Hello card

A couple of months ago, I posted a picture of a card I made while playing around with my Label Card and Circle Card Thinlits sets.

While I was on a roll that day, I also made this card ...

The basic idea is the same, and I used another element from the Thinlits (this time the star, the decorative frame and the banner from the Circle Card thinlit).

Images © 1990-2014 Stampin' Up!®  
Supplies used:
Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge, Four You
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Soft Suede
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride

Accessories:  Circle Card Thinlits

Still here ... still stamping!

It's been very quiet around here lately - and I have pretty much no excuse.  So without further ado, here's a card I made at Stamp Club a while back - just messing around with some of the limited inks, papers and stamps that I had on hand at the time.

I've used the chevron oval from Oh Hello, and the flower from the same set, inked using markers and trimmed closely.  The background is En Francais, stamped in the new Smoky Slate.

Images © 1990-2013 Stampin' Up!®   Supplies used: Stamps:  Oh Hello, En Francais
Cardstock:  Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White
Ink: Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories:  Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green Stampin' Write Markers



And here's a similar card, with Raspberry Ripple instead of Crisp Cantaloupe.  Looks like I need a little more practice with the Stampamajig to get those greetings straight :-)

Images © 1990-2013 Stampin' Up!®   Supplies used: Stamps:  Oh Hello, En Francais
Cardstock:  Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White
Ink: Smoky Slate, Raspberry Ripple, Black Stazon 
Accessories:  Raspberry Ripple and Pistachio Pudding Stampin' Write Markers, Stampamajig

Oh, Hello

It's taken me a while, but I finally got around to placing an order from the new Seasonal Catalogue (available from now until the end of June) - ensuring that I spent enough to take advantage of a few of the great Sale-A-Bration offers currently available, too (a free stamp set or product for every $100 spent, a free pack of silver Glimmer Paper for orders over $300, and then, of course, free Hostess Dollars for reaching the first Hostess limit - love this company!).

Among other things, I wanted to play with this new set, Oh Hello.  I don't know what I liked about it - the greeting, the chevron oval, even the flower - it just had to be mine!

I also had an idea that I wanted to make something in Summer Starfruit and Basic Black - I have been seeing this colour combination in clothes shops lately and actually like it a lot more than I thought I would.

So with that in mind, I went to a friend's place for a stamping night recently with my new stamp set, new punches, new Framelits and some black, starfruit and white cardstock.  Here is the result:

The larger butterfly punch is from the Annual Catalogue, while the smaller is on page 13 of the Seasonal Catalogue.  The ovals were cut using the new Ovals Collection Framelits Dies.

Stay tuned for more fun stuff with new products :-)

Images © 1990-2013 Stampin' Up!®
Supplies used:
Stamps: Oh Hello
 Cardstock:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit
 Ink: Basic Black
 Accessories:  Ovals Collection Framelits, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch