A bag of loveliness .......... says something the Stampin Up way.

Morning everyone. I am here with some more inspiration for you using the lovely Stampin Up products.

In today's post

• A bag of loveliness
• Greetings for everyone
• Its been three years ......

A bag of loveliness

Earlier in the year I went to Stampin Up Regional training, and had an absolute blast.  Met up with all my lovely team mates and friends from other Stampin Up teams from all over the UK.  It was amazing.

During the day we got to try lots of new products, play and experience them just like you do as customers.  We also got to do a make and take, designed by the lovely Julie, just like you guys do when you have an in-house workshop.  It was great fun.

So for this month's class I decided to alter that make and take slightly, but to still use the basic concept.

Here's what we came up with.  Its using Say Something stamps combined with the Itty Bitty Punches and the artisan label punch, and love lace embossing folders.

So how did I get the colours?  Well I decided to step out of my comfort zone and used the colour coach to choose my first colour.  This was crushed curry. 

The base of the bag and the notelets is Crumb Cake.  I love this colour.

I teamed the crushed curry with pumpkin Pie as well.

Added in some very vanilla embossed card fronts

and stamped and punched

to create 5 notelets with matching envelopes 

perfect for Thank you's, birthdays or any other occasion.

This is all from one stamp set and a set of matching punches.  

How cute are they?  

Do you want to be able to create these?  Yes, If you would like to purchase the class by post, please email or call me and I can arrange to do that.  In the class kit you get everything you need to make these lovely cards.

Free Greetings 

You know you could recreate my class project using the fantastic free stamp set that we have on offer at the moment.

Its got lovely sayings, something for everyone and every special event of the year.  Giving thanks, telling someone they are special, and some of the ones that are just timeless and for any thing.  You know those days when you know someone needs a lift and a hand made card is just the thing.

So remember to get this set all you need to do is host a party/workshop where the orders total £200/€300 or place a single order yourself of the same amount.  

Whats even better is you also get the normal hostess benefits as well, so its win win.  You get extra just for saying YES to a party or placing an order.

To order online simply click SHOP WITH ME in the top left hand corner. 

To book a party or workshop, if you live in Devon, Somerset, Dorset or Cornwall then please email or call me.  All details can be found at the top of the blog.

As I said yesterday, I recently realised I have been blogging three years.  That's quite a long time and I wanted to share and celebrate with you.

From tomorrow there will be lots of special offers coming your way, but you need to check back every day to see what they are and how you get them.  

Ok.  Right, I'm so excited and so looking forward to seeing you guys tomorrow.

Hope you enjoyed today's make.

Thanks for stopping by.

One Card, three techniques ......

Hi everyone

In todays post

• One card, three techniques

Do you remember the lovely Zentangle technique which I shared with you earlier in the week?   

(If you missed it you can click above and you will be taken to the post)

I loved the doodling on this technique but wanted to add a bit more ........ so how about some paper tearing, and some heat embossing.  Yep all three on one card.

The card base for this one is an A5 base which is very popular in the UK.

I have used the lovely blended Bloom Stamp set. 

Firstly I stamped the image in versamark and then heat embossed with clear power.

Then I stamped the image on very vanilla and got down to some doodling,

love the way the flower came out.  It had to be fuzzy cut, as there is no punch for this one.

next I stamped the image on very vanilla several times on only coloured in tiny bits.

Before tearing the card stock to the shape I really wanted.

I finished off the inside with the stamp again in Momento ink.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and is stamped onto the small oval and layered onto the large oval punch.  I have edged the layers with my Stamp N Write Marker in basic black.

To finish I added three of the flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack 2014 which have been sponged in basic black and then finished with pearls in the centre.

Have a great day and I hope you find some time to get creative.  Don't forget I would love to see what you make, so why not leave a comment in the box with a link to your projects inspired by this.

Hugs

A bit of Zen and Stampin up makes a great day .......

Hi everyone.  

Firstly can I sincerely thank each and every one of you who regularly pop by my blog.  Your continued support means so much.  

In today's post

•      A bit of Zentangle
•      Weekly Deals
•      Big hopes for the big shot .....

I love Bloglovin ......  It's great and everyday it just pops up on my emails .... I get to see what everyone is doing, get to read about my favourite crafters and see their amazing creations.  

I noticed not long after the American convention that several cards were done with what has been termed the Zentangle effect ........  I was intrigued, it looked just like the doodling I used to do on my study books.  I mean if it had paper and I had a colouring or graphite pencil, or a pen then it was fair game.  It was gonna get doodled on. 

So this Zentangle intrigued me.  I learnt that Patty Bennett had done a class on it.  (Sucks to be this side of the pond sometimes!). I wasn't there so have studied the effects others have created.  My interpretation is that you stamp your image and then doodle on it.  I have done the lines top and bottom of the petals and leaves, but you can do whatever takes your fancy.  

So fully inspired, armed with my stamp, two stamp'n'write markers, ink pads and card stock I got to work. My chosen colours, strawberry slush, pink pirouette and very vanilla.  

The stamp sets used are Tape It and Blended Bloom

I had to fussy cut both layers of this gorgeous flower.  The leaves were punched using the bird builder punch, and we're finished off with the itty bitty punch pack flowers.  A candy dot in the middle makes each one pop.  

Matted and layered onto co-ordinations card stock and then stamped inside tone on tone to finish,

Gorgeous.  What do you think...... I've already got dome other stamps in mind to try this with.

WEEKLY DEALS

These are still amazing value for money and the products change each week.  This week there is the oh so cute cupcake builder punch. Some great framelits and lots more

BIG HOPES FOR THE BIGSHOT

Just a gentle reminder, not to miss out on the 15% discount on each bundle in the special 5 bundles.  The offer ends at the end of August.  It would be a shame not to add these 5 stamp and die bundles to your collection, especially at that price.

Talking of price, how about the opportunity to save up to £47.50.  Yep if you buy the BIGSHOT this month you can choose one of these bundles free.  What are you waiting for ..... This is too good to miss.  

I am entering my card into the following challenges. 

Sunday Stamps - Its Pink ssc81

Retro Sketches - Challenge 126

Beautiful bunch meets teeny tiny sentiments

Morning everyone, well I say Morning, but for my worldwide followers it could be any time of day,

so a big Hello to everyone, wherever you are.   I hope that you're well and happy.

I have been showing you in the last few posts the Beautiful Bunch stamp set.  This is such a gorgeous set and so versatile.  So far we have done Thank You cards, a Sympathy card and today I wanted to show you a clean and simple card "Just for You".

So what is clean and simple .......... my understanding of this is that the majority of the card is left blank and un-adorned, leaving a clean simple look.

I have based my card today on the challenge at freshly made sketches.

 

Don't you think this is cute.  Its just crying out for the Beautiful Bunch Stamp set.

I wanted to show you that this set can be used to create borders and other patterns as well as the lovely flowers.

I have used the lovely circular dots to create two rows of stamping behind my flower

I have added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and then finished this with the flower from the Itty Bitty Punches pack and a few pearls.  The edge of the sentiment was inked with my lovely new blendabilties.

Above and below are close ups of the gorgeous flower.  This has been stamped and coloured with the Blendabilties four times.  

I have only used one set of the Blendabilties on this card and that is the cherry cobbler set.  I also used the blender pen to bring in some highlights.  These are amazing pens that you will be wanting to use time and time again.

I have cut some up to bring the petals out and then the centre has also been punched and layered.  I finished this off with some dazzling diamonds on the petals and crystal effects in the centre

 and a side view.

I am going to enter this into the challenge.  Its a long time since Ive done any challenge work, so wish me luck.

I hope that I've managed to show you that the Beautiful Bunch stamps and punch are very very versatile and can be used for lots of occasions.  

Want the Blendabilties - then why not join my club starting August 1st and collect the whole set.  For more information click here

Have a great day everyone.

Challenges Entered:

The Paper Players

Freshly Made Sketches

So what are the last two Stampin UP 2014/16 In colours ..........

Here's another sneaky peaky into the lovely goodies you can expect to find in the new catalogue.

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am.  There is so much loveliness inside the covers of that book. Its probably one of the best reads Ive had in ages.  (Could also turn out to be the most costly, lol)

I wanted to do something a bit different with these two colours, so I did make a card, but I also made two ........ yes two, gift bags.

Anyway unveiling the final two colours in my individual colour showcase this week .........

Lost lagoon and Tangello Twist.

Aren't these just the cutest.  (I first saw these in 2013, by American Demo Twilla.)

I have adjusted the design and used framelits instead of a bigz die and voila, two matching bags to hold lovely little goodies.

I made rectangular bags to go in between the flowers.   The flowers were cut using the Floral framelits dies.  I used three in total.  The middle of the big flower is a scallop punch. 

The lovely embossing folder is in the new catalogue as well.  So are the teeny flowers inside the Petit Petals flowers on the card.  

I am just loving this colour combination, really reminds me of sunny days by the sea.

Anyway talking of colour, there are some amazing deals in this week's Weekly Deals, including Calypso Coral Chevron ribbon, Wisteria wonder ink pads and both gold and silver ink pads.

But don't forget these deals won't be around for long.