A bit of sparkle

A girl can never have too much bling! And one of my favourite things about Christmas is that it gives me the excuse to hit the sparkle, Stampin Up! Have introduced some new sparkle products in the seasonal catalogue, there is new ice glitter, shimmery crystal glaze and sparkle embossing powder, be still my beating heart!!

When I got the chance to look through the new seasonal brochure and get my hands on some of the new goodies one of the first things I ordered was the Feels like Frost bundle, it was so gorgeous that I HAD to have it all (although all of the items are available separately) and in today’s card I just used the stamp set to make a simple one layer Christmas card, stamping using versamark and heat embossing for some sparkle, with the finishing touch of a bit of shading with a chalk pen. Ideal if you need to batch make lots of cards and easy to post with only one layer, let’s face it we don’t want the embarrassment of our recipients having to pay extra postage because we went overboard with the bells and whistles (embellishments and extra layers!)

It really is a very simple card but I hope you like it.

Check back tomorrow where I’ll be showing you the cute new penguins we have in the seasonal catalogue.

Happy stamping

Julia x

Friday Favourites

One of the sets that has spent the most time on my desk has been Free as a Bird. I absolutely love the image of the 3 birds on the branch and have used it for loads of different cards. I haven’t however, used the single birds as much so challenged myself to use those more. I also find that there are sets which jump out of the catalogue at me and go straight to the top of my ‘must have’ list, and then there are those which are the slow burners and grow on me gradually. Very Versailles was one of those sets, so in this card I’ve combined the 2 sets in another simple card which I hope you will think is very effective.

I just love that script stamp and the leaves are so simple but elegant.

That’s all from me today, l will be back over the weekend with some of the Christmas projects I’m working on.

Happy stamping

Julia x

Thursday Picks

Hi there,
I thought I would share a couple of cards using product from the annual catalog which sometimes can get overlooked at this time of year, I love Christmas and will be the first to admit that I’m having lots of the wonderful new Christmas sets on my desk at the moment, but there are some wonderful sets in the annual catalogue too, and as I’m a bit in denial as we race towards Christmas at an alarming speed, a bit of all year crafting helps settle my impending panic!

The first card I’m sharing today features the amazing magnolias, there is a whole suite of coordinating products, a 2 part stamp set, dies, designer series papers etc, for this #simplestamping card I’ve used the main magnolia image as the focal point and embossed with our fabulous copper embossing.
Check back tomorrow to see the other card I made.
Happy stamping
Julia x

Let’s Sail Away

Now I have my mojo back I’ve been on a bit of a roll with different stamp sets, and I just can’t get enough of the Sail away suite. There are so many possibilities with this set, and it more than fits my 5 ways rule! So far I’ve used it for scrapbooking, making cards, in a photo album for a friend and on tags, the possibilities are endless! And its been on my desk pretty much permanently since it arrived.

For my last class I used it to make some watercolour cards......

For these cards I used a couple of different watercolour techniques, a mix of using sponges and brushes to make the backgrounds, and a mix of colouring with watercolour pencils and a aqua brush and ink pads. Finished off with a bit of stamping using the high tide stamp set, and some of the images from Sailing Home, which are then die cut with the matching framelits, and I had 2 simple quick cards.

Next I turned to a moving card.......

This was a slider card, made with some help from my penny jar! A hidden greeting when the card is closed and then revealed when it slides.

If you would like to purchase any of the ‘ingredients’ please drop me a line.

I’ll be back soon with one more card in this set, but for now I have small people waiting for a trip to the beach!

Happy stamping

J x

Summer Daisies

Welcome back, I hope that you have been enjoying the summer weather, It’s been the school holidays for us which means I’ve had lots of small people to entertain and we’ve been busy with lots of different activities, so my crafting has had to take a back seat.  I have found time to play with the Daisy Lane stamps and punches and this is what I came up with.......

This is the first card I made, I got the inspiration from Pinterest, I forgot to note who had pinned this card, so if you recognise it thank you for the inspiration, when my mojo has deserted me, I find Pinterest really helpful for giving me a starting point, next I went to one of my go to blogs for some
more inspiration and found this......

A huge thank you to Amanda Charlesworth at Scrimping Mommy for the tutorial on how to make this flower pot card, I changes the dimensions slightly but otherwise all the credit goes to her, this card will take a gift card, always handy.

Next I played with an idea I had, I like interactive cards that double as a small gift for those moments you need to show someone you’re thinking of them.......

I’ve reverted to my go to yellow and used some of the retired Gingham Gala paper together with those fabulous daisies and made a card with a removable bookmark.

Finally I used up some left overs from a previous class I held and used some stitched rectangle left overs to make a frame for this card........

I bought in some of the stamps from the Daisy Delight stamp set.

I kept it simple with the stamping and let the colours make the impact, adding some wink of Stella to make it shimmery,  and adding a couple of butterflies from the butterfly punch.  Stampin Up! Really make it easy for us to co-ordinate different stamp sets so that a bit of scrap card stock and some simple stamping make, I hope you’ll agree, a lovely card.

That’s all for me for today, thank you to everyone who help regain my mojo, if you would like to order any of the products I’ve used in these cards, please feel free to drop me a line.

Happy Stamping 

Jx

Beautiful Magnolias Technique Tuesday

Hi again,
My wonderful Parents have just celebrated their 55th Wedding Anniversary and I thought that I would share the card that I made for them.

I've used a mixture of techniques to make this card, some embossing, die cutting and a couple of different colouring techniques.

I've taken a close up of it and hopefully you can see the shimmer on the flowers. I've also used the new frames dies and embossing folders which pair together to make 2 different frames, they are absolutely fabulous, and once you get the hang of lining them up they are easy to use.  I'll try to put together a video showing how to use them in the next few days.

That's all from me for today,

Happy Stamping

Julia
x

Did someone mention You Tube???

Hi Everyone,
 I hope you are all enjoying the warmer weather and getting lots of crafting done inspired by the sun?

Here at the Crafty Yellow Camper HQ I've been in a dither...... I made a promise to myself at On Stage  in April that I would get to grips with You Tube, I know how to watch it, search it, and loose hours at a time on it, BUT I hadn't ever recorded or uploaded to it.

I've had my tripod for my mobile phone sitting in a drawer for a few months now so thought it was about time that I dusted it off, yes it's been several months!, and have a go at filming etc. So, I've made a 3 part video on making this card and if you get a spare few minutes I'd be honored if you'd hop over to you tube and give it a look.  There's no mystery to why it's in 3 parts and they aren't long videos, i just haven't got the hang of pausing instead of stopping when I'm recording as I can't see the screen!
If you don't watch You Tube you can also see the videos on my Facebook Page, The Crafty Yellow Camper.

Here is the finished card, happy viewing!

Julia X