More best of flowers

Well Scotty too Hotty has his Iron man socks on today, so watch out at school ;-)  Today's card is using a stamp from the best of flowers stamp set, and I got the idea for the card from the 'Ideas' tab on my website, there is a whole bunch of projects there for you to try so why not pop on over if you're stuck for inspiration.

The card uses the two tag die, soon to be retired and the daisy from the best of flowers stamp set.

I've used Daffodil Delight and pool party and popped some pearls in the middle of the daisy to add some pop

I also popped a daisy on the inside.

Products Used

Stamps
Best of Flowers
Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card
Pool Party
Daffodil Delight
Whisper White

Ink
Daffodil Delight
Pool Party

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot Machine
Two Tags Die
Word Window Punch
Modern Label Punch

If You'd like to buy any of the products made to use this card please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

Rosetta, are you better? Are you well?

Yes I know it's an old song lol but I was being rather uncreative again with my headings.  Very busy in the Keating household and with any luck we will be moving, so fingers crossed.  Should I go slient on here you'll know it's because I'll be in a packing frenzy lol

So today's offering is a rosette, I was given a similar one at out Telford training as a swop and loved it so decided to recreate it.

I used the rosette die to make this but you could just as easiliy make this on your scoreboard.  I've added the lobster catch so that it can hang from your bag.

 The leaf is from the bird builder punch and the butterflies are the elegant butterfly and the bitty bitty butterfly punches.

Items used

Stamps
Papillion Potpourri

Card
Wisteria Wonder
Old Olive
 Very Vanilla

Ink
Wisteria Wonder

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot
Rosette Die
Scalloped circle punch
Circle punch
Elegant Butterfly punch
Bitty Bitty Butterfly Punch
Bird builder Punch

Well thats me done for today, hope you like it.

Happy crafting

Deb xx

More Flutterbyes

Oh Dear campers, thought I was going to have major computer issues this morning, but everything now (touch wood) seems ok, however I do believe this PC of mine is on it's last legs :-(

Anyhoo on to todays card

You can't really tell by the picture but I have stamped the distressed dots in white onto the pretty in pink card, I've also used the elegant bouquet embossing folder, both of these products are retiring.  The butterflies are punch out using the elegant butterfly punch and had some pearls added.  The sentiment is from the Bring On the Cake stamp set.

Products used

Stamps
Bring on the Cake
Distressed Dots

Card
Crumb Cake
Early Expresso
Pretty in Pink
Very Vanilla

Ink
Early Expresso
Whisper White

Stampin Up Accessories
Decorate Label Punch
Elegant Butterfly Punch
Big Shot Machine
Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder
Pearls

Hope you've liked todays offering, hopefully I'll be back tomorrow temperamental computer permitting lol.  If you would like any of the products made to use this card please email me your order at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk
 

Best of Flowers

Morning lovely people, I hope today finds you all well.  Lots to do here today from house hunting to making bath bombs lol

Today's card uses the Best of Flowers stamp set, It's one of the sets that Stampin up are using to celebrate 25 years.  They will be releasing one set per month until October.  This months set is Best of flowers and includes some old favorites and one never before seen stamp, it costs £13.95 for 4 stamps.

Again I've used the En Francias as a background stamp on this and teamed together the colours Baja Creeze and Chocolate chip.  I stamped the flower in chocolate chip as well then coloured it using the stampin write markers.

Bit of a closer look for you

The sentiment is made just by punching out two of the decorative label cutting it in half and sticking the chocolate chip to the ends of the very vanilla.  Simple yet effective.

List of Supplies

Stamps
Best of Flowers
En Francias
Blooming With Kindness (sentiment)

Card
Very Vanilla
Chocolate Chip
Baja Breeze

Ink
Chocolate Chip

Stampin Up Accessories
Stampin Write Markers (Garden Green, Wisteria Wonder )
Decorative Label Punch
Pearls

Well time for me to go, if you would like to order any of the products used to make this card please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk.

Fathers Day Gift and card

Hello campers I hope you are all well and dandy ;-)  Yesterday we celebrated fathers day here in the mad house, my dad was guest of honour and we were joined by my little brother and his girlfriend, Scotty too Hotty arrived later as he had spent the day with his dad.

That brings me nicely to the card and gift bag I made for dad, I totally stole this from pinterest which you can see here.

Here is My card

It uses Midnight muse and very vanilla card.  I've used the En Francias AGAIN lol as a background stamp and also used the clockworks stamp set

I popped a pearl in the center of the hands and also added some card candy to the top right hand corner

I also inked and stamped the inside

Here is the matching gift tag and bag that I made, using the two tags die, which I really will be sorry to say goodbye to :-(

Here are the products I used

Stamps
En Francias
Clock Works
Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card
Midnight Muse
Very Vanilla

Ink
Crumb Cake
Early Expresso
Midnight muse

Stampin Up Accessories
3/4" Circle Punch
1" Circle Punch
Big Shot Machine
Two Tags Die
Modern Label Punch
Word Window Punch

Well Hope you like today's offering, if you would like to order any of the items made to use this card or gift bag please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

A Nice cup of Tea

Well lovely people although it's very sunny here today it is rather cool,  Scotty too Hotty is as smart as a guardsman this morning as it's school photo day. 

A nice cup of tea I have to have about 3 in a morning when I'm at my teaching assistant job, can't face teenagers without them lol, so onto today's card

A Very simple card which uses the Tea Shoppe stamp set, I love this set and I'll be very sorry to see it go, I've used crumb cake, midnight muse and baja breeze as the colours on this one

I added some pearls to the flowers on the tea cup to give it some pop

The sentiment was punched out using the scalloped oval then I mounted it on some midnight muse punched out using the extra large oval, again I've added some pearls.

I also made an insert for the card.

Here's what I used

Stamps
Tea Shoppe

Card
Crumb Cake
Midnight muse
Whisper White
Designer Series Paper

Ink
Midnight Muse

Stampin Up Accessories
Scalloped Oval Punch
Extra Large Oval Punch
Pearls

If you would like to order any of the items used to make this card please email me your order at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

Another day another Everything Eleanor

Well the rain has arrived here in Yorkshire, I thought this might get rid of some of that mugginess that's been hanging around but alas it has not.

Today I've got a couple of things to show you using the everything Eleanor stamp set again.  I must admit this is a favorite of mine and I'm glad to say it's making an appearance in the new Annual Catalogue.

I've used pool party and soft seude again on this one, I've layered up the flowers by stampin then cutting out the large and medium flowers from the set, again I've used the En Francias stamp as a background and the sentiment is from the Bring on the cake stamp set.  I've added a few pearls to the center of the flowers and too the top right hand side corner.

I also made some of these little note books in the same way

Scotty too hotty took one of these into school for his girlfriend lol.

Here's what I used

Stamps
Everything Eleanor
Bring on the Cake
En Francias

Card
Soft suede
Very Vanilla

Ink
Pool Party
Soft Suede

Stampin Up Accessories
Pearls

If you would like any of the products used here please email me your order debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk.

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

Everything Eleanor

Bit later posting today as I've been watching CSI that I sky + last night.  I'm a great fan of Sky + mostly because I have a terrible habit of falling to sleep when watching stuff lol.  This way I don't miss anything.

So todays little offering uses the Everything Eleanor stamp set.  This is an idea I totally cased from Pinterest.

It's just a pack of 4 card toppers very simple to make yet very effective, lets go through whats been used.

This is using the two tags die , I've stamped the front of the tag with the flourish from the everything Eleanor set and used two of the flowers, I've then punched out an oval and a scalloped oval and popped on the sentiment.

This one uses the lovely Designer Rosette die, then it was just a case of inking the edges with pool party and popping on the sentiment which the use of punch circles and a scalloped circle

This topper uses the oval punches and the smallest flower from the stamp set, I've also added some leaves from the bird builder punch

Then last of all is this little offering, the base of it is from the stamp set, stamped in pool party then over stamped in soft suede with the flourish, I've also added a couple of pearls.

I added this piece of card to the top of the pack to just finish it off

Here's whats been used

Stamps
Everything Eleanor
Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Ink
Soft Suede
Pool Party

Card
Soft Suede
Pool Party
Very Vanilla

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot Machine
Circle Punches
Scalloped Circle Punch
Two Tags Die
Designer Rosette Die
Oval Punches
Scalloped Oval Punch
Bird Builder Punch
Pearls

Well hope you like today's little offering, if you would like to order any of the products used to make the project please email me your order at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

A Wedding Gift

Well the sun has got his hat on this morning, lets see how long it will last for.  Scotty too Hotty had a staring role yesterday in his teachers Assembly, not sure altogether what he did and by the way he explained it I'm not sure he did either lol.

Anyhoo on to todays offering, which is a gift to match the card I showed you yesterday

It's a lovely pottery heart that I have stamped using Melon Mambo ink and the 'Tiny Tags' stamp set.  Have a closer look

 

It was very easy to do, however I think you would have more of a problem stamping with wood mounted stamps as there is no give in them like the clear ones I have used.  This set by the way, is retiring.

Of course I had to make some pretty packaging for it

A bit closer I think

It's a simple thing to make just using the top note die, the En francias stamp a scalloped circle and some paper roses.

Here's what I used

Stamps
En Francias
Tiny Tags

Card
Very Vanilla
Old Olive

Ink
Melon Mambo

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot Machine
Top Note Die
Scalloped Circle Punch
Crochet Trim

If you would like any of the items used to make this project, please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk. 

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

An extra post

I know I don't normally blog on a Monday but I've been extra productive so have lots of projects to share with you. 

The card I'm going to share with you today is a wedding card I've made for a work friend who is tying the knot in August

I've chosen the colours Melon Mambo and Old Olive because, on her invitations she had some Melon Mambo Ribbon and flower, on asking her what her wedding colours where she explained she was having a lot of green for the table decorations.

Heres the sentiment, I've double the decorate label by just cutting it in half and adding it to the ends like I did with the modern label I've shown you before

The dress and sentiment are both from the love and laughter stamp set, and I've used the distressed dots for the background, unfortunately  this is retiring :-( and so is the vintage wallpaper embossing folder that I've used to emboss the oval framelet.

Here's the products I used;

Stamps
Distressed Dots
Love and Laughter

Card
Very vanilla
Old Olive

Ink
Melon Mambo

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot Machine
Framelet Ovals
Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder 
Decorative Label Punch
Old Olive Scalloped Polka Dot Ribbon

Yes again it's a 6 x 6 card, pop back tomorrow and I'll show you the little gift I made to go with the card. If you'd like any of the items to use this card please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

Lets have a Pool Party!

I'm very excited as Mr Brown (UPS delivery man) will be arriving today with lots of goodies *whisper* from the new annual catalogue due to be released in July.  Keep your eyes peeled on this blog and I'll share a few things with you, but shhhhhh don't tell ;-)

On to today's card which I totally cased from pinterest you can see that card here.  I was pinning loads of stuff and never using any of it so I've now decided to use it as an inspiration station.

I love this colour combination of soft suede and pool party, the ribbon used here is some that was available during sale a bration and the candy is from my own stash.

The flowers are from the secret garden stamp set, and have been stamped in pool party, I then inked their edges in soft suede with a sponge dauber.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny sentiments stamp set, to get the double effect with the modern label punch you just punch out two, cut the ends off one and stick them to the ends of the other one, I'm not sure that makes sense lol

I liked this colour combo so much I used it on some hostess gifts;

Here's a closer look

I've used the En Francias stamp again, it's just so good as a background stamp, I think that at the moment it is my favorite stamp

Here's a list of the Items I used

Stamps
En Francias
Secret Garden
Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card
Soft Suede
Very Vanilla

Ink
Pool Party
Soft Suede

Stampin up Accessories
Big Shot
Secret Garden Framelets
Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
Top Note
Scalloped Circle Punch
Modern Label Punch
Scallop Trim Boarder Punch
Pearls

Again it's a 6 x 6 card, sorry but I really do like that size, If you would like to order any of these items then please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk.  Now I'm off to iron school shirts.  Oh the glamour lol

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

A Vintage Feel

Well the weather has taken a change here in Yorkshire, still warm but very cloudy.  Hope it's a bit nicer where you are.

Todays card has a very vintage feel to it, it uses crumb cake and very vanilla with a sprinkling of Pretty in Pink and Baja Breeze

Now this is a 6 x 6 card, I must admit this is my favorite size as you will have seen,  So that makes the matted layer of very vanilla 5 3/4 Square.  This is slightly too large for the En Francias stamp that I've used as the back ground.  So to line it all up I used the stampmajig to line it up.  Now this is a new tool to me in the past I've just lined it up by eye, but since I've brought it I don't know how I ever got on without it. lol

Here's what I used to make the card

Stamps
En Francias
Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card
Very Vanilla
Crumb Cake
Pretty in Pink
Baja Breeze

Ink
Crumb Cake

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot
Elegant Bouquet Embossing folder
Elegant Butterfly Punch
Itty Bitty Butterfly Punch
Fancy Flower Punch
Word Window Punch
Modern Label Punch
Boho Blossoms Punch
Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
Owl Builder Punch (leaves)
Gems

Wow a lot of product there sorry.  I hope you like the card and if you would like any of the products to make the card please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

Summer Flutterbyes

Well what a day yesterday, sun blazing down, dare we believe that summer is now here?  Scotty too Hotty went off to school with hat and sunglasses and loaded down with suntan lotion, He also went with 6 bars of chocolate to share with his class as they are doing a project on chocolate, not sure how they will have fared in a hot classroom though lol.

Now I'll apologize now for today's project as it is product heavy which wasn't my intention I think I just got a bit carried away lol

 These are little hostess gifts that I've made

Here's a closer look, I've used the top note, enfrancias stamp, Inked up the vintage wall paper embossing folder to get that effect on the scalloped circle, I've also used the elegant and itty bitty butterfly punches and the blue flower is from the itty bitty punch pack.  Colours are pretty in pink, baja breeze and crumb cake

Here's a list of items used

Stamps
En Francias

Card
Crumb Cake
Pretty in Pink
Baja Breeze
Very Vanilla

Ink
Crumb Cake

Stampin Up Accessories
Big Shot
Top Note Die
Elegant Butterfly Punch
Itty Bitty Butterfly Punch
Scalloped Circle Punch
Itty Bitty Punch Pack
Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder

Don't forget to pop along tomorrow to see what else has been going on in my little crafty world, if you would like any of these products please email me at debbie72keating@yahoo.co.uk

Happy crafting

Deb xx