Garden whimsy - just for me

The lovely Michelle was one of the WOW presenters at convention recently & one of her projects was this really cool handbag, so you can imagine my delight when she offered the template on her blog. Not only did I get the template I got this really cool Garden Whimsy card which has a bit of a twist to it. I don't want to give away all of Michelle's trade secrets but I'd recommend going & buying the template for the handbag & you might receive a gorgeous card like ME! Thanks Michelle I must dust off my butterflies, snails & flowers again.

Happy birthday mum

My mum Noleen is 73 today & it's been a rough year for her (& us) with at times more being in hospital than out, but at the moment she's a box of birds - touch wood & I do hope you enjoy your special day.

Mum loves butterflies & I've never created a Garden Whimsy card combining the tulip with the butterfly or the snail for that matter. This card's colours were inspired by the colour wheel & believe or not I've used ruby red on the tulip again - I did try a couple of other combos see the wee snap shot but settled on cameo coral & ruby red & handsome hunter (colour wheel combo) as it was the brightest. This was a good show case for colouring on stamps with markers - don't forget for the first time ever we can buy them separately for $5.95 until Nov 30th. More details click HERE.

The card was inspired by Jayne Mercer & I love her colour combo but "not my mum". I've stamped the blush blossom card stock with the wee ladybird but not sure if it will show in the photo.


Stamp sets: Garden Whimsy, Occasional Greetings
Card Stock: Ruby Red, Handsome Hunter, Whisper White, Blush Blossom
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Apricot Appeal, Blush Blossom
Markers: Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Handsome Hunter
Other: Cutter tool (distressing), dimensionals, 2-way glue pen, dazzling diamonds glitter, Ivory organza (retired)

Rejected colours (not bright enough):

LHS: So Saffron, More Mustard, Old Olive
RHS: Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery

Have a great weekend all!

Get well soon mum

Yes my mum is back in hospital with pneumonia - a bit close for comfort this time but she's a fighter all right & constantly shocks the doctors with her survival - they often predict her impending death. As she likes to say you can't kill a weed!

She loved this card I made for Aunty June's birthday so I thought I would give her, her own glittering butterfly especially as I am doing a spinner class this week - this would be a wee refresher but they're really easy & fun & very effective - especially when the spinning object is covered in lots & lots of glitter!


Stamp sets: Garden Whimsy, Sincere Salutations, Daisy Field (wheel)
Card stock: Pixie Pink, White (non- SU)
Ink: Basic Black, Pixie Pink
Other: Dazzling diamonds glitter, dimensionals, word window punch, small coins, bold brights water colour crayons, blender pen, scallop circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch

Garden Whimsy in Pink

Yes this is my favourite stamp set at the moment.

Just a simple card as my mum needs one & I'm too poorly to be bothered with much. I need to get a stack of birthday cards made as I never seem to have one when someone asks me for one.

Stamp set/s: Garden Whimsy, It's Your Birthday
Ink: Pixie Pink, Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray
Card stock: Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Other: Scallop & 1 3/8" circle punches, 1/2" circle punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, dimensionals, Pretty in Pink grosgrain ribbon

Update 27 June: My mum tells me Aunty June loves her card & was commenting she'd never seen such a pretty card before - she couldn't believe that I'd made it!

I'm nearly over my head cold so may have to make her a really beautiful card if she think that simple card is stunning but it is pretty.

Stamp-A-Stack Saturday

Well the mission was for those that chose to accept it to stamp 10 cards in 2 hours (well as we know that it can be hard to stamp 2 cards in 2 hours). So my mission was to create/find/case cards that had a bit of wow with very little effort. So Tracee Jones & Anabel Welch (from my team) provided me inspiration for two of the cards & the very talented Sarah Gough for the boho one.

So in reality 5 cards had to be made in duplicate (this was at the request of my dear friend Judy who's a bit like me & hates to give away the cards she's made in class - this way you could keep one & give one away).

Happy to report it can be done! The newest stamper Lee actually finished first too.

Stamp set/s: Garden Whimsy

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou

Card stock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, River Rock

Other: Blue Bayou DS ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Technique: Rock n' Roll (yes loving that large butterfly rocked)

Stamp set/s: Boho Backgrounds

Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Other: Scallop punch, 1" circle, 1 1/4" circle punch and dimensionals

Stamp set/s: Simply Said
Ink: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray

Card stock: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Other: Scallop punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Dimensionals, Blender pen & Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Stamp set/s: Heartfelt Thanks

Ink: Almost Amethyst or Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip

Card Stock: Almost Amethyst or Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Other: 1 1/4" square punch, 1 3/8" square punch, chocolate grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Technique: 2-step stamping

Stamp set/s: Wanted, It's Your Birthday

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Rust, Close to Cocoa

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Natural Ivory

Designer Paper: Outlaw

Other: sponging

Garden Whimsy pops up

We also created a card using Garden Whimsy & found a delightful card at SCS which Miss Minx has created which had a little something extra inside - a pop-up butterfly which had been rock n' rolled. The pop-up is a mountain fold: mark with a pencil 2" either side of the centre fold & 2" down the centre fold. Fold in half & using your ruler run a bone folder from the top 2" mark to the mark 2" down the centre fold. If necessary repeat for the other side. See pictures below.

I thought this was a perfect card as quite simple stamping & the one wee mountain fold was the only tricky piece. It also meant we could look at stamping with markers and as only two were involved it was easy to comprehend no matter what your stamping ability.

Front of Card:

Inside Card:

Stamp/s: Garden whimsy, Small Script

Card stock: Ruby Red, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Designer Paper: Certainly Celery DP series

Other: Earth Elements markers, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Garden Whimsy all boxed up

I had a lovely night with 19 ladies of Orewa Baptist Church last night (I wonder if their men planned it so they could enjoy the rugby in peace). So a special thanks to Alice, Tina, Linda, Tracey & Val who made me very welcome & to all of you for making it such a FUN night - didn't time fly!

This was the first project a 2,5,7,10 box, which is my favourite box. Take one sheet of cardstock, wheel & embellish it, plus a few scores & cuts & you have a little gift box with very little effort.



Stamps: Scribble or Basics Outline (both jumbo wheels), Garden Whimsy, Short & Sweet
Card stock: Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranate, Whisper White
Ink: Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranate
Other: Purely Pomegranate DS ribbon, HPH spiral clips, scallop punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, corner rounder (for scalloped edge on the lid), SNAIL adhesive, Sticky strip, 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Happy Birthday Joan

I've been having a social life so no time for blogging but have created a few cards, this one was a repeat of a card that I made a while back and loved. I do love this saying it's so APPROPRIATE.

Stampset: Garden Whimsy, It's Your Birthday, Looks Like Spring
Inks: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White (Craft Ink)
Card stock etc: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery & Certainly Celery Designer Prints
Other: Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Celery ribbon, horizontal slot punch

From what I gathered Joan had a very special day & our mutual friend Judy also used this stamp set for her card - so hope Joan likes butterflies!! We both used lots of glitter because Joan is our Glitter Queen!