Tilly With Gift

With Valentine's Day later this week, I've got a bit of a love theme happening today, with sweet Tilly the puppy from Wild Rose Studio. The whole card was inspired by the papers and I tried to match the colours used on my image to the papers.

I'm really liking the double bow effect at the moment, and seem to do it on every bow now!  I got myself a little bow maker about a month ago, and love that I can now do double bows with it.  It works really well with this vintage style ribbon as the knot isn't too thick.  On the thicker satin ribbons I usually use a pearl brad to hold the bow onto the card, but it's not needed here.

Card Recipe, featuring items from The Stamp Basket:

• Image - WRS Tilly with Gift
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, White Gel Pen
• Cardworks Card base
• Dovecraft Back To Basics II Pink
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Vintage Style Ribbon Pink
• Corner Die
• Pearls

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Bella - Satuated Canary

Hi everyone..., Natalie's here...

Today I want to show you my new card which I've made for The Stamp Basket... This time I've colored another beautiful image from Saturated Canary called Bella..

 Recipe:

Stamp: Saturated Canary Bella 
Paper: Prima Nature Garden (on Sale)
Card Blank: On the Edge Card Pack - scallop white (size 6)
 Dies: Whimsy Corner Dies Set
Embellishments: White Flat Lace, Vintage Style Ribbon - Cream - 14mm, The Hobby House Rhinestones - Clear, Button Mix - Christmas, Burlap Twine - Natural, Stickles Glitter Glue - Star Dust, Ranger - Mini Glossy Accents, Tsukineko Memento Dewdrop Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain  

Thanks for stopping by...

 Hugs Natalie xx

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Bella with Wand

It's Annette here today with my final Stamp Basket card for 2012.  This time it's Bella with Wand using some gorgeous Nitwit papers in dark aqua and purples.  These are not specifically Christmassy papers, but I think the rich colours look fab, and I've coloured the image to match.







All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Bella with Wand from Wild Rose Studio
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Nitwits Noah's Ark Papers
• Whimsy Holiday Notables Sentiment
• Whimsy Notables Die
• Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant
• Memory Box Snowflake Corner
• Whiff of Joy Star Festoon
• Whimsy Corner Dies
• Liquid Pearls
• Hobby House Purple Pearls
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Berisford Satin Ribbon Aqua
• Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Stickles

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all Stamp Basket customers a Happy New Year, and I'll see you next weekend.
Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Non-Christmas Letters....

Hi,

I have a simple non-Christmas card to show you today using the gorgeous Bildmalarna ‘Christmas Letters’ stamp…which is one of the stamps on special offer in our store this weekend! I just love these stamps and although Christmas appears in the title of the stamp, I think it’s one of those Bildmalarna stamps that can be multi-purpose!

Here’s a close up of the image, coloured with copics

I’ve used the gorgeous Prima ‘Almanac’ papers matted onto Bazzill Kraft.

Recipe

All products listed available in our on-line store

Stamps: Bildmalarna ‘Christmas Letters’

Papers: Prima ‘Almanac’

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack; Bazzill Kraft and Carob

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: Vintage style walnut ribbon; May Arts 38mm ivory crotchet lace; May Arts Burlap twine – natural;  Deco Art crystal glamour dust; Prima wooden button; 3mm ivory pearls

Tools: Memory Box Poppy Stamps ‘Simple Banner’ die; Whimsy Corner Die Set  

Hoping you have a lovely weekend…and if you get time, don’t forget to drop buy our store and have a look at the special offers on Bildmalarna and Stampavie stamps!

Hugs,
Janet xx

Purple Tilly

I've got another card to share today on behalf of The Stamp Basket.  This one's less of a traditional Christmas colour card, but I think it is sometimes nice to be different!

I love the sweet snowflake embossing folder and the gorgeous corner dies.  I'm also in love with this small bistro label die.  It's a great size.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Tilly With Gift
• Card base - Elegant Edge
• Embossing Folder - Spellbinders Holiday Magic
• Sentiment die - Memory Box Bistro Label
• Corner dies - Whimsy Corner Dies
• Scroll die - Nellie Snellen Flower Swirl
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

Have a craftastic weekend! 

Annette

xx

Tilly with Presents

It's Annette with another card to share today on behalf of The Stamp Basket.  This one's a birthday card though, rather than a Christmas card (well it is still only October!).  I've used cute Tilly with a huge pile of presents.  I've used one of my favourite colour combos of pink and blue and some gorgeous dies.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Tilly with Presents
• Card base - Scalloped Edge
• Papers - Nitwits Joyful Hearts
• Sentiment die - Bistro Label Die
• Ribbon - Vintage Style Limoges
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Corner dies - Whimsy Corner Dies Set
• Swirl Die - Nellie Snellen Flower Swirl

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

In the Meadow

Hello, Lisa here with my card for this week, which is also my last as a DT member for The Stamp Basket...

So I'd just like to say thank you Janet for having me on your first Design Team, and thank you to all of you for your lovely comments on my cards :o)

Craftwork Cards straight edge card blank

Wild Rose Studio - In The Meadow stamp

Wild Rose Studio - Annabelle's Meadow papers

Prima Essential Petals - Meadowlark

Whimsy Corner Dies Set

White flat lace - 2 1/4"

The Hobby House - 8mm pearl brads & Clear Rhinestones

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Dandelion Girl

Hello all on this very overcast and muggy day...I have a card to show you that I made many weeks ago...when the weather was, dare I say, fabulous! I've used a lovely Whimsy image called 'Dandelion Girl'...she's such a cutie, isn't she? Takes me back to my childhood when I, too, blew the dandelion clocks...and someone else did the weeding! The sentiment is one of my current favourites from the Whimsy 'Ticket Notes' set.

The papers are from the fabulous Prima Fairy Belle pad with co-ordinating wooden button on ivory crotchet lace. All details below - linked products available at The Stamp Basket.

Recipe

Stamps: Whimsy Dandelion Girl and Whimsy Ticket Notes

Papers: Prima Fairy Belle

Card: CraftworkCards On the Edge - Scalloped; Bazzill Carob

Tools: Whimsy Corner Die Set; memento tuxedo black ink; Martha Stewart frond branch punch;

Embellishments: 5mmivory silk pearls; Prima Fairy Belle Wooden Button; May Arts 38mm IvoryCrotchet Lace; May Arts Burlap Twine – natural; Ranger Stickles – star dust; flowers from my stash

Thanks for stopping by - your comments are so much appreciated. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

Hugs,

Janet xx

Tilly with Rose

Hello Girls... Natalie's here...
Today I want to show you my new card which I've made for
The Stamp Basket...
For my card today, I used gorgeous stamp from Wild Rose Studio
"Tilly with Rose", and coloured it with copic markers.  

 Items available from

The Stamp Basket:

 Card Blank: Craftwork Cards - Straight Edge Card Pack - white (size 6)

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio - Tilly with Rose
Molly Blooms - Festive Postcard
Papers: Prima - Song Bird
Dies: Memory Box - Serafina Heart 
 Whimsy - Corner Dies
  Embellishments: Vintage Style Ribbon - Pink - 14mm,  
White Flat Lace - 2 1/4" , 
The Hobby House Pearls - Snow White 3mm, 4mm, 5mm,  
Button Mix - Pink,
 Burlap Twine - Natural,  
Wooden Mini Peg,
 Ranger Liquid Pearls - White Opal,
 Stickles Glitter Glue - Diamond,  
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain

   Hugs Natalie xx 

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Tilly with presents

Hi Liz here again on a very beautiful day, the weather has finally turned into summer and oh how nice it is to see too,

my card today has a real cutie image on from WRS called Tilly with presents, and is coloured with distress re-inkers

The fabulous papers are also by WRS and are from the Letters from Paris paper pad, I've added some stickles and gorgeous burgundy satin ribbon to finish it off,

Items from The Stamp Basket

Craftwork cards ~ scalloped edge

WRS ~ Tilly with presents

WRS ~ Letters from Paris papers

Berisfords ~ Burgundy satin ribbon
cream vintage style  ribbon

Memory Box ~Honey Blossom Sprig

Hobby House ivory pearls

Clear Rhinestones

Whimsy corner die cut

Distress re-inkers

Stickles ~ Star dust

check out the latest gorgeous products Janet has in store, they are irresistible!
happy crafting,
Hugs Liz xx 

A Little Bit of Country

Hi all,
The sun is shining and the weekend is nearly here! I have a card to show you today using an image from Stampavie called 'A Little Bit of Country'...it's the sort of image that makes my heart sing!

For the sentiment, I've chosen one from the lovely Whimsy Ticket Note stamp set...such lovely words on this set and a great way to send a little message to a friend or relative! We have finally managed to get hold of the Whimsy Ticket dies to use with this stamp set...harder to source than Hen's teeth, believe me...and I'm very pleased to say, we now have a good supply in stock! 

My papers are from the lovely Prima Fairy Belle pad with co-ordinating Prima Essential Fairy Belle Petals and Fairy Belle wooden button (these are gorgeous..lots of different shapes: hearts, stars, circles, all in muted tones!). All other embellies are listed below. 

Recipe

Stamps: Stampavie A Little Bit of Country; Whimsy Ticket Notes

Papers: Prima Fairy Belle

Card: Craftwork Cards – Scalloped Edge; Bazzill Brocade

Tools: Whimsy Corner Die Set

Embellishments: 5mm ivory silk pearls; Prima Fairy Belle Wooden Button; Prima Essential Petals– Fairy Belle; Berisfords Burgundy Satin Ribbon; May Arts Burlap Twine –natural; Ranger Stickles – star dust

..and before I go, there's still time to grab a bargain in our summer sale which ends on Monday 13th August 9-00a.m....so don't miss out! 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Tilly with Gift

Hello, Lisa here with a little Wild Rose Studio 'Tilly' creation - I can't resist these cute images!

Craftwork Cards - straight edge card blank

Wild Rose Studio - Tilly with Gift stamp

My Mind's Eye - Howdy Doody papers

Whimsy - corner dies set (back in stock!)

Memory Box - honeyblossom sprig die (available to order)

The Hobby House pearls

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Hokey Pokey with Birthday wishes

Hi Liz again with another card for The Stamp Basket

I used this gorgeous Nellie Snellen image called Hokey Pokey a couple of weeks back and thought she'd look good as a Birthday wishes fairy too,

I love how easy she is to colour and again I've used my distress re-inkers to colour her and the background,

I love these white pearls I've used on her skirt too,

Items from The Stamp Basket

Nellie Snellen ~  Hokey Pokey ( in the sale)

Prima papers ~ sunkiss ( in the sale )

Memory Box ~ Honey Blossom sprig

5mm and 3 mm snow white pearls

Distress re-inkers

Whimsy corner dies ( sold out at the moment)

Berisfords ~ aqua satin ribbon

Happy Crafting!
Hugs L:iz xx

Tilly with Flowers

Hello, Lisa here with this week's card to show you

I've used one of the very cute Tilly images from Wild Rose Studio - I love Tilly, I think she's just adorable!

Craftwork Cards - scalloped edge card blank

Wild Rose Studio - Tilly with Flowers stamp

Wild Rose Studio - Letters From Paris papers

Whimsy - corner die set (currently out of stock)

Vintage style pink ribbon

The Hobby House rhinestones - clear

The Hobby House - pearls

Thanks for popping in, hope you've had a lovely day :o)

Whisper Geranium

Hi all,
I have a card to show you today using one of the new Memory Box Whisper Print stamps. There are four stamps in the series and this one is called 'geranium'.

I love experimenting with stamps and this 'play' took me back years to when I first started stamping. First, I coloured the stamp with Marvey Le Plume pens (you can also use inks and paints in the same way) blending two different shades on both the petals and stalk. I then spritzed the stamp with water…I love this bit because varying the amount of water used gives different effects…so don’t be afraid to experiment (the first stamped images underneath the petals are nicely puddled!). I then pressed three images directly onto my card and left to dry (you could use a heat gun if you get impatient!). I repeated the process on a separate piece of card, this time just colouring the petals of the flower. When dry, I cut out the petals and decoupaged the flower heads. I was watching a fourth set Murray match when I stamped the second set of images so my eye was more on the ball than the stamping and I didn't quite do enough spritzing for the effect I wanted!

This is such a quick and easy technique to do and produces some lovely effects…so go create!

Recipe:

Stamp: Memory Box Whisper Print Geranium; Wild Rose Studio Tilly with Flowers (text stamp)

Card: Bazzill Fairy Dust; Personal Impressions Premium white

Tools: Whimsy Corner Die set; Memory Box Vivienne butterfly and Darla Butterfly; DooHickey Swirl and leaf

Embellishments: Berisfords 15mm white super sheer ribbon; The Hobby House mixed sized rhinestones; Ranger Stickles – Star Dust

Pink ribbon and background paper offcut from stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Christmas in July

Hi Liz here with a card for our Christmas in July fortnight for The Stamp Basket

I've used this gorgeous Bilmalarna stamp called Mimosa Snowflake isn't she cute! she's coloured with my distress re-inkers and the fabby papers are by Papermania, these are lovely in traditional colours of red, green and golds,

Items used from The Stamp Basket

Craftwork cards ~ Elegant square card size 6

 Papermania ~ At Christmas time papers

Bilmalarna ~ Mimosa Snowflake stamp 

Molly Blooms ~ Festive postcard
Molly Blooms ~ Happy Christmas stacked text stamp

 The Hobby House ~ Clear Rhinestones

Berisfords ~ Satin red ribbon

Cream Vintage ribbon

Stardust Stickles

Whimsy corner die These are in a set and are brill

Distress re-inkers 

Distress ink pads

Don't forget Janet has a sale on at the moment ,
Happy Crafting,
Hugs Liz xx

Lemon Pepper

Hi everybody... Natalie's here... 

Today I'll show my new card for

 The Stamp Basket...

For my card I've used beautiful stamp called "Lemon Pepper" from the Little Cottage Cuties Collection illustrated by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps. I colored my image with copic markers...

Items available from The Stamp Basket

Card Blank: Craftwork On the Edge Card Pack - Elegant white (size 6)

Stamp: Whimsy "Lemon Pepper"

Papers: Prima - "Sun Kiss"

Dies: Memory Box - Catalina Wreath

Whimsy Corner Dies Set

Embellishments: Berisfords Satin Ribbon - Aqua - 15mm, Button Mix - Pastel, Burlap Twine - Natural, The Hobby House Rhinestones - Clear, Stickles Glitter Glue - Star Dust

Thanks for stopping by...

 Hugs Natalie xx

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Tilly with Rose

Hi Ladies....

I have a new card to share with you today... which I've made for The Stamp Basket.. 

For my card today, I used  another gorgeous stamp from Wild Rose Studio

 "Tilly with Rose",  and coloured it with copic markers. 

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 Items available from

The Stamp Basket:
Card Blank: Craftwork Cards - On the Edge Card Pack - scallop white (size 6)
Stamp: WRS - Tilly with Rose
Papers: MME - Howdy Doody
Dies: Whimsy - Corner Dies Set

Embellishments: Pearls: The Hobby House 3mm, 4mm, 5mm - Ivory Silk

Ribbon: Vintage Style Ribbon - Cream - 14mm

Glitter: Stickles Glitter Glue - Star Dust
  Liquid pearls: Ranger Liquid Pearls - White Opal

Thanks for stopping by...

 Hugs Natalie xx

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Gardening Fun

Hi,

I hope you are having a good weekend! I have a card to show you today that has been made to wish fathers everywhere a Happy Father’s Day! The image, which is currently in the sale at The Stamp Basket online store, is from Stampavie and is called ‘Gardening Fun’....designer Penny Johnson certainly makes it look fun with all the little helpers on board!

The sentiment on the tag is from the Tina Wenke ‘With love’ stamp set – I just love this set – it’s so versatile, with sentiments suitable for all occasions...and it's also, on special offer at the moment at The Stamp Basket!

The gorgeous background papers are from the Prima ‘Nature Garden’ pad…just so apt for the image! This really is a beautiful pad of paper whether ‘dressed up’ or ‘dressed down’, and can be used to enhance a project or stand alone to speak for themselves as in some of the cards that Kerry‘s made recently. The good news is, this pad, along with a range of other gorgeous Prima pads, is also in the sale over at The Stamp Basket...so if you've not already done so, why not pop over and take a look...there are lots of bargains to be had!

Now to my dies...I’ve used a range of dies on this card…the Whimsy Corner die set; Memory Box Macarena Corner and Memory Box Nestled Bird cut from the background papers…this is such a sweet, subtle little die which I think adds a lovely detail to outdoor style projects!

Recipe:

The following items are available at The Stamp Basket online store:

Stamps: Stampavie ‘Gardening Fun’; ‘With Love’

Papers: Prima ‘Garden Nature’ 6 x 6 paper pack

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack

Tools: Memory Box ‘Nestled Bird’ and ‘Macarena Corner’; Whimsy ‘Corner Die set’

Embellishments:  Mixed rhinestones; Prima Fairy Belle Essential Petals; May Arts 38mm Ivory Crotchet Lace; vintage style limoges ribbon; May Artsnatural burlap twine; mini peg

Well, that's all from me for today...thanks for stopping by and I do hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Cuddly Siblings

Hello, Lisa here with a very late post and a card for my hubby as it's our anniversary today :o)

Craftwork Cards scalloped edge card blank

Magnolia Cuddly Siblings stamp

My Minds Eye Fiddlesticks papers

Whimsy corner dies set

The Hobby House - clear rhinestones

Stickles - diamond (on Tilda's dress)

Hope you've been enjoying the Jubilee celebrations!

Don't forget there's a sale at The Stamp Basket at the moment - both the stamp and papers I've used are in the sale at a fab price...

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening :o)