February Classes

For this month, I ran a few different things at my monthly classes.
At Frampton on Severn, we made this cute little box which has been called either a 'self closing' box or an 'impossible' box (due to trying to figure out how to open it). Although it looks complicated, it is one of the easiest boxes to make.  We made it using Real Red and Whisper White card stock, Real Red Glimmer Paper and some scraps of DSP suitable for Valentines.

As our Selsley Class fell during February half term, I invited the children of my crafters to come along. They each made 3 cards using the Sale-a-bration Party Pandas set which they really enjoyed.
I used some retired products as well.

The remaining projects were the same at both classes, and both suitable as a Mothers Day card!
The first was made using the Sale-a-bration set Lots of Lavender.  I found this design on Pinterest and liked the idea of stamping onto a coloured background and colouring in the flowers then adding the Stampin Up Chalk Marker to add some highlights to the petals. The greeting came from the Watercolor Wings stamp set and the main colours used were Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz and some retired ribbon.

 The second card also used a Sale-a-bration set, Beautiful Peacock.  This is a lovely set that I can see being used a lot, just a shame we only have until the end of March though.  We used a couple of techniques on this one; the baby-wipe technique using Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise inks, and heat embossing using Stampin Up Gold Embossing Powder.

Time For An Update!!

Good Morning to you! I am sorry for the late posts, we have been busy with Christmas, School Events and our local Panto (everyone had a part whether on-stage or behind scenes!) and as it is such a dismal day today I thought I ought to spend some time on my blog!

As always with the beginning of a New Year, Stampin Up! have brought out a new catalogue, the 2018 Spring/Summer which you can download by clicking on the image on the left of this page.  And to tempt you further to treating yourself to some new products (maybe using some Xmas money), Stampin Up! have their Sale-a-Bration event where for every £45 you spend from the annual and Spring/Summer catalogues between the 2nd January and 31st March, you can redeem a free product from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue (which you can download by clicking on the image on the left of this page).

So for our first class of the year, I made use of two of the Sale-a-Bration products, Party Pandas and Happy Wishes.  For the first time, Stampin Up! have introduced a few exclusive products that can be redeemed during Sale-a-Bration for a £90 spend, Happy Wishes is one of them. It was very versatile set with several different greetings that can go with the main 'happy' and best'.  For this card we used a mixture of the current 2017/2019 In-Colors in ink format and from the Fresh Florals DSP Stack :- Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide.  We heat embossed using White Embossing Powder as well as Tranquil Tide ink for the greetings

The second set we used from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue are these cute Pandas from Party Pandas. They can be used for all sorts of celebrations, here we used them to make a birthday card suitable for all ages.  You could turn this into a new baby card by changing the colour theme too.  The ribbon is also from the  Sale-a-Bration catalogue and comes in a pack of three different ones :- Basic Grey (6.4mm wide), Bermuda Bay (3.2mm wide) and Calypso (1cm wide).  The main colours used in this card were Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay and Whisper White with Basic Black ink.  The Panda is 'juggling' a selection of Enamel Shapes.  We also used the Starburst Embossing Folder to give some texture to the card and the Layering Circles Framelits to cut out the circles.  The greeting is also from the Party Pandas set and was punched out using the Classic Label punch.

With Valentines Day not far off and wanting the excuse to use the stamp set I got given at a recent Stampin Up! convention form the new Spring/Summer catalogue, we made this card. The stamp set is Heart Happiness which has 15 different heart themed stamps in the set for just £15.  This card can be adapted for an Anniversary or Wedding card.  The colours used were Berry Burst, Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake.   We used the 'stamping off' technique to the create the background seen through he 'heart' aperture.  The ribbon is also new and from the Spring/Summer catalogue; Berry Burst 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon.  The greeting came from Teeny Tiny Sentiments (such a good set to have in your craft room!!). The heart shapes were cut out using the Sweet & Sassy Framelits and the greeting punched out with the Classic Label punch.