Papillion Potpourri Card 5

This is the last Papillion Potpourri card that I'm sharing from the quarterly training event.  The colours used in this card are a lovely combination of Pool Party, Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit.  As with so many of the cards that I make and share with you, it's such a simple card, there's just a couple of colours of card stock, and inks involved.    A couple of Rhinestone Jewels were added to the centre of the butterflies for a bit of extra sparkle, and apart from that, it is a really simple card.

The stamp set is called Blooming With Kindness, and has five sentiments and the lovely flower image.  At just £16.95 for the clear mount set, it's such a versatile set, and could be used for so many different occasions.  

Oh Hello Training Card

Morning,

Today I'm sharing a card that I made at one of the Julie's Jems monthly team training events, back in January I think.  It's a card that uses a few products from the Spring Summer Catalogue.  The feature item of the card is the Paper Doilies.  These are great value, at £2.75 for 24 doilies.  The ribbon on this card is a new item too, called Two Tone Ribbon.  It's a lovely wide ribbon, and comes in two colours - Pink/Pirouette/Rose Red, and Basic Gray/Basic Black, which is the colour shown here.

A close up of the butterflies punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch and the Elegant Butterfly punch, from the More Amore papers.  Rhinestone Jewels were placed along the centre of the butterflies.  I've just spotted that the jewels on that middle butterfly are a bit wonky, oh well, at least it looks hand made!

The Oh Hello stamp is shown in this picture, from the stamp set "Oh Hello".  You can also see the detail on the doilies here too.  The sentiment has been stamped onto the oval shape zig zag stamp, which has been cut using the Big Shot and the Ovals Collection Framelits Dies.

1. Papers / Card Stock - Whisper White, More Amore DSP, Primrose Petals
2. Stamp Sets - Oh Hello
3. Tools - Ovals Collection Framelit Dies, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch
4. Embellishments - Paper Doilies, Basic Gray/Basic Black Two Tone Ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels
5. Inks/Markers - Basic Gray, Pool Party

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.

Jubilee Card Class - Crowns

I held a Jubilee themed card class at Dock Street Market on Tuesday, and here's one of the cards we made.  The colour combo is Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy and Crumb Cake.  The card has a fold in the middle of the card, I fancied making something a bit different to the standard shaped cards.  I used Artistic Etchings, and stamped the Crumb Cake with the crown stamp, and also with the small crown from Elementary Elegance, a Sale-a-bration stamp set.  The Perfect Pennants die was used to cut out the Not Quite Navy scalloped circle, and the 1-3/4" Circle punch was used the punch out the Riding Hood Red. Another crown was stamped and cut around, and had Rhinestone Jewels added for an extra bit of bling.  The edges of the Crumb cake and the circles were sponged with Crumb Cake ink and the Sponge Daubers to add a vintage feel to the card.

Little Princess Stamp-a-stack card

I attended a Stamp-a-stack class a few weeks ago, and only getting round to posting these now.  I've got another one in a weeks time, I'll have only just finished posting the last lot and I'll have six more to write up!

 

This card uses the Little Princess stamp set, and the colours are Peach Parfait, and Pretty in Pink.  The princess was stamped with Basic Gray onto Whisper White card stock, and her hair was coloured with a So Saffron marker.  The Decorative Label punch was used to cut her out, and then used to make an extended border around her in the Peach Parfait card stock.  The new Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders were used to make the hearts embossed panel at the bottom of the card.  These are thin embossing folders, which can be positioned anywhere on the card.  The Large Oval Punch was used to punch out the Princess sentiment, and then mounted onto the Scallop Oval Punch for a border.  The Itty Bitty Shapes Flower Punch was used to punch out the flowers on the sentiment.  I like this card and stamp set, perfect for all the little princesses in your life!

Papers / Card Stock - Peach Parfait, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, 2010-20112 In Colour Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack,

Stamp Sets - Little Princess

Embellishments - Rhinestone Jewels, Pretty in Pink Scallop Dots Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Decorative Label Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch

Inks / Markers - Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Peach Parfait

Stamp a stack - More Butterflies

Here's the second card from the stamp-a-stack class, I'm really pleased Julie chose this one for us, as I've had my eye on it on Pinterest now for a while and was planning to make it at some point.  The colours used are Calypso Coral, with Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.  The paper is from the First Edition Designer Series Paper, and I bought these a while ago, and not quite known what to use them with, at least I have an idea now. On this card, the Sponge Daubers were used to ink the edges of the card to give a vintage look.  The stamp set is Elementary Elegance, a set which was recently available during the Sale-a-bration promotion, which ended on the 31st March.  I'll miss using all the Sale-a-bration products for blog posts, although I'll be using them to make some cards to sell. The Beautiful Wings Embosslit die was used for the butterflies, and some bling was added using the Rhinestone Jewels. 

Papers / Card Stock - Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP

Stamp Set - Elementary Elegance

Embellishments - Rhinestone Jewels

Tools - Big Shor, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Sponge Daubers, Curly Label Punch

Inks / Markers - Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake

Door Hanger

A couple of weeks ago, when I was having my crafty weekend with Kylie, I also went round to visit some friends who had recently had a baby girl. James was one of my first friends from university, and Jenny was Kylie's friend from school, so they have us to thank for meeting!

Inspired by my visit to meet their new addition to their family, I decided to make a door hanger as a gift to them. I'd bought a plain door hanger a week or so before in a craft shop in Leeds city centre. I used the Beau Chateau papers to cover the hanger, and used the sanding blocks to get a clean edge around the sides and the circle.

The door hanger covered with the Beau Chateau paper

Die cut letters from the Alphabet Simple Letters Bigz die

I used the Alphabet Simple Letters Bigz dies to cut the letters from Pink Pirouette card stock, and the Fun Flowers die to cut flowers from Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette and Beau Chateau papers. A few of the card stock flowers were embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder. The edges of the letters and flowers were inked with Soft Suede. I then used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die to cut the butterflies. It's a clever product, as it cuts and embosses at the same time. Finally, Rhinestone Jewels were placed on the butterflies for added bling.

I hope they like it, and that baby Hana does when she's a little older.

Paper / Cardstock - Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Beau Chateau DSP

Stamp Sets - N/A

Embellishments - Rhinestone Jewels, Beautiful Wings Embosslit die, Alphabet Simple Letters Bigz die

Tools - Big Shot, Sanding Blocks, Square Lattice Embossing Folder
Inks / Markers - Soft Suede

Fancy folds card 1

This is the first card I'm sharing with you that's from my recent experiments with trying out new card shapes.  This is a tri-fold card, in Marina Mist with papers from Beau Chateau DSP.  I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die to cut the butterflies, which were decorated with Rhinestone Jewels. I really enjoyed making this, and I'll be using this style for cards that need to be a bit fancier for special occasions.

Papers / Cardstock - Marina Mist, Whisper White, Beau Chateau DSP

Stamp Set - N/A

Embellishments - Rhinestone Jewels

Tools - Beautiful Wings Embosslits die

Inks / Markers - N/A 

Creative Elements card

Here's the fifth card from the Stamp-a-stack class. We used the Creative Elements stamp set for this card, with a lovely colour combination of Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum. We used the En Français to do the background and then stamped the flower in Perfect Plum. The sentiment is from For My Family. There was a bit of cutting out to do around the butterfly, which had Rhinestone Jewels added to give an extra bit of bling. The Very Vanilla card stock was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder.

Paper / Card - Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets - Creative Elements, For My Family, En Français

Embellishments - Rhinestone Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

Ink / Markers - Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant

Celebrate Sale-a-bration

Afternoon all,

I hope you are all well this lovely sunny spring afternoon.  I've just found the first daffodil in my garden, so that's pleased me.  I've got a Stampin' Up! workshop this evening, I'm really looking forward to it.  Hopefully, everything is packed ready to go, and so far, I've not forgotten anything.  I've got a few crafty things I've been working on that I'll be putting out on display this evening, I can't wait to show you on here what they are. 

 

On Tuesday, I attended a team training event run by Julie Kettlewell and other members of her team.  There were a few new faces around the table, so it was nice to meet them, as well as hear stories of how well other demonstrators are doing.  It's great to know how they run their workshops and classes, and knowing that they love Stampin' Up! as much as I do is a relief that I'm not the only one obsessed!

As well as the business training side of the get together, we also get hands on and do a bit of crafting.  As we've still got a month of Sale-a-bration left, we used the Outlined Occasions stamp set.  Julie loves the bunting cards as much as I do, so we made another bunting themed card.  We focused on the 2011-2013 In Colours, and just used the markers for these two cards.

 

We made a fancier version of the card, using the Everyday Enchantment papers, and added extra bling with the Rhinestone Jewels and ribbon.

I love these cards.  It's amazing the difference a few extra products can make to a card, to add that extra wow factor.  If you fancy having a go at making these cards, you can get your hands on all the products you need for just £46.25 for the first card.  That includes a pack of the In Colour card, the In Colour markers, a pack of Whisper White card stock, The Itty Bitty punches, a Basic Gray ink pad, and you'd get the Outlined Occasions stamp set for free.  For the second card, for another £45.20, you'd receive the Word Window punch, the Large Oval Punch, a pack of the ruffled ribbon, a pack of Rhinestone jewels and the linen thread, and you'd also get the Everyday Enchantment papers for free.  If you are interested in making these cards, please let me know.  If you've already got some of the items, you can always swap and change to another product.

We also made a gift bag at the training session.  It's a style I've never seen before, and I was impressed at how simple it was to make.

Don't forget, these papers and stamps are only available until the end of March, so get in touch if you'd like to get your hands on them.