Celebrating one hundred years

Next weekend we are going to a "100 year celebration".  Friends of ours are both turning 50 and so jointly share 100 years.

It took me a lot of thinking to come up with a card that reflected a part of both of them and that also wasn't too "flowery" and "OTT".

I used a "Double Dutch Fold" card template that came out on Splitcoast Stampers a while back and then went searching for suitable stamps to use for the card.

This is what I have come up with.  Happy Birthday Robin  & Mack!  Hope you have a great time next Saturday.

All SU products used (except the brad):
Card stock: Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake

DSP: Neutrals Paper Stack (Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake)
Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature, Artistic Etchings, Motorcycle (retired), Tiny Tags, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Live Like You Mean It (retired)

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake & Versamark

Accessories: Big Shot, Alphabet Sizzlet Dies, Clear Embossing Powder, various punches.

Mini Extravaganza - Saturday 23 July

I now have the photos of the two projects my sister, Denise will have for us on our mini Extravaganza afternoon to be held on Saturday 23 July.

The first is a 'Top Note Handbag' with 3 small gift cards inside.  For this project we will use the Big Shot to cut and emboss the Top Note die, construct a small box and put it all together to create a little handbag.  The 3 matching note cards fit inside perfectly.

The second project is this card using the 'Artistic Etchings' stamp set, the Newsprint DS paper and various stamping techniques.

There are only a couple of places left for this afternoon of crafting so if you are interested in joining us please contact me ASAP.  Cost for the session is $30.00 which covers all equipment, the project kits and afternoon tea.

Artistic Etchings - a reminder of Paris

I just love using this stamp set because it brings back fond memories of time spent in Paris.  I have CASed this card from an unknown Stampin' Up card maker here in Canberra.  A friend of mine bought a very similar card to this one at a local fete and I couldn't resist using the ideas.

I have used cardstock in Very Vanilla, Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler.  The background is embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and I have used a small piece of DS paper from the Newsprint collection.  Of course the stamp set is Artistic Etchings.

So many elegant designs can be created from this stamp set, definitely one of my favourites.

A Trip to Paris

One of my Stamp Club girls is travelling to Paris over Easter.  I made her this card to wish her luck on her trip. 

Of course, none of the group were at all jealous when she was telling us about her holiday.  Well not much anyway.