December Specials

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Summer Days

I am not really a scrapbooker but I thought I would give it a try. This is a picture of my brother and his family who live in Dubai. The picture was taken in my home town Durban, South Africa which is based on the east cost of South Africa.

As I sit here in my new home town Griffith, NSW Australia (in the freezing cold) I can only dream of the warm summer months. So the memories of the beach and the cool water are the inspiration for this page.

Stamp set set: Enjoy Every Moment

C/S: Soft Sky, Old olive and Pumpkin Pie

Inks: Soft Sky,Pumpkin Pie and Versamark

Accessories: Pumpkin Pie Double stitched ribbon, Clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Rub-Ons " A Perfect Day"

Spotlighting spring

Hello!

Such a long time since my last post. I have been busy with a visit from my in laws and of course Stampin Up!

Today is the first day of the Spring mini catalogue and there are some lovely new stamp sets click on the link to view the catalogue.

In celebration of all thinks Spring I have chosen this lovely butterfly stamp set called Garden Whimsy.

Stamp Sets: Garden Whimsy and It's All Good

Card Stock : So saffron, Night of Navy, Always Artichoke and Whisper White

Inks: Night of Navy, Always Artichoke and So Saffron.

Accessories :1"1/4 circle punch, Scallop circle punch and Always Artichoke Grosgrain ribbon.

Kristina Werner's colour challange

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This is my entry to Kristina's Colour challenge

I do find these colour challenges so inspiring.

I have use Oh so lovely stamp set from Stampin Up!

I have stamped the linen background in Certainly Celery on Whisper White card and then stamped the stem flower in Real Rust, using my sponge dauber I have used Close to Coco to sponge around the stamped image.

This is then layered on Close to Coco and Chocolate Chip and adhered to the Real Rust card. I then used the paper piercing kit and joined the dots with my white gel pen for the faux stitching.

The card is embellished with Certainly Celery ribbon and brads.

http://kwernerdesign.com/blog/images/0708/070908-color-swatches.jpg

Seeing Spots Black and White

This card is made using the Seeing Spots and Think Happy Thoughts stamp sets.

I cut a piece of Whisper White 9.5cm x 14cm and stamped the images from Seeing spots randomly on the white card with Basic Black ink. I then cut 2 strips of black card 1cm x 9.5cm and adhered them to the card as shown, leaving a gap for the ribbon and Happy Birthday sentiment.



I then stamped Happy Birthday in black on whisper white punched the centre out with the small star punch and then used the circle punch to punch the Happy Birthday out. This was then placed on a larger circle of black.

Using my cropodile I punched 2 holes in the centre side by side so I could thread my gingham ribbon through either hole and tie a not. Either side of the ribbons are attached to the back of the whisper white card and secured down with adhesive the whisper white card is then adhered to the Black base card.