A Birthday Gift Set

Today I have another matching card and gift bag set, using some of the darker patterned papers from the Twitterpatted pack.  I used Basic Grey, Red Ridding Hood and Whisper White.

The flower is punched using the new Blossom punch available in the Summer mini catalogue, layered up with patterned paper and plain card, with a gorgeous Vintage brad for the centre. I embossed the Basic Grey card with the Vintage Wallpaper folder and added a few leaves cut with the Little Leaves sizzlit die.

The inside is decorated with flowers punched from the same patterned paper.

The gift bag is perfect for a small gift, I used a template available to buy from Becky Roberts here.

Here they are together.  Its my friends birthday this week so I just need to find the right gift to fit the handbag??! 

I have another workshop on 30th June and still have a few places available - we will be using the Blossom punch in the class - contact me to book your place.

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

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

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

Teacher Gifts

As school finished last Friday for the holidays, many small gifts were made and sent for the teachers and teaching assistants.

I found some chocolate "Wishes" and thought they would make perfect Christmas treats.

This gift wrapping idea is inspired from the lovely Convention gift I received  from my SU "mum Jules.

I cut two Cherry Cobbler scalloped circles with a big shot die, then embossed them with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, they were scored at the bottom and fixed together with Tombow adhesive. I used the crop-o-dile to punch a hole at the top, threading a length of scalloped dots Chocolate Chip ribbon tied with some beautiful Victoria crochet trim. I stamped the baubles and used the matching punch to make the hanging tags adding a pretty rhinestone for a  little bling.

The chocolates slipped into the wrapping, here are some of them all ready to go into school.

 Angela x

Pennant Parade Christmas

Today I want to share some cards using my "NEW" favourite Pennant Parade stamp set with of course a co-ordinating punch!!  Stampin' Up! think of everything and with a matching Big Shot die creating beautiful cards and decorations could not be simpler.

There are so many ways to use this set and it has already proven to be a big success with many of my customers.

I have used the same colours throughout my designs they are really quick and simple to duplicate - perfect for a batch of quick and stylish Christmas cards.

Crumb Cake

Cherry Cobbler

Lucky Limeade

Chocolate Chip

Whisper White.

pennant parade, pennant punch, vintage wallpaper & square lattice embossing folder, large oval punches, four frames punch, scallop dots ribbon crumb cake seam binding.

I will be placing another order this week,  please contact me if there is anything you would like to order.

Angela x

Big Shot Class

I have been really enjoying using the new Big Shot with the exclusive dies and embossing folders from Stampin' Up! so I thought I would share some of the projects from my Big Shot classes last week.

This little pillow box is perfect for a small gift along with a matching card. The colours of this set are Very vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette and Concorde Crush. The flowers are cut with the Fun Flowers die in a variety of card and Lap of Luxury designer paper, some have been embossed.

This card was a last minute addition to the class, the paper was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder and lightly sanded so that the white core showed through, then lightly spritzed with shimmer paint. The flowers were cut and embossed with the Flower Burst embosslit.

If you are thinking of buying a Big Shot I will arrange to come to your home and show you how to create some amazing projects using the exclusive Stampin' Up! dies and folders. This range will no doubt expand later in the year so why not get yours now.

A special offer from me - anyone buying a Big Shot from me during May can choose an embossing folder of  their choice FREE.

Angela x