Another 'V' Day card

I'm stuck on 'Love You Much' at the moment and really enjoying it. I've made quite a few V-day cards now which I think must be because of the colour combination. Jake asked me today what my favourite colour was and when I thought about it, I haven't really got just one. My answer was...

1. BROWN - it reminds me of CHOCOLATE of course!
2. PINK - it's very girly and as I'm surrounded by boys, I need a bit of femininity in my life.
3. RED - it's the colour of love and I LOVE my boys (even if they do drive me nuts).
4. TURQUOISE - for clothes it goes well with my eye colour.

So no wonder I enjoy making Valentines cards, not that turquoise fits in that lot! he hee

Anyway onto the card...

I've stamped those love birds again - so cute. The mini brackets were created with the tag punch (I'll have to show you how to do that sometime) and those diddy hearts are from the Heart punch - another one of those invaluable must have punches. I've even incorporated the 'hearts 'o plenty wheel on the base card - love it! Excuse the pun. :)

OK, my bed is calling.

Tfl and see you soon.

Jo :)

Valentine

Only five weeks till Valentines Day, not that I'm wishing my life away but I could do with something to look forward too and with each occasion crossed off on the calender, spring will soon be here. It's my favourite time of year. So with Valentines in mind I had a creative splurge with 'Love You Much' last night. I made a few things but they're for an event at the end of January that myself and Jenny Moors are doing, but I'll show you one of the cards I made.

Colours used are Pretty in Pink, Real Red and Basic Black. The DSP is from the 'Pink Flamingo' colletion and ribbon is the real red striped grosgrain.

Here's a close up of the love birds which I stamped onto pink spotty paper which is in the 'Tea Party' DSP, I then cut them out and popped them onto dimensionals. CASE'd from a beautiful card I saw on Splitcoaststampers. Hubs is out this aftie and Jake has gone to his Nanna's so once I've get some hoovering done I shall be ready to craft in peace..yipppeee!

Tfl, Jo :)

Whimsical Words

Well it looks like I'm on a roll and while the sun is shining (it's still bitterly cold) I grabbed the chance to take a photo. I made some thank you cards last night, all the same but slightly different colour combos and I used another of the SAB sets called 'Whimsical Words'. There's 6 stamps in the set and they're sentiments with one word being in a gorgeous curly script. It's a shame they're only available during Sale-a-bration as they're very popular. Let's hope SU! bring out a similar set for the main Idea Book and Catalogue come October. So here you have it...

c/s & Ink: Temtping Turquiose, Basic Black and Apricot Appeal

...the main set for this card is called 'Whimsical Wings' and is exclusively a Hostess Level 2 set. It's goooorgeous and a must have so get yourself booked to have a workshop and you could earn this set along with 'Whimsical Words' plus much more absolutely FREE!

To find a Demonstrator local to you click here or email me at jodumbleton@aol.co.uk

Tfl and hopefully see you tomorrow. Jo :)

Happy Moments

Hellooooo!! I'm still alive and I'm so sorry for the long abscence. Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year, and now braving this very cold front of weather the UK has been under. Living in the very south of England we don't get that much snow and when we do it's gone very quickly. A little disappointing for Jake and myself as we want to go out tobogganing and building snowmen...not for us, at least at the moment. Anyway, a long awaited card for you. I'm sure you all know about SALE-A-BRATION which is the current offer from Stampin'Up! where you can earn FREE exclusive stamp sets. One of these sets is called 'Happy Moments', such a cute little set and fab if you like to do a bit of colouring..like me. The colours are Bashful Blue, Barely Banana and Regal Rose. I've coloured this image with my blender pens which gives it a softer colour. A sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds to the cake finishes it off nicely.

For more information about SAB and to see all the FREE SAB sets available, click here or find the information on the left hand sidebar. It's going to be a chilly weekend and I don't think I'll be venturing far. Hope I can be productive and produce some more cards for you, after all it's been a long wait for this one! lol

Be safe and tfl,

Jo :)