Simply Stampin' Challenge - Punch Art - Anniversary card

Hello everyone, it seems to be brightening up here - fingers crossed!

I woke up and knew that I had to have a go at the simply stampin' challenge, which for this week is Punch Art, beginning of September is a busy month with birthdays and anniversaries, so I thought I'd start with this one - it's going to be for my aunt and uncle who live in Malta and go swimming every day, so this fitted it in nicely!

So here it is, which punches do you think I used?

Stamp Set - Build a blossom

 Designer Series paper

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Tempting Tourqiose, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red

Accessories - 2 step Owl punch, Ornament Punch, Extra Large Bird Punch, 3 Heart Punch

So let's see if you guessed right - I used the ornament punch for the fish, the bird punch for the seaweed and the fins/tail. I also used the owl punch for the eyes and the 3 heart punch for the mouth! I love it! I saw this once on the internet, I think her name is Miriam, so thanks for sharing and hope you all like. As always, I love reading your comments!

until next time 

D x

Bird Punch Class

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine, we certainly have and yesterday at the monthly card class we were feeling the heat as we completed these 3 fab projects.

Here they are close up - 

I just the love colour combo here of Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie.

This one is very simple, using Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery and Whisper white. Can you recognise which part of the bird punch was used here?

The colours used her were Elegant Eggplant and the Certainly Celery. 

Here are some pictures of the girls, I was very impressed how everyone managed to finish all 3, so well done to them.

Here are Ashley, Sam and Linda concentrating very hard. 

I have more photos to upload but having some technical issues at the mo. So please do pop back to see them and comments are much appreciated.

D x

Preparing for my first party!

Hi all, just a sneak preview at some of the things I'm preparing to display at my first party this week.

I used an idea I came across on the internet, so thank you to whoever that was. I altered it slightly by adding the love heart on the ribbon. I used the i (heart) hearts stamp for the heart and the wings, I just stamped extra hearts and punched the wings out of them, again I'm using my favourite punch - the extra large bird. I also used the whisper white card and ribbon and the Olive Green Stampin' Ink. Hopefully there will be more to follow!

Happy New Year everyone!

Hi to all in 2011.
Before I wipe the slate clean, so to speak, I just wanted to upload the last few pictures of some Christmas treat boxes I made for some colleagues at work.

These were also filled with a few Christmas Shortbread biscuits. The person who got me into Stampin' Up! Helen (see her blog on my list!) kindly gave me the 'pattern'. If you would like the instructions - it requires a drawing to be somehow translated into word - I will try! Email me at head-over-heels-by-dlm@hotmail.com and I will send it to you!