New In Colours

I spent a lovely evening with a group of crafty ladies last night making some pretty cards using some of the NEW 2012-2014 "In Colours" from Stampin' Up!

The NEW colours used are Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit with Whisper White and Basic Grey card for accent colours.

The papers are a sneak peak from the NEW upcoming catalogue, I got them FREE as one of the "perks" of being a demonstrator.

 The sentiments are another new product that will be available to order very soon with matching framelits!!

The ribbon is Basic Grey taffeta, tied with a simple knot.  I used the Bird punch for the leaves and the Itty Bitty flower punch with a gem for the flowers.

Here are the cards altogether.  If you would like to get together with a group of your friends for a personalised class contact me for further information.

Angela x

Happy Birthday Lucy

Today is Lucy's 10th Birthday, I can't believe how quickly this has come round!!

I made a Birthday banner to hang over the fireplace using the new Sizzix Pennants die, Timeless Type Alphabet sizzlit dies and the Tags for All sizzlit die. I threaded the pennants on to silver cord and tied small pieces of gorgeous Elegant Eggplant scalloped ribbon - just gorgeous in every colour!

I have used the gorgeous new Cheerful Treat hostess papers throughout my designs, I have to admit I wasn't too keen on this paper when I first saw it - but now I LOVE IT!!!!!

The colours are beautiful and perfect so many occasions.

Here is a close up of the cute owl, made with the Owl punch, I dressed her up with some flowers punched with the Itty Bitty punch and of course Dazzling Diamonds glitter and some gems!!  I added some leaves from the Bird punch and layered it with the scallop circle punch.

A closer view of the diamension of this card and a little of the inside of the card.

The Pennant punch was used for the bunting on the card, I used the Just Perfect alphabet stamps, the flowers are again from the Itty Bitty Bits punch set with of course more sparkly gems for some bling!

I made the treat holders with the NEW Petal Cone die - so many new products, so little time!!

I made a gift bag from a single sheet of 12 x 12 paper, the papers really are quite thick, I used them with the Pillow Box die to make a pretty gift box.

I know it has been some time since I up-dated my blog, but I just seem to have been so busy lately. I have been creating a lot of different projects and future classes as I will be off to Paris to the European Stampin' Up! Convention at Disneyland Paris!!!

I am really looking forward to spending a few well earned days away with so many other ladies all "obsessed" with Stampin' Up!  I will scheduale a few posts once I know it is safe to share my swaps and gifts!!

Angela x

Birthday Wishes

This is the card I made for a friend celebrating a very special birthday a couple of weeks ago!!

I love the bright and cheerful colours of the fabulous new Sunny garden papers.  I have teamed them with some Daffoldil delight satin ribbon and one of the new "In Colours" Poppy Parade.  I stamped several flowers from the Vintage Vogue stamp set using the rock & roll technique, the leaves from the 2 step bird punch. I have cut out the flowers, layering them up with diamensionals and a sprinkling of dazzling daimonds.  The sentiment is from the new Perfect Punches stamp set, if you look at the bottom of the ribbon you can see the beautiful new boarder punch.

Angela x

Paper and String .......

With every delivery from Stampin' Up! there is some lovely brown packing paper - I have so much I struggle to find a good use for it other than recycling.    This week I decided to have a try at making some paper flowers with my punches.

I have used several of the circle punches to make this flower, scrunching the paper before putting a clear rhinestone brad through the centre.  The background is stamped with a flower vine from the Tiny Tags stamp set in the gorgeous new Soft Suede ink, layered up on Soft Suede card.  I have tied a couple of the Tiny Tags punched out with some linen thread, the leaves are from the Bird and Branch punch. Sprayed with shimmer mist made using the lovely shimmer paints currently available in the mini catalogue until 30th September.

I have made this card using the same colours as before.  The Very Vintage wheel has been used over some Very Vanilla card to create the backgorund.  This flower uses the scallop circle punch, I have put 9 in my flower scrunching them before putting a rhinestone brad through the centre. Another Tiny Tag tucked into the leaves made with the Bird and Branch punch and a length of linen thread wrapped around the card.  Sprayed with White Frost shimmer mist, for a little sparkle.

I still have a huge piece of this lovely brown paper, so any further uses for it would be very helpful!!!  There may be a little surprise in the post for the best idea!!!

It has been so cold here today, more like late October than August bank hoilday!!!  So much for our vist to the Maize Maze, we hid out at the cinema - it was warm and dry there!!!  Fingers crossed the sun shines on Wednesday as I'm planning to try and get to the Maze then????

We are on to the last week of the holidays, this time next week the new clothes will be all laid out ready for the morning rush to begin again -  only this time Philip will be at school all day!!!  what will I do without my "baby"????? 

                                 

Cheeky Monkey's .......

I have decided to try and get a few children's cards made up in advance, as I never seem to have anything ready when I want a card in a hurry!! Philip has so many party invites, my weekends are taken up going to the parties. This weekend Philip is going to a soft play party for twins, so look out for their cards later in the week!!

I have stamped the monkey from the  Fox and Friends stamp set, I just love this set, I have found its perfect for children's and baby cards.  The last box of cards I took for the neo-natal unit had some of these cute animals on too!!!  I have used the two step bird punch to make the branches for the monkey's to hang from, the sentiment is from Whimsical Words, sadly no longer available, stamped  in Chocolate Chip ink.

Must dash, I have still got to finish my cards for tomorrow!!! 

  
                             

A Little Birdie ......

I have had to "give in" and buy this gorgeous new 2-step bird punch from Stampin' Up!   Again this punch is one of the new space saving designs, perfect for me as my stash is growing at quite a rate right now!!!  (But I guess it has done that for some time now!!!  Oooops!!)

 I have used those fabulous Sweet Pea papers again, (there are so many beautiful designs), I added some diamensionals to my little bird to lift it.  I have seen so many different cards made with this punch while blog hopping, I have created the flowers below from a card I saw on Julie's blog a couple of weeks ago.

The flowers have been glittered with Stampin' Up! Dazzaling Diamonds glitter, it has the most amazing sparkle!! I'm sure you will be seeing more of this on my cards, I have noticed it is in my car too!!!

E-mail me if you would like to place an order for the 2-step bird punch, I'm off to see what else I can make with this punch and make plans for my next class. Enjoy what is left of your weekend!!