Just when you thought you didn't need any more craft supplies this year, Stampin' Up! come and throw a spanner in the works...
There are lots of bargains to be had on products that won't be available after 4th January. The last date for guaranteed delivery before Christmas is 13th December, and these products are only available while stocks last - so don't delay!
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While most of my fellow demonstrators were having fun at the first On Stage Live event in Brussels, I was holding my monthly class at the Beacon Centre in Harrow. It was lovely to have some more new people joining us, and it was rather lucky that we'd been double booked and moved to a larger room. My next event is on 3rd December, and if you are looking for card classes in Harrow or North West London, then please do join my group on Meetup so I can keep you updated on our events!
After last month's Stamp-a-Stack, we swapped to 3D items. We started off making some cute boxes using the Gift Box Punch Board. Everyone got to choose a pattern from the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Stack, but here are all the patterns together for you to see.
The DSP stacks are 6"x6", which is the smallest size listed on the punch board and makes it really quick easy to make a whole stack of these boxes in next to no time at all. Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive just scream Christmas paired together like this. The Gold Cording Trim adds a bit of festive sparkle as well.
We used the Oh What Fun stamp set to create some tiny tags to add to our boxes. Of course, the ends were punched with the Triple Banner Punch - no more guesswork needed.
These are all ready to go for my department Christmas dinner in December - all I have to do is to decide what to put inside...!
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This is another of the cards we made in our Shoe Box Swap evening. This isn't a stamp set that jumped out of me from the catalogue, so it was a great chance to get to create something with it.
The vellum was embossed using the Softly Falling embossing folder. I really like how you can choose two different effects depending on which way round you put your embossed sheet. As you can see, I went with more rather than less!
This card also reminded me how effective heat embossing can be, along with the use of watercolour paper and a stylish swash from an aqua painter. And who could resist adding a bit of bling to finish it off?
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Welcome to another Pinkies Blog Hop! As it's World Card Making Day today, we hope everyone will get some time to craft, and we've created some lovely projects to help inspire you to create your own beautiful card. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!
While I love Autumn (the colours, the clear but cooler days, cinnamon in everything being completely acceptable), I never really get on with those colours in crafting! So here is something completely un-seasonal as inspiration for some bright and cheerful crafting on World Card Making Day.
The flowers are stamped in Soft Suede (stamped off first to make them form more of a faded background) using an outline stamp from the Garden in Bloom stamp set. I know they are perfect for two-step stamping, but sometimes the outline on its own is very useful. The sentiment is cut using the Greetings thinlits from Melon Mambo cardstock.
I grabbed some time last weekend to prepare my project for this blog hop, and I've since seen a couple of cards with this kind of pleated DSP as a pretty feature. It's so simple and an effective way to show off a teeny bit of the "other" side of our lovely DSPs. This pattern is from the English Garden DSP, which coordinates with the Garden in Bloom set.
I started by cutting 2½" strip from a piece of 12"x12" paper (make sure you choose one that has two patterns that you like - it's not usually that hard!).
If you're using a scoreboard instead, your score lines will be at 4", 4¾", 6¼", 7", 8½" and 9¼".
Why don't you give it a go?
Next on our blog hop is Hannah, and I know you are going to love her project!
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I hosted my first Stamp, Snack and Chat at a local community centre this week. I shamelessly stole the name from Shelli Gardner, and I think it completely sums up what is fun about getting together to make new friends (or just catch up with old ones!) and craft. I kept the projects simple, as most of the attendees were new to stamping. We made a card using Flowering Flourishes, embellished with butterflies (Papillon Potpourri and the coordinating Butterfly punch).
I stuck with a tried-and-tested colour combination of Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe, but some of the ladies chose to swap those colours round, which looked lovely as well.
I couldn't just send them away with a card, so we also made little matching Curvy Keepsake boxes - we all agreed they were perfect for a couple of Lindor chocolates!
If you'd like to join me for our next Stamp, Snack and Chat, or in fact at any of my upcoming classes, just drop me an email. We'd love to have you join our group!
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