A few mini cards - and Play Date Cafe Take 2

Hi everyone

I've not really had the mojo for making big cards lately, so decided I would just make some overdue thank you cards for myself, little mini ones (all 3' x 3').

My first one was done using the latest Play Date Cafe colours. You still have time to join in, the Unity giveaway is FAB, 75$ of yummy Unity-ness!  See my previous post here for full details!

For this card I used the gorgeous butterfly dandelion from 'The Simple Things' set from {Ippity} by Unity  (that's just what I call it!  If you look closely the petals are little butterflies lol).

My other cards are made using the new Lawn Fawn  'Judy's Blooms' and 'Petite Florals' (which is just new to me!) I saw how well they combined so just had to mix the two sets together.

Hope you likey!

Don't forget I do sell {ippity} so if you like the stamps click on my {ippity} link at the top of my blog or click here.  I do have the full Spring collection, although it's not all listed yet, I had a few technical issues!  Drop me an e-mail if there's something you like that you see! 

Ciao for now! 

My first card with the new {ippity} stamps...

Hi again everyone

As promised I'm back to share another card with you.  This time it is with one of the new sets by {ippity} called 'Now and Always'.  This is my favourite set of all of them.  I just love the way you can paper piece the flowers, FAB!!

This is my card;

For this card I used the Embellish Colour Challenge and the Caardvarks May sketch challenge set by Heidi Van Laar.  Now I've been following Caardvarks for EVER, but I have never quite got around to joining in on their challenges, so I am very pleased to have crossed something else off my list! 

Have you noticed I like my lists?!  According to one of those psychological tests that I took many years ago I am a 'completer' and a 'planner'.  Hmmm, not sure that always works in real life but there is an element of truth in it!!  I tend to just wing it a bit more now that I'm older, which just totally adds to your stress levels lol. 


So.. what do you think of this new YUMMY set then?  You likey??  I lovey!!!!  You wait until you see the rest of them!!!  If you haven't seen them yet then don't worry, I will be making some cards over the next few days that I will share with you.

This was a very simple card to put together.  I used October Afternoon papers, with some Bazill cardstock.  The flower was paper pieced and layered using dimensionals, which was one of the Embellish challenge requirements (not that I had actually read that, so I was quite fortunate that I pretty much always use dimensionals!)  The sentiment was from my new Waltzingmouse Fancy Phrases stamps.  Those stamps are fab, they fit into the Nestie Fancy Tags cutters.  Love them, and they have great phrases too that can be used on all sorts of cards.  To finish my card I simply distressed some of the edges using Tim Holtz tea die.

Hope you like!

News.... Ippity

Guess what... I started using {ippity} stamps a little while ago, and seeing the cute designs they do, and now having played with them I know how well they stamp so I have decided to start selling them!! I'm really excited about it all!!! I'm going to be an ippity chick!! Yay!!

I think I've come in on it all at a great time, because I've seen the new release due to come out on 13th May and I have to say it is FAB!!! I LOVE some of the designs and I know you will too!

When I first started this blog I was very anti-rubber stamping. I much preferred my die cuts, but now having made many online friends and gaining so much inspiration, pretty much daily, as I've said in the past, I feel I can now make card designs that are contemporary with rubber stamps and not out-dated as I viewed them a while ago.

They say 'never say never'! I used to hate butterflies on cards too, can you believe that?!! I never thought I would do digital either, but that's another area I'm starting to venture into. What I love about it is that it's great being able to get your 'stamps' immediately, no waiting! Every crafting girl wants to create as soon as they see what they like, right?!

There are just SO many things to learn about cardmaking, and blogging has opened up a whole world of new ideas. I love it! Thank you so much to everyone for their kind comments, you have NO idea how much they mean to me. Even now I still do a happy dance every time I get a new follower, each and every comment and each and every follower makes me smile, so a great big THANK YOU for your support!

It would be a good time to follow my blog now so that you don't miss out on the new releases. I will be setting up a separate blog eventually for my stamps, but in the meantime, until I can get that organised please feel free to e-mail me. Once I can share the new releases with you I will. Lots of fun things to come very soon with {ippity}.  I've only just signed up so I'm waiting for my delivery to arrive, but as soon as I can get my little mitts on them I will be sharing a few designs with you!

From tomorrow if you would like to place a pre-order with me you can e-mail me at rubyrubis@aol.com.