Last week to get your SAB freebies!

Just a final reminder that SAB finishes this Friday, 22nd March; so please please get your orders to me asap so we don't get a last minute rush, or anyone missing out! :)

 Last week I went along to a fellow SU Demo's class, the lovely Sasha Reade; where we decorated these cute 'Kraft Gift Boxes' and made matching 3"x 3" cards to go in it (with mini envelopes too!)  

I chose the SAB designer series paper 'Sycamore Street' and matching SAB ribbon (from Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button pack)

The little sentiments (from Teeny Tiny Sentiments) fit perfectly in the word window punch.

Punches we used: Elegant Butterfly, Word Window and Modern Label

We also made this lovely card, where I chose the 'Wish Big' sentiment  from the Bring on the Cake stamp set. The frame stamp comes from Papaya Collage stamp set (one of the free sets I received at Convention last year :)

The little flowers were made using the Boho Blossoms punch and the paper used for the background is called First Edition Speciality.

And last but not least I must show you a pic of the Patterned Occasions stamp set that I chose for free from one of my SAB orders- isn't it cute? 

I just need to find some time to use it now !

Card Making Evening

A couple of weekends ago a good friend of mine hosted a card making evening at her house. Out of the 5 of us attending 4 worked in libraries, so I just couldn't resist designing a card using my "Book plate" (Ex-Libris) stamp!

I was a bit worried that the stamp might have been too big to get 2 good prints out of it, but everyone successfully got 2 to use, so could make 2 cards out of it! The sentiments used are from the Curly Cute stamp set- these ones give a nice elegant touch I think...

The hostess wanted me to design a card that could be used for a wedding; so I came up with this next one, based on a design originally created by Nicky Whittall (a fellow pink lady!)

The sentiment again can be changed for a variety of occasions, not just a wedding. In fact a few of the ladies decided to play around with the elements on the card too, which was great; so we had some with the flower in the middle or at an angle and some with no sentiment at all.

It was lovely to introduce some total newbies to card-making; I look forward to doing it again soon!