Open House Show Case….Part 3!

This time, I’ve used my new Daisies die from Stampin’ Up!  I think they make striking cards, especially when used with bright, sunny colours. 

I’ve cut two of each of the daisy sizes in Melon Mambo.  I’ve then used my bone folder to curl the petals of each flower, alternating curling up and curling down.  I’ve then layered the flowers together and secured with a brad in the middle.  I’ve matted the flower on to embossed Whisper White and Concord Crush before 3d’ing  the whole thing on to the front of a 15cm square card blank. 

I’ve finished the card off with a greeting from the Hostess Level 1 gift set, Afterthoughts

 

Here’s a close up of the flower to try and show you the dimension!  You could, of course, add more dimension but layering the flowers with…er…dimensionals!

I’m entering this into the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad - Spots and Dots
Delightful Challenges – Flowers
Crafty Creations – Anything Goes

 

And the showcasing today with cards made in my Nottingham Open House  is Helen.Yay!  Helen made these cute ‘Just for You’ cards….mostly while juggling baby Noah!!  Love them, Helen!  The colours are sooo fresh and funky!

p.s. I told you I’d be rocking all week after holding your beautiful baby boy!!  LOL!

Thanks for reading .

BFN
Linda
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Open House Show Case…Part 2

So following on from yesterday’s show case and the lovely cards made by Louisa, today I’ve made a very quick card to show what I think is one of the little used stamps from the beautiful ‘Just Believe’ stamp set.

 

I’ve stamped the images in Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze and Soft Suede and 3d’ed them onto a Soft Suede card blank matted with dotty crumb cake.  I’ve trimmed it with a bit of Whisper White ribbon that I’ve coloured with Soft Suede. 

Quick tip: to colour your ribbon, lay the ribbon on your ink pad and use your bone folder like a pen and scribble over it until it’s completely covered.  It’s a less-messy way to do it .  Don’t forget to let it dry before you try and use it though!!!

So I hope you like my card.  I thought I’d use this stamp too because Jenny has done such a fabulous job of show casing the other stamps in the set.  And here they are:

And a couple using the Hostess level 1 set Silhouette Sentiments too:

They’re sooo priddy, Jen!

I’ll be posting new dates for my Open Houses soon….so if you live in Nottingham keep an eye on my Events Page!  And don’t forget, if you order this stamp set before 22nd May 2011, you earn yourself upto 3 chances to win the hostess gift or £15 of merchandise….

Thanks for reading,

BFN
Linda
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Open House Tomorrow

7th May 2011 - 10:30 to 2:30 - All Welcome  

I can’t believe I’ve been making cards for tomorrow’s Open House and forgot to blog them! Tsk!

But not wanting to show too  much before tomorrow, here’s a peek…

Hmm…doesn’t give much away does it!  But I’ll have a couple of techniques to share.  Looking forward to tomorrow as I haven’t had a proper play with my new stash….can’t wait!
So if you’re in the vicinity of Hucknall, feel free to join us (drop me a text to get my address). 

Just believe in Stampin’

Now I’m still quite new to Stampin’ Up products and I like to see what different effects can be achieved with them.  This card uses the Just Believe Stamp Set but instead of stampin’ on the fantastic Whisper white card for a clear flawless image, I’ve stamped it on textured vanilla card to give it a…er….textured look.

I’m loving this layered effect too….let me share with you how it came about. 

Firstly, I stamped the image (twice) in Wasabi Green onto a matching card blank….and I didn’t like it! 

I’ve recently made I thank you card which I loved, so using a similar technique, I distressed the edge of some Crumb Cake card and stamped the image again….adding a sentiment from the same stamp set and a bit of Vanilla ribbon to finish it of….and I still didn’t like it!

So finally…I stamped the image one final time in Crumb Cake on to textured vanilla card, inked the edges using the same colour and slipped it under the vanilla ribbon.  I stamped the sentiment again and finally!  A card I liked!

So this is what my Open House is all about….trial and er…trial – cos there are no errors! All right!

So if you are able to get to Hucknall, Nottingham on Saturday, 7th May 2011, feel free to join us for my Open House Event…..just drop me a line so I can cater for the right number.  Hope to see you there….

BFN
Linda
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