Simple Hearts Card: colours with black

HELLO everyone! I hope you are enjoying my blog posts. I love to start my mornings with some creativity, and card design is the best way for me to kick start my day.
I often go to sleep dreaming of cards I am planning to make for my classes!

Black is right on trend for sentiments, and this card shows how to balance a black greeting with bright colours. When you are using fine thinlits like these, make sure to layer some waxed paper between the die and the card stock. It makes extracting the card so much easier.
Have a wonderful day,
Vicki x 💝

Happy Easter!

                               Wishing all of my friends and customers a very happy Easter.
I love chocolate, and am looking forward to my Lindt gold bunny on Sunday. Have a wonderful long weekend.
                                                                   Vicki x 💝

2 Retiring Favourites: Woodgrain and Wreaths

I have made a video tutorial for you on YouTube for this faux woodgrain door card.

The effect is doubled by using the woodgrain background stamp, then running the card stock through the woodgrain embossing folder.

The woodgrain stamp will still be offered in the new catalogue, but the woodgrain embossing folder is retiring, along with the wreath stamp sets and framelits dies.

They are still available while stocks last, so if you want to make this project, hop on over to my store and grab the embossing folder, stamp set and framelits now.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Happy crafting!

Vicki x 💝

Wonderful Wreath Framelits 135851

Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder 127821   

Circle of Spring Stamp Set 138964

Wondrous Wreath Stamp Set 135047

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 Thanks so much for shopping with me!  Vicki  x 💝

Loving These Retiring Framelits! Stampin' Up!

This is one of the pretty cards we made in my workshop at Menai Library.

The women who attended really enjoyed the class, and the library staff were so helpful in helping get the word out about my workshop. 

It is foolproof stamping and perfect for the beginner stamper as long as you stamp the sentiment first, that way if you mis-stamp you can start over. When using photopolymer stamps it helps to use a Stamping' Pierce mat underneath and hold the stamp down for 3 seconds in order for the ink to be absorbed by the card stock.

One of my favourite co-ordinating retiring stamp and framelits sets is Flower Patch #134207 and #133731.They are available for a limited time.

The sentiments are so lovely, and it is great to be able to use 2 step stamping (on the leaves) in the background, then to be able to pop up layers on top (the flowers). A simple pearl or two is all that is needed to make a sophisticated card.

Happy Crafting!

Vicki x 💝

Flower Patch Stamp Set 134207

flower Fair Framelits 133731

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 Thanks so much for shopping with me!  Vicki  x 💝

For the Traveller : Masculine Colour Scheme

I hope your day is going swimmingly. Are you like me and love to find interesting new colour schemes for your projects?

Here is another idea for a masculine colour scheme. The simple twine bow works on this card, although I usually have a rule about "no bling" on a man's card ( yes, we do love our rhinestones and bows!) . The twine is a nod to the colour of the card base and the soft basic grey tones down the calypso coral. It's all about balance and restraint, and I love this card.

Happy {paper💝}crafting !
Vicki x

Shop and Save up to 50%!

                                               Browse the Retiring List HERE

Stampin' Up! has released the list of products retiring at the end of May. Grab your favourites before they're gone!

                                    Thanks so much for shopping with me!  Vicki  x 💝

The Retirement List is out! Grab a coffee and browse the specials in my store.

A new annual catalogue is due to be released soon, and Stamping' Up! has released a list of the retiring products.
You can save up to a whopping 50% off some items, and it's a great way to grab a bargain, but even more importantly, this is the time of year to make sure you have enough ink refills in the In Colours that will be retiring. Same goes for card stock, markers, and ink pads as these colours won't be available for much longer.

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Of course there are lots of other retiring favourites, so if you have had your eye on something for a while, now is the time to grab it before you miss out.

I am busy adding several things to my list, including mini staples for my hand-held stapler, Stazon ink refills, the In colour refills, and the banners framelits, as I am making a banner for my wedding in September. Have fun shopping, and enjoy your day.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

 Thanks so much for shopping with me!  Vicki  x 💝

My Favourite Things : Banner Triple Punch.

Hello, and thanks for visiting my blog today!

I have some favourite go-to goodies that I keep near my desk when I am crafting, and one of my well-used tools is the Triple Banner Punch.

This nifty little tool  lets me make different-sized banners that I can add to a card front, or I can layer them up to make sweet little gift tags, belly bands or even bookmarks!

You can lock the punch so it closes flat, and you can then stack your punches in towers, which is my preferred method of displaying them on my shelves.

You can make banners in 3 different widths: 

1"  (2.5cm)

1 1/2"  (3.8cm)

2"  (5.1cm)

Banner Triple Punch                          BUY NOW	138292
Price: $38.00 Have a marvellously creative day, and Happy Stamping,
Thanks so much for shopping with me!  Vicki  x 💝