More Painted Petals

As promised I'm back with more from my Painted Petals Class.

 

Today I am sharing the card holder we made, designed to store a few cards along with their envelopes, I think this would make a great gift.

 

I stamped the flower and leaf images over the front cover, then added a little label at the bottom from the "Chalk Talk" stamp set which I embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

 

 

You can see the embossed label more clearly here.  I love how heat embossing gives such a "wow" for such little effort.

 

 

And for the inside, two pockets to hold some cards and envelopes, all held together with gorgeous Pear Pizzazz Chevron ribbon.

 

 

Flower Patch Photopolymer Stamps

This set "Flower Patch" has proved to be a very popular choice with you all, and I can see why.

 

It's a great set of Flowers and Leaves in Photopolymer so they are clear and you can see right through them.  They are the same great quality as our Red Rubber stamps but at a much lower price.

 

 

I love that the set also contains greetings too!

 

And at just £22.95 for the stamps on their own they are a fantastic price.

 

 

As usual, Stampin' Up! have helped us out by giving us a set of matching Framelits dies called "Flower Fair", so cutting these images out just got a whole lot easier!

 

And if it couldn't get better, you can get 15% off when purchasing the stamps and framelits dies as a bundle, just £37.25 for both!

Such a usable set that will cover all occasions, and you can never have too many flower sets!

 

Blended Bloom with new Blendabilities Pens

I am really loving the new Blendabilities Pens, here I've used the "Rich Razzleberry" set.  Each set comes with 3 pens costing £10.95, a set of 3 shades that work together to blend and create a gorgeous look.

 

I've used the new "Blended Bloom" single stamp, a perfect one for colouring.

 

The technique looks difficult but it really isn't, this effect is simply created by starting with a dark colour then working with the lighter ones next.

 

The card is from a class I ran where we created 3 cards to practice the colouring technique.  It's very therapeutic and quite addictive and the results are amazing.

 

 

If you'd like to learn more about how to use these pens, why not join my

 

Blendabilities share

 

and earn yourself a free £25 spend during a 6 month club membership.  Learn tips and techniques and there will also be a class that you can attend too!

 

Call or email me for more information on the share and I will fill you in on the details.

Something To Say

Last week was pretty hectic for me, lots of classes then on Friday I went off on a Hen Weekend where we stayed in a log cab in the woods which was great fun, I will share some pictures shortly!

 

Onto today's card, a really sweet and simple one for you, using the fabulous set "Something to Say".

 

Both the Flower image and greeting are from the both set, the thing I love is that the flower has a matching punch which makes life so easy when being creative.

 

 My colours are:

 

Hello Honey

Pool Party

Whisper White

 

I used the Decorative Dots embossing folder which is now available to purchase in the new Catalogue, I love the random dots!  We used the new "Project Life" Framelits dies to cut the rectangle shape which has rounded corners.

 

I used the Hexagon punch to great the arrow on the "Thank You" banner, I get a lot of use from this punch, you can see I also used it on the vertical banners at the top of the card.

 

 



Mini Tag Topper Album

Another project from my all day event on Saturday.

 

Whilst on the Cruise in May I received a lovely bag of swaps, one of those being a tag album similar to this one and after having lots of comments about it I decided to re-design my own.  I kept to the same sizing but changed my colours and stamps to make it my own.  It would be perfect to pop in some photos, quotes or as someone suggested, great for a colleague leaving present as people could write their farewell messages!

 

 

Here's how it looks opened out.  Little pockets containing tags that you could add photo's or messages to.  These would look nice with ribbons tied to the top.

 

 

 

A close up of one of the pockets.  I used the "Dictionary" background stamp with crumb cake ink then stamped butterflies from "Papillon Potpourri" in the same colour daubing around the edges to give it a little vintage feel.

 

We decorated a little brown block bottom bag to hold the album, adding a simple butterfly to the front and using White Bakers Twine for the closure.

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Sweet Gift

So why do I always time it wrong for the dog walk, yet again both Alfie and I came back very soaked, luckily he is still small enough to pop in the utility sink for a quick rinse down when we get in, I am hoping Jay will build me an outside shower house for him in the summer!  Not the best picture, his head looks a little out of proportion in this one, bless him.

I love decorating simple things that can be turned into something amazing and given as a sweet gift.  Here this empty bottle was perfect for housing some scrummy Strawberry Bon Bons

I used a piece of the Gold Foil Vellum around the middle, then some co-ordinating washi tape, both can be found in the new Spring/Summer Catalogue.

I cut a gold banner using the Banner Framelits Dies then stamped the "hello" image from the "Perfect Pennants" stamp set in Strawberry Slush and cut out with my scissors rather than it's co-ordinating die, then attached them both to a delicious pink striped straw!

I tied gorgeous Chevron Ribbon at the neck of the bottle and also a tiny bow from the new Gold Bakers Twine.

So I hope you agree, a really sweet treat that took very little time and money to create but would make the perfect little gift for someone.

Your'e Lovely Sneak Peak

Here are the cards I made for some team members at December's monthly training, each month I recognise those who are in my top 3 for Sales with a handmade card.

This is very similar to the card in my previous post except I changed my first layer to crumb cake and stamped the Gorgeous Grunge stamp with Whisper White Craft Ink.  I covered over the word "lovely" with the word "Amazing" for the stamp set "Your'e Amazing".

I layered everything with Dimensionals for a 3D look and added some Linen Thread for texture.

And here they are all together, here you will see I used different papers from the new Sale-a-bration pack at the bottom of each card.

Sale-a-bration Sneak Peak

Sale-a-bration is just around the corner, the most amazing promotion Stampin' Up! has to offer, it's the best time of the year as you are able to earn yourself FREE exclusive products.  If you host a party during the promotion you can earn extra goodies with your Hostess Credits.

Sale-a-bration begins on 28th January and runs right the way through to 31st March so you have plenty of opportunities of earning yourself lots of lovely FREE goodies that are being offered.

Now I can't share any actual products with you just yet as it's a secret, but I can show you some projects I have created!

So here's a gorgeous gift presented using one of the Sale-a-bration offerings this year.  A lovely kit containing spotty cellophane gusseted bags, tags, ties and glimmery hearts that will be so useful for so many different occasions.

I love the twisty ties, they are double sided so that when you twist them like you do for sandwhich bags you can view both sides whereas here, I folded the edges around the top of my cello bag as I wasn't scrunching it up and the wire inside the tie held it nice and firmly shut.

I decorated the striped tag using flowers from the Boho Blossom punch.

Inside I decorated a glassine bag to contain the gift for Caroline, again more flowers from the Boho Blossom punch and some coordinating paper from the 12x12" Paper Stack.  The large white hexagon with the Island Indigo border is also from the kit and I stamped a hexagon from the Six Sided Sampler stamp set to go with it, this is great as it has a matching punch.

The Crisp Cantaloupe thick twine is from another Sale-a-bration gift, can't wait to share that one with you.

I used Washi tape to cover a peg.

And the finished gift again, I loved it and I think Caroline did too!

Notecard Box using the Envelope Punch Board

This project uses the AMAZING Envelope Punch Board to create a 3D envelope to encase some simple notecards.

I love the "Notecard and Envelope" sets, they are a great size, smaller than the standard envelopes Stampin' Up! offer.

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Price: £5.50

Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

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Price: £5.50

This was another class project, everyone received half a pack of the notecards, along with the Magnificent Maple stamp and a tub of the Vintage Designer Buttons.  Here we embossed the vintage buttons using "Pewter" embossing powder, the result is amazing!

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Price: £5.50

Very Vintage Designer Buttons

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Price: £5.50

The box envelope is created in a flash using the new Envelope Punch Board

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Price: £17.95

Envelope Punch Board

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Price: £17.95

The outer design matched the cards inside and I secured the envelope using Organza ribbon which slides on and off.