{More In Colour 2016-2018 creations}

When I was sent "the" box of goodies from Stampin' Up to make the samples for Onstage, I have to confess I felt both overwhelmed and underwhelmed... if that makes sense.  It was nerve wracking playing with the new colours, initially I explored how they looked with our current colours, however after being told that I needed to focus on the new ones I approached my task with renewed vigour.

I returned to my love of 3D florals, fauna and butterflies, and tried to show off each colour in a different way, using various textures through stamping and shaping the card.

Here are more detailed photos and a video explaining how I created each card.

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{Wedding Inspiration}

Had great fun yesterday helping some brides design and create their wedding stationary, favours and wedding flowers.

Here are some items I made to inspire them... Paper cones filled with sweets, invitations and decorative pegs.

Have a fab weekend!

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{OSWW Week 20} Gift Bag Punch Board

WOOP WOOP a week of milestones!

My YouTube channel has 700+ subscribers and it's week 20 of OSWW!

Do let me know what your favourite ones have been, if this is the first time on my blog and you have no idea what I'm talking about... One Sheet Wonder Wednesdays are a series of videos that I have tried (and sometimes failed) at releasing every Wednesday, where I stamp on a sheet of paper and make something.  To see all of them go to this {playlist}

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-{One Sheet Wonder Wednesday}- Week 14 Butterfly box

Today's OSWW features how to make a custom inkpad, and the imperial measurements to make the triangle box.  I have used Kinda Eclectic, Papillion Potpourri and Gorgeous Grunge.

I realised after I had made the video I should have given simpler measurements, so here they are if you would like them...

Cut the paper into a 7" x 10.5" rectangle, score down length ways at 3.25"

After stamping, cut the rectangle into three at 3.25"

Mark the middle of the rectangle at top and bottom, then score the triangle as shown in the video.

Hope that makes sense, please contact me if you need further clarification.

Here is an extra video showing what else you can make...

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-{One Sheet Wonder Wednesday} Week 6

Enjoy!

-{Crafty Gift idea}-

So, because I've been trying to work smarter and not harder recently, when an idea came to me this week I thought I'd film it...

...what I didn't realise is that my nails look AWFUL!!!  Please ignore them, I'll try and paint them up especially for next week's video!

Well, my idea was to make a crafty gift or prize at a party.  To give the recipient a little taster pot of goodies that they could create some little cards at home.

The end result is not as polished I would normally present, however the thought behind it is to give you some inspiration.  I did use what you see in the video, but jazzed it up with some ribbon and popped something extra in the box too.

I completely forgot to take a photo, so here is a picture of a recent make and take.

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A friend of mine who regularly commissions me to make her special cards, rang the other week wanting one for her course tutor.  She left the design up to me.  I was leafing through some paper stash, and the Fan Fair papers with the keys on it took my fancy, and I thought up the sentiment "Thank you for being the key to our education".  This I printed with my computer and decorated the inside with.  I stamped the script stamp from French Foilage with White Craft ink onto Midnight Muse card stock, and distressed the edges with the fabulous distress tool in the Spring/Summer mini (don't miss it on page 14)

Here is the card, it was fairly large, approx A5.