Does it have to retire...?

Hello, a while ago a dear friend and SU colleague kindly gave me a bag of spares and offcuts from cards she had previously made. Amongst the crafty stash were some flowers stamped and punched from the Petite Petals set. This set is sadly now retired, I really don't know why as it's lovely. I've since been lucky to find them on a selling site so they are sitting happily on the shelf in my craft room.

Close-up of the flowers

It was during the recent heatwave here that I thought I'd like to make a fresh summery card and remembered these flowers already stamped and punched, it saved me so much time.

I started by stamping the wreath from Wondrous Wreath using Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz and then die cut it. The flowers were added after shaping them, along with some small shapes that looked like leaves. I thought it just added a little more texture. My base card was made from Whisper White and I added a border in Daffodil Delight to match the flowers before embossing my top Whisper White layer with the Softly Falling embossing Folder.

The wreath was added using dimensionals. A couple of butterflies couldn’t resist fluttering down to settle either side of the wreath. Again, they were found in the stash.

I wanted a bow, but didn't want it to overpower the design so once again Linen thread came to the rescue. I tied a small triple bow, wrapping the thread around a fork before securing with a tiny blob of liquid glue.

Finally I added a sentiment, taken from Cottage Greetings, which is the only current stamp set used. “Hope your day is wonderful” is relatively generic so the card can be used for more than one occasion. 

Woohoo, I'm Back...

Hello again. Goodness, it has been quite a while since I last posted; I really hadn't meant for it to be this long. So, what have I been up to over the last few weeks?

The seating plan

Actually apart from creating wedding stationery for a friend's wedding on the 20th May and taking a Creative Craft session one afternoon where I work, I have hardly picked up a stamp set at home.

Eastern Palace @ Coffee and Cards  -  Craftyduckydoodah

I've also occasionally been to Coffee and Cards run by Susan aka Craftyduckydoodah when time has allowed so I'm keeping my hand in a little. The great thing about going to Susan's card making sessions, apart from the great coffee and cakes, is that I get to try out stamp sets that I don't yet have.


You can imagine my surprise then when I received a message yesterday asking if I'd like to join the design team for a challenge blog that is in the process of being set up. My first reaction was that the wrong person had been asked! I mean, I really don't feel as if I'm particularly creative, but I've been assured that I'm perfectly capable of the job. I'm honoured that someone has faith in my abilities and would like me to join their team and am really looking forward to the challenges ahead. Hopefully I'll have more to report in the near future and plenty of new projects to show you.