A Hearty Thank You

For this Thank You card I used "I Heart Hearts" stamps along with "Tiny Tags" and "Trendy Trees" (for the greeting).

My colour combo is Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive teamed with Whisper White which I love.  I punched a Rich Razzleberry heart using the Large Heart Punch and added a small clear Rhinestone brad and a tag stamped with "thanks so much" from the "Tiny Tags" set which I puched out using the Medium Jewlery Tag punch.  I stamped two hearts, one Old Olive and one Rich Razzleberry and hand cut them, layering them over the large heart.  I added a gorgeous Old Olive button from the Playground Buttons pack and tied with Silver Elastic Cord.

My greeting was stamped and punched out with the Word Window Punch then layered on an Old Olive Scallop Oval punch which has been hand cut to fit around the Word Window punched greeting.  I added a border using the Scallop Border punch and tied some of the Polka Dot Ribbon around my DSP layer.  Quite sweet, don't you think!

Rustic Trendy Trees

Another card created at one of my monthly classes, this time on a more masculine theme.  I CASE'd this from myself, a card we had created at the Whitminster Class a few months ago.

Our colours were Close to Cocoa, Really Rust and Taken with Teal which look quite earthy and rustic together.  I love how Trendy Trees stamps are so versatile, it works equally well for young ones and grown ups, male and female!  The DSP is from the Sweet Pea Stack which is soon to be retiring and the greeting is from "Wow Flowers" which is also going too.  I will be sad to see this set go as I use the "birthday wishes" stamp often.

"Trendy Trees" is a 2-Step Stampin' set which requires the use of the Stamp-a-ma-jig, if you have any questions about 2-Step Stampin' just ask and I will do my best to explain.  Most of my ladies are now well used tho the SAMJ as we use it at most classes and its one of those gadgets that I just wouldn't be without!

Going, Going, Gone!

As from tomorrow, we will know which current products will be retiring at the end of September when Stampin' Up! issue the "Last Chance" list.  I will give details as soon as I am able to tomorrow.

In these Thank You cards I have used some of the "Cottage Wall" DSP which are definitely retiring and will not be making it into the 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalogue.  I will be sad to see these papers go as the colours are so lovely, but I am also excited to see what new papers will we be getting in the new catty.

These cards have very little stamping on them, in fact only the greeting is stamped, the flowers have been created using the Scallop Circle Punch and the Boho Blossom Punch with a Silver Brad attached to the centres.  As I make many thank you cards for my customers I have to keep them quite simple and these flowers are so quick to put together.  Click on the photo for an enlarged image and to see how the scallop circle has been cut.

Check back tomorrow for details on the "Last Chance" list of all the retiring products, and if you would like to receive a copy of the new 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalogue, just drop me an email to reserve your copy and delivery will commence at the beginning of October. 

Circle Circus

I just love the versatility of this stamp set, so many different occasions, masculine, feminine cards, and beautiful for scrapbook layouts too.

I haven't used this set at for a while so I decided to get it out to use on some most needed Thank You cards.  I used Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal, a nice combination of colours that worked well together.  I also made another batch of these cards in a different colourway, quite straight forward which is important when making cards in bulk, although if you click on the photo to enlarge it you will see that I did a bit of decoupage with the flowers on the centre circle so there was some handcutting involved.  I chose my greeting from the "Trendy Trees" stamp set, remember this set has an amazing 20% off during the month of August, so don't delay, there's not long left to grab yourself a bargain!

Thanks for dropping by, back soon with some more creations!

Mums and Young Ones Class Part 2!

For our second project I decided that it would be nice to make something other than a card, and what better item than a lovely box that could contain a small gift.

I cut and scored the boxes and also cut out the tabs ready for stamping and assembly!

We used "I {heart} Hearts" for the main image, both hearts were stamped and punched out using the Large Heart and Heart to Heart punches.  We pierced a hole in the "i" of "friend" and pushed through a Pretty in Pink brad.  For the box we stamped the spiral from "Trendy Trees" randomly all over, punched a scallop border for the bottom, then stamped small flowers (from Big Bold Birthday) and punched them out with the 1/2" Circle Punch.  To finish we used the oval punch to create handles and tied a piece of 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain ribbon in a knot.

Thanks so much

I always appreciate the efforts that my hostess' put into their SU Parties and what better way to say thank you than by sending a hand stamped card.

This design was taken from the current catalogue, just tweeked it a little and I realised that I just don't use "Trendy Trees" enough as it is so versatile.

Once again, my fave colours, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red and Old Olive.  I used the Die Cut "Blooms" to draw around as a template to create my Rose Red 5 Petal Flower and added an Old Olive brad to the centre.  My greeting is from the wonderful, well used set, "Sincere Salutations".

Are tree's trendy?

Of course they are when it comes to this stamp set!!  This is one of the cards we created at this month's Card Class held at Whitminster Village Hall.  It could be used for a "man card" but is equally nice to give to a female.  The DSP is from the gorgeous Sweet Pea Stack and I was inspired by these colours for my three trees.  So we used Really Rust, Taken with Teal and So Saffron with a little bit of Chocolate Chip thrown in, and of course Whisper White.

We used the Cropadile to set the eyelets in the three circle layers and the lovely Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement of the trees as "Trendy Trees" is a "2 Step Stampin" set.  If you would like more information about how "2 Step Stampin" sets work, just drop me an email and I will explain.  Once again we had some hand cutting, my ladies just "lurve" hand cutting and they all jump with joy when they see that they have to cut something out by hand and not use a punch to do it!!!!  Well, I can't make it too simple for you!  The greeting was stamped using Chocolate Chip Ink and is from "Wow Flowers".

Man Card Challenge!

Myself, Caroline and Georgina decided to set ourselves a little challenge.  Each of us had to come up with a design for a "Man Card", something we all seem to struggle with and we got together and created each others designs.

Here is mine, based on the Mojo Monday sketch.  I used "Trendy Trees" stamp set for this one, which is quite manly I suppose and teamed with Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive cardstock.  I also added some co-ordinating Designer Series Paper from the Hostess Paper Pack which is of course not available to purchase, only available as a Hostess Gift when you hold a Home Workshop. 

If you are interested in hosting a Home Workshop, all you need to do is invite a few friends round and I will do the rest, its a great fun evening and you could end up with some lovely free goodies!  Give me a call today for more information on holding a Home Workshop of your own.

My greeting is from "Wow Flowers" and cut out using the Word Window Punch as it fits perfectly inside.

Here are Caroline and Georgina's which are both lovely, these photographs don't do them any justice, so lovely IRL.  Caroline's card was very 3D and Georgina's "Waistcoat" card was superb, just what we need for those man cards.  We all had great fun creating each others cards and I am sure we will be doing something similar very soon!

Thanks So Much

Once again I had a stack of Thank You's to make and needed something sweet and simple so I created these little 3 1/2" square cards using "Circle Circus".  I created a random background using several of the stamps in Rose Red, Old Olive and So Saffron stamped onto Whisper White cardstock then layered onto a co-ordinating card base.  I used the Scallop Border Punch to create a border along the bottom of each card and then paper pierced a row of holes at the top using the Mat Pack as a guide.  My greeting is from "Trendy Trees" which I cut out using the Word Window Punch.

Whilst I am on the theme of Thanking, I would like to say what a lovely night I had at Susie's last night, I hope you all enjoyed the workshop, it was really great fun and well done to you lucky ladies who managed to earn yourselves FREE Sale-a-bration stamp sets!

Don't forget, Sale-a-Bration ends tomorrow, 28th February so now's the time to place your qualifying order to receive a FREE stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration leaflet.  For more details contact me on stampinkerry@aol.com.

My first 12x12 layout using Stampin' Up! products and I am really pleased with the result!  I used papers from "Sunny Day", one of the Simply Scrappin' Kits, I love these bold funky colours but don't tend to use them that often!  My background sheet was stamped using one of the tree stamps from "Trendy Trees" using Versa Mark.  All of my flowers were created either using the Punches or using the Die Cut "Blooms" as templates to draw around adding buttons and rhinestones to embellish.  I have layered these with Dimensionals as the second photograph shows.  As I don't have any of the alphabet sets yet I used a substitute for my title.  I distressed and daubered most of the edges and also paper pierced around some.  The orange shape on the right side of the layout is from the Stampin' Up! template library which I used as my journalling spot.

I am starting Scrapbooking Classes in February on a Tuesday evening, if you are interested in coming along email me on stampinkerry@aol.com and I will fill you in on all the details.  I will be posting details of my new classes in the next couple of days.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment so I know you visited!

Recipe:

Stamps: Trendy Trees

Inks: Versa Mark, Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise

Cardstock: Pink Passion, Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit

Accessories: Button, Rhinestone

Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Flower Punch, Distressing Tool, Paper Piercer

Team Swaps

Here is the swap I made for the Demo Team Meeting last Saturday.  I used Kraft as my base and inked the spiral tree in White Kraft Ink onto it.  I used the Scallop Edge Punch to create a border at the bottom and pierced holes in each scallop using the Piercing tool.  I stamped 3 tall trees from "Trendy Trees" in Old Olive and Chocolate Chip, hand cut them and used Dimensionals to adhere them to a piece of Rose Red Designer Series Paper which was matted with a layer of Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.  My greeting is from "Sincere Salutations" which I stamped onto a piece of Kraft cardstock and layered with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip, piercing the ends for extra texture using the Mat Pack.  I drew around one of the Die Cut blooms and layered two together and used the 1/4" and 1/2" circle punches along with an Old Olive Brad to centre the flower.  I adhered the flower with a Mini Glue Dot onto a thin strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock at the top of the card base.

Don't forget about the Gift Giving Guide offer that is still available, spend £45 on products from the Guide and receive a free, yes FREE Tag Punch worth £12.50.  Email me for details.

Thank You's

I needed to make some Thank You cards so here is what I came up with.  I am so loving the "Circle Circus" set at the moment so I decided to use it on some small 3x3 cards.  My card base is Basic Grey, topped with a strip of Rose Red Designer Series Paper and Cardstock which I pierced using the Mat Pack.  The circle images are from the "Circle Circus" set and the greeting from the "Trendy Trees" set which is so cute!  I stamped the images in Rose Red onto Whisper White card then matted it onto Basic Black cardstock.  Quite simple but really quick and cute!

I am offering some Ribbon and Designer Series Paper shares so will post all the details tomorrow.

Simply Said, thanks so much!

I created this "thank you" card using the lovely "Simply Said" stamp set.  I randomly stamped the images with Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie ink pads onto Whisper White card and cut and raised the 8 petal flower with a dimensional. I layered this onto a piece of Chocolate Chip card.  The greeting is from the "Trendy Trees" stamp set and positioned using the Stamp-a-ma-jig onto the card base of Old Olive.  The top border is Chocolate Chip Designer Series Paper and I added some texture with two loops of 1/4" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon