6 Cards Class at Alveston

At this class we create 6 cards that are simple yet adorable and easily duplicated.  Here is the first card we created at November's Class, held at the Methodist Church at Alveston.

For this Christmas card we used the "So Swirly" wheel to create the image on the Always Artichoke base and then "Contempo Christmas" for the "bauble" and "Merry Christmas" greeting.  The Designer Series Paper is from one of the Simply Scrappin' Kits.

Each card is prepared as a kit so you can swiftly stamp your images and assemble in no time and after the 2 1/2 hour class you will go away with 6 beautiful cards that will fill you with inspiration!

A Gift for my Hostess

Today I wanted to show you the gift I gave to my hostess Janet at her Stampin' Up! party last week.  I demonstrated how to create this little gift pouch, using lots of products to introduce Janet's guests into the wonderful world of Stampin' Up!  I demonstrated the "Kissing Technique" using the "Flower Accent" and "Fine Flourish" stamps.  Sorry for the poor quality picture, I must have had a wobble when I took it as it appears a little blurred!  Inside the pouch were samples of the Polka Dot Ribbons in Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede as a gift to my hostess.  These gorgeous ribbons won't be around for much longer, they will be disappearing at the end of September!

September's hostess gift I demonstrate will be different to this one, and remember, as a hostess you can earn yourself lots of Stampin' Up! goodies for free, along with exclusive "hostess only" stamp sets, so what are you waiting for, give me a call today to book your party!

Big Bold Birthday

The second card at the Whitminster Class was created using "Big Bold Birthday" which I have been using quite a lot recently.  Again, this is a Two-Step Stampin' set that is on offer with a fantastic 20% off its usual selling price making it only £19.16 until the end of August, and with 13 stamps in this set the possibilities are endless!

The three main colours we used for this card will all sadly be retiring at the end of September, Brocade Blue, Close to Cocoa and Ruby Red, but of course we will be getting some lovely new colours to play with so shouldn't be too sad about it!

We used the "So Swirly" jumbo wheel on the Close to Cocoa layer, inked with VersaMark ink to create a soft subtle background.  We also attached a couple of Ruby Red Brads to this layer.  The "Make a Wish" greeting is also from "Big Bold Birthday".  The DSP is from the Hostess 6x6" Paper Pad.  Quite a few layers on this card but I was pleased with the finished result and hope that everyone enjoyed creating it too.

Making Cards & Gifts Class

Our second project was a card, very sweet for a young one and would be great in Night of Navy/Bashful Blue masculine colours!

Here we have used "Big Bold Birthday" which has 20% off its normal selling price during August, making it a fantastic £19.16 and this set comes with 13 stamps.  This is a two-step Stampin' set which means you build your image using two stamps.  Click on the flyer to the right side of my blog to see the other Two-step Stampin' sets that are on offer, and remember, this offer only runs through to the end of August.

So back to the card, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip and Pretty in Pink, I just love these colours (not that you hadn't noticed!!), I am so glad that these will all be making it through to the 2010/11 Idea Book & Catalogue!  We used the "So Swirly" jumbo wheel in Rose Red Ink for the insert and added 1/2" and 3/4" circles layered with a Pretty in Pink Brad attached through the centre for some texture and interest.

The cupcake frosting was stamped in Pretty in Pink ink then the spots stamped in Rose Red Ink which we hand cut along with the Rose Red cupcake base.  The greeting was stamped in Chocolate Chip and punched out using the Word Window Punch.  The border around this is from the Scallop Oval Punch, hand cut leaving three scallops at either side, cutting from one edge to the opposite edge.  We used a piece of the lovely Satin 5/8" Ribbon in Chocolate Chip tying in a knot to add texture and to balance our card.

Christmas in July Class

Yesterday I held one of my day classes "Christmas in July" and I will be re-running this as an evening class, dates to follow shortly.

We made 6 delightful Christmas Cards, all using the gorgeous "Serene Snowflakes" stamp set, I really love this set it is so pretty and can be used in so many different ways.

We made six cards in total, 3 designs, 2 of each colourway, Old Olive/Chocolate Chip and Old Olive/Rich Razzleberry.  We also used the "Merry Christmas" greeting from "Season of Joy" stamp set and the Jumbo Wheel "So Swirly" along with the cute "Tiny Tags" and these all worked together lovely.  Here's a close up of the cards:

 We used Versamark and Silver Embossing Powder on some of the Snowflake images and then the "Platinum Shimmer Paint" on others, both looked equally nice.  With the Shimmer Paint you just use a dauber to apply it to the rubber stamp and then stamp onto your cardstock as you would normally.  This really gives a lovely silver shimmery image, gorgeous!

We also used embellishments from the Pretties Kit and Old Olive 5/8" Satin Ribbon.  We had a lovely afternoon crafting and it is surprising where the time goes!

Fox & Friends

This is one of the cards we made at Whitminster's class this month.  A great card for the younger ones!

Our technique for this month was using the "Stamp-a-ma-jig".  We used this on our card to stack our animals on top of one another and I think everyone got the hang of it eventually!  The Stamp-a-ma-jig is such a great tool, it allows for easy alignment of images and once you have used it a couple of times its just like riding a bike!!

I just love these colours Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Taken with Teal, such a fab combination, I will be sad to see Taken with Teal disappear in October but I know we are being graced with some wonderful colours in place of those we are saying goodbye to.

I have been trying to use my wheels a little more recently as the effect they give is so stunning yet simple.  This one here is "So Swirly" and it is probably my favourite, this is a Jumbo wheel and we have used only half the image on this card to leave room for the greeting.  The "Happy Birthday" on the outside of the card was stamped using "Basic Phrases" and the Stamp-a-ma-jig.

I will be back with the second project shortly, so stay tuned!

"Making Cards & Gifts" Class at Thornbury

At the new "Making Cards & Gifts" class in Thornbury we will create two projects, one a 3D item and the other a card.  For this month I chose "Fox & Friends" as I thought it would be nice to create a card for the younger generation.  I did also have an "older generation" option that was available.

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I really love the "So Swirly" wheel used here for the background, we inked up the wheel with Chocolate Chip ink and this was the result on the same coloured cardstock, quite pretty don't you think.  The fox image is from "Fox & Friends" stamp set and the greeting from "Big Bold Birthday" which was the set we used on our 3D Make and Take.  The hearts were punched using the "Small Heart Punch" and a layer of "Crystal Effects" added to give a lovely shiny finish.  We punched out our stamped fox image using the large and small tag punches and added a piece of 1/4" Grosgrain Chocolate Chip ribbon.

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