Valentine Love with Little Elephants

It's easy to get carried away with lots of stamps, ink, punches and dies when you craft, but sometimes it's nice to go back to basics and just use stamps, ink and paper and perhaps a simple punch and tool to make life easy.  Everyone connected to Stampin' Up! is sharing #simplestamping projects to bring back everyone's mojo and also to inspire beginners who might be looking for a new craft.  Additionally sometimes the Less is More approach can have just as much impact in a project. 

Today I'm sharing a card I made at the weekend for this very purpose.  It's my #simplestamping Valentine card.  I've used the really cute Stampin' Up! set Little Elephant which is perfect for so many occasions including friendship cards, Valentines', birthdays and as you'll see below Belated Birthday cards too!

I've also used the coordinating elephant builder punch which allows you to add depth by punching the ears out separately.  The cute spray of hearts is from the same set with the sentiment from the Accented Blooms set which also has a matching punch. 

©stampin ' up! Little Elephant Bundle

©stampin' up! Accented Blooms

As I mentioned above you can use this little elephant in different ways.  I'm behind the curve on many things at the moment as the recovery from my Achilles operation is good, but slow and a little more painful than I expected so very tiring.  Birthdays are one thing I'm late with so this card using the Little Elephant set, punch and the Make a Difference alphabet set from Stampin' Up! have helped with belated birthday wishes. 

I used markers to colour the balloons on the stamp in granny apple green, daffodil delight and real red.  A balmy blue elephant teams with the Gingham Gala designer papers from the Stampin' Up! Spring Catalogue.

That reminds me if you haven't got your copy yet please do contact me with your address details and I'll pop one in the post. 

Cute Stampin' Up! Little Elephant for belated birthday wishes

As the leg improves I'm hoping to get back to blogging more often.  Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you soon.

Hugs Zoe x

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Stampin' Up! Sneak Peeks

Stampin' Up! has great catalogues with awesome products, but it is always exciting when as a demonstrator you get to see them earlier than everyone else. It was even more exciting for me when I got this new bundle of product loveliness earlier than thousands of other demonstrators across the world as I was one of a very small group who were asked to present this suite called The Needlepoint Nook at the UK recent #Onstage2018 event in Birmingham.  

This is full of bells and whistles as it was one of three cards which differed in the detail they each received. This as you can see was 'the works'.  The papers are just stunning and were created when embroidery patterns designed by Stampin' Up! were embroidered and then photographed to give that fabulous effect of threads and beauty that embroidery has to offer. 

You'll be seeing more of this suite for sure, but I'm pleased that this card of mine has been well received by Stampin' Up! and my fellow demonstrators.  

You'll be able to spy more sneak peeks soon, but also get your hands on our spring catalogue.  If you'd like to be added to the list of recipients of a paper copy to browse at your leisure please contact me at zoetant@live.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by 

Zoe x

Snow is Glistening very popular

It looks like lots of you are liking the Snowflake Showcase that Stampin' Up! has launched for this month of November.  The dies in particular are flying out of the warehouse as has the white velveteen paper which is at the moment SOLD OUT. There is a slight chance that more stock maybe available but I can't confirm this. I used the Snow is Glistening stamp set and the Snowfall dies to create the card above. It's really simple.  I think the black and white with just a touch of red works really well and my sentiment is heat embossed in silver.  You'll see there are two snowflakes that are embossed using our embossing mats with the dies and we're learning about that at my card club next week. If you're in Lincolnshire and would like to join us please do contact me.  

Alternatively I'm offering a class by post.  That means you can buy the stamps and dies and will receive a complimentary class tutorial in the post with pictures to help you and the materials to make 5 of these cards.  Don't forget if you don't have the embossing mats you'll need to add those to your order.  You can order all these products from my online shop.  

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Keep warm and dry for the next few days as the weather is not too friendly in the UK. 

Hugs Zoe x

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Christmas Card Club - Faux Torn Edge Continues

Our fortnightly Christmas Card Club Challenge continues with the theme this week of including sheep, turkeys or camels or indeed a combination.  Rachel chose the theme and you can see her makes and all the other ladies by clicking on Christmas CC at the top of my blog.  There will be a fabulous selection with all different styles so great inspiration.

For me I have to say this was a them I gulped at as my first thought was I don't have any of these creatures in my stamp stash, but them I remembered this sweet little lamb who I found I couldn't part with when it retired.  I've also used Night in Bethlehem Stampin Up set from the current annual catalogue to create some depth with the buildings in the background and the important star.  I used the faux torn edge technique in a similar way to my previous post to create the ground the lamb stands on and the sky I sponged using Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point and Night of Navy ink building up from light to dark and have left almost white space in the centre for the light from the star.   The sentiment and star are simply heat embossed in silver.  The words are from Merry Christmas to All which is an awesome Christmas sentiment set in the Stampin Up winter 2018 catalogue with a coordinating die set. You can mix and match words and die cuts to create the perfect sentiment of choice or use like me one of the short messages included.  

 This shows how I used a piece of torn paper to sponge the ground.

Here I used the other half of the torn paper to mask the ground in order to sponge the sky. 

To be sure that the buildings were solid colour I used my Stamparatus to enable me to stamp the image on itself several times to get total ink coverage.  

The lamb himself, is stamped with black memento ink and coloured with Stampin' Blends. I used light and dark Smokey Slate, Black and Petal Pink light to give a little colour to the inside of his ears and define his cheeks.

Happy Sunday All

Zoe x

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No Line Watercolouring with a twist

Stampin' Up! shared a no line watercoloring technique in our latest member magazine.  I've not done of lot of it so thought I'd have a go with this stunning ornament stamp from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out for a first serious attempt.

I stamped the bauble on watercolour paper using Smokey Slate ink.  I slowly then added colour to each detail using a couple of aqua painters, one for painting with water first and the second for adding colour to each section.  I cleaned the second between  colours using kitchen towel.

The colours I used included Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz and Highland Heather. It takes some time as you need to let each section dry before you revisit it to add deeper shades and get some of the finer details.  Once complete I added some highlights with a white gel pen and some Wink of Stella for the inevitable sparkle that I believe an bauble needs.

Beautiful Baubles includes a 'string' stamp for the hanging of the bauble and a pretty bow stamp.  I embossed these in silver and added basic rhinestones.  The ornament itself I fussy cut and then went around the edge with a Balmy Blue marker pen to just highlight the edge and make it pop from the card base.

The sentiment is from the same Stampin' Up! stamp set and stamped simply in Highland Heather directly onto the card base.

Are you a fan of non traditional Christmas card colour combos?

Zoe x

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Stampin' Up! Botanical Bliss Birthday Cards

September is a busy month for birthdays in my calendar and so I made a selection of girly birthday cards using Stampin Up Botanical Bliss set.  It's one of those sets with an eclectic mix of stamps, but they blend together really well and the sentiments are in a fabulous font.  The design team at Stampin Up are really talented and often their own hand writing has been used to create some of the scripted fonts.  It could be the case partially with this set.

I used the vine stamp as a starting point with all these cards stamping it twice overlapping it in Mint Macaron and Soft Sea Foam.  If you are not a 'green' fan then you might be persuaded to like it more with these two subtle shades.  I also used Blushing Bride, So Saffron and Calypso Coral to add elements from the stamp set.  In the top image I used the no line watercoloring technique to colour the focal flower on watercolour paper.  I stamped the flower in Smokey Slate to add an outline which hasn't disappeared completely with my watercoloring, but I think is faded enough not to overpower the delicate flower.  I've added different embellishments of pearls, ribbon or self adhesive sequins and also 'flicked' ink using the marker pen lid to take up some of the 'white space' that you may find difficult to leave and these spatters just soften it for you.  

On this final image I modified the sentiment by using washi tape to mask the happy on the stamp from the set and then added in a Happy from the winter catalogue set Merry Christmas to All.  Using masking and marker pens you can adapt sentiments to suit your needs.  Also a left over piece of ribbon too short for a bow or knot can just add a little sparkle and detail to a flower by folding it in half and adhering it behind the flower.  It helps to draw the eye across  the card and with the iridescent sequins there is just enough bling!

My card base is Blushing Bride and I've used just a layer of whisper white for my stamping and punched embellishments.  

Happy birthday to you if you are a September baby. 

Hugs Zoe x

Happy for you !

This card was supposed to post whilst I was away in Alaska, but my scheduling clearly didn't work so I'm sharing now.  

 I love this new set called Bouquet Blooms. It has a set of coordinating dies called Gatefold Blossoms which allow you to make not surprisingly gatefold cards. However on this card I haven't used the gatefold but the flower dies.  One is a large die that cuts out the flower corsage, for want of a better word,  on this card and you also have individual dies to then add depth to the design with each flower.  

I've used subtle colours and teamed with some of the new colour family designer paper stacks which are now 6" x 6" and very useful with stripe and dotty/spotty designs for any occasion.  

I also used a layering circle to cut out the circle design and it's centre to add some depth.  

You'll see I've added a small banner at the top left and this is to share a top tip. When you finish your card and get an inky finger splodge you can cover it with the reverse design and use the piece you cut off to create the shape of the paper on the main card. There is always a way to save the day! 

Lovely bright flowers on a not so sunny summer's day. 

Big hugs all 

Zoe x

Swaps for Alaska

When Stampin' Up! demonstrators gather they usually make 'swaps' ie cards to share with other demonstrators. They swap their makes with others for inspiration and ideas for personal use or to inspire their customers and friends and offer different styles and ideas.

Of course the Alaska Incentive trip is no exception and I've joined the swap organised by Stampin' Up!. Today I'm handing in my 26 cards and later this week I will be able to collect a lovely bundle of mixed, varied and beautifully created swaps in return from demonstrators across the globe.

I've used one of my favourite sets for mine, Rooted in Nature.  A simple, elegant design that can vary with colour choices and I used my Stamparatus to position the leaves in the right place each time to achieve perfect placement.  For this version I used Lemon Lime Twist with Smokey Slate.

I made two colour ways and added different embellishments. The one above was made by cutting the silver trim away from the edge of our metallic edge ribbon and I've added some silver thread also.  

On the one below I used mini sequin trim. 

This version used new Stampin Up neutral colour Merry Merlot with Lemon Lime Twist.  Lemon Lime Twist also worked well with Mossy Meadow another returning colour but now a neutral.  You can get all the neutral ink pads free when you join Stampin' Up! UK in July.  Click on Join Stampin Up in the headings of this page for more information or JOIN NOW

I'll be sharing all the swaps I receive on my return so check back for lots of different inspiration.  

Hugs Zoe x

Christmas Card Club - WOW Theme

We've got a WOW theme going on at Christmas card club this fortnight.  If you haven't come across that before it does mean wow cards, but in this instance as a theme it means White on White. Which I love tinkering with, but they are not so easy to photograph especially in the sunshine we are so lucky to have at the moment.  Thank you to Christine for this challenge. 

I was inspired by a beautiful card I saw by my lovely friend Shannean Moncrieff down in Australia. She used the Rooted in nature stamp set and dies to create a Poinsettia with the traditional colours that it usually comes in. I've used her clever idea and turned it white and have used my new embossing mat bundle from the Stampin' Up! catalogue, page 221 to cut and then emboss the texture onto the white leaves/petals and I've also heated embossed in silver onto vellum using the coordinating leaf stamp.  You can build the flower really easily and if you have a silicone mat you can put a blob of tombow glue onto it and build the flower on it. Add more glue when required to layer the petals and then allow to dry.  The flower then peals straight off the silicone mat and you can use Stampin dimensionals to adhere it to your project.  

I've added a sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments, also silver heat embossed and some dry embossed lines using my Stampin' Up! Simply Scored Scoring Tool.  A few rhinestones to look just like the tiny  yellow centres of Poinsettia and also some new Stampin' silver pearls.  A couple of matting layers just adds a little more luxury to my DL sized card.  

Don't forget to see the other ladies in our challenge group for more WOW inspiration.

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Moving Along with the Times - My Challenge

It's my turn to set the challenge at  Moving Along with the Times and I'm asking you to share your projects witIh the theme of Girls' Birthday any age up to 21.  It's my beautiful daughter's birthday this week and so it seemed like an appropriate theme.  She's 19 and so I needed it to be girly, but grown up too.  I've also made a matching tag.

I started by adding some texture lines by using my Stampin' Up! Simply Scored scoring tool to the base card of whisper white thick cut at 11" x 5.5" and scored on the landscape at 5.5".  I also die cut a square framing using the stitched shape framelits and layering squares both available from my Stampin' Up! online shop.  I cut the stitched shape first and then positioned a smaller layering square inside it to cut the aperture.  I've then fussy cut some of the beautiful pearlised flowers from a sheet of  Share What You Love specialty designer series paper and layered them onto the frame.  I used my Stamparatus to stamp the happy birthday which is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.  I positioned the stamp in the frame, before removing the frame and using the Stamparatus to make sure it stamped exactly where I wanted it before repositioning the frame which I adhered with mini dimensionals.  As you know gentle reader I love bling so I've added some rhinestones including a few left over retired black stones.  I stamped a frame with Old Olive ink from the same stamp set and added the 'gorgeous'.  I used the classic label punch to cut the frame shape and then just snipped off one end to add it to the card.

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The tag was made in the same way. It is a large tag so to make the tag shape I just cut a triangle off one corner then laid it onto the other corner to cut along the edge of the triangle to make the sides the same.  It means you can make a tag any size.  Punches are fabulous, but this is perfect for larger tags.

Don't forget to come join us at MAWTT for the challenge we'd love to see your makes.

Also just in case you haven't heard the new 2018 - 2019 Stampin' Up! annual catalogue has launched and you can browse it online on my website  if you click hover on shop and click the catalogues button, or you can contact me for a copy of the catalogue @ zoetant@live.co.uk

Thanks for popping by
Zoe x

Beautiful Day Stampin' Up! is just that....

I've shared my first make for the June issue of Craft Stamper magazine and here is the second.  The Stampin Up set Beautiful Day is just a small set with BIG WOW. It is home to the beautiful butterfly you've seen in so many places and also this stunning flower and a couple of simple sentiments. I've shortened  one to make mine having stamped it and then cut the words I wanted to use free hand.

The design itself started with the flower being embossed with copper embossing powder and then coloured with the Stampin Up Blends.  Sadly these are currently unavailable to purchase as the demand was so high we simply ran out and so are waiting for more from the manufacturer, but I wanted to share my design as I was so delighted with it.  To add a little more definition I also stamped a spare flower onto a spare piece of card ie thick whisper white which is perfect for use with alcohol markers like the Stampin Up Blends.  I embossed and coloured it in the same way and fussy cut it out and then added it to the design using Stampin dimensionals just to lift it and also off set it slightly from the main card.  To finish off I colour washed the remaining space and added the sentiment.

I love Craft Stamper magazine not only because I was asked again to design for an article featuring Stampin' Up!, but also as it is such a good read and full of useful techniques and information.  

I'm also delighted that this stamp set will remain in the Stampin' Up! new annual catalogue.  It's inexpensive, but as I've already said big on the Wow factor.  I hope you like it too.... 

You can contact me to request a copy of the new Stampin' Up! catalogue by emailing me at zoetant@live.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by and one last reminder that the retiring list from Stampin' Up! will disappear on 31 May so don't miss out on those last minute wish list items or you'll be very sad.  

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Zoe x

Christmas Card Club - Christmas Trees

Another fortnight another Christmas card club challenge. Shaz chose trees either indoor or outdoor. I've gone with some outdoor from Rooted in Nature one of Stampin' Up! 's new catalogue sets. I've shared this set before and you probably now know that I love it. I like this card but having chosen a white background i've struggled to get good pictures so I hope you'll see them ok.  I've used the glitter splatter technique and you can find out how to do that in my Totally Techniques blog hop post.  

I stamped the trees which come in a pair and a single if that makes sense ie two stamps having inked them using two shades of green.  I coloured the trunks in basic black using my stampin write marker directly onto the stamp.  I also added a sentiment heat embossed with gold powder onto the stitched frame lit die cut in whisper white.  The sentiment is from Snowflake Sentiments which first appeared in last winter's catalogue, but is a returning stamp set in the new Stampin' Up! catalogue.  I've added a matt layer of a die cut oval in spruce green a new colour coming with the colour revamp.  

The splatter technique is fun and easy to do with some tombow (ova glue) and water.  It really looks like snow falling and adds a my favourite touch of sparkle.  The finishing touch is a real red ribbon bow and a matt layer of real red card.  

All these goodies will be available to order from 1 June so don't forget to inquire about a catalogue or visit my online shop.  The retiring list with some reductions is available until May 31 so don't miss out on products you've had your eye on as once they are gone they are gone! 

Thanks for checking in and I hope the sun is shining with you. We've more work to do shredding all the prunning we've done and are hopefully the rain will stay away that is forecast for later today. 

Happy half term week to all.

Hugs Zoe x

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Craft Stamper Designer

It seems like forever ago that I created my latest batch of projects for Craft Stamper magazine and submitted them, but at last the magazine is out and in the shops.

This is the first I'm sharing and it is a plaque I created using an MDF blank, some old tester pots of emulsion paint and a candle.

I painted the plaque with a darker shade of a tester pot let it dry.  I rubbed a wax candle onto the plaque in random spots,  then added a coat of a lighter shade. It helps to keep the brush strokes in the same direction.  Once dry you can use a light sanding pad to lift off some of the top coat of paint which comes off easily as it doesn't key to the wax underneath.   I used the Stampin' Up! sets Butterfly Basics (sadly retiring at the end of this month), Petal Palette, You're Inspiring and Beautiful Day to add a design on the plaque using Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake ink.  I also added some die cut shapes in Early Espresso.  From a short strand of mini gold sequin trip I took a few individual sequins and added them give a little touch of sparkle.

The Butterfly was stamped in black Staz On ink onto the plaque and I used my Stampin' Blends to colour it in. I also stamped it onto watercolour paper and again used the Stampin' Blends to colour in the butterfly. I fussy cut it out but didn't attempt to cut out the antennae so just snipped those off and used the ones stamped on the plaque.  To give a stained glass look to the butterfly I carefully added fine tip glue using the black outline as the guide to give some shine and depth.  In places where it dried flat I added a little more to raise the texture.  Again with Blends I coloured some rhinestones as the alchol ink sticks to the rhinestones and popped them on the body.

To hang the plaque I used some Library Clips (carrying into the new Stampin' Up! catalogue) and a longer length of sequin trim.  The clips aren't fixed so can be taken off at any time, but they are just enough to hold the trim in place as a hanger.

I'll share more of designs using the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day set soon.  In the meantime you can buy the magazine in various ways.
at www.craftstamper.com for subscriptions, www.mags-uk.com for single copies or digital copies from www. pocket mags.co.uk

It's a fab monthly magazine with lots of tutorials and techniques.  It's a mixed media magazine with the focus on stamping.  I hope you enjoy reading it.

Thanks for popping by today.

Zoe x
    

Quick and Easy Teacher gifts for Thinking Outside the Box

Welcome everyone to our monthly Thinking Outside the Box blog hop. Hello if you've just arrived from Yoshiko and her super cute gift box.  You can see several different varieties of gift box tutorials under the theme of

This month's theme for Thinking Outside the Box Blog Hop

We've all created a different box and are sharing free tutorials that you are welcome to use.  I usually do a video too, but am still working on getting my Achilles tendon sorted so hopefully I'll have a video soon and will link back.  In the meantime I've got some simple instructions and a template for you to copy of my pretty teacher gift.  I've filled mine with fragrant tea lights, but you could fill with chocolates, pencils or something else. Once you know how to make the box you can adapt for different contents.  

Ok so here's what to do

1. start with a piece of card or thick DSP like the Share What You Love papers that I have used from Stampin' Up!.  It needs to be cut at 24 x 30.5 cm (9"  x 12")
2. In the landscape position score at 9cm, 18cm, 22cm, 24cm, 28cm and 30cm.  (31/2",7",81/2", 91/4", 103/4" and 111/2")
3. In portrait score at 2cm or 3/4" in from both sides.  
4. Cut an aperture of your choice in the panel shown as 'cut window' . Mine is 2cm x 16cm.  You can use your Stampin' trimmer to cut the aperture or a craft knife.   I've cut it 2cm away from the side score lines and left a 1cm border along the long sides of the window. 
5. cut away the shaded areas and cut the lines that are solid on the template ie those that will form the flaps on the box ends.  
6. adhere a piece of window sheet on the inside of the box to cover the aperture. Mine is 3cm x 18cm
7. Fold all the score lines which are marked with a dotted line.  
8. Add tear and tape to the very thin strip at the top of the template this will fold over to form the box when you bring that end so that the tape sits along the 18cm/7" score line.  
9. Add your contents and secure one end of the box with tear and tape, tombow or other adhesive.  
10. Use ribbon or twine to secure the other end and allow for easy opening by tying it around the length of the box a couple of times.  
11. Decorate your box and you'll see it has a card already attached.  I added a inside piece of coordinating patterned paper which you can do also or you can leave it as the reverse of the original piece. 

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1. Shannean Moncrieff
2. Tanja Kolar
3. Yoshiko Endo
4. Zoe Tant - You are here 
5. Annette Elias
6. Dena Rekow
7. Beate Wacker
8. Aude Barbara

Share What You Love - Love what you do

Stampin' Up! 2018 Incentive Trip to Alaska Blog Hop

Share What You Love Stampin' Up! Stamp Set is so pretty

Welcome to this monthly blog hop where we are sharing inspiration for the early release Stampin' Up! Share What You Love Suite.  It's a suite of products that are just gorgeous and so feminine.  You'll want to use them on lots of projects.

My cards today feature the Love What You Do stamp set and the new in colour Grapefruit Grove and the returning colour Mint Macaron.  Although this stamp set includes a stamp that could act as a water  colour wash image I've used an aqua painter on shimmery white card to create my own wash picking up ink from inside the lid of the ink pad.  Our new ink pads are not so easy to 'squeeze' to get onto the lid inside, but I've found that if place the closed pad face down on a firm surface and firmly push it to the table it works better than just squeezing in your hands.

I've also used the little floral shower stamp to add some tone on tone background stamping.  I've added gold thread wrapped around the stamped layer along with lace and some random mini gold sequins.  I very narrow matt layer of Grapefruit Grove sets the art work off, on the very vanilla card base which is approx 4.5inches square.

I used a staple to ensure the lace stayed in place as it's not easy to glue without making a mess or having sticky coming through but I wanted to cover the staples on each card so having fussy cut my gold embossed flowers I stuck them on with Stampin' dimensionals and added some baker's twine.  This started life as white but using a coffee stick I pulled the thread across the ink pad allowing the pressure of the stick on it to push the white twine into the ink and colour it.  You need to make sure you let it dry then before tying bows.

Using the same techniques I created the cards below, but brought in some Mint Macaron card for a slightly different look.  I also added sequin trim to these.

All these products are available this month as bundles put together by Stampin' Up! and each bundle has a bonus free gift included.  You can learn a little more about the products in the Stampin' Up! video below. 

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Enjoy the hop and thanks for stopping by here with me Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator Zoe Tant.

Hugs  Zoe x

Christmas Card Challenge meets Moving Along with the Times

Carol is our challenger for this fortnight's Christmas Card Club challenge. She asked for cards with the sentiment as the focus and Christine is the theme Queen for this fortnight's challenge over at Moving Along with the Times with a similar theme of Sentiment Focus with no images, so I'm killing two birds with one stone today.

I've made a very simple, elegant card and there's now doubt that the sentiment is the focus of it.  I've used my new Stampin' Up! Swirly Frames set again to create the silver embossed frame.  I cut an aperture to raise the frame above my sentiment which I stamped on another piece of card using my Stampin' markers to colour the stamp from Snowflake Sentiments and then added the 'filigree' swirl from the same set which I heat embossed in gold.  This gorgeous Stampin' Up! set will still be available in the new annual catalogue from 1 June.  Some enamel shapes are currently on the discounted retiring list so a bargain to be had.

I've added a layer of Mossy Meadow (which looks wonky in my photo) a returning in colour to the Stampin' Up! colour collection in June where it will be a neutral colour!  I've added some Cherry Cobbler enamel shapes to just finish off the design which is all mounted onto a whisper white thick card base.  Simple, but says just what you need for an elegant card.

I'm all for simple at the moment as I've snapped my Achilles tendon and so am sporting a very fetching Storm Trooper boot and am waiting for more appointments to see what happens next.  Posts might be somewhat sporadic or thin on the ground for a while so bear with me please.

Our challenge club is made up of ladies will different styles and techniques so do visit us all for more seasonal inspiration. You can find everyone listed on the page Christmas CC above.  We'd love you to join us at Moving Along with the Times too HERE.

Have a great week all. I'm celebrating my birthday this week with an MRI scan and orthopaedic appointment so it's going to be one to remember.

Hugs Zoe x

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