{Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Tags in a Box}

Hi there, I'm Ruth from Artful Stampin and welcome to another Stamping Sunday Blog Hop.

My apologies for not making last month's hop, October seemed to just run away with me.  We're planning to move house soon so there has been lots of decluttering, sorting and clearing to do.

So the theme this month is to make some tags, either with a box or 3 different ways.  I opted for the box as I'm trying to get better at box making.

Here is the box with my set of tags

This is the lid of the box which I stamped with the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and then decorated with some die cuts from the matching set of dies.

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Here is a quick tutorial showing how I made these

To make the box base cut card 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches and score 1 inch all the way around.

To make the lid cut card 8 1/4 by 5 inches and score just under 3/4 inches all the way around.

The inside divider was made by cutting card 3 1/2 inches by 8 1/4.

Do check out the other bloggers and their fabulous projects

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{One Sheet Wonder Wednesday - Floral Monograms}

I may have had this idea bouncing around in my head for a while.

As you know I love florals, and I also have a love of typography, so in this project I managed to combine both.

If you don't own a large letter stamp set, you can create similar effects with a Word Processing Program, enlarge some letter really really big, and print them onto Stampin' Up! card stock.  For the best results allow the ink to dry, and maybe even waft a heat tool over it to set the ink.

Enjoy the video tutorial.

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The stamp sets I used are

Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Letters for You and

Colorful Seasons.

The colours used were

Balmy Blue

Crushed Curry

Tranquil Tide and

Berry Burst

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{One Sheet Wonder Wednesday - Floral Frames meet Brushos}

So I have got into the swing of swap making for the upcoming Stampin' Up! get together in November.  As a result I have several videos lined up for the next few weeks... yay!

I love using Brushos for my creative work and workshops, the results are so instant and satisfying and unpredictable.  I know that might cause an issue for crafters who like to be a little more in control, but I actual enjoy the wait and see aspect of crafting with these powders.   For those of you who are not familiar with them, they are pots of highly pigmented powders that can be sprinkled on to your work then spritzed with water, or mixed with water to create a watercolour paint.

Enjoy the video!

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To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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{My daughter's challenge entry}

My daughter has taken a real shine to stamping, she loves putting the images together to create a bit of a picture.  She completely suprised me at the end by wanting to draw a sun in the corner!

If you would like to watch her creative process, and hear her explaining what she's doing, here is a video...

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{Wild Rose Pen} video tutorial

Yes... another flower pen, still pretty, still useful but a new design!  

Had a lovely day with some crafty ladies at my "Bring Your Own" Craft day or Crop (for you scrapbookers).

Had lots of fun introducing ladies of all ages to some techniques and the joys of stamping.

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-{Paper Flower Pen Tutorial}-

Managed to film this last night, it's been on my to do list for ages!

I've loved making these for gifts, swaps and promotional items.  They always get a "wow" from the person receiving them.  

I gave a bunch to my son's teacher a couple of years ago...you may remember them.

Ingredients

Designer Series Paper

Blossom Flower Punch

Ribbon

Paper Snips

Pens and Hot Glue Gun

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-{Lotus Blossom masking technique}-

Dig out the old post-it notes for this technique!

So simple, but effective results.

It's a bit of a long one, so feel free to skip through parts of it.  My hubby makes an entrance as my mum phoned while I was filming!  It's also a chance to see the "creative process" as I hadn't completely planned what I was going to do.

Ingredients:

Lotus Blossom and Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Stes.

Whisper White Card

Petite Curly label punch, Scalloped Tag Topper punch, Paper Trimmer.

Pistachio Pudding, Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Smokey Slate

Tombow glue

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