Happy Birthday Sandie!

I made Sandies card using the gorgeous Stampin Up butterfly die, I love this die so much it cuts out so nicely and is just beautiful.  

I also heat embossed 'Stitched Circles' Justrite background stamp in 'Azure' which is the perfect match for Stampin Ups Tempting Turquoise. 

Hope you had a great day Sandie!

Be Back Soon! Sharni xx

Birthday Card...

Today's card I made using the Stampin up 'Starburst Dies' I really  love that they are a circle shape with just a little bit of a different edge to them. I am very tempted to buy the stamp set that fits inside. I'm just not sure how often you would use those words. 

I also tried the resist technique by heat embossing with Wow! superfine 'opaque bright white' onto white card stock and then distressing with Tim Holtz 'Spiced Marmalade' all over the top, I really like the way it turned out actually I wasn't sure as I was doing it but now its on the card I think it really pops and that its kind of nice that it has a bit of texture to the colour.

I have also used the stamp by Justrite called 'Ticking Stripe' and heat embossed that in Wow! 'Matallic Silver' onto SU 'Bermuda Bay' card stock.  The orange that you see is actually just SU washi tape that I have punched out and placed on top to add a bit more colour to the card. 

What do you think of the resist technique?

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My First Card Of The Year...

I made this Birthday card a few nights ago and it was lovely to play with so new bits and not to be making Christmas cards anymore. 

I used a Lifestyle crafts nesting doily square die for the center and simply just added a few flowers from the stampin up 'Flower Patch' stamp and die set. 

I then scored 6 lines into the center of the card base. I have seen a lot of people doing this on pinterest lately and I love the simple effect that it gives. 

Have you made any cards since christmas? 

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Christmas Card 13...

 Christmas Card 13...

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Christmas Card 12...

Christmas Card 12...

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Secret Santa...

For my secret santa present this year I received an amazing spellbinders die called 'Cascading Hearts' from the new shapeabilities collection.

I just played with it very quickly last night and made this card..

The set includes two dies one which cuts the hearts out and another that cuts the rectangle around the edge. I think it makes a really lovely background for a card all I done here was use the dies on a piece of white cardstock mounted it on a red (Real Red) card base,  I then used the heart die on a pink piece of cardstock (Pink Pirouette) and used a few of the hearts to fill some of the red ones in, I then added glossy accents to make pop.. 

For the sentiment I used the stampin up 'Label Love' stamp set and matching punch, covered it in clear wink of stella and then went over the top with glossy accents. I love how these two look together, It really is so sparkly in real life. 

Have you played with any of the dies in the shapeabilities collection? 

P.S Thank you again to my Secret Santa =)

Be Back Soon! Sharni xx