Card and Matching Note Pad Set

So hi again, i was asked by a friend to make an 80th birthday card for their mum, and well this is what i came up with, not too sure if its age appropriate or not but i think its sweet.(soon find out wont i,lol) any way i had to make the matching note pad, i found the tutorial over at split coast stampers and wanted to give it a go. click here for tutorial. The note pads i found at the shop were a bit smaller than the ones in the tutorial so i just measured the pad and worked out the measurements from there. Mine measured 80mm x 200mm x 5mm.

Materials Used

• Stampin' Up (SU) card stock-bashful blue,barely banana,black
• SU Designer series paper-Candy Lane
  
• Create a critter- bees 3" & 1.6",scallop circle 3", circle 2 1/2"
• Plantin school book-80 cut at 1 1/2" on shadow
  
• SU eyelet border punch
• SU word window Punch
• Forest branches cuttlebug embossing folder
• SU dazzling diamonds
• SU bashful blue marker
• Peachy keen stamps -character face parts
  
• My pink Stamper stamps-Punny-licious
• white gel pen
• chalk for checks
• ribbon
• score pal
• Note Pad
  

Yay, my new carts arrived today!!!

Hi everyone, i was so excited to get this in the mail today i just had to share with you all. A few weeks ago custom crops had a massive sale on and i just had to have these for the prices. I've been going to get the paper dolls carts for so long , so yay i have them now!! I used the forest branches embossing folder just before and can i say ,love it!!! The sizzix love thingy was a freebie from custom crops haven't opened it up yet, but looks interesting will let you no more when i give it a go.

Clear Envelope Brag Book

I found the tutorial for this brag book the other day and just had to make one,click here for the tutorial http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/clear_envelope_brag_book/
It was really very easy to make and holds ten photo's but you could add more clear envelopes and make it to hold as many pics as you like.

I am entering this in Emma's throwback Thursday challenge #6 , this weeks challenge was to make a project using zooballoo or any cart as long as it is an animal theme.

Materials Used

• Stampin Up(SU) Card stock-very vanilla,sage shadow,choc chip,old olive,
  
• SU ribbon -very vanilla
• SU Word window Punch
• Always artichoke ink pad and dauber to ink around croc and grass
  
• create a critter-crocodile cut at 1 1/2",grass 1",3/4"
• DCWV The green stack-background card stock
• Brads
• smile crocodile stamp is from Hero arts
• Pearlescent dew drop
• Cello bags 5 120mm x 1700mm
  

Throwback Thursday Challenge #5

Hi everyone, this weeks challenge over at My Creative Time with Emma is a Baby Theme project of your choice, with the new arrival cartridge or any older cart. Since i don't have that cartridge i used mini monograms, gypsy wanderings and the little sweet pea collection from svgcuts.com to cut the socks and rocking horse. This cute little guy is my nephew Zavier Tyler pictured here with his nan :) Thanks for stopping by and have a great day/night :)

Materials Used

• Gypsy wandering for the word welcome at 1 1/2" welded
• Mini Monograms for the word Baby at 1 1/2" welded and the ribbon slider charm with It's a boy welded onto it( i thought i was clever to make that,lol) gotta love welding!!
• Sure cuts alot- svgcuts.com collection-little sweet pea -sock and rocking horse cut at 2"
• ribbon,ric rac
• card stock and paper
• white gel pen
  

Quick Birthday Card

Yesterday we went to a bithday party for a little boy(6 yo) at the last minute (his sister and my girls are friends and his sister decided she didn't want all boys at the party lol) so i whipped up this card for him. I really love the DCVW card stock stacks this is my favorite for sure-The Green stack, so adorable.

Materials Used

• DCWV -the green stack
• white card stock
• DCWV-Citrus stack
• Stampin Up ribbon -tempting turquoise
• word window punch
• happy birthday stamp
• jet black staz on
• fiskars circle cutter
• scissors to cut out beaver and owl, so cute :)
  

Another Tri-Shutter Card

My mum asked me to make her a card for a friends 28th wedding anniversary and i had to make another tri -shutter card, i love this design so much fun to make.The tutorial for this card is on an earlier post, just scroll down until you find it.

Materials Used

• Stampin up Card stock- choc chip,pink pirouette
• SU dsp-candy lane & bella rose
• Su ribbon
• buttons
• brown dmc thread
  
• SU choc chip ink pad
• dabber for inking around the edges
  
• Cricuit -Create a critter -scallop circle 3", circle 2 3/4",bird 2 1/2",tag 1 1/2", Plantin Schoolbook 28, 1 1/2"
• googly eye
• happy anniversary stamp-studio g
  

Birdie Note Book

Hi,hope everyone's having a great day/night. It's freezing cold here and I"m sitting in my office with a wheaty bag to keep warm. Week one of the school holidays are over, didn't do much this week, kids went to a birthday party Yesterday and the rest of the week was spent at home, no one has mentioned the B word yet(bored,lol) so that's good. Going to see toy story 3 3D on Tuesday.
Ok, so here is a book i made with the bind it all, i cut all the pages with my guillotine at 4" x 4 " i can cut about 6 pages ok at once with mine, it says i can cut up to 20 but the pages move i find. I even stamped every page with the little bird in the bottom left corner, didn't take too long,lol.
Material Used

• bind it all
• black o wire 5/8"
• A4 copy paper cut at 4" x 4"
• chipboard
• patterned paper
• ribbon
• My pink stamper stamps punny-licious
• create a critter- bird
• Peachy Keen stamp set pk-493 Every day character face parts
• Stampin Up card stock-Pink pirouette, choc chip
• Stampin Up pink pirouette ink pad
• bird stamp- can't remember?