I used an early espresso and crumb cake colour scheme and was really pleased with the results. The cream panel has been spritzed with champagne shimmer mist mixed with isocol. It has a great shimmer to it (unfortunately you can't see it in the photo).
Here is a close up of the owls.
One of the demos at the Stampin Up Regional event in Sydney had used this idea as a hostess gift, and I thought it was a great one. You just make a 4" square card, stamp the image on the bottom right of the front cover, colour it in and punch it out. Once punched out, close the card and adhere the punched images in the holes with dimensionals.
Carde design #2:
Card design #3:
I wanted the stamp to pop so I used a whisper white card base, which I sprayed with champagne shimmer mist to give it a soft shimmer. Here is a close up.
It looks really effective.
I knew I would be buying the Well Scripted stamp set as soon as I saw the mini catalogue because I loved that it had father and mother sentiments in it. Here is a close up of the boat.
And a picture of the layers. I used the crimper on the baja breeze strip and sponged around the edges of all the layers.
And a close up of the image which I coloured in with my trusty blender pen while on holiday in New Zealand 18 months ago - I never quite got around to sending christmas cards last year with moving. I was really pleased with how they turned out and using the mini milk carton die was so easy and it took no time to make them all. We put a christmas rubber and chocolates in each carton.
Next is a homemade portion of a gift I gave to a friend. The package at the back is a packet of cake mix and the round one at the front it a tub of Betty Crocker ready made icing. This is the second one of these I have made. These are pretty easy to make and look really great when they are completed.
And finally some bags of truffles I made for my scrapbooking friends on our christmas dinner night out. Of course I left it until the last minute to do and ended up having to dip 90 truffles on the day of the dinner!
Well that's all from me today, be sure to check back later in the week to see a card I made with one of my new stamp sets.
Keep on creating.
xx Nicky
I stamped the valentine sentiment in pretty in pink and then stamped the flamingos over the top in cherry cobbler.
Next up is the bag, which I made with the fancy favour box for the big shot - love this as it is so very versatile, think children's party goody bags, friends birthday presents, easter baskets and lots more. I have made a handle for it and attached it to the side of the box with a medium brad.
Here is a picture of the two together. I was really happy with how they turned out. What do you think?
Well that's all for me today, I will be back later this week to share some more gift sets which I have made. Have a fabulous Sunday.
I also made "pirate goody bags". This is what they looked like.
And a close up of the topper I put on the cello bag.
I knew I wanted to make a pull out invitation so started off by making the cover. I stamped the treasure chest and pirate on scrap card and coloured them with my blender pen and markers before attaching. I ended up printing off the invitation in matching colours and attached these pieces to a piece of marina mist card and placed the pirate on top of that. You just pull on the pirate and the invitation piece comes out. 
I was really pleased with how they turned out and Sam loved them. I have made a pirate cake today and just have to ice it tomorrow and make some goodie bags (oh and I guess I should make him a card!).
I used not quite navy, real red and baja breeze for the colour scheme. I used the matching wheel with versamark on the background and stamped the ship on a scrap piece of card and then coloured it and cut it out. The number 5 was cut out with my big shot alphabet.
It uses all punches. The 1 3/8" circle for the eyes and nose, a 1/2" circle for the eyeballs and the extra large oval cut in half for the mouth.
I stamped the marina mist piece with the new french filigree background stamp and embossed the tangerine tango piece with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. 
If you fold the petals up, it looks really good. This is what it looks like from the side.
I was really happy with how my card turned out and will definately be using this colour combination again.
The sentiment at the bottom is from the new christmas greetings stamp set. There are two stamps in the set, the merry christmas and a really lovely saying for the inside of your card as well. Here is a close up of the bauble which I have matted on a cut out of the ornament from the holiday window movers and shapers moveable pieces. As this is a brand new solid stamp, the ink coverage isn't the best at the moment, and that is why it is a little blotchy, but after a bit more use it will stamp perfectly.
I am liking this version a lot and I think it is a front runner in my christmas card selection at the moment, I will have to see what else I can come up with, before I make my final decision.