Christmas cards!!

Yes I know it's only October but I love Christmas and am trying to get ahead - I live in optimistic hope at least!! 

 

I have a couple of Christmas workshops coming up soon and wanted to advertise the events with some photos.  You will have to excuse the photo quality though.  It looked much better on my mobile than it now does on my computer!

 

Christmas cards for the workshop on Monday 3rd November:

 

 

Hope you like them.  My absolute favourite is the small square white one below.  Simple but effective.

 

Hostess special deal!

If you aren't interested in joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator, then how about hosting a party and getting EXTRA FREEBIES??

Starting 28th August if you host a party with sales of £200 or more you get the Good Greetings stamp set completely FREE, in addition to the usual £30 worth of products of your choosing. 

Now what could be better than that?

Interested in becoming a demonstrator?

If you are toying with the idea of becoming a Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator then we have a special offer running from Friday 22nd August to Friday 29th August.  You pay £100 and get to choose £150 worth of products of your choice.  How's about that??  Let me know if you would like some more information.

Wedding card and mini photo album

I made this for a friend's wedding to compliment her bridesmaid's colour scheme. 

I made a 7" x 5" mini photo album, matching card and little bag of journalling labels and mini cut out hearts and flowers.
















The album was made using old patterned paper I had lying around and had three double page spreads, so just enough to add 6 photos sized 6" x 4". I rounded the corners on the edges and tied it up with ribbon to make it a bit more feminine.



The card was made using the same design as the album and was finished off with white organza ribbon underneath the label.  Flowers were added to the corners and the customary pearls added to the flowers and label.






This little bag of wonders were just scraps I had left over.  I cut out some matching journaling cards, and little flowers & hearts to match.


Supplies used were:  Apothecary stamp set, Framelits Labels Collections dies, Itty Bitty Accents punches, Blackberry Bliss ribbon and white Organza ribbon.
 



Stunning Stampers first meet!

I held the very first Stunning Stampers club workshop last night, and had a fab time. 

We made a small selection of greetings cards with retiring stock designer series paper, and I think they look stunning.

The basic design for each card was the same, with squares cut from cardstock (Crisp Canteloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight) and designer series paper.  For this I used the postage stamp and 1" square punches. 

The tiny flowers, hearts and stars were punched using the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack.  I added  a bit of bling with rhinestones and pearls.

The greeting was made with the Label Love stamp set, and cut out with the Artisan Label punch.  These were stuck on with dimensionals to add depth.

Inspiring Inkin Annual Catalogue 2014-2015 Launch Blog Hop

Welcome to my very first blog hop!  I hope you are all enjoying the blogs and picking up some lovely ideas for your crafting projects. 

 

The project I made for the new catalogue launch was a 6" x 6" notebook, treats box and card - all matching.  I designed this with the end of the school year in mind to give to my son's teacher when he left her class.

The notebook I made by covering a 6" square coaster board with a 7" square of lullaby designer series paper, before overlapping it onto the back and covering with coastal cabana cardstock to hide the edges.  I then cut 6" squares of coastal cabana and baked brown sugar cardstock for the file tabs sheet, which I cut out using the new file tabs die.  The 15 white pages were originally 6" squares that I cut down to fit behind the file tabs sheets.  I scored these (and the file tabs sheets) at 1" so that the pages could be opened.  (I learnt this the hard way!).  I stuck it all together up to the score line and added a spine to make it look more like a book, before using the new work of art stamp set to stamp the greeting.  I cut this out using the decorative label punch and sponge daubered the edges to blend them in, before adding to the front with dimensionals.  I then added some flowers punched from the Itty Bitty accents punch set and the pearls.

The card was a little easier and was simply a case of sticking it all on really.  The greeting was stamped, punched and attached in the same way as the notebook.

 

The chocolate treats box was made by making a basic box base from coastal cabana and decorated using baked brown sugar cardstock and lullaby designer series paper. I used a sheet of window sheet as the lid so that you could see what was inside, and finished it off with a piece of coastal cabana thick baker's twine.

 

A lovely gift I think!

 

Project Life launching...

For anyone who loves scrapbooking but finds that lack of time is a problem, Project Life by Stampin' Up! might just be what you are looking for.

 

Project Life is a quick and very easy way to preserving your memores. 

All you do is pop your photos into the pockets, add journaling and you've done!  If you are feeling extravagant you can even stamp your journaling cards before popping them into the pockets.

 

 

What could be more simple than that??

 

Have a look for yourself: Project Life

Card and herbal tea caddy box

This is something I made for one of my best friend's birthdays.  She's a great herbal tea fan, so I made her this tea caddy (from a design I found on the internet - cannot claim it to be my own!) and matching card.

 

I used crisp cantaloupe cardstock and birthday basics designer series paper to make the actual items.  I then decorated it with petite petals stamp set and punch, and basic pearls to decorate the middle of the flowers.  I then used the decorative label punch to make the greetings label.

Hope you like it.  I was rather pleased with it.  Though word of warning - make sure you buy herbal tea bags that are individually wrapped!  It looks much better than tea bags just plonked in the mini boxes!!

Join for £50!

Until the end of June you can now join Stampin' Up! for only £50! 

For this you'll get £55 worth of products of your choice, business supplies and 30% off your first qualifying order. 

Should you be feeling flush (or simply want the entire catalogue like myself!) you can also pay the usual £99 and get £130 worth of products of your choice, business supplies and 30% off your first qualifying order.

What are you waiting for????  Use the link here or on the right to join and start earning or get cheaper products for yourself.

Say goodbye to the following stamps

It's that time of year again where we say goodbye to some of our stamps sets and accessories in preparation for the new annual catalogue on 1st July.

I have added a link both here and on the right hand side to the list of retiring stock, but it is very much on a while stocks last basis.  So if there is something that you really cannot manage without - get it now!

I will be putting in an order in a couple of weeks so you can either order it through myself, or if you cannot wait that long you can order online and have it delivered to your house.  The link opens up on the main Stampin' Up! website where you can both look and order direct should you wish to.

Birthday cards I've made

Today is both my God-daughter's and a friend's special birthdays.  Here are the cards I made for them:

 

 

For Ally's card I used gumball green cardstock, Birthday Basics designer series paper, Bigz alphabet typeset dies for the letters and petite petals & punch for the flowers.

I even added basic rhinestone jewels for added effect!

 

 

For Rose's card I used melon mambo cardstock, Gingham Garden designer series paper, Bigz alphabet typeset dies for the letters and petite petals & punch for the flowers.

I then added basic pearl jewels to make it more special.

 

 

Hope you like them!

I have also just started a Stampin' Up! page on Facebook to share ideas and get Stampin' Up! noticed.  If you've got time, why not pop over and have a little look?

Linda's Stampin' Up! on Facebook

New adventures

Hello everyone!

I joined Stampin' Up as an Independent demonstrator just over a year ago and thought I'd share my adventures with you all on here.

I aim to keep my blog updated with any news I have, as well as cards and techniques I've learnt.

I'm looking forward to my new adventure and hope that you'll join me on it.

Linda