More Monday Mini Treats...

Sharing some more of the gorgeous and lovely table treats that greeted us all at our Team meal whilst at On Stage Telford UK...

Call these The Pinks range...

All my Love Lindor Ball box by Julie Wade... yum! Fave chocolate...

Tropical Escape Salted Caramel Kit Kat in a bag by Suse Jepson (Yum!! Not seen these baby Kit Kat treats before)

Falling & May Flowers with At Home With You greeting by Karen Pearmain. with tutorial linked...

Box Frame packaging... so up my street!! Lol... But I have never seen these hearts in Razzleberry before...

Scented Tea Light in a Share What You Love Origami Box by (sadly!) unknown... but such a clever box... but one that I know won't be able to fold back to close!!! Edited To Add! OMG!!! I just did it!!! That's a first...

Fabulous Haribo pouch by Emma Dymond with retired Printed With Love papers... so simple... but so effective... and did I tell you I love Haribos!

 Petal Promenade Chocolate Bar wrapper by (again sadly) unknown...

And This Little Piggy PeekaBoo treat by Sarah Lindsay... 

Love having so many clever crafty friends!! Thank you girls!

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Get Well Wishes... in greeny blues

What can I say... very me! Beautiful colour combinations using some of my favourite colours today!!

More of the beautiful handmade get well wishes cards to share with you today...from the "Get Well card bomb" I received this week from the team ... ... More details about the card bomb here...

So again in no particular order...

First up.... a gorgeous Double Z Joy Fold card from Uma featuring Share What You Love papers and the Patty Bennett inspired Ribbon of Courage stamp set. Though the photo doesn't do the silver embossing of the ribbon and hearts justice... Card tutorials can be found... A6 size from A4 card here  and A2 size from US Letter here...

Second up...the first Canvas Card (by all accounts) card by Lucy Brown... featuring Beautiful Day.... This will be quickly followed by a 2nd and more canvas cards Lucy... as I think this is an amazing concept and I have a few of the canvases stashed somewhere... so thank you on both counts... Though it did take me a while to get into it!!!! LOL....

And last but definitely not least... this stunner from Julie Wade featuring the host set Seasoned with Kindness & Healing Hugs (greeting inside that you can't actually see!!!) stamp sets and Nature's Poem papers...

Such a beautiful trio... thanks so much ladies... my mantelpiece is definitely making me smile...

And a little "2 way story" I have to share with you... 

So as I waited for my treatment in St James hospital yesterday... bowls of chocolates and biscuits were sat there in front of me... but the Frys Chocolate Cream bars could be easily avoided by yours truly! 

But then the receptionist re-filled up the chocolate bowl... and suddenly Mars Bars appeared... at which point I started to laugh and said how cruel that was... as I had to stand up to get a Mars bar... followed by 4/5 others sat around... all with big smiles on our faces!!! 

Then fast forward about 45 mins later... and I was stood in a queue in Poundland... when one of the staff started to "collect donations" of chocolates and sweets to go up to St James!! I was SO touched... and so was everyone else when I could say that they were indeed going to St James... and said thank you and how we had all had a smile at St James as a result of those Mars Bars not even an hour before!! Not a dry eye in the house!! And that donation bin suddenly filled... 

Accented Blooms to celebrate 45 years of... Julie!

So it was a special birthday for my fabulous Stampin Up Mummy, Julie Kettlewell last week... as she celebrated her 45th birthday...

So I had to quickly get those retired Large Numbers out of hiding... and a card was swiftly posted off to help Julie celebrate 45 years in style!

All the details on the card here... including the link to the tutorial...

Another Share What You Love Tag Topper Concertina Card

Another class... another demo... means another card version... and I LOVE this one...

Though I will be honest... this piece of paper with pearlescent Petal Pink flowers was my least favourite pattern... but I have now definitely changed my mind!!

Click here for the original EIGHTEENTH card and/or here for the Tutorial....

Large Letters die cut from more of the Share What You Love papers...

 And flowers fussy cut from another piece (s)...

Always like doing these cards in classes... as they always please... and are pretty simple to make... 

Share What You Love & Accented Blooms...

Another day... another colourway... click here for the rest of the details on this Double Z Joy Fold card... including the Tutorial...

Love this colourway too... though this time I left the right hand panel unstamped as then I can add whatever greeting I want when the time is right...

And don't forget... it is now the 1st of July... which means 3 wonderful things...

EDITED TO ADD- July Round up post now published - click here to go straight there  as there are now 4 things to tell you about!!

(1) Sign up with Stampin Up! and get your 10 extra ink pads for free... click here for more details... or here to join us... 

(2) The Paper Sale is on... Buy 3 Get a Fourth for free... click here for more details... YAY!

(3) The Craft Spa Stampin Blends promotion and 3 months Club is now live... click here for more information....

I will be back later today with an extra post with pretty pictures provided by Stampin Up!... but (unfortunately... as this is the first time this has happened...!) my new early bed-time regime does preclude me from staying up till 1-2pm to load information up after 11pm when Stampin Up load the information in the UK... and I don't want you to miss a day....

Fancy Fold Friday - Accented Blooms Double Z Joy Fold Card

Another version of this easy Fun & Fancy Fold card for you today... click here for the  Large Square Double Z Joy Fold Card Tutorial...

This time featuring the new Accented Blooms image... as the top left flowers look very similar to these pearlescent flowers on the Share What You Love papers... so it just had to be done...

Coloured in using an Aquapainter and ink pads... in co-ordinating Petal Pink, Mint Macaron & Crumb Cake...

3D Thursday... Tutorial for new Lidded Box for Tag Topper Concertina Card

So I came to package my Share What You Love Tag Topper Punch Concertina card that I posted here... and realised a few things...

The Crumb Cake medium envelopes I had used previously are no longer available... though the card would actually fit in a standard C6 envelope... but the sizing is not as perfect...

Not all the ladies coming to the class had an Envelope Punch Board that I had used to create the box envelopes before... But click here for the Tutorial for the Box for the double-folded card version (ie as per the way the card is folded closed here)... OR click here for the 1" deep box for a single folded card version with lots of embellishing... and here for the 3/4" deep box for a single-folded card version (better for UK postage)

I have three ladies that seriously LOVE the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit box as shown below... so that inspired me to make a version but sized specifically for this card... and I think it worked out pretty well...

Though I have to admit that I was going to create a double-sided version...but then I remembered that it was the first box and lid for 2 of them... so I kept it as simple as possible... but this way I can also make 2 from a piece of 12x12... whereas the double-sided version would have meant a full sheet of 12x12 paper for each box...

Now doesn't that just make the most special of cards... and presentation...

Now as you can see I originally made one on a Rich Razzleberry base (as that matched the original inspirational box more...) but I switched to a Crumb Cake base for those girls that don't like their pinks...

And so here is the Tutorial... for my US readers... note that the inches measurements are a literal/nearest conversion from centimetres ... and untested... so I am not sure how "tight" the box & lid will end up...

Craft Spa Recipe

A4 Card Rich Razzleberry OR Crumb Cake 17.5 x 14.5cm (6 7/8" x 5 3/4")

Share What You Love Papers 16.2 x 13.2cm (6 3/8" x 5 1/4")

A4 Thick Whisper White card 10.5 x 14.8cm (US Letter 4 1/4" x 5 1/2")

Better Together stamps

Layering Ovals dies

Stitched Shapes dies

Sponge Dauber & Ink Rich Razzleberry

Craft Spa Tutorial

1. Score cardstock panel at 2 cm (3/4") all round

2. Bone Fold

3. Dart score lines on 2 opposing narrower sides 

4. Fold over 4 corner flaps and apply glue to top face

5. Adhere 4 flaps to sides to form the box/base

6. Score paper panel at 1.2cm (1/2") all round

7. Bone Fold

8. Dart score lines on 2 opposing narrower sides 

9. Fold over 4 corner flaps and apply glue to top face

10. Adhere 4 flaps to sides WHILST ON THE BASE to form the lid

11. Die cut the 2 Whisper White ovals

12. Sponge Daub Rich Razzleberry ink around smaller stitched oval

13. Ink up & stamp Rich Razzleberry greeting

14. Adhere to each other and to lid

Share What You Love... Double Z Joy Fold Card in the nude...

This one may seem familiar... but I was asked what this card looked like but without the water-colouring of the embossed flowers front panel... aka in the nude...

And luckily I can oblige... as I had taken the before-photos!

So details as per this card here... though click here for a quicklink to my Large Square Double Z Joy Fold Tutorial..