I'm back......

........and so is my son!

What a relief it is to have him back home again, he now has his appetite back and is managing to get around on his crutches!  Leg is still looking very swollen but off to the Doctors tomorrow so hopefully they will say that everything is looking normal for post op!! 

It has been a very tiring week and half and I have to say I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things so with that in mind here is a card from one of the classes I held towards the end of last month.

This one uses one of the Sale-a-bration sets "Punch Bunch" which is unfortunately retired (boooo) but I know that most of you managed to get this one for free during the Sale-a-bration period and I couldn't not show it to you!  Our colour combination is Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist and Whisper White, very manly colours don't you think?

The Happy Birthday greeting is also from the same set but the "4 You" is from the "Tiny Tags" set, punched out with the Medium Jewelery Tag punch, I love these, they are just so cute!  We tied 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon around in a knot and attached the tag to look as if it were hanging from it.

We used "Sanded" one of the background stamps to create the subtle textured look on the base of the card.

Remember that you will be able to purchase the "2 Step Owl Punch" from 1st April when the Mini Catalogue is released (yaaaay!)

Anyway, I have a busy day tomorrow so I really should think about getting myself organised!

Back tomorrow with some more samples and thank you to everyone for your get well wishes for my son.

Back with you soon!

Still at the hospital, hoping that my son will be discharged soon. At the moment classes this week will run as normal but I will keep you informed if anything changes.

March Frenzy - the latest Promotion

Just blogging quickly before I head to the hospital, as promised, details of the March Promotion Stampin' Up! have for us!!

The March Frenzy is a fantastic new promotion where you can get up to 30% off selected products as listed in the flyer below.

Click on the flyer to the right to view the products in closer detail!

If you would like to take advantage of this great offer just give me a call or email me today to place your order.  Shipping direct to you door is £4.95 or you can collect from me in person.

Hopefully back soon with some samples!

Back with you shortly

Just to let you know that i haven't disappeared off the face of the earth, my son broke his tibia and fibula on Sunday at motorcross and we are still waiting for surgery at Sutton coldfield hospital in birmingham. As most of you are aware I have had to postpone all my classes this week but everything should be back to normal next week!!

I have had a really busy couple of weeks and have lots of projects to show you in the next couple of days, including the march promotion from stampin' up! where you can get up to 30% off selected products!!

Sale-a-bration is here!!!

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During January and February Stampin' Up! have a special promotion called "Sale-a-bration".  This is a fantastic opportunity to earn yourselves free exclusive stamp sets and there are four gorgeous sets to choose from.

Click on the flyer to the right of my blog for more information.

There are 3 different ways of earning yourself these free exclusive sets:

Spend £45 (product sales before shipping) and earn one FREE Sale-a-bration set of your choice

Host a workshop of at least £300 (product sales before shipping) and earn one FREE Sale-a-bration set of your choice

Join My Team and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and choose a FREE stamp set from the current Idea Book & Catalogue (valued up to £44.95)

So here they are:
Top Left is "Bliss", Top Right is "Punch Bunch",
Bottom Left is "So Happy for You" and Bottom Right is "Sweet Summer"

 

If you sign up and join my team during January or February you will also receive the "Colour Coach", a fabulous tool that will compliment your Starter Kit, this is a gift from me and is not endorsed by Stampin' Up! in any way.

The Starter Kit now has a new lower price of just £119 and is valued at more than £230 worth of products.  If you are looking to supplement your income doing something you love or would like to join to earn yourself discounts on these fabulous products, give me a call today for more information about signing up and joining my team.  I have never had so much fun earning money before and I have met some wonderful people along the way!  What are you waiting for, share what you love!

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Sale-a-bration runs from 30th December 2010 through to 28th February 2011 so you have every opportunity of earning yourself all 4 sets!!

If you would like a copy of the Sale-a-bration flyer and you are not on my mailing list, just email me at stampinkerry@aol.com and I will get a copy in the post to you.

Back shortly with some samples to share

Save the date, Easter Extravaganza!!

Easter Extravaganza

Saturday 26th March 2011

9.30am - 3.30pm

Whitminster Village Hall

£30 to include lunch and all materials

Come along for a whole day of crafting, fun and laughter, you will learn, create and be inspired!

All projects supplied in kit form along with full instructions so no designing necessary!!  Everything you need will be on your table including project samples, all you need to supply is your favourite adhesives.

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Spaces are limited, booking closes 7th March, payment will secure your place!

Call me on 07717 068909 or email me at stampinkerry@aol.com for a booking form

"Bliss" Class

We all had a lovely time at my "Bliss" Class on Saturday at Whitminster, a whole morning of crafting, that is just Bliss in itself, thank you to all those ladies who came along!

So we created three beautiful 3D cards and a Box Envelope all using the lovely Sale-a-bration set "Bliss".  You have until 28th February to earn this stamp set for FREE with any £45 order placed with me.  I just love the butterfly stamp in this set, it is so pretty and easy to hand cut enabling you to give a 3D effect.

Our colour combination is River Rock, Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla.  The DSP is from "Love Letter" which is gorgeous.

Here are the cards in closer detail, sorry for the poor picture quality the sun was shining through the window when I took them!

We also used another one of the Sale-a-bration stamps called "So Happy for You" for our greetings.  We used the Early Espresso Marker Pen to ink up separate words on the greetings to enable them to be punched out.

The ribbon used is the 5/8" Satin which makes lovely bows and is perfect for creating the ruffle effect.

We added Basic Pearls to every card to add that bit of class!!

Here is the Box Envelope we created, perfect for holding any one of the above 3D cards to give to that special person:

I am re-running this class at the end of the week at Alveston so those of you booked in are up for a fab afternoon of crafting, fun and laughter.

More Class Projects - Hopeful Thoughts

The second project at February's card classes was this lovely birthday card using a colour combo of Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise and Pear Pizzazz which everyone loved.

We used a combination of stamps, the Leafy Floral Stamp is from "Hopeful Thoughts" which you can find on Page 73 of the IB&C priced at £25.95 for 5 stamps.  The set also includes a lovely Tree image and three thoughtful greetings too.

We used the marker pens to ink up the main floral image which worked beautifully and the Ornament Punch (see it's not just for Christmas!) to create our vase, we just trimmed off the bottom part of the punch out to create a flat bottom!  We stamped onto this with one of the flower stamps from "Sweet Summer" using Rich Razzleberry Ink and then daubed around the edge before adhering to the Whisper White Panel.  The butterfly is also from "Sweet Summer".

The Designer Series Paper is from Greenhouse Gala and this was adhered to the left panel followed by three punched flowers from the Boho Blossom Punch with Basic Pearls (these are adhesive!) attached to the centres.

We used the gorgeous Scallop Trim Corner punch to create our decorative corners, this is just such a pretty punch.

The greeting is another "Sale-a-bration" stamp set called "So Happy For You", I love the style of the font with these greetings and the set also includes some small shapes such as hearts and flowers too!

If you would like to earn yourself one of these "Sale-a-bration" sets for FREE, all you have to do is email/call me with a minimum order of £45.00 (plus s&h of £4.95 direct to your door) and I will do the rest.  Remember we only have a couple of weeks left until this fabulous promotion ends.

Email me at stampinkerry@aol.com or call/text me on 07717 068909 for more details.

Thanks for stopping by

Febrary Class Projects

The first of our class projects for February.  I just had to use the "Owl" stamp from the Sale-a-bration set "Punch Bunch" for one of our cards as he is just so gorgeous.  I really can't wait for the co-ordinating 2-step punch to be released in the Mini Catalogue in April.  If you are loving this Owl as much as I am then why not earn the set for FREE with a £45 order placed before 28th February! 

Just change the colours to subtle Pretty in Pinks teamed with Certainly Celery and you have yourself a very feminine version of this card, it could suit so many different occasions.

The foliage at the top of the card was created using one of the stamps from "Sweet Summer", another Sale-a-bration set that you can earn for FREE!!  We coloured in the image using the Stampin' Write Marker Pens.

My colour combo here is Old Olive, Not Quite Navy and Cherry Cobbler teamed with Very Vanilla, quite manly colours but it suits well and could easily pass for a Valentines Card!!  The "just for you" greeting is from "Just Believe" punched out using the Word Window Punch and layered onto a Modern Label punch out in Cherry Cobbler.  The ribbon is the 5/8" Satin in matching Old Olive.  The piece of Designer Series Paper is from "Jolly Holiday", a Christmas themed pack which can be used all year round!

If you would like to order any of the products we used at the Class or would like more information about Stampin' Up! products just email or call me.

"Bliss" Class

For those who haven't received flyers and emails!!!

As we are into our second month of Sale-a-bration I thought that I would hold another Class showing just how beautiful these stamps really are.

Bliss Card Making Class

Whitminster Village Hall

Saturday 19th February 2011 - 10am-1.00pm

Alveston Methodist Church

Friday 25th February 2011 - 1.30-4.00pm

£17.50 to include £12 worth of Stampin' Up! products plus your card kits, all you need to supply is your favourite adhesive!

We will be making 3 cards and a 3D project using "Bliss", one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets that can be yours for free with any £45 order from the Idea Book & Catalogue.  Here is a sneaky peak:

Spaces are limited at both of these classes

Booking Closes Sunday 13th February for the Whitminster Class

and

Booking Closes Friday 18th February for the Alveston Class

If you would like a booking form please email me at stampinkerry@aol.com for more information, remember that your place is not secure until I have received your completed booking form along with your payment.

NEW Stampin' Write Marker Share

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THIS IS THE SECOND SHARE
3 SPACES ARE ALREADY TAKEN, 1 SPACE REMAINING
I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THIS SHARE BY 9TH FEBRUARY SO LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU ARE INTERESTED

Hello everyone, I wanted to let you all know about a new share that I am running.

Would you like to own the whole set of Stampin' Write Marker Pens complete with their Carry Case and spread the cost over 4 easy monthly payments?  Those of you coming to my classes and workshops this month will see how great these pens are, double ended with both fine and brush tips, perfect for colour in your stamped images, use them to ink up your stamps and also fab for journalling too!  And don't forget the Colour Spritzer tool, create endless backgrounds with multi colours using the markers, I just love them and use them all the time!

There are 4 spaces on this share, 3 have already gone which means there are 1 left!!  If you sign up to this share you are committed for the whole 4 months.  Each month you will receive a colour family of marker pens and by the fourth month you will have received all four colour families of pens along with the Carry Case and 5 In Colour markers which will give you a total of 43 markers, wow, just think of all the colour combinations you can create with all those colours!  There are compartments left available in the carry case to store the new 5 In Colours that will be released in October 2011! 

To enable this share to run fairly and smoothly I will require 4 post dated cheques of £26.65 (includes s&h to me) which will be processed each month before I order the markers (or if you are a regular at one of my classes you can hand deliver your payment each month!)  If you are not within easy travelling distance from me then postage will be charged at cost to deliver each monthly offering.

I am also offering a free "Sale-a-bration" set of your choice to each person taking part in this share so when you contact me have your choice in mind!

If you would like to take part please contact me on 07717 068909 / 01452 740532 or email me at stampinkerry@aol.com

Scrapbooking Class

One of our layouts from February's Class showing pictures of the fantastic hotel we staying in at Las Vegas last year, I can't believe it was nearly a year ago that we were there!  We used the gorgeous stamp set "Cottage Garden" with a colour combo of Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso and Whisper White.

"Cottage Garden" is a 2 Step Stampin' set which means you need to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to layer up your images.  We used the Stampin' Off technique to create three different depths of colour with the Wild Wasabi Ink, a great way of getting more use out of your ink pads by using them to create different shades of one colour.

The tiny flower images were stamped directly onto the Marina Mist base layer in Early Espresso ink and we added some Basic Pearls to make them stand out.  We used the "Oval All" stamps with Kraft White Ink onto Early Espresso card, punching out with the Scallop Oval Punch then punching a smaller oval in Whisper White and adhering over the greeting to hide it.  These were all then placed just under the Wild Wasabi Designer Paper layer down the left side of the layout.

The title was stamped using my favourite alphabet stamps "Broadsheet" which is available in both Wood and Clear Mount.

Here are the stamp and paper supplies we used:

• Cottage Garden Stamps - Page 53  Item No. 117068 £18.95 Wood Mount or 120003 £15.95 Clear Mount
• Subtles 12x12" Assorted Cardstock - Page 83 Item No. 119708 £8.75
• Neutrals A4 Assorted Cardstock - Page 85 Item No. 121699 £6.25
• Basic Pearls - Page 99 Item No. 119247 £4.50
• Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack - Page 91 Item No. 117152 £15.50
• Broadsheet Alphabet - Page 76 Item No. 118724 £44.95 Wood Mount or 120585 £36.95 Clear Mount

Remember, if you place an order with me for £45 by 28th February you can choose yourself one of four FREE exclusive stamp sets! 

Why not get your other half to order something for you as a Valentines Gift, just give them my email address along with your Wish List and I will do the rest!!

Contact me at stampinkerry@aol.com for more details.

Making Gifts & Cards Class

This month I decided on a Valentine theme and designed the card to match in with the 3D project.

Our colour combo is Basic Black, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla.  We used "I {heart} hearts" for the main heart stamped images, the small heart with the "love" wording is from the Level 2 Hostess Set "Cute by the Inch".  We used "Bliss" (the Sale-a-bration" set which can be yours for FREE with any £45 order placed before 28th February) and also "En Francais", which is one of the Background stamps.

On the bottom layer of the card we stamped the "En Francais" image in Basic Black ink then stamped over the top with the large image from "Bliss" in Riding Hood Red ink, using the stampin' off technique to give a more soft and subtle image.  We also used the Spritzer Tool with the Basic Black Marker Pen on the same layer and daubed around the edge with black ink. 

The ribbon is the 1/8" Taffeta and I still have some shares of this if anyone is interested!  The share consists 1m of 12 different colours of the 1/8" Taffeta for just £6.85, postage to your door is just £1.00 extra.  Email me at stampinkerry@aol.com for more details.

The DSP is from "Love Letter" which I am loving at the moment.  The colours are very suited to Valentines Day but work really well with the vintage theme.  I have a class planned for the end of February and we will be using this paper, more to follow shortly!

Thank for stopping by, please do leave a comment so that I know that you visited, I would love to hear your thoughts!



Quarterly Team Training with Amanda

Yesterday I had a fabulous day at our Quarterly Team Training at Soberton, Fareham.  It was an early start and I had to leave the house at 6.40am as I needed to pick up Michaela before I met Jane and the others at 7.15am!!  We always stop off for a coffee on the way at the Golden Arches and boy are their Chocolate Brownies good (not at 9 in the morning though, I managed to resist until around 2pm before I had to break the seal!!). 

We were very lucky to have a special guest Michelle Last, who I am sure you know is #1 Demonstrator of the Year in the UK!!  The inspiration stations were fantastic, so inspiring and my SU daughter Caroline was showcasing "Sweet Summer" and demonstrated a gorgeous Pillow Box.  Catherine showed us a gorgeous box and fab technique using cling film and crystal effects (watch this space for more details) and Elaine used "Bliss" for her display and demonstrated a lovely card that encased tea lights!  Michelle demonstrated using the stamp set "Cottage Garden" and showed us some gorgeous 3D items that I know I will be creating very soon.  Well done ladies, thank you for all your efforts, you really gave us lots of inspiration and tips.

Of course, we couldn't all get together without a bit of swapping, here is mine:

I used "Bliss" with a colour combo of Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron and Very Vanilla.  My greeting is from "So Happy for You", another Sale-a-bration Set which will be around for just one more month, I can't believe that we are half way through the Sale-a-bration Promotion already!  Where does the time go??

We had a fantastic day full of stamping, creating make and takes, laughing, eating cake and of course learning too!  Being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator really is the best job in the world!

3D Class projects

These are the 3D projects that we created at Alveston last week, each project was themed ready for Valentines day, not that you wouldn't notice!!

The first project was a mini gift bag, suitable for holding some sweet treats for your loved ones and the second was the cutest little box ever that has been around for a little while, but my inspiration came from Jenny Moors on this one as I just loved the stamps, perfect for Valentines.

We used Cherry Cobbler {love, love, love} teamed with Crumb Cake (the new Kraft) and Basic Black.  The Designer paper is gorgeous and is from the "Love Letter" range.  You get 12 sheets of double sided paper, all 12 x 12", 2 sheets of 6 designs all for an amazing £8.75, wow!  The stamps are a Hostess set called "Cute by the Inch", so if you are loving them as much as me, why not book yourself a party and you could be owning this set for yourself with qualifying sales.

The cute little envelope on the Gift Bag was made with the Petal Card punch and the little box was also created with the same punch and you have to agree that it is just soooooo cute!!!

Now if you would like to see how these projects were created, why not book yourself an evening of fun and laughter amongst great friends, family and colleagues and earn yourself some exclusive Stampin' Up! products all in the comfort of your own home, call/email me for more information.

Sweet Summer Class

On Saturday I held my "Sweet Summer" Class at Whitminster Village Hall.  At this class we used one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets "Sweet Summer" to create our cards.

You may have seen the projects on a previous post, but here is what we made in more detail:

We created 3 gorgeous cards

with a matching gift bag!

We used Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Whisper White cardstock and teamed it with patterned papers from the Subtles Designer Paper Stack.  This stack is really good value at £15.50 for 48 sheets of 12x12 double sided patterned papers, you can create endless amounts of projects with this stack.

We used the Stampin' Write marker pens to colour in the stamped images and hand cut some of them, layering them with Dimensionals to make them 3D.

The greetings are from "So Happy for You" which is another Sale-a-bration set, remember you can earn these for FREE with a £45 order placed before 28th February.  We used the Early Espresso Marker Pen to split the wording on a couple of the stamps and I love that this is possible as it gives you more possibilities for punching out your greetings as often words can be too long!

Everyone received a packet of Basic Pearls included in their class price so were able to use as many or as little as they liked to complete their projects!

I would like to thank all those who came along for the class, we had a lovely time chatting, laughing and making new friends too.

Check back soon for details of an extra class I will be holding in February.

Matching Gift Box

I made this Pillow Box to hold a birthday gift for my daughter's friend.  I used the same colour combination as the card that I created for her.  As I didn't have any Pear Pizzazz ribbon I substituted it with "Certainly Celery" which worked really well.  This is the 5/8" Satin ribbon which is gorgeous for creating bows. 

The base of my box is Crumb Cake and I used the large ornate image from "Bliss" with Early Espresso ink to create a background.  The Designer Series Paper is from the Subtles Stack which is a really good buy at £15.50 for 48 sheets of double sided 12 x 12 papers, available in each colour family. 

 I created a little tag and used my "Broadsheet" Alphabet for the initial "L" and added a basic rhinestone for a little bit sparkle!

Quite a pretty little combination, don't you think, would love to hear your comments!

Birthday Friends

My daughter had a couple of friends with birthdays over the weekend so I decided to put my "Broadsheet" Alphabet stamps to good use!

I have used this sketch (an old Mojo Monday sketch) quite a few times recently and it is amazing how different a card can look just by changing the stamped images and colour combination.

My colour combination is Perfect Plum, Pear Pizzazz (In Colour) and Early Espresso, I just love these colours together.  The base of my card is Crumb Cake and I stamped a background using "Sanded" in Early Espresso ink.

I created the gorgeous co-ordinated flower using the Boho Blossom Punch adding a Clear Rhinestone Brad to the centre.

The "birthday wishes" greeting is from the Sale-a-bration set "So Happy For You", don't forget you can choose this set for free if you place an order for £45 (plus s&h) before the end of February.  "So Happy for You" contains a whopping 10 stamps, 5 of which are greeetings which you can see below:

A "Crush" on the sweet side!

I am really loving the Sale-a-bration sets (if you hadn't noticed!!) and will be using them at my classes and workshops throughout January and February, you will of course see some other stamps making appearances too!!

So this was the second card created at the card class earlier this week.  We used "Sweet Summer" to create those gorgeous flower images which we coloured using the Marker Pens.  The colour combination is Concord Crush, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz which are all "In Colours".  The greeting "friends" is from "Tiny Tags" which was punched out with the Small Oval Punch, this was layered on top of the "thanks" image from "Perfect Punches". 

The Ribbon is the Stitched Poly in "Concord Crush" and the Designer Series Paper is from "Lap of Luxury" which is stunning, you really need to see these papers in real life to appreciate just how gorgeous they are! We added a couple of the Basic Pearls (these are self adhesive) to the bottom right corner of the card to finish!

Card Making Class projects

As Sale-a-bration is here, we just had to use some of the wonderful stamps at our monthly card making class earlier this week.

The first card was created using "Bliss".  This is similar to a recent post but I loved the design so much I decided to tweak it for my class!

The colour combination is Soft Suede, So Saffron and Regal Rose teamed with Very Vanilla.

"Bliss" comes complete with 5 stamps which are all have a vintage feel to them, will be great to use with the distressing kit.  The 3D flower was created using the Boho Blossoms flower punch and a Clear Rhinestone was added to the centre.  We used the stamping off technique on the Very Vanilla layer with the Flower image and So Saffron Ink, this gives us a more subtle image, to see this closer click on the picture to enlarge the image.  The "bliss" greeting was punched out using the Curly Label Punch and we tied linen thread around the Very Vanilla layer which co-ordinated perfectly and added some texture.

If you would like to own this stamp set for FREE, just place an order for £45 (s&h not included) before 28th February 2011.  Call or email, payment by Card (Visa/Maestro) now accepted.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Friday stampers!!

"Sweet Summer" Class

This post will remain at the top of my blog until 16th January 2011, please scroll down for more recent posts.

You are invited to join me in kickstarting your creativity for 2011 at my

"Sweet Summer" Class

at Whitminster Village Hall

Saturday 22nd January 2011

10.00am - 1.00pm

£15.00

All materials will be included to create these three beautiful cards complete with a matching Gift Bag, materials are pre-cut ready for you to stamp and assemble.  All you need to bring is your favourite adhesive!

The cost of this class is £15 (product included) and we will be using the lovely "Sweet Summer" stamp set which can be yours for FREE with any £45 order placed with me during January and February.

Click on the picture to view an enlarged image.

Spaces are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment.  Booking closes Sunday 16th January 2011.

There will be light refreshments throughout the morning and a raffle too!

You can contact me by phone or email at

email: stampinkerry@aol.com

tel: 07717 068909 / 01452 740532

Sweet as can be!

I am really loving the Sale-a-bration sets, they are just so sweet and so very  usable and remember you can earn a FREE set with each £45 order you place with me until the end of February!

Onto my card, colour combo of Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz and Perfect Plum teamed with Whisper White to make it nice and crisp!

I have used "Sweet Summer", one of the Sale-a-bration sets for the flower images, this is a 2 Step Stampin' set and requires the use of the Stamp-a-ma-jig but I am sure that it wouldn't be quite as necessary if you chose the Clear Mount option.  The greeting is of course from "Bliss" which is lovely.  I have coloured in each flower using a blender pen with ink from the lid of my ink pads but when you can also use your marker pens and the results are great.

I punched out my greeting with the Oval and Scallop Oval punches and adhered some of the "Concord Crush" Poly Ribbon which blends nicely with these colours.  Concord Crush is one of the "In Colours", there are  5 "In Colours" which have a life span of 2 years and you can of course buy co-ordinating products to go with these colours.

If you like this set, why not come along to my "Sweet Summer" Class this month, details to follow shortly.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Friday stampers!

Pure "Bliss"

Here is the card that Caroline designed for me to make at our Shoe Box Swap in December.  It uses the Sale-a-bration set "Bliss" which is just so gorgeous and so versatile.

The colour combo is Soft Suede, So Saffron and Regal Rose which is one of the suggestions in the Colour Coach.

The background stamp is a favourite of mine called "Sanded" which we stamped in Soft Suede ink onto the base card to give a tone on tone effect.

We used the Scallop Trim Corner punch for the decorative edges on the Regal Rose Panel and stamped the large image from "Bliss" in the centre.

The greeting was stamped in Soft Suede onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punched out using the 2" x 1 3/8" Oval Punch. A couple of strips of So Saffron were adhered to the bottom of the card base then to finish we stamped the beautiful Butterfly image using the Rock & Roll technique, then hand cut it out.

More from "Sale-a-bration"

Over the next few posts I will be showing you some samples I have created using the "Sale-a-bration" sets to kick start your inspiration for 2011!

For this card I used "Bliss" and "Sweet Summer" with a colour combination of Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz and Perfect Plum.  The Butterfly (I adore this by the way!!) and greeting are both from "Bliss" and the other images from "Sweet Summer".  I used the Scallop Trim corner punch to add some interest and also a piece of "Concord Crush" 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon across the middle of the card for some texture.

I stamped the foliage stamp in Perfect Plum ink onto the Perfect Plum cardstock layer and used a dauber to ink around the edge in the same colour.  The butterfly image was stamped then hand cut and I used a dimensional to give a 3D effect.

Click on the picture for a larger image of the card and do stop by again soon to see some more "Sale-a-bration" samples.

Final Layout

Last, but not least, the final layout for the Scrapbooking Class.  I have another  picture of my fearless son at the age of 4 (who I will remind you is now 16!) on the slopes in Italy with his instructor.  His favourite saying this holiday was "Can we go faster"!!  After just returning from the French Alps for our Christmas holiday, he definitely has a little more fear now but is always hunting the jumps at the side of the slopes and is happy to ski parallel on the steeper slopes, crazy child!!

A colour combo of Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Night of Navy and Real Red.  A very clean and simple layout (most of my class layouts are minimal as time is always against us, but you are welcome to add extra's when you get home!) using the stamps from "Party this Way" to create the bunting.  I have used some of the "Vintage Type" Rub-ons to add wording to the bunting to act as my title.  By substituting the Night of Navy cardstock strip this layout can be adjusted to appear more feminine if necessary.



Second Layout for the Scrapbooking Class

This layout would work perfect for baby photographs, male or female.  The stamps used were from the set "Funky Four" which is really cute!  Once again the papers are from the "Play Date" pack which co-ordinates with the "Funky Four" stamps!

For the base I used Textured Whisper White which gives a nice textured effect to your stamping, almost like a broken vintage image so if you prefer things to be crisp then the smooth cardstock is for you!  The picture is of my two children, hmmm, thinking that they are going to dislike me a little for posting this picture but hey, they are so cute, couldn't resist using it and it is proof that they did get along with each other at some point!!

I used a 7x5" photograph but a 6x4 Portrait or even 2 6x4 Landscape would work!

Sale-a-bration samples

Before I went away at Christmas I met up with Caroline for a "Shoebox Swap" using a couple of the "Sale-a-bration" sets "Bliss" and "Sweet Summer".  As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I was able to pre-order stamps before they are released to the general public and at Convention this year we had a special surprise at the end of the weekend where we were given "Sweet Summer" to take away with us.  Of course it has been kept under lock and key until now so here is one of the cards I made for Caroline to put together!  I liked this design and colour combo so much that I also made a couple of duplicate cards for Birthdays too!

I used the SAB set "Bliss" with a colour combo of Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and So Saffron, teamed with Very Vanilla.  This set is gorgeous and it has a vintage feel to it and is crying out to be distressed too!  The 3D flower was created using the "Boho Blossoms" punch with a Clear Rhinestone pushed through the centre to hold it all together.

Remember, this set can be yours for FREE with any order placed for £45 (plus s&h), I can accept orders by email or phone and payment can be made by cash, cheque or card, email me at stampinkerry@aol.com for more information on placing an order.

Happy New Year and the First Scrapbooking Class of 2011

Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to all of my customers and blog viewers for a wonderful year of stamping throughout 2010 and I look forward to stamping with you in 2011!

So the first class of the New Year is my Scrapbooking Class.  This is a monthly class held at Whitminster Village Hall on a Tuesday evening where we create 3 layouts, all provided in kit form so all you do is add your photographs, couldn't be simpler!

Here is the first layout for the class, we will be using the Designer Series Paper range called "Play Date" which is equally as masculine as it is feminine:

This layout is of my little man, well he's not so little any more and has progressed from the Quad bike to a Moped, eeek, at least now he has a bit more fear than he did at the age of 4!!

The colour combination is Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Old Olive.  I die cut the words Lunch and Quad  stamping "Quad" with "Dot, Dot, Dot" and covering with Crystal Effects.  I used my stamp set "Basic Phrases" to stamp the words "on" and "the" by stamping out random words and cutting only the letters that I needed, perfect!

6 Cards Class

More from the 6 Cards for £10 Class held at Alveston, this class is held during the day, between 10.30am-1.00pm.  For the 5th card we used the stamp set "Hopeful Thoughts", I really love the tree image in this set, would suit so many different occasions.

Our colour combo was Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive teamed with Whisper White.

We used the Scallop Trim border punch with Chocolate Chip cardstock to created decorative edges behind the Old Olive layer.  The greeting was punched out using the Modern Label punch, inking around the edges to define.  To finish we added some of the 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Certainly Celery which blended well with the colour scheme.

I will be running more 6 Cards Classes at another venue so check back soon for more details.

Merry Christmas!

Just stopping by from the French Alps to wish you all a Merry Christmas, hope you have all had a good one!

Will be back home very soon to more snow apparently so will catch up with you in a couple of days when my body has recovered from all the ski-ing!

Monday Card Class at Whitminster

At this class we usually make two cards, but as it was Christmas I decided to do something a little different.  I created this Gift Card Holder, we had made something similar at one of Amanda's training days and I loved the idea.

The base colour was Crumb Cake and the first layer was Old Olive cardstock with a piece of the "Jolly Holiday" Designer Series Paper next.  The stamped image is from the set called "Gifted" which is great for all sorts of projects, not just for making tags!  We stamped the image twice punching out the greeting with the Word Window Punch on one of them and layering with a Dimensional.

The pocket to hold the gift card was created by folding an envelope in half and trimming off the top to create two pockets which we punched with the 1" punch to make a slot.  As an extra we made a mini card with the left over pieces of cardstock which could be placed in one of the pockets!  Again we used the "Gifted" set for the Seasons Greetings image.

We attached some 5/8" Satin Ribbon in Old Olive to tie and close the Gift Card Holder.

Stylish and Simple

Our fourth card uses "Growing Green" stamps, very delicate images but very beautiful.  Our colour combination is Naturals Ivory and Not Quite Navy.  The images were stamped using Early Espresso Ink.  The greeting is from "Curly Cute" which contains 4 lovely greetings.

Once again a very simple design that is easily replicated and would look so different using alternative images and colours.

6 Cards Class

For the third card we made another Christmas design, this is a great sketch which would work with most smaller stamp images that fit inside the squares.

We used the Poinsettia stamp from the "Season of Joy" stamp set with Cherry Cobbler ink onto squares punched with the 1 1/4" Square Punch which we then layered onto Soft Suede 1 3/8" punched squares.  We used the swirly stamp with Crumb Cake ink stamping onto the Crumb Cake card base tp finish.

Second Card

Our second card at the class was created using "Flight of the Butterfly".  The greeting is from the Hostess set "Occasional Quotes", stamped in Rose Red ink.  The Designer Series Paper is from the Subtles Stack and we added a strip of Pretty in Pink cardstock punched with the Scallop Border Punch at the bottom.  To finish we added two basic Rhinestones to the DSP layer.

A really sweet but simple card that could easily be adapted to suit any occasion just by changing the colour and stamped image.

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!