Oops, I seem to be a little behind on my blog posts. Sorry about that.
This past weekend was pretty busy. Saturday was an all day class where I featured the Friends & Flowers and the soon to be retired 2014-2106 In Colors. And, Sunday was a training day down in Crawley.
On Saturday, there were cards and 3D items a plenty. Actually, that's probably a bit of an over statement but there was lots of chatting and crafting going on.
Here is one of the projects. I think that people were quite surprised as to how easy this actually was to make. Lots of scoring involved but other than that not much else to it.
The box frame is made out of a 8" x 8" piece of cardstock, so you can make one out of a sheet of A4 cardstock.
I'm currently working on a photo tutorial on how to make this, and it will be posted by the end of the week. In the meantime, if you would like to know what supplies I used, details are as follows:
Don't forget, the 2014-2016 In Colors will be retiring 31 May so don't miss out by leaving it too late to order them. Better yet, order some cardstock and ink before the end of the month, not forgetting the re-inkers too and you can choose a Sale-A-Bration item. There are Stampin' Write Markers and Washi Tape too, so there's something for everyone.
If you are buying online don't forget to use the Hostess Code.
This is the last of the cards (actually it's a tag) that I'm featuring from my display board. Of course, the tag could also be added to a card front to make a really cute baby card.
It was made using some of the paper from the It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack and the Lots of Labels Framelits (I cut off the bottom).
The bunny was stamped in Smoky Slate and I coloured her ears and whiskers with a Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker. I also used the marker to ink the greeting, which comes from Suite Sayings stamp set. The bow was made from a piece of Melon Mambo 1/4" Cotton Ribbon.
I love the Friends & Flowers stamp set as it is really versatile. If you use the co-ordinating Festive Flower Builder Punch there is no end of flowers that you can make. The set also includes a fish and a cute "pea in the pod" which would be great for a baby card.
If you would like to purchase any of the products that I used to make the tag, click on the details below:
This weekend I've been busy preparing for my January classes and team training too. This afternoon, I took a couple of hours out to check out some of the challenges and decided to give the current Freshly Made Sketches Challenge a go. I've only just made it though as entry closes tomorrow.
This is their challenge no. 217
Because we are now into the New Year, I decided to have a play with some of my Stampin' Up! sneak peek products and this is what I came up with.
It was made with the new (available from 5 January) Friends & Flowers stamp set and the returning Festive Flower Punch. The cute Crushed Curry centre for the flower is an enamel dot from the It's My Party Enamel Dots ( 96 dots, 16 each in 3 colours (Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Mint Macaron) in 2 sizes).
The sentiment comes from the And Many More stamp set (in the annual catalogue).
For those of you not familiar with the Festive Flower Punch there is a trick to lining up the Clear Stamps for the punch. That's assuming you want to punch them all out at the same time.
I've found the following to work the best for me.
1. Using a scrap piece of cardstock (Thick Whisper White is good for this), punch out the images all at once.
2. Turn the punch over (as per above) and match up the cardstock so that the punched images have the same orientation.
3. Mark the cardstock so that you know which is the top.
4. To stamp, simply place stamps (red rubber down) in the appropriate punched shape and then place an Acrylic Block on top. You will then have the correct placement of the stamps to line up with the punch.
6. Keep the punched cardstock in the stamp case for future use.
Here's a another picture of the card so you can see the inside too.
Did you know that today is World Card Making Day? I know it's not a day normally found in diaries. If you did know, I hope you managed to get a little crafting done.
I spent the afternoon in my craft studio with five lovely crafters, helping them make a project that I had designed specifically for today. I wanted to do something a little different using the Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies and the Happy Scenes stamp set. I'd seen a card on Google that had been made by Julie Davidson way back in 2012, and thought I could adapt. And so I came up with a project that I thought fitted the bill.
This is what I designed for everyone to make.
I admit that I broke this year's New Year Resolution because I did in fact use two stamp sets on this project. The baubles from the Peaceful Pines stamp set were just too cute not to use on the garland over the window.
The card was a huge success with everyone. It has a number of different techniques on it. The background for the scenes were coloured using Blender Pens for the trees and birds, and the sky using an Aqua Pen. There was of course a little bling in the form of the Red Glimmer Paper stars, and there is also Dazzling Diamond Glitter on the trees and snow (it doesn't show on the photo).
The great thing about this card is that it folds flat into a 5" x 5" square and of course we then just had to make an envelope for it. Once the envelope was made we then just had to then decorate it. Never ending fun.
This is my envelope.
The flower was made using the Festive Flower Builder Punch. I have a confession to make because the stems were hand drawn using Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers because I don't have the co-ordinating Reason for the Season stamp set.
There is a great Stampin' Up! video on YouTube showing how to make the flowers, and you can check it out here.
I have already written a tutorial on how to make my card and everyone who came received a printed copy. The tutorial has also been uploaded to my Tutorial page if you are interested in giving it a go.
Don't have the Hearth & Home Framelits or the Festive Flower Builder Punch, but would like them? You can shop online in my store 24/7. What's more, this month I am running my BOGOF offer so you can get some free stuff through that and the chance to earn more if you use the Hostess Code that it at the top left of this blog.
Details of the Stampin' Up! goodies used for this project are as follows:
