A Bird in the Hand

Well we were treated to a day of rain yesterday and it's still raining today.  This makes me suspect that Yorkshire water will be telling us there is a hosepipe ban in the next few days ;-) How are you all lovely people, I hope the weather is better where ever you are.

So today I want to share with you a broach

I got the idea for this from a swap I was given at the recent Telford training.  It's very easy to make using the bird builder punch.  You just layer up the bird shape then on the top layer I've added the wing and colours which are chocolate chip and Cajun craze.  I've popped on a gem for it's eye then covered it with crystal effects and added a broach clip to the back.

Here's what I used

Paper
Not quite navy cardstock
Whisper white

Ink
Chocolate Chip
Cajun Craze

Stampin Up Accessories 
Bird Builder Punch
Gems
Crystal effects

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

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

Friends birthday card

I must admit that I sourced this card from the internet as I had a complete brain block on Saturday   I knew I wanted to use the colours Cajun Craze and Baja Breeze and also the From My Heart stamp set.  Thats about as far as I got.  So I simply popped From My heart into Google and up came lots of ideas so here is the card.

I've added the Victoria lace and a few gems, I've also used the Holiday Frame embossing folder, just goes to show this frame can be used all year round.  This is a C6 card (half the size of A5).  I used the colour coach to help me find a colour to complement the Cajun Craze, this is a fantastic tool and well worth the money I highly recommend it,

Come back tomorrow when I will show you a similar card using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set.

Happy Crafting

Deb xxxx

Birthday Dad

It will be my Dad's birthday on Tuesday so this morning I've been busy making him a birthday card, unfortunatly the stamp is non SU as my dad likes darts and Stampin up do not as yet do that kind of stamp.  So here is the efforts of my labour;

I used the ever handy colour coach to find out what matched up with crumb cake and as you can see it was Cajun craze, I've used the oval, scalloped oval and the 1 and 3/4 circle punches, and added some matching buttons from the regal's selection.  I also brought him a pressie and because I'm very bad at wrapping even the most simple of objects I did this,

Yup just popped a matching belly band round it lol. This stamp is a stampin up stamp and is from the For My Family set.

Here they are both together, we've also brought him some of his favourite tipple, Gordon's Gin lol Hopefully he'll like that.

I'll be entering this into the Simply Stamping Challenge Blog, have you seen it?  Why not pop over and join in the fun?
Bye for now

Happy Crafting

Deb xx