Recent All day Event

Last Sunday saw my 3rd all day Stampin Up event which I run in conjunction with 2 other demos – Lisa & Michelle. Once again the event was great fun.

Here we are before the event started. I meant to have got a picture at the end of the day as I can assure you we did not look this fresh.

Here is a closer look at our display.

And these are some of the projects we did during the day.

Lastly these are just some of the lovely ladies who attended all showing off their bags they made. I’m so jealous of them as they are much better than my effort.

If you like what you see & want to book a provisional place at our next event in February then get in touch with me.

Ornament Punch

I’ve been playing with the new ornament punch & to get some more ideas I searched the internet & here are some of my favourites:

I did not note where the original ideas came from so if one of these are your designs than thank you for the inspiration.

Kelling Cards

Sorry for taking so long to post these. I just got to grips of Windows live & then I made the mistake of accepting a recent update & then could not fathom out to blog using it arghhhhhhh.

Here are the cards as promised.

Card 1

On this card we stamped using the Fine Flourish (115709) & versamark ink before embossing with white embossing powder (100963). We then overstamped again using a butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly (111564) & embossed it carefully again with white embossing powder. You do need to be careful not to burn your previous embossing.
It was then coloured from the underneath before finally being cut out.

On the border strip you will notice 3 pearls which are from our new basic pearls. I'm sooooo excited about them, they come ready glued & you get 150 in a pack. Previously they were only available in the Pretties Kit & those of you who know me well, will know I loved the pearls so much that I resorted to sawing the pearl beads in the kit up so that I did not run out of my beloved pearls. So I'm now 1 very happy bunny :-)

Here is a close up of the butterfly

RECIPE
Card: Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Versamark, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise,Crumb Cake
Stamps: Baroque Motifs (113490), Flight of the Butterfly (111564)En Francais (109521)
Punches: Butterfly(119848), Eyelet border (119853)
Misc: Basic Pearls (119247)

We then made 2 quick Christmas cards using the new Ornament punch & stamp set

Recipe
Stamps: Delightful Decorations (116517) Contempo Christmas (118734), Serene Snowflakes(115438)
Punch: Ornament (119847), Scallop Edge (119882)
Card & Ink: Real Red, Bashful Blue

Kelling group

Well today I had the pleasure of teaching at a lovely craft group that meets at High Kelling in Norfolk.

I showed them 3 different cards using vellum card stock. We also used the new Ornament punch & the Delightful Decorations stamp set. Unfortunately I forgot to take some piccies of the cards we made before I lent them to one of my upliner for her open house tomorrow :(
So when I get them back on Monday I will upload them to this post then.

I know that some of the ladies read this blog so I just want to say thank you to them all for making me so welcome & once again the homemade cake you gave me at afternoon tea was delicious YUM YUM.

I have set these ladies a challenge to use the left over bits from the cards today on their own project & when I visit them again in November I will be awarding some prizes for the best entries - so that's something for me to look forward to.

Well I better continue getting ready for my 2 classes I have tomorrow & Sunday at Aylsham & Hethersett so I hope to see lots of you ladies there.

Halloween Version

As promised here is the Halloween version of the bag I showed you yesterday. I’ve used punches to make the pumpkin (Oval large), bat (scallop square) & gravestone (extra large tag).

SUPPLIES

Punches – Large oval (119863), Scallop Square (119856), Extra large tag (119866)

Card – Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Gray

Back at last

I’m so sorry that it has taken this long to get back to blogging but you can appreciate that there has been a lot going on in my life recently but I’m back now & I promise to do my best to be a good blogger from now on & post regularly.

On Saturday I was invited to demo at a new craft group that will be meeting monthly here in Norwich. If you want more details about the group that just get in contact with me.

I did a couple of Make & Takes for the group & here is the morning projects which use a couple of our new stamp sets – Contempo Christmas & Delightful Decorations in conjunction with the brand new ornament punch.

The bag was shown to me by my friend & colleague Michelle – thanks Michelle. It uses Avon bags but any strong bag (i.e. Pick & mix bags) will do. I’ve done this bag on a Christmas theme but if you come back tomorrow I will post a Halloween version.

This view shows how the bag inside looks.

This is the card that we made to go with the bag & uses the leftover card from the bag. You may notice that the glitter I have used is blue but that Stampin Up do not sell blue glitter well I got it by using the reinkers (Tempting Turquoise in this case) to dye my Dazzling diamond glitter. A word of warning though, you need to use the SMALLEST drop of reinker unless you want to be like me & have enough blue glitter to supply the whole of the UK.

RECIPE

Stamp sets – Contempo Christmas (118734/120594), Delightful Decorations (116517), Serene Snowflakes (115438)

Punches – Ornament Extra Large (119847), Eyelet Border (119853)

Card & Inks – Bashful Blue, Riding Hood Red

Misc – Dazzling Diamond glitter, Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

Thanks

Well what a week I have had. Its been one of highs & lows.

The high was my birthday last Wednesday(7th) & I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who sent me birthday cards (especially the homemade ones), emails/ecards & facebook messages they all helped to make the day very special. I also received some lovely pressies from my family so I was thoroughly spoilt.

Unfortunately my low came on Friday when sadly my Father in Law passed away following a long illness. As he lived in Dorset & us in Norfolk it has meant my husband has been down there since last Thursday & will be there for the next 2 weeks trying to sort all the arrangements out.

This has meant I have become an overnight lone parent family to a very upset 8 year old daughter. The situation would have become unbearable if it were not for some very special people that I know. So I would just like to say a big thank you to all my friends who have supported me with their kind words, big hugs & late night phonecalls I really am eternally grateful to you all.

I'm afraid that until everything in Dorset is sorted I will not be posting but I hope you can understand the reasoning's & that you will visit this blog again in a few weeks time.