Zoo Babies in a Box !

Hello everyone, hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and avoiding the showers!

I wanted to share this cute little card I made yesterday for a special little Girl who turns 7 this week, not a 'Girlie Girl' ...she much prefers blue so I wrangled together all my blue inkpads and set about a menagerie of blue Zoo Babies in another Card in a Box , I love making these and they sure have the wow factor :)

I stamped all the animals using different shades of blue and added a Rich Razzleberry Zebra for good measure, the animals were all hand cut with my new SU Paper Snips, if you don't have these get them , they are so sharp right down to the tips of the blades, perfect for intricate cutting!

Some stars cut from Silver Glimmer Paper add a nice touch of bling, everybody likes a bit of bling even non Girlie 7 year old Girls !!! I also added some 'grass' using the Fringe Scissors , it really adds to the 3 dimensional look. All of the elements were mounted on clear acetate so they appear to float.

I've completed the card with a silver 7 cut on my Silhouette machine and stamped a matching envelope in the perfect size, this is so easy with the Envelope Punch Board.

So there you have it, a bespoke card full of fun and in her favourite colours, I can't wait to give it to her.

Happy weekend everyone.

Nicola xx

Watercolor Wonders ...part two

Welcome back everyone, nice to see you again :)

Lets have a look at the other cards we made in class...

I think this is my favourite of the day, I love this Designer Paper !!! It's cheerful and fun but still not childish and yet it would work for a child's card, if any of that makes sense !

We stamped the watercolour brush mark stamp from the set and it come in large and small too so we could complimentary small brush marks on the sentiment die cut too.

The tags were created using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch I think this is a must have , I've used it sooo many times and never tire of it :) The cardstock here is Smoky Slate such a cool colour.

Our final card of the class was this cheerful Thank You card, the background paper is from the Watercolor Wonders DSP again and this time we added some sumptuous gold Fancy Foil Designer vellum and gold thread ...

The poppy stamp from the same set looks understated in Smokey Slate ink and we layered it up on Dimensional foam pads and added some bling with the uber twinkly SU Rhinestones.

I had so much fun sharing these cards with the Ladies at the class and it's great to show just how versatile one set of stamps and one paper range can be. Everything I've used for these designs is still available until the end of June so order now if you'd like to recreate them for yourself.

Thank you so much for reading, I shall be back soon with Tales of Telford.

Nicola xx

Catching Up !

Hello again everyone :) Long time no see !

I've been busy with lots of craftiness and this weekend just gone I spent the most amazing day at the Stampin' Up! regional event in Telford with a whole bunch of lovely Demo's and the best Team ever Monica's Passionettes :) I'll share more details about that later.

First I need to share with you all my Watercolor Wonders Class that I held earlier this month. We made 4 beautiful cards and the Ladies that took the class had a fab time even though I was a teensy bit nervous!

So , enough chat , do you want to see the first 2 projects ?? OK then :)

All of the projects were made using the Watercolor Wonder Designer Paper and complimenting Happy Watercolor Stamp Set, the first was a Box Card project and although these look a little daunting the basic construction is quite simple and then you can decorate the 'box' to your hearts content!

Here the Ladies learned how to use the Blender Pens and Ink Pads to create a soft watercolour effect, simple and quick, we all like that!

Next was a completely different colour scheme of Gumball Green, Island Indigo and Smoky Slate for a delicate card, there's such a versatile range of colours and patterns in these Designer Papers and they are still available until the end of June if you would like some.

We stamped the tag using the Chalk Talk stamps and matching Framelits and added Papillon PotPourri butterflies in Smoky Slate, a favourite with everyone in class and again not difficult to create.

We made another two cards which I'll share with you tomorrow and if you think you'd like to join us for the next class please email me nicolakerridge@virginmedia.com and I'll let you have the details as soon as the class is planned.

I'll see you all tomorrow 

Nicola xx