FREE to a good home!

YES ... that's right .... he's FREE to a good home!  Look what he has done ...

How could he?  Shoes I can just about live with ... my boots ... well okay it's spring time and I won't need them for a while but .... a STAMP .... that's a crime ... and I needed it for Thursday night!

Here's the card we will be making .... although now the sentiment will be .... well .... different!

This is the my second entry for the JAI challenge this week to 'Just Add Blue' - the Just Add Ink team are raising awareness for the charity Beyond Blue who work  depression and anxiety .... the second part of the challenge was to send the creation as a Random Act of Kindness (RAK).  Now I really love RAK's ... because whenever I receive them I really appreciate the sentiment behind them .... to receive a note from someone out the blue makes you feel loved, cherished and remembered.

So whilst Spencer may have tried to eat a whole stamp ... and isn't yet forgiven .... this card is winging its way to someone who is very much loved, very much cherished and very much remembered ... very often :)

And if there is anyone out there that wants a free six month old schnoodle be sure to leave a comment and I'll post him to you ...... LOL

Happy Birthday Nicky

Oh yes another May birthday ... this time a friend from England.  We had some great times together when we lived in the same street in Scotland, but I left to live here and Nicky moved to England.  So now we exchange emails from time to time cards for special occasions.

As you can see I have been having fun with the Big Shot again - and this time I have used my favourite technique of brayering and sponging to create a cute card.  The little polka dots are from the impressions folder and the top note die cut has been trimmed to fit the card.

Then I've used some sponging to create a scene upon which I have set a cute little bird - he (or is it she) is the Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch - this punches the bird in three parts ... very handy and I can see this punch being very useful for creating other things too.

So Nicky I hope you enjoy your card and have a fantastic day - the Sadler family do miss the fun times we all had in Scotland.

Love from Paul, Nikki, Olivia, Kieran and Max 

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Inspired to Scrapbook for Stampamemory

Where do you get your inspiration from for your scrapbooking layouts?  

I have found over the years that I have been scrapbooking, that titles come to me whilst I am actually taking photos .... not difficult really considering I am always behind the lens but I often visualise my page before I have even taken the photos! 

Pop on over to Stampamemory for my latest creation .... and don't forget to enter the challenge ... there is a lovely stamp set from the Autumn Winter mini up for grabs as a prize!

 

Happy Mother's Day to Our Mums!

Okay for my Australian and American friends you can breath ... it's okay ... it's Mother's Day in the UK this weekend!

And to celebrate here is another Sweet Treat creation.

Now I have CASE'd this 'sort of' and I was hoping that by the time you read this I would have found the original owner .... but as usual I didn't write down the lady's name - if you know who you are can you me know.

I thought the idea of a butterfly underneath a magnifying glass was so brilliant I had to make one myself ... hence that call to Sue Madex to ask her to stamp the handles from the Sweet Something stamp set.

The butterfly is from the Butterfly Prints set and I've used the matching punch - I can't believe that I will only be demoing this for another couple of weeks - I have a sneaky suspicion that it will be back in the new Ideas Book and Catalogue in September.

I've used Upsy Daisy and Pocket Silhouettes to create the flowers and Whimsical Words for the sentiment.

The ribbon technique at the bottom is so simple .... if you check this post over at the Stamp-a-Memory site you'll find my easy instructions - have a go ... it looks really effective.

Well that's it for the Sweet Treat creations for a little while - I hope you have enjoyed them.

Happy Mother's day to my Mum and and to my mother-in-law Pauline - we all hope you are having a lovely day.

 

Lovely As A Tree

Every time I see this stamp set I love it ... so when I was choosing my sets when I became a demonstrator in May, it was top of my list!  It is so versatile and I've seen it used in so many ways - I'm working on some Christmas cards - sparkly trees (yum) - so watch this space.

I've got two cards to show you today; this one is using the brayer, good old Old Olive and So Saffron with Chocolate Chip - my favourite colours teamed with Real Red ink - have you noticed?

This one is the same colours but I've taught myself to tie a mean looking bow ... it took me so long to tie the bow but I got there in the end ... could I do it again or show you how to do it?   Hummm ... I'd better do some more practicing - lol.  The little greeting is from the Pocket Silhouettes set.

I've spaced the brads using a neat little tool called the Mat Pack - used for paper piercing; I used it all the time to make sure that things are spaced evenly - a really great gadget.

That's it for today - I am sure that I will be showing you this stamp set again .... I love it!

Happy stampin

Nikki

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