Blossom punch or not?

I found these photo's the other day and realised that I hadn't shown them to you yet.

When is a blossom punch not just a flower?

This card is to show you that things don't always have to be exactly what they seem.

I started with an A6 card blank in white, added a perfect plum mat and then a whisper white mat on top.

I stamped the swirl from the wedding sweet stamp set using perfect plum ink on to my whisper white mat.

I stamped a chosen flower also using perfect plum ink onto whisper white ink and punched it out with my blossom punch, I also punched a blossom from perfect plum card.

I cut two of the petals off my stamped and punched image, following the line of the stamp, I copied this cut onto the perfect plum blossom, I scored both layers down the centre, gluing along the centre only, I stuck this to the swirl on my mat. I added the fabulous chunky glass glitter down the centre of my butterflies.

I accented the swirl with dazzling diamonds glitter, this is the best fine glitter there is (in my opinion) although I'm not too good at photographing it very well, sorry.

I liked how my card came out but wanted to flip the colour palette on its head and that is what I have done here. I used perfect plum for the base, still a white mat and plum mat on the top. The swirl was heat embossed with white. 

As you can see quite different and yet the design is the same. I really like doing that with a design.

A close up of the embossed flower/butterfly.

Is this your style of card? Or a little too plain and simple?

I hope you like my card design, leave me a comment below.

Until next time, Happy Crafting, Dawn x

Christmas or not?

Hello and welcome, today's cards are what we made last night at my workshop and will be making with a different group of ladies this afternoon, I hope you like them.

This card uses the new Frosty friends individual stamp available from the new autumn/winter mini catalogue (not so sure mini covers this catty, its got loads in it!)

And of course my all time favourite top note die (this is sooo versatile, you will see it on here lots!)

A greeting from the Teeny tiny sentiment stamp set, the background was stamped with serene snowflakes (I know its discontinued I'm just struggling to come to terms with that, I keep reaching for it, I love it!)

I used the ink pad to stamp my image and with a water brush I used the same ink pad to colour it in.

I made this card with my great friend Kelly in mind as she loves pink, but if pink is not your usual colour choice how about option "B" below, my blue version and my preferred colour out of the two.

Same layout as above just a different colour, similar but different.

This is our second card, I can't take credit for this one, Kelly designed and made this, it uses the lovely poinsettia stamp from the Watercolour Winter stamp set available from the autumn/winter mini catty.

How can you make a Christmas set look non Christmassy?...

....Just like this. (I did say she loves pink!)

 I must dash my ladies will be arriving any minute.

Leave a comment let me know what you think.

Until next time, Happy crafting, Dawn x

Christmas workshop cards

Here is a photo of the almost finished sleigh card we made at our Christmas workshop.

A close up of the lovely Rudolf.

 Look at the fabulous glitter card, it is sooo sparkly, and lots of presents made with various punches, a border punch, square punch, bitty punch.

Adding the chunky glitter along the top edge to define the sleigh.

This is the only photo I could find of the completed card.

 We made elf shoes in traditional red and a touch of green.

Which popular die did we use to make these shoes?

A closer look.

What if traditional red and green is not your thing?

How about these?

I love these fabulously cute elf shoes, what do you think? Which colour combo is your favourite? Leave a comment below.

Until next time, Happy crafting, Dawn x

Christmas workshop

Here are some photos of my Christmas workshop from September (sorry for the delay ladies)

We were lucky enough to hire a brand new room at our local school.

I will put photos of our cards on later.

Until next time, Happy crafting, Dawn x

Prize drawer winner...

Each year I host a new catty launch I try to offer a fabulous prize, this year was no exception. 

The prize consisted of;

one pack of designer series paper

one stamp set

one ink pad

one pack of whisper white card

one punch

one pack of glimmer card (red glitter)

two rolls of coordinating ribbon

one pack of coordinating brads

one jar full of die cut buttons in various colours

unfortunately with the excitement of the day I didn't get a very good photo.

The lucky winner was....

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 congratulations, I hope you enjoy playing with all your new goodies.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning next years prize, contact me for details, even if you can't make it on the day you can still purchase a ticket, the winner is picked by one of my visiting guests and announced on here after the day. Tickets were only £3 and the prize was valued at over £55!

Until next time, Happy Crafting, Dawn x

New catty launch

Here are some photos of my table for my new catty launch, with some of the fabulous goodies that Stampin' Up! have to offer.

Look at those lovely stamp sets...

I love those bright and cheerful papers and those stamp sets...

A pile of new catties, mmm stroke, stroke.

The new cases and wheels (I'm not very good at using the wheels so I take the rubber off the wheel, mount it and then use it as a "flat" stamp) and they store perfectly in the cases.

Oh and can you see the new in colours?

The fab edgelit dies and nesting shapes, these are brilliant, a small strip of magnet and they stay in place in their lovely little case.

Oh and the small stack of paper and the essential tombo glue.

 Do you see things you like?

Take a look at the new catty, I will sort a link out on here soon, I hope.

Until next time, Happy crafting Dawn x