Stampin' Up! Paper flowers

I saw this style of flower done ages ago, so I thought I would give them a go. See my video to see how I made them.

What a fantastic day!

Today I have been at my quarterly team meeting run by the lovely and talented Amanda Fowler  and have crafted non stop, apart that is to have coffee and cake!

I am full of inspiration and just raring to go. Many of the team members demonstrated inspiring projects, we talked in length about the fantastic new catalogue (which I will be able to share with you all on the 1st October 2010!), we chatted, laughed and had such fun!!!
What a fantastic day!!!

Stampin' Up! Card Base Video Tutorial

As promised the card base tutorial for the base of the cards that I have shown this week.

I had a very useful comment from one of my You Tube viewers. In the first part when I tell you to cut the card by 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" IGNORE ME!! as all you have to do it cut a piece of A4 card stock in half.... was being very thick!!!

Stampin' Up Christmas cards

This is the last of the cards with this style base. I hope to make a short Video for you on Friday.

Stamp Set:- Winter Post and Season of Joy

Card stock:- Old Olive and Real Red 

Inks:- Silver Shimmer paints

Other supplies:- 5/8" Old Olive Satin  Ribbon, 1/4" circle punch and crystal effects to give the little green baubles a bit of shine 

Stampin' Up Christmas cards

Card Three

Stamp Set:- Winter Post, Dasher and Season of Joy

Card stock:- Old Olive, Real Red and Very Vanilla

Inks:- Old Olive and Real Red

Other supplies:- 5/8" Old Olive Satin  Ribbon 

Stampin' Up! Christmas Card

So here is the second card, the stamp set that was used is Winter Post.

Stamp Set:- Winter Post

Card stock:- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Very Vanilla

Inks:- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Whisper White

Other supplies:- 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon and Blender pen to add a bit of colour to the skaters

Last Chance List

Just a quick update the are the items that have sold out:-

Stamp sets
Old Fashioned Christmas

A4 Cardstock
Close To Cocoa
Sage Shadow
Creamy Caramel

Designer Series Paper
Autumn Meadows

Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set
Darling Dots

Sorry these will never be seen again, check out the other retiring items before they are gone!

Stampin' Up Christmas cards

Over the next five days I will be posting a variation on the same design of this Christmas card, so be sure to come back for some more inspiration. At the end of the week I will provide you with a tutorial as to how to make the card base.

Supplies:- Real Red card stock, Night of Navy card stock, the sentiment is from the Wondrous Gift stamp set (Buy it now as it is retiring !!!), Winter Post stamp set, silver shimmer paint, heat and stick powder, dazzling diamonds glitter, Very Vanilla ribbon.

Stampin' Up! Ribbon flower

This card was made using the Autumn Splendor  stamps set
1) On Very Vanilla card stock clear emboss some leaves and acorns
2) Sponge dauber Close to Coco in over the whole thing
3) Sponge dauber Champagne mist shimmer paint over the whole thing
4) Rub over with a kitchen towel to shine up the leaves
5) Screw the whole piece of paper up
6) Flatten out
7) Rip at an angle to fit your card
8)Ink ripped edges with old olive
9) Stick to your card base.
10) Stamp Sentiment  ( Say it with Scallops) onto Very Vanilla card stock with close to coco ink
11) Punch out sentiment with square scallop punch
12) Ink edges of sentiment with close to coco ink
See the video below to find out how to make the ribbon flower.
This was not my original idea, I found this idea on You Tube. I think the idea originated from the 2010 US Stampin' Up! convention

Stampin' Up! Medallion Card

I made this card whilst I was waiting for the dinner to cook.

I used the centre in the Medallion background stamp for this card, I pierced holes and then sewed around the circle with linen thread.

Supplies:- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Very Vanilla cardstock.
Chocolate Chip, Old Olive ink, linen thread, button, Very Vanilla 5.8" Grosgrain Ribbon, snail.
Medallion background stamp, Oval All stamp set, scallop oval and large oval

Stampin' Up! Treat Box Specialty Paper Bridesmaid

I have had a child free day today so I thought I would share this treat box with you. I made this at a workshop I did last night. 


I love this Specialty Paper Bridesmaid cardstock, the possibilities with it are endless. It is foiled which gives it a fantastic shine, it also provides patten and texture to the paper. It comes in a pack of 10 with two different patterns. The foil  foil imprinting resists the ink leaving striped or filligree paper in any colour you choose.

So here we go the first thing that you will need to do is cut the cardstock at 10cm by 20cm.

Next choose the colour ink you want to transform your paper into, in this case I chose Rose Red.

Ink up your brayer, turn the ink pad sideways, it quicker as it fits the brayer perfectly.

Now you are ready to colour the card stock! You will need to go over it several times to get good coverage.

Clean off the ink that has remained on the foil with a piece of kitchen towel, this will bring up the shine.

Now score at 10cm, mark each end at five and then score from the mark to the 10 cm score line.

You should end up with something that looks like this.

Now bring the box together and punch holes in both sides

Thread ribbon through the holes to close the box

You are done. All you need to do now is fill your treat box with treats!!!

I can not take credit for the box design, I have been making it for a while and I can not remember the original source.

Stampin' Up! Creating!!!

Remember always tidy up as you go or this is what happens!

Stampin' Up! Altered box

Just a quick project I did with my daughter this afternoon. The box was from poundland... and yes it was really only one pound! The letters are the On Board Loads of Letters which we used a sponge dauber on with Rose Red ink. We then clear embossed them. The background paper is from the Sweet Pea stack in the mini catalogue as are the felt embellishments.

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Looking forward to seeing you there!

Stampin' Up Promotion for August

This is the fantastic two step stamp promotion that Stampin' Up! are offering this month. 20% OFF!!!!!

If you would like to place an order please contact me my e-mail address is stampincatherine@gmail.com
This offer is valid until the end of August 2010

Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo Box

Here is another box... I made this one a while ago. I got this idea from a template but adapted it slightly.

Supplies:- One sheet of Melon Mambo card stock, scraps of very vanilla and rich razzleberry to make the flowers, Boho Blossoms punch and whisper white1/4" Grosgrain ribbon

Stampin' Up! Christmas box

HI all it has been a while since I have posted.... but I have been busy with the kids and with creating! I know it may be a bit too early to start thinking about Christmas but for us crafters it is never too early!!! This is a Christmas box that could be filled with sweet treats or a small gift. This is not my idea and the tutorial for it can be found here what a great little box it is and the tutorial for it is very easy to follow.

Supplies Used:- One sheet of 12x12 kraft card stock, patterned paper and cardstock from the I wish scrapbooking kit and old olive satin ribbon.

Stampin' Up Big tree card

Sorry it has been a while! This card was made using the Sweet Pea designer series paper and the stitched felt Sweet Pea pieces.