Seasons Herald The Passing Of Time

Yesterday I got to thinking about how the seasons and the passage of time are intertwined and I found a great quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes that refers to this:


The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many.  


So I decided to make a card along this theme and picked the stamp sets French Foliage and A Sense of Time, which were just perfect for what I had in mind. Here's the card front:

And on the inside:

What do you think?

Materials used:

• stamps - French Foliage, Sense of Time
• card - very vanilla, early espresso, more mustard, cherry cobbler
• inks - early espresso, more mustard, cherry cobbler, tangerine tango, cajun craze
• other - sponge daubers, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

Birthday Bonanza

My ladies have asked for birthday cards for this month's classes, as they just can't keep up with demand, LOL! Here are two of the cards my beginners will be making:

This great masculine card was cased from Linda Keal and uses retired papers. For the next card I've used the adorable little owl from the Aviary set for the first time and it is soooooooo cute! More retired papers (gotta use up the stash, LOL!) plus the sentiment comes from the SAB set So Happy For You.

They'll also be making my punched birthday owl card (see here) - that huge bow is a big hit with everyone!

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you're having a great day.

Cheers
Kez

Vintage Flowers

DD12 and I were in an Austen frame of mind yesterday, so we watched 'Emma' - the Gwyneth Paltrow version - and then 'Lost in Austen'. LIA had us cracking up in places (especially where she gets Mr Darcy to get wet in the pond!!! LOL!) but happily the ending is soooooooo romantic.

As a result, this morning when I woke up I was in a vintage kind of mood, so I got up and made today's card. However, you mustn't look too closely at the watercolouring, as I broke my reading glasses last night and so couldn't really see details very well!

Materials used:

• stamps - A Sense of Time, Elements of Style
• card - cherry cobbler, very vanilla, crumb cake, watercolour paper
• other - dimensionals, old olive satin ribbon, pearls, decorative label punch, sponges, vintage wallpaper embossing folder

Thanks for dropping in today.

Cheers

Kez

Kraft Renaissance

Back before Kraft became Crumb Cake, I hardly ever touched it. Not sure why, just oversight I guess, but I find myself reaching for it more and more these days. I love how it goes with just about any other colour and I am especially loving the vintage look it gives when teamed with black and vanilla.

Here are a few cards I've made recently in that style.

The first one I had in my head ever since I saw A Little Treat in the December Frenzy and I'm quite pleased with how it all came together.

Next I have broken out my Elements of Style set. This is one I loved from the moment I saw it and was thrilled to see it in our new catalogue. The hint of colour is Baja breeze.

Lastly I've combined Elements of Style with Sense of Time. I have seen some really gorgeous cards using this combo in various forms, so I have no doubt I'll be trying out some more of these myself.

Tomorrow: my first UStamp project. Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kez

Stamp Camp Creations

Today's cards are some of the goodies I was lucky enough to make at our Stamp Camp last weekend. First up is my entry for the "Mystery Box Challenge" Marelle set us as part of a Mastercrafter competition! I've used the gorgeous medallion, En Francais and A Rose is A Rose:

It was great at camp to get the chance to use some stamp sets that I don't own. Firstly I had a play with A Sense of Time, a set from one of our minis that is coming back in the new catalogue. Here I've used Soft Suede and Baja Breeze.

Then I cased a card by Lisa Young and liked it so much I made another in different colours:

For those I substituted Pocket Silhouettes for the herb one Lisa used.

Lastly I had a go with Build-a-Roo and cased this card from the new US catty:

Hope you've enjoyed those. I'll be back again soon with more goodies from camp.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kez