Red, Red, Red

My girlfriend requested a card for her daughter-in-law and it had to be red. Sarah loves red, soooo this is what I came up with. The gold embossed flourishes are by Stamp It and the Happy Birthday flourish is from their range of stamps called Eden. The flowers are stamped on acetate with red stazon using Victoria's Secrets stamps, cut out and layered with the petals creased and bling added for the centres. Ribbon is from my stash and the corners were punched with an EK Success corner punch. Cardstock is Bazzill and gold Kromecote and I used a shimmer white that I found in my stash.
I'm busy colouring House Mouse images at the moment and doing a bit of tidying. My ribbons are now organised, my House Mouse stamps are now sorted and each one recorded so I don't double up, my stencils are all put away in a storage system and best of all, thanks to Jean's idea, my nesties are all safely stored in a Kaisercraft folder with the appropriate pockets. Fantastic.
My OH has this flu/bug now and of course, being a male, he's sicker than anyone. lol Fortunately I'm on the mend and feeling heaps better.
Thanks for all your good wishes.
Hope all of you are well and thank you so much for commenting on my blog.

Teal and Pink

I saw these acetate flowers at the craft show I attended in June. Then I saw a card made by a friend of mine using this layout so I couldn't resist giving it a go too. Ink is Teal Blue and Dove Gray Stazon ink. Bling on the flowers and photo corners, SU oval and scallop punches, and ribbon from my stash. Stamps are by Victoria's Secret.

The other card is one I had stitched quite a while ago. My friend Judy wanted a baby girl card and picked out this stitched dress. So a bit of this and a bit of that and here is the result. I actually am very happy with the way this card turned out.
Thanks for looking.

Kristina Werner's Colour Inspiration #37

I decided to join in Kristina Werner Colour Inspiration challenge this week. These stamps are by Victoria's Secret here in Australia and are absolutely gorgeous. The three squares that make up the main stamp are popped up on dimensionals, as are the Old Olive butterfly in the centre and the large butterfly on the corner.
I added Diamond Dust to both butterflies with a glue pen. The sketch is SCS SC207 and seemed to suit the main stamp.
I also paper pierced the corners to emphasise the off centre strips. Soft Sky has been used instead of Baja Breeze. There isn't a lot of embellishments on this card because I did feel the stamps say it all.
Thanks for looking.