March Frenzy

Stampin' Up! has brought out a great sale to sort out your winter blues. Click  here to view the flyer close up. E- mail me if you would like to place an order.
There are fantastic bargains to be had!

Simple Yet Effective!

This is a quick, simple yet effective card I made today.

I will try to post a video on how I water coloured the flowers tomorrow.

Fancy Flower Punch 3D Flower

I went to regional training yesterday, it was amazing! I made 50 3D flower swaps and had wonderful swaps in return.

All In One Treat Box

I saw this idea on Splitcoast Stampers a while ago, they used a template to make the box. I am no good with templates so I adapted  the idea. I made one of these boxes ages ago and the pictures can be found here. I though I should make a video tutorial so you can all have a go. I am currently making 120 of these boxes.... all will be revealed in due course. I have mentioned on my video that I would take a picture of my plan with the measurements on. I will have to do that tomorrow.

Beware Pirates

I made this card for my nephew's pirate themed Birthday party a few weeks ago. I was great to have a crafting break from wedding stuff.

Some Cake?

I made this cake for a friend at school. 

In key Stage One we celebrate Birthdays during assembly BUT we had no cake to do it with. So I set myself the challenge. It has taken me ages to get round to making it BUT I am very pleased with the result. The reason there are only seven candles on the cake is because the oldest a child can be in the infants is  seven, it was lucky because I only had seven to hand. I have to admit I found it very hard to hand it over.

Take Note

This is one of the cards I made for my inspiration station. I used the Wedding Sweet stamp set and Notably Ornate

Wedding Sweet bag

This is one of my projects I made for my inspiration station at my quarterly training at the end of last month. You may have noticed a colour theme coming through. I thought this would make a great box for a wedding gift to go in.

Well It has Been a While

Sorry all it has been a while since I last posted. The reason for it is I am planning my wedding. Stampin' Up! has NOT taken a back seat in this event... all will become clear in the next few months. I have had my whole family involved in the cutting and sticking!

This is our wedding invite. The crumb cake card is a wallet that holds the information for the guests.
I have so many more wedding things to show you but you will have to wait until after the big day for the reveal.
In the meantime I have lots of other projects to share, as I have a bit more time as wedding preparations are well under-way.

Wow what a fantastic time I had!

Sorry it has taken me so long to post these photos. I have been inspired, stamped, laughed and cried! I got to know my fellow fantastic team members and had such a wonderful time.  I CAN'T wait for next year!!!!

This is Shelli Gardner the co-founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!. Shelli was one of the talented Stampin' Up! team that demonstrated some WOW projects! 

Get Ready For Christmas!!!

Get ready for Christmas, here is another fantastic deal from Stampin' Up!

These are the wonderful new papers- Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper

Punch art bat

 These little bats are so easy to create.

Using the Stampin' Up! round tab punch, punch out one tab.

Move the tab along so you can see a bat shape and punch out.

Just keep moving the punch along to make as many bats as you want

Punch Art Pumpkin

As promised- sorry it is late, what with work and computer problems!

Wow this has taken all day!!,

The project that I have shown you did not take all day, it is very simple.....BUT sorting out my new birthday present has... I got an i Pad!! It is fantastic but to allow me to post on my blog I have had to download quite a few apps... in the end I found the correct ones. Even now it is driving me a little mad.
This is a sneak  peak of a larger project. I will try to post how I created this pumpkin later.

It is here

Click the picture of the catalogue on the right hand side to have a look. IT IS FANTASTIC!!!!! Sorry it was not up yesterday.... I was wedding dress shopping!
Or CLICK HERE, it may take a while to load as it is big!!!

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