Strawberries and ice lollies

 I’ve been playing with the SU Celebratory Sips designer paper.

There are so many wonderful ideas out there, and I love finding alternative ways to use things.

You may be thinking what’s this got to do with the cocktails on the paper?!

One of the sheets is of coloured squares and rectangles.

Some crafters have used them as backgrounds, 

but I had some fruity stamp sets out on my desk to go with the paper, 

this stamp set and punch is SU Sweet Strawberry.

(CARD 1)

As I don’t have the Sips bundle, I thought 🤔 hmmm…..

I could stamp (the outline) and punch strawberries out of the reddish squares….

I used scrap paper to attach a “handle”, to get it into the punch.

I’d seen a design by Tami White…..

Hence I cased it!

I stamped and punched the flowers and leaves, using ink blending and a bigger stamp for the background.

It is Wimbledon week, so you have to have strawberries don’t you!

Then I saw another card, unrelated to cocktails again, with an ice lolly design, byDenise Morgans,

and came up with this, using those rectangles and an arch die from SU…

CARD 2

I used a small sentiment die from The Greetery, “Sentiment Suite” Basic, for the sticks.

The “drips” are from SU Notes & Totes, to which I applied gloss

I used lots of snippets for both cards, 

so I’m popping over to the Snippets Playground Challenge #510

I’m also entering the following:

Inkspirational challenge #345 (3 of the same, card 1)

Allsorts #827 (for a child or AG, card 2)

Inspired by #summer photo (summer strawberries and reds in the photo card 1)

I’ll be back soon to share some cocktails 🍸🍹😃

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

xxx

Rose against the wall

 This is my favourite using the Worn Trellis

I love the embossed detail on the die cut rose.

Stencilled the background, and cut phrases from snippets of white card

(who doesn’t have a mountain of those?!)

Taking this to the Snippets Playground, where there’s always prizes and surprises!

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx

Cut a die in half

 I’m back again, with another version of the Gorgeous Garden dies,

this is another tip I found to give your dies a different look.

I cut it into two pieces by following the design, to give me a section for my stamped sentiment.

You can also cut it to make borders, and even individual flowers to add extra decoration.

These dies made some super simple but elegant cards.

I hope you’ll have a look at your own dies, and come up with different ideas 😃

I’m entering the Allsorts Challenge Blog, that’s all about dies.

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx

Gorgeous Garden flowers

 As promised, here’s the floral die in the Gorgeous Garden set.

This time the background is a Designer Series Paper.

This is also my first tip…

It’s a full background die, but my cutting machine is getting very old, like me 😂

and it didn’t cut the whole piece properly.

Instead of discarding it, I added an oval die cut topper, which hides the flaw.

It gives your die a different look.

I also used the waste from another die cut for the white stamens,

another tip I found.

I added a few sentiments to finish.

Catch you later for my third version…..

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx

Crumb cake Rose and a coneflower

 Today I’m sharing another two cards using the Worn Trellis …

I cut the rose in green, then just the flower head from a snippet of pink.

I had a leftover strip of crumb cake….be rude not to use it 😉

Then revisited the Coneflower…..managed to get it the right way up this time 😂

Ummmmmed and Rrrrrrrrrred over the vase, added some ink to its edges..

what do you think……with or without?

Have a good day, join me if you can over at the

Snippets Playground #462

for another super prize!

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx

Christmas Rose

 Using a kit card as my base

I watercoloured the flower and stem

I like adding twine and embellishments.

I also made this one, on a plain white card blank

The first was for a birthday, the second I’ll keep and hope I don’t have to use it.

As I’ve watercoloured the flower, I’ll enter the

Happy little stampers challenge

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx

Sunflower split 3 cards and envelopes

 Hello crafty friends,

today I’m sharing some cards made with the Split card texture die from SU,

and a John next door sunflower (or any flower) loaned from a friend.

This one has a plain yellow card behind the die cut.

The flower centre has a brown and black snippet for depth and dimension.

Snipping the petals, also adds movement and texture.

I love the tiny sentiments and dies from the Greetery.

The next one has yellow patterned paper and stamped sentiment

and then this is some old SU daffodil paper….I quite like the dark colour.

I have lots of snippets of greens and coloured card by my die cutting machine,

great for making flowers etc.

I decorated the envelopes with offcuts.

Do you have a favourite?

There’s a couple of challenges with a sunflower theme, so I’m entering 

Pixies Snippets Playground #461 (snippets used for flower, tag and envelope decor)

Stamping sensations

Happy Little stampers dies

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx

Newsprint posy

 Today’s card is a mini posy, using a newsprint style paper, from SU (retired),

and the posy die is from The Greetery.

I die cut and coloured lots of small flowers from Gummiapan,

I used marker pens, but will stick to blend pens or watercolour in future.

The tiny label is from The Greetery

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

xxx