Blue and Brown

I have seen these colours together and really liked them - can't believe it took me this long to get around to using them!

As you can see, I'm back using Baroque Motifs again, and yet more Circle of Friendship ... I like having a set of words that work the the scallop punch!

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Supplies used: Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa and Whisper White cardstock, Close to Cocoa and Whisper White ink, Baroque Motifs and Circle of Friendship stamp sets, Scallop Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, SU ribbon, Mat Pack and piercing tool

More circles

I have been using Circle of Friendship again ... I didn't realise how many circles you can use in cardmaking!

These have been inspired by a US blog I stumbled across yesterday ...

Firstly a cute little bookmark using the Scallop Punch and featuring a Jumbo Eyelet (I am loving these things! They're so cool!). I don't know how it would go marking your place in a book, haven't tried it yet, but as I usually have three or four books on the go at one time I'm sure it won't be long before it's in use.

(In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have used a black cloth as a backing for this scan *g*).

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Supplies used: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and Whisper White cardstock, Close to Cocoa ink, CIrcle of Friendship stamp set, Scallop, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle and 1" Circle punches, Cropadile, Jumbo Eyelet.





This one I really like - it's another variation on the pocket card, using the Scallop Punch to hide the insert. Do you like my "bling"? In case you can't work it out, that is definitely a bottle top, smacked with a hammer to flatten it out a little. I had a big bag of these (clean ones, for the home brewer) for a few years for use in collage projects, and stumbled across them last night. What a coincidence! Circle of Friendship stamps fit right in there (punched with a 1" punch).

The side strip was done using reinkers, glossy card and rubbing alcohol, then wheeled with the Baroque Border wheel. In Pomegranate, of course.

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Supplies used: Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Whisper White and Gloss White cardstock, Purely Pomegranate ink, Purely Pomegranate and River Rock reinkers, CIrcle of Friendship stamp set, Scallop, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, 1" Circle and 3/6" Corner Rounder punches, Cropadile, Jumbo Eyelet.

Circle of Friendship

One of the Stampin' Up! promotions for the month of June involves a "bundle" made up of the Circle of Friendship stamp set, the 1-1/4" circle punch and the Love Notes cards and envelopes set.








I have spent the last couple of days having a play with this bundle, and once I started all I could see was circles! In the end I had to make myself stop *g*.

Here's a few things I came up with ...

Firstly my "Turquoise Trio" ... I have combined a few other punches into the mix and come up with these. They're very simple but quite effective.

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Supplies used: Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White cardstock, Tempting Turquoise ink, CIrcle of Friendship stamp set, Scallop, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, 1./2 Circle" and Double Rectangle punches, Tempting Turquoise ribbon, Love Notes cards.


This one was a lot of fun to make ... I love how the Jumbo Eyelets are exactly the right size to fit in the middle of the stamps. I trimmed most of the front off a Love Note card, and replaced it with a square of the Plum cardstock, then used the Round Tab punch to create a window in the front of the card (it's easy to do ... punch the Round Tab once, then rotate the card 90 degrees, line it up and punch again for a nice big circle window).

I also pierced the "petals" of the scallop for a little more visual interest.

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Supplies used: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum and Whisper White cardstock, Perfect Plum ink, CIrcle of Friendship stamp set, Round Tab, Scallop, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, 1" Circle and Double Rectangle punches,Cropadile, Jumbo Eyelets, Love Notes card

The next card was a bit of fun to make, using another "circly" stamp set , Seeing Spots. I love this pink and brown combination. I wanted to try and make a regular sized card rather than use the Love Notes for this one.

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Supplies used: Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa and Whisper White cardstock, Pretty in Pink and Close to Cocoa ink, CIrcle of Friendship, Seeing Spots and Canvas stamp sets, Scallop, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle and 1" Circle punches, Cropadile.


This little set of cards is, of course, my favourite. Yup, Purely Pomegranate yet again. I took the "trio" idea and jumped it up a little with some other sets. The photo really doesn't do the cards justice, they are just so cute in real life.

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Supplies used: Purely Pomegranate, So Saffron and Whisper White cardstock, Purely Pomegranate ink, CIrcle of Friendship, Boho Backgrounds, Carte Postale and Baroque Motifs stamp sets, Scallop, 1-1/4" Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, 1" Circle and 1/2" Circle punches, Cropadile, Jumbo Eyelets, Love Notes cards.

Lastly, this one, a variation on the bib card from the other day. Because the Love Notes cards come pre-scored, I couldn't use them for this project, but it was easy enough to cut up a piece of Whisper White to 6"x3". I also used a piece of the designer paper from May's Pallete O Prints promotion.

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Supplies used: So Saffron and Whisper White cardstock, So Saffron designer paper, Real Red ink, CIrcle of Friendship and Much Appreciated stamp sets, 1-1/4" Circle and 1-3/8" Circle punches.






If you are inspired by these and absolutely have to have this stamp set bundle, contact me today for more details!