Joyful Holly batch baking

 I don't know if it's the same for you, but I never seem to have enough cards at this time of year.

So, needs must, and some batch making of cards using the Stamparatus.

I don't like them exactly the same so different coloured layers,

slightly different positions of sentiment,

some gold embossing of the outline (only did a few as its more time consuming),

and hey presto, quick smart.

The Stamparatus really helps here for the two-step- stamping of Joyful Holly,

and for lining them up perfectly.

Some Wink of Stella, and Crystal effect Glaze to decorate.

Enjoy your day

Lesley

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Quite Curvy Plaid

Hello there

I do hope you are keeping safe and well.

It's not going so good here in Kent, but we will get through this if everyone is good.

We need to be good, otherwise Santa won't come either!

I tweaked my back (ie I'm in agony) yesterday, and forgot to post here.

So I'm treating you to a longer post today!

First up...the card..... 

I'm loving SU Plaid paper, and also the Quite Curvy Bundle.

I do love curves, and especially decorative ones.

The card base is a decorative edged one from my stash, onto which I stamped those lovely leaves,

adding one of the cute birds bottom right, and some rhinestones for sparkle.

It has been a bit dull and dismal, wet and windy, down here recently, so I took this outside.....

.......and realised how well it went with my Acer tree.

I then took a stroll around the garden.....

.....and was surprised at the amount of colour out there.......

.....and a brief appearance of snow!

Take care

Stay safe

Lesley

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Quite Curvy Golf

Hello friends how are you?

I have lots of Birthday cards to make around christmas, which I always find a bit of a challenge,

well....... more than a bit, truth be told!

Luckily my lovely family in Wales are golfers, and I had this fab Country Club paper.

I'm in keep- it- simple mode here so I teamed it with black & white Plaid paper,

a die cut HB, and a die cut curve.

I used the 'other half' of the plaid to decorate the inside.... 

Splatted gold shimmer paint around and added gold gems to make it more girly.

The card base is a pack in my stash with a decorative edge.

Have a Super Sunday

Lesley

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Edited to add it's actually a female golfer :)

Joyful Holly with Baubles

 Today's cards are inspired by Bev Brown of the UnikoStudio

who's inspiration can be found HERE

I loved the idea of the rainbow coloured holly, and just happened to have 

Joyful Holly to play with.

I used the Stamparatus to stamp, so that I got a nice black image,

and avoids any mishaps with uneven stamping,

especially as I was stamping directly on the card.

I then used Blender Pens to colour in the leaves.

I decided to keep it simple and not do any shading, then I added Wink of Stella to the berries.

I'm not sure if I should add Rhinestones to the berries, what do you think?

I then tried the same colours on Ornamental Envelopes, a lovely set that can be used

for anything else as well as envelopes!

The branch was from Curvy Christmas.

I felt I had to join the dots to the branch, but wish I hadn't, as they are a bit wonky!

It doesn't show but I added gold wink of stella to the tops of the baubles,

but now I'm thinking......glitter....gilding flakes............

I'm not good at knowing when to stop, so please help!

Enjoy your weekend

Lesley

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Stamps used Ornamental envelopes 153434

Curvy Christmas 155364

Poinsettia Petals 153475

You may have heard we have lost our supplier of Whisper White card,

but don't panic, SU have found a new source phew.

There may be a short period between supplies,so if you are placing an order, 

add a pack or two (they are limiting the amount per order), if it is still in stock.

Giant year end closeout

Hello there

Just to let you know there is going to be this giant sale starting at 11pm or midnight tonight.

The winter mini catalogue will end soon, but from tomorrow......

Lots of products will be retired, 

some will return in the new annual catalogue,

some will return in next winter's mini,

some bundles will no longer be available as a bundle, but will return individually.

Lots of items are discounted, some heavily, all are while stocks last.

If there's anything you really want, I urge you to order today.

If you have any questions at all, please email me, and I can send you a list.

Please don't worry about using the Host code for this,

I will reward you for any orders regardless.

Meantime

stay safe

have a good day

Lesley

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Forever Fern Greenery

 Hello again

I used the lovely Designer Series Paper Forever Greenery for this card.

I used a mixture of fussy cut and die cut leaves to tuck behind the sentiment.

The white layer has been embossed with Tasteful Texture

I like the touches of grey, which is something I picked up from Kim Fee's lovely projects.

Have a good day

Lesley

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Snowflake Splendor

 Hi there

I was thrilled when I saw this gorgeous paper had some awesome images

on the other side to the snowflakes, with splats and inky washes 

without all the hard messy work!

I thought it would go well with Forever Gold laser cut dies,

for a birthday.

Just love the versatility of SU products,

as well as the Quality, coordination and inspiration.

Below is the paper

I used the Well Written dies again too.

Happy Crafting, stay safe, keep well.

Lesley

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