Thank You Petals A Plenty

Happy Friday Everyone! 

I'm stopping by to share with you a little Thank You card and gift I made for my lovely Stampers 6 Ladies in my Virtual Hostess Club.  It's a sweet little card using Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder in Strawberry Slush and the new Label Love stamp set in Smoky Slate with co-ordinating Artisan Label Punch.  The little sentiment comes from Pretty Petites (retired) and punched out with the extra sweet Petite Curly Label Punch.  It's popped up on a DImensional onto a a mat of Pistachio Pudding punched out with the 3/4" Circle Punch.  A little Whisper White Organza Ribbon runs behind it. 

The gift is a tub of Vanilla Embossing Powder which I decorated the top.  Using punches again - Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly.  The Bitty Butterfly centre piece is Silver Glimmer Paper.  Got to love this stuff, all the glitter and none of the mess! 

I currently have one place available in my Stampers 6 - Virtual Hostess Club starting in October.  If you would like to spread your wish list and be a hostess for one of the months then please get in touch.  I'm happy to go over all the details with you and would love to help you with your crafty projects. 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Silver Glimmer

Ink - Strawberry Slush

Stamp - Label Love, Pretty Petites

Embossing Folder - Petals A Plenty

Punch - Petite Curly Label, 3/4" Circle, Artisan Label, Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly

Other - Dimensional, Organza Ribbon

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  

Hexagon Epic Day

Two cards for two challenges today.  You can see details of the challenges below.  

My first card has a naturals card base.  I cut a separate panel and ran it through the Hexagon  embossing folder.  I then cut hexagons from the Epic Day Designer Series Paper and laid them over the panel, popping up a couple for added interest.  I stamped the sentiment from Sassy Salutations Calypso Coral onto another piece of card stock.  The larger hexagon was cut from another piece of Epic Day and popped up on Dimensionals.  

I'm pleased with this card but wondered if it had too many layers for Less is More.  Perhaps Chrissie and Jen will let me know if it's not quite less as it should be.  Anyway I decided to have another go and made this second card again using Natural card stock.

I stamped the sentiment first and scored a line  above and below.  I then added some cut hexagons to go above and below and one large one with a smaller one popped up.  The small Hello is from Pretty Petites with the centre punched out using circle punch. 

Things are settling down here, well at least they are this week!  Puppy going to bed good and only been up the once during the night the last couple of days at 4am.  So perhaps we are getting there.  My daughter's dance show is past.  My goodness I was completely awe struck when we went in to see them on Saturday.  They were so good.  Holly was only on the once for a Hip Hop Dance but watching the seniors was awesome. 

Hope you have had an enjoyable weekend too.  I look forward to catching up this week and paying you a visit.  x 

Challenges:

Less is More - Hexagons

CASe This Sketch

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Naturals

Ink - Calypso Coral

Stamp - Sassy Salutations, Pretty Petites 

Designer Series Papers - Epic Day

Embossing Folder - Hexagon

Other - Dimensionals

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  

Mother's Day Card and some Scrapbooking

As promised I'm showing you today the card we made on Friday at my Sale-A-Bration party.

I was telling the ladies that the inspiration for the middle panel came from seeing a glass jewellery box on display in Marks & Spencer for Mother's Day.  They are all going in to check!  Probably looks nothing like the original as it was from memory.  Next time I'll take a photo when I see inspiration.  Wonder what the staff would think? 

Onto the card.  This could be a Mother's day card or a birthday.  We used the Label Collections Framelits to die cut some Pink Pirouette and Whisper White.  We then embossed the Pink Pirouette with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder.  The frame was popped up on Dimensionals.  We then had fun stamping the middle pieces using stamps from 4 stamp sets.  The bird cage has some paper piercing to hang it from.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched out using the Word Window Punch then attached to a Modern Label punch out.  A small Basic Rhinestone finishes it off. 

This second card was shown as a simpler example. 

Next we made a 6" by 6" scrapbook page using stamps, Designer Series Papers and the little punch from this years Sale-A-Bration.  

I've listed the supplies below.

It was wonderful to see the different variations that everyone came up with.  They were all fantastic even though no-one had scrapbooked before.  I now need to make this up into a 12" by 12" page to go into our New York album.  We are sitting in Central Park in case you are wondering.

Lastly a big Hi to Morag thanks for following my little blog!  Hope you have all had some crafty fun this weekend.  xx

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Cards

Card - Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Ink - Sahara Sand, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo, 

Stamp - Aviary, Bloomin' Marvelous, Everything Eleanor, French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Punch - Word Window, Modern Label

Framelits - Labels Collection

Other - Sponge Daubers, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack

Scrapbook 

Card - Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Ink - Sahara Sand, Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry

Stamp - Bloomin' Marvelous, Pretty Petites

Designer Series Paper - Sycamore Street

Framelits -  Hearts A Flutter

Punch - Petite Curly Label

Bigz - Top Note

Other - Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  

Take part in Sale-A-Bration before it ends on 22nd March

Only 2 spaces left in my Stampers 6 (Virtual Hostess) club starting in April.  Please get in touch by e mail - ails300@btinternet.com if you would like to take part. x

A Trio of Blackboard Technique Cards

This is the card I made at a recent workshop.  A bit of blackboard technique which seems to be the rage at the moment.  Using lots of Sale-A-Bration products so the ladies could have a proper play with all the new goodies. 

For the one above I used Bloomin' Marvelous.

This one uses Pennant Parade words, Hearts A Flutter and Vintage Verses.

A different direction and Feeling Sentimental with Vintage Verses on this one.  I also showed how you could bling it up by popping the little Pretty Petites on Dimensionals and adding Basic Rhinestones. 

Once I had shown the ladies how to make the card using an Embossing Buddy to get that chalky look on the blackboard they were left to make up their card using any of the stamp sets.  The results were amazing.  Some preferred crisp and clean so didn't chalk and each card was completely different. 

The banners were made from Sycamore Street Designer Papers and cut out with the Hearts A Flutter Framelits.  Island Indigo Bakers Twine bows attached with mini glue dots finish off the banner effect. 

I came downstairs today to the smell of cooking.  Wondering what was going on I went into the kitchen to find my Daughter and her Granny making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.  Did you know it was pancake day?  I would have taken a photo but they were so yum they disappeared too fast. 

Happy Pancake Day everyone. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Island Indigo, Sahara Sand, Basic Black

Ink - Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo

Stamps - Hearts A Flutter, Pretty Petites, Bloomin' Marvelous, Feeling Sentimental, Pennant Parade, Vintage Verses

Framelits - Hearts A Flutter

Designer Papers - Sycamore Street

Punch - Petite Curly Label

Other - Embossing Buddy, Island Indigo Bakers Twine, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestone, Mini Glue Dots

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  

Take part in Sale-A-Bration and chase away those winter blues! 

Spaces available in my Stampers 6 (Virtual Hostess) club starting in April.  Please get in touch by e mail - ails300@btinternet.com if you would like to take part. x