A Duo of Flower Cards for my August Class

I have enjoyed using Gingham Garden DSP and wanted to share this paper along with a 'scrunching' technique to make some flowers to compliment the paper.

The flowers were punched from 2 layers of Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Island Indigo cardstock using the 1 1/4" and 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punches and then spritzed with some Stampin' Mist, scrunched up and then left to dry. The central flower was punched using the Boho Blossoms punch.  Once dry the sets of flowers were then assmbled. Strips of Gingham Garden DSP were used as the background and the leaves were punched using the Bird Builder and Pear Pizzazz cardstock. The greeting is taken from Sassy Salutations in Island Indigo ink and the main card background is Midnight Muse. I think the flowers really go well with the flowers on the DSP - don't you think??

The second card uses a sponged vellum technique which I was shown by fellow demostrator, Caroline Baker. I also used two of the new 2013-2015 In-Colors, Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana. The vellum cardstock is stamped with one of the Flower Shop flowers in Versamark and then coated with White Emboss powder and heat embossed.  The image is then punched out and sponged on the back with Coastal Cabana. Once the stamp has been cleaned, more images are stamped onto Whisper White cardstock in Coastal Cabana ink.  The main card is made from Baked Brown Sugar.  The greeting is taken from the Hostess set Simply Sketched.  A piece of 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim in Coastal Cabana and some rhinestones and pearls complete the look.  I hope you like the effect and if you would like to have a go at this technique then contact me for either a party at your home or to come along to my classes. Thank you for looking!

       

Augusts 'Best of' Stamp Set!

This months 'Best of...' is a selection of Stampin Up's founder, Shelli, favourite stamps that have been created over the past 25 years plus a new design never seen before. This set is available until the end of March 2014 so if you wish to order a set then please contact me or come along to one of my classes. As with all the Best of sets, they are only available in clear mount and cost £13.95.

July's Class....

Summer is most definitely here, and this card reflects this lovely time of year! Using the lovely Summer Silhouettes stamp set the ladies set about creating this easel card at July's class. The colour scheme I have used is Gumball Green teamed with Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie.

The greeting used stamps from Memorable Moments a lovely stamp set that adds a touch of elegance. I have used the En Francais background stamp inked in elegant eggplant stamped on sahara sand card. I used the Boho Blossoms & Scallop Trim Border punches for the inside of the card to enable the card to be  opened up.

I am really chuffed with the butterflies and the effect created by stamping and daubing the punched out Bitty Butterfly in elegant eggplant, it is so effective! 

Using pumpkin pie ink and cardstock just adds a splash of colour. Hope you like! Happy Summer everyone.  Alli x

Oh my, the summer will be gone by the time I get myself organised! I had completely forgotten about sharing my card with you that we made at July's class.

This used the the Pennant Parade stamp set and coordinating Petite Pennants Builder.  I had found the basis of this design on the internet and just had to share it with our ladies as I thought it a good basic birthday card suitable for all ages and genders. The card stock colours used were Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake and Whisper White, with Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight and Midnight Muse inks.  I used the paper piercing tool along the scallop edges of the Crumb Cake to add a bit of detail and some rhinestones were used in the centre of the Daffodil Delight flowers (cut using the 4 petal flower punch from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack) to add a bit of sparkle. The top layer of pennants were strung together using Whisper White Bakes Twine and a bow made from 3/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon finishes off the design.  The greeting was stamped using the Itty Bitty Banners set in Midnight Muse.