On Stage 3D Swaps - the Final Batch... the Neutrals...

Saving the best for last!! LOL!!!

Seriously though... I do LOVE my Black & Whites... and these are made by my fellow friends and Jems teamies... so I have to say that!!

A beautiful Botanical Butterflies no glue belly banded box by Susannah Jepson...

The perfect size for a Tombow...

Although the original Drumsticks lolly is a bit tastier!

And a fabulous Foliage Frame die cut on half-a-PillowBox from Anna Pickering... greeting from Lots of Happy card kit (gosh... took me a while to find this one!!)

Full of lucky golden eggs... yum! 

Though I have to admit to having now turning the sentiment round... as this way it sits up nicely in front of you... 

Amazing what you can do with half a box!! Sealed with a brad...

Bit like my Selfie Stick holder idea for my Centrestage swaps... but without both halves and the acetate... and yes I forgot to confess... the gift was a selfie stick (with remote control!! Hence why the selfie stick is off to the side...)

Incredible Like You cards...

So these are what I am currently making up for classes next week... 

From the Incredible Like You kit... but so nice... in fact too nice to not let my ladies make!!!

Especially as they like something simpler... and something that they can add virtually any sentiment to start off a New Year... so this achieves both of those requests...

Delicate laser-cut overlays let the colour peek through on these all-occasion cards. Store or gift your cards in the reusable storage envelope.  Makes 16 cards, 4 each of 4 designs. Folded card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm). 

Kit includes:
* 16 printed card bases
* Laser-cut card front overlays
* 16 printed envelopes
* Glimmer, printed, and silver foil die-cut accents
* Grapefruit Grove Baker’s Twine
* Stampin’ Dimensionals
* Adhesive dots
* Adhesive-backed rhinestones
* 6-5/16" x 5" x 2-5/16" (16 x 12.7 x 5.9 cm) printed polypropylene storage envelope

The envelope being lovely and strong with an etched pattern too... very nice!

Coordinating colours: Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Grapefruit Grove, Lovely Lipstick, silver, white

I reckon these may be popular....

Co-ordinating stamp set... Incredible like You... may just have to make a little something else whilst this stamp set is out!

Simple Saturday Snowflake Tree Trio...

Just realised I hadn't shared the 3rd card from the simple little trio of Snow is Glistening trees...

Silver embossed tree on Whisper White... cut out by hand...  matted on Galvanised Metallic Paper (which is reduced in the Year End Closeout Sale - while stocks last)

Greeting from Merry Christmas To All...

And so here are the three together for you too..

Tuesday Tags... in Cherry Cobbler...

Another collection of the Tags & Tidings gift tags... this time in Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake...

These being to co-ordinate with my Cherry Cobbler wrapping paper...

Whereas the previous ones will match my Night of Navy papers!

#feelingquiteorganised as usually most of my tags are made in seconds on Christmas Eve!

Tags & Tidings in Crumb Cake...

Remember these Tags & Tidings tags...

And remember that I commented that everyone could match their own wrapping paper this year..

Well here are Denise's... in Crumb Cake and Real Red...

Lovely and Jolly... Ho Ho Ho!!!

Tuesday Tags & Tidings share...

8 simple tags for you... using the one stamp and one cut special Tags & Tidings set...

I love the little tags that stamp and cut out all in one go... but they are too small for my christmas presents! 

So what better way to up-size them ... but to create presents as tags....

Just simply heat embossed in white on Night of Navy... and decorated with a variety of ribbons and Bakers Twine...

And a great make in class... as everyone could tailor make to their own gift wrap... I just had to sort out the relevant coloured card for them... but more on that another day!

A Simple Winter Woods Hello card...

Another preview for you today... with a very simple rendition so as to not detract from the simple sentiment I wanted to say... and the lovely image!

So I have used the up and coming Winter Woods stamp set (in the new Autumn Winter catalogue launching on Wednesday!) to stamp the simple but gorgeous trees on this card...

Note that there is a co-ordinating dies set too... so a bundle for all round and all year use... you can't beat a tree(s) for all round use in my opinion! More details and images coming soon...

Trees stamped in Basic Black on a Whisper White panel... Mounted onto a Basic Black mat... onto an A6 Thick Whisper White card blank...

Separate front 1" high panel cut by hand to produce a land-line (you actually get 2 at the same time)...  Itty Bitty Greetings sentiment stamped to just say hello! 3D foam Stampin Dimensionals pads adhered for interest...

Happy Greenfingered Birthday to my Dad!

Wonder if you can guess how old he is today!!?

So I had to make another of these Greenhouse Cards using the Hanging Garden stamp set... as my Dad loves to spend time in their conservatory and potter in the garden so this covered both angles... though I forgot to share this at the time it was made... I am not used to being so organised for family birthdays...

This time I used a Soft Sky card panel for the back to add some colour... though for some reason this colour backing made it very difficult to photo...

And please excuse me for - and ignore the fact that - the wonderful Hearth & Home window dies I used for the main feature are now retired (and no, before anyone asks - mine are definitely not for sale!) - as well as the Soft Sky card colour I used for the back!

Just click here for the Tutorial for the card...

And here are the two versions together... so you can compare and contrast... and do you have any particular preference???

Tuesday Tip - Stylish Christmas #3

So it seemed to make sense to keep the 3 cards made using Stylish Christmas together...  particularly as I have had some requests for a Stylish Christmas Class in the Post whilst I was away... so please click here to contact me if you are interested too... and I will be back to you very soon with more details and/or an invoice...

The basic Stylish Christmas Class in the Post to make 15 cards including Stylish Christmas stamps, 16 pc. cardstock, 15 envelopes & Metallics Pearls (3 designs x 5 cards each) will be £44 (£41 collected) for Wood Mount or £39 (£35 collected) for Clear Mount. I will be ordering 31st August... so delivery will be with you about 10 September at the latest...

And don't forget that if your Stampin Up! order is over £45 this month you will get a £4.50 Bonus Days coupon code to spend for free in September! So that is just £4 more for the Wood Mount option... or + £10 for the Clear Mount...

Other items used include:-

• Bokeh Dots Stamps £14 Clear 148113 or £19 Wood 148110 
• Subtle embossing folder 143706 at £9.25 
• 3 ink pads at a cost of £7 each (Real Red 147084; Mossy Meadow 147111, Sahara Sand 147117)
• Gold Embossing Powder 109129 £4.75 

As well as staples of Versamark ink £8.25, Heat Gun £28, Embossing Buddy £5.50, Tombow multipurpose glue £3.75 or Tear & Tape £6.25 and Stampin Dimensionals £3.75

So this is the last card of the trio...  Just a simple one layer A6 standard card...

With the addition of the lovely Bokeh Dots stamp set (as Jane already has that one too! So it seemed rude not to use it!!)

So Sahara Sand stamped Bokeh Dots background... with the Stylish Christmas swirl and little snowflakes also in Sahara Sand...

Hand cut Real Red stamped flower... and Tuesday Top Tip! - the previously stamped & hand cut flower being used to work out the positioning for the Mossy Meadow leaves which are stamped directly onto the card

Finished off with a gold embossed greeting to match the gold Metallics Pearls at the centre of the flower...

And an admittance for you... you can tell my Sahara Sand is a brand new one... don't think I have ever had Sahara Sand stamp this dark before... I may have to move a bit of ink around on the pad before I use it next... as it has always been my go-to-palest-ink-pad when I want subtle!

Merry Monday - Stylish Christmas #2

So my pre-order box of lovely Christmas products has now arrived... but unfortunately I went away for a few days ...just minutes after it arrived!!

So it has sat there unopened and all alone until today when I am back!! So the washing may be delayed a few hours as I concentrate on much more important matters!

But back to the card... Triple Time Stamping this time... just click here for the Card Recipe & Tutorial...

Stamping using Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Sahara Sand inks... on Whisper White & Real Red card... and then "textur-ised" (is that a proper word!!?) using the Subtle Embossing Folder...

Poinsettia centres finished off beautifully with the gold Metallics Pearls.... which I reckon are just made for the job!!

See yesterdays post for a simpler version of this card and for more details and links on the products used...

Simple Sunday Stylish Christmas card #1

So one of my lovely customers bought the beautiful Stylish Christmas set in the Annual Catalogue... available in Wood and Clear Mount...

And then asked me what she should do with it... So seeing as I was waiting for my pre-order box of Christmas goodies to turn up... I was happy to oblige...

A little while later I had 3 card designs in my hand for her... hope you like them all Jane!

So this is the simplest of the trio... just double time stamping on a mat and card blank.... using Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Sahara Sand inks... on Thick Whisper White & Real Red card... and then "textur-ised" (is that a proper word!!?) using the Subtle Embossing Folder...

Poinsettia centres finished off beautifully with the gold Metallics Pearls.... which I reckon are just made for the job!! Pack contains half gold and half silver mini pearls...

Love this simple card...

Petal Passion & Palette Bridge U Fold Card

Apologies that yesterday's Happy Easter post was late... techno-bomb!!

Now who said these Petal Passion papers were just black and white!! Reckon that this card might be bright enough to dispel that myth...

U Fold card... aka Bridge Fold Card... for which the tutorial can be found here....  though this time I only used the one box section/insert for the birdie perch.... so that was scored at 1.5cm from each side from a 11.5cm x 2.5cm high panel...

Spotty papers coloured with Blends or Markers... back paper panel brayered with Pool Party and stamped with Old Olive marker thumped veins on Lemon Lime Twist inked leaves... and a couple of extra leaves stamped separately on Whisper White and then fussy cut... 

Memento Black Petal Palette stamped images with Stampin Blends colouring of leaves (Old Olive) and flowers (Rich Razzleberry & Pool Party) and then die cut with the Petals & More dies

And lovely die cut Petals & More frame in Pool Party (under the Classic Label punched Thoughtful Banners greeting to the bottom right hand side)

My favourite Detailed Gates Christmas Card!

So I remade my Christmas Gates card that I shared here (with the Tutorial for you...) as I wanted to use the Boxwood Wreaths... and make it a quicker and simpler card in a class with lots of other projects going on...

Though luckily my brain kicked into gear before I attached the Boxwood Wreath as...with all that dimension... it would never have fit in a standard C6 envelope if I had... so the Christmas Around the World papers came out again... and a simple die-cut but flat wreath & bow was added instead...

And of course... luckily the Halloween Night papers are still in the Clearance Rack for us in Europe.. so the brick sheet in there made the gate posts really easy! I have to admit that more on their way to me and that I have bought a lot of these papers since they have been in the Clearance Rack...

Rest of the details are the same as the original ... apart from the Lanterns which are also care of the Christmas Lamppost dies... which are retiring (sniff! I am so gutted!)... but they are reduced in the Year End Sale by nearly £4...

Though the Full Bundle with the co-ordinating Brightly Lit Christmas stamps is still marginally cheaper if you want the stamps too...

And I will dash a few more of these off prior to my Christmas post... quicker to create than they look... and some already prepped and ready to go ...