Lovely Floral Amazing Congratulations

So what do you get when you combine this Lovely Floral card with this Amazing Congratulations card...

Well this is what Heidi made in class... and it is just so pretty I just had to share...

Colour combination of Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Lemon Lime Twist, Soft Sea Foam and Granny Apple Green

Holiday Home for a New Home

Following on from the Christmas version I posted yesterday…here is a New Home version that I needed to quickly make for good friends just settling into a New Home. Delighted to say that this accompanied some SU! crafting goodies – so yes Alison… I will quickly move onto some cards using the Wonderful & Wondrous Wreath very soon!!!

As it was SO important that I got Alison’s crafting goodies off in the post quickly….. I made myself keep it very Clean & Simple – but I did get the chance to use my new FAVOURITE background stamp….. I Love Lace…oh yes I do!!! It is SO beautiful stamped in Whisper White craft ink on any cardstock colour – albeit very subtle when stamped on the more subtle colour ways…. I think everyone has picked up my display cards using it…there is almost a texture to feel….

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

Table built by craftingbecky.com

Holiday Home Photopolymer Bundle	I Love Lace Wood-Mount Stamp Set	I Love Lace Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Banner Punch
Banner Banter Wood-Mount Stamp Set	Banner Banter Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky
Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad	Aqua Painter
Blender Pens

Change to Tuesday Workshops at The Craft Spa

Couldn’t make the regular monthly Tuesday morning papercrafting sessions here in Great Ouseburn?

We are changing the morning session to Wednesdays from July 2014 .

So sessions running as follows…..

Tues 24th June

Then we change to Wednesdays! Still 9.30-12am.

Wed 30^th July

Wed 20^th August

Wed 10^th September

Wed 1^st October

Wed 26^th November

Wed 10^th December

Full days and dates of planned workshops can found here…

But do remember that I also run private workshop sessions– just email me on thecraftspa@gmail.com  to find out more…..

All welcome ( subject to booking & advance payment!!)  Hope to see you soon!

Another Tag Topper Box Card – and the Decoration–and another WWWU Card

Here is another version of the Box Card using the So Very Grateful stamp set this time… but for all of you that don’t like fussy cutting…. don’t attempt the final decorating of this one!! Go back to this one instead!This was one of my submissions to the Team WWWU challenge last week – the colours being Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Crumb Cake & Bermuda Bay.

I prefer the slightly deeper layering that I have  on this ….so the measurements for the papers shared here will produce paper decoration that looks like this!!

So here are some quick tips for decorating a Tag Topper Box Card for which I shared a tutorial yesterday. Hopefully this will save you the time I first spent fiddling about somewhat unsuccessfully with small pieces of paper!! Poor little box card sat there for 2 weeks on my craft desk before I had a re-think and returned to finish decorating it with more success….

So first the box base sides. Easy enough….

Cut your paper into a 5.9cm strip,then cut into three 4 1/2cm pieces & stick! (Imperial- 2 1/4” strip & cut into three 1 3/4” pieces)

Next the box flaps.

This is where I came unstuck…. I first tried punching  4 1/2 cm square pieces of paper…too hard! I then tried popping  the pieces of paper onto a post it note so that I had something to hold onto to put the paper into the punch….mixed success! And then the Eureka moment…..

1. Cut your paper into 2 pieces 9cm long x 4 1/2 cm wide. (Imperial– 3 1/2” long x 1 3/4” wide)

2. Pop each end into the Punch, centre and punch.

3. Fold the paper  in half

4. Sand the top outer scallops to curve & match those scallop edge to the flaps of your box. This is a fabulous little trick to create matching layers that I picked up from the wonderful Connie Stewart here . She has a video there for you too….

5. Open up & cut along the score line

6. (OPTIONAL) Push ribbon through slot in paper & card flap now or add ribbon bows later

7. Adhere your 4 paper pieces to the flaps.

And finally the back of the Box Card.

Outer coloured mat is 4.5 x 9.3cm. Inner White panel is 4 x 8.8cm (Imperial… Coloured mat. 1 3/4” x 3 5/8”. White panel 1 1/2” x 3 3/8”)

And some more views of this version….

SU! Supplies Used

Stamps – So Very Grateful; Perfect Banners;Petite Pairs

Punches – Scalloped Tag Topper Punch; 1” Circle; 1 1/4 Scallop Circle

Papers – Fresh Prints DSP Stack

Card & Inks – Crumb Cake; Coastal Cabana; Real Red; Bermuda Bay

Embellishments – Stitched 1/4” Grosgrain Real Red

Tag Topper Box Card – Tutorial or the How To!!

Apologies for those of you that have been desperate for a tutorial on this one… but I had to share my Envelope Punch Board projects first…. I hope that you will understand…..

I have been completely WOWED by the comments, emails and blog hits on this little card… within days it has actually shot up into my Top 20 Blog Posts ever!! Thank You. Thank You. Thank You…. it has made my week very special!!!

Thought I would first share a photo of the back of the Box Card too…..

So definitely time for a share of how to make one for yourself… though people local in the York / Harrogate / Boroughbridge / Wetherby / Thirsk / Easingwold area of North Yorkshire could come along and make it here instead…. I would love to hear from you…. this will be one of the projects that you can make during March using Amanda’s favourite new product ….. the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch…..

First up – the Metric /European A4 card size version (which is what I used as I find that the very marginally less wide 5cm sections fit better into the Scalloped Tag Topper punch than a 2” section! Even though I am usually an inches gal!!)

1. Start with a piece of card A4 wide (aka 21cm ) x 11.4cm (aka 4 1/2” )  long

2. Score LANDSCAPE* at 5, 10, 15 & 20cm

3. Score PORTRAIT* at 5cm (with the narrow section at the top)

And the Imperial/US Letter size version…

1. Start with a piece of cardstock 8 1/2” wide x 4 1/2” long

2. Score LANDSCAPE* at 2”, 4”, 6” and 8”

3. Score PORTRAIT* at 2” (with the narrow section at the top)

PS… *for those of you that aren’t used to the terminology…. as I do love to used one word instead of a long sentence…. where I can….

LANDSCAPE means put the wider section along the top “stop bar/ruler” of your score board or trimmer  - and score down across the narrower section

PORTRAIT means the narrower section along the top  - and score down across the wider section!!

And then for both….

4. Bone Fold all your score-lines

5. Cut off the smaller narrow section

6. Cut up the 3 shorter score lines to form the 4 tabs

7. Pop each section/flap into the Tag Topper Punch & Punch ( x4)

8. Adhere together to form the box using the narrow section

9. Score two small 1.5cm x 7 cm card pieces  at 1 cm from each end to form the slats to go across the centre of the box (or score two 1/2” x 3” pieces at 1/2” from each end )

10. Decorate as desired…. come back tomorrow for tips on paper sizes and how to best punch the paper pieces for decoration... I have to admit that my little box sat for a fortnight undecorated… as punching small pieces of paper wasn’t too successful initially!!!!

 

SU! Products Used

Stamps – Flower Shop; Petite Petals; Petite Pairs

Punches – Scalloped Tag Topper Punch; Petite Petals; Pansy; 1” Circle; 1 1/4 Scallop Circle

Papers – Fresh Prints DSP Stack

Card & Inks – Pool Party; Crumb Cake; Soft Suede; Coastal Cabana

Embellishments – Naturals 5/8” Chevron Ribbon; Gemstones; Linen Thread

WWWU #5– One for the Boys–Rev Up The Fun!

 

Just popping on with another quick share. Julie’s colour choice for WWWU last week was Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse & Early Espresso. Perfect for a card for the men folk….

So out came my Rev Up The Fun! stamp set and I CASED myself … which in turn was a CASE of Kerstin Lang’s card. I just changed the orientation of the layout….

SU! Products Used

Stamps – Rev Up The Fun!

Inks - Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse & Early Espresso

Card & Paper – Pool Party, Midnight Muse, DSP Stack Neutrals (Crumb Cake)

Tag Topper Box Card

Travel around Pinterest for papercrafts inspiration at the moment – and you see 2 major trends! Firstly..the Box Card and secondly…projects using the new and fabulous Stampin’ Up! Tag Topper Punch.

So last week…. I thought it was time for me to try to merge the two…. so here we have a Tag Topper Box Card.

I first saw the Box Card  - aka Card in A Box – here on my SU! granny Monica Gale’s blog back in September– and you can find Monica’s video tutorial here. Thank you Monica…..  I have to give Netty a shout out too… great project introduction Netty!! I think my first Box Card was made on the 2nd October when Monica shared this tutorial with us all – it was a very popular Christmas card at my classes….

This version is a completely different size…much more diddy…so so cute!!

This card will be one of the projects in my March Tag Topper Punch classes….but here are the recipe & directions for this card … I had to first finish my instructions and prepping for the Envelope Punch Board class I ran last week…..

And here are a few more views of the card….. firstly flat for posting….

And then just from different angles…..

SU! Products Used

Stamps – Flower Shop; Petite Petals; Petite Pairs

Punches – Scalloped Tag Topper Punch; Petite Petals; Pansy; 1” Circle; 1 1/4 Scallop Circle

Papers – Fresh Prints DSP Stack

Card & Inks – Pool Party; Crumb Cake; Soft Suede; Coastal Cabana

Embellishments – Naturals 5/8” Chevron Ribbon; Gemstones; Linen Thread

Classes Schedule Page Just Updated

Just popping on to let you know that details of the classes have just been updated.

See here or on the Classes Page Tab above for the new Schedule to cover April through September.

Apologies to the many of you that have been visiting my “rapidly becoming empty” Classes Page over the past few weeks!!! Oops…

A few changes to highlight!

Want to attend a £12.50 class for free???
Just order £35 of SU! products and get a £12.50 class for free ( OR just £5 for the class with a £22.50 order OR £7.50 for the class with a £15 order)

I am going to run a Saturday Card Making Session alongside the Saturday Scrapbooking Class as I know that there are some of you that want to make cards but can’t make it midweek – so here is your opportunity – and I really hope we can now see you soon….. we miss you!!!! £12.50 for a half day 9.30-12am or 12-2.30pm ( or £15 if you want to join us for lunch at 12am….)

Scheduled Mon-Tues 27-28 May classes have been re-scheduled to 3-4th June to take into account the 27 th May Bank Holiday.

NOTE – the class projects pictured above were created in a class during Feb 2013. This class was based upon the wonderful Card Keeper Box & Cards we made at Julies Jems’ Team Training in February. Thank you again Julie….

Scallop Square #15 – Attic Boutique Side Concertina Mini Book

So here is the fourth ( and last) of my series of Mini Books made using the Attic Boutique papers and the Scallop Square die . Another CASE of a fantastic mini book I found on the web – this time by Kim Assaly. ( and there is a video done by Kim there too!!) Now this was my favourite of the 4 initially….. really simple way to present about 7 photos…..

And easy use of the Scallop Square die cut here too. Just as a photo mat – either as the full sized square  - or as a rectangle.

A rectangle is pretty easy to cut. Just another double-cut trick!

1. Cut your piece of card to one scallop wider than you need – and allow 1/2” for each scallop. So for this 6 scallop example one  - I cut the card to 4 3/4” by 3 1/2”.

2. Place the card on the die so that 3 scalloped edges of the die are covered ( eg top, bottom & left hand side). Die cut! You will end up with the full 9 scallops along the left hand side and about 7 scallops along the top and bottom.

3. Then move the cut shape across the die so that 6 full cut scallops are lined up within the top and bottom die cutting edges.  The uncut/ straight edge of the card will be off to the right of the right hand cutting edge. Die cut!

Actually I know there are a few pictorial/video examples of this on the web…. so I am just off for a hunt!! OK back now…..  Pictorial here. Video here .

And the book itself….

The pages are 2 pieces of 12” x 4 3/4” same colour card. Scored at 4 3/4” and 9 1/2”. Valley fold next to narrow section, other mountain.

The cover is one piece of 12” x 5” card. Scored at 2 1/2”; 3”; 8” and 8 1/2”. All mountain folds.

Place the opened-out cover down in front of you with the flaps to top and bottom

Glue the narrow sections of the pages to the centre section of the cover.

The belly band is a 12” x 1 1/2” piece of card. Just wrapped and creased loosely around the book when it is completed. Don’t wrap it too tight – you won’t be able to get it off easily!!

Eh voila!! Just the decoration to do.

SU! Supplies

Dies – Scallop Square!!

Stamps – Tagtastic; Clearly For You

Papers – Attic Boutique

Punches – Large Tag; Scallop Border; Scallop Square; 1 1/4” Square

Card – Soft Suede; Sahara Sand; Pool Party

Embellishmants – Paper Daisies; Large Pearl

Craft Spa classes

Just to let you know that I have loaded up details of the classes running from now until the end of April. You can view these on the CLASSES tab above  - or via the link here...... The Craft Spa Classes.

If you are interested in coming along - please just email me for further details and a full schedule.