New Driver, Paper Pieced, VW Beetle Card!

Hello!
My friend's daughter passed her test a while back and so (obviously) I had to make her a card to celebrate and I just realised I forgot to share it with you! Unfortunately I didn't have any current car stamps but luckily, I keep a few of my very favourite retired stamp sets and so I could make this card using the Beautiful Ride set....

I like how this set works great with paper piecing.

Sentiment is also in the set

Add in a few tiny clouds from the Lift Me Up stamps and dies and a few sequins to finish.

She was pleased with her card :-)

Well, I must get better at sharing things here sooner! I'll work on it ;-)
'Till then, thanks for looking today! Back tomorrow with another card....
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Products Used to create this project:

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Up & Away Thinlits Dies

These are a few of my favourite things!

Hello and welcome to today's post and today is a Jems Blog Hop day, yay!
This month we are each choosing our favourite project(s) or product(s) from 2016 and there's tons of fabulous inspiration from my Jems team mates along the way.

 Do have a hop around, hopping links are at the end of this post :-)

So, as the title suggests today I had a blast looking back over my projects from this year and picking three that I loved making in 2016, although picking just three was sooooooo hard for me! I have had such fun with so many fabulous stamp set this year! Anyway, I did manage to narrow it down and the first one I chose was my Ombre Effect with Floral Thinlits overlay.
VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

And I do love this little cactus from Birthday Fiesta, it was such fun giving him a personality with googly eyes and I even made him a sombrero using the dies in the set! 

TUTORIAL HERE

 And finally, I really loved this VW Beetle stamp set from way back in January! Sadly this stamp set is retired now but watch this space as I have plans for recreating this card with a new stamp set coming in January ;-)
This VIDEO making Shaker Cards without Dies has been my most popular ever over on my YouTube channel.

 So, I do hope you have enjoyed this quick look back over 2016?
Please, HOP FORWARD to Lindas blog for more inspiration or you can
HOP BACK to the ever talented Amanda to see her favourites!

 

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Products Used to create this project:

Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Bundle

Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies

Watercolor Paper

Aqua Painters

New Driver Cards using Let's Get Away and Beautiful Ride by Stampin' Up!

Good Morning!

It's a lovely sunny, if a little blustery, day here today and I have a full day ahead but first I wanted to share with you a couple of cards I made this week for two lovely ladies who both passed their driving test on Tuesday! I have married the old with the new and used two stamp sets that are retiring {you only have until Tuesday 31.05.16 to order them} teamed with the new in Colours Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum, I'm loving these new colours so much!

So, lets see the cards shall we?

 I'll start with the Flirty Flamingo a little closer

 I started by drawing  a very faint pencil line across the card and stamping the coloured car from the Project Life stamp set "Let's Get Away". I actually bought this stamp set to make up my PL albums from our holiday to the USA this year, *I will get that done soon!*

 Then added the smoky slate ones either side, it's very easy to do as this is a photopolymer stamp set.

 Here it is in Sweet Sugarplum..

 I then used just part of a sentiment from Beautiful Ride. Yes, I did cut another stamp apart ;-)

 I added a few teeny tiny star sequins I had in my stash around the coloured car on each card

 We gifted the girls with an updated version of the traditional fluffy dice, this purse from Accessorize to keep a little change in, in their cars...

And one final picture of the cards together,

OK, that's all from me for today, I'm off to make something fun!

'till tomorrow, Stampin' Hugs,

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Products Used to create this project:

Project Life Let's Get Away Photopolymer Stamp Set	Beautiful Ride Photopolymer Stamp Set	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad	Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

Please Note: The links to new products, including In Colours card and ink, will not work until the 1st June 2016

Using Stampin' Up's Beautiful Ride for Easy Watercolouring

Hello there,

I have a cute little card for you today using the very lovely Beautiful Ride stamp set. This set is not staying in the upcoming new catalogue sadly :-( I will be keeping hold of mine, for sure! 

Please do order yours asap if you'd like your own as come May they are "while stocks last". 

To see more cards by me using this set, including the 'no dies shaker', please SEE HERE :-)

OK, lets see this card shall we?

I stamped and heat embossed the car and cute lil' matching suitcases from the set onto watercolour card with silver embossing powder before colouring it in using an aqua painter and ink pads...

 These balloons and the sentiment are included in the set. Did you know you get 21 stamps in this set for just £15.00!

 I added Crystal Effects to the windows, unfortunately this has sold out already!! *Sad Face* Please, please order your favourites from the retirement list soon :-)

 I added the main image on dimensionals and glued the cloud down around the edges for a slightly different look.

 and a top view to finish today

Gah, I do so love this set and will be really sad to see it go! Good job there's a lot of fun stuff in the new catalogue to look forward to, right? 

Just to say if you have chosen to order with me in the last 6 months or you do so in the coming weeks, then you'll be one of the first to receive a catalogue as I'll drop one in the post to you for free as soon as I have them :-) Just another little way of me saying thanks, I appreciate you choosing me as your demo xx

Well, that's all for now, I'll be back with a new video tomorrow! Hope you can make it back,

Stampin' Hugs,

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Products Used to create this project:

Beautiful Ride Photopolymer Stamp Set

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

Versamark Pad

Embossing Buddy

Heat Tool (Uk)

Watercolor Paper

Aqua Painters