no snow snowbird

yay its my 1st birthday today!

I've been a member of the Oysterstamp design team for one whole year today. boy has it flown by.

I've loved every minute of it and I'm so proud to be part of such a talented team.

 

 

so.....

I asked myself, how's the best way to spend my special day?

crafting of course!

 

and here is my card....

 

I love this stampendous snowbird stamp so much and can't bare to think of only using it at Christmas so I came up with a new design for it.

cherry blossom.

 

I added flowers and used impression obsession bare tree die for the branches.

 

the frame is spellbinders gold majesty circles die set, a little spun sugar distress ink made the image really pop.

 the card base is made using spellbinders grand labels dies.

 

I'm blaming the dark weather for the poor photos, it cant be my phototgraphy skills LOL

 

all stash can be ordered from oysterstamps

please check out the gallery while you are there to see what the other design team members have been up to.

 

thanks for stopping by.....

 

Suzanne x

 

 



stampendous snow bird

oh my word, its nearly December and I haven't got any Christmas cards ready.

I really must get a move on. i think i'll put some Christmas music on and see if that helps.

 

here is my new stamp for this years cards

 

I do like these warm colours for Christmas.

the stamp is stampendous snow bird and I just love it!

 

I used spellbinders grand label4 for the base. cut on my ebosser which I have really got the hang of now and wouldn't be without it.

 

also used on this card are Martha Stewart branch punch. impression obsession branch die and heartfelt creations holly stamps and die sets.

distress ink in gathered twigs and snow writer with a little bit of white glitter sprinkled over it.

 

here is another view

 

I hope you like this stamp as I will be back with more cards using it very soon.

 

hugs Suzanne x

 



thank you card with filigree delight

hello,

 

i'm back from a really lovely weeks away, relaxing in the Norfolk countryside. I found us a beautiful barn to stay in and we all celebrated hubby's 50th birthday together.

It really was so perfect!

we didn't hear any fireworks either so our Tia was a happy girl too.

 

the barn was amazing and one morning we laid in bed watching a barn owl hunting not 10 feet away from us. hubby said its the most comfortable birdwatching he has ever done. lol

 

 the bedroom window was huge and I could have stayed in the bed admiring the view all day! lol

 

check out hubby's blog for photos of the birds we saw here

 

but enough of that... lets get back to crafting and here is todays card...

 

well I've done it again grrrrrr!

can anyone tell me how to flip this photo the right way up?

 

seriously, I think I should give up blogging i'm rubbish at it!

this picture is the right way up in my saved folder but after 5 attempts at loading here I've had to give up.

 

I've used filigree delight die

floral ovals, both spellbinders.

impression obsession hearts die

and justrite grand sentiments stamp set.

 

thanks for stopping by and a huge thanks to my boys and their other halves for making last week so special.

(Michael & Lucy. Billy & Gemma, we love you all) x x

 

suzanne x

 

 

 



Christmas 2013

Hi all, 

I'm trying out the blogger app on iPhone today, fingers crossed this works!

I have a Christmas card to show you that I made yesterday using spellbinders grand scalloped ovals.

I also used the gold majesty circle die and lala land flower. 

The stamped image is heartfelt creations snowy window scene.

I finished it off with a couple of gems and beaches cut with the Martha Stewart branch punch. 

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you may wish to leave.

thank you card

wow two posts in one day!

 

this one is for a thank you card.

 

my dil asked me to make a thank you card for her teacher friends who gave her some gift vouchers for her birthday so I thought this woj image would be perfect.

she looked just like when she came home from her spending spree. (only her smile was bigger)

 

all dies from www.oysterstamps.co.uk



Baby Boy

hi All,

 

i'm here with a baby card today.

for those of you who know me you will know how difficult I found this card to make.

of course I happy for the new mummy and daddy but still find this a heart breaking subject.

 

having said that, I did want to make a nice card so here is my effort

 

as you can see, I still have a blank panel. I'm waiting for the little lad to be named so I can add the details to the card.

(come on mummy and daddy, give him a name)! LOL

 

I used a stamp that I bought from a very kind lady on facebook (I think our path's have crossed for a reason and a friendship has begun).

the stamp is fizzymoon

 

die's used are spellbinders lacy squares

spellbinders lacy circles

spellbinders picot edge circles

lala land heart border

memory box classic alphabet

and Martha stewart heart border punch

 

all from www.oysterstamps.co.uk

 

i'll update this post with a finished photo when the baby has a name and my card is completed properly.

 

thanks for stopping by

 

Suzanne x

 

 

 

 



spellbinders Fanciful lattice kraft card

hi, Im here today to show you my new spellbinders die set.

its called Fanciful lattice and its a great size, approx. 5x7 inches so perfect for card blanks.

 

I chose my favourite kraft card for this one

 

 

adding white ink makes the frames stand out.

the smaller frame is also spellbinders, decorative labels 8 set and stamped that with justrite grand sentiments stamps using versafine vintage sepia.

 

the flowers are spellbinders bitty blossom set coloured with copics R20 R11and YG91

 

 

 

I mounted the kraft card onto a white blank to give me the tiny white border and because I prefer the inside of the card to be white rather than brown. its just a personal thing.

 

its that time of year again, you know... when its too dark to get good photo, unless you are a great photographer, which I am not so please forgive me for my poor efforts. one of these days I will get round to making a light box to see if that helps. its on my ever growing to-do list. why does that list never get any shorter even though I spend more than half my life crafting!

 

the clock has just chimed for midnight and for those who know me you will know this is my favourite time for cardmaking so guess what I am off to do now? lol

 

back with another card tomorrow.

 

thank you for stopping by.

 

Suzanne x