Sweet little birdie

Good Afternoon All

I hope you're all well on this dull day.  Yukk, but on the bright side it's all the more reason to spend some time crafting.

Stamp set used: Punch Potpourri (level 1 hostess set)
Punch Used: Extra-Large Two-Step Bird Punch
Accents: Champagne Shimmer Paint and Basic Pearls








Happy Crafting
Loraine

Gift box and card

Good Afternoon All

This week in class we made an Easel card and pizza style box, gift set.  It all turned out very well and everyone really enjoyed themselves creating, chatting and eating a gluten free cake.  Yumm, yumm this was really delicious and since one of my class atendee's is coeliac she very kindly made us a cake, it's always such a shame when everyone else is having cake etc and Jill cant join in so for a change - yayy, she could!

Take a look at what we created with some lovely papers from my stash and a gorgeous stamp.

Stamp sets used: Dasher, Curly Cute
Accessories: Stampin' Pastels











Happy Crafting
Loraine

Serene Snowflakes (gift box and card)

Good Afternoon All

Well, I've had a busy few days, starting last Wednesday evening when I had a lovely workshop with a great group of crafting ladies.  Thursday I went to the NEC for the Craft Fair and then went away for a quiet few days to Anglesey, I've not been before and it's lovely there especially when the sun shines - which it did every morning we were there!  Horay!

I thought that I'd show you the projects that we made last week in our workshop, we used a lovely Christmas set with some gorgeous paper, ink and ribbon.  Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set used: Serene Snowflakes
Accessories used: Mat Pack and Paper Piercing tool
For accent: pearls and champagne shimmer









Happy Crafting
Loraine

Bundling up for Christmas

Good Morning All

I thought that I'd share some wonderfull product news with you all today.  If you order a Christmas bundle, you can get a FREE spool of ribbon.  How exciting and it does help that these ribbons look really scrummy.  Follow the link below to see what I'm taking about.

http://www2.stampinup.com/gb/documents/Bundle_Up_Christmas_1010_UK.pdf


Loraine

Greenhouse Garden

Good Afternoon All

Hopefully your weekend is treating you well.  I have the house to myself this weekend as my husband has gone to Aberdovey for a weekend of windsurfing.  Hmmmm, now how many cards can I make before he comes back??

Today in class I had 4 lovely ladies join me and we made a card and gift box set.  This little box was so easy to make - well compared to some we've tried.  There is only one side to stick down and as much as I love using Tombow or sticky strip a nice easy box is fab at times, especially as there's then more time to play with one of my favourite stamp sets.

Stamp set's used: Greenhouse Garden, All A Flutter and Curly Cute.











Happy Crafting
Loraine

Tree Trimmings with a bit of shimmer

Good Evening

I've been "playing" with a lovely little Christmas set this afternoon and put together a pretty dark but sparkly card.  To be honest, I got the inspiration from a catalogue that was put through our door today showing shop bought cards, personally I think this one is soooo much better.  Unfortunately the layering of the baubles is not that visible in the picture but actually creates a lovely 2D effect

Stamp set used: Tree Trimings
Wheel used: Soft Holly
Embossing Powder: Black and Gold
Shimmer Paint: Champagne Mist









Loraine

Flowers

Good Afternoon

What a beautifully sunny afternoon we have here in Shropshire today, just gorgeous.  Just looking out of the window (from inside the warm house) you feel as though you could go out in your shorts and T-Shirt but at 4 degrees, I dont think so.

This week in craft class we did two very different cards, one a Christmas card and the other a general thinking of you card.  To see the Christmas card, please pop over to my Non SU Projects gallery to see the cheeky snowman (scroll down to the bottom of the page). For the thinking of you card we made a flower out of a 3" x 3" square piece of card which caused many giggles and looks of disbelief when I started explaining how to do it, to looks of amazement and delight when it actually turned out as it should have and as promised by me at the beginning of class.  We also use the Extra-Lage Two-Step Bird Punch to create the leaves and "fronds" of the flower.  Take a look and let me know what you think.

Stamp set's used: Curly Cute and Simply Said
Punch Used: Extra-Large Two-Step Bird
Accessory used: Crimper














Loraine