My First Stampin' Up! Party

BEFORE

AFTER!!!

I had my first Stampin' Up! Party last night. It went really well, we all had a fantastic time. I was very nervous to start with but soon got into the swing of things.

We made a card and the bag pictured below. The bag is made from the Sweet Pea designer paper and chocolate chip card stock. I can't wait for the next party!

Stampin' Up! Flight of the Butterfly

Here is a really quick card I made today.
Stamp set: Flight of the Butterfly
Card stock/ paper: Rose Red, kraft, Designer Series Paper Stack- Sweet Pea
Ink: Whisper White
Punches:Butterfly and Scallop Edge
Ribbon: Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

Stampin' Up Punch art Penguin

I have been having so much fun with the Stampin' Up! punches. I hope to share some of the ideas I have come up with you all over the coming weeks. Here is my punch art penguin.
Punches:
Oval punch - for the tummy and wing;
1" circle punch- for the head;
1/4" circle punch - for the eye;
1/2" circle punch- cut in half for the feet;
5-petal flower- cut off one petal for the beak.
Card stock:
Pumpkin pie;
whisper white;
basic black.
I also used:champagne mist to highlight the black card stock.

Stampin' Up! Catalogue link

Just to let you all know I have now placed a link on the side bar of my blog to the current Stampin' Up catalogues. I will be posting an e-mail address which will enable you to place an order with me.
I have spent most of the day creating, I am still playing around with the Fox and Friends stamp set! I have also been creating some punch art with the Stampin' Up! punches. I am still amazed what you can make from a few small scraps of paper. I will be sharing some of these tomorrow.

Stampin' Up! Fox and Friends

I love this new stamp set from the mini catalogue (117020 page12).

I stamped a whole sheet of whisper white with the stamp set and then cut it up to the sizes I needed.
Stuff I used...
Stamp set
Fox and Friends
Cardstock
Always artichoke
Inks
Pumpkin pie
Brilliant blue
Real red
Summer sun
Pixie pink
Taken with teal
Other equipment
Scallop circle punch
1 3/4" circle punch
Paper trimmer
Snail adhesive

Stampin' Up! Pencil pot holder

I went to the shops today and once again came back with what I didn't need. Sainsbury's had a Sale on these pencils with a holder ( just 50p) . Needless to say I bought the lot!
I used paper that has retired from the 2008-2009 catalogue. It made me realise if there is something you really like you should get it before it is gone for good. I scalloped Pixie in Pink card stock with the scalloped border punch and placed it around the top and the bottom of the container. I punched out three scalloped circles and fluffed them up to provide a little more dimension. 3/4" and the 1/4" circle punches were used for the centre of the flower. I finished if off with 1/4" striped Grosgrain Pumpkin Pie ribbon tied in a bow around the whole thing.

Stampin' Up! Post it note holder

These Post it note holders were made using Stampin' Up! products (apart from the googly eyes).

Craft fair

As promised here are the pictures of our stall. The takings weren't great but the sun was out and I enjoyed the morning.

Some exciting news!

I am now a Stampin' Up demonstrator. Over the next few weeks I will put links up to the catalogues etc.
I have done loads of crafting and I will be sharing it with you all soon. My sister and I are running a craft stall in a local community centre tomorrow so we have been VERY busy. I have done so much crafting I have what I am going to term as crafters neck! I am so stiff from leaning over my desk/working on the floor I have managed to hurt my neck/back. I will put up some pictures of our stall tomorrow.

For now here are a couple of the little Easter bags I made for my family 20 in total. 

This idea was a Stampin' Up!party I went to. Thank you Amanda!

Paper flowers - Mother's Day Gift

This was the Mother's Day Gift I made for Rich's mum and my mum. I am not sure if they liked them or not or thought I was completely mad!

Stampin' Up Crazy for Cupcakes - card 2

Here are another couple of cards I made, the supplies are the same as yesterday with the addition of a small piece of Tempting Turquoise card stock and a blender pen.

Stampin' Up Crazy for Cupcakes

I set myself a challenge today to use a stamps et I have not used before. Over the next few days I will post the other cards I made.
Supplies:- Stampin' Up Kraft cards stock 4"x4" for the card base, stamps are from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set (page 32 ), Patterns Designer Series Paper - Rose red ( page 76), scalloped boarder punch, tab punch, Stampin' Glitter in rose pink, brad taken from the Soft Subtles tub and finally Black StazOn.

Quilted rag bag number two

Here is my other bag.. a little less like a loo roll holder!

Quilted rag bag

I saw this idea on You Tube somewhere... it had been adapted. This was my first attempt, I don't think I will really make use of it. It looks too much like a loo roll holder to me! I have had a go at a larger version which I will post tomorrow. The bag was really easy to make. Each of the scalloped squares were cut out using the scalloped square die from Sizzix.

Yes... another one!

Well this is the last bees wax card for a while. There will be no post tomorrow as I am off to a Stampin' up Party. I have been on my sewing machine so there will be a sewing project on Saturday.

Another Bees Wax Card

Here is another card I made using bees wax. The supply list is the same as yesterday.

Bees Wax Art

I thought I ought to dust off my Ranger Melting pot and give it another try. This time instead of experimenting with UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) I thought I would give bees wax a go. I made one heck of a mess, burnt myself quite a lot and shouted at the kids to stay away because mummy would have an accident if they came too close. The backing card is Kraft card stock, the round heart embellishment and the polka dot boarder if from the Adore range from My Mind’s Eye. Somewhere in there I have used a bit of napkin, the rub on is from American Crafts and the lace is from my stash.

Flower cards

These cards were so easy to make. A great stamp set... not bad for only £4.95!

Another Cog card

I used the same background cog template as yesterday but just added more stuff today!

Cog Card

The main background for this card was and SGV template downloaded from.http://dan99.blogspot.com/. He has some fantastic ideas!!! I inked the edges with Worn Lipstick Distress ink and put a few feux white stitches here and there, added a few button, a stamped image on some accetate and a few other bits and bobs.