Blooms and Wishes for Mother's Day Card

Last Wednesday, I made a Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law in the last minute and mailed it out on Thursday (hope she's already got it by now!)

And then it poped in my head - why don't I ask if anyone in the office would like a Mother's Day card for their mums?  So I did, and two of my co-workers actually ordered from me. Yay!

So I made additional two cards using the same idea and layout.  They took me more than one hour to finish, which is not cost-efficient by any stretch.  But it's just nice to be able to utilise these stamps and dies, and my colleagues get to bring specially made cards for their mums.  Plus, I got some coffee money out of them. :-)

Time to Put out This Tiny Fire - Happy 1st Birthday!

It has been a month and a half since I last update my blog. How time flies!

In other words, I have been working for that long already.  And oh the work stress too.  It's all coming back.  And if it's not because I'm off today I don't think I'll ever have time to post this one either.

However, over the last few weeks I have  made some cards for different occasions.

And now, back to the happy hours.  I've got my coffee, and finished some of the emails from work, and here I'm posting this super easy birthday card.

This card is super easy to make and definitely for beginners who do not have a big stash. Just pick any of the ink pad you have, preferably blue, to make a little baby boy's birthday candle, and yellow or orange for the flame.  Then stamp and die cut the banner, adhering it on top of the candle.

So simple and yet cute.  Basically I just pick a patterned paper with stars for the background, then stick the whole panel to a white card base.

What one does need, though, is the most versatile stamp and die set from Stampin' Up.  I've listed it below so you can have a look at the whole set for more details.

I use the following Stampin' Up materials for this project:

Thinking of You Two Ways with Hostess Time of Year Stamp Set

 It's funny that sometimes the things that you love the most are actually the simpliest little things that most people actually don't jump into straight away.  Take the Hostess Time of Year stamp set for example, it is probably a very simple stamp set to most, but it's the first one that I've opened.  See below.

 I made two cards straight away, and am extremely happy about them.


Card 1:

I use heat embossing for the Thinking of You sentiment in both cards, and die-cut one with Sweet and Sassy heartshape die set.  Then I ink the Always banner in Peekaboo Peach ink pad.  Once the paper soaks up all the ink the colour just looks amazing.  Then I die-cut it with the Bunch of Banners die set.  

Card 2:

I also used a doily die to cut out a doily and serve it as part of the background.  The paper panel with handwriting is from the loverly 2016-2018 In Colours Designers Paper Stack.  Everything gels perfectly.  

Hope you give it a go with the super versatile stamp set.  You'll be amazed at how beautiful and modern your project can turn out.

I use the following Stampin' Up supplies for making my cards:

The Smallest Things - Greeting Card using Layering Love Stamp set from Stampin' Up

In the beginning of May, I, like all Stampin' Up demonstrators around the world, were all super excited about the pre-order of the 2016/2017 products.  Finally we got to play with the new stuff before official release, and get ready for customer orders in coming June.

However, not all products are available for pre-orders.  Only a small selection of stamps, dies, and other accessories were offered.  I don't know about others, but I managed to use the little budget plus my birthday money from my mother-in-law to get two stamp sets, 2016/2017 in-colour ink pads, and card stocks.   And here is what I made from the latest card stock, ink pads and stamp set.

Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo and Peekaboo Peach, the latest 2016/2017 In colours, are used for this  project.  They compliment each other so well and lighten up the card.

Besides the latest stamps and colours, I also use the dies from Cups and Kettle framelits to compliment the card.  For the texture I use the retired Tiny Triangles embossing folder.  Bought it at a discounted price and I think it's a steal!

  

The stamp set, Layering Love, is from the latest 2016/17 catalogue.  It is trendy, cheerful and artistic. 

I will put on the online shop links once they're released on June 1, 2016.

Stampin' Up Materials used:

Ink pads:  Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach

Card stock: Same colours as above

Stamp set: Layering Love

Dies:  Cups and Kettle framelits

Embossing Folder: Tiny Triangles