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.

Junes Class

Right, I am a bit better organised for my blog this month as had it all photographed and written ahead of time.  Plus as we had treated ourselves to a weekend break at Centre Parcs the weekend of my class I had to make sure everything was planned before we went away!
So here are the projects from June:-

 This first card showcases the new 2015-2017 In Colors. Starting from the top butterfly (made with the Bitty Butterfly punch and  1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches) they are Delightful Dijon, Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron (the greeting was made using Early Espresso ink and Petit Pairs stamp set and cardstock to complement these new colours). As you can see we didn't waste the butterflies punched out of the Whisper White cardstock and made gift tags with them using the Note Tag punch.

This is the second card we made using the Sheltering Tree stamp set which has carried over from the Spring/Summer catalogue.  I had seen another demostrator (Mandi Mace) making a card using the Hardwood stamp as a frame to the card and couldn't resist using the same idea.  The main colours in this card are Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip.

This final card uses the new Sprinkles of Life stamp set which is a special stamp set created by Stampin Up who will give £2 from the sale of this stamp set to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  This is a great set with so many different combinations of stamps. Plus there is a co-ordinating punch - Tree Builder.  Here is just one making a basic cupcake. I hope to use this stamp more in the near future so will post more designs.  To see more of this stamp set look at the last page of the new 2015-2016 catalogue by clicking on the link my home page.  I also used the Cherry on Top Designer Washi Tape on this card and stars puched from the Confetti Stars Border punch in Crushed Curry, Island Indigo and Watermelon Wonder. The cupcake was made using Crushed Curry cardstock and ink with Watermelon Wonder candles and Crumb Cake cardstock and Tip Top Taupe ink base. The background circle is Cucumber Crush.