Baby Blossoms .... again

I can't put into words how much I love this set, it's got to be one of my most used sets of all time.

I was making a batch of gift tags when a friend saw it and loved it (almost) as much as me. So I had to use it to make her birthday card in a colour combo both she and I love with this set.

I added some seam binding to give a gentle texture, so far I've managed to cut into 2 out of the 4 seam bindings I have..... definite progress.... just baja breeze and pear pizazz to go....

SU Materials:
Stamps: Baby Blossoms, Sincere Saluations
Inks: Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Certainly Celery
Ribbon: Crumb Cake Seam Binding
Paper: Bashful Blue DSP, Whisper White

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Slow please .... Peacock Crossing

Yes, it's true. The other morning, going home from my Mum's house after dropping her off early for her hols, this is who I encountered crossing the road.

And believe me, he took his time crossing.

I absolutely love the Baby Blossoms set from the new SU mini catalogue. In fact, when I use this set, I can get a little carried away and make these en masse.

A really good, timesaving tip is to buy this set in wood mount and make templates using Stazon ink and acetate so you can position the stamps really easily and quickly using the Stamp-a-ma-jig. I wish I could tell you that this was my idea but it was Michelle's. Here's my set, made with acetate backing that came with acrylic stamps making it completely free, kostenlos, gratis, you know, the best sort of crafting!

It's also really good for setting out the elements to make sure that they all fit within the frame. It's definately worth taking the time to do the acetates! Thankfully, there's a matching punch for the Four Frames set so I don't have to cut them all out - yeayyy - I hate cutting out, and in no time I have a stash of toppers ready to go on cards or be made into gift tags.

Here are a couple of the finished tags in different colour ways, accented by the tiny Basic Pearls. The small sentiments are all from the Vintage Labels set, sadly no longer available.

Must go .... a little someone has come to say stop inking, it's time for a walk!

SU Materials:

Stamps: Baby Blossoms, Four Frames, Vintage Labels (retired)

Inks/Markers: Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist Crumb Cake, Early Expresso

Ribbon: Rose Red Seam Binding, Marina Mist Taffeta

Other: Basic Pearls

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CASEing swaps .... round one!

Here's the first of my CASEd swaps. The original was made by Margaret, her version is on the left.

I've changed the card colours, put a bow instead of a knot, used the leaves from the Baby Blossom stamp set and used a different Happy Birthday (only 'cos I don't have the one Margaret used) but other than that .....  a straight copy! Thanks Margaret for the inspiration.

And ... I finally managed to cut into my new seam binding, must be a record for me, as I've only had it about 3 weeks, usually the first cut takes much longer!

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Baby Blossoms, Sincere Salutations

Inks: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi

Ribbon: Rose Red seam binding

Card: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

If you want any of the Stampin' Up products used, give Cal a shout here.

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