Stampin' Up! Class - Today

Hi all,

The ladies had a great time playing with more goodies from the newly released Mini Catalogue today :)

Here are the cards in their full glory that the ladies made:

Baby Blossoms Card


Stamps: Baby Blossoms (P.16) and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess Set P.11)
Cardstock: Peach Parfait and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz.
Accessories: Big Shot, Modern Label Extra-Large Punch, 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon - Peach Parfait, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Baby Blossoms Card


Stamps: Baby Blossoms (P.16) and Basic Phrases (P.76)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Baja Breeze and Pear Pizzazz. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Big Shot, Decorative Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Colour Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Write Marker - Crumb Cake, Extra-Large Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Sponge Dauber, 1/2" (1.3 cm) Seam Binding Ribbon - Crumb Cake, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Cards together


Stamp sets used today from both Catalogues are:

Baby Blossoms (Mini Catalogue - P.16)


Afterthoughts (Idea Book & Catalogue - Level 1 Hostess Set, P.11)


Basic Phrases (Idea Book & Catalogue - P.76)


Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Until next time...

Alex

Simply Said - Part 2

Happy Saturday!

Hope you've got something nice planned for the weekend :) Can you believe it's August tomorrow! Wait till you see what Stampin' Up! have in store for you :D (Come back tomorrow to find out August's Promotion).

Below is the final card made for the Hostess as part of a collection of cards made using the one stamp set, "Simply Said".

Simply Said


Stamps: Simply Said and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Bashful Blue and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Inkpad: Basic Gray.
Accessories: Gingham Ribbon - Black, Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen, Word Window Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Thanks for stopping by :)

See you later today for revealing the complete set of cards and box made for the Hostess.

Bye for now,

Alex

My Sweet Pea Workshop

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good weekend so far :) The ladies have been and gone and we had a lovely workshop making two cards using the My Sweet Pea stamp set. This little stamp set is from the Mini Catalogue, P. 12 and features five little stamps that co-ordinates lovely with a wheel, 12x12 paper stack of 48 double-sided designs and stitched felt embellishments.

Here are the two cards made in today's Workshop:

Sweet Pea Card 1 (Outside)


This card was inspired from the card we made at Reading back in March. This card is a gatefold card, with the 3rd flowers on both panels punched in the middle with the 3/4" circle punch so that Old Olive satin ribbon can be slipped through the punched circles and gathered into a bow at the front.

Stamps: My Sweet Pea, Sweet Stitches (wheel).
Cardstock: Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Rose Red, Old Olive and So Saffron.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Old Olive, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.


Sweet Pea Card 1 (Inside)

Here's the inside of the card - the Whisper White card insert has the Sweet Stitches wheel in Old Olive at the top and bottom of the cardstock. Old Olive satin ribbon is placed through the two 3/4" punched circles and laid flat so that the inked cardstock insert can be stuck over the satin ribbon to keep the ribbon in place.


The second card we made:

My Sweet Pea Card


This card above was a CASE from the one made at Reading. The colours have been substituted with colours of my choice :)

Stamps: My Sweet Pea and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Sage Shadow, So Saffron and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip and So Saffron.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Scallop Edge Border Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stampin' Write Marker - Sage Shadow, Mat Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the two cards from today's workshop:


Hope you've enjoyed seeing these cards in full.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

My Sweet Pea Card No. 4

Hi all,

Happy Thursday :) Hope you're well and having a good week so far. Here's the last card using "My Sweet Pea" stamp set, and the card I demoed at the weekend.

My Sweet Pea


Stamps: My Sweet Pea and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and So Saffron.
Accessories: 1-3/4" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, Mat Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Sweet Stitches Wheel, Standard Wheel Handle, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.

Thanks for stopping by :) Please come back tomorrow to see the tote holder that these four cards store into.

Bye for now,

Alex

My Sweet Pea Card No. 3

Yay, we're half way to the weekend :)

Hope you're enjoying my little collection of cards using "My Sweet Pea" stamp set. Today I have the penultimate card to show you :) Hope you like...

My Sweet Pea


Stamps: My Sweet Pea and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Old Olive, So Saffron and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Old Olive.
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, Word Window Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.­

Hope to see you tomorrow with my last card in the "My Sweet Pea" series :)

Bye for now,

Alex

My Sweet Pea Card No. 2

Good morning :)

Hope you liked yesterday's card, here's another "My Sweet Pea" card to showcase for you today:

My Sweet Pea


Stamps: My Sweet Pea and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: So Saffron and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Old Olive.
Inkpad: Old Olive.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers - Chocolate Chip and So Saffron, Eyelet Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: 4x4.­

Hope to see you tomorrow with another card :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Simply Said - Hi There

At last it's Friday :) Thought I'd share another card with you that I made with Simply Said, a stamp set that was used for my first workshop, so it has a special place in my heart. I've paper pieced the little flowers below, stamped onto Designer Series Paper, cut out and secured onto Whisper White cardstock with Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive (wet glue). The sentiment is from Basic Phrases, which is a great set of 24 little stamps. This card is a "Hi There" card, something I never have to hand :) However, you could quite easily change the sentiment to more or less anything!

Simply Said With Basic Phrases



Stamps: Simply Said and Basic Phrases (sentiment).
Cardstock: Regal Rose and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Tea Party.
Inkpad: Basic Black. Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen - White.
Accessories: 3/16" Gingham Ribbon - Black, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Bone Folder, Paper snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.­

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a message if you have time.

Have a good weekend, fingers crossed we have some lovely weather!

Bye for now,

Alex

Tree Trimmings

Hello all,

Well it's been another busy week as usual and my Workshop on Saturday went well making two Christmas cards using the new stamp set "Tree Trimmings". My ladies got to use new goodies from the newly published Idea Book & Catalogue and they created the two cards below:

Tree Trimmings


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Wersamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Embossing Buddy, White and Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch.
Card Size: A6.

Spinner Card

The below card is a spinner card with the use of two pennies. These fit in between the Word Window slot and enables the ornament to slide left and right across the card as you tilt it slightly to reveal the sentiment behind.


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Garden Green and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat Gun, Word Window Punch.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like and they inspire you to start making your Christmas cards!

Thanks for stopping by,

Alex

Crazy For Cupcakes Again...

This card was CASED from a card made by Michele Yoos otherwise known as plaid pony which I received for my birthday in a BRAK group over on SCS. I kept everything the same, just changed the sentiment because I didn't have "Happy Everything".


Stamps: Crazy For Cupcakes, Wonderful Words, and Basic Phrases with a little use of the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig for creating "Your".
Cardstock: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6

Have a good weekend everyone.

Alex

New Stamps...

After having a little spend up last week with my birthday money, I decided to buy another couple of cute Penny Black stamps. I couldn't resist those hedgehogs so I bought a number of different golf themed images as these are handy for male cards.

Along with some Stampin' Up! cardstock, oval punches and ribbons, and playing around with "Basic Phrases" stamp set, I was able to play on words and create "Fore You". Here's what I created:

Stampin' Up! cardstock, ink and ribbons used are Regal Rose, Night of Navy and Ballet Blue. I love how the debossed side of the Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots closely replicates the surface of a golf ball.

Bye for now,

Alex