Post Card

In the new catalogue I came across a stamp that I instantly fell in love with.  I could imagine so many possibilities for that stamp!

Here I have decided to show you two versions of a similar card layout using the postcard stamp.  Each time I stamped the image onto very vanilla and then cut it out to fit onto an embossed background which in turn fitted onto a standard A5 card.

 

 

This one is obviously more male orientated, I coloured the boat using the stampin markers and then cut it out and used dimensional to stick it onto the card. I then used the greeting from the Feel Goods set.  I used Marina Mist and inked around the edges which is a new thing for me.

This one is more ladylike and I used the gorgeous new Strawberry Slush paper.  I also used the new Stampin UP! Clay which I coloured with the strawberry slush marker and I also coloured one in using Pink Pirouette.  

I hope you'll agree that the cards are very effective but they really didn't take that long to create.

I will put a "menu" below and if you would like to order any of the items to create your own masterpieces, please e-mail me at ruthwareing@aol.com, I look forward to hearing from you

Ruth

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marina mist cardstock 121682

strawberry slush cardstock 131300

very vanilla cardstock 106550

post card stamp 130369

stampin write markers 131260

simply pressed clay 130685

buttons and blossoms clay moulds 131272

elegant butterfly punch 127526

feel goods stamp set 129684

the open sea 123032

flowering flourishes 126367

pretty print embossing folder 132175

Dress Up

I love the new Dress up range and decided to have a go using the card base pop n cuts together with the dress form pop n cuts and the dress up framelits.  This is the card closed.

 

Inside the card I made some wallpaper using the colour collection designer series paper

 

I cut out some of the butterflies using the beautiful wings embosslits 

I then made a little envelope to stick on the bottom of the card to put some money in as a gift.

I have a feeling that I am going to be making a lot of these cards.  Using the dies makes them so quick and easy to do but they look like you've spent hours creating them.

Let me know if you would like to order any of the supplies as I will be happy to help

Ruth

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Beautiful Wings Embosslits 118138

Card Base Pop 'n' Cuts 130099

Dress Form Pop 'n' Cuts 130100

Dress Up Framelits 130101

Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine 113439 

Colour Collection Designer Series Paper Stacks 130135

Night of Navy Cardstock 106577

My Digital Studio

I love scrapbooking and I love using computers, don't get me wrong, I'm not some sort of computer whizz but I love how easy it is to create wonderful things and the new Digital Studio from Stampin UP! is no exception.  With a few clicks you can create wonderful digital scrapbook pages and cards and calendars and a whole lot more.

I knocked these two up this morning:

 I love how you have access to some of the gorgeous papers, stamps and punches

The Digital Studio will soon be available for you to purchase, in the meantime watch this space.....

Online Ordering!

You can now order online directly though my shop front here:

Let's go Shopping

It has all the wonderful Stampin' Up! Products that I use daily on my creations and now you too, can create anything from my blog just by visiting my store and purchasing the items.  To make things easier I will try and create a menu for each item so you know which catalogue numbers I used.

There is also a section called Ideas, if you click on that it will take you to other cards and boxes from the blog with menus included.

I think it's a great idea, it was how I started out with Stampin' Up!  I saw a card on someones blog and then contacted them to order the stamps, now you can do the same.

You can also go through this icon:

on the left of my blog which will take you directly to the page.

If you have any ideas of things you would like to make, please e-mail me and I will have a go at creating them for you.

Stampin' Up! Just keeps getting better and better!

Have a great day

Ruth

dads 80th

 

It's my father in laws 80th Birthday soon and I always struggle to make male cards, they're not a pretty as lady's cards so I never seem to enjoy making them, that was, until I saw this card and I fell in love!

I wanted to stamp my clouds as I love the effect and this card is huge - 8" x 8" but I don;t think it looks lost.

It didn't take too long but it is definitely a card I will be making again and again, especially for men! What do you think?

This is the inside of the card, I wanted to do something a bit different and it's been left blank as we have a lot of people to sign it!

I even decorated the envelope!

Have a great day

Ruth