Getting together

Yesterday I met with two of my downline for coffee which was lovely, I am thankful to Stampin' Up! for bringing me together with so many wonderful people.

I meet with my "business builders" regularly and as I don't have a huge team of ladies this suits us well.  We chat about Stampin' Up!, share ideas and get excited about upcoming events.  As a Demonstrator I am able to pre-order products extra early from the soon to be released Seasonal Autumn/Winter Catalogue and when I got home I had a delivery from UPS containing lots of gorgeous new things to play with, it was soooo exciting!

When I meet with my business builders I like to give a little something back so here is what I made for them:

These began their life as an ordinary brown block bottom paper bag and I added Stampin' Up! goodies to transform them.  There are a couple of sneak peaks on here, including the Patterned Paper, Stitched Ribbon and "For You" Banner Stamp.

I can't share with you what I put inside as I am not permitted to show pictures of actual products until they have been released but I included some lovely Designer Papers and Ribbons that will be available in the new Annual Catalogue in October, these were items I was given during my Incentive Trip to Vienna in June.

Love the "Broadsheet" Alphabet stamps, they are just so useful.

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Scrapbooking

Can't believe where the time is flying by, doesn't seem two minutes ago that I was having my last Scrapbooking class, a whole month has gone so I guess I must just be having the best time being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and loving what I do!!

This layout was pretty quick to assemble, not loads of stamping, some spritzing and die cutting along with embossing too.  The papers are from the "Sweet and Sour" DSP pack and there is also a Melon Mambo strip from the Patterns Stack.

The title was stamped using "Broadsheet", one of the Alphabet stamps which I adore, using Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo ink.

The butterflies were die cut using the "Beautiful Butterflies" Bigz die with the Big Shot Machine and we added pearls to the centres to finish.

Click on the image for a larger view.  Busy week here but back very soon with the other class layouts.

Birthday Present to match!

As you can see, the pressie matched the Card and Box Envelope that I had made for Louise in my previous post and inside it contained a wonderful tool, the Colour Coach!  I have to say that I love the Colour Coach, it helps you put together custom colour schemes.  It consists of swatches of each colour in the Stampin' Up! families and allows you to easily choose your colour combinations in a flash.  There are also a couple of suggestions on the reverse of each card so no having to think!  You can find the Colour Coach on Page 81 of the IB&C and it costs £13.50 which I think is a great investment as it can save you so much time.

So I used the idea from the Tisse Pack Box that we created at a previous class and I just resized it to fit the Colour Coach.  Again I used the "Vintage Wallpaper" Embossing Folder to create the gorgeous textured layers.  I used the letter "L" from the "Broadsheet" Alphabet set to decorate the closure for the box.

I think Lou was really pleased with her pressie and I am sure she will get lots of use out of it.  

Tissue Pack Box

Another class project, inspired by Elizabeth Shannon who gave me one of these as a gift at the recent Stampin' Up! Regional Training Event at Fareham.  It is a gorgeous little box containing one of the mini packs of tissues, what a beautiful gift to give to a friend.

I have made changes to Elizabeth's original design as she had used the "Business Basics" stamp set which was a requirement for both of our Demonstrations at the Training Event, but I kept the scallop circle at the bottom with my initial as I felt it really personalises the gift.

The papers are from the "Sweet and Sour" Designer Series Paper Pack which have a colour combination of Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red which I teamed with Very Vanilla.

I used the "Kissing Technique" with the "Flower Accent" and "Fine Flourish" stamps and hand cut the flower out, adding leaf stems from the "2 Step Bird Punch".

The Scallop Circle image at the behind the Monogram is from "Perfect Punches", the Monogram hides the Christmas greeting behind it!

If you would like to have a go at making some 3D projects like this one, why not come along to one of my classes and be inspired!  Contact me at stampinkerry@aol.com or 07717 068909 for more details.

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Stampin' Up! Regional Training at Fareham

At the end of February I attended one of the Stampin' Up! Regional Training days which was held at Fareham, these days are open to Demonstrators only and are full of business, fun and excitement, oh and should also mention free products!

I was asked to do a Demonstration using the "Business Basics" stamp set and this is what I came up with, a Post it Note Memo Holder that you can stick on the fridge!!  The demonstration went fine, although a little wobbly to start!!

The Designer Series Paper I used was "Elegant Soiree" and I teamed it with Soft Suede and Baja Breeze.  I couldn't resist using some of the gorgeous 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon as it ties such beautiful bows and the Marina Mist co-ordinates perfectly!

The suspended pen has also been decorated with DSP and I have attached a little tag at the end giving my contact details.

On the back of the memo holder there is a pocket which contains several business cards so that the receiver can hand them out to her friends!

The original idea for this came from a Challenge that was set by Amanda for our last Quarterly Meeting, we were each issued with a Post it Note and the challenge was to make something useful with it!  Here is my attempt:

I have made quite a few different designs but will save those for another time!

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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: