New Catalogue and Projects From Our Class in May

Good Morning! Although currently its pouring with rain so not that good apart from the gardens and ponds needing it! I've had a small job recently and my time on Stampin up projects and updates has been put back a bit so today I will just give you a few updates.
Firstly, the new Stampin Up! annual catalogue came out last Monday! You can download a copy of it from the link at the side of this page.  There are a lot of new style stamps which cling better to your acrylic blocks than the previous designs.  Some previous stamp sets have been re-designed with this new concept but on the whole, the catalogue is bursting with new images.  I especially like the 'Family Party' stamp set page 62 and 'Word Wishes' dies on page 197 which both together and individually will be so useful for making personalised greeting cards. So please have a look and let me know if there are any sets that you wish to order. Plus we have a new set of In-Colors - Rococo Rose, Terracotta Tile, Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray and Purple Posy!

Right, now onto the projects that we made in May.
This first project uses a retired set, Garden In Bloom, but is one of my favourites as it has different sizes flowers and leaves and a cute little bee and a butterfly.  I can't quite remember the proper name of this style of card which is an angled fold card.  The colours we used were Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mango and Crumb Cake.  The greetings were taken from the Well Said stamp set and Well Written Dies.

Our second project used a technique where the background was sponged on using Bermuda Bay, Balmy Blue and Crushed Curry through a circle template.  The other colours used were Soft Suede and Flirty Flamingo.  The stamp set used was Colorful Seasons and its matching Seasonal Layers dies.

 Our final card was made again using retired products but my customers had been asking to make it as it is a useful card to send for any gender and age! It uses the Balloon Celebration stamp set, Stars embossing folder and mini star punch.  The colour used was Real Red but any colours could be used.

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.

Junes Class

Well what a lovely start to June! At our Frampton class we had the doors open as it was so warm and it was lovely to hear the sounds of the birds whilst we crafted.  It was also nice to go home in the tail-end of the sunlight.
For this months projects we tried out a new technique of layered stamping with the Watercolor Wings stamp set, created a neutral birthday card suitable for a male of all ages and a lovely box suitable for a small bottle of perfume etc.  I did find inspiration for these cards on Pinterest so can't take the credit for their design!

So here is the beautiful butterfly card made with the Watercolor Wings stamp set. I have been looking forward to using this set as it is so effective.  The colours used were Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky and Crumb Cake.  The technique of stamping off was also used to tone down the colours too.  The background was stamped using Gorgeous Grunge and the little butterfly was taken from the Garden In Bloom set and the greeting from Cottage Greetings.  There are in fact two smaller butterflies cut from Velum cardstock on top of the main butterfly but this is now easy to see in the photograph.  The coordinating Bold Butterfly framelits were used to cut out the butterflies.

The general birthday card was made using just another three colours - Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Basic Grey.  The 2 stamp sets used were Gorgeous Grunge and Crazy About You.  The littles stars were punched out from sliver Glimmer paper using the Confetti Stars Border punch.  The blank space at the top of the card is suitable to put the age of the recipient, perhaps using the Large Numbers framelits.

Finally our 3D project was a small box suitable for a small bottle.  The tricky part of the design was trying to score and fold the angles to make the box taper towards the top but everyone was pleased with their finished result. The three main colours used were Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Basic Black.  The greeting was taken from Circle of Spring stamp set and the flowers were punched out using the Blosson punch.

February's Class

Hello, hopefully I am now back on track with posting our projects, I hope you are inspired by them and please feel free to post any comments!
As we had covered Valentines Day in Januarys' projects, this month we concentrated on Mothers Day with a mini pot of felt flowers and two cards, either of which could be used for a birthday or Mothers Day.
The mini pot of flowers was created by cutting out 3 felt flowers using the Big Shot Spiral Flower Originals die. Unlike the framelits and thinlits, this die can be used with various materials including felt, leather, fabric and card. Ideal for adorning all sorts of projects.  The leaves were made using a flower from the retired Fun Flowers Bigz Die.  The label was created using the Note Tag and Washi Label punches, the butterfly using the two-step stamp set Garden In Bloom and the greeting from Watercolor Wings.  The colours used were Marina Mist and Soft Sky.  As I had a large amount of retired Stampin up ribbon, I let my ladies chose their own to suit their creations.

The two cards were made using more of the free Sale-a-Bration products.

The first one used the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack along with the 2014-2016 in-colors.  I cut three different strips and then coloured them using Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon inks, glued these onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then layered this onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and onto Sahara Sand main card.  The butterflies were punched out using the Elegant Butterfly Punch in Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey cardstock and the small butterfly using the Itty Bitty Butterfly and another piece of the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack.  The greeting was stamped using the Crazy About You stamp set in Early Espresson ink.

The second card used the Botanicals For You Sale-a-Bration stamp set. I love all the little flowers and leaves that come with this set which can be used to create a lovely border as shown in this card. The colours used were Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay and Old Olive.  The cardstock colours used were Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight.  The greeting was taken from Endless Birthday Wishes, stamped onto vellum and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder.  The litle flowers were punch out using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and pinned in place with a mini silver brad.