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

Get them while you can !

Hi again everyone , lots happening in Stampin' Up! land at the moment....of course you all know we have a Annual Catalogue and that there's always LOTS of lovely new goodies, you may even of heard the exciting news that Project Life is coming to SU !!! Anyway I digress, to make room for all the new lovelies we have to say goodbye to some old lovelies *sadface*

It's not all doom and gloom though because you can still stock up on your favourites like the retiring In Colors 2012 - 2014 in Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit and Primrose Petals , I've used Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green here on this little card which I CASED from Pinterest...

I also added some Birthday Basics DSP (we get all new DSP's in the new catalogue *hint*) and the uber cute Zoo Babies stamp set.

If you want to grab any retiring In Colours while you can, let me know or pop along to my Online Shop and grab them while you can. I can't wait to see the new range of In Colors !!!

I'll be back tomorrow with some more makes to share with you.

Thanks for popping by...

Nicola xx

Zoo Babies Birthday

Hello again everyone, today I wanted a share a Birthday card I made for baby Ava , she was one yesterday and I thought the Zoo Babies stamp set would be just the job for her card.

I chose a combo of Strawberry Slush, Pool Party and Basic Gray and I couldn't resist a little sparkle of Silver Glimmer Paper !

Justin treated me to a Silhouette Portrait cutting machine for my Birthday and it cuts Stampin' Up! cardstock and the Glimmer paper beautifully , here I've used it to cut Ava's name.

Just a quick post today but I hope you liked the card, I 'm off to send a Newsletter to my lovely customers if you'd like it let me know and I'll send it to you too.

Bye for now ...

Nicola xx