My Mother-inlaws birthday was this past weekend and we celebrated with a lovely afternoon tea on Sunday. Her favourite colour is green but she really likes the soft subtles colours especially the Sage Shadow. So I made this card with that in mind.

I have used Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Brocade Blue and Whisper White. Stamp set: Botanical Blooms and (Hostess Set/Retired) Warmest Regards. Inks Brocade Blue, Sage Shadow and Basic Black and the Mat Pack.

She loved the card.

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I spent this weekend preparing for Worshops I have next week. Again I have themed it on “Valentines Day” so here are the Make & Take projects I have prepared for the guests to make.  

Here is a seperate view of the two projects:

For the card I have used the heart from A happy Heart Stamp set and like my challenge card (In the post below) I have incorporated the dashing striped pattern paper with real red and regal rose cardstock.

For the Heart Chocolate gift I have used the Top Note Pattern cut out in regal rose cardstock, folded it in half to attach to the bag the 2 heart chocolates are in. Stamped the heart stamp from the SAB Polka Dot stamp set, as well stamped the words ”With Love” stamp from the SAB Yummy stamp set all in real red ink then used the real red Stampin’ Write Marker to add the faux stitching around the top note to finish it off.

 Design Cindy Banks – Images© 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®

This weeks challenge for the Southern Belles is a Red & Black theme, so I have kept on with the Valentines theme to make this card and Layout.

I have stamped the red cardstock on the card with Polka dot Background in Real Red ink, but it hasn’t shown up very well in the photo Sorry!

Card Recipe: Stamp sets: A Happy Heart, Polka Dot Background Stamp. Cardstock: Real Red, Black. Ink: Real Red, Basic Black. Designer Series Paper: Dashing. Ribbon: Grosgrain Striped Real Red and Silver Split Pins.

Layout Recipe: Stamp sets: Polka Dot Punches, Floral Background Stamp & A Happy Heart. Cardstock: Real Red, Black. Ink: Real Red. Designer Series Paper: Dashing. Ribbon: Grosgrain Striped Real Red.  

Design Cindy Banks – Images 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®

I just love the colours Regal Rose and Rose Red, they are perfect colours for Valentines. Here are some cards I have made in these two colours using these two cute stamp sets A Happy Heart and Love Owl-ways which are available from Stampin’ Up’s Summer Mini Catalogue.

Design Cindy Banks – Images 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®

There are so many blogs I like to browse and a lot of them have challenges for card and scrapbooking layouts. So far I have only participated in my group Southern Belles challenges, but I thought this time I would take up a Colour challenge from a blog I found, which you can see here: “Inkspirations by Makeesha Byl”.

The colours for the challenge are Blue Bayou, Ruby Red and Sage Shadow. Here is the card I made, I have picked Valentines as my theme which I have used “A Happy Heart” stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin’ Up!®

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: A Happy Heart and Polka Dot. Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Ruby Red and Sage Shadow. Ink: Ruby Red, Sage Shadow and Blue Bayou. Stampin’ Write Marker: Sage Shadow. Ribbon: Grosgrain 5/8″ Chocolate Chip.

Design Cindy Banks – Images 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®

This weeks Southern Belle’s challenge is to make a card or layout using colours from Stampin’ Up! Earth Elements colour range. So here is the card I made:

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Eastern Blooms. Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, Old Olive and Whisper White. Ink: Versa Mark, Cameo Coral. Scallop Punch, Mat Pack and Signo White Gel Pen.

Design Cindy Banks – Images 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®

As I can imagine most people’s weeks are hetic and thats what mine has been this week, so I have only just managed to get some time to fit in this weeks challenge which was to create a card with glitter. Hope you like this card.

Recipe: Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose. Stamp Sets: Office Accoutrement, Polka Dot and A Beautiful Thing. Ink: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose. Signo Gel white Pen and Glitter.

Design Cindy Banks – Images © 1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

As per usual I am behind with the weekly challenges set for our group the Southern Belles, so I have tried to catch up with these three cards. The first card is Unusal Background Challenge:

For this unusal backgound I have taken Whisper White cardstock and dobbed three different purple shades of colour and stippled them with a brush to blend the colours together. Then once dry I have stamped the background stamp “Floral” in Perfect Plum ink on top of the painted backgound.

Gloss Card Challenge:

This gloss card challenge I have used the crayon resist technique. Stamp your image in Stazon Black ink, then with a white crayon, colour in parts of the stamped image you want to leave white, then with the colour of your choice ( I have used Regal Rose) sponge over the stamped images to create the crayon resist effect.

Quick Card Challenge:

I find making christmas cards I don’t want to have to spend a lot of time in making, especially when you have to make alot so I thought this card is perfect for the quick card challenge as it is very quick and easy to make.

Design Cindy Banks – Images © 1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

Here are a couple of cards I have made using the Season of Joy Stamp Set, and Designer Series Paper Holiday Harmony which is available until Nov 31st from the Spring Mini Catalogue.

Artwork Cindy Banks – Images©1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

I caught up with my friend for coffee today as it was her birthday. I made a batch of cupcakes to take for her and sticking with the theme I made this card:

She really liked the card and the cupcakes too.

Recipe: Stamp Set-Big Bold Birthday,Hostess Set-For a Friend. Cardstock-Chocolate Chip,Regal Rose,Whisper White and Pretty in Pink. Ink-Chocolate Chip,Regal Rose. Markers-Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink. Ribbon-Regal Rose 1.6cm Gros-grain. Pattern Paper-Spring Fling. Punch-Corner Rounder.

Design Cindy Banks-Images©1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!