Shoe Box Swap - Goolish Googlies

This is the project that my Stampin' Up! mummy Julie Kettlewell made for the shoe box swap event a week or so back. The items are from the Goolish Goolies bundle, from the newly released Autumn/Winter Catalogue. This is a great value set, one of the new bundles, consisting of the Goolish Goolies Designer Kit, the Googlies (self adhesive-backed eyes) and the Googly Ghouls stamp set. You can save 15% by buying the bundle at just £18.50 for the wood set and £15.95 for the clear. Basic black card stock was scored with the Simply Scored board, and then the front cut with the Edgelit dies. Versamark ink was used to stamp the Boooo image, which was then covered with clear embossing powder, which was then heated with the heat tool. The orange and black paper is from Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP, which then had Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon tied around. A tag was used from the Goolies kit, which had two bats stamped and cut out placed on it, with the googly eyes. To finish it off, liquorice and mints were placed in a Cellophane bag, with ruffled ribbon tied at the top. Perfect for your halloween parties!

Crafternoon Tea Class - Sweet Boxes

Here's the final item we made at the Crafternoon Tea event. Little triangular boxes, made with Sweet Shop DSP, using the Simply Scored board.

A rectangular piece of paper cut to 8 cm x 16 cm was the starting point. We scored the papers at 8 cm on the long side, and then marked the middle of the short side, at 4 cm. A score line was then made from the middle of the short side down to the fold on the long side.

The crop-a-dile was then used to make a hole in each side, and then Ruffled Ribbon was tied through and tied into a bow or a knot at the top. The Oval All stamp set was used for the sentiment, which was punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch.

I really like these, and I can see myself making a few more in the future. Any papers could be used, and they don't take long to prepare or make. We were given some chocolates to place inside them at the class, but they quickly got eaten when I got home. That thing we all do, open the cupboards, look in the fridge, sit down, then do it again hoping some chocolate has appeared...it's great having a craft room full of treat boxes like this, a perfect emergency stash that I forget is there.

 

Crafternoon Tea Class - Tea Shoppe

Here's the last card from the Crafternoon Tea class I went to. It would have been daft for Kylie not to take advantage of the lovely stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue, called Tea Shoppe. This is the card she designed for us to make.

The colour combo is Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight, with Very Vanilla. Three tea cups were stamped and punched out with the 1-3/8" (3.5cm) Circle Punch. These were mounted into a strip of dotty papers from the Subtles paper stack, which was the placed onto a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock, which had been edge punched with the Scallop Border Punch. The Just For You sentiment was punched using the Word Window Punch, then mounted onto Daffodil Delight punched with the Modern Label Punch. Flowers punched from the Itty Bitty Punch set were placed onto the cups. Lovely and simple!

Crafternoon Tea Class - Mixed Bunch & Everyday Enchantment

The second card we made at the Crafternoon Tea class, was using the Mixed Bunch stamp set with the Blossom punch, and the Everyday Enchantment papers that were brought back in July due to popular demand! The papers were originally available during Sale-a-Bration earlier this year.

The colour combo for this card is Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade, with Very Vanilla. The circle type images were stamped as a background into the Very Vanilla card, with a strip of the Everyday Enchantment DSP placed towards the bottom. Two flowers were stamped in Calypso Coral, and punched with the matching Blossom punch, with a Lucky Limeade In Colour designer printed brad through the middle. The I'm here for you sentiment is from Petite Pairs.

Dock Street Market workshop today

I hope you are all enjoying your Bank Holiday weekend so far. It's a shame the weather isn't better, but then we are in England! What we moan about without the bad or disappointing weather.

Not to worry, there's plenty to do today no matter the weather.

I'm doing a kids craft workshop today (big kids welcome too) at Dock Street Market, Leeds. There's music and lots of other activities too, and lots of lovely food and drinks.

https://festivalofsorts.eventbrite.com/

Come along, and get crafty!

Crafternoon Tea Class - Easy Events

A few weeks ago, my friend and downline Kylie held her first official craft event. I went along for a bit of moral support, and to do a bit of crafting and eating buns, sarnies and a cuppa or two. The event went really well, and it was a full house with about 14 people attending. We made three simple projects, she'd kept them easy so we had plenty of time to eat and chat too!

The first card I'll share from the day uses the stamp set Easy Events. I don't have this set, but I love using it. There's a stamp with a sentiment for every occasion, Birthdays, Weddings, Christmas, Baby, Thank You, and lots more that could be used for any occasion. They're great images too, everyone likes a bit of colouring in now and again don't they?

The card stock was Melon Mambo, with a layer of Whisper White that had been embossed using the Big Shot and the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. I used the Hello image of a cuckoo clock on my card. A bow was tied around the image layer, using the Melon Mambo Scallop Dots Ribbon. For a bit of bling, a Rhinestone Jewel was placed on the top of the cuckoo clock image.

Reason To Smile

During the month of August, you can get a free stamp set, called Reason To Smile, with a order of £60, or you can buy it for £18.95 in wood, or £14.95 in clear. It's a lovely set, with background images and co-ordinating outline images. You can see from my cards, that you can use them separately, or combine the two.

These are a couple of cards I made at a recent team training event. The colour combo for both cards are Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, and Pool Party. These cards would be perfect to use at a workshop, to demonstrate a simple quick card, with a stepped up version to show how easy it is to make a simple card a bit fancier. The fancier card has a couple of Antique Brads and some Pool Party ruffled ribbon for extra impact.

If you'd like to get hold of this set, please get in contact.