Thank you card and notebook

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

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.

Flowers got the blues...

This was one of the cards we made at the Colour Class today.  Had a lovely morning with my ladies making cards.

More Flowers!

One of the things I was determined to do when I became a Stampin Up demonstrator, was to still be true to my style and the type of cards I enjoy making.  Although I have been really enjoying getting out of my comfort zone and trying new techniques and products, it was lovely to return to 3D flowers and leaves and a pretty butterfly.  

I'm loving the blender pen to fill in parts of the butterfly.

I'll be demoing this card at my new Colour Class tomorrow and on the 23rd.  This one is using 3 colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel.

Lots of flowers...

on these cards!

I love creating beautiful backgrounds with these floral stamps.

Just had delivery of my first ever order as a demo.  The stamps etc. are all bagged up ready to go to their new homes to be played with!  I bought myself the set of Regals ink pads.  I must say I am impressed with the quality, and that combined with the Very Vanilla cardstock which is so smooth and seems to just take the ink so well - I am very please with the results.

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.