Captain Jack is Back!

Pirates seem to be everywhere at the moment with the new Pirates of the Caribean film just released. This is another card that I received from the swaps at training day and it seemed very appropriate to show you it now! I can see this set being used for lots of children's party invitations and cards - as well as for the bigger children amongst us!

It's been getting very girly recently so I thought I would show you another men's card (I don't think I've shown you this one before!). Father's Day will be here before we know it (June 19th) and it's never too early to get that card made! Have a look back at the other men's cards that I've posted - you won't be short of ideas and there's still time to order the stamp if you need it!

I hope you are all impressed at how good I have been with my posting recently! I probably won't be able to keep it up for much longer as I am going to hit a very busy patch with both work and card classes. I have lots to prepare and and I am going to be away for a few days as my niece gets married later this month.

This is another card that we made at the training day - actually it was one of a set of 5 different cards that we made - all using the same colours and stamp set - but each one diferent from the last. Natalie had cased the idea from an american site - but sadly she couldn't remember who to give the credit to. I thought this was a really lovely idea and if we made a box to match - what a fabulous gift it would make to give to someone. Something that I will have to work on (I feel a class coming up!).

The lovely lady who made this card didn't put her details on the back - so I am sorry I can't tell you who it was! It's funny how so often we don't really notice some stamp sets and then suddenly something happens that makes us sit up and go wow! This was one of those moments. It is such a simple design but so effective. Somehow I think the Garden Whimsy set might just find a way on to my ever growing wish list!

Beautiful Butterflies

This is one of the cards that i received in my swaps at the training day - it came from my "grandmother" Natalie. Buterflies seem to be very in at the moment as lots of people had used them on their cards. I love the colour combination of pumpkin pie and rose red and the sweet and sour papers are some of my favourites. Natalie has used a combinationof the embossing folders and the beautiful butterflies die to create the look. All run through her fabulous Big Shot!

I have been using this stamp set a lot recently - and I think it is really versatile. I hadn't been overwhelmed when I first saw it in the mini catalogue but i seem to be finding more and more uses for it! Here I have chosen to stamp the word background in crumb cake for the thank you cards that i made recently for the lovely ladies at one of my workshops. I really love the concord crush and whisper white combination of colours - very simple but effective.

Tri Card Trickery!

I've been wanting to make a tri fold card for a while but never quite got around to it. So I finally decided to have a go. I've been experimenting with ideas for my Very Vintage class and this seemed to fit the style that I was looking for. It's taken me a few days (mainly because I kept being interupted) but it isn't as difficult as it may seem. Half way through I wasn't sure that it was going to work, but when it was finished I was actually quite happy with the result. I haven't decided yet whether to include it in the class - let me know what you think! By the way - there are still spaces for the class - so if you like the look of this card and the stamp set I am using why don't you drop me a line and book a place. The cost of the class is just £15.00 and includes the stamp set in clear (worth £12.95) - so it's really good value!