Magical March News

I love March for so many reasons ~ Mardi Gras, St Patrick’s Day the first day of Spring are all fun reasons to be stampin’ and scrappin' my March newsletter is now live HERE ~ you are more than welcome to subscribe to the newsletter by clicking visit my website and request my newsletter tabs!

I have been pretty busy the past few months and have fallen behind on my blogging ~ however am going to try harder to stay on top of sharing my creations with all of you

This is a gorgeous little custom card that was ordered this month ~ a train themed birthday  card for a special little someone! I just love punch art it always comes to the rescue when you need a theme and cannot find the perfect stamp set for it!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Faith In Nature

Here is another sample from our Playing With Punches Shoebox Swap ... this card was designed and shared by Susan for us to make at the swap ...it features the new Faith in Nature hostess set which is so pretty!

Here is an up close of the pear image sponged with Pear Pizzaz and Peach Parfait colors and that wonderful accent paper in the back is our new Wonderfully Worn Designer Series paper!

I love attending a good Shoebox Swap!

Happy Stampin'

Kitchen reno offering

So sorry for going so long without a blog post - we are currently undergoing some home renovations that are consuming all my time and energy ... this is a card we made at our team meeting a few weeks ago ... I added some pearl and extra greenery at home to cover up some ink boo-boos - need to practice some more of that two step stamping technique - but gotta love embellishments cause they cover a world of misplaced ink!

Donna's Chick's-n-Chocolate Afternoon

This is a card we are making tomorrow for Donna's Chicks-n-Chocolates party ... featuring a color palette Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Marina Mist and So Saffron and showcasing the Eat Chocolate Stamp set, Red Glitter paper, Scallop Trim Border, Decorative Label and Word Window and of course what ever stamper needs ... SWISS CHOCOLATES ... yummy!

This is an up close shot of the little Decorative Label pocket I made that is the perfect size to hold a little Swiss Deuce chocolate I bought Costco! It also highlights the fabulous shiny sprinkle bling on the chocolates which were colored in with real red Stampin' Write Marker and than a dab of Chrystal effects!

Cannot wait to make this with Donna and her friends tomorrow ... hope they have as much fun as I did ... I just love this stamp set!

Bliss Butterflies

This is a card we made yesterday at our March Stamp-a-Stack ... note to self - make sure when working with white cardstock to keep fingers clean ... got a finger print on the polka dot later and than I had to 'fix it' by sponging some Pacific point on the white polka dot layer to make it look like I meant to do it ;)

This card features the Polka Dot emboss folder, Decorative Label punch, Word Window punch and the Bliss stamp set with pearl accents on Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White cardstock and a Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment.

Keeping Warm by the Fire

Is this not the coolest card - I received it at the Regional Convention Swap ... I love the use of the 2 Step Bird as the 'fire' and the Word Window as the logs! The Lovely as a Tree stamped off in the background and sponging using a mask technique!

I think this is a nice gender neutral card the would be awesome for a person who loves the outdoors for a birthday or in the spring for Fathers Day!

I love Snowman

Here is another offering from the recent Stamp for the Cure ... Snowman are just so much fun and versatile for both the holidays and winter birthdays as well!

Simple and quick this card was lots of fun to make ... nothing like carving out some time for the relaxation of colouring!

Wonder Wheels - encore

Sorry to be so long between posting .... been very busy preparing for Halloween with the kiddies!

This month I combined my Card Swap for my team meeting with the card I designed for my November technique class. This month we are revisiting the Wonderful Wheels from last month ... here is one of the cards we will be making!

This card features the Baby Tee wheel ... which I personally LOVE because there are so many different ways you can use this wheel - including carefully cutting out the little T's and popping them up. in different layers over the wheeled image or just solo with other stamp sets!

I was trying to go for a 'generic' colour combination but was having trouble choosing a third colour to go with the yellow/green so pulled out my trusty Colour Coach! So this colour combination of Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Night of Navy came from the Colour Coach Creative combo suggestions...which worked out awesome cause turns out this is this weeks Color Dare challenge so I can submit for it as well!

I also think that the Baby Tees partners very well with our Polka Dot Emboss folder and snuck in some glitter brad bling.

A Little Bit of Magic ...

This little set is going to be A LOT of fun ... here is my first attempt with water colouring her. Isn't she just the sweetest little thing you have ever seen!

I coloured her dress with shades of Concord Grape, her wings are in Melon Mambo and I just had to sneak a little glitter on them with some Stickles! The flower is Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie and hard to see in the photo but Chrystal Effects to make it shine ... so pretty! The grass and leaves are in Certainly Celery and shaded with Old Olive ... the sky is coloured in Bashful blue. Card stock is Bashful blue and Concord Grape with an Old Olive Ribbon to tie it all together!

My apologies for picture quality - my camera has died and I am using Paul's at the moment!

Plenty of Pansies!

This spring I planted a Pansie garden with the daycare kids and was totally inspired by their colors as they bloomed this past week that I wanted to create a card in their honor.

So off to Google I went to see if there were any Stampin' Up! techniques already out there inspired by pansies ... cause why recreate the wheel if someone else has already done it ... so as I was online in came an email from my up line mentor Liz Goldhawk with her upcoming technique class - and I couldn't believe my eyes ... she was featuring Pansies!

So once again karma answered my call and brought me what I needed into my life!

So after attending the class I came home to work on the following with my original Pansie inspirations!

A Cajun Craze and Daffodil Delight Inspired Colour Combo:

A Concord Crush and Daffodil Delight combination:

A Night of Navy, Brocade Blue and Daffodil Delight inspiration:

And a wonderful Real Red and Daffodil Delight creation:

I am so totally in love with this Pansie technique ... while some of the youtube videos I Googled showed the use of the re-inkers and involved soaking the paper and well 'mess' plus way more time in waiting for the Pansie's to dry before you can assemble ... this one used sponging and allows for much more control of ink placement and colour blending ... and well anyone who knows me knows that I totally prefer the control!

This technique is sure to become a favorite of mine ... I am excited to combine it with some fairy cards and butterfly cards cause well it is just so 'magical' creating them ... no two are the same!