Thankful Cabana Thoughts

Coastal Cabana is a colour that made its return during the colour refresh back in June. It’s a beautiful blue, when you don’t quite want to be as bright as Bermuda Bay and co-ordinates with the gorgeous Team Room Speciality Designer Series Paper (DSP).

The Team Room DSP is thinner than other suites, making it brilliant for projects where a thicker card don’t quite suit. It’s lovely floral patterns make it suitable for pretty much every occasion and you can 4 of each design, which makes it so much better than other packs of paper!

I wanted the paper to take the full focus of this card, so added very little to it. A separate layer added to emphasise the paper and a small sentiment to complete. Then finished a Polka Dot Tulle bow.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Supply List:

Tea Room Specialty Designer Series Paper [146894]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Whisper White 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912]	Starburst Punch [143717]	2″ Circle Punch [133782]
1-3/4″ Circle Punch [119850]	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302]	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad [147097]

Many Merry Thanks

How gorgeous is the deer on this card? I couldn’t wait to use it when I first opened the stamp set but wasn’t sure what to do with it. Doing my usual browsing of Pinterest and other craft forums, I came across a card from a fellow demo Karen McClure using the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper (DSP). Unfortunately, the Dashing Along DSP was only available for a limited time as part of an offer in September, so I decided to make my own interpretation with products still available in the current catalogues.

Combining tone on tone with the beautiful die cut from the Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies is absolutely gorgeous and I think everyone would agree that the combination of Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake suits the festive season perfectly.

What do you think? Are you a fan of the deer?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Supply List:

Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies [147915]	Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147728]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [147116]
Very Vanilla Solid Baker’s Twine [144224]	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad [147083]	1-3/4″ Circle Punch [119850]	Darling Label Punch Box [146855]
Flourish Filigree Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147870]

Candy Canes Everywhere!

Am I too early to be showing so much Christmas? Have any of you started your Christmas shopping yet? Or are you one of those who leave everything until Christmas Eve and do it last minute? Christmas is one of my favourite times of year, I love the lights, the glitter, the food – of course! And I absolutely LOVE gifting Christmas treats to my work colleagues, candy canes are a staple amongst those treats.

The Candy Cane paper from the Santa’s Workshop pack alongside the Candy Cane Season bundle are brilliant together. They make life easy for you and putting them together is as easy as pie. For an extra bit of glitz, I added some glimmer to mine as well as a doilie.

Let me know if you’re a fan of Christmas or if you’ve made any Christmassy projects.

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Supply List:

Candy Cane Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [147692]	Santa’s Workshop 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [147809]	Pearlized Doilies [146936]	2″ Circle Punch [133782]	Sparkle Glimmer Paper [146957]
Classic Label Punch [141491]	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578]	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084]	Candy Cane Builder Punch [148011]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]

Mango Floral Card

As the weather starts to get a little colder, thoughts go back to the warmer summery days that we were blessed to have for such a long period this year. To help keep that summer feeling alive, I set myself a challenge – Summer on a card.

Summer means bright weather and so of course, the brights collection suited this challenge perfectly. Mango Melody is a colour I haven’t used much as yet, so I used this as my main colour and for the card base. For this card, I tried to show that you don’t always needs Designer Series Paper (DSP) to make a good card. Instead, I used the Beautiful Bouquet set with varying colours to create a random pattern of flowers. So bright and so colourful, just the thing to bring some brightness back!

Have you ever stamped your own backgrounds in this way? Share them with me and perhaps we can inspire one another.

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Supply List:

Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad [147093]	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad [147052]	Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad [147095]
Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set [143666]	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad [147097]	Clear Faceted Gems [144142]

Memories and Ho, Ho, Ho

We all love a quick project, one where we can put together a quick card in a few minutes when time is short. Or when a last minute request is sprung upon us.. Memories and more make the perfect cards with very little supplies or time needed. Combine this with the Memories and More cards and envelopes and you have a winning combination.

Within the pack you get a variety of card fronts with the most GORGEOUS characters, there’s very little thought involved as the pack does the work for you and with the amount of supplies you receive, you will have a stack of Christmas cards completed in no time!

I really hope you enjoy this set as much as my daughter and I have.

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Supply List:

Merry Little Christmas Memories & More Card Pack

[144638]

Santa’s Workshop Memories & More Cards & Envelopes

[147815]

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]