I have managed to find a couple of hours to play in my happy place today, so I have decided to try one of my new stamp sets.

I wanted to see what the different dies from the bundle did and I love this one. It half cuts out the flowers giving beautiful dimension to the card.

For this card I stamped and embossed onto vellum and then hid it behind the embossed frame. I used a stamp from the Praiseworthy Prose set and then embossed that too.

For this last card I embossed the All Wired up background stamp and then put a column of vellum onto the front of the card and then stamped and cut out the flowers. I am enjoying trying this stamp set and the dies from the bundle. It’s always fun to see the different ways I can find to use them.

It’s been a busy few days, my eldest daughter was briefly back from Uni and we drove back up with her to York. My youngest and I then got the train back from York and I went to watch her fly a plane for the first time on her own. Sometimes I cannot believe how lucky I am to have two wonderful daughters, both pursuing their passions. It’s a feeling that I can’t quite explain to watch your 17 year old daughter get into a small plane and fly off into the clouds!

Until next time – Happy Stamping

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My youngest daughter is a lover of unicorns. Even though she’s now 17 and training to be a pilot she still loves the magic and the sparkle. I always think there’s room for some glitter on every card 🙂 I stamped the unicorn image onto acetate and used dazzling diamonds. I then cut out a frame and made another shaker card.

I stamped the card with the tiny stars in silver and pretty peacock ink and then used dazzling diamonds in the bottom corner below the sentiment. I attached some of the sequins on the front of the card and used some of the gorgeous foil from the noble peacock suite.

This is a gorgeous stamp set and I know I will be using it a lot in the future. My daughter will be 18 at the end of August and I think the cake toppers will be created using the above stamp. I hope you haven’t all been washed away in all the rain, I have been quite pleased the weathers been bad as it has allowed me to play in my happy place with al my fabulous Stampin Up stash!

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Leave A Little Sparkle Cling Stamp Set [149292] £20.00

Noble Peacock Foil Sheets [149495] £9.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £7.75

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] £7.00

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter [133751] £5.50

I love the Daisy Lane Stamp set. It’s what I would call a happy stamp set. It has coordinating punches and is very versatile.

I decided to do something a little different by stamping and embossing the leaves in the background in gold, silver and copper embossing powders. I then overstamped it with mossy meadow.

I then stamped the leaves onto missy meadow cardstock and fussy cut them out. I stamped the daisy in white ink and punched them out. For the centres I used the perennial essence floral centres.

This is quite a different card for me and I am away from my comfort zone but I am quite happy with how it turned out.

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Ruth

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The new catalogue launches in less than a week!!! I am sooooo excited and if you would like a copy for yourself please let me know. One of the new ways to organise the catalogue is by introducing suites, these have everything in one place that allow you to create your very own masterpieces. One such suite is called Bird Ballard and I love it! It has the most beautiful papers and in the suite they have the beautiful metal embellishments I have used in the corner of the sentiment.

I created a background using an embossing folder and then cut out the frame using one of the designer series papers and added it to the embossed area using dimensionals to create an almost floating look. I then stamped the birds, flowers and leaves and coloured them using my blenders. I then fussy cut them all and stuck them onto the background and frame. I then cut out the sentiment and stuck it on together with some of the gorgeous metal embellishments. I then added pearls to the centres of the flowers because, well, why not?

I hope you like my card and it encourages you to have a go at creating something for yourself. Until next time

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I have been playing with one of the beautiful new stamp sets that will be available to you in June. It’s a beautiful set and very easy to use. It can come as a stand alone set or as part of a suite and within the suite is the gorgeous vellum I have used in this card.

I made another shaker card (I do love them) but this is the first time I’ve made one using vellum instead of acetate and I think it softens the card. I stuck a few of the sequins on the front. I coloured the magnolia using blends and my aquabrushes.

I gold embossed the sentiment on the front and the magnolia flower itself. I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it too.

Our new rescue dog arrived on Friday and we have called him Wadsworth (all our dogs are named after beer) He’s a real sweetheart and is starting to fit in well.

Here’s a few photos from the weekend of them enjoying the sun. I will be back soon with more cards for you. Until then,

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