Cheers!

This card combines several stamp sets - Cheers To You (111037), Sanded (109294) and Seeing Spots (107007).

I used a VersaMark inkpad to stamp the background pattern on the Basic Black panel, which you can just about see in the photo, but which catches the light in real life.
Using marker pens and a blender pen, I coloured in the tankard of beer and added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to look like condensation on the side of the glass.
The image was then mounted onto a piece of Basic Black card cut out using the Round Tab Punch (109974). The Perfect Plum panel has a pricked pattern in the corners but, again, you can't see it very clearly in the photo.

This would be a good card for beer drinkers, but there are also some lovely stamps of cocktail glasses, making it a good set for celebrations of all kinds!

Stamps: Cheers To You, Sanded & Seeing Spots
Paper: Basic Black, Perfect Plum & Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Perfect Plum, VersaMark & More Mustard & Bordering Blue Marker Pens
Accessories: Crafter's Toolkit, Snail Adhesive, Scallop, Round Tab, 1 3/8” & 1/8” Circle Punches, Black Gingham Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Blender Pen & Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!

~Debbie~
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Happy

This card combines two stamp sets, Polka Dots And Paisley (108549) and Seeing Spots (107007).

I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the word ‘happy’ correctly positioned. The paisley accents and the background circles were made by inking the parts of the stamps that I wanted, using matching Marker Pens. You just 'huff' on the stamp after using the markers and then stamp as usual. The daisy accent was stamped, punched out and lifted on dimensionals.

I used the Paper Piercing Template, Pad and Tool from the Crafter's Tool Kit (110089) to mark the places to punch the holes along the Lavender Lace card stock.

Stamps: Polka Dots And Paisley & Seeing Spots
Paper: Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Blush Blossom & Lavender Lace
Ink: Mellow Moss, Blush Blossom Inkpad & Marker & Lavender Lace Inkpad & Marker
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Snail Adhesive, Crafter’s Tool Kit, 1/8” & 1” Circle Punches & Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!

~Debbie~
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Never-Ending Joy

This is a quick Birthday card using the Never-Ending Joy set, (105038).
As the weather has been so bad, I decided to use the pretty Spring colours of Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery.

I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to accurately align the flower heads over the stems, to add the bow and the greeting from the Sincere Salutations set, (105156).

Stamps: Never-Ending Joy & Sincere Salutations

Paper: Very Vanilla, Apricot Appeal & Certainly Celery

Ink: Certainly Celery & Apricot Appeal

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Snail Adhesive, Certainly Celery 1/4” Grosgrain Ribbon

Thanks for looking!

~Debbie~
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Petals And Paisleys

This layout is my version of the one shown on page 51 of the catalogue.
I used the same pack of Petals and Paisleys Designer Series Paper (110093), but chose different papers from the set.
It looks quite different doesn’t it?

It’s a 6” layout, which I love doing as I’m fairly new to scrapbooking and the size doesn’t scare me nearly as much as a blank 12” sheet of paper does!

I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the word ‘happy’ correctly positioned.
The paisley accent and the letters for ‘Jack’ were lifted on dimensionals, but the layout still fits nicely in the 6" x 6" Linen Album (109901).

The stamp set and Designer Series Paper were designed to work together, giving you lots of options for use.

Stamps: Polka Dots And Paisley
Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy & Petals And Paisleys Designer Series Paper
Ink: Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, So Saffron & Not Quite Navy Marker
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Snail Adhesive, Linen Thread, Very Vanilla & Old Olive 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon & Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!

~Debbie~
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Heart Pockets

I met some lovely ladies down at Newlyn earlier this month. They are members of Just Scrapbooking, a club run by Linda Knight and held on the first Saturday of the month.
As part of a Stampin' Up! party, I showed the ladies how to make the Heart Pocket that I used on my Valentine card and they then incorporated it into their layouts with Linda in the afternoon.

These layouts in progress are lovely. I am always amazed at how one idea can develop in so many different directions!
That's the beauty of attending a class like this, where you can bounce ideas off one another.

Thanks for looking!

~Debbie~
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Loads Of Love

Here’s the card I made for my Valentine - I hope he likes it!

The card base has some of the words from the Welcoming Words Level 1 Hostess set stamped over it in VersaMark ink, along with some spots from the Seeing Spots set.

Unfortunately, it can’t be seen very clearly in the photo.

I pricked a line of holes along the straight piece of card and then turned my attention to the heart pouch.

I love making templates to use with my card making. This heart shaped one took a bit of fiddling to get it the way I wanted it, but I got there in the end.

Do you think the closure looks a bit like eyes?

There are lots of pull-out tags inside the pouch which can be seen more clearly below.

Inside I wrote, 'I love you' in my best-est handwriting and signed it with a ? As I always initial my work though, it won't take him long to suss out it came from me!

Time for me to tidy up now. I got just about everything out in order to make this card.

Stamps: Welcoming Words, Seeing Spots, Loads Of Love, Simply Said & Wonderful Words
Paper: Basic Black, Real Red & Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Black Marker pen, Real Red & VersaMark
Accessories: Snail Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots, Crafter’s Tool Kit, Metallic Eyelets, Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets, Vintage Brads, Tag Punch, Small Tag Punch, ½” Circle Punch, Linen Thread, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon & Red and Black Gingham Ribbon

Thanks for looking!

~Debbie~
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Nature's Wonders

Here are some more of my mini cards.
No, you’re not seeing double, there ARE two of each card pictured! I usually do this so that I always have a spare card for a rainy day.



I used stamps from the Nature’s Wonders set. There are 4 in the set for £14.95 and that works out at £3.74 each - a bargain! Plus, they come in a sturdy storage box.
The code number is 100747 and you can see the whole set on page 46 of the catalogue.

The Dragonfly one is on Whisper White card stock and the Sand Dollar one is on Very Vanilla.

The background was stamped using the Sanded background stamp. These are huge and will cover the whole of an A6 card in one go.
A good tip is to lie the inked stamp on its back and carefully place the card on top. Cover with a piece of scrap paper and smooth over gently with your hand, the back of another stamp, or roller over it with a brayer. Remove the scrap paper and lift your card straight up and there you have it - a perfectly inked background!

I stamped the images and inked their edges and also the edges of the card base to give them a bit of definition.
They were then layered onto the card bases with Dimensionals and a little of the Dazzling Diamonds glitter was added to give a bit of sparkle.

A swirl was added to the envelopes with the stem image from the Mixed Bouquet set, which is one of the sets on special offer at the moment. See side bar for details.

Stamps: Nature’s Wonders & Sanded
Paper: Whisper White & Very Vanilla
Ink: Tempting Turquoise & Brocade Blue
Accessories: Dimensionals & Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Thanks for looking!

If you’d like to make projects like these yourself, then please contact me at Heartfelt.Stamping@hotmail.com to arrange a party. Invite some friends and family along and you are guaranteed to have fun whilst being creative!

~Debbie~
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