Just a Quickie!

I've decided to pop into town to run a couple of errands and stop by to see a friend but I wanted to pop a quick post here on my blog before I head out.  I have had a chance to quickly sample some of my new WMS stamps but I think it is likely to be the weekend before I can really play much more with them.

I can't seem to get myself away from those beautiful swirled corner stamps from WMS either so if you're tired of looking at these I apologise in advance - sorry.

I guess I am just lovin the simplicity of these cards.  I sooooo don't do CAS so I am surprising even myself with these latest creations plus I love that there isn't a single bit of designer paper in sight.  It's simply NO required which I think is pretty cool.

The other thing I like is how quick and easy these cards are to produce making it great to whip up a set for a sweet little gift.  Let's face it - who couldn't use a few extra cards to keep in touch with a friend who's poorly or needs encouraging?

And I love the sentiments too and that I can mix and match elements up to get just the sentiment or decoration I want.  I am lovin the contrast of the striking black lines and swirls against the white card stock too.  Maybe that's why I'm a bit hooked on these little beauties right now.  What's not to love about em'?

Gotta go.  Town is calling me, especially the charity shops and market stalls.  I only hope I can find a treasure or a bargain!

Blessings

Suezie

More Mini Cards

I am a bit later getting these posted than I expected.  We have only just gotten back from our home bible study group where we had a whole feast of wonderful food to celebrate our hosts 8th wedding anniversary.  I did make a cake but sadly I didn't try out the rose cake idea from Pinterest.  I knew as soon as I began layering up the cake that I was going to be short by about a whole extra batch of frosting and there simply wasn't time to make more!

Instead I frosted it up the best I could (under the circumstances - it was a beast of a cake!) and then topped it with fresh strawberries dusted with powdered sugar.  It looked and tasted great so that was all that mattered in the end.

I promised to share more of my mini cards for charity and I have about 9 shots to share so here goes.  The one on the left uses flower stamps from Papertrey Ink plus a quote stamp from WMS as well as these pretty swirled corner stamps.  The rest is done with a fine line pen.  The one on the right uses the same PTI flower stamp but with the solid stamp as well as the outline and the verse is a plain Jane from Verve.

The card on the left uses a plain Jane verse from Verve, scrolls from WMS and the circles are from the WMS tiny trees set.  The one on the right is just a repeat from the one above.  I am lovin the kind of brown/beige leaves instead of the usual green ones.

The one on the left above uses a Verve plain Jane scripture stamp, WMS swirled corners and PTI flowers and exactly the same stamp companies & supplies for the one on the right too.

The one on the left uses a pretty leaf spray and verse - both from Verve stamps and then just WMS swirled corners.  The one on the right is PTI flower stamps, WMS swirled corners and a Verve scripture stamp.

The one on the left of this shot features WMS tiny trees set, WMS swirled corners and a StampinUp! quote.  On the right is PTI flowers, a Verve scripture stamp and the WMS swirled corners again.  I just loved how using a couple of really small swirled corner stamps could create such fun frames when they were joined up with some basic pen lines.

These ones both feature StampinUp! sets and of course - those swirl stamps from WMS.  I've had this set from SU! for such a long time and I hardly ever use it so it feels good to finally be creating cards with it.  Sorry this shot is a bit out of focus.

Both of these cards feature PTI flowers and WMS swirled corners.  The one on the left has a quote from WMS and the one on the right has an SU! quote.

On the left is a Verve verse, PTI  flowers and WMS swirled corners.  On the right is a PTI set which features a couple of different crosses, verses and encouraging quotes and more WMS swirled corners to complete the look and create the frame.

And last but not least more Verve, WMS & PTI on the left and more SU! & WMS on the right.

I've booked a date for 9 November to get together with about half a dozen ladies from our church so we can get more cards made for fund raising and I'm so excited to be able to share these encouraging cards with the girls.  In fact I've booked a couple of days off work just so I can 'get in the zone' so to speak LOL!

Since tomorrow is my day off and I haven't made plans to go anywhere I think I'll just mooch around, do a bit of housework and a whole load of STAMPING!  How cool does that sound?

For now - it's been a very, very long day - I've worked from 7.30 am to 5.00 pm plus been busy with cakes once I got home, rushed out to home group and am yawning my head off as I type this post so it's off to Bedfordshire for me I think.

Blessings

Suezie

At Last!

At last my Waltzing Mouse stamps arrived!  Yay!  I absolutely LOVE gettin' packages.

They have been on quite a journey I can tell you.  First up they were delivered goodness only knows where but then marked as 'addressee gone away' and thankfully returned to Claire at WMS HQ.  After a few emails back and forth they were then re-posted and headed back to me and this time they arrived at the correct destination.  I couldn't be happier.

I have been wanting a seed packet set of stamps long before Claire ever released them so it's exciting to finally get my hands on some and I have a whole bunch of pumpkins from our plot ready to cook for pies.  I plan to toast the seeds to make a home made snack and now that I have these stamps I can package some up for sharing that look really cute too.

The Nestie dies are some that have been on my wish list for far too long now and the stamp die set is one that was out of stock a couple of times so I'm thrilled to finally have this now.  All I need to get are some more clear CD cases to store all these in.

I have been pretty busy this evening packaging up my mini cards for charity that I've been making since the weekend plus I baked a cake for home group tomorrow ready to frost just before we leave so I haven't had time to play much.  That said I did take just 5 minutes to create a couple more mini cards.  Can you believe these took just 5 minutes - that's for both of them together!  When I have finished making all my cards I plan to make some for myself to have on hand.  I have set a date for about half a dozen ladies from church to help me make a bunch to sell as well which should be really fun.  I can't wait! LOL

I am just having way too much fun making these mini cards - all stamped, not a bit of designer paper in sight and with some lovely frames made using a couple of small WMScorner scroll stamps and a black fine liner felt pen.

Here's a peek at a couple more.  I pulled out several sets of 'faith' stamps from Verve, PTI, WMS and StampinUp! plus a few floral sets and have created some adorable mini cards.  I promise I will be back tomorrow to post a few more pictures.  I hope 'hot potato' you will be inspired when you see some of the 'plain Jane's' I've used and what I've done with them plus lucky for you, you have a delivery on the way huh?

For now I need to go whip up my frosting and then head off to bed I think.  I'm toying with the idea of trying out the rose cake frosting idea that I've seen on Pinterest here but I need to see just how deep (high) my cake sits when I layer it up first.  I figure if it works - great and if not - well then I could just smoosh up the frosting and make it look somewhat presentable huh?  I'll see how I feel tomorrow when I come home from work since that's when I plan to do it.

Wish me luck!

Hugs

Suezie