It's a blue week........

For lots of reasons this is a blue week, it's a busy week too, two Stampin' Up! home workshops, an all day Christmas Card Class on Saturday and the Southampton Papercraft show on Sunday so I've set blogger to post automatically so you have some different cards and projects to look at.

This an 18th Card for Annabel, daughter of Julia one of my very first Stampin' Up! customers, now a dear friend and I'm sending them both and their family a very big hug x

This is a diamond fold card see the post here for instructions.

I have used the Swirling Stars wheel in Bashful Blue to get the background.

Bashful Blue card stock stamped with Birthday Wishes from Sincere Salutations and edged with the wonderful scallop edge punch, the edges softened with a sponge dauber and ink.

The poinsettia flower from Season of Joy stamped twice onto Whisper White card with Bashful Blue ink, cut out and the petals bent in towards the centre to give dimension. Attached to the card with a pale blue Ice Brad.

The 18 is chipboard, inked and then double heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

The butterfly (from Touch of Nature) is stamped onto Vellum with versamark, then heat and stick powder then dazzling diamonds glitter, the layer below is the same butterfly stamped in Bashful Blue ink onto Whisper white card and then cut out.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

This is a card from one of the sets I received in my starter kit it's called Touch of Nature, I've gone for a distressed kind of look for this one as I'm loving using my cutter kit which has a scoring tool, cutter, perforating tool and a 7 sided distresser all on a key ring.  Fab!

It is a colour combination I haven't used before, Real Red, Sage Shadow and So Saffron and the ink I have used is Old Olive.

A little Birdie

A quick card with instructions to follow later...........

This is a lovely Stamp set called A touch of nature, as well as this beautiful bird there is a butterfly, flower, fern leaf, Olive branch, an acorn and a lovely sentiment quote by William Shakespeare.

The way Stampin Up! has stamps is sets is just fantastic everything co-ordinates and it is so easy to make beautiful cards.