A Sale-a-Bration Card

As I've mentioned before, I just love the free stamp sets available in this year's sale-a-bration catalogue. I thought I'd show you a card I made for a workmate who left recently. She is moving house so I thought 'Good Neighbours' was appropriate to use. (I've wanted a set that I could use for moving house & house-warming cards, so was thrilled when i saw this set!). I CASEd this card made by 'ink bug' which I first found by perusing Splitcoast. Forgive the poor photo, although maybe the images were as crooked as they look, I had to quickly put it together before work *blush*. Thankfully, Judith really liked it.

I used Very Vanilla CS for the base and punched squares out of V.V, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip CS. I stamped the images in C.C & O.O. inks, using my trusty stamp-a-ma-jig to place the images. I then stamped the sentiment from 'Whimsical Words', another very useful stamp set.
Finally I added an Old Olive button decorated with a strip of C.C CS. I really liked the simple look.

Thanks for stopping by,

Fi xox

Keesh's Inspirations #17

Hi there,

Its challenge time again. I now wish I'd made a masculine card as just realised my mate's birthday get together is this Sunday at lunch time & I'm working up until Sunday morning. Duh!

Keesh's latest challenge is an Inspiration pic:

I really had no clue what to do with this one. Thought of using the wine glasses from 'Cheers to You" but then didn't know what else to do. Then the branch & orangey stripe caught my eye. Looked through stamp sets with branchy themes & came upon "Cheep Talk". The rest is a result of just playing around. It is a very simple card. The bottom 'weathered' panel is inspired by the table.

Anyway, here it is:

I should be in bed so will have to came back & add the details later.

TFL,

Cherrs,

Fi xox

Keesh's Colour Inspiration with a little mojo

Hi Guys,

Wow, time flies. I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted anything (or, for that matter, how it can be a month since Christmas????). I was planning to post more often but with all the hot weather I've been a bit disinclined to sit in my study/stamp room when the aircon is in the lounge room. Also I have had zilch mojo. As such it is great to have Keesh inspiring us with challenges once again. can't believe she's had time, what with selling their property and moving across the country. Puts me to shame!

Anyway, onto the challenge. Keesh used pretty and subtle colours. I couldn't come up with anything until I took a look at this week's Mojo Monday. I knew the stamp set that I wanted to use (Greenhouse Garden, unfortunately not available in Aus) so this gave me a layout.

And here is my card. I now wish that I'd placed a layer of Chocolate Chip CS behind the very Vanilla panel but I wasn't going to pull it apart (not after the struggle to get the prongs of the VV grommet through so many CS layers. Note to self: pierce some guide holes first!)

ETA: it got the better of me & I had to add the Chocolate Chip strips to the centre panel and changed the VV button for one sent to me by the gorgeous Lee-Anne Barry. What do you think?

I really like the floral images but a 'stamp-a-ma-jig' is essential for lining up the background flowers with the markings. the sentiment comes from the 'Sale-a-bration' catalogue. That's right, it's that time of year again. For every $100 of product purchased or if you host a workshop with $600 in sales, you can receive a free set from the 'Sale-a-bration' catty (click on the link to the right to view the SAB catalogue). There are 4 lovely sets, I want them all, LOL.

Must get moving, am back to work tonight. Have a good one,

Cheers, Fi xox

Recipe:

Stamps: Greenhouse Garden (USA), Whimsical Words (SAB), Priceless

Paper: So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Cameo Coral CS

Ink:So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Versamark

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, VV Large Grommet, Button Latte, Hemp Twine