Oooooooh, Soft Suede

OK, I'll put my hands up and admit.....I wasn't too keen on Soft Suede when I first received it! OMG, was I wrong, it's gorgeous - watch out Old Olive and Chocolate Chip!

I found this scrap of Cottage Wall DSP and over-stamped it with one of the Pocket Silhouette stamps in Soft Suede. The small butterfly is from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set stamped in Rich Razzleberry. This was then layered onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry and a knot of the gorgeous Soft Suede polka dot ribbon was tied around it. The layers were then attached to a piece of Whisper White that I had used the Eyelet border punch along one edge. On the Soft Suede card base I stamped again with the same stamp and ink and popped the layers up on dimensionals.

For saying this card started with a scrap of DSP, I think it is lovely! Just goes to show you should never throw anything away...........................

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Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Flight of the Butterfly
Card: Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Cottage Wall DSP
Soft Suede Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon
Eyelet Border punch
Corner rounder

Carousel Notes.....erh....... thingy

This is the last project in my Carousel Notes class from the weekend. I think it was a bit ambitious to include this as well as the two previous projects, but I just love it!!

Thank you to Helen (All Things Stampy) for showing me how to make this..........thingy (not sure what it is called!) and to Jenny Moors (Stamping Moments) for the inspiration. I could not even begin to tell you how to make this, but Jenny has a fabulous tutorial.

Just love it....................

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Carousel Notes set

Card: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Flight of the Butterfly, Occasional Greetings

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede

Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot ribbon

Pocket Silhouette window card

I love this versatile stamp set. It is teamed up with Chocolate Chip cardstock, Tall Tales DSP, acetate and Always Artichoke ribbon. The grass image from Pocket Silhouette is stamped with Whisper White ink on the inside of the card. The greeting is from the free Sale-A-Bration Whimsical Words set.

Simple but effective!

Reindeer wreath card

I saw this idea on the net (forgot where - I do a LOT of blog hopping - SORRY!) but stamped with the cone from Autumn Days. I thought I would have a go with Pocket Silhouettes and the stag from Winter Post. I really like it, I think.... Just sitting here looking at it reminds me of a catherine wheel!

Chocolate Chip CS was used at the base card, with Real Red as the accent. Pocket Silhouette foliage was stamped with Old Olive. The stag was stamped with Chocolate Chip.

I did not put a greeting on as I did not want to cover the wreath.