Yummy

With soaring temperatures here in North Queensland, and dust from storms reaching us also, I thought we could use a little cooling off. What a cute card for a girl of any age. Remember that ice-cream comes in any flavour these days so you could always do it for a boy using Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue (banana, mint, and blueberry flavoured ice-cream). That sounds so yummy I might do one for myself.
If you don't already own a scallop circle punch this is just another reason why you should. By cutting off 5 scallops it works so well as a scoop of ice-cream. Notice the grid technique for the waffle cone. It is just done using a bone scorer and ruler.
I have used for the sprinkles a stamp from the Itty Bitty Backgrounds (which is unfortunately discontinued), but you could dot in sprinkles with a writer pen. I have also dotted a little Crystal Effects to make them glossy.
Happy Birthday sentiment is from Occasional greetings.
Colours used are:
Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Creamy Caramel. How Delicious it all sounds.
Enjoy

Lv Sharyn

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge 13

Thanks Keesh for such a fabulous sketch yet again. They always manage to get my creative juices flowing. I really felt like doing a pretty card and I've had a thing for So Safforn at the moment.

CARD RECEIPE:

STAMPS: Soft Summer, Weathered Background

INKS: Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Staz on Black

CARDSTOCK: Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Watercolour paper, A Walk in the Park designer paper.

PUNCHES: Scallop border, Scallop Square, Slit

ACCESSORIES: watercolour crayons (regal rose, so saffron, certainly celery, close to coco, bordering blue) Aqua painter, pink pirouette striped grograin, linen thread, dimensionals, sponges

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Scallop border punch is used down the side of a folded Very Vanilla A5 card.
• A narrow strip of pink pirouette is placed underneath this.
• A piece of so saffron is used to cover the front of the card and stamped with the weathered background in so saffron and edges are sponged as well.
• cut 3 square scallops from pink and place an even spaces down right side of card.
• cut 3 x 3cm squares from designer paper and glue to square scallops.
• stamp using staz on black the flower from Soft Summer stamp set onto watercolour paper twice, and colour with crayons and aqua painter. It is hard to see in the photo but I have gone around lightly with bordering blue following the edge of the stamped image to create a soft shadow. Sponge with pink around the edges of watercolour paper.
• from second image cut and mount the flowers and leaves onto first.
• stick this to a peice of pink with a wide border down the bottom.
• use the slit punch to make a hole for the ribbon. Tie ribbon off with some linen thread or cotton. Place on front of card. See photo for placement.

Enjoy

Lv Sharyn

More X'mas Cards

Hi fellow cardmakers,

I have a couple of more X'mas cards for you today. I have borrowed this stamp set off a friend (thx Brenda) only now I have fallen in love with it and must have one of my own.

The second card is done using the colours of So Saffron and Brocade Blue. I have actually cased this colour scheme off the Splitcoast Stampers site, the designers name is Lori Boyd. Notice how the background has been stamped first with Whisper white and Brocade blue before being embossed with the Cuttlebug. I have stamped the tree in versamark onto gloss cardstock and ran a brayer inked with Brocade Blue backwards and forwards on the surface. This resist technique has a real magic feel to it when your stamped image starts to materialize from the card.

My first card uses Riding Hood Red and Garden green, colours that are pretty traditional as far as Christmas goes. The only difference here is that before embossing my Whisper white cardstock through the Cuttlebug, I inked the the inside of the folder with my Red ink pad. I rubbed it on the surface that has the brand name. When it cames out the snowfakes remain white but the debossed area has changed colour. A little messy but very effective.

Enjoy

Lv Sharyn

Wednesday Morning Scrapbooking 23rd September 09

Welcome to another sneak peek of my next Scrappin' class. With spring in the air what better way to celebrate than with lots of flowers, butterflies and beads. This is a very girly type of layout but could be substituted for a wedding theme, by chooosing some elegant and soft papers.

In this class you will learn some ways in which to attach beads to your layout. We will also be using some die cut butterflies and embossing them. Your Crop-a-dile is more than a means to set eyelets and punch holes, learn how to use it to create and embossed border. This layout has just some simple techniques which can come together to make beautiful scrapbooking pages or even cards. For more information please call or email at ascorsi@bigpond.com . Look forward to seeing you at my next class.

Hi again,

Couldn't help but to share this card as soon as it was made. Pink Passion and Chocolate Chip are just delightful colours that go together so well. This is the first time that I have used the Fresh Cuts stamp set with the 5-Petal Flower punch. This card is a standard A5 size but then scored at 53mm from each end to form the gate fold in the middle. The edges of the punched out flowers are inked with Chocolate Chip as is the white rectangle in centre of card to soften them. For You is stamped in Whisper White craft ink then dried with a heat tool so it doesn't smudge. The ribbon is tied around the card to keep it together before the centre bit is taped down on the left side only.

Hope you like it.

Sharyn

Love is in the Air

With spring comes love and that means lots of weddings. I've had a couple of recent ones with not so traditional colour schemes. On both cards I have used For The Bride stamp set but with totally different colours. The first card is Whisper White and Basic Black with silver embossing, while the second is in Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip and gold embossing. The second card is also a gate fold card. Base is cut at 14.5cm x 29cm then scored at 7.25cm from each end to create the middle opening on the card.

Hope this gives you some inspiration.

Lv Sharyn

Christmas at the Beach

Hi there everyone,

I'm definately in Christmas mode at the moment and have another card to share with you. This stamp set is from the latest mini catty and called Season's Surfin'. So appropriate for us in North Queensland. Check out the side view of this card, it's sop different and easy to do.

I have cut my card base to 14.5 cm x 29.7 cm then scored at 3cm, 6cm, 11cm, 16cm and 23cm. I started the fold with a mountain fold then valley and alternated finishing off with a mountain. Decorate as desired. Be careful not to go too high with the back section or it won't fit in an envelope.

Hope you enjoy this one.

Sharyn

Wednesday Scrapbooking 9th September

Welcome back to another week of scrapbooking. I apologise for my absence last week due to sick kids. We are back on for theis Wednesday morning 9th September at Hooked on Scrapbooking, Edith Street, Innisfail.

Here are a couple of the sneak peeks of the double page Layout. This weeks theme is masculine. I have used three landscape 4 x 6" photos which I have cropped a little. The themes used could be anywhere from boys graduation, fathers day, sport, first bike or car. The page is designed to be very "Grungy" with lots of distressing and hardware used, as well as some random machine stitching around the edge. A must for this layout is Alfoil, yes plain old kitchen alfoil, that helps to create our faux metallic title. It's very easy and lots of fun to use. For any further requirements please contact me and I'll give you a full list on what to bring. I look forward to seeing you.

Sharyn

Stampin' Up Specials for September

What a great special! Check this out! For every $100 you spend this month from 1st September to 30th September, you will receive two (not one but two) rolls of ribbon. The colours are So Saffron and Certainly Celery.

These are great colours that will co-ordinate beautifully with many projects. Simply place your order with me before the end of this month and you will automatically receive them with any order $100 or over. For Hostess's achieving sales of $6oo at their demonstration they will also receive free ribbon. Contact me for further details.