Bordering on Romance Workshop

 Last weekend I had a workshop with a lovely group of ladies, these are the cards we made using the Bordering on Romance stamp set.

The images were all stamped on to water colour paper and coloured with Stampin' Write markers and a blender pen using the 2012-2013 In Colours.

This is the first card we made with a lovely scalloped edge cut with the new Edgelits dies.

There was a little more work involved in making this card as we also stamped the background and added an embossed layer cut with the Labels Collection Framelits dies.

The final card has an embossed edge to match the cut edge of the Framelits dies.

Everyone had a lovely evening colouring their pretty flowers, the hostess has now received her orders including £50 worth of FREE products and a Big Shot for half catalogue price!!!!

If you would like to find out more about hosting a Stampin' Up! workshop with your friends and receiving free products, contact me for more details.

Angela x

Birthday Celebrations

Today I have a card and matching mini milk carton gift carrier I made for another of Philip's friends celebrating their Birthday this week. 

I chose Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Whisper White to compliment the gorgeous summery Sweet Shop papers. I added ruffled ribbon with a "jelly bean" brad, the sentiments are from the hostess exclusive Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set.

I used the exclusive Mini Milk Carton die to cut the boxes and made a holder for them to sit in.

This is a photo of a beautiful field near to my house - I googled the flowers and I think it is a linseed crop, the contrast to the yellow field is amazing!!

I plan to get out with my new camera again this weekend.

Angela x

Jubilee Weekend

I want to make a bit of a fuss over the Jubilee weekend for Lucy & Philip. I remember when I was 7 we had a street party for the Silver Jubilee.  There were quite a few children in our street & my mum made garden gnome costumes from crepe paper for my sister and a neighbours little boy - I went as "Miss World" & won the competition!!

I made some bunting to hang across the fireplace with the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Tea Shoppe stamp set in Poppy Parade, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake, with satin ribbons in Real Red & Bashful Blue between them and of course I added plenty of "diamonds"!!

Here you can see a close up of the detail.

I managed to get some flags for outside on Saturday but I wasn't expecting them to be quite so long.....

I think I could have decorated next door too!!!  I filled my pots with red, white & blue plants - but as there has not been much sun this week they haven't bloomed as well as I had hoped they would!!

Lucy is two steps behind me & Philip is sat on the door step as usual??!

I took these pictures with my lovely new camera - I plan to learn to use it properly over the summer and produce some "good" pictures, so that means I must remember to take it out of the house!!!!

As usual when I go shopping with Darran I spend more money than I had planned - I bought a kit with two lens' & everything else I needed to get started. I can't wait to try it out properly tomorrow.  I "needed" the larger zoom lens as I want to make sure I have some good pictures of the Olympic Torch in two weeks time?!!  What an exciting time for the UK this year!!!!  Shame we couldn't book some good weather,  yesterday was so wet in London I do hope the weather today is a better for the celebrations.

Angela x

Elegant Bird Swaps

A few weeks ago I spent a lovely day in Leeds at a training day organised by Jules. When ever demonstrators get together we like to swap ideas - this time there was the new Summer Mini Catalogue filled with fabulous products to choose from!! 

I used the exclusive Stampin' Up! Elegant Bird die.  Lucy helped with cutting and embossing the wing with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, I used Confetti White card - it has flecks of colour in the card, the main body of the bird is stamped with the small flower from the Tea Shoppe stamp set and coloured with marker pens. The edges were lightly inked with Calypso Coral ink and I added a bow made with Pool Party seam binding.

I'm going to go and tidy my craft room this morning, as I have had some classes this week and things are piling up- I will get the projects photographed later this morning.

Angela x

Stampin' Up! Berry Blossoms

This is a gift set I made using the gorgeous FREE Berry Blossoms designer papers.  I love the colours in these papers - Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade (2011-2013 In Colours) and Early Espresso.

The bag is made from a single 12 x 12 sheet of Berry Blossoms paper and the card uses the cut off.

I used some matching Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon for the handles, I added a tag, the flowers are cut with the exclusive Stampin' Up! Berry Blossoms die with a polka dot brad.

The card base is Wisteria Wonder, I used the Eyelet Border punch along the bottom of the Whisper White card, the sentiment is from the Curly Cute stamp set.

If you would like to get these gorgeous papers FREE contact me to place your order of £45 or more.

Angela x

Easter Treats

I have made a few boxes for some Easter treats using the exclusive Stampin' Up! petal cone die, I have seen various uses for this die but I thought the carrot was a fun idea, these boxes are a good size when put together like this.

I used some Tangerine tango and Lucky Limeade card to make a "carrot", although it doesn't show up well in my photo I have embossed the card with the Polka Dots embossing folder.  I filled the box with some mini cream eggs and threaded Old Olive grosgrain ribbon through the top of the box to close it, I made the "leaves" with the Fun Flowers die.

I will hopefully finish making the last few Easter gifts tomorrow and I will share them as soon as I get the photographed - if only the "ironing fairy" had been!!

Angela x

Easter Blossoms Class

I know 2 posts in 2 days......

I did schedule this one as I really wanted to share the lovely Easter cards I made for another class with a different group of ladies.  This is a contrast to the more Autumnal colours of yesterdays post as the colours are really pretty and spring like, perfect for some Easter cards.

The colours for the cards are Wisteria wonder, So Saffron and Pretty in Pink, Flirtatious designer papers.

I used Wisteria Wonder for the card base with Flirtatious paper,  the Whisper White panel was embossed with the Polka Dots folder, the eggs were stamped and cut out by hand, a gorgeous Whisper White satin bow and a sentiment makes this a quick card to complete.

The card base is So Saffron with some more of the Flirtatious papers, the doily is the reverse side of one one of the sheets of paper from this same pack - I thought it looked nice peeping out from under the silhouette of the girl. I added some satin ribbon with the sentiment layered with the oval punches and a small flower with a peal centre. 

This is the card that "wowed" everyone - it was the quickest and simplest of them all but the pretty blossom stamp was definitely their favourite.  It was stamped on to Whisper White with Basic Grey ink and the blossoms were lightly coloured with a Pretty in Pink marker, a few tiny flowers were punched out with tiny pearls for the centre. The sentiment was layered up as before, the card base is Pretty in Pink.

I decided to order the Easter Blossoms stamp set to use in this class, I had held off buying it, as I have so many stamp sets waiting for ink I didn't think I needed it?!  How wrong was I. Everyone loved the cards we made and although it was not a stamp set they had planned to buy three of the ladies decided to buy it, so you never know, sometimes you need to look again!!

If you would like to order this stamp set, it is currently available in the Spring Mini Catalogue until 30th March, contact me to place your order before it's too late!!

Angela x

Creative Elements

I have really enjoyed making some new samples for the displays at my workshop.

This is a really pretty card using Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey and Whisper White.  The background is stamped in both shades of pink to add depth , with some ruffled taffeta ribbon across the bottom.

The butterflies are coloured with Stampin' Up! marker pens - starting with the lightest shade in the centre working out to the edge of the wings, with some sparkly gems trailing down the card.  I stamped an extra butterfly on the inside of the card - I like decorating the insides of my cards, it adds a finishing touch

Creative Elements is a stamp set that was given free to all demonstrators attending convention at Disneyland Paris - if you would like to join me at convention this year in Germany contact me to find out how you can become an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - there has never been a better time to join as in addition to the already fabulous starter kit (£119 for products valued at £240) you can choose any stamp set in the catalogue completely free!!

Angela x

Vintage Gift Set

Here is another Birthday set I designed using the exclusive time limited Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration Everyday Enchantment papers and the Fresh Vintage stamp set.

I loved this gorgeous red paper and decided to base my design and colour scheme of Poppy Parade and Very Vanilla around it.

The card only uses a tiny scrap of the Everyday Enchantment paper to decorate the inside. The front of the card is stamped with the Fresh Vintage stamp set with Poppy Parade ink onto Very Vanilla card, the edges were lightly inked with Crumb Cake ink to give an "aged" look. I layered  a scrap of card embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder with a scalloped circle and a Birthday sentiment from the hostess exclusive Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set. 

This gift bag is perfect for a small present and it is really quick and easy to make using the Everyday Enchantment papers - they are perfect for gift bags!!  I used the exclusive Stampin' Up! Top Note die to make the top of the bag, stamping again onto Very Vanilla card, the flower closure was made with the Boho Blossom punch and a velcro dot is all that is needed to to close the gift bag.

I am busy preparing kits for the ladies joining me for my "Mystery Hostess" event - if you would like to be in with a chance to win some exclusive hostess products of your choice all you need to do is place an order with me before 4th February and you will receive a ticket for every £45 spent, book a workshop and receive 2 tickets or join my team and receive 5 tickets!!

Angela x

A Sneak Peak

In a few days the best promotion of the Stampin' Up! calendar will begin - Sale-a-Bration. For every £45 you spend you can choose a FREE exclusive product.

Last night a special group of ladies held their first get together of the year, I really enjoy our evenings as there is always lots of laughter and crafty chatter!!

We made a card with gorgeous handmade paper roses and a bag for the card as an ordinary envelope would not suit this style of card, the card fits inside perfectly without damaging the flowers.

Here you can see the paper roses made with the FREE Everyday Enchantment papers.

This is the inside of the card stamped with the co-ordinating FREE Fresh Vintage stamp set. 

The colours are Peach Parfait, Calypso coral, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade and Very Vanillla. 

One of the many "perks" I get as a Demonstrator is the option to pre-order new products in advance of the new catalogue or promotion. 

If you would like to turn your hobby into a successful business or would just like an instant 20% discount off all of your future craft purchases why not join my team you will earn an extra free stamp set of your choice from any of our current catalogues. To avoid the rush, contact me now and I can talk to you about it in more detail. 

Angela x

Another Cupcake

At last I have found time to edit some pictures of my Cupcake cards, so tonight I will share my version of a card I have seen many times in blog land.

What is better than a Cupcake - a shop full of Cupcakes/!

I have used the Word Window punch to create the canopy, it folds flat to fit into the envelope, the base was embossed with the Stripes embossing folder and the Scalloped border punch. the Cupcakes have been stamped and punched and layered with dimensionals.

The colours are Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzaz and Very Vanilla.

I have added some of the beautiful new velour ribbon around the base of the card, the sentiment is also from the Create A Cupcake stamp set.

Angela x

Spice Cake Card Box

A little later than I planned here is the box made for the Spice Cake cards shown in previous posts. I'm sure you will be relieved to know this is the last of my Spice Cake projects, I do have something different to share later this week.

All of the eight cards fit this box, I made the back of the box into two sections, one is big enough to hold the portrait style cards and the remainder holds the tags (not shown) made with the exclusive "Two Tags" die. The front of the box has the landscape style cards and space for stamps or pens.

A close up of another medallion I made with a Vintage Brad for the centre and some gorgeous ruffled Pool Party ribbon. 

Matching pens with scraps of ribbon and crochet trim to match the cards.

I didn't mange to get the tags photographed for this post today as I have had a trip up to Newcastle for an appointment with Philip and a leaking pipe to sort out!!  Fortunately the pipe is now fixed without too much mess - only the ceiling in the utility room needs replacing again!!

Tomorrow I will be finishing the kits for my classes this week but I will be back on Wednesday with a special card.

Angela x

Last of the Spice Cake cards.....

Here are the last few cards I made with the new Spice Cake papers - I love them!!!

Another card base of More Mustard - but a lovely effect with leaves cut out and layered up from teh French Foliage stamp set.  The sentiment is form another stamp set I received free, Creative Elements, and the background shape is from Everything Elenor.

I added some ink to the edges of this card and decorated the inside too.

The background was stamped with a gorgeous vine from the Creative Elements stamp set and lightly colured with Crumb Cake ink and a blender pen.  The fabric flowers are cut with the exclusive to Stampin' Up! Fun Flowers die - no sewing or finishing raw edges, just good old Tombow adhesive to stick it together!!

The flower centre was made with the Boho Blossoms punch, another decorated inside.

Foe this card I used the gorgeous Curly Cute sentiment stamp set , along with some Spice Cake paper and Soft Suede tafetta ribbon, The flower is stamped with Soft Suede ink onto More Mustard and Pear Pizzaz card, then punched with the co-ordinating punches and another Vintage Brad.

Another side view and decorated inside, I do like the Very Vanilla card inside the coloured card bases.

As I had made so many cards, I needed a box to store them in, I will share the pictures of the box tomorrow, along with some matching pens and tags.  I thought this would make a lovely gift set, so it will be kept for the right occasion.

Angela x

More Spice Cake

I really do love the colours of the Spice Cake papers and fabric and I know I will be stocking up on them while they are available in the mini catalogue.

When I started cutting up those "precious" papers I had so many ideas for them that I made many different cards. So grab a cuppa before you sit down, its a long one!!

This card is Soft Suede, Pool Party and Very Vanilla.  I made the medallion with some Spice Cake paper and a Vintage Brad for the centre, I used Tombow glue to fix it to the Very Vanilla and layered it on to another piece of Spice Cake paper. The sentiment is from the Little Princess stamp set, using the same Pool Party for the layers.

This card is inspired by the colours of the Spice Cake papers. I stamped a background piece with several of the stamps from the French Foliage stamp set, then stamped some extra leaves to cut out, layering over the stamped piece as a focal point.

The base card is Pool Party with leaves stamped in Pool Party ink.

A close up of the detail and the lovely bow made with Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon and a Vintage brad.

This card is a perfect way to use scraps of paper, card and ribbon.

The card base is More Mustard, a colour I wouldn't usually use but maybe you might just see it again soon!

The squares are decorated with different punches - love the Owl punch!! The Very Vanilla layer is embossed and a narrow scalloped edge was made with the lovely Ribbon Boarder punch.

I used the Spiced Paisley stamp set for this card, stamping all the layers with the matching inks to create a shadow effect.

I used the Stampin' Up! markers to colour the stamps and then cut them out, using dimensionals to fix them to the stamped panel.  The border was made with the Scallop Trim punch and I tied some Pear Pizzaz ribbon around this layer.

That's all for now, I will show you the rest of the cards tomorrow from this set.

Angela x

Spice Cake Fabric

I finally have a few minutes to add one of the cards I made for a gift box set using a strip of ripped Spice Cake fabric.

I made a bow with the fabric and wrapped the ends underneath the Soft Suede card I embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder.  The sentiment is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set that my lovely friend Liz bought for me at Christmas. I made the flowers using a circle punch, they are really easy to make and very effective. I added a pretty pearl for the centre, the leaves are stamped and cut out from the French Foliage stamp set.

Here you can see the detail.  The oval frame was embossed with the Designer Frames folder and I tore the edges,  the sentiment was layered with the Extra Large Oval Punch, a perfect fit!! I used the gorgeous Pool Party ink to stamp with and add colour to the edges.

Here you can see the inside is decorated too!!

I will show a few more of the cards in this set tomorrow.

Angela x

Spice Cake Inspired Wreath

I was so delighted to see the Spice Cake range of papers, fabric and buttons in the new mini catalogue, the colours are so pretty and I was inspired to make this wreath using the colours and the large buttons.

Most leaves were cut with the sizzix leaves die and then I scrunched them and inked around the edges, I stamped some leaved from the French Foliage stamp set and then I cut them out by hand.

The leaves were glued to the wreath with Tombow adhesive and dimensionals between the layers. I tied some Early Espresso ribbon through the buttons before gluing them to the wreath.

Some of the leaves were embossed to add some texture, then I gave the finished wreath a generous spray of Champagne Shimmer paint mixed with alcohol to give it some sparkle.

The colours are Pool Party, More Mustard, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzaz, River Rock, with some First Edition designer paper.

I will be up-dating my blog with more Spice Cake projects during the next few days - I was fortunate to receive this bundle of Spice Cake products FREE!!  If you would like to find out how you can have fun and turn your hobby into a business, why not contact me to find out more about how you can join my team of "Sparkly Angels" and get a discount on all of your Stampin' Up! purchases and exclusive pre-orders from all up-coming catalogues.

Angela x