Saturday Sunshine... and Rainbows... with a video...

Just popping on to cheer us up with some fun, bright and cheery new papers!! As it is a thoroughly grey, wet and miserable day here in the UK today... so no sunshine... and no rainbows likely!

So introducing the Sale A Bration promotion Sunshine and Rainbows 6 x 6 paper pack... a pack that can be yours for free with each and every £45+ ordered... 

Click on the arrow below to play the product video...

CLICK HERE for the sheet by sheet view... aka a whole load of bright and cheerful images!!

And would you like co-ordinating stamps, dies and punch...? For some perfect quick & easy co-ordination for cutting or punching out from the papers... with or without stamps!

Well you can... care of the lovely  Rainbow of Happiness bundle... So right for these times!

and the (must have IMHO) Cloud Punch... 

Want to see more... here are a couple of the paper pack sheets perfect for dir cutting or punching...

And a quick gallery of projects...

Sunday Share - You're A Peach set...

A quick round up of the 4 cards shared over the past week in my series of Focus on Using 6x6 Papers... 

Featuring  You're A Peach papers... and the stamps from the Sentimental Rose kit

Click HERE to see the alternative Christmas card set... featuring Tidings of Christmas...

And/or click HERE to see all the You're A Peach Suite in action... 

Simple for Saturday - You're A Peach #4

 

Finishing off with the simplest of the series focusing on using papers... featuring the You're A Peach papers 

A straightforward A6 tent fold card that is a great way to use the scraps left from other cards.... click HERE for the Tidings of Christmas version 

Greetings from Biggest Wishes and Sentimental Rose... flower spray fussy cut from You're A Peach papers...

Fun Fold Friday - Lock & Pop Card - You're A Peach #3

 

Continuing the using papers series... featuring the You're A Peach papers ...

So another Lock & Pop card for you today... to hopefully brighten your day with this colour combination...

Click HERE for the christmas version and more information on those...

You're A Peach #2 - Multi Layer Card

Another in my series of Focus on Using 6x6 Papers... featuring the You're A Peach papers 

This card is a great way to use the scraps left from another card.... click HERE for the Tidings of Christmas version and/or to read more about it with some tips too...

Small flowers and leaves fussy cut out from the papers... greeting and larger fussy cut leaves from the Sentimental Rose kit...

You're A Peach #1 - Side (aka Book) Fold Card

Well I promised you more... 

After 18 months without classes... my ladies weren't ready for just Christmas makes... so I did a set of Christmas and a set of All Occasions to top up their stash!  A dual format that will be repeated! Same cards, different papers/themes...

So here we have the All Occasion series with the focus on using 6x6 papers... again starting with a Side Fold card (aka Book Fold or Book Binding Fold Card)

In fact 2 Side Fold Cards...as I started off on white card... and then decided I wanted more of a colour pop...so out came the Calypso Coral...

Featuring You're A Peach papers ... bright, zesty and one to lift your mood!

Click HERE to see the alternative Side Fold card for Christmas... featuring Tidings of Christmas...

And/or click HERE to see all the You're A Peach Suite in action...

Small flowers and leaves fussy cut out from the papers... greeting and larger fussy cut leaves from the Sentimental Rose kit... and the greeting punched out again with the Label Me Lovely Punch... 

Varied Vases Round Up... and card trio!

First of all apologies to those of you that had Deja Vu on my blog yesterday morning!!! For the first 3 hours I had reposted a card from Wednesday!!! Talk about a distracted moment!!! But by chance - luckily I realised and changed the card at about 10am!!! So you will have 2 posts to view today!!

As I said before... we were very busy at Quarterly Training creating lots of cards with the Varied Vases bundle...so I thought I would wrap up the series today with the last three cards... 

And finally post the Group shot...that I know so many of you love to pin on Pinterest!

So these are the final three... 

Mint Macaron polka dot papers... white polka dot tulle ribbon... Pool Party ink aquapainted in the vases... centre vase and flowers 3D'd... and stamped/filled in flowers in Highland Heather... Card & papers recipe as in this post...

Highland Heather stripy papers... Mint Macaron, Petal Pink & Highland Heather stamped/filled in flowers and stamped & punched vases... Card & papers recipe details as in this post...

Pool Party striped papers & punched vases... stamped/filled in Petal Pink flowers and Soft Sea Foam leaves. Card & papers recipe as in this post...

Varied Vases #5 & colouring ribbon...

Another of the Varied Vases suite of cards... very easy and quick to get creative and makes lots of variants of these...

Spot the coloured Mint Macaron ribbon on this one... easily and quickly done by dragging my White Tulle Polka Dot ribbon between a sponge and ink pad...

Rest of the card details as per this card... though this time we used the Layering Squares scalloped frame as well as the Stitched Shapes stitches square... 

Varied Vases #4 -TWO-lips...

Another day... another clean & simple Varied Vases cards in Subtles for you...

But please come back later for my Fancy Fold Friday Simple Swing Easel card tutorial as promised... which has missed this morning run (long story!!) ... so I had to do a quick switch... so 2 posts for you today...

So back to this card... Standard A6 Tent Fold Card Blank (US A2)... with a 14.3cm x 10.5cm (US 5 1/4" x 4") dotty Petal Pink paper panel... 

Die cut Stitched circle having stamped co-ordinating Petal Pink tulips either side of Highland Heather spray of flowers... 

Water & levels achieved by partially inking up the solid vase filler stamp in Pool Party...

Finished off with the lovely Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon...

Click here for the full background and details of what was used...

Speak later...

Varied Vases #3 - Mint Macaron & Highland Heather

Another of the lovely clean and simple cards series made using the Varied Vases bundle...

A simple Mint Macaron leaves trio ... sat in Highland Heather paper punched vases (with central one  direct to edge inked for more definition)... all on a Stitched Shapes circle... with a Classic Label punched Mint Macaron greeting...

Standard A6 Tent Fold Card Blank (US A2)... with a 5.5cm (US 2 1/4") x 14.8cm (US 5 1/2") paper panel

See my earlier blog post here for all the information on all the products used and all the links etc...

Varied Vases #2 - Petal Pink

Another of the lovely clean and simple cards made using the Varied Vases bundle...

A simple little Petal Pink orchid... with a Calypso Coral centre added by hand with the thin end of a marker pen... Sat in a Mint Macaron stamped and punched vase... all on a Stitched Shapes circle...

Standard A6 Tent Fold Card Blank (US A2)... with a 5.5cm (US 2 1/4") x 14.8cm (US 5 1/2") paper panel

Don't think you can get much simpler than this... but one of the most picked up from my display...

See my earlier blog post here for all the information on all the products used and all the links etc..

Varied Vases #1 in Highland Heather

 

So a series of project shares for you using the new Varied Vases photopolymer stamps and Vases Builder Punch...

Along with the lovely new Colour Family 6 x 6 Designer Paper Packs in Subtles...  Also available in Regals, Bright, Neutrals, 2017-19 In Colors and 2018-20 In Colors... great packs to have in your stash...

And finished off with the fabulous new Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins... which are a product that is easy to miss... 5mm adhesive sequins in Mint Macaron, Pearl White, Petal Pink, Sahara Sand, Soft Sea Foam... 50 in each colour ... making 250 in total... Seriously lovely... 

We used this bundle of products for our last Quarterly Team Training... so some are as designed by Julie Kettlewell... and some (including this one) are as designed by me!

I was unable to attend the whole day... so luckily I had photos of most of the projects in advance so that I could get on with all the stamping and punching... so for once I finished them all... but some were different to that intended...

So this simple little card is a Small Square (10.5cm Square aka US Letter 4 1/4") Thick Whisper White card blank ...with a 10cm Square (US 4") paper mat... A Soft Sea Foam die cut scalloped Layering Squares square with a Thick Whisper White Stitched Shapes Square...

Greetings stamped in Highland Heather... first and second stampings to get the variety in depth of colour... Vase and flowers stamped in Memento Black... Vase on Pool Party papers then punched... flower then stamped in Pool Party ink... with a white sequin to finish

And a summary of the stamp & punch bundle details for you...  click here for the full Varied Vases bundle (with 10% off) ... which is in my opinion... a stunning stamp and punch set... with so many images and creative choice... love it! Especially as it is a punch!!! Simples!

And some samples created by the Stampin Up concept artists... I for one just love those "empty" and then colour blocked vases in the card to the right...