ADDINKTIVE DESIGNS

My son asked me to make a card for him to give to his girlfriend's mum for her 50th Birthday!  So ... I guess it needed to be pretty special.  She loves to sew dresses for her daughter so the Dress Form Pop 'n' Cuts was an obvious 'springboard' for the rest of the design. Some Sweet Sorbet DSP (SAB - free with every $90 purchase) helped me to decide on the colour combo and the long forgotten Sweet Buttons Embosslits was a 'must' to add to the dress making theme. I blew dust off the retired set, Sew Suite , so I could stamp that cute little sewing machine image on the envelope to complete the project.  Inside View Outside View I just love how easy it was for a variety of Stampin' Up! ® products to come together to make this card.  My favourite little 'added extra' is the Needlepoint Border embossing down the sides of the card front. I'm pretty sure Gina will appreciate it and Ryan will continue to remain in her...

There's a gorgeous colour challenge at Just Add Ink so I decided to crack open some new goodies and play along.  JAI 177   Project Recipe: (Release Date for Sneak Peeks - 1st August) Stamp Sets:   Fine Feathers, Banner Greetings, Gorgeous Grunge Ink:   Smoky Slate, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral Card Stock:   As above Accessories: Chevron Border Punch (Sneak Peek), Chevron and Pretty Prints (Sneak Peek) Embossing Folders, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals, Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape, Very Vintage Designer Button, Linen Thread, Digital Download - Feathered Woodcuts Kit, Silhouette Cameo Thanks for stopping by, Follow my blog with Bloglovin

I've really enjoyed the long weekend and have realised just how much I miss having a three day weekend all the time.  I've been happily playing in my craft room today but it will be back to reality tomorrow!  Mid-year assessments and reports are looming ... sigh! Here's a card I made to highlight the gorgeous new, soon to be released, In Colours and Hostess Stamp Sets . My latest fad is to use digital punches to make fun shaped cards.  This time I have enlarged the letter 'B' punch from 'Timeless Type - Junior Alphabet' and turned it into a cutting file to use with my Silhouette Cameo (Designer Edition). From this ... ... to this! The 'B' is cut from Very Vanilla Card Stock and I have stamped a variety of images from the new Hostess Sets, Morning Meadow and Banner Greetings (release date - July 2nd). The new In Colours are really pretty.  I love every one of them and will need to order more card stock very soon, espec...