London Olympics inspiration

I'm not really into watching alot of sport...I'd much rather craft.
However, I really enjoyed all the Equestrian events at this years London Olympic games.
I like to document our year and so I created this page about the Olympic games and how I spent my week!
I can't take credit for the photos(obviously I wasn't there) but I found these on a media website.

My background is the new Midnight Muse.  You can also see one of the lovely new stamp sets to come in our new catalogue (due for relase in 2 weeks time!)  The decorative circle stamp is from Daydream medallions...watch out for that one!  We got it FREE at Convention!

I have again used my tasteful trim die for the borders and the medium sixxlit dies for my title.  The Live with Passion sentiment is from Inspired by Nature.  I think you have to have a real passion for your chosen field to make it to the Olympics!  The rings I created with my circle punches!  The ribbons at the top were just strips of cardstock I ran thru the Big Shot with some embossing folders and clipped the edges to shape.

I hope these pages inspire you!
I promise to upload some cards next!

A moment with SU Royalty

One of the perks of attending Convention has to be meeting Shelli Gardner, co-founder of Stampin Up!
This page was inspired by a swap card I received at Convention...also a benefit of attending, you get to swap with some awesome stampers!

My background paper is from the Beau Chateau pack.  The stamped border at the side was created with the Vintage Vogue stamp set.  I created my title with the Medium Sizzlit dies and the Shelli banner with my Lovely letters stamp set.  I added some lace and taffeta ribbon and punched a small piece with the Lace ribbon border punch.  The flower accent was created with the new Blossom flower punch and some brown packing paper with a Vintage brad to hold it all together.
This page so reminds me of Shelli herself...lace and vintage styles!

Canberra Scrapbook page

Hmm, seems like I haven't posted in a while!

I have been crafting!  I think I had a problem with uploading photos last time.
Anyhow, here's some inspiration!

Here's a scrapbook page I completed after our trip to Canberra for the annual Stampin Up Convention.

I'm into stitching on my pages at the moment!

I've used  the gorgeous Island indigo cardstock for my background.

The stamp set for the leaves is French Foliage and the punches are Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch and large scallop circle.  I've also used the medium sizzlit alphabet for my title and the Tasteful trim die for my border.  I love building up my background with the French foliage set!  Hope you like it!



Mothers Day page

I have been experimenting with some scrapbook challenges over the last week and I was fortunate to have taken some lovely photos on Mothers Day that I could use in my pages.

The Challenge undertaken for this page was the stamped and stitched frame.

The technique is pretty easy;  mask off the centre of the page and stamp around the edge of the mask with a variety of smallish stamps in various colours to create the frame, when the mask is removed.

For this frame I used the Delicate doileys stamp set, the Always stamp set and the For Everything stamp set.

The sample page was originally white but my photo leant more to a vintage colour so I used Blushing Bride cardstock.

To finish the frame, I stitched around the inside edge with Bakers twine.  I used my pokey tool to prepare the holes before stitching....a basic backstitch.  It was a bit time consuming but a very rewarding result - I love it!

I hope you can give it a go.

Tea Shoppe Cuppa

This is my second favourite set from the new mini catalogue called Tea Shoppe.
In fact, it could alsmost take over as my favorite!  There are so many images in this set, it is so much fun to play with.  We are a family of tea drinkers.  Tea for any occasion, whether it's a quick call in and cuppa,
a relax with a magazine cuppa or a get me up and going cuppa or even a comfort cuppa.
So this set immediately appealed to me.  I love the vintage feel to the stamps which also coordinates with a lot of my other stamp sets.  Lots of things can perch on the edge of that gorgeous big cup.  It is also a good technique stamp.

For this one I have also used the beautiful butterly from Creative Elements set.
The other elements are all from Tea Shoppe!  I have again used my Framelits to create the die cut.
The DSP is from Paisley Petals and my base card is the new In-color Calypso Coral.

Hope you like it!

Susanne

So, this is one of my first cards made with the new Apothecary Art stamp set.
I went a bit crazy with this stamp set when I first got it but sadly I've given most of the cards away.  I'll just have to make some more!

The base for this card is the In-Color Blushing Bride (soon to retire).
I embossed a white piece with the Stripes folder.
I stamped and die cut one of the images from Apothecary Art and coloured it with my markers.
and layered it with graduating die cuts from the new Framelits labels set.
The greeting is also from Apothecary Art.
Isn't the new pleated ribbon divine!

I'll stamp up some more cards shortly and share them.

Susanne

This is my little Easter card.
I don't generally do Easter cards but I had to do just one...popped it in to the Easter egg basket!
The chicken stamp is an oldie but a goodie(or should I say googie!!!) "A good egg".
I stamped and coloured it with my markers and added the chunky glitter to create a sparkly egg.
I stamped the egg image on dsp and cut it out - yes with scissors!
The Celery die cut is a new die cut set for the Big shot called Framelits labels collection.  These are fab and you can also get a matching stamp set called Apothecary Art.  There are six dies in the collection - graduating sizes of the same fab shape.  You can create frames and emboss them, great fun.  Great for scrapbook journalling spots too.

I embossed the white cardstock with the Stries embossing folder and mounted the whole thing on Cerlery cardstock.  I added a greeting stamped and cut out with the modern label punch.

There you have it!  My Easter card.
Enjoy!

Susanne