Hi, all. Hope you’re all keeping safe and well in this difficult time.
My life has changed lots since Covid19 appeared in our world as I’m sure yours has too. But I cant complain…most of my days were spent crafting, whether that was at home or in one of the various craft groups I attended or in the Coffee and a Card group I run and nothing has stopped me still crafting at home and now I’ve pushed myself out of my comfort zone and got out into the big wide world using Facebook Live
If you’ve missed them, just pop onto my Facebook page (the stamping booth) and you can always watch again.
Here are two of the Easter cards I demonstrated on Monday this week,
Easter Bunny
Fabled Friends stamp set
Easter..the Cross
Very Versailles stampset
Discontinued amazing you stamp set
‘Other’ brand cross
and the third card is another you might wish to try yourself. Details are under the picture.
Easter Greetings
Peaceful Poppies
Beautiful Bouquet
Fabled Friends
Instructions for the Easter Greetings card ;
For this card I used an A4 piece of whisper white card as the base cut in half down the length and scored in half.
The Crushed Curry layer was made up of plain Crushed Curry card stock measuring 7.5cmx 14.9cm, with a piece of Crushed Curry designer series paper from the regals collection measuring 7cm x 14.4cm glued centrally together.
I used the inner of one of the flowers from the Beautiful bouquet set to stamp along both long edges of the card base in Crushed Curry ink and then added the gingham layer it, lining up centrally from the edges.
On a piece of Whisper White measuring 9cm x6cm, I stamped the flowers from the Peaceful Poppies set using memento ink. I then coloured the flowers using dark and light Daffodil Delight blends to give a bit of texture.
This was then mounted onto a piece of Crushed Curry card measuring 9.5cm x 6.5cm. This whole piece was then attached to the card base using dimensionals.
The greeting was from the Fabled Friends stamp set, which was stamped in memento ink and then die cut with the layering ovals dies, as was the scalloped oval in Crushed Curry. These were glued together and then mounted onto the card with dimensionals
Bet you’re all in shock…..not long after publishing January’s blog, i’m posting February’s too!! Can’t beat striking while the iron is hot!
Firstly i’d like to apologise for the lack of pictures in my product lists…..the website I get them from seems to have thrown a wobbly and won’t work for me at the moment, but I am pushing them to try to help me sort it!
I’d also like to give credit to the people whose designs I’ve ‘cased’ this month….Splitcoast stampers for the ‘Woven Heirlooms’ card, Sally Stampers for ‘The Gangs all Meer’ card and unfortunately I cant remember who I got the ‘shoe Box’ idea and dimensions from, but Thank you!!
Here is what we’ve made this month at our Coffee and a Card group;
Do you like what you see? Come along for an hour (or so’s) crafting….every Monday 11 til 12 ish at The Mallard, Westwood Lakes, Boston, Lincs. PE20 1 RY
You can click on any of the items to go to my shop to purchase or contact me to place an order. If you want any more information please use the contact me tab at the top of this item
As a completely disorganised person, I have decided to try to get my blog in order this year! Yes, I know we are already into February, but that just proves my point as to how dis organised I am!
Instead of attempting to show you all on a weekly basis what we have made at Coffee and a Card groups, I am going to bump several weeks together, thus writing one post for several cards. So, Yes, it will be a bit longer, but I will NOT go into so much detail.
January Coffee and a Card
Below is a list of products used, if you want more detail, then please drop me a message using the contact me tab above
So, on Tuesday I hosted my first ever workshop. It wasn’t too complicated as we used the lovely ‘Hugs from Shelli’ Paper Pumpkin kit, which had everything you needed to make 12 lovely cards.
10 lovely ladies joined me at my home ( and they had the bonus of seeing my much talked about extension and new kitchen), and we had 2 hrs of crafting fun.
As I mentioned, the kit is designed to make 12 cards, 3 each of 4 designs, and on the afternoon that’s what we set out to make.
But as some had commented that the ‘notecard’ sizes were small compared to what they normally made, I displayed an assortment of cards that I had made, making the cards into larger cards, one of which was almost C5 size.
These are the designs that came with the kit…..
And these are some of the ones I made as alternatives.
Not sure if they will ever release a Paper Pumpkin Kit again in the UK, but I feel another workshop may be needed – whether they do or not!
What a fab time I had…. think everyone who attended did too.
The past few days have been a little ‘grey’ to say the least, so I thought i’d share with you a blog hop I’m taking part in that hopefully will brighten your days and remind you of the better days to come!
Firstly let me tell you what a blog hop is!
A group of crafters have all made there own Spring themed card and then posted them on their Blog. If you follow the links at the end of my blog, then you can ‘hop’ across to another blog to see their card, and then the next persons and so on.
Hope you’ll all take a peak at what others have done.
Spring Blog hop
My card is made using Balmy Blue, Daffodil Yellow (how appropriate!!) with touches of Pumpkin Pie and Tranquil Tide (pearls on the butterflies) and although you can’t see in the photo, I used some Wink of Stella on the daffodil trumpets.
If you want to make the same, here are the ingredients;
Don’t forget to check out all the other people who’ve taken time to join this blog hop, by clicking on the links below
Strange title eh? Well Shelli Gardner is co-founder and chair of the board of directors of Stampin’ Up! and she has put together this lovely cardmaking kit, which is available to order from May 15th for a limited time only (while stocks last).
So, you ask, what is paper pumpkin?
Paper Pumpkin is the name given to a bespoke kit of card making products that complements current Stampin’ Up! products. In the US there is a monthly subscription to have these kits sent directly to you, but this hasn’t happened in the UK. And this kit is a one off for us at present, but who knows!
This kit contains ;
An exclusive stamp set not available anywhere else
One Classic Stampin’ Spot® from our Classic ink collection
Paper and crafting materials to create 12 cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs)
12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes
Adhesives and embellishments for all 12 cards
The kit also works well with a stampset available in the next annual catalogue
I am running a workshop based around this kit on Tuesday 4th June from 2-4pm.
The cost is £20 for a full kit for you to get at the workshop and make one of each card and take the rest home to play with yourself at the end , or why not go halves with a friend and pay £10 each and split the set?
Places are limited, so please reserve your spot soon
Wouldn’t it be lovely to wake up every morning to the sound of the sea lapping against rocks right outside your window. I know I would be in my element, with the wildlife on offer and the peaceful sounds the sea evokes.
By The Bay
Sale-a-bration set 2019
This lovely Stamp set is one of the ‘free’ items available until the end of March with a minimum spend of £45.
I used predominantly Gray Granite when making this card…..ink, card stock and ribbon (have I mentioned before how I love that all Stampin’Up products co ordinate so beautifully?)
I’ve also used the Stitched rectangle framelits from the Spring Summer catalogue to give some interest and angles around the subject.
I’ve listed below all the products used, but if you want to know more contact me (button at top of page) or follow this link to get to my shop
New to the 2018/19 annual catalogue is the Lilypad Lake bundle. A beautiful set with water, boats, heron and some lovely words and the co ordinating dies. It makes some stunning cards and we made two this morning at Coffee and a Card.
It was a pretty hectic morning with 7 people joining me, but as usual we had some fun and laughter and everyone went home with two lovely cards.
The first card used watercolour paper as the background, and after wetting the card three different colours using the ‘water’ stamp were stamped down covering all the card. I used Pumpkin Pie at the top, then Daffodil Delight and finally Night of Navy. This was then spritzed with water, removing any excess with kitchen paper. We then set this to one side to dry.
The heron was die cut in black card as was the reeds using the ‘water’ framelit. The water framelit then had its sides cut away, and the centre was snipped at random in half to give reeds.
The sun was die cut in Daffodil Delight and the flying birds were stamped onto the background in Memento. These were from the High Tide Stamp set. The card was assembled onto a black background before attaching to a whisper white card base.
The idea came from a card by Emma Goddard of Coastal Crafters.
The next card also used The Lilypad Lake bundle. But this time the card had a more nautical theme and perfect for the sailor in your family!
We started with Balmy Blue base and using the cloud design from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks and Whisper White Ink, we sponged onto the Balmy BLue to give subtle clouded background.
The ‘sea’ was die cut in Pool Party, the ‘sun’ in Daffodil Delight, and the ‘yachts’ were stamped several times on Whisper White before colouring with a variety of pens (Stampin Blends and other) and then cut with the die.
The sentiment was from ‘Your Inspiring’ stampset, stamped in Balmy Blue on Whisper White card and die cut using one of the framelits from the bundle. The edges of the sentiment were ‘dabbed’ in the balmy blue ink to edge it.
Clearmount bundle £40.50, Woodmount bundle £47.50
These are also available separately, but buying as a bundle saves 10%
If you would like to order, please use my online shop or contact me direct
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