Simple Kindness

A very quick and simple card today but it's proving to be quite popular as it's very effective.

I've used a piece of paper from the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper pack and simply stamped a sentiment from Kinda Eclectic and the birds from the Wetlands stamp set.

Layered on Island Indigo and Pool Party to pick up the colours in the paper.

A lovely tree!

Another card from our Buds day last week was this from Jane which I also think is super:

It uses the set Lovely as a Tree which is an old Stampin' Up! favourite.

One of the stamps has been used in 3 different colours to create what looks like backing paper - so effective.

Stampin' Write Markers were used to colour the tree.

Simple silhouette

I have returned!

Today's card is with many thanks to Bloomin' Bud Maria who used this idea when we went to Telford.

I have used the 1 3/4" circle punch as a template to sponge through with Hello Honey ink and used the grass image from the new World of Dreams stamp set.

Sentiment is from the ever useful Wetlands set.

This is a little taster for any Crafty Bunch viewers too as we are having a little Stampin' Up play on Wednesday evening.

Jill

Birds in Lost Lagoon!

A version today of a card I first tried the other day on my sister blog JillsQuills (that one had retired SU goodies).

At Telford training recently one of the demos made a card using framelits which I thought was so effective I had to try it.  This card uses the Deco Labels set.

The beach/water/sky in this are stamped using the new Work of Art set I've had on my sneak peek from the new catalogue.  Inks used are crumb cake, lost lagoon & soft sky (quite aptly in the main part).

The lovely birds are from the Wetlands set and you can just see the grasses from the same set peeking in at the sides.

The girls at Crafty Bunch really enjoyed having a go last week with this card.

Back tomorrow with more weekly deals and hopefully another card.

Hope anyone with a new catalogue is enjoying it?!
Jill

Shoebox card

Friday night I met up with another 13 Bloomin' Bud ladies and we all took a shoebox card - basically a card we had made with a box full of all the necessary for everyone else to recreate it.  The restaurant were very good to use, letting us have the table all evening - between courses!

This was my card:

Colours used are basic black, whisper white and bermuda bay.

I've used the stamp set Spiral Spins as I wanted to do something different.

The card also utilises 3 different circle punches.

Sentiment is from Wetlands stamped in black Stazon and a lovely little bow.
These bows are really simple and I've used paper from the Bright Designer Series Paper pack, click here to watch a YouTube on making the bow.

Jill