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.

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.