Betsy's Blossoms Inspiration Station

I mentioned last week that I'd helped out with an Inspiration Station for our last team training event. I've got a few projects over the next few pages that I'd like to share.

Firstly, here's a picture of the table from the day.

Unfortunately I can not take credit for the majority of the items on there, they were made and arranged so nicely by my downline Kylie. You can find her blog here if you're interested in seeing more of her creations. She'd based her projects around the stamp set Betsy's Blossoms and the Floral District DSP. The colours we mainly used for the project were Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White. The thing that was most enjoyable from doing the table was concentrating on one stamp set and papers and exploring all the possibilities of what to do with them. I'm sure any crafters reading this can think of a stamp set they've bought, that's still sitting in its box waiting to be used, or was used once for one card.

The first card I'm sharing is a triangle fold card. I got the template for this from Pinterest, which is great for finding ideas, especially for Stampin' Up! products. Here's the link to the tutorial I used. I used a 12"x 12" sheet of Rosé Red card stock, and cut it to the triangle shape. Next was scoring in the right places according to the tutorial. Then it was just a matter of cutting the Floral District Papers to the correct sizes and sticking them to the front and back of the card. To keep the card closed, I stamped a bird from Betsy's Blossoms and punched it out with the Circle punch and mounted it onto a piece of Rose Red cut with the Scallop Circle punch.

The card shown flat

The card shown with a fold - see how it fits together?

The card folded up

The bird stamp from Betsy's blossoms

I'd like to make some more of this style of card, it's perfect for special occasions or for a special person at Christmas.

Stamp-a-stack 3 - Bright Blossoms

Evening,

Sorry for the lack of posts recently.  I've been having trouble with my broadband connection, it's been a bit hit and miss, so I unplugged it for a few days, and then plugged it back in this evening, and now it seems to be working.  Maybe it just needed a rest, and was tired from all the card surfing I do!  As a result, I'm behind again with my blog posts, so I promise I'll try my best this week to get up to speed, and set up a few scheduled posts. 

This evening, I'm sharing another card from the last Stamp-a-stack class.  This one was one of my favourites, I loved the layout and the design of the card.  I'll be using this layout again, it could be used with any colour combo or stamp set.

This uses the Bright Blossoms stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue, and the colour combo of Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry, with a touch of Old Olive.  The vase and petals were stamped onto Whisper White card stock, then punched out with the Large Oval punch, and then the flower head stamped and cut out, with a dimensional used to give it a bit of depth.  The Decorative Label punch was used for a border.  The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes, which was punched out using the 1-1/4" Circle punch, with the Scallop Circle punch used for the border.  The dotty paper is from the Brights Paper Stack. 

 

The front of the card

The card showing the folds



The inside of the card with a panel of Whisper White for writing a message

Papers / Card Stock - Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Brights Paper Stack
Stamp Sets  - Bright Blossoms, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess Set)
Embellishments - Old Olive Scallop Dots Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools - Large Oval Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch
Inks / Markers - Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Creatively Yours Set

This is another project that I was kept busy with at Kylie's when we had our craftathon weekend! I'd seen this on Pinterest, and thought I'd give it a go. The 2011-2013 In Colours were used, stamped onto Whisper White card stock.

The "Handmade" banner stamp was cut around and placed onto a flag cut in the same colour card stock, and stuck onto a cocktail stick.

The "Made with my own two hands" stamp was stamped and punch with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and the Scallop Circle Punch.

There was a bit of cutting out to do for the "Made just for you" stamp, and I added a flower punched with the Itty Bitty Bits punch, and added a Rhinestone Jewel in the centre.

 

The "Handstamped" stamp was just cut around.

The "Deliciously made for you" stamp was punched with the Large Oval Punch and the Scallop Oval Punch, as was the "From the kitchen of"



The "Created By" stamp was punched with the Decorative Label Punch, and ink applied around the edge with the Sponge Daubers.

Here they all are together as a set.  These would look great attached to home made produce or gifts, or just used as sentiments on the back of a card.  For any of you crafters out there that sell your crafts, Stampin' Up! operate under the angel policy, which means you can sell products you have made with Stampin' Up! images, as long as it displays one of the (c) Stampin' Up! images on it to protect their copyright.  

Happy Birthday Owl

Here's a card I made a while ago at one of Julie Kettlewell's team training sessions.  It's a very quick an easy card, there's not much stamping to be done, and just assembling the owl takes a little time.  We cut out a Top Note die shape in Crumb Cake, then embossed it with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder.  The leaves are from the Little leaves die, and the owl was punched with the Owl Builder Punch.  The sentiment is from Curly Cute.

Card / Papers - Regal Rose, Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Springtime

                       Vintage DSP (retired)

Stamp Sets - Curly Cute

Embellishments - N/A

Tools - Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Top Note Die, Little Leaves die,

           Owl Builder Punch

Inks / Markers - Early Espresso 

At the training session, we also made this little gift bag, using the Scallop Envelope die. I love making things from items that are different to the obvious way to use them.  The papers are from the retired Springtime Vintage DSP.  The handle was created by punching out a shape with the Word Window Punch, clever eh!

Card / Papers - Regal Rose, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Springtime Vintage DSP (retired)

Stamp Sets - N/A

Embellishments - Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Owl Builder Punch, 1-3/8" (3.5cm) Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Envelope Die,  Word Window Punch

Inks / Markers - N/A