Hi!

Most months I have a lovely group of ladies come to my house for a morning of stamping. I always enjoy stamping with them.  Today's cards are ones I designed for them to complete.  They had the choice of making either an Easter card or a Thinking of You type card.


The images were stamped on watercolour paper with Stazon ink and then coloured using inkpads and a blender pen.


Obviouslt these card were made a while ago - I used some of the Sale-A-Bration ribbon on them and the Easter stamp is no longer available from the Summer Mini catalogue.

Bye for now,

Tina

Hi!

When I applied to become a member of the JAI Design Team I decided to apply for both the card making team and the scrapping team.  Part of the application process for the card making team was to design a 3D, off the page item.  I decided to alter a shadow box photo frame I bought from Ikea.  I"d originally bought it to do something for my daughter's room, but it took on a life of it's own and ended up very differently to what I'd planned.


I love how it turned out, and I think it would look great in a little boy's room.  Now I just need someone to have a baby boy so I can give it to them!

I also made a card to match the frame.


Like the frame, I fussy cut one of the balloons from the DSP and popped it up on Dimensionals.


I used the hostess set Ain't Love Grand for the inside.  Here's the two projects together.


Overall, I was very pleased with how they turned out, even if they were nothing like what I had originally planned!

Stamps: Ain't Love Grand (hostess), Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Real Red
DSP/Cardstock: Big Top Birthday DSP, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Simple Letters Alpha Dies, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Scalloped Ribbon Border Punch, Blender Pen

Bye for now,

Tina

Hi!

Do you have your sunnies on?  No? Well, go get them then!  Today's card is bright.  Very bright!

I combined the Big Top Birthday DSP with the Hostess stamp set Ain't Love Grand for this card.  It was made for my neighbour who recently celebrated a birthday.


I love the Big Top Birthday DSP.  It's so bright and cheerful!  I didn't have the Pacific Point star on the card to start with, but I felt like the Baker's Twine was getting a bit 'lost' in amongst all the stars on the DSP.  The star punchie was a quick and easy way to give the twine a boost.


I stamped the marching man in Basic Black ink and then coloured him using my Blender Pen and coordinating ink colours.


For the inside I reached for the star punch again.  This time I punched through the Whisper White layer so that you can see the Real Red layer through the hole made by the punch.  Sadly, the star punches have been retired by Stampin' Up!, but you could just as easily use any of the punches we stock to get a similar effect.

Stamps: Ain't Love Grand (hostess), Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight
DSP/Cardstock: Big Top Birthday DSP, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die, White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Large Star Punch (retired)

Catch you later,

Tina