Stampin' Up Delightful Decorations

This is quite a large post as I decided to share all of the cards with you in one post. Delightful Decorations is a lovely stamp set and makes quick cards and projects as it has a coordinating punch still available in the NEW 2012-2013 catalogue!!!

I used the Delightful Decorations stamp set with the Bauble punch using a colour scheme of Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla with some of the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Gold Card.

Strips of different papers with an embossed border of hearts and a tiny edge of gold card peaking out.

A stamped background with a Vintage brad, crochet trim and linen thread to "hang" the baubles.

I have used the reverse side of the embossed flowers for the background, the flowers are coloured with Champagne shimmer paint, they really do catch the light with a gem in their centre.

A little more gold adds a touch of glamour to this simple card made with a strip of First Edition paper.

A photo of them  altogether with a "diaper" folded treat holder made from a sheet of 12 x 12 First Edition paper.

If you would like to order any further information about my projects or would Stampin' Up! products please contact me - I can have Stampin' Up! goodies delivered directly to you no matter where you live in the UK.

Angela x

New Summer Mini Catalogue

I hope that the days are brighter where you are than here???  It has been so cold and grey all week - so what better to brighten the day than the fabulous new Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up!

This has to be our best mini catalogue so far, filled with so many lovely products. I love being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator as there are so many opportunities to earn FREE products.!!

I made both of these cards with the NEW Apothecary stamp set and the matching Stampin' Up! exclusive Labels Collection  framelits  dies (woohoo!!) they cut this gorgeous shape around the stamped images.

I love this beautiful paper Attic Boutique - there are some gorgeous designs.

I chose this one as it is very soft & delicate like the stamped image.  I coloured the flowers with Stampin' Up! marker pens. The shaped edge is cut with one of the NEW Stampin' Up! exclusive Adorning Accents Edglits dies. I added some gorgeous Victoria crochet trim and a antique brad.

I thought the roses on this image would work for a Christmas card (already?!) I embossed some Red Ridding Hood card with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, the next layer is Always Artichoke, with a few sparkly gems and a generous spritz of champagne shimmer paint. The sentiment is from the Curly Cute stamp set.

If you click on the link in my side bar it will take you to the PDF version of the NEW mini catalogue. I will be placing orders from the catalogues so if you would like to get your hands on some ot the gorgeous new prodcts contact me to place your order - delivery is just £4.95 direct to your door no matter where you live.

Today I was going on a school trip with Philip to Beamish (Brrrr) but he has come down with a sickness bug currently going around the school, so I have been kept busy looking after him, then at lunch time school phoned to let me know Lucy wasn't very well?!  It's probably better to let them have it at the same time and it would seem at least a third of the school is ill.  So I am using a few quiet minutes while Philip is asleep to blog, then its back to the washing & ironing!!!!!

Angela x

Stampin' Up! Spice Cake Fabric

Sorry for not keeping up with my blog posts, life just seems so busy at the moment and some things have to give. I have still been making and creating and I will share some of them with you very soon....      

I have decided it's too late to continue with my Easter projects (Ooops!) 

I managed to finally get my sewing machine out of the loft and use some of the gorgeous Spice Cake fabric from Stampin' Up! I love the colours of the Spice Cake fabric and papers and I know I will be sad when they are no longer available - just 2 weeks left to order yours!!

I made up all of these bits and pieces in an evening, not too bad as I can't remember the last time I sewed anything?! 

The heart shaped cushion is filled with lavender and I used my favourite colour of the fabrics trimmed with some Victoria Crochet Trim and luxurious Very Vanilla Velvet ribbon. The round box is one of the many empty containers I have that were once filled with gorgeous Stampin' Up! embellishments - I decorated this one to match with a flower made from punches - perfect for keeping those stray bits & pieces on my desk.

I love these desk tidy's - the secret is the exclusive Stampin' Up! Scallop Square die and the Big Shot!!!    

There was no cutting or finishing of the edges of the fabric, I matched and layered them together then run them through the machine - my kind of project!!!

As you can see it holds quite a few different products, the ink pads fit easily in to the centre.

I do like my cup of coffee when I'm crafting, so I decided to make a mug wrap, inspired by the lovely one I received from Monica at Convention last year.

I have never quilted fabric before but another super fast wow project - I used a cardboard template from a take away coffee & cut two from fabric & another in felt to put in-between the fabric, then I stitched through the layers, trimming the edges with pinking scissors when finished. I added a large matching button, with an Antique Brad and some Crumb Cake seam binding.

There is still time to take advantage of this months special offer from Stampin' Up! if you place an order of £45 or more you will receive a FREE pack of designer paper.

I will share one of my projects using some of the FREE designer papers tomorrow.

Angela x

Happy Mothers Day

I made my Mother's Day card and gift box last minute again!! So I managed to get a photo this morning before I went to my Mum's for lunch.

Every Mum deserves flowers - I used the exclusive sizzix Blossom Party die from the Spring mini catalogue to make these gorgeous flowers for my plant pot.

This is a gift box that Margaret shared with everyone last week at the shoe box swap.  I used Cajun Craze card for my pot and inked the edges to give a worn look to it - I put a bag of Thornton's luxury dinner mints in as they are my mum's favourite!!

I made an extra flower for the focal point of my card and of course I had to use more of the gorgeous Sale-a-Bration Everyday Enchantment papers!!  There are less than 2 weeks left to get yours!!!

This is the arty angle so you can see the depth of the flowers and the gorgeous Victoria crochet trim.

Here they are together, I also took a lovely planted metal tub for the patio as my mum loves her garden.

Last week was another very busy week!!  Hopefully Philip will go back to school tomorrow but not before he has managed to share his germs with the rest of us!!  Darran had a week off last week and finally after almost two years (yes! 2 years!!!) I now have a lovely newly decorated bedroom, with a carpet that is so soft to walk on!!!  Now everywhere else could do with freshening up - maybe I can find some inspiration and make a start??

I have had a lovely day and not only had Darran taken Lucy shopping for Mothers Day, my mum had also got something for her as well - she usually asks my mum to get her something - a beautifully decorated cake with roses on the top of it - it looks too nice to cut!!!  I managed to get some craft time in this afternoon as well, while Lucy went out to play & Philip went to bed for a sleep as he was being a little monster!!!

I have a lot of projects to share and my new Friday classes start this week, so I'm going to schedule my posts for this week now!!

I hope that mum's everywhere have had a lovely day today!

Angela x

Everybunny needs "Everybunny"

I have been so involved in "colouring" in some of the super cute images from the Everybunny stamp set - I loved this cute stamp set as soon as I saw it in the new catalogue and of course I had to buy along with the matching wheel. Perfect for all of those Easter cards I plan to make this year!!

Both of the cards I have to show you today have a "vintage" feel to them.

This card is really pretty and uses some of the gorgeous FREE Everyday Enchantment papers. I stamped the  cute bunny on to Crumb Cake card coloured it with the marker pens, I cut out the bunny and mounted it on to some Confetti Cream card - it has tiny flecks in the card.

I added some gorgeous crochet trim and a crumpled double bow made from some Baja Breeze seam binding with an Antique brad in the centre.

Another Crumb Cake card base with some spotted Rose Red paper, a gathered ruffle of Rose Red seam binding and more crochet trim. The bunny is stamped on to very Vanilla card and coloured with Stampin' Up! marker pens, then lightly "aged" with a sponge dauber and Crumb Cake ink.  I used the exclusive Designer Frames embossing folder and cut off the Very Vanilla raised edge and  made a second one in Regal Rose. The sentiment is stamped in Rose Red ink and punched out with the Word Window punch and the Designer Label punch, the flowers are punched from a scrap of paper with the Itty Bitty punches.

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 Convention Gift

This is my gift I made to take for my Stampin' Up! "Mum" Jules, something completely different as there is no stamping!!!

I made a Christmas decoration using some lovely Old Olive buttons and Cherry Cobbler seam binding, with the gorgeous Victoria crochet trim ruffled around the edge. I added a gem to the flower button at the top of the tree for a little sparkle.  I got out my embroidery threads to finish the tree and added a few french knots to fill in the spaces - I really enjoyed making this as I haven't done any embroidery for such along time!!

I will share my Convention news as soon as I have a spare half hour, I need some time to catch up at home and find my desk again, oh and a lot of sleep too!!

Angela x