Hostess Happy Birthday

I made this card a while ago and loved it.  I needed a birthday card recently and decided to add an inner as that seems to be the trend for me right now :)  I love this stamp set, I love anything free and I love anything that goes with a punch cause it saves me heaps of time cutting out, lol.

Simple is..... Wonderful

I had such a great time yesterday in the Craft Room with my friend Bella.  I knew I wanted to do the latest Just Add Ink Challenge but the idea I had just wasn't working - think watery mess.  So I stopped to take a breath and noticed Bella was using this cute little bird but in squares, isn't he cute - he's from the Hostess Level 3 set - Window Dressing.  I knew straight away that I wanted circles! 

There are a few firsts for this card - first time I've used Sage Shadow, first time I've used this bird, first time I've used Rustic Rooster (Level 2 Hostess Set - for the background of the base card).

There are also a few olds as well - The pleated ribbon with mini staples, Warm Words , the colour on colour and my total obsession with Kraft!!

Anyway I just love this card - it's so simple but striking.  I just want to keep looking at it (am I strange or what?!). 

 

Here are the colours for the challenge.

Gratitude and Thanks

I needed some Thank you cards the other day and once I got started I didn't want to stop.  I was so excited to be using new stamps and my new white StazOn!!  Demonstrators have opportunities to earn free stamps and I recently earned some free stamp sets and got to choose 3 sets from the catalogue, I've actually earned 4 sets and I only started in May (so gratitude and thanks to Stampin Up).

One set I chose was Life Definitions (IBC pg 123).  I can't wait to see it's potential on my scrapbooking pages (when I get back to them that is!!!).  I used the Gratitude stamp by stamping on white gloss paper with white stazon then when dry sponging Baja Breeze over the top.  The StazOn 'resists the' Baja and shows through!  Isn't that neat (I learnt that little tip at a Stampin Up team meeting, thanks Nerida). 

I'm also loving the Echoes of Kindness Level 2 Hostess set.  The flowers are just so pretty and the quote by Mother Teresa is lovely.

Ink and Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Old Olive.