Friday 17 November 2017

Christmas Is Coming!

For our November class, we made 2 Christmas cards and a festive treat holder.
 This card is quite simple and uses Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake colours with the holly taken from Hang Your Stocking stamp set and the rest from Merry Mistletoe.  The DSP is Be Merry.


This card was a bit more complicated and required some careful lining up of the elements of the quilted star. For this card we used one of the this years In-Colors; Lemon Lime Twist which went well with Real Red and Garden Green.  This also matched in well with the Quilted Christmas DSP.  The stamp sets used were Christmas Quilt and Star of Light.  The ribbon is called Quilted Christmas (a bit of a common theme going on here!!) And the Quilt Builder Framelit Dies were used for the cutting of the elements.
Our 3D project was to make this cute little stocking using the Trim Your Stocking thinlets and the Cable Knit embossing folder.

Thursday 2 November 2017

Octobers Class

For our Octobers class, I had been asked to create a female celebration birthday card and a card suitable for a male. And with Christmas around the corner we made a 3D Christmas card.

 I gave my ladies the option of making this card as a general birthday card or as one for an 'age'.  The colours used were Whisper White, Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz. The stamp sets used were Stylized Birthday and Number of Years.
For this card we used a variety of colours including Elegant Eggplant, Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red, Marina Mist, Soft Sky.  The stamp sets used were Lift Me Up and Best Birds.
I found this card on Pinterest but can't remember who it was by. This used the shadow box card technique and folds flat to go in an envelope.  The colours used were Night of Navy, Crushed Curry (for the 'lights' in the houses) and Whisper White. The stamp sets used were Number of Years and Star of Light.  Dies used were Layering Ovals, Card Front Builder and Hometown Greetings.



Christmas Card Making Workshop

I held my annual Christmas Card Making Workshop at Frampton on Severn on Sunday 15th October with 10 attendees. We made 20 cards (5 designs and 4 of each) and a tealight holder. We had 3 new crafters and I think they enjoyed their bit of 'me' time.
I have posted the projects that we made for you to see.


For the cards we used Quilted Christmas DSP and everyone had 1/2 a pack of this paper as part of their Goodie Bags well as some Metallic Enamel Shapes and all the card stock required to make all the projects.  The colours used were Real Red, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler. The stamp sets we used were Christmas Quilt, Hearts Come Home and Hang Your Stocking (and matching thinlets).
The tealight holder was made using Night of Navy cardstock and Vellum stamped with Basic Black Archival ink.
I normally run this type of workshop each year in October ans start to advertise it in July so look out next if you would like to come along.

Wednesday 27 September 2017

A Touch of Autumn!

For our September Class, I chose some autumnal colours and the lovely new stamp set, Painted Harvest.
For this card we used the tri-layered stamping technique where the 3 Very Vanilla layers are placed on top of each other then the images are stamped ensuring that they go over the borders then the layers disassembled and Chocolate Chip matts are added back in between each layer.  this is the wonderful Painted Harvest stamp set which is a two-stamp image where the background of the sunflower was stamped in Crushed Curry and the detailed top layer stamped in Pumpkin Pie.  The leavers were stamped using Garden Green and cut out with the new Leaf punch.  The greeting was taken from  Flourishing Phrases.
Our second autumnal card was made using the baby-wipe technique where drops of Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry were dropped onto a baby-wipe and left to blend before using this as an ink pad to create the leaves.  This card also used a similar technique to the first where we stamped the tree trunk (stamp set Sheltering Tree  ) across two layers then removed the top Whisper White layer and stamped the leaves before re-assembling with a layer of Early Espresso in between.  The greeting was taken from Happy Birthday Gorgeous.
Our 3D project this month is a new style box I found on Pinterest called the self closing box.  It is very simple to make using the Score-board and for this we used the other leaf stamp from the Painted Harvest stamp set along with the acorn to make our own DSP.  The colours used were Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, and Garden Green. The greeting was taken from the Blooms & Wishes stamp set , punched out using the new Pretty Label punch and clipped to the box with some Burlap Ribbon and a Gold Library Clip. 


Saturday 2 September 2017

New Autumn/Winter Catalogue

Its time to start thinking of the upcoming Autumn and Winter by browsing through the latest Stampin Up catalogue! Lots of great images for the end of summer and festive items to make for your friends and family. Have the look at the catalogue on the link on the side of this page (as well as the recently launched annual catalogue) and let me know it you would like to purchase anything!!

Christmas Card Making Workshop Update

Hi
I have now finalised a date for my Christmas Card Making Workshop in October. It will now be on
Sunday 15th October 
(different to the original date)
at Frampton on Severn Village Hall
10am - 2pm
Booking is required with a £10 deposit no later than 
1st October
We are planning on making 20 simple Christmas cards using various stamp sets, embellishments, patterned paper and tools plus a 3D gift. The cost for this class will be £30 (slightly more than in the past but this is due to increasing costs of Stampin up products).  For this you will receive a goodie bag containing all the materials (other than scissors and adhesives) that you will need to create your projects plus more to use at home for your own projects. Light refreshments will be provided and you can bring a light lunch to consume within the crafting time.  Please bring your own scissors and adhesives although I will have some products on sale if you wish to buy from me.  There will also be a raffle.

August Class

Well I know it is already September but I somehow forgot to show you the projects we made in August! Just shows how time flies during the summer holidays.

This month we used the new In-Colors that were released with the new annual catalogue on 1st June and will continue until 31st May 2019.  The colors are called Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide.  Quite a good sets of names!

For our first card, we used the Berry Burst ribbon, cardstock, ink and sheet from the Fresh Florals DSP stack.  The stamp set used was Pretty Kitty and the main card was Smoky Slate. This card is very cute, suitable for any cat lover!

Our second card uses the Powder Pink In-color ink and sheet from the Fresh Florals DSP stack.  We used a watercolour technique to colour the sky on Shimmery White cardstock with Soft Sky ink.  To highlight the clouds we filled them in with Wink of Stella Glitter Brush. The stamp set used was This Little Piggy from the new catalogue and our crafters could chose any of the 5 designs to use on their project, I have just shown two here; and greeting taken from Happy Birthday Gorgeous.  The other colours used were Basic Black and Soft Sky.

Our final card looks a bit complicated but is actually quite simple to make, as long as you get your dimensions, cuts and folds in the right places! I think one of the names for this card is a stepped waterfall.  Again we used some new In-Colors, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide.  The Daisy punch is a great new Stampin Up punch again brought out in the new catalogue and has been sold out quite a few times already!  The leaves were made using Tranquil Tide cardstock and the Flourish Thinlets dies and the greeting was taken from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set and cut out using another new punch, Pretty Label Punch.  The center for the daisies were made from 1/2 inch punch circles of Gold Glimmer card.  The main card is Crumb Cake and stamped with the Hardwood background stamp also in Crumb Cake.





Thursday 20 July 2017

July's Class Creations

Hello.  This month we sort of had a theme of cards with hidden messages! The first card was designed as a New Home card using the At Home With You and matching framelits.  Thankfully the framelits reduced the amount of 'fussy-cutting' required ont his project. We also used the Brick Wall Textured Embossing Folder.  The main colours used were Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake (using aqaupainters), Smoky slate, Whisper White, Old olive, Rose Red and Curshed Curry.  The Timeless Texture stamp was used to create the texture look of the 'ground'.





















Our second card was a 'slider card' to reveal a hidden greeting! I had been asked to create a 'congratulations on passing your driving test card' but didn't have anything suitable so borrowed a retired set, Beautiful Ride, from a friend to create this fun card.  The background was created using Playful Backgrounds stamp set and heat embossed using Silver Embossing powder.  The 'congratulations' was taken from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and 'you've passed' was computer created.


Our final card was just back to basic stamping using the stamping off technique to get reduced shading of the main colours.  The set we used was Garden In Bloom which is a lovely set that I don't use often enough.  The greeting was taken from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and cut out using the Lots of Labels Framelits. The main colours used were Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquiose.  The butterfly was made using the Bold Butterfly Framelits and adorned with Basic Rhinestones.


Tuesday 20 June 2017

Christmas Card Making Workshop in October


I know it is only just the start of the summer and we are in the middle of a heatwave but it is time to get thinking in advance about all those lovely Christmas cards you can make to send to your friends and family before the rush of Christmas really starts!  So I have provisionally organised a card making day on:-



SUNDAY 22nd OCTOBER

at

FRAMPTON on SEVERN VILLAGE HALL,

10.00am to 2.00pm



Costs and full list of projects that we will be making will be available nearer the date along with booking details.





Please contact me for more details:- Hazel Benn on 01452 740258 or email at trulymadlystampin@hotmail.co.uk

(Please note that the minimum age for attending this workshop will be 12yrs)

June's Card Class

Hi Again. This month we were very busy using the Big Shot and making quite a variety of styles of cards - a shaker card, an easel card and a card for the handyman in our lives!

The first card we made is suitable for a wedding or engagement.  We used Elegant Eggplant and Shimmer White cardstock but any colour can be used to suit the wedding colours. The stamp set used was Floral Phrases and matching die set Detailed Floral Thinlets.  We were thankful for the Die Brush that gets all the little bits of card out of the die!  The greeting was cut out using the Layering Ovals Framelits.  I felt that the card needed something to finish it off so used the retired punches Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly along with a small string of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.  Finally we used some Elegant Eggplant Solid Bakers Twine to wrap around the card.





 Our second card I felt was appropriate for Fathers Days that is on 18th June or for any handyman!  Unfortunately the stamp set Nailed It and matching Build It dies did not carry over from the Spring/Summer seasonal catalogue to the new annual catalogue.  The colours used were Real Red, Crumb Cake, Basic Grey, Delightful Dijon, Basic Black and Silver Foil card with Momento Ink.  The greeting was taken from a previously retired set as it the only Father's Day greeting I had.  The background was stamped using the Hardwood and the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
Our final card was a shaker card for which I had had several requests!  This one used a new set Happy Birthday Gorgeous which is a great set consisting of 32 stamps for only £19! There are flowers and balloons and several greetings, I can see me using this sets on several occasions!  The main colours used were Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Gold Foil sheet and Whisper White. The Happy Birthday thinlet works well with this set and here I cut off the 'Birthday' part and used the word 'BIRTHDAY' from the Number of Years stamp set inside the 'shaker' part of the card. This along with the 'Hooray' was heat embossed using White embossing powder.  The background was embossed using Sparkle Embossing Folder, the stars cut out using the retired Stars Confetti punch, the balloons cut out with the Balloon Bouquet punch and the square window using the Layering Squares Framelits.



Thursday 1 June 2017

New Catalogue Launch!!

Well its that time of year again, a new Annual Catalogue that is full of great stamp sets, matching dies, papers, new in-colors, ribbons, embellishments and more!! If you want to have a look, just click on the icon on the side of this page or come along to one of my classes - Frampton on Severn Friday 2nd June at 7pm or Selsley Scout hut on Monday12th June at 7.30pm and have a look and also try out some new products.
I look forward to seeing you soon!

Friday 12 May 2017

May's Class Projects

Good Morning. Here are this months projects, yes, I think I am still in the right month! I've just waved my husband off along with 10 other friends on their mopeds off for a weekend riding to Ludlow.  I hope they get there in one piece and in the dry!  What a mad lot!

Anyway, back to card making.  This month we made a card suitable for a male and could also be used for Fathers Day (18th June).  We used a lovely set that came out in the Spring/Summer catalogue and has been carried over to the new annual catalogue, Lift Me Up.  We also used the background stamp set Timeless Textures.  To give the impression of 'distance' we used the stamping off technique.  The main colours we used were Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.  The twine is Cherry Cobbler Bakers twine.


I had had a couple of requests to make a new baby card and what could be more perfect than this set, Moon Baby which also came out in the Spring/Summer catalogue and has been carried over to the new annual catalogue.  To give a neutral feel we used Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and So Saffron colours.  We used the Daffodil Watercolour pencil for the moon to enable the shading effect.  The 'congratulations' came from Flourishing Phases stamp set.  The moon image was stamped in Momento ink. 


Our 3rd project this month was to make a few gifts tags - you can never have too many!! We used the stamp sets Balloon Celebration and Endless Birthday Wishes (retiring).  The colours used were Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Pool Party with StazOn ink. We used the Balloon Bouquet and Scalloped Tag Topper punches.




Watch this space for the new Annual Catalogue which will be released on 1st June!!

April's Class - a Couple of Fun Projects!

OOps, I am running late again! Where does the time go? Well here are the projects from Aprils Class. As it was the Easter holidays, we also had some children come along too.  They made the Foxy Friends card instead of the Blooms and Wishes card.
We used the A Little Foxy DSP for the background with Pool Party as the card base.  The adorable little fox is part of the Foxy Friends stamp set which has a matching punch, Fox Builder.  The bow was made using Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine. The greeting was taken from Balloon Celebration.  The other main colours used were Calypso Coral and Basic Grey.  This is another of my favourite stamp sets and am so glad that it is carrying over to the new annual catalogue!

As it was the start of the Easter holidays, we made this cute little cracker using So Saffron card stock and ink with 1/8" Gold Ribbon.  It holds 4 small chocolate eggs.  We made the cracker using both the score board and Envelope Punch board.  The rabbit came from the seasonal set Basket Bunch (which unfortunately hasn't made it into the new catalogue).  The greeting came form Teeny Tiny Wishes.



I saw this card design on Pinterest and couldn't resist sharing it at class as it is such a fun card suitable for all ages.  The 3 punches used were Owl Builder, Tree Builder and Balloon Bouquet.  The greeting (taken from A Circle of Spring) was heat embossed in white on Island Indigo card stock.  The background was sponged using Soft Sky and Mint Macaroon ink.  The DSP used for the tree and Owl was from Blooms and Bliss DSP.  The other colours used were Rose Red, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake with Mint Macaroon card base.


Our final project was a 'fancy fold' card made using the score board.  It opens out so that you can put a gift card inside and is held closed using a belly band.  The colours used were Rich Razzleberry, and Sweet Sugarplum.  The only stamp set we used was Blooms and Wishes along with the coordinating DSP Blooms and Bliss DSP.  We used the Layering Ovals and Stitched framelits to cut out the greeting on the belly band.






Friday 24 March 2017

Mothers Day and Easter Cards and Gifts

I was hoping that Spring was here to stay the other day but I am feeling the cold today and the weather outside isn't helping! So to remind us that it should be Springtime, here are the projects that we have made at this months classes.
First we used the lovely new Basket Bunch set and matching Basket Builder Framelits dies to make a Mothers Day or Easter card depending on what people chose.  We also used one shape from the new Build-it framelits to create the greeting cut-out.  The background was stamped using the 'flower' image from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set. Stampin Up! markers and Watercolour Pencils and blender pens were used to colour in the stamped images.


Our main Mothers Day card was made using a variety of tools -  1" & 1 1/4" circle punches, Layering Ovals Framelits and Bold Butterfly Framelits.  The colours used were Whisper White and Wisteria Wonder, and the butterflies were cut out of Shimmer White cardstock.  Everyone  loved the spinning effect of this card.  The background butterflies were taken from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set and the greeting from Circle of Spring.
Our 3D project this month was a medium sized gift bag made using the Gift Bag Punch board.  It is an ideal way to use up old DSP.  The tag was made using the That's The Tag stamp set and matching Timeless Tags Thinlets Dies.  The ribbon shown is 5/8" Organza. 

Sunday 19 February 2017

Spring Cards at February's Classes

Good Morning. I hope Spring will soon warm up, its been a bit chilly lately so here are some photos of the spring style cards we have made at our February classes.
This first one I CASEd from an idea on Pinterest and just uses two stamp sets Timeless Textures for the background and Bunch of Blossoms and matching punch Blossom Builder for the flower and greeting.  The Bunch of Blossoms stamp set is a 2 and 3 step stamping stamp set where the petals and leaves are created by layers of either tones or shades of colour.  The background colours are Basic Black and Crumb Cake, the petals used So Saffron and Crushed Curry and the leaves used Pear Pizzazz with the stamping off technique.  A large basic pearl was used in the centre of the flower.


Our second card uses a Sale-a-bration set Hey Chick. I wasn't sure about this set at first but have seen so many designs posted on the internet plus my husband thought it would appeal to peoples quirky sense of humour so decided to get it.  It also gave me chance to showcase another new introduction from Stampin Up in the seasonal catalogue - Watercolor Pencils! They are of a very good quality and the set of 13 pencils consist of the main Stampin Up colours - Basic Black, Basic Grey, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.  They can be used as just as colouring pencils (which we did for the little flower and leaves) or with the Aquapainters to create shading as shown on the chicken.  The 3 base colours were Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.  We also used another product that Stampin Up have decided to re-introduce - Stitched Framelits.  These come in a set of 3 shapes; circles, squares, and ovals and 4 sizes in each set, all for £27.  We also used the Layering Circles and Squres framelits.  The DSP is from another Sale-a-bration item, Carried Away DSP. The background was embossed using the Large Polka Dot folder.


Our final card was made using another new technique which I think is called Zig-zag fold. Its not very clear to see in this photo but the blue card attaches across the front half to the back part and is ideal for add an extra dimension to the card and a surface for extra embellishments.  The flowers are from another Sale-a-bration stamp Set, Avant Garden and the main colours are Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Early Espresso.  The leaves were cut using the Flourish Thinlets and the flowers using the Petit Petals punch.  The greeting for this Get Well card was taken from Hopeful Thoughts.



Tuesday 17 January 2017

Januarys Class

Happy New Year!
So here is the start of my New Years resolution by getting organised with my posts!
For this months class we made 3 fairly simple cards that could be used for a variety of occasions. Plus we used some Sale-a-bration items.


So here is our first project, a simple Thank You card using just two stamp sets, So Very Much from this years Sale-a-bration catalogue and Blooms & Wishes from the annual catalogue.  The flowers from this set have a distressed effect and to make this stand out more, we 'stamped off' the images to give a more subtle feel. The colours were taken from the in-colors, Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe.

Another item that we used from the Sale-a-bration catalogue was the Carried Away DSP which goes perfectly with the new stamp set Lift Me Up from the new Spring/Summer catalogue. We also used the matching Up & Away Thinlets dies.  The colours used were Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy and Whisper White.  The greeting was heat embossed using Whisper White embossing powder.


As Valentines Day is not far off, our 3rd card was designed to be used as a Valentine card or as a wedding/anniversary congratulations card.  The colours used were Real Red, Basic Black, Silver Foil sheet and Whisper White.  The sets used were Sunshine Sayings stamp set and its matching Sunshine Wishes Thinlet dies.  Whisper White Thick Bakers Twine was used to give the effect of the hearts being 'tied' together.  The mini hearts were punched out using the (retired) Hearts Border punch.

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Sale-a-bration and New Catalogue Time!

A New Year means new catalogues and freebies in the world of Stampin Up! 

As usual we have our annual Sale-a-bration period running from 4th January through until 31st March where for every £45 spent on products from the Stampin Up catalogue (the annual and new Spring/Summer), you can chose from any of the products in the special Sale-a-bration catalogue for FREE!

Also we have the new Spring/Summer catalogue filled with lots of great products for Valentines, Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers day, New Baby and more.

You can view the catalogues on-line by clicking on the images on the side of this page. If you would like to make an order, just email me at trulymadlystampin@hotmail.co.uk

Or you can come along to one of my classes to see for yourself.

I am also planning to run a Springtime day class in March/April so let me know if you would like more information about this.

Happy crafting!