Teneale Williams

I have LOVED this set for the longest time, I have used the greeting a million times but I still had not used the Bird and Branch. I love how simple and elegant this set is, which just in case you have not realised yet that is so my style. I wanted this card to be elegant so I kept the colours to a minimum using Baja Breeze with Black and White….What’s more elegant then that.

This card is super simple, I have clear embossed the circles on Baja Breeze for background, I have used Designer Series Paper in Baja Breeze to create the centre flag, layered on White with a fine boarder. I have stamped the Black images in Jet Black StazOn because I always think StazOn gives the cleanest stamped image plus I love the smell so whenever I can pull it out I do {lol}. I have stamped the circles over the top in Baja Breeze ink and also stamped some circles onto scrap Whisper White and cut a few out to “pop” them up. I can’t go past a big ribbon bow and I am loving buttons at the moment. I added a few tiny pearls to finish off.

Here is the inside of the card, I have just stamped the branches at the top and button.

As well as stamping the inside the cards I also love finishing off the envelope, Here I have stamped the circles on the back flap and added a little black scallop. On the front I have Stamped the Bird and Branch on the front. How pretty does it look.

Materials Used:
Stamps: Bird on a Branch
Ink: VersaMark, Jet Black StazOn and Baja Breeze
Paper: Baja Breeze DSP and Cardstock, Basic Black and Whisper White
Other: Clear embossing powder, Scallop edge and square punch.
Non-SU: Pearls, Oval Spellbinder, Black Ribbon and Button

I made this card yesterday for Family Friends that I wanted to send a message of love and support to after a shock death within their Family over the weekend. I started making this card with a completely different end result in my mind but it ended up looking like a card I had make before for my Mum, But I still liked it and I knew that the recipient’s would appreciate the effort anyway.

This is only a short post today because I don’t really have a lot to say but I just want to remind everyone reading this to Cherish today and the one’s you love

I get asked all the time about how I package up my Cards that are very “bulky”, This card was a little “bulky” so I have made a thin envelope box to sit the card in. The lid is just a Cardstock flap, with ribbon keeping the flap closed.

Materials Used:
Stamps: Bird on a Branch and Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Jet Black StazOn and Baja Breeze
Cardstock: Watercolour, Very Vanilla and Baja Breeze
Printed Papers: Baja Breeze and Urban Oasis
Other: Blender Pen, Large Pearl from Pretties Kit, Large Flower Brad
Non-SU: Taffeta Ribbon in Cream.

I am often asked how I come up with all my idea’s, Well I don’t have a direct answer but I can say some time it just happens and the ideas flow then other times (like now) I need to work a little harder to come up with ideas, When this happens I look back at cards I have made in the past and “case” myself, For those of you who have no idea what “case” means it is Copy and Share everything.

So the other day I needed to make a card and I was not feeling very Creative so I looked through my blog at other cards I made make and found THIS card I made mid last year and I case’d that card to came up with this card below. Can I just say, looking back through my old stuff sent chill’s down my back, I never realised how much my style has changed and gee my photography has improved.

Materials used:
Stamps: Flight of the butterfly, Polka Dot Background and Bird on a Branch
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red
Ink: Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red
Other: Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Pink Pirouette Designer Button and Kaiser tiny Pearls