Friends 24-7

This would have to be one of my favourite stamp sets.  The little bird is so beautiful and versatile.  The card is CASEd from Alisa Tilsner, another SU demonstrator because I fell in love with how she had done it and couldn't wait to create my own version.

Card stock used is Rich Razzleberry base, River Rock (I'm lovin' this colour), Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.  Stamp the River Rock mount in your choice of background stamp (I have used Wedding Sweet) in River Rock.  Cut out a scalloped square using the Big Shot Scallop Square Duo die, a square Very Vanilla mount, stamped again in river rock and the Friends 24-7 Bird stamped in Soft Suede with the edges distressed in Soft Suede.  A piece of Rich Razzleberry Tafetta Ribbon through the middle, add on a bow and some Basic Pearls in the top right hand corner.  Then just add a sentiment. 

Thanks for looking at my blog. 

Regards

Lisa

Lisa Bowcock
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
...And lovin' it!!
http://lisabowcock.stampinup.net

Too Cute Owls!

Another card that I made at my sister's on the weekend. 

The base card is Early Espresso.  The mount is in So Saffron and embossed using the Lattice Big Shot Embossing folder.  The Top Note is in Early Espresso and I have cut out another Top Note using some old designer series paper.  The two Owls are punched in Early Espresso and So Saffron and stuck with Dimensionals.  I haven't put a sentiment on it yet but I think that I will add that later, maybe a Word Window Punch underneath the owls.

I hope you like it!

Lisa

Lisa Bowcock
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
...And lovin' it!!
http://lisabowcock.stampinup.net

Big Shot Blossoms Party

I fell in love with this die when I saw my friend Melissa's scrapbook page and well, I just had to have it.  I can't wait to do some scrapbook pages with it for my little girl, Elie. 

I threw this card together yesterday while playing around at my sister's place.  I started off with something completely different in mind, but it's always the way isn't it?  You like to put your own spin on it.

The card uses Soft Suede as the base, a mount of Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.  The top note is in Rich Razzleberry, embossed in the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder.  A whisper white piece on top, stamped in Rich Razzleberry (after stamping off twice) with the flourish from the Bliss Sale-A-Bration set.

The flower is using the Big Shot Blossoms Party die in Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede and topped with a gold brad.  I am hoping today is going to be a productive one for me and that I will be able to share some with you again soon.

In my last post, I was trying out a new technique called Black Magic.  I have finished one card using this technique but would like to do it again before I post my card.  Watch this space.  I have also been researching some other techniques as well that I am hoping to master.  Of course, I will share them all with you.

Thank you to those of you who attended our Stamping Spectacular.  We were run off our feet for most of the day and I hope that you enjoyed it and liked our demonstrations and the projects that were on display.

A reminder that Sale-A-Bration has just over one month to go, finishing on 31 March 2011.  Now is the time to place an orderor host a workshop to be eligible to earn your free stamp set.  The Bliss Stamp set in this card is a Sale-A-Bration set. 

Here are the Sale-A-Bration sets on offer.

Hope you have a creative week!
Lisa

Lisa Bowcock
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
...And lovin' it!
http://lisabowcock.stampinup.net

Big Shot Butterflies

It is so hard sometimes to come up with cards for workshops, I often think, will they like them, will they think they are good enough?  What colours will they find most appealing?  Do they have the "wow" factor.  I am so lucky to be connected to Stampin' Up! and have access to hundreds of other demonstrators that are all so talented and that inspire me all the time.  So here is a card that I CASEd (Copy And Share Everything) from a talented demonstrator (I should be putting their name here but now can't find where I got the idea from, sorry!!!!).

This card uses everything Stampin' Up! - Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla and Old Olive card stock, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Modern Label Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslitss Die, Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive either markers or stamp pad. 

Cut out the top note on very vanilla and old olive.  Cut around the very vanilla top note at the perforations.  Using a sponge dauber, sponge around the edges of this top note in elegant eggplant.  Stamp your images from the Pocket Sillhoutes stamp set in whatever colour combination you choose, I have used old olive and elegant eggplant and to create both light and dark images, I haven't reinked the stamp in between stamping.

Mount your very vanilla top note onto the old olive top note.  Using your beautiful wings embosslits die, cut out the butterflies (this die both cuts and embosses the butterflies).  I have used elegant eggplant for mine but you could use old olive or both colours.  Place your butterflies onto the top note wherever you like.  Before sticking your top note onto the elegant eggplant card, place your old olive 5/8" satin ribbon along the bottom of the card, then stick your top note on.  Stamp out the "best wishes" from the Short & Sweet stamp set onto old olive card stock and punch out using your Modern Label Extra Large Punch.  Attach dimensionals to the label and place on card.

I have used both snail adhesive and sticky dots to attach the butterflies as I wanted to give a 3D effect to the bigger butterflies. Using the sticky dots on these allows you to raise the wings to give that effect.

Hope you like it.

Regards
Lisa

Lisa Bowcock
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
And lovin' it!!
http://lisabowcock.stampinup.net