by Barbara | May 4, 2018 | 3D projects, Birthday cards, Cards
This morning I watched a video tutorial of an open stepper card, which prompted me to ‘have a go’. The tutorial was in inches, but I prefer to use cm’s and although some of the measurements were converted, not all of them were. For starters the card base was not a half A4, so as I don’t like wasting little bits from the edges, I have adapted it to metric, thus using half an UK A4 sheet to make it.
And this is the result!
I used Thick whisper white for the card base as this is nice and sturdy, and the discontinued (from the end of May) Elegant Eggplant card stock and ink. The black and white DSP (Designer Series Paper) is from The Petal Passion series (also discontinued from end of May).
The Yellow flowers are die cut in Daffodil Delight with Garden Green stems, both from the Bouquet Bunch Framelits and the sentiment and stamped flowers are from the Beautiful Bouquet Stampset. The ovals are die cut, but in this instance not with Stampin’ Up! product (as I have yet to buy them).
Bank Holiday Mondays Coffee and a Card will involve making this card. If you fancy coming along, then please do…. The Mallard, Westwood Lakes, Boston UK! (the original Boston!).
Thanks to Jan B Cards for the idea.
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by Barbara | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
May 1st already….how did that happen? The year is flying by, but wont be long until the release of the 2018/2018 annual catalogue. Any one who ordered from the last catalogue will automatically get the next one as soon as I get my hands on them! But while you wait, why not take a peak at this early release suite;
The Share What You Love Suite
There are three different bundles to choose from and all include free items (which we all like!) The first bundle is a basic (new stamper set, The second assumes you have already got some stamping basics and the third gives you everything in the suite!
You’ll see much more detail about it by watching this YouTube clip.
If you would like a catalogue, please contact me
Happy Crafting xx
by Barbara | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is better after a busy weekend than to spend an hour crafting with some like minded people? Nothing….well not in my opinion! And the chance to use up some retiring stock (the ‘old’).
This weeks Coffee and a Card brought us a new lady. Her words were ‘I haven’t got a crafty bone in my body”, but welcome Sue, and I think you did a fantastic job and look forward to seeing you again!
As the first card had a bit of fussy cutting, this is what we started with. The patterned papers were from the ‘whole lot of lovely’ designer series paper (DSP), and Pear Pizzazz card stock was used for the card base along with Pear Pizzazz Ink for the sentiment and matching Ribbon. the Whole lot of Lovely papers are beautiful, but are on the discontinued list, so won’t be around after May 31st (or sooner if they sell out before).
Our second card used the 2017/2019 In Color collection. Card bases were chosen from any of the five colours, and then a flower ( from the Touches of Texture was randomly stamped on a piece of whisper white card stock (6cm x6cm) using all of the In Colors. The stamped card was then cut into 3cm x 3cm squares and stuck onto the card base using dimensionals., leaving an equal gap between the pieces. Finally a sentiment was stamped under the flowers (I used one from the Cake Soirée stamp set.
Apologies for the pink smudge….I dropped an ink pad as I was tidying up 🙁
I anticipate I will be using an awful lot of ‘old’ to make way for the ‘new’ – all available from June 1st! And look out for a special early release set at the beginning of May…..details as soon as I have them.
If you want to find out more please contact me
Happy Crafting!
by Barbara | Apr 16, 2018 | Birthday cards, Cards
A lovely crafty morning at The Mallard, Westwood Lakes. The sun was shining, no coat needed and 3 lovely ladies for company.
For our first card we used ‘Flying Home’ stamp set from the Spring/Summer 2018 catalogue (only available til end of May).
We stamped in memento black onto whisper white card stock and then used blender pens with ink pads to colour the card. I used some of the colours that are retiring this year….wild wasabi, rose red, perfect plum, pink pirouette and chocolate chip. You can get lighter shades using this technique by picking up smaller amounts of ink and colouring on scrap paper until the ink has dispersed a little.
After colouring, we used some (very) old rose red ribbon across the front, and then mounted it onto some rose red cardstock.
The sentiment was done using the fabulous stamparatus….available from June, with another discontinued set Endless Birthday Wishes and this was stamped directly onto the card front, before mounting the rose red card on some dimensionals.
Our second card used Touches of Texture stamp set…a very versatile set in my opinion, with the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments.
A textured back ground was stamped in Crumb Cake ink onto the crumb cake card base.
The flower stem was stamped in Wild Wasabi, the 2 step flower in marina mist, the splattered background again in crumb cake and the bee in archival black, all onto a whisper white background.
After attaching this to the card, a strip of Burlap ribbon was added below the picture, a sentiment was stamped in marina mist and placed on top of the burlap with dimensionals.
For finishing touches a gold faceted gem was placed in the middle of the flower
To get any of the products used in either of these cards, visit my shop on the home page
I used Thick whisper white for the card base as this is nice and sturdy, and the discontinued (from the end of May) Elegant Eggplant card stock and ink. The black and white DSP (Designer Series Paper) is from The Petal Passion series (also discontinued from end of May).
Apologies for the pink smudge….I dropped an ink pad as I was tidying up 🙁
A lovely crafty morning at The Mallard, Westwood Lakes. The sun was shining, no coat needed and 3 lovely ladies for company.
