A trio of thoughts from friends #1

Sharing some beautiful cards I received earlier in the year... from fellow friends, team members, customers and demonstrators...  In no particular order... and again thank you all for your thoughts at that time....

Uma Kathirgamanathan's gorgeous Pop Up Front Step Panel Card.... featuring Garden Lane papers and Rooted in Nature stamps... Tutorial for this card here...

Sarah Lavelle's beautiful A6 card featuring Pretty Label punched Label Me Pretty & Flourishing Phrases greeting... with Floral Essence flowers...

 And Caroline Merrick's super Botanical Blooms (retired) A6 card...

PS All is perfectly OK post-op... but I have to "take it easy" and not lift, bend or stretch etc "much" for another week or so... so "grabbing" my crafting supplies is a temptation I need to avoid... so I am taking the opportunity to share some lovely creations made by friends... Normal Service will resume soon... 

PPS At Home classes will continue as planned... I was ready for this month's classes pre-op so nothing to stop those... 

Tranquil Tulips for Tuesday!

Lovely little colourful trio for you today....

A Tranquil Tulips set we made at Julie's Monthly Training a few weeks back...

This stamp set is a Host exclusive one ... but it can be yours for free if you order £100 (excl P&P) over the next 2 months through my Online Shop ... remembering that a £45 order this month will get you a £4.50 Bonus Days coupon to spend for free in August...

So thinking about it... if you were to do it in one go this month... a £100 order this month... would deliver you £9 free product of your choice on your August order with the Bonus Days offer plus a free Tranquil Tulips stamp set (£14 value) from me under separate cover... free plus more free... what is not to love!

First up... the super CAS card....

Second up... the stepped up card.... with added double -punched Pretty Label label and Fresh Fig ribbon... greeting from Happy Birthday Gorgeous...

And last but not least the accompanying gift bag... care of the Gift Bag Punch Board... so glad I had a refresher on using the board!! Quite timely now I am thinking of Christmas... it is just so good at what it is designed to do! Finished off with with a Gold Library Clip & Berry Burst ribbon

And here they are all together again... remember this stamp set can be yours for free...plus even more free... feel free to shop here...!

Label Me Pretty for All Occasions

Seem familiar? Look again...

The small A7 cards shared yesterday had a quick make-over using the new Label Me Pretty stamps and the co-ordinating Pretty Label Punch... so now cards for all occasions...

Label Me Pretty bundles available with 10% off - clear mount here and wood mount here

So in Tranquil Tide... You're the Best...

In Fresh Fig... From My Kitchen to Yours...

In Berry Burst... Thank You for caring...

A more floral Happy Birthday label...in Lemon Lime Twist... (Though I have to admit this doesn't do it for me!!! Really does need more Berry Burst than Powder Pink...)

And finally remaining as the original Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamped label... in Powder Pink...

Simply Decorated Tissue Box for Julie...

So when I sent this card to my fellow team member and friend, Julie Wade 2 weeks ago... I was told that I owed her a box of tissues! So never one to shirk from my duties... I had to oblige... and I searched for the largest box that I could find... but I couldn't resist a quick decorative treatment before I handed them over at our Quarterly Training on Monday...

Stamping and punching of the label care of the new Label Me Pretty bundle (with Pretty Label punch) plus the 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" Circle Punches...

The top opening made using Lots of Labels dies... which I was so glad I remembered as they were perfect for this job... and for a few others I have planned over the next few weeks...

And the rest was just cutting and sticking of paper... Measure your top and sides. Take off 1/4" (or 1/2cm aka 5mm) off each of the measurements and cut paper to suit... and then just stick it on... 

So for my record (as I will be making one of these again quite soon!)... My box was 9" Wide by 4 1/2" Deep x 2 3/4" High... so I cut my papers as follows...

- one x 8 3/4" x 4 1/4" for the top

- two x 8 3/4" x 2 1/2" for front & back

- two x 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" for the sides

And... apologies for sharing something made out of retired Floral Boutique papers... but the largest tissue box I could find was blue... so these papers had to be used... as co-ordination is very important to me!!

And now I am trying to find tissue boxes in the new In Colors (or white!) so I can use my lovely co-ordinating Fresh Florals papers (which do of course include these same patterns as in these Night of Navy Floral Boutique papers)

And lastly.... did these get used at training... oh yes! By more than one of us actually.... And are they still... oh yes! I have reason to believe that our lovely 💖Julie 💖may need some more soon....  Who knew when we signed up as demonstrators ... that a bit of stamping and sharing what we love could lead to such emotional highs and joys....