Ok... Who Stole February & March???

Come on... own up!!!

February passed in a flash... and March just whizzed by in a whirlwind of celebrations... time is speeding by!

So what have I been up to... spending time with family... looking for work & finally getting a job... creating Name Place Cards and Thank-You Cards to go with the Wedding Invites I made for a friend last year... a few cards were also created...

 

Products Used: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Stamps: You Are Loved

Inks: Marina Mist, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard 

Card Stock: Marina Mist, Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: Rhinestones, 3D Dimensionals

 

 

Products Used: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Stamps: You Are Loved

Inks: More Mustard, Riding Hood Red

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: Elegant Bouquet Folder, Rhinestones, 3D Dimensionals

 

 

Products Used: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Stamps: You Are Loved, Something To Celebrate (Hostess Retired)

Inks: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pretty In Pink

DSP: Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Top Note Bigz, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz, Embosslits Beautiful Wings,
Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brads, Pearl Basic Jewels

This last card was created on Saturday Morning, just in time for the party at the local Working Man's Club... Little Maisy turned 2 and celebrated with family and friends!

 

 

Products Used: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Stamps: Kidoodles, Alphabet (personal collection)

Inks: Regal Rose, Pool Party, Basic BlackMarkers: Pool Party, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Pretty In Pink

Card Stock: Pool Party, Regal Rose, Shimmery White
DSP: Regal Rose

Accessories: Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch, Circles *2 Originals Die, Rhinestones, 3D Dimensionals

Hope you like the newest creations... I have some more in the works so I will be back soon, but for now I have to grab some lunch and get ready for work :)

Until Next Time... HUGS 'N' XXX

Monica's Pasionette Spring/Summer Mini Blog Hop

 

Hi Everyone :)

As you can see... I'm Back!!!

I have so much to tell you about, I have a few more posts in the works so keep your eye's peeled for them.

First of all...
I've been busy getting inky and playing with some goodies from the new Spring/Summer Mini Catalogue 2013
I'd like to welcome you all to the lovely Monica's Passionette Blog Hop

Ok so what is a blog hop you ask... well... at the end of this post you'll see a list of Blog's with link's you can click on... it'll take you to another blog that is involved in the hop, which will also have another link to another blog involved in the hop and it will follow suit through all the blogs until you get to the end of the hop.

I hope you'll have fun hopping along our Blogs and seeing lots of lovely creations we have made to inspire you with all the new goodies available from Stampin' Up's Spring/Summer Mini Catalogue.

I decided to focus on the lovely Designer Papers from page 16... Print Poetry... I've only played with a small selection but have plans to create lots more with the rest!!!

I have also used a couple of Sale-A-Bration (SAB) stamp sets, more info in another post to come.

 

Here's a sneak peak of the creations as I had made them... yes I just pop them on top of each other until I've finished my craft session :D

 

Ok... so here are my creations... the first one is...

 

A 4" x 4" Valentine Card... it is only 11 days away!!!

The second creation is a nice simple Thank-You card... again a 4" x 4"

My third creation is another simple Thank-You but I went a little smaller with a 3" x 3"

 

 

My fourth creation is... a nice and simple Christmas card... you can never be too early to make a start!!!

 

 

 

My fifth creation is a nice simple card which could be used as a Birthday, Valentine or maybe an Anniversary card.

 

 

And finally my sixth and final creation of the day is a lovely bookmark

 

Here is a shot of the creations together!!!

Here is a list of products used...

Products Used: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated
Stamps: Pretty Petites (SAB), Vintage Verses (SAB), Sweet Cake (Retired), Delightful Dozen (Page 141), Occasional Quotes (Retired), Everything Eleanor
Inks: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake
Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Accessories: Curly Label Punch (Page 182), Modern Label (Page 183),

Petite Curly Label Punch (SAB), Snowflake Flurries Die (Retired?), Chevron Embossing Folder (Page 189), Argyle Embossing Folder (Page 189) Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon (Page172), Bookmark (Cuttlebug Die)

 

And now for the list of blogs in the hop...

Vicky- http://vickylouscorner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/passionettes-springsummer-blog-hop.html

 

Valerie- http://stampingwithval.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/stampin-up-springsummer-catalogue-passionettes-blog-hop

Teri- http://teriscraftspot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/passionates-spring-summer-blog-hop_4080.html

Emily- http://www.stampinmermaid.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/passionettes-springsummer-blog-hop.html

Magda- http://stampingwithmagda.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/waistcoat-card-dapper-dad.html

Erika (You Are Here) -http://twintroublescreations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/monicas-pasionette-springsummer-mini.html

Joanne -http://mypaperprojects.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/passionettes-spring-mini-blog-hop.html

Isabelle- http://issyscraftymoments.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/blog-hop.html

Irene- http://beyondthegreenhouse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/blog-hop.html

Aurora- http://auroradawn-ad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/passionettes-springsummer-catalogue.html

Monica-http://monicas-passions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/p.html

Linda- http://www.stampingsecrets.com/blog-hop/

Tara- http://ihaventgotacleverblogname.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/springsummer-passionettes-blog-hop.html

Fanny -   http://stampingeveryday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/passionettes-springsummer-seasonal.html

I hope you enjoy our creations... and let us know what you think.

Until Next Time... HUGS 'N' XXX

 

'All The Best For 2013'

I know I haven't posted in quite a while and I do apologise profusely but '2012' has been the worst year going and I for one will be glad to see the back of it!!!

It won't get the better of me and I will be back very soon!!!

On a lighter note... I'll be spending New Year's Eve with family members and I'm looking forward to '2013' and what it has to throw at me!!!

Until Next Time… HUGS ‘n’ XXX

So who wants to see…

Another Layout???

Ohhh Ok… go on… I’ll share layout number 4…

I used the lovely Sheena's Eclectic Avenue Class Kit to create this layout of Fubar standing Guard at HisLordShip’s nana’s partner’s static caravan…





We had to laugh when we first took Fubar… he never barked or made a noise at home, even when someone knocked at the door or the time someone came into the garden looking through the kitchen window but at the caravan as soon as he saw anyone walking past he was up and barking… he certainly found his voice that holiday, yet it disappeared as soon as we got back home… His Caravan Voice is what we called it!!!
He was well behaved and never jumped the veranda… less could be said about the new puppies when we took them for a visit the other Sunday, they were off like a shot over the veranda at every opportunity… I think they’ll have to be tied to the tree when we go back for the Holiday this year!!!

Until Next Time… HUGS ‘n’ XXX

Special Card Request…

It was HisLordShip’s Nana’s birthday on 30th May and I was asked to make a special card by her partner so I set about browsing blogs and Google Images where I came across a lovely card that I knew she would love, I’m not sure who the blog belonged to as I’ve lost it from my bookmarks so if the card is your design please do let me know so I can give credit where it’s due  

This is what I came up with… I used my Yellow Spica Pen to go round the edges of the yellow flowers to give that little bit of sparkle… because at 82 you deserve a bit of sparkle in your life  



I also decorated inside the card…



I also created another of this card but without the personalisation of a name on it… I thought it would be a nice addition to my stock pile of cards… but it was snapped up straight away by MIL who had a friend whose birthday it was and she needed a really nice card and thought this was just perfect!!! 

Now I also had to come up with some designs for nana from the boys, HisLordShip & I… I was stumped as I really liked the design I’d done above… so what was I to do… well the boys gave me the initial inspiration as they wanted something with buns on as Great Nana always buys them HUGE Chocolate Muffins and Cookies… so I Googled  ‘Create A Cupcake’ by Stampin’ Up!… a great opportunity to play with my new stamp set and matching punch
I came across a couple of stunning cards by the lovely Jo Dumbleton and they were using the new In-Colours which I had yet had chance to play with… perfect I thought!!!

This is my attempt at recreating the lovely Jo’s Cupcake Shop… From Thomas…



I decorated the inside too…



This one is from Calum…



Again I decorated inside…



Excuse the fingers, but it just wouldn’t play nice and sit still

I forgot to take a photo of the card I created from HisLordShip & I but I have to say she loved all 3 cards and they took pride of place on her fireplace where everyone could see.

Now for the gift… I struggled and struggled… I mean what do you give a lady turning the grand age of 82, when she wants something she buys it, which leaves us all a bit stumped with gift giving… so the night before her birthday, yes I couldn’t believe I had left it so late, I finally came up with the answer…

 

A small shadowbox with a layout of her three favourite Great Grandchildren!!!
This now sits on top of the Fireplace where there once was a ‘crappy’ photo of the boys… nana’s words… not mine

Now I have to say this is the smallest and fastest layout I have ever completed… It’s 6x6 in size and took me an amazing 25mins to complete from choosing the papers etc to sticking it all down… I shocked myself as I have never completed a layout in less than an hour before… maybe I should scrapbook in this size more often  

Until Next Time… HUGS ‘n’ XXX

Casing Bug…

Hahaha… I have had the casing bug just lately, there are so many fabulous designers out there and when you have too much on your mind but lots of requests for cards I’m afraid you need to CASE!!!

This time I was asked to make not one but three Wedding Anniversary cards by HisLordShip’s nana’s partner who is blind… I like to make him cards with lots of texture and dimension so he can at feel them… so when asked to make three cards for Wedding Anniversaries I again knew which card I wanted to recreate as I had noticed it whilst blog browsing my fellow Stampin’ Up! Demo’s!

I would like to thank the lovely Tina Faghy for her inspiration xx

I have changed them slightly in design and colouring but love how they’ve turned out.







They were given and he loved all the texture and dimension on them!!!

Golf Anyone???

I was asked by MIL if I could make a special Golf themed card for FIL’s brother’s birthday… I knew the perfect card I would recreate as I had seen it recently on my Stampin’ Up! Sister’s, the lovely Julie's Blog It was just perfect timing as I knew I wanted to case this card, having so many Golfers in the family it’s hard to come up with new designs all the time!

I switched it around a little from the original design as I needed to add Bro to the Flag and the other way round it just would not have worked.



The card was well received and even the wife was impressed… so Thank-You Julie for coming up with a fabulous design xx

Until Next Time… HUGS ‘n’ XXX