back soon! Remember as Cardmakers we have it in our hands to spread kindness!

Mel xx

Snow Place - Merry Christmas (2)

Hello!

A reminder that, if today is Wednesday in your valley, to hop on over and see what our WEEKLY DEALS  are! Click on all our promotions while you are there!

Yes, I am still alive and kicking! It has been a hectic few weeks! Who knew selling ( and buying) a house can be so labour intensive?! With my husband working away, getting certain documents signed meant spending quite some time at the Post Shop! In between I was working on some more classmate cards! I had to keep it simple, so I just changed the "characters" around but kept to the same backround I used on my last card! Both my kids loved ( and felt proud) to hand out these to their classmates!

This little penguin comes with some props!

I had to be stingy on my Metallic Sequin Assortment! I ran out of gold - lucky I had some silver left over!

Bring in the Peaceful Pines Stamp set and its coordinating dies!

A little Real Red and sequins I bought quite some time ago (not sure where)

Brightens up this very clean and simple card!

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• Seeing as I will have to pack up my craft room soon, I am trying to work through all the tiny bits and pieces. I store the tiniest pieces of Gold Glimmer paper for punching out little stars or snowflakes and I used them for the star on top of my tree. A little bling goes a long way!
• The tree was heat embossed with Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss powder. I have a VersaMark pad that I use only for my green inks when I use a clear embossing powder and one for red (both from last Christmas). This way I don't have to clean my stamp in between each card. I inked up with VersaMark ink and then Pear Pizzazz before I stamped on the card stock en then added my embossing powder.
• Each card was stamped with a greeting from the Versatile Christmas stamp set in Real Red ink.

I hope to finish my Christmas stamping today! For my last Christmas project I made a beautiful tag to go with the teacher's gifts this year!  Woohoo! Coming soon  Stampin'Up!'s new Occcasions Catalogue!

  As always take care!

Mel xx

Snow Place - Merry Christmas!

Hello!

Today I'm sharing a sweet little card using the playful Snow Place Photopolymer stamp set! I will make 20 of these for my 7 year old girls class mates! Well one down.... 19 more to go! Thankfully I have finished the backgrounds already!

I'm very happy with the Gingham background that I created with the Brushstrokes background stamp!

Frosty the Snowman or what?

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Hints & Things

• I first stamped my snowman with VersaMark ink but made sure not to heat emboss the face with Dazzling Diamond Stampin' Glitter - I drew in the face afterwards with markers using the slight image of the VersaMark ink as a guide. 
• My wooden snowflake embellishment was first stained with Whisper White Craft Ink and then with Soft Sky ink (wait for the White ink to dry before you add the Soft Sky otherwise your ink pad will get "contaminated  with the"White ink). I then used Heat & Stick powder to set my Dazzling Diamond Stampin' Glitter.
• I used the Versatile Christmas stamp set for my greeting inside greeting.
• This card is quite a tight fit for its envelope (included in the Note Card & Envelope pack). I did manage to fit it in with some patience though.

That's it! Let me know what you think!

Take care! I hope to share very soon again!

Mel xx