Medallion Christmas

Good Afternoon All

My final craft class of 2011 was held this morning and we had a great time creating two gorgeous cards, both with silver/grey tones.

The first card was done using the medallion stamp to creat a very large Christmas Bauble!  Such an effective stamp and so very versatile.  We used some of the very clever heat and stick powder to adhere the glitter, this means no shedding of glitter after it's heated.  I do however wish I'd taken a picture of my table after class - GLITTER EVERYWHERE.

The second card used some embossing paste and a stencil from my craft stash, using dazzling diamonds and a grey glitter (same as the first card) for the star.  Now you can see why there was glitter everywhere, it was used on both cards!  We also used curly cute stamp set for the messages on both cards and embossed with silver embossing powder.

Stamp set's used: Medallion and Curly Cute











Happy Stamping
Loraine

Spinner Card and Box (Beautifull Season)

Good Afternoon All

Well it's been a lovely crisp, sunny morning in Shifnal and a lovely morning crafting.

Today we did a spinner card and a box to match.  Yes, using the gorgeous Beautifull Season's stamp set again - just in case you've not guessed, I'm quite in love with this new set.  A big box compared to what we usually do in class but a nice size for a Christmas gift.  We did however make it out of DSP (designer series paper) which means that it may need a bit of reinforcement inside should a heavier gift be put inside but absolutely perfect for a scarf or some jewelery

Take a look and let me know what you think, apologies for the dark photo but it's a bit chill's in our conservatory today for taking bright photo's.

Stamp set used: Beautifull Season
Punch used: Label punch










Happy Stamping
Loraine

Beautifull Season, card in a box!

Good Evening Sunday

Well it's been a busy weekend which is lovely and we've even seen some sunshine in Shropshire - glorious winters day today.

Yesterday's class was great fun, everyone worked so fast on their projects, they're getting better and better every time which is wonderfull to see.

We did a card in a box.  This is a fab idea for those little Christmas presents that need giving.  I for one never knows quite what to do with the card so now it simply goes in and is part of the box and present!

Stamp set used: Beautifull Season
Punch used: Curly Label
Embossing Folder: Vintage Wallpaper























Happy Stamping
Loraine

Serene Snowflakes and Style Beautifull

Good Evening All

Hope you're all well and enjoying the unseasonal weather.  I know I am.  Even the dogs are happy as they get to go for more evening walks!

Today's class involved 2 gorgeous projects.  One Christmas, of course and one other.  Quite a few techniques involved as was pointed out by the ladies but overall they had a lovely time creating their masterpieces.


Stamp set's used: Serene Snowflakes and curly cute

Stamp set used: Style Beautifull
Punches used: Scallop border and Decorative label
Embossing Folder: Square lattice








Happy Stamping
Loraine

Dasher with Serene Snowflakes and Creative Elements

Good Morning All

Had a very crafty day yesterday so I'm a little late with yesterday's class post.  We did two cards, first was using Dasher and Serene Snowflakes and the second was using the SU set Creative elements.

Lots' of oh's and ah's for the first card which is a "telescope" card.  This is quite a different concept and I thought it would work perfectly for Christmas as it creates a little mystery.........I'll show you two pictures of it so that it makes sense but basically it's a circle stack that when open can be hung up! What I hear you say...........take a look below:

Stamp set's used: Serene Snowflakes and Dasher
Accessories used: crop-o-dile and 2mm handheld punch (for the holes around the edges)

As we're not quite into Christmas yet, our second card of the day used the Creative Elements stamp set which is beautifull and along with some embossing folders lends it'self perfectly to the more vintage yet elegant looks.

Stamp set used: Creative Elements
Embossing folders: Vintage Wallpaper and Textured Impressions Embossing Set (oval)
Punch used: Decorative Label
Accessories used: stamp-a-ma-jig (for border stamp)







Happy Stamping, have a great Sunday
Loraine

Style Beautifull and young vermillion

Good Afternoon all

Not that good really as I have a blocked "dose" and am feeling a little deaf.................if I start shouting it's only because I cant hear myself.  Got a cold, in case you did not guess.

Unfortunately I'm not the only poorly soul at the moment which means that I'll not have a class tomorrow as we dont want everyone sharing all their germs with everyone else, we may as well all keep them to ourselves.

I thought that I'd show you one of my recent creations anyway.  Such an elegant stamp set and that gorgeous little birdie was just crying out to me from within the pages of the catalogue - so, I had to have him!

Stamp set's used: Style Beautifull and Young Vermillion

Happy Stamping

Loraine

It's a good time to be a hostess!

Good Morning All

Up bright and early and very excited to tell you about the new hostess promotion that's on from 1st November - 15th December.  If you host a workshop totalling £300.00 or more, you will receive the Paisley Petals Set and Designer Series Paper - up to £33.90 value - FOR FREE in addition to the regular hostess benefits!

Follow this link to read all about it: Hostess Bonus Promotion (1st Nov - 15th Dec)

Drop me an e-mail or give me a ring if you'd like to host your very own qualifying workshop.

Happy Stamping
Loraine

Pocket Sillhouetes

Good Afternoon All

Hope you're all well and enjoying the weekend.

Had a great class this morning making a card and gift box to match.  Well actually this little box could have a dual purpose as you could use it as a box to give a gift of cards as the 4 x 4 cards will fit snuggly inside with envelopes as a true papercraft gift!

Take a peak and let me know what you think.

Stamp set used: Pocket Sullhouetes
Embossing Folder used: Perfect Polka Dots
Accessories used: Paper-Piercing Tool and Mat Pack







Happy Stamping
Loraine

Essington Fruit Farm

Morning All

No class this week as we had friends visiting from Bristol and it was lovely to see them again - been about 8 months since we saw them last.

Today I am off to the Essington Fruit Farm: http://www.essingtonfarm.co.uk/, were I'll be taking part in their Christmas Craft Fair.  This is the first time I'm going to this fair but I believe that there are loads of lovely stall's so come along if you're in the area and say Hello!

Happy Crafting
Loraine

Tree Trimings and Beautifull Season

Good Evening All

Hope you're all having a good weekend so far.  Enjoying the sunshine as I've just read in the paper that we're going to have cold for 10 days...........yes, I'm the bringer of good news I know!

On a more cheerfull note we had a great class this morning, loads of chatter and crafting and everyone left with a couple of projects to be proud of.  My husband happened to be home for a bit of class this morning and said "there was a lot of noise coming from downstairs".  Just the way a craft class should be in my opinion!

We're back with Christmas again, I've had some requests to do Christmas again and actually to use the two stamp set's we used today and that's because both are really gorgeous!

For the first card we used Tree Trimings which is a two-step stamping set, so out came the stamp-a-ma-jig and away we went.  Some were a bit out of practice of the stamp-a-ma-jig so I think it may have to come out more often and perhaps along with the piercing tool and mat pack! I deviate as we also used the gorgeous vintage wallpaper embossing folder and brayer to add the ink to the folder for colour transfer!

For the second we used the beautifull *new* stamp set Beautifull Season.  Gorgeous set and if you've not gathered yet I think I'm in love with it.  With this we used the heat and stick powder to get the glitter to adhear well so that we could glaze the top with a thin layer of crystal effects.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set used: Tree Trimings and curly cute
Accessory used: Stamp-a-ma-jig
Embossing folder: Vintage Wallpaper

Stamp set used: Beautifull Season
Punch used: Decorative Label punch

Happy Stamping

Loraine

Beautifull Season

Good Evening All

Hope you've had a great day so far, mine has been productive and enjoyable, which is good!

I thought that I'd show you a card and gift box that I've been making, actually this was done at my first workshop of the new Stampin' Up! year.  I absolutely fell in love with this stamp set as soon as I saw it in the catalogue as it's just beautifull for Christmas. 

For the card we used the image within the set, with the gorgeous little birdie!  Such a crisp, clear stamp and just gorgeous once done!  This was done with some shading.  I say shading, which it is but it's done using the "scraps" from the rubber that the stamp set comes in.  Yip - I'm at it again.  I have previously made background stamps using the rubber from the wood mount set's (cut up and stuck onto a block) and now if you peal the sticky background off the "scraps" you can actually place the section that the image came out of directly over the image and using a finger dauber get a shaded area!  Very clever use of the scrap and it would work well for so very many of the stamp set's, if not all.

For the gift box, we did a little masking as we did not want the bird on the box but only the very pretty holly leaves and berries.

Take a look and let me know what you think.  Any questions feel free to e-mail me and ask.

Stamp set used: Beautifull Season
Punches used: Decorative Label punch and Curly Label punch








Happy Stamping
Loraine

Serene Snowflakes

Good Afternoon All

A slightly better time of the day for post's now, following from my previous post about the NEW Idea Book & Catalogue being out TODAY!!!!  Wooooooooooohhh, take a look at my first post of the morning or down the left hand side of my home page for the link.

On to today's class, it was requested that this week we do a Christmas card.  Promise.........it was not my idea but I was not complaining in the slightest as we do all need to crack on now that it's October and think about those little gifts and cards that we're going to give to our special friends and family at Christmas time.

I chose for us to use the gorgeous Serene Snowflakes stamp set and of course Tiny Tags for the accents.  We made a card and matching gift box which everyone thoroughly enjoyed and started them thinking about what they may put inside the box and for whom.  Just the result you want from a fun filled class.

Take a peak and let me know what you think.

Stamp set's used: Serene Snowflakes and Tiny Tags
Punch used: Jewelry Tag









Happy Stamping
Loraine

Idea Book & Catalogue 2011-2012 is here!!

Good Morning All

A very quick post this morning to tell you that the Stampin' UP! 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue is now out.  We've all been waiting in anticipation for this to come out, take a look at the link below to get a taste of all the yummy goodies available and drop me and e-mail or give me a ring if you'd like to purchase a copy at £5.95.

http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/flash/en-GB/20110901_0f58e77b_IBC/files/20111001_ibc_en-gb.pdf

Happy Stamping, have a great weekend
Loraine

Serene Snowflakes

Good Afternoon Bloggers

Hope you've all had a good week, I'm rather pleased that my work week is over this week - seems to have taken a loooooooooong time to get to Friday but now that it has, it's time to play!

I'm off to the Shifnal Craft Fair tomorrow, if anyone is local or in the area for the day do pop in and say hello.

As I've officially done a few Christmas cards now I thought that I'd show you another that I've done as I think it's gorgeous........personal opinion and all that jazz.

Stamp set's used: Serene Snowflakes and Tiny Tags
Punch used: Jewelry Tag













Happy Stamping, have a great weekend
Loraine

Plane and simple (men's) Tree Trimmings (Christmas)

Good Afternoon All

Hope you're all well, personally I cant believe that we're half way through September and Christmas is only 70 odd working day's away.............

Today I decided that we'd use plane and simple (from the mini catalogue which ends 30th September) to make a men's card and then we'd move swiftly along to the season that's soon approaching, yip Christmas, with tree trimmings.

For the men's card we did a little shadowing which was gorgeous and we also did a little embossing.  The stamping of the goggles was done before the embossing to get the lovely embedded effect that's been achieved.

The tree trimings card is a fancy fold card which is very effective with this pretty christmas set.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set used: Plane and Simple
Embossing Folder: Square Lattice
Accessory: crop-o-dile

Stamp set used: Tree Trimmings, Tiny Tags
Accessory used: Stamp-a-ma-jig
Punch used: Jewelry Tag














Happy Stamping
Loraine

Greenhouse Garden & Butterfly Prints

Good Evening All

Hopefully you've all been having a fab day and are ready for a lovely evening.  Between the wind and rain in Shropshire today, I'm ready to settle down and relax.  Perhaps watch a little of the World Cup Rugby too.

Today's class was lovely, loads of chatting and making of two very pretty projects.  Not the most difficult projects we've ever done which meant that there was plenty time for chatting, drinking tea and of course eating cake!

For the first we used greenhouse garden and did a bit of layering using punches and embossing folders, for the second we did some emboss resist.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set used: Greenhouse Garden and Curly cute
Punches used: Fancy Flower, Boho Blossoms and Scallop trim border

Stamp set's used: Butterfly Prints and En Francais










Happy Stamping

Loraine

Circle Circus Christmas

Good Morning All

Ok, so.....................I've finally given in and done my first Christmas card of the year!

I thought that I'd have a bit of a play with a few stamp set's that I really like and the result is below.  Circle Circus is such a versatile stamp set, anything goes really.

Stamp set's used: Circle Circus, En Francais and Tree Trimings














Hope you all have a good week, happy stamping!
Loraine

Build a Blossom & Blossom Petals Punch

Dear All

Hope you're all well and enjoying the remainder of the summer weather, if in the UK!  Here's to wishing it would stay till late October at the least.................

Had a great class this morning making an elegant card and gift box set.  Everyone did so well, espcially my visiting lady who'd not done much crafting before.  Lots of nattering and crafting, who could ask for a better morning!

Stamp set used: Build a Blossom
Punches used: Blossom Petals Punch, Decorative Label
Embossing folder used: Vintage Wallpaper







Happy Stamping

Loraine



Circle Circus and Happiness Shared

Good Morning All

A little late with my class post this week.  Hope you're all well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend if in England.

I find circle circus such a versatile set to use so decided to actually use it as a two step stampin set this week!  Out came the stamp-a-ma-jig and away we went, such decisions when it comes to random stamping that it seems to take even longer to achieve at times, especially when doing the two step!

Our second card was using happiness shared and en francaise - absolutely gorgeous background stamp and I cant for the life of me think why it's taken me so long to purchase it.  I'm sure I'll use it so often now!  For this one we did a little making but stamping the flower in the centre then creating a mask to go over it and stamping the background stamp over!  Gorgeous result.  As as accent we used some crystal effects to highlight the main flower image, almost drawing it out of the page.

Take a look and let me know what you think, we had fun!

Stamp set's used: Circle Circus, Happiness Shared and En Francais
Punches used: 1/2" circle









Happy Stamping
Loraine

Silhouette Sentiments and Vintage Vogue

Good Evening All

Hope you're all well wherever you are and having a restfull weekend.

Today's class was the first in a few weeks as I'd taken a little study break.  We're back into the swing of things now and everyone did some gorgeous work this morning creating two beautifull projects.

The first, using Vintage Vogue involved a bit of concentration with cutting out all the flowers -" WHAT no punch for those gorgeous flowers was what I heard."  Sometimes we just have to work a little harder to get the results we want and this was one of them.  Needless to say with a little bit of "rock and roll" added in to get the colours on the flowers we were well under way.

The second card uses the hostess level one stamp set, Silhouette Sentiments.  We did a little emboss resist with this one and everyone was very impressed with the results that were achieved.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set's used: Vintage Vogue and Silhouette Sentiments and swirl from Trendy Trees
Punches used: Extra-Large Bird Punch and Decorative Label Punch








Happy Crafting
Loraine

Inspiration

Good Morning All

Hope you're all well today.  I know I've been taking a little break the last few weeks but yesterday I got some superb inspiration on doing something a little different.  Yip  I've made some jewelry instead of cards.

I watched the very talented Kaz work her majic and was so inpired that I came straight home and made my two projects.

Take a look and let me know what you think, yes something a little different and I enjoyed every minute of it!  Hope the picture's clear enough for you to see them.

Stamp set used (brown): Pocket Silhouettes
Embossing folder used (silver/black): Vintage Wallpaper
Other products: Whisper white inkpad, black embossing powder, champagne shimmer paint, glass glitter






Happy Crafting
Loraine

4 You............

Good Afternoon Blogland

It's been a little while since I've posted anything on my blog, been having a short break but I've been caught out by one of my lovely customers!  This of course sent me straight to my craft room, on return from work, to do something especially for her.  Yip, Nicola this is for you................  As I know you have some of the products I've just used in creating "your" card, I hope you'll be inspired!

I've used the gorgeous blossom petals punch to create this card, along with two of the fab. embossing folders.  I've "curled" the petals using the wonderfull SU bone folder and done the shading with not quite navy pastel.

I finally got myself one of the SU bone folders and it's worth every penny as it is real bone.  I was so excited to discover this as a proper bone folder is the best crafting tool you can have.  I've had my other bone one since I started crafting over 18 years ago and it's still much loved and treated lovingly with olive oil every few months to keep it in good shape;-)

Take a look and let me know what you think

Stamp Set's Used: Build a Blossom, Tiny Tags

Punches Used: Blossom Petals Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Jewelry Tag Medium

Accessories used: SU bone folder

Embossing Folders: Square Lattice and Perfect Polka Dots

Stampin' Pastels used

Happy Crafting

Loraine

Greenhouse Garden

Good Morning

Hope you're all well and enjoying the holiday's if you're on them.  Me, I'm not.  Never mind, my time will come and hopefully the sun will still shine.

I used one of my favourite stamps set's for this card, actually I have many favourite Stampin' Up! sets that it's sometimes hard to decide.  This set is very versatile and it looks gorgeous in so very many colours that it has to be at the top of the list.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp Set's Used: Greenhouse Garden and Afterthoughts (hostess)









Happy Stamping
Loraine

August Promotion

How exciting, Stampin' Up have a new promotion for August 2011.

Following this link to find our what it is: August Promotion, if you're interested, drop me a line and let me know.

Happy Crafting
Loraine

Vintage Wallpaper and Vintage Vogue

Good Evening All

Hopefully you've all had a lovely day today, spent in the sunshine if you were lucky enough to get some.

Today in class we made two quite flowery cards and both with a little vintage touch.  The first card was done using the vintage wallpaper embossing folder, inking it over with craft ink and embossing in clear.  We then made a ribbon rose as the embelishment.  For the second card we used the Vintage Vogue stamp set and all a flutter to create this simply elegant card.

Stamp Set's Used: Vintage Vogue and All A Flutter and Afterthoughts (hostess)
Wheel Used: Sandy Speckles
Punches Used: Decorative label, Bird Punch Extra-Large, Boho Blossoms Extra-Large
Embossing Folder: Vintage Vogue






Happy Crafting
Loraine

Pocket Silhouettes and Happiness Shared (wiper card)

Good Afternoon All

Hope you're all having a wonderfull weekend so far.  Hopefully the sunshine will last a little while.

We had a great class this morning.  I'm not sure I was much loved though as both cards involved quite a bit of paper piercing (pricking).  I think that if my ladies could have pricked me instead of the card after I'd told them that not doing the paper piercing was NOT an option, especially on our first card, they would have gladly done this!  As I pointed out though it makes such a difference to the card that it would be a shame not to do it.  Besides which, I find paper piercing quite relaxing so do not understand the complaints. 

Our first card was a wiper card, quite a clever card really and a lovely surprise to the person opening it up when the image, in this case a butterfly, pop's up from inside.  Our second card was a very simple yet elegant card.

Stamp Set Used: Happiness Shares

Punches Used: Corner Rounder and Scallop Trim Corner

Accessories Used: Paper Piercing Tool and Matt Pack



Stamp Set Used: Pocket Silhouettes
Accessories Used: Crop-A-Dile











Happy Crafting
Loraine

Clearly For You

Good Morning All

I recenly borrowed a gorgeous little stamp set from my upline Jan and it's taken me a while to have a play with it but when I did I was really pleased with the result!  I managed to hold myself back from using every stamp in the box (believe me the temptation was there) on my card and I'm really pleased with the result.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp Set Used: Clearly For You














Happy Crafting
Loraine

Simply Said

Good Afternoon All

I trust you're all well.  Strange weather about today, meant to be rain all day according to the weather reports that I saw this morning but I'm pleased to report that it's turned into a glorious evening, a bit windy but some love that sort of thing.

Today in class we used a lovely stamp set, simply said.  It's a two step stamping set which means that there are various ways that you can actually use it with our without the stamp-a-ma-jig.  We went for a bit of both today - may as well use the wonderfull tools that we have to hand. 

We created a card and an explosion box of sorts, picture is of the closed box but if you open up this origami type box you could give it as a gift in itself should you wish to as you can stick photographs in each of the four sides which mean something to you and the person that it's going to and as it folds out flat it's almost a mini album or collage of photo's.  Perfect!

Stamp Set Used: Simply Said
Punches Used: Scallop Border, Full Heart, Decorative label










Loraine

Happiness Shared

Good Morning All

Over the weekend I got together with my lovely Stampin' Up! team.  We had a great few hours even though Jane was not feeling too well.  As a result I managed to use a few stamp set's that I dont have.  Always lovely to share at such events be it idea's and inspiration or products.

I've used one of the gorgeous wheels for the background of this card and a very, very pretty flower for the middle.  Needless to say, I was more than pleased with the end result.

Stamp Set Used: Happiness Shared
Wheel Used: Friendly Words










Loraine

Forest Friends and Plane & Simple

Good Evening All

Apologies to those of you who I know would be waiting to see what we did in class today as you could not make it but..............the sun's been out and it was too perfect to sit inside and blog, so we enjoyed a braai (bbq) and some outside time on the patio instead this afternoon.

Today we make one male card with bookmark and one cute card.  We used two very different stamp set's but a bit of diversity is good for the soul!  We used the brayer today.........yikes!  A new tool to play with and in fact I was very impressed with everyones work, especially since nobody had actually used one before.  This was used with the forest friends stamp set to create a lovely scene with a bright cloudless sky! 

Our second card and bookmark was make using the plane and simple stamp set and this time around we've used very much more masculine colours.

Take a look and let me know what you think!

Stamp set used: Forest Friends
Punch Used: 1" circle
Accessory Used: Speedball Brayer

Stamp Set Used: Plane & Simple
Punch Used: Decorative Label Punch
Accessory Used: Crop-A-Dile









Happy Crafting
Loraine

Blossom Petal Punch and All A Flutter

Good Evening All

Hope you've all been having a gorgeous day, we've had glorious sunshine which lifts everyone's spirits.

We did two gorgeous cards in class today.  I was told that the one using the blossom petal punch looked quite hard to start with and nobody had actually noticed what we were doing with the all a flutter until I pointed it out specifically.

Blossom Petal Punch card was made using the blosson petal punch (obviously) and the vintage wallpaper embossing folder.  We did also use two of the stamps from the build a blossom stamp set.  After embossing some cherry cobler cardstock, we then ran the same colour ink over the pattern using the brayer, this makes the colour "pop" to give it some depth and dimension.  Thereafter we started our punching and creating.

For the all a flutter card it was an Easel with a difference which everyone enjoyed and they did like the effect that was created by cutting out the butterflies, well cutting around their wings to reveal the chocolate chip cardstock below - this is a very pretty effect which gives great dimension, creating a "shadow" effect behind the butterfly.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp Set's Used: Build a Blossom and Circle Of Friendship (retired)
Punch's Used: Blossom Petal's Punch, 1" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch
Embossing Folder Used: Vintage Wallpaper

Stamp Set's Used: All A Flutter,  SAB (retired)
Punch Used: Scallop Trim Border
















Loraine

Card in a box

Good Afternoon All

I've been asked for some time now to do this project in class and decided that today was THE DAY.

We made a card in a box.  You can make a box for any size or shape of card and this sort of project is just perfect for cards with raised area's, flowers or the like.  It's especially usefull if you want to post such cards but if you're giving them by hand you can make a little window for the recipient to see the card through the lid.  Gorgeous! 

We used the Scallop Circle Extra-Large punch to make the flowers and the Extra-Large Bird punch for the leaves.

Stamp Set Used: Tiny Tags
Embossing Folders used: Vintage Wallpaper and Square Lattice
Punches Used: Medium Jewelry Tag, Scallop Circle Extra Large, Two-Step Bird Extra-Large

Circle Circus and Because I care

Good Afternoon

Hope you're all well in blogland today.  I'm having a wonderfull day so far having started off with a really enjoyable craft class, a spot of afternoon tea and going out to dinner with friends tonight.  That's the way all weekends should be.

Today in class we made two quite different cards and used a couple of different techniques.  Our first card, a thank you card used the versamark pen to highlight small area's to be heat embossed, just adding a little extra texture, shine and interest to the card in different light settings.  Of course we used some gorgeous ribbon and made a ruffle to add interest.  For our second card we used another technique to take the colour out of the card, we used bleach, this gives a gorgeous effect with some clear embossing as the bleach does not seep under the embossing, allowing for very interesting project work.

Stamp set used: Because I care (hostess)

Stamp set used: Circle Circus

Happy Crafting

Loraine



Happy Father's Day

Good Afternoon All

We've been having a lovely day in Shropshire today, some glorious sunshine, a lovely craft class and then we made a trip to Battlefields in Shrewsbury for lunch at Sparrow's Cafe and a walk around the Falconry Centre.

Today in class we made a father's day card and matching pillow box.  Actually the card could be used for a woman aswell given the colours that I chose, as it's fathers day on the 19th June I was making sure that everyone was prepared should they want to be.

Stamp set used: Plane & Simple
Embossing Folder used: Square Lattice
Punch used: Decorative Label









Happy Stamping
Loraine

A couple of punches

Good Morning All

Hope you're all well.  Ready for another day of sunshine and showers, let's hope there's more of the sunshine!

As I mentioned a couple of blog post's ago, I've been trying a few different designs.  While this card is very "girly" it can just as easily be done for a man using two masculine colour's for your cardstock and masculine stamp set.

I've used gorgeous stamp set's and the co-ordinating punches.  So much easier and quicker than cutting around your stamped images which is one of the distinct advantages of Stampin' Up! products, there are loads of co-ordinating stamp set's and punches.  If you're thinking that everything co-ordinates beautifully, well that's because I've also used the co-ordinating stampin pastels, giving a lovely soft chalky finish.

Stamp set's used: Punch Potpourri (hostess) and Cheer and Wishes
Punches used: Two-Step Bird Extra-Large and Boho Blossoms Extra-Large
Embossing folder used: Perfect Polka Dots








Loraine

Trendy Trees

Good Afternoon All

I hope you're all having a good afternoon enjoying the sunshine, or what there is of it.  It was gorgeous this morning, so much so that I considered taking our craft class in the garden.............maybe next time.

We used a lovely little stamp set, Trendy Trees.  This is such a versatile stamp set and made for a lovely project doing a box-in-a-bag and a matching card.  So effective was the stamping that one of the ladies remarked on how lovely the paper was that we were going to be using today.  Of course we were'nt using paper but rather stamping those gorgeous images for maximum impact!

Stamp set used: Trendy Trees
Accessories used: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Crop-A-Dile
Punches used: 1" circle, Scallop Trim Border









Happy Crafting
Loraine

Waterfall Card

Good Evening All

What a gorgeous day we've been having in Shropshire today.  Gorgeous sunshine with just a hint of wind.

I've been trying out a few "different" styles of card over the last week or so and thought I'd share one with you tonight.  Not a new style but very effective indeed.  It looks absolutely gorgeous using the Vintage Vogue stamp set and wheel.

Stamp set used: Vintage Vogue
Wheel Used: Very Vintage
Accessories used: Crop-A-Dile
Punch used: Corner Small












Happy Crafting

Loraine

Tissue Box

Good Afternoon All

Hope you're all well in blog land. 

This morning's class was great fun.  Loads of nattering and crafting of course and because of the nattering a few mishap's along the way but still, we got there in the end and everyones projects were just "perfect".

I decided that we were going to make a little tissue box, just about the right size to keep next to your bed or on top of you "blankie" when you've got a bit of a sniffle.  We made a card to go with it, which actually fit's perfectly inside the tissue box too - so you could give it all as one little gift as the circle on the card fits right in the hole of the box when the card is inside.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set's used: Greenhouse Garden and Silhouette Sentiments

Stamp set's used: Greenhouse Garden and Silhouette Semtiments (hostess)











Happy Crafting
Loraine

Vintage Touches

Good Afternoon All

Hope you're all well.  Where has that gorgeous sunshine of a few weeks ago gone?  Needs to return I say.

Today in class we did a card and a box, a little box that holds 5 after eights!  Yumm!  Surprisingly all the boxes were still full by the end of class but I'm not entirely sure how long that would last.  We did some dry and heat embossing for our card, this gives a different effect using the Stampin' Up! embossing folders, very vintage looking, we then proceeded to make a lovely flower using theScallop Circle Extra-Large Punch.  Works a treat and with a gorgeous brad in the middle looked fantastic.

Stamp set Used: Tiny Tags
Embossing Folder Used: Vintage Wallpaper
Punches Used: Scallop Circle Extra-Large and Jewelry Tag Medium









Happy Crafting
Loraine