Birthday wishes

Hello all

and happy Sunday

Well, with a lovely day in store (slightly tongue in cheek here as we are spending the day clearing the garage!) thought I would just have some time to myself first as its my niece-in-laws' birthday tomorrow - so need a card for the occasion.

Now being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator means we get the chance to play with some of the lovely goodies in store before the new annual catalogue launches -  don't forget 2nd June - reserve the date!

My sneaky peak is a new birthday set - Build a Birthday and some of the gorgeous  'In-colours' 2015 - 2017 and matching  paper from a new paper stack - Cherry on top!.  Mixing these with some of the stamps from the B.Y.O.P. set - very apt, in the circumstances, standing for Buy Your Own Present! .

Was thinking this for hopefully a bright though not necessarily breezy celebration! I made a matching gift card holder using an old one I had received, as a template,  - and here we are, done.

What do you think?

My colours were the new Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder, and  Bermuda Bay from the existing 'Brights' collection..

I just love the 'wish big' sentiment on the card and literally just went 'stamp happy' decorating the gift card. Basic pearls and a little scrap of ribbon to finish - 'et voila' as they say

Unfortunately I had to manually cut the little place holder  for my gift card - . Not quite the professional finish I was after - but  guess I could maybe have given some thought to possibly partial cutting one using a suitable die? 

Stampin' Up! am sure there is an opening there, somewhere,  for a new punch! It would certainly be on my wish list...

and the 'Spending! sentiment - Brilliant -

The whole  B.Y.O.P. set has 17 different stamps - all geared up to the thought of a  gift card or pennies as a way of marking all sorts of celebrations.

There's  - birthdays, weddings, new baby arrival, a thank- you, a graduation, all taken care of beautifully.

Stampin' Up! Supplies for this card:

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store  
Pay just  £4:95 whatever the size of your order, and have them shipped straight to your address.. 

Please  contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you prefer.

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

B.Y.O.P. Photopolymer Stamp Set

Scallop Oval Punch

Large Oval Punch

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

This afternoon sees me out with a works colleague - we are going out for a traditional English Cream tea.

After all my intended endeavours with garage clearance this morning - am quite looking forward to it... and if nothing else its an end stop as we are meeting for sit down at 3!

whatever you all get up to - Happy Sunday and Bank holiday,  when it arrives.

Til next time 

best wishes

Jan x

Flower shop - 'Just because' ...

hi all and Happy Bank holiday

again - I find myself not working this bank holiday - so what do I do, spend all Saturday working in the garden and all Sunday cleaning windows and paintwork.

uhm  on reflection - I might have preferred going to work!

but that's the reason behind my card - after all my endeavours outside I think I justifiably deserved a play with cards and inks inside once I had finished.!
...hence the sentiment..  'Just because'  - and I thought very apt in the circumstances.

Am going to link it to the current ColourQ challenge #239 of Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral,  Pretty in Pink (I substituted Blushing Bride) and Old Olive as this was the inspiration behind  my colour choices.

 

I also thought I would link it  to the current challenge over at Less is More where they want to see us use either Three Colours   or  Three Shades of One Colour

It's a mix of  stamped and punched flowers from the Flower Shop stamp set, the punched one I popped up on dimensionals, a bit of sponging and corner cutting for emphasis,  and a few candy dots to finish and ended up with this.

I  hand cut the label for my sentiment,and 'just because' really sums up how I felt after all my hard work - no real reason for a card - i just wanted to - my way of relaxing !

 What do you all think?

Although it is quite a departure from my more usual fussy style, couldn't quite leave it it at that - so just had to put something inside as well -

Stampin' Up! supplies for this card:

Stamp Sets:Flower Shop, A Dozen Thoughts

Inks: Pumpkin pie, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride,

Card stock: Old Olive and Whisper White

Punches: Pansy Punch, Corner rounder
Other Essentials: Stampin' Up! dimensionals,  sponge daubers, candy dots

 I can order Stampin' Up! Products for you, shipped straight to your address and am happy to answer any questions you may have - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or contact me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my on line store  

well with it Bank holiday Monday - and my being such a busy lady (well certainly in my book anyway!)  over the weekend, am flatly refusing to do anything - but looking forward to just chilling as they say.

whatever you have in store - hope you have a lovely day, all!

Til next time
Jan
x