Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Dream Theme BLog Hop - Weddings





Welcome from Renate's blog!

Before we know it, weddings will be announced as the warmer weather comes along. It may be hard to think of that as many are still having problems with snow, and I know there are winter weddings too, but it is the warmer weather that seems to suddenly have you going to a lot of weddings. So with Spring and Summer weddings in mind, and bedazzling the bride, is what inspired this card. Oh, and there is nothing wrong with having some wedding cards at hand so that you don't have to rush at the last minute to create one.

As you can see I used the 'Floral Phrases Bundle' to create my wedding card with. This is a great 'go to set' for any kind of wedding project - invitations, cards, gift sets, boxes, wedding keepsakes, table decorations, luminaries, etc.


Dazzle the bride! Behind the die cut I have the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, and used it as scalloped died cut mat for the Stampin' Write Marker coloured stamping on the Stitched Square die cut, as you see in the photo below.


This side view shows the layering and the ones that are popped up.


I kept the inside very clean and simple by matting with the Pear Pizzaz, and stamping the sentiment with Flirty Flamingo.


Hope that you enjoyed this lacy sparkly card that a bride will love.

If you did not arrive here from Renate's blog, you can make the circle going back to hers and keep going back to the previous until you've made the completed tour, or you may go forward to Krista's (Jennifer will posting hers a little later today) and do the same by going forward to the next. Be sure to let them know how their creations have inspired you.


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http://paulinespapier.de/dream-theme-bloghop/





Patrice Halliday-Larsen (New Zealand)
Tracy May (UK)
Delphine Lorelli (France)
Amy Koenders (USA)
Renate Ecklmayr (Austria)
Sabrina Radeck (Canada) - That's me!
Jennifer Pauli (Germany)
Krista Driessen (Netherlands)



Be sure to check out the Design Theme Blog Hop again, on March 15th!

Until then, Happy Creating!









Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Happy Valentines Day!



HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! (I almost forgot to post this!)

You will recall my previous post 'Flying Bumble Bees', well, before I made that card I had made this one. It has floating, or dancing hearts, if you will. Same card just different DSP, stamps, and dies.


Can you see the Window Sheet strips? They have hearts attached at the ends. I should have taken a better side view photo for you. But just like the bumble bee card, these hearts can dance about with just a poke or shake of the card.


The other side view...


Each little envelope has a tiny card that can be pulled out and read (love those tiny envelope dies).
Sometimes a lot of little parts can be so much fun to put together in a project.

Hope that your Valentines Day is going well for you and that you are sharing your love with all your family, and friends.

Happy creating!










Sunday, February 12, 2017

Flying Bumble Bees



Yesterday, a customer and friend, got together with some of her sisters to have a fun card making class party, and this is one of the cards that we made.


She specifically asked to make a card like this based on a card class from about four years ago. (see here, here, and here ) I haven't seen a bumble bee in years, and they are so cute looking compared to the other bees we more commonly see. Any way, an avid gardener would love this card, and two of the ladies that were there, are just that. They loved it! It is always fun to shake the card and see the bees move around.


As you can see in the photo above, and the one below, the bees are attached to strips of window sheets.


A couple of close ups...




Because this was not a regular class, I felt we could play a bit more and I ended up using four different stamp sets to create the is card. (Dragonfly Dreams, Butterfly Basics, Avant-Garden, and Picture Perfect) There was a fair bit of fussy cutting, but as I always say, 'it was worth the effort.'

This is an A7 card (5" x 7"), and the instructions on how to cut and fold this card base are found on the third 'here' click above, or here.

We had a lovely time yesterday creating four detailed cards that took about 5 , 5 1/2 hours to complete. A great way to get together with your sisters and have fun. Or, other family members, and friends too.

Thank you for stopping by today to have a peek.

Happy stamping!









Wednesday, February 8, 2017

High Tide Gift Set - Possible Class



Hello everyone! I just had to make another of my DIY cardstock frames! I finally got my "High Tide" stamp set about 10 days ago, and just had to use it in a frame!


I didn't have any 12 x 12 Crumb Cake however, so I made the frame out of Basic Black, and then cut strips of Crumb Cake to add to the frame. If I had had Night of Navy in 12 x 12, I would have chosen that colour.



And the card I cased from Heidi Baks. She used an older stamp set than this one.


And here is the inside...


Now, I want to know from my customers and friends here in Victoria, if you are interested in creating these projects in a class? Or do you only wish to make cards? Please let me know in a comment below (or email me, but leaving a comment keeps it all together).

I had so much fun making this! And I know you will too.

Happy stamping and creating!