Shoe Box Swap

Today I took part in a "shoe box" swap with some of the other demonstrators in my local area - there aren't that many of us, so it was nice to meet up and share some project ideas.

The idea is that everyone designs a project and brings everything needed to make it in a "shoe box" - the projects are then passed around the table and everyone takes home a selection of "new" ideas.

I wanted to make a card with a  small gift, something that makes a quick last minute gift.

The colours I used are Early Espresso, Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla, the stamp set is the gorgeous UK exclusive Everything Eleanor.

This was a fairly simple design, with some flowers cut out and layered with dimensionals and a large pearl for the centre and a length of Victoria Crochet Trim.

This is the side view of the card.

This is the inside with the chocolate bar and a "thank you" stamped with the Oval All stamp set.

My project was inspired by the colours of the wrapper on my chocolate bar!!

If you would like to join our next "shoe box" swap, contact me to find out how easy it is to start your own Stampin' Up! business - join my team of Sparkly Angel's before 30th March and you can choose a stamp set of any value FREE!!  

I would like to say a huge "Thank You to Margaret who hosted this swap in her home and surprised us all with a gorgeous buffet lunch she had kindly made before we arrived.

I will hopefully get the other projects I made photographed in the next few days and share them - there are some fabulous ideas!! 

Angela x

A Mini Thank You

Earlier this month I held a Mini Catalogue launch party to share the wonderful new products now available from Stampin' Up!.  As a little "Thank You" for my customers placing an order I made some small thank you cards and decorated chocolate orange discs using the fabulous new Owl punch.

I love these gorgeous bright and cheerful Sunny Garden papers for my cards with the sentiment from the Oval All stamp set, using the scalloped oval and large oval punch to layer them up.

The Owl punch is sooo cute and very much "on trend" right now as I have seen so many shops selling owl themed products.  I used a scalloped circle for my base for the chocolates, then punched the owls and used Tombow glue to stick them together.  This punch is a perfect way to use some of my scraps!!

If you would like to order an Owl punch or anything else from the new Mini Catalogue please contact me - need a copy of the mini catalogue to browse then drop me an email and I will post a copy to you.

Hopefully I will have some more Owl projects to share with you soon!!

Angela x

Pocket Silhouettes Class ......

I thought I would share the remaing projects for tomorrow nighs class, the colours are Almost Navy, Not Quite Navy and Chocolate Chip, using the Pocket Silhouttes stamp set which is perfect for Autumn themed cards.

Below is a card with a matching mini gift box.  These little boxes are so easy to make, perfect for jewellery or a couple of chocolates for a table setting.  I will  put a tutorial on my blog for them soon!!

I haven't had very much time lately to keep my blog up-dated as I have been busy working on samples using some of the new produacts from Stampin' Up! - I can finally shere them with you from tommorrow  as the new catalogue will be released!!!!!  There are so many wonderful new products this year!!!

Last Friday night I attanded my first Stampin' Up! training event in Mnachetster - it was fabulous to finally meet some of the other demonstrators and share in some fabulous swaps.  I have to tell you there are some very talented ladies out there and I have got some beautiful cards to share with my customers!!

I'm not sure if I will sleep tonight dreaming of all of those new products I can order from tomorrow!!!!!

Angela x

Summer Birthday Wishes .....

This is the card I have made for my Sister who celebrates her birthday today!!!  Way back in April I won a full set of the new Leann Ellis stamps but I only received them recently, so I have decided to use one of them for Allison's card.

I have used Pink Passion and Mellow Moss card with some of the beautiful Bride Paper from Stampin' Up! the quality of this is almost like card and it has the most fabulous sheen.  The lovely pin is made from the Pretties Kit, I have just pushed it through the knot of white taffetta ribbon.  I have added pearls below the image and the sentiment is from the Oval All stamp set.

                           

This is the "arty" angle, so you can see a close up of some of the details, well I mst dash as I'm sure Allison will be waiting for us to visit today, although I'm not sure how she will feel by the end of August!!!

                                                  

A Special Bithday Card .......

It is my Mum's birthday this week, and at this time of year her garden is filled with beautiful "cottage garden" flowers in all colours, so I have made this card for her.

I have used the beautiful 2-step stamp set Greenhouse Garden from Stampin' Up!  the flowers have been cut out and raised with diamensionals. The colours are Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant. The flowers have a little extra sparkle as I added some dazzling diamonds in the centres. The leaves are from the new Bird on a Branch punch. I changed the greeting in the Oval All stamp set using the stamp-ma-jig and it is layered using the oval punches.

I have made a matching gift bag for a special present, I will share that with you tomorrow.

                                                   

Melon Mambo Butterflies ......

I liked the card I showed yesterday so much I decided to make anothe using the new Melon Mambo colour, I don't usually make 2 cards the same but I thought I would give it a go and see how different the same card looks in another colour.

I have used The Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and butterfly punch with the melon mambo ink and white craft ink, the sentiment is Oval All with the matching punches, large pearls are from the pretties kit, and of course the beautiful polka dot ribbon is melon mambo too!!

Short and sweet today as I'm off to finish off the de-cluttering!!!

                                           

Rich Razzleberry Butterflies ......

 It has been another busy week and I'm afraid my blog has suffered again, there's just not enough hours in the day, even though I'm up until silly o'clock!!  I have managed to fit a little craft time in so I will share those cards with you over the next few days.

Today's cardis made using the beautiful new Rich Razzleberry colour from Stampin' Up!, I have used the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set with the co-ordinating punch, the background is stamped with white craft ink and rich razzleberry ink, the sentiment is from the Oval All stamp set with the matching punches, and the gorgeous polka dot ribbon is also rich razzleberry.

I thought I would share my inspiration for this card - LOOK what I found in my garden yesterday!!!!

Irises are one of my favourite flowers, there are so many beautiful colours and I have tried for many years to grow them but without success, or maybe it was Lucy's rabbits eating them!!!!  I was happy to find a stem of small yellow irises earlier in the week, but to find this beautiful  iris was a real joy.

Yesterday we went shopping and bought allsorts of things for the house that we probably don't need, so I will be spending today having a HUGE clearout of clutter as it is taking over, Lucy's bedroom and Philip's toys are next on my hit list!!!! There's also the weekly mountain of ironing to tackle so I better get on and make a start!!!