It's party time!

Hi all,

With a Bank Holiday weekend coming up in the UK, many of you may be planning a party and to celebrate, we have some special offers on this week at The Stamp Basket on a range of products suitable for parties!

To kick off our party celebrations today, I have a card to show you using the new Summer Bella Collection!

 

This adorable image is called Bella ‘Carrying  a Pile of Presents’ (re-named by WRS)…isn’t she just so cute and sure to get any party off with a swing! I’ve teamed her with papers from the new WRS ‘Bella’s Birthday’ paper pack…if you love pinks and cornflowers blues, you really will adore this pad!

Here’s a close up of the image which has been blinged with glamour dust and stickles! 

I’ve also decorated the inside of the card with matching papers, and stamped and coloured the Magnolia ‘Lovely Balloons’ to match, too…just love the shape of those balloons and the image is a great size for a variety of projects!

 

 

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Wild RoseStudio ‘Bella Carrying a Pile of Presents’; Magnolia ‘Lovely Balloons’; Wild Rose Studio ‘Circle Greetings’

Papers: Wild Rose Studio ‘Bella’s Birthday’

Card:  Bazzill ‘Impatiens’; Neenah Classic Crest

Ink: Memento ‘Tuxedo Black’

Tools: Whimsy ‘Circle Pennants Dies set’; Spellbinders ‘Floral Ovals’

Embellishments: Ranger stickles glitter ‘star dust’; Deco-Arts glamour dust - crystal;

Hugs,
Janet xx

Bildmalarna Tulip

Hi everyone.

I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend and are feeling refreshed! I have a card to show you today using Bildmalarna ‘Tulips’…this stamp is currently in our mega Spring sale! If you've not checked it out yet, make sure to stop by soon as there are lots of fab bargains to be had!

 

 

Here's a close up of the image coloured with copics:

 

I hope you like it!

Recipe:

Stamps: Bildmalarna ‘Little Winged Friends - Tulip’ and Wild Rose Studio ‘Circle Greetings’ (both in the sale)

Papers: Magnolia ‘Vintage Turquoise’ and ‘Cloudy Turquoise Hearts’ (in the sale)

Card: Craftwork Cards ‘On the Edge Scalloped White’; Bazzill Kraft

Tools: Memory Box ‘Hollyhock Stem’ and ‘Isabella Butterfly’; Martha Stewart PATP Eyelet Lace punch

Embellishments: Limoges vintage style ribbon; 3mm, 4mm and 5mm pearls

 

Many thanks for your lovely comments over the past few weeks – we do appreciate hearing from you so much. 

Hugs,

Janet

Mountain Lily

Hi all,

I have a card to show you today that I made quite a while ago using the gorgeous Whimsy ‘Mountain Lily’ stamp.

The gorgeous papers are My Mind’s Eye ‘Lavender’…I just can’t get enough of this pad…so soft and feminine!

I’ve used two sentiments on this card: Whimsy ‘Ticket Notes’ and Wild Rose Studio ‘Circle Greetings’. The Memory Box ‘Frostyville Wreath’ has been cut from Bazzill ‘Fawn’ which co-ordinates really well with the pinks in these papers.

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

Recipe:

Stamps: Whimsy ‘Mountain Lily’; Whimsy ‘Ticket Notes’ and Wild Rose Studio ‘Circle Greetings’ (in the sale)

Papers: My Mind’s Eye ‘Lavender’ (in the sale!)

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack; Bazzill ‘Fawn’

Tools: Memory Box ‘Frostyville Wreath’

Ink: Tsukeniko Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments:  4mm and 5mm ivory pearls; Ranger stickles –star dust (fairy wings); Deco Art Glamour Dust – crystal (waistcoat fur and pom-poms); vintage style ivory ribbon

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

Hugs,

Janet xx

Little Love.......

.......Bear

Hi all, Happy Tuseday!

Just stopping by to share my latest creation For 

The Stamp Basket

Who could resist this adorable little chap? certainly not me :)

Ingredients used:

Card blank ..craftword cards On the edge scallop white ( I punched the holes with my cropodile)

Image is Little love bear..penny Johnson for Stampavie

Sentiment Is circle greetings by wild rose studios

Papers are a mixture of Song bird and Sun kiss from Prima  which have been

cut into strips and glued down to form a pathwork

Memento tuxedo black ink

Ribbon is Berisfords Satin in Aqua

Button

Hobby house gems

Thanks for stopping by today

Kerry x

Kitty's Picnic

Hi everyone. I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I have a card to show you today, using an image from one of the Wild Rose Studio Printed Panel packs…definitely a great craft store cupboard stand-by for making those last minute cards!! This cute image is called Kitty’s Picnic and is one of the four designs (two of each printed panel plus four outlines) included in the pack...all I needed to do was add a bit of stickles glitz...and voila!

The paper that I have used is also from by the Wild Rose Studio Annabelle’s Meadow Collection and the sentiment is from the Wild Rose Studio Circle Greetings set.

I've had a lovely time playing with a range of dies on this card! The border is a Magnolia Doohickey ‘Sweet Lovely Lace’ which is on special offer this weekend. The cute little dragonfly is a Memory Box die called ‘Willow Dragonfly’...whilst I do like my butterfly dies, these dragonfly dies (Memory box have produced two of differing sizes with the new release) do add something a little bit different!

The sentiment frame has been made using the Whimsy ‘Elegant Notables 1’ die….and my two favourite dies of the moment (Memory Box Dancing Tulips and Tulip Petals) were used to create the flower and leaves. The Dancing Tulips die can be used independently, as Kerry did on her card earlier in the week, or teamed up with the Tulip Petals for a bigger bloom. Before I started, I wondered if it was going to be very fiddly sticking the four petal bits together, but I have to say, if you follow the four-staged picture on the packaging, it comes together very easily!   

The pearls are from our new range by the Hobby House – if you’ve not had chance to check them out yet, do pop over to the store. We are trialling four colours at the moment – ivory, snow white, wedding day and liking lilac…so, please let us know what you think!  

Recipe:

Papers: Wild Rose Studio Annabelle’s Meadow Printed Panels; Wild Rose Studio Annabelle’s Meadow 6 x 6 paper pack

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio Circle Greetings

Card: Bazzill Brocade; Bazzill White 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black    
 
Tools: Magnolia Doohickey ‘Sweet Lovely Lace’; Memory Box ‘Willow Dragonfly’; Whimsy ‘Elegant Notables 1’ die; Memory Box Dancing Tulips and Tulip Petals
Embellishments: Berisfords 38mm white super sheer ribbon; The Hobby House 3mm and 5mm snow white pearls; 2 1/4"White flat lace; Stickles - Star dust

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs,

Janet

Kitty Picnic

Hi all, Pickle here to show you my latest DT card

I'm loving these new Annabelles meadow goodies from Wild rose Studio

Click on the link to be taken to the products on the website

Paper Annabelles meadow paper pack

Image kitty picnic

Lace

Pearls

Sentiment circle greetings

Thanks for stopping by today

Kerry x

Ooh, la la...Laura and Henri!

Hello and a warm welcome to The Stamp Basket on this beautiful Spring day! I finally have a card to show you using one of the new Stampavie images by Sarah Kay called ‘Laura and Henri’…just so adorable!  
 

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

..and a close up of the sentiment stamped using one of the new 'Circle Greetings' set from Wild Rose Studio, mounted onto Magnolia paper. The heart is made using two Memory Box dies: La Rue Heart (just gorgeous on its own!), teamed with La Grand Heart.

The flower has been die cut using the Magnolia DooHickey Doily Flowers die and Magnolia Cloudy Turquoise Hearts paper, then glittered with Star Dust stickles.

Recipe:

All items listed are available at The Stamp Basket online store

Stamps: Stampavie ‘Laura and Henri’; Wild Rose Studio ‘Circle Greetings’

Papers: Magnolia ‘Sweet Crazy Love Cloudy Turquoise Hearts’ and ‘Vintage Turquoise’

Card:  Craftwork Cards – Scalloped-edge card; Bazzill Kraft

Embellishments: Dovecraft self-adhesive gemstones; May Arts 38mm Cream Ivory Crotchet Lace; Star Dust Stickles Glitter Glue

Tools: Memory Box La Rue Heart and Grand Heart dies; Magnolia DooHickey Doily Flowers die

Thanks for stopping by…hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

Janet

Saturday Afternoon at The Stamp Basket...and some GDT news!

A warm welcome to the Stamp Basket! I have a card to show you today with a delicate floral theme and full of nostalgia! The image, ‘In the Meadow’, is one of the new stamps from the Wild Rose Studio ‘Annabelle’s Meadow’ Collection….I chose girly pinks from the co-ordinating range of floral papers…and punched the small flowers on the fence from the same paper.

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

The detail in these stamps actually makes the images very easy to colour and as always with Wild Rose Studio stamps, there is a ready coloured image with the packaging which provides an excellent template for shading, colour combos etc. But as I mentioned earlier in the week, the printed panel packs (the 4 stamp designs printed onto squares of 300gsm card) are excellent if you are short on time or don’t consider yourself to be a stamper…they're also, absolutely perfect, for groups of children to use to make quick and easy Mother’s Day cards!

The sentiment that I've used is from the new Wild Rose Studio ‘Circle Greeting’ set – a lovely, very useful range of sentiments for all occasions - which I’ve backed with a small scrap of paper from the Wild Rose Studio ‘Letters from Paris’ paper pack.  

                                                   Card Recipe:

Stamp: Wild Rose Studio ‘In the Meadow’

Papers: Wild Rose Studio ‘Annabelle’s Meadow’ and ‘Letters from Paris’

Card:  Craftwork Cards – Straight-edge card

Embellishments: Dovecraft self-adhesive gemstones; Berisfords 15mm Super Sheer White Ribbon

…and now for news about the GDT call. Thank you so much to everyone who has responded to our guest designer call. We have been absolutely thrilled and honoured to hear from so many of you, and so pleased that you have expressed an interest in joining our DT. We have had a fabulous time visiting your blogs and have been very excited (and inspired) by the talent that we have seen! It is certainly not going to be easy to choose from all of your fabulous entries, so to help us in making a decision, we have so far, drawn up a (very long) short list!! We plan to re-visit the short listed blogs again this next week, and may be in contact with you, if there are questions that we might have about your entry, before making a final decision.

In the meantime, thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

Janet xx