Christmas in July !!

I hope everybody is enjoying this fabulous summer we are having. The temperature reached 104 degrees F in the car today - WOW !! - so I`m not sure where the inspiration came from to make several Christmas cards !!

Of course there are some Penny Black Hedgehogs in there and a Holly Berry stamp which I have just aquired. Let me share the cuties first;

I thought this card had somewhat of a vintage / traditional style. I didn`t want to colour too much on the hedgies so I left the sheet music white. I used Basic Grey paper and stamped the sheet music block onto it from Cornish Heritage Farm (quite appropriate, I thought !) I sponged around the edges of the image to match the sponging on the sentiment.

My second card is definately a Christmas card - bright greens, red and white.

You can just see the cuttlebugged background on the dark green, it looked too plain without it. The rest I don`t think needs any explanation. On to my elegant, I think so anyway, Holly Berry card.
I think I am going to use this stamp quite alot for Christmas. The possibilities are endless. Here I stamped the image with the gold embossing three times so I could cut some layers. The next picture shows them quite nicely. I wanted to stamp a greeting in the centre but couldn`t find one to fit. The dove turned out okay. It is suspended between layers two and three.

The blue background is velvet paper. That definately gives it the elegant feel.

Hope you liked the cards, thanks for looking. I am off to get some tea ready. Have a great day!

Yvonne

Shipscat Ensemble !

Its Friday, that means the weekend is here! Tonight we are going over to the Gulf Islands on the boat for the weekend. The weather looks great and I can`t wait ! I was sure that I had posted pictures of the towels etc that I had embroided for our boat but after some investigation found that I had neglected to do so. Hence this post to show you alittle more of my handy work. As you have already gathered the logo on the towels is the same as the blog. My husband was a ships captain (he has come ashore now) and afew years ago we found a lady on the Isle of Wight - where he grew up - and asked her to draw us a logo we could use on our website and other bits and bobs. We were thrilled with the results and have used it ever since. I had the logo made into a stamp so I could make cards. They come in handy when we need a Thank You card when anybody has done something on or for the boat.
When we bought the boat, and called it "Shipscat" I set about having the logo digitised so I could embroider the towels.


Recently I aquired the matchbox die from Stampin Up and decided to make a small box of chocolates with the logo on for the boat. We are always taking friends on short trips and having lots of fun on the boat I thought it would be a great way to give them alittle something to remember their adventure with.

Well, thats it for today I am heading down to the States for alittle shopping with my daughter and girlfriend before heading out for the weekend on the boat.

I have a couple of cards to share with you next week but for now, have a great day and thanks for looking.

Yvonne

I Went Shopping and Look What I Found !!

Firstly I feel as though I must apologise for the long absence and theres no excuse - time flies what more can I say !!

Anyway enough of that. Today I went to one of my favourite shops - Country Lane. She has a great selection of almost everything. I hunted down the new stamps she had received from Penny Black, I just adore them. I couldn`t wait to get home and ink them up. Heres what I came up with.

I first stamped the image using Versafine Black ink and then embossed it using clear detail embossing powder. I used my copic markers to colour the image in but unfortunately I forgot to make a note of the colours I used before putting them away. I blew the cobwebs off my sewing machine and edged the card to add alittle something. The edge punch is from EK Success - I love it.

Here is the second card.

I fell in love with this stamp as soon as I saw it. A Labour of Love from Penny Black. You can use it like this or split it into three different stamps that I am going to try later. Again I stamped the image using Versafine Black ink and then embossed with clear detail enbossing powder; and again I`m sorry my copics were put away before making a list of the colours used. I think I must have had my "tidy head" on !!

Thanks for visiting my blog, Have a great day!

Yvonne

Stamp Out Breast Cancer weekend.

Well, what a fantastic weekend I have just had! I was helping out with the Stamp Out Breast Cancer event held this weekend at Granville Island Hotel, down on Granville Island in downtown Vancouver. I worked on the Make`n`Take stand for "I`m Impressed" stamp shop, which is also located on Granville Island in the kids market. Here are the cards for the make `n` take stand I made for the weekend.

As you can see they are miniture bouquets made using the new flower soft product. They were so cute and quick to make...... although for most people, the hardest part of the card was making the cone for the flowers to sit in!!

I met so many interesting people, it was great to chat and learn about their hobbies. I always think you can never meet too many people !

It was a fabulous weekend and a great time was had by all.

Yvonne

Totally Cased !!

Welcome to Wednesday !!

Since the first time I saw these flowers on one of Michelle`s cards (from Stampers Dream) I just couldn`t wait to have a go. I absolutely love them. I don`t usually case many cards completely but this one is 100% cased. The original card can be seen here. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdViKsqM3qgp6cMv8dTDH_eILgFhFSTwrqwRyIACk1l-BGhtyHDd6Z6uqARBAZtPm-hJDQUF5a9YqZZf5jhxrEkuNxjKCTYVKrQUyASoxA-L4eqeTIz5jTRpfSxduGfWc0XTQcaVIhFo/s1600-h/Friend.jpg

The main image is from Crafty Secrects, Clear Art Stamps - Serenity Prayer and is stamped onto Curious Metallics Ice Gold card stock with Chocolate Chip craft ink and embossed with clear detail embossing powder.

I used my Labels 4 nestabilities to cut it out and mat. The designer paper is a retired Stampin Up one. The card stock used is Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink and Purely Pomegranite.

The flowers and greenery are made using Martha Stewart punches. Here is close up of the flowers.

Thanks to Michelle for the inspiration for the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you have a great day. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Yvonne

Minding Shelty !

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend as much as we did.

I have managed to sneek afew minutes to post this card which has been waiting quite a time to be posted. As I have said before I adore the Penny Black images. This one is very appropriate to us as we all love horses in this household. (Albeit we don`t have a shetland !!)

As you can see I remembered to take a photograph of the copic markers I used to colour the image!

Receipe: Card Stock; Chocolate Chip, PTI White, DP Ink; Black Memento, chocolate chip, Stamps; Penny Black - Minding Shelty, Accessories; Ribbon, charm, Curvy Rectangles (Nestabilities)

Thank You for looking, I hope you have a nice day.

Yvonne

WSC76 - Buzzin` Around !

I hope you all had an enjoyable Easter. Ours was made even more special this year as my parents have come over from the UK for a visit. We had a lovely long weekend.

Well, I think at last we are coming into spring !! The sun is shining and we have blue skies. (Second day running!!) This is my creation for the weekend sketch challenge. This week the sketch was created by Laurie - Thank You Laurie great sketch. The layout can be found at Laurie`s blog - http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/

I adore the Penny Black hedgehog stamps. The image here is coloured in by copic markers. I didn`t want to add too much to the card as the DP is really quite busy in itself, so I decided to try my hand again at sewing the edges. Its not quite as neat as I would have liked but I kept reminding myself it is suppose to be a handmade card and alittle hicup in a straight line would be okay ! I layered the stamped image onto two mats made with my Nestabilities. I think the rest of the card is self explanatory.

Receipe: Stamps: Penny Black, Card Stock: Purely Pomegranate, Bliss Blue, Whisper White, Retired SU DP, Ink: Lamp Black, Purely Pomegranate, Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic Markers, Rhinestones, Ribbon, window punch, Sewing Machine.

Thank You for looking.

Yvonne