-{FREE paper!}-

I'm quite sad the Saleabration period is over, there were some beautiful stamps and papers on offer.  However, never fear, Stampin' Up have graced us with another fantastic offer for April only.  A choice of 1 set of papers worth £9.95 with a purchase of over £45.

I also just want to remind you that the Spring Mini catalogue ends at the end of the month, and I have no idea what will be making it into the main catalogue next year, so if there is something you love please get it now.

Here are your choices...

Berry Blossom (Spring Mini)

 Pocketful of Posies (Spring Mini)

Beyond the Garden (Idea Book and Catalogue)

Nursery Nest (Idea Book and Catalogue)

This is the card I made for my mum for Mother's Day, love the combo of grey with yellow.

-{ French Foliage: part 3 }-

Another couple of cards.  I can see myself using this set for men's cards - especially with more nature inspired colours.

Recieved this from my Stampin Up mummy today, thank you Claire!

The purpose of the award is that each recipient has a small blog (less than 200 followers). They in turn nominate five other recipients, each of whom has a blog with less than 200 followers.

Leibster is from the German and means "dearest" and the award is passed to people who have inspired and motivated others.

  I would like to share this award with the following ladies who inspire me with their creations and ideas.

Fran

Esther

Carolina

Helen

Andrea

-{ French Foliage: part 2 }-

Upcoming class

When: Tuesday 20th March, 12.50pm - 2.40pm

Where: My House

What will it cost: £8

We will be using the French Foliage stamp set to create 4 classic cards.  

Please contact me to book a place.

More from this beautiful set, this time using a slightly different colour palette.

I experimented by stamping onto the paper flower, before using the sponge daubers on it.  Used the Decorative label punch to create the label with the sentiment.

For the men...

Had a play with the stamp set Need for Speed and the Well Worn papers.

The Decorative Label Punch is so versatile for creating small shapes as well as the standard one it punches.  To do this, use some tape runner to stick a long piece of scrap  paper to your first punch out, then position and then punch.

Christmas on my mind...

Last week was a busy Christmas week.  I held the NOEL letters class at my house twice, and been making the odd Christmas themed card.  Here is one I cased from Julie's blog HERE.

Been playing with my new Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder - I love it, it's so luxurious! It turns plain card into something quite lovely.

More Christmas Joy

Thank you card and notebook

Made this card and notebook for a friend using a technique I am completely hooked on!

Inspired by Vicky

I loved the cards that Vicky from CraftingClare made here.

Just had to have a go myself, here is the first card I made using this technique.

Think I'll be demoing this at one of my classes soon.

Simply Stampin' Challenge 17

Over on Simply Stampin' Challenge this week they have set a colour combo challenge (click here to join in!) here are the colours...

Needed to make a birthday card for my mother in law, so made her this...

Hubby hadn't got her a pressie, so I decorated a little notebook in the same colours and theme.  Dug out my paper crimper hadn't used in years to make the leaves, punched them out with the Blossom punch, folded them in half and put them through the crimper.  Also used a white gel pen to great effect to highlight different areas.

One piece of card and Cropadile accents

Made this short little video showing how to add a bit of interest to your cards with the humble Cropadile (available of course through me via Stampin Up).  It is a tough little gadget that can cut through CDs and a few layers of card like butter - however with the two sized holes it can also be used decoratively.

All the cards below were made from one piece of 12x12 card - the first is a standard a6 size, while the other are smaller.

Please look at the tags below to see what I used.

Floral Birthday

Gave this card to my friend today, so I can put it on here! I love making a sheet of my own "patterned paper" and then using it in different ways to create different cards.

Mini Butterfly notecards and notebook

It's been a busy few days! I had a class at home on Saturday morning followed by an Open House for anyone wanting to know more or buy Stampin Up products.  I had some lovely friends through who have been so supportive of what I'm doing.  Also dear husband took all 4 children out for the morning so I could concentrate!

The class was similar to the one I taught last week.  Had a slight panic when I realised I didn't have enough cream cardstock for one of the cards, so we used a different colour, came out quite well!

Then last night I had a play with the Beautiful Butterflies Die (114507).  I made some tiny notecards, the kind that you would slip in a parcel to someone, no envelope needed.  Made a little bag for them using this tutorial here that I saw someone else use on the In Love with Stamping forum.

Stamps

Four Frames and Silhouette Sentiments

Card

Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.

Paper

Designer Series Paper - Pumpkin Pie

Inks

Old Olive

Tools

Decorative Label Punch, Beautiful Butterflies Die

Other

Dimensionals

 
This is a mini notebook, isn't it adorable! Wouldn't it make a sweet party favour for a little girl - and only a few pence to make.

Used about 4 sheets of white printer paper to cut all the butterflies, and Certainly Celery Card stock to create the front and back page.  Stamped an image from the Green House Garden Set then used the Cropodile to cut through them in 2 lots. Tied it together with some Pear Pizazz seam binding.

Green House garden and more...

These are some of the other things we made last night.  I showed the ladies how to do the two step stamping, and they all oooed and aaahed over how to use the Stampamajig! 

Stamps

Greenhouse Garden, Four Frames and Lexicon of Love (retired)

Card

Very Vanilla and Old Olive

Paper

Designer Series Paper - Melon Mambo

Inks

Old Olive

Regal Rose

Ribbon

Very Vanilla Satin

Tools

Decorative Label Punch

Other

Dimensionals and Martha Stewart Leaf punch

We also made a personalised notebook.  Used the Fun Flowers die to cut the flowers, sponged the edges with basic black and "cupped" the circle with the end of a pencil and stuck it on with 2 dimensionals.  The ladies had great fun with the Stampin wheel to make a background which I then cut up for them to use.

Stamps

Baroque border

Card

Very Vanilla and Basic Black

Die

Fun Flowers

Inks

Riding Hood Red

Basic Black

Other

Quickutz Sophisticate letters, EK Success Swirl punch and Fiskars Threading Water punch.