Newbury craft show

Just a quick post from me to remind you all that I will be on the Stampin' Up stand at Newbury this Saturday. Please come and say hello.

Happy crafting until then.

Carole xx

Lap of Luxury Designer Paper

Hi Everyone,

I love the way that Stampin' Up co-ordinates everything across their whole range.

I won some papers last month and decided to chose papers I hadn't bought yet.  I chose:

Lap of Luxury
Love Letter
Sweet Stitches

Here are a couple of cards I've made using Lap of Luxury.  They are cards that I did have to spend a little more time on, but I am really pleased with how they turned out.

It has been such a lovely morning here with the sun shining, so I decided to take the photos outdoors.  I just wish I could have cropped the photos........note to self.....learn how too!!!

Enjoy your weekend.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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Another month passes me by!

It really doesn't seem a month since I last posted, I don't know where the time goes!

Oh well.....I am sure you are far more interested in seeing a few projects I've made, rather than hear my pile of excuses, so here goes...........enjoy!

I love this stamp set, it has to be one of my favourites of all time - Nature Walk by Stampin' Up.  I made a pleated style card, using the Designer Paper that matches the stamp set Botanical Gazette.

On this Sympathy card I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch, together with our new Stampin Up Decorative Label Punch and Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.

We were invited to a wedding earlier this month and this was the card I made to use as our reply.  I've used the Top Note Die from Stampin' Up, together with the So Many Thanks stamp and embellished with Basic Pearls and Kraft Taffeta ribbon by Stampin' Up.

I loved making this card fom my dear friend who recently turned 21.  I used the stamp set Party This Way, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Extra Large Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch and on the front I used part of the Top Note Die, Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Word Window Punch and Modern Label Punch.  The paper is from the Nursery Suite Speciality DP from Stampin' Up.

I actually had a bit of fun creating this album page today.  Whilst surfing the net, as you do ;)  I caught this layout and had to give it a try.  The base card of this 12 x 12 album page is Stampin' Up Crumb Cake and I've used Stampin' Up Designer Paper from the Regals Stack.  I've used Stampin' Up Chip Board Alphabet and Stampin' Up Punches for the embellishments.  I splattered the whole page (covering the photos for a minute) with white acrylic paint to finish it off.

I made lots of these cards for a Pink Ladies team swap to swap at a reward day I went on.  I used the Flower Daisies Die and the Beautiful Wings Emosslits Die.  The Stamped sentiment came from a very useful set, in my opinion, Perfect Punches by Stampin' Up and I used the perfect punch to go with it Extra Large Oval.  The ribbon is the Stampin' Up 1-1/4" Striped Grossgrain in Early Espresso.

Wow, what a post, hope you found it worth waiting for!

Email me if you would like any more details of supplies or stamping classes  and scrapbooking crops in Oxfordshire.

Most of the supplies are from the Stampin' Up 2010 - 2011 Idea book and catalogue, or the Stampin' up Mini catalogue 1st April - 30th September 2011.

I'll order your products and have them delivered directly to you or you can pick them up from me.

I accept PAYPAL these days, so email me with those orders.  I will be giving away lots of bits and bobs as treats for all orders placed in June :) !

Have a great June and happy crafting.

Carole
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Trying something different

I have been having a great time crafting recently.  I attended an arty day workshop up in Harrogate last week and thoroughly enjoyed working in a different style and with different mediums.   Whilst working away, in the back of my mind, I was working out in my head how I could recreate this style with Stampin' Up products.  We made very nice arty tags out of sheets of canvas, I didn't quite finish mine, but they will be finished ready to show the ladies that attend me classes in May (hopefully).

My favourite part of the workshop I attended in Harrogate, was the use of uplifting quotes that our lovely and extrenely talented teacher (Dyan Reaveley) had printed onto canvas for us to attached to our tags.

I used this idea and made a little star book for my daughter Sarah, who loves to read little uplifting and happy quotes.  I typed and printed the quotes and then stamped pretty Stampin' Up images, delicately decorating the white canvas.  Here is a photo of how the simple little book turned out:

I have made a little something else too.  Sarah is moving to London very soon and with me all rareing to go to try different styles of cards, I have made this card in the style of another artist I've been following from America.

I think this card shows that with Stampin' Up we can create something just a little different, especially with the introduction of the Big Shot and some fabulous dies to go with it.

You will be able to see that I've used the new Top Note die as my base, I cut out some canvas with this die together with a peice of dictionary paper and used a variety of inks to colour the base layer.  I also used the Flower, Daisies #2 and the Little Leaves die for embellishing.  I made the house out of the Stampin' Up Square Punch, the Word Window punch and the Small Heart Punch, using a Basic Rhinestones jewel on the heart and a tiny pearl from the Basic Pearls set.  The main colours I used were Soft Suede, More Mustard and I chose Bravo Burgundy as my actual card mount.

Right I've got a load of clearing up to do and a wedding to watch.  Enjoy your day.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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If you are interested in purchasing any of the Stampin' Up products that I've used please don't hesitate to contact me.

Just happy to play.........

Whilst all the other Stampin' Up demonstrators are busily beavering away at updating their blogs and web-sites, emailing their customers and checking which dates are available in their own diaries for parties, workshops and classes - I've been playing - enjoying myself in fact!  I have many of the new products in the new Stampin' Up mini catalogue and have made lots of samples.  I just find that it still takes me ages to put them all on here!  Anyone living close, can contact me and arrange to come over for a coffee and take a look at the new mini and the samples I've made.  You can still book a party with me too, just let me know that you'd like one and we can arrange a date.

If you attend my regular classes you will know when your next class is and hopefully will be looking forward to seeing what I've made and excited about making some of my designs.  If you haven't been to one of my classes lately you might well want to come back, enjoy some crafting time with me and see what lovely cards we are making these days.  Send me an email, if you'd like to try another session.

This is a card that I made this morning, I've had a new load of stash arrive, although I am supposed to be on a spending freeze!  Hope you like it:

I have used some Stampin' Up products for this card, the products used are as follows:

Stampin' pastels, whisper white cardstock and taffeta ribbon (which I pulled through my So Saffron Ink Pad), Regal Rose Ink and Designer Paper, Oval All stamp set, new Bitty Buttons and Beautiful Wings Embosslits die.

Have a great weekend.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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