Playing around with my new Stampin’ Up! supplies

After receiving my punches, stamps and Tombow adhesive yesterday, I decided to have a quick play around with some quick ideas I had..

An All Occasion mini card.
I had a play with some of my new Stampin’ Up! circle punches, but it’s just not right!

A 3”x3” Birthday mini card.
This was stamped with Stampin’ Up!’s Whimsical Words set. The blue, red and green edge was created using tearing rulers with paper, with each slight overlapping.

A 4”x4” Baby Girl card!
I REALLY like this card. I would like to make it again, but with different images and other bits, and maybe add some inking? Perhaps other distressing techniques, flowers and buttons too?!
I used some patterned paper from a 6”x6” Forever Friends pad for the flowered upper background paper.
I layered the main picture, which came from a baby paper stack (I think by Dovecraft?!) onto some medium pin cardstock. Using the Stampin’ Up!
Whimsical Words set, I stamped the “small wonder” stamp onto white cardstock, then mounted it on a Stampin’ Up! Oval Scallop punch in pale pink cardstock. Mounting it onto the card with 3D small pads.

A mini All Occasions card.
I had an idea of how I wanted this card to look. And this is exactly what I wanted!
I used a piece of white cardstock, cut at 4”x4”. I punched the bottom border with the Stampin’ Up! Eyelet Border punch. I then cut a piece of purple cardstock 4”x1-1/2” and stuck it to the back of the eyelet border, allowing the purple to show through the punched out dots, and lining it up so when the card is shut, the purple card is in line with the back side of the card.
Using my new Perfectly Clear’s Garden Box Set clear stamps, I stamped the front image in purple. I then stamped two smaller images inside.
Finally I tied a ribbon right around the front of the card!

More Random and Simple Cards

- The following cards were all made in late December and early January 2010 -

I have finally gotten round to sorting through the photos of my creations so far. Here are more of the simple cards I started out making (quite obviously I have a lack of supplies)

**Please excuse the poor photographs; they were taken at night, and with a very poor lamp (with a 40W energy-saver light bulb in!)**

These are some of the simple, random Birthday cards…

The blue flower card was made with the Sizzix Daisies die, and in the centre I have added a 2mm gemstone.

I decided to have a play with some of the baby stuff I have and came up with this..

I made the sheep with a Sizzix Sizzlits die, and mounted it 3D, but I’m not overly happy with this card – I think there are better things that could be done!! I want to play around with some ideas I have for baby cards soon!! I will add it to my "To Do List".

I thought I should have a play around with some other styles and designs, but do “all occasion” cards. So here are two I very quickly made, with a new stamp. (I wasn’t overly keen on either of them)

I must say, I only like 2 of these cards – I’d love to hear your views and opinions, positive and negative criticisms are welcome!!

Some very quick and incredibly simple cards (Early Days)

I suddenly remembered an old friends birthday was in about a couple of days time. I didn't have time to make a card, so I cut up a piece of pattern paper (from a patterned paper stack I have just bought!) and stuck on a "happy birthday" greeting with 3D pads to make it stand out. A cop out? Certainly! But if I forget those distant friends, I have a couple of these floating around. I think I will have another play around with more of these very quick cards at a later date!

I put together an even quicker card, but this is yet to have embellishments added!