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