A Stencil from Jar of Love

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope your day is going great. Only one more sleep before my pre-order goodies from the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue arrive. They are sitting in the courier depot just an hour away (sigh) The new catalogue will be available to view September 1st, so keep an eye out on my sidebar, I will add it as soon as I can. So many Christmas goodies!!!

Today, I made my own stencil using some scrap card and a small Die from Jar of Love. I then used my cardboard stencil and layered in some Sweet Sugar Plum with a sponge dauber onto Whisper White card.

 

Using a few different Framelits/Thinlits in my collection I cut the branch, large heart and sentiment banner and then fussy cut the Floral images.

I used Jar of Love and Happy Birthday Gorgeous for Floral images and  Teeny tiny sentiments for the greeting. Some Sweet Sugar Plum ink was applied in an ombré effect, to the Sunshine Wishes Heart Die cut.

I added a little bow made from neutral Bakers Twine and heat embossed the sentiment in white powder into Sahara Sand card.  A few pearls and it's done! 

Until tomorrow...its blog Challenge day! Stay crafty

 

Home Sweet Home

The Sweet Home bundle makes the cutest 3D houses and just as cute cards. I recently had new neighbours move in so decided to welcome them to the neighbourhood with a card using this bundle.

On a Whisper White card base I stamped the flowers and foliage from the Blooms and Wishes stamp set, in Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugar Plum and Pink Pirouette. Let it dry - use heat tool if need be. If you don't let the ink from the stamping dry the next stage won't be overly successful (trust me I learn these things the hard way lol). Next heat emboss one of the leaf stamps in gold embossing powder - ensure you use your static powder/embossing buddy so you don't get the embossing where you don't want it.

Then I stamped the house from the Home Sweet Home set in Flirty Flamingo using Melon Mambo for the roof and door accents. The sentiment was also stamped in Melon Mambo. Use the door Die to make the cut for the front door. Adhere this to a piece of Whisper White that has been embossed using the Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder and backed with Crumb Cake card stock. Now simply adhere to card front using dimensionals/foam dots and add some bling for the door handle.