Craft Decathlon - Mouthwatering

Evening!

I'm pleased with my blogging process this week, and I feel like I'm catching up at last. I hope it lasts, I've still got plenty of cards and projects to share. I went to a Shoebox swap event today, so I've got lots of lovely things from that.

Here's another card from the Craft Decathlon class. The Sweet Shop papers were used again, with the stamp set Mouthwatering. To get the cone, ice cream and the cherry different colours, the marker pens were used to colour the stamp. On the Wisteria Wonder card, the Adorning Accents embossing folder was used to make the embossed hearts. These are thin embossing folders, which just give an extra level of detail to your cards and projects. The Adorning Accents Edgelits Die was used to make the scalloped bottom on the panel. The sentiment You're So Sweet is from the Sweet Cake stamp set, cut out with the oval punch and mounted into a piece of Pool Party card punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch. Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon was tied around the card, as well as around the corner of the ice cream image, and a Jelly Bean brad was attached.

A lovely summery card, don't you think?

 

 

 

Shoe Box Swap event

Morning,

I'm off to a Shoe Box swap event today. What's that you ask? Well, it's like a card class, but everyone brings a box containing all the card, papers, stamps, ribbons etc, and we'll be swapping boxes around the table, and making each others cards. Sound fun, I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has come up with.

This is my design. It took me all afternoon yesterday, I wasn't feeling very inspirational! I'd been off all week, and should have got my kit out and had a play earlier. After sitting on my craft room floor for far too long, I made it up to the desk and got going.

I used two new stamp sets a sneak peek from the Annual Catalogue, called Make A Cake, and Itty Bitty Banners. The Stamp-a-ma-jig is a must for this set, with all the stamps designed to be used together to create an image. Two step stamping it's called. I used Island Indigo, Pool Party and Rose Red ink. The Scallop Border Punch was used to create the edge on the two layers of card stock, and a piece of Pool Party bakers twine was wrapped around the centre of the card a few times and tied in a bow.

I hope everyone at the event likes my card.

 

Craft Decathlon - Sweet Shop lolly card

The Summer Mini Catalogue is full of lovely things, including the bright and summery papers Sweet Shop. This is another card I made at the Craft Decathlon class last month. The papers were punched with the 1-1/4" Circle punch, and arranged in a spiral with a Jelly Bean brad through the middle. The sentiment is from Sweet Cake.

 

 

Craft Decathlon - Mixed Bunch Easel Card

Here's the second card from the Craft Decathlon class, this one uses the Mixed Bunch stamp set and Blossom Punch. I received this stamp set for free when I went to the Regional Stampin' Up! Training day in Leeds in May.

Island Indigo card was used for the main card, and was scored with the Simply Scored board. There's so many different things to use the board for, it's an essential item! The Labels Collection Framelit dies were used to cut out the sentiment and border to place on the base of the card so that the easel part stands up. Three flowers were stamped in Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder and Island Indigo ink, and punched out with the matching Blossom punch. Three Lucky Limeade flowers were punched out too, and then these were put onto a large frame cut with the Framelit Dies. To finish it off a bow was tied from Pool Party ruffled ribbon.

 

 

 

Craft Decathlon - Diorama card

Last month I attended a fun class run by my Stampin' Up! upline Julie Kettlewell. Even though I'm a demonstrator and run my own classes, it's still good fun to go to other classes, for ideas and to meet other crafty people. The decathlon was a full day of 10 different projects (some of which I've not finished yet-oops)

The first I'm sharing is a diorama card, and it's so effective and a little different to a normal card. The Simply Scored board was used to score the folds in the Island Indigo card stock, and the Labels Collection framelit dies were used to create a window and the panel for the back of the card. The stamp set used in this card was Bordering On Romance, with sentiments from For My Family and Petite Pairs. The In Colour inks were used with the blender pen to colour the flowers and leaves. Finally, a couple of flowers were punched from the Itty Bitty Punch, and a couple of sprinkles of Dazzling Diamonds to give the card a bit of sparkle.

 

 

 

 

 

June card class - Up Up and Away

Afternoon!

I've got a week off work this week, and I'm determined to catch up with my blogging, and I need to fix my photos on a few posts. I got a bit over keen one day and deleted some pictures by accident! Oops. I'm also determined to get my silly broadband fixed too.

Here's a card from my June card class, using the Up, Up & Away stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue. It's a great set, with lots of different hot air balloons, and birds, clouds and sentiments too. This card uses Pool Party, and Poppy Parade card stock, and then I used the markers to colour in the balloons to make them different colours. The stripy balloon was coloured with Wisteria Wonder and Pool Party, the spotty balloon was coloured with Poppy Parade, and the checked balloon was coloured with Pool Party and Lucky Limeade. I used scraps from the Subtles Paper stack to cut out some hills, and stamped the sentiment onto one of them.

There's not long left now to get hold of products from the Summer Mini, do if you've got your eye on anything, don't leave it too long!

 

 

June Card Class - The Open Sea

Hello!

I've come to the conclusion that technology hates me. I'd just written this post, I went to attach the pictures and the app shut down and lost the post! I'd written all about how my broadband isn't working too well, and that's why there's been a lack of posts recently! This one better work else I'll really be mad!

Here's an overdue post sharing a card I made with my card class back in June. It uses the Open Sea stamp set, available from the Summer Mini Catalogue, until the end of August. Don't miss out if there's anything you've had your eye on.

The card uses Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue and Very Vanilla card stock, with Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue and Basic Grey ink. The Crimper was used to give texture to the panel across the middle of the card. The Just For You sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set.