{Gorgeous Grunge}

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this stamp set! It;s so useful for filling in blank spaces, or mock colouring in or just playing with it to create pattern. It is available with 20% off until Friday!  So that means only £17.60 on wood mount or £14.40 for clear mount.

Here is a montage of different cards etc using it.

And here is a card with a video using Gorgeous Grunge and a lovely Christmas set called All Ye Faithful that is available in the seasonal catalogue (until stocks last).  I also show you how to use the Stampamajig.

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-{Stamping a uniform pattern on vellum}-

Phew, what a busy month! Last night was the 6th Stampin' Up! event out of 7 for me this month.  It's been great fun meeting new people and introducing them to Project Life, card making and using our fab products for home decor projects.  Only a few more days and Saleabration 2015 will be over :( So if you would like to earn yourself a freebie please place an order for £45 or if you would like to become a demonstrator for £99 you can choose yourself £130 of products AND an extra 1 or 2 gifts!  

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Today's video is about creating a uniform pattern on vellum, below is a card I made using this technique.  Sorry the video gets glitchy and stops abruptly at the end.  My poor device was running out of storage space towards the end!

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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.

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.

Baby Blossom Love!

I fell in love with this stamp set the moment I saw it in the catalogue, and when I booked my party with Claire (now my upline) I knew I was going to order it.

It's so shabby chic, Kath Kidston style, classic, pretty and girly.

Used a piece of Designer Paper from the pack you could earn as a hostess and a stamp from a set from the level 2 Hostess section as well as the Baby Blossom stamps.

Please see the labels below for the different colours and stamps sets used.

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.

It's arrived and I've played!

My lovely Starter Kit arrived on Tuesday, I just had to capture the moment, so here are some pictures...

I swapped some of the recommended stamp sets for ones that I thought would be more useful for me, and also choose some different coloured ink pads.  The kit is fantastic value for money even if you wanted to save money on some crafty goodies.  Click here for more info on how to get it.

Initial thoughts about some of the products.

My first reaction to the Very Vanilla card stock was that it is to light weight for making a card base.  After a discussion with my fab upline Claire, she explained that the Very Vanilla and Whisper White card was for stamping on and then sticking onto the coloured card. I have to admit the stamped images on that card looks superb.  Apparently if you like to colour with Copics the colours do not bleed as they sometimes do with other card. 

Here is one of the card's we'll be making at classes this month

Stamps

Greenhouse Garden, So Many Thanks and Baby Blossoms

Card

Very Vanilla and Basic Black

Inks

Basic Black

Regal Rose

Ribbon

Very Vanilla Satin