Fast Friday 29 - A Whole Lot of Lovely

I was instantly drawn to the gorgeous A Whole Lot of Lovely hostess set from this year's catalogue and had the perfect occasion to use it when I created a special thank you for a friend who had gone above and beyond. Because the stamped greeting is quite large and ornate, I felt the background needed to be simple, so I used the abstract side from one of the sheets from the Pretty Petals DSP stack.

You can see here that I used some bling to highlight the centre of the flowers:

And this time I didn't forget to take a photo of the inside - where I used another of the images from the stamp set - the words said it for me!

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Pacific Point, Pretty Petals DSP Stack ♦ Stamps: A Whole Lot of Lovely (Hostess 2015/16) ♦ Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pacific Point, Old Olive ♦ Tools/Accessories: Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Metallic Thread, Floral Frames Collection Framelits, 2½" Circle Punch

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole

You're a Star!

I needed to make a card for a really special person to say thank you for what they had done for me in recent months, but also I had to be careful it wasn't too girly. So I took my inspiration from the bottle bag which I used for the accompanying gift.

It was a bit fiddly trying to get all the small pieces stuck down but I am pleased with the end result! And the words from the Pictogram Punches set sum up my feelings exactly! I just hope the recipient liked the card (I know he liked the bottle!)

Here's the bottle bag that inspired the card:

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Pool Party, Whisper White, Brushed Gold (retired) ♦ Stamps: Pictogram Punches ♦ Ink: Night of Navy ♦ Tools/Accessories: Confetti Stars Border Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Stampin Dimensionsals, Tombow glue

I hope you can see that you can take inspiration from anywhere! Remember you can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly.

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole

Fast Friday - Week 25

I held a party for my top customer and her friends last Saturday and the order is due to arrive today, so I wanted to give each of my customers a thank you card to go with their order. So just sharing these quick cards I made last night. Each one has a slight variation, eg: different placing of the gems.

As I was making these in bulk, they had to be quick to do. Obviously overall they took more than 10 minutes (the parameters for a Fast Friday project), but you could easily produce one card in less than 5 minutes!

Which one do you prefer?

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White Notecards ♦ Stamps: A Happy Hooray ♦ Ink: Lost Lagoon, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake ♦ Tools/Accessories: 1⅜" Circle Punch, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic pearls, Basic rhinestones

You can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly.

Have a good weekend!

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole

Fast Friday - Week 9

The theme over at Less is More this week is - three. So here is this week's card.

As this year's Sale-a-Bration finishes on Monday (31 March) I thought I would use some of the last pieces of my favourite paper from the Sweet Sorbet DSP - you can see I've not got much left but I was determined to use every little piece!

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Naturals White, Island Indigo, Basic Black, SAB Sweet Sorbet DSP ♦ Stamps: Petite Petals, Lacy & Lovely (greeting) ♦ Ink: Basic Grey, Silver Metallic Encore ♦ Tools/Accessories: Petite Petals punch, basic rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

You can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly. Don't forget you can choose a free product from the Sale-a-Bration promotion for every £45 (before P&P) that you spend on catalogue items until 31 March 2014.

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole

Fast Friday - Week 8

I needed to make a card for a lovely customer this week who lives in Lancashire so rustled up this super quick card using one of my favourite stamp sets from the current Spring/Summer Seasonal Catalogue 2014 - So Very Grateful. I used one of the great notecards that SU sell (envelopes included) as my card base - just perfect for a quick project like this.  I used one of my favourite tools at the moment - the white chalk marker. Just love the effect this gives.

Incidentally, the layout is one you will see all over the internet on crafting blogs at the moment.

And here is a more stepped up version that I did with the more standard sized card for a friend's birthday. This time I used Crystal Effects on the flowers to give some added dimension as well as using one of the current hostess sets - Banner Greetings.

The actual making of this second card didn't take much longer, but drying time was needed for the Crystal Effects.

To make these projects you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Old Olive, Notecards, Whisper White ♦ Stamps: So Very Grateful, Banner Greetings (hostess) ♦ Ink: Black Stazon ♦ Tools/Accessories: White chalk marker, White gel pen, Basic pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Stamp-a-ma-jig, ruler

You can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly. Don't forget you can choose a free product from the Sale-a-Bration promotion for every £45 (before P&P) that you spend on catalogue items until 31 March 2014 - hurry that's only 11 days away!

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole