Dreaming of France - "Artistic Etchings" meets "French Foliage!"

Has it really been so long since I blogged??!!?? Where has the first half of the year gone? A BIG apology to the people who have been checking my blog for updates. I was feeling a bit autumnal (love that word!) recently and, using the new "French Foliage" set from the Autumn/Winter mini combined with "Artistic Etchings", I was able to create my 'autumn in Paris' birthday card. I used a build-a-brad to add an accent to the card. It was created using the little postage stamp franking image from "French Foliage". Here are photos of the front and inside of the card. I gave it to my cousin-in-law, Monica, for her birthday earlier this month. Until next time, Elizabeth.

Eliza's 21st

My beautiful cousin, Eliza, recently turned 21. My gift to her was the invitations. The theme of the party was black and white and her favourite stamping motif (did I mention she likes to stamp with me?)is from "Friends 24-7" so this is what I designed for her:
Front of Invitation:


Inside:

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Just writing to you to wish everyone who reads my blog a Merry Christmas. I also wanted to explain why there have been no more entries. I have been holidaying at my parents' house on the South Coast of NSW and forgot to email the pictures of the Christmas cards so I have not been able to post. My apologies. There will be more posts in the new year when I get back. Keep looking, though, because there is a chance I will be able to post pictures of the card sets I made for my relatives ( I will try to photograph them this afternoon) Hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas and will have a nice, relaxing boxing day and, to all of my northern hemisphere readers, I hope you're enjoying the last moments of your Christmas night. Talk soon, Elizabeth xx

On the fifth day of Christmas.....

Hi! Big day today! Had all the rellies on my husband's side over for a Christmas BBQ. Feeling very tired and very much looking forward to putting my feet up tonight and relaxing - for a little while at least until the work of pre-holiday starts tomorrow so we can head off on Wednesday!! Here's today's installment.

Well, it's not 5 gold rings, but 2 "Dasher" cards. I love this stamp - it just looks so beautiful and elegant. Hope you enjoy! Happy wrapping, Elizabeth xx

3rd and 4th days of Christmas!!

Help! As with the rest of my Christmas preparations, I am falling hideously behind!!! I am trying to finish off some presents I am making for relatives - some stationery wallets with 6 cards + envelopes and stamps to send them (and maybe a pen to write on them, if I have time and find the right thing at the right price!). That being said, I will include pictures of two other Christmas cards that will not have explanations. Today's entries are your slightly less traditional Christmas cards (I like to be different). I am particularly chuffed with my partridge in a pear tree!! Hope your Christmas preparations are going better than mine - see you tomorrow (?), Elizabeth xx

So Saffron/Early Espresso Bauble card

..And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

Christmas Bauble Card

Today I made this sponged Christmas bauble card for my daughter's teacher to give to her Mum. I had a lot of fun making it and I was pleased with the results. If you'd like to learn how to make something like this yourself, then contact me (via mobile or email) and I can show you how. Thanks for looking, Elizabeth xx

Day 2 (12 days of Christmas)

Well, by some miracle, I have managed to get to the 2nd day of Christmas entry. Today's entry was part of a stamp-a-stack morning I held a couple of weeks ago.

It used elegant eggplant cardstock for the base and then very vanilla for the top bit (corner rounder punch for the edges),elegant eggplant and old olive inks, Baroque Motifs, Season of Joy, Snow Swirled (words), Tree Trimmings (bauble string)stamp sets and Dazzling Diamonds glitter for a bit of 'bling' on the bauble (sponged with ink through a template constructed using the ornament punch). See you tomorrow for day 3's installment. Elizabeth xx