Dinning Room

The March Stamps of Life Club set 'bicycles2stamp' is lovely! It includes all sorts of bike related stamps, and the die set also includes a gorgeous Hello die and shadow. Sadly though, this is my last post as a member of The Stamps of Life Design Team. I made the decision to leave a few weeks ago, though I will very much miss it! I've been so grateful for the opportunity to work with Stephanie Barnard and her fun products! I hope you enjoy my cards made with the set. (You might have spotted a new design of Stand-Ups Card here!) Some of the products used:    

Here's a card I made using Karen Burniston's new Bathtub Pop Stand die set . The set is really clever! You use one die to make some little tabs in a card base of your choice, then the feet of the bath fit perfectly onto the tabs. Add two baths, stick them together along the top rim, and you're done! The set also comes with dies for the little claw feet, various bubbles, the cute little tap, and a rubber duck! I used one of my favourite Purple Onion Designs stamps - Rosie , so go in the bath. I sandwiched her and the tap and bubbles in between the two bath layers. I stamped her onto patterned paper, and cut her out by hand (and stamped her ears onto pink card stock, and glued them on top.) I made a kind of bath mat area, using the Paris Edges die set , and added some stamped letters from this Skinny Dip set (which I partially coloured with Copics, and cut out by hand), and die cut letters from the Alphabet 1 - Caps set . I stuck wide Elizabeth Craft Design double-sided tape...

One of Stephanie Barnard's fabulous new die sets for Sizzix is this 'Friend Forever Step-Ups Card'  - isn't it great, with that lovely centre stepped part, plus all the layer dies, for decorating it so easily?! On this first card, I also used some more of Stephanie's new Sizzix sets - the 'Oh Baby Triplits' set , and a set coming soon with layered banners and letter stamps. On this card, I used Stephanie's new Sizzix Spring Birds Triplit die set , and a new flower set she has coming out soon.  Here's a card using all the extra dies which come with the Forever Friends Setp-Up Card set. I just happened to watch the video shown on this page at Scrapbook.com , showing Stephanie at the recent CHA show, and was really happy to see her showing this card I made below!! And finally, another card made with the 'Oh Baby Triplits' set, and a ribbon slider from the cute new Bugs Framelits and Stamps set . Some of the products used:    

I have got heaps of cards which I just haven't got round to blogging yet - here is one using some Purple Onion Designs stamps, and a Mama Elephant Birthday die. I cut the die into the patterned paper background, then cut it again from green paper, and inlaid the green die cut. For the Ruby the Owl , (and also the bunting ) I stamped the image in pale pink ink, and then coloured it with Copics, to give more of a watercolour effect - I quite liked this look! I cut it out by hand, and stuck it down with small foam pads. Some of the products used:    

I loved making this card! I used Stephanie Barnard's  Basic Step-Up Card die for the base, and Brenda Walton's Layered Cake die for the cake sections and scalloped trims. I used a Tim Holtz Handwritten stamp set for the cake sentiment, and an Altenew 'Label Love' stamp for the Happy Birthday. The candle stamp is from Stampin' Up's Balloon Bash set, and papers are from First Edition's Bella Rose pad. Some of the products used:    

I had fun making this one! I just got a new Neat and Tangled box die in the post, and thought it would look cute teamed with one of Karen Burniston's character dies - Whiskers the Cat . I also thought it would look good as a pop-up card too, so used Karen's Lucy Label Pop Up card die , to create the panel to stick the box to. I added a party hat to the cat, from the Props 2 set , a little tag and stamp, both from a Sizzix tags and stamps set, the paw print dies from the Props 4 set , and the frame from the Rectangle Pull Card die set. The paper are mainly from First Edition's Bella Rose pads. I added ribbon strips (stuck on with ATG tape, with the ends tucked under the floral paper panels), and a Birthday die cut and stamps from Marianne Design, and rounded off the edges of the card with a Zutter Round-it-all. Some of the products used:    

Another birthday card for one of my nieces today... it's the Half-Term holidays this week, and we are having a nice quiet time at home, and I've been able to get a few cards made. This one uses Karen Burniston's new Accordion Star  die set, which cut the panels, the inner star layers, the 3-D barn star, and the small stars. I used Purple Onion Design's ' Jackson & Bubbles ' stamps, which I coloured with Copics. I stamped the bubbles with Staz-On ink onto acetate sheeting. Before folding the barn star, I used a stamp from this set with Versamark ink, and gold heat embossed it. I used papers from Crate Paper's Maggie Holmes and Flea Market 12 x12 pads. Some of the products used: