Girls & Ladies Workshop

I am quickly trying to catch up with the posting of this year's workshops and some other stuff I  have done this year! I am have been suitably told off by many many people for not updating this blog... so I will try to behave from now on!! So first it's catch up time....

So last week we made 3 cards...

A circle easel card for Mothers Day using the wonderful Greenhouse Garden ( page 43) and Frames with a Flourish ( page 53) stamp sets . In the wonderful colour combi of Elegant Eggplant; Almost Amethyst and Old Olive in the ribbon! The flower is all made from scallop circles.....

And there were some very happy Mothers last Sunday!! Mine was almost speechless..... ( and that is unusual!!)

An iPhone card for the girls..... using images from the Occasionally stamp set

( page 22) and the greetings from A Bit of Birthday Cheer ( page 63)

And last but not least... our Girl on a phone card where we got to play with the Copic pens..... and make pretty handbags from the Circle Circus stamp set ( page55)  using the 1 3/8" circle, large oval, scalloped oval and scallop circle punches. Image stamp by Lili of the Valley.

Clippy Photo Bag Workshop

Here are some photos of a photo bag project we did as a one-off workshop last week. The original concept of the Clippy Bag was to put Polaroid photos in... but armed with the Stampin' Up! Sunny Day Simply Scrappin kit ( page 78) we turned it into a scrappin' special!!

And here is a photo of  Bev's alternative using the same photo... but printed in different colours... how cool is that!!

And a couple of close-up photos of the flowers on my bag ... these were created using just the SU! circle punches; scissors and water! Oh... and a button on one of them!

Just hello!

Thought it was about time I posted something and removed the reference to Christmas at the top of my blog!! I cannot believe that it is 3 months since I last posted an entry on my blog!! Gosh how those 3 months have flown. I don't think I have ever been so busy - and apart from Christmas celebrations it has almost all been crafting time ... Shame!!!

So I haven't any inspirations to show today ..... as .....as usual, time is pressing - but I have the fruits of 6 classes to post shortly .... plus some other stuff I have been working on. So I will be back with you very shortly... and I have lots and lots of pictures to post.......

12 Blogs of Christmas

Hello and welcome from The Craft Spa to our 12 Blogs of Christmas cruise whether you are starting here or have arrived from seeing Michelle's wonderful creations... Please press the icon at the end of this posting to cruise on to the next stop.

This blog cruise has been organised by a bunch of very talented Stampin' Up! demonstrators that all meet in the cyber space at the In Love with Stamping forum.... A particularly big thanks must go to Carolynne for inspiring us and getting us organised!!

My first project is one that I have wanted to make for a long time.. a Gingerbread House made from my wonderful Stampin' Up! punches and stamps. So I am delighted to have finally achieved it!!

My second project is particularly for those with 4-12 year old children who are immersed in the web or trading card world of Club Penguin.... or for those who just like penguins!! The little pot holds a lollipop... so a double treat for kids everywhere.

I will be posting a full recipe and directions for these projects during next week so please feel free to leave me a comment and join my followers.... It will really spur me on to finishing the directions!!

In the meantime, please press on the icon to go to the next stop for Kara's wonderful creations to further inspire you. (www.kimberlight.net)

Christmas Cards

So here are 4 of the 5 card designs we made at our Stamp A Stack session back in September. Everyone made 2 of each of these cards. My favourite was the Silent Night church.... it was super quick & easy to colour in with the Watercolor WonderCrayons, plus some dabs of the glue pen followed by glitter! It really sparkles.

I cannot believe it is that long ago - and I apologise for not posting them earlier. I will also post the 5th snowman when I locate the photo!!!

Please contact me by the email link if you want any product details... they are all made using Stampin' Up! stamps, punches and card/inks etc

Cards & Treat Holder - Autumn Days stamp set

Finally got round to loading up some of the samples I made for my Open House and one made for a SU! demo swap hosted on In Love With Stamping.com last month.

This first lot are all made using the Autumn Days set released in October. ( Page 45; Item Code 115452; £19.95 plus P&P) The pumpkin treat holder is made using the Large Oval punch to form the pumpkin( Page 88 , Item Code 115156, £12.50 plus P&P) and the Square Scallop punch ( Page 88; Item Code 113653; £12.50 plus P&P) to make the bat.

Spa Time - Small Gifts

Thought I would share the little gifts we made earlier this week . They are all holders - for teabags, notebook, post it note pad and chocolates....

Upon request... I am running an extra workshop next week when you can make either these OR the mini pizza box and small cards shown below. The workshop will be on Thursday 29th October from 1 till 3.30pm














Do let me know if you want to come on Thursday - also which project you would like to do....

New SU stamp set - Medallion Background

I had a quick break from making cards etc for Christmas classes, ILWS swaps and more samples with my new sets today.

I needed to get a sympathy card off in the post pronto! And then came the block.... but I was quickly saved by the UPS man turning up with my much awaited new Medallion background stamp ( Page 60; code 115223, £14.95 plus P&P) And oh do I love this one!! You may get fed up of seeing it over the next few months.....

So my new fave Elegant Eggplant ink came out again and minutes later I was off to the postbox!! I used the new 1 3/4" circle punch (Page 89; code 117405; £12.50 plus PP) for the centre Taken with Teal medallion. The flower is from the Pretties kit ( Page 85, code 109887, £23.25 plus for a box of 10 sets - or £2.50 for 1 full set from me!) and the clear rhinestone brad is from the new box of 84 clear brads (page 85;code 113144; £7.75 plus PP) or in the Pretties kit as before... And my favourite oval punches came into use again ( Page 85, codes Large Oval 115156 and Scallop Oval 115429; both £12.50 plus PP)

Just a little detail - I coloured the rhinestone brad with my trusty purple Sharpie pen.... so you can have these fabulous brads in any colour that you have permanent marker pens for!!! So I think these brads will be in continuous use too.....

More new stamp set samples- Say It With Scallops

Another day... another new stamp set. This time it is the Say it With Scallops set ( Page 58; Code 111678, Price £14.95 plus PP)

Some of you will recognise these as they were a quick & simple set we made in a session the other week along with the mini pizza box - and a session I have been asked to repeat for those that missed it! So watch this space!

Please do email me if you are interested in coming to papercrafting sessions and you live in the North/West Yorkshire area - I will be delighted to send you the current schedule.... ( I have not worked out how to put it on my blog yet...but in time I will!)

New SU stamp set samples - Circle Circus

So it is time for some more samples using the new stamp sets.

This time it is Circle Circus (Code 115778 on Page 55, costs £23.95 plus P&P) I just can't stop using this one... these circles are just so good... and can you spot the golf ball!? And the new large 1 3/4" circle punch made punching those large circles very easy ( Page 88; Code 117405; £12.50 plus P&P)

I also used

• the SU! 1 3/8" punch to make the little handbags. I just cut across the top of the circles!


• the SU! scallop circle punch to make the foldover on the bags. Just cut across 3 of the scallops


• the SU! oval and scallop oval punches to make those bag handles


• the SU! tag punch and tag stamp from the Merry Moments set (Page 16) on the topiary card... I just cut off the top of the tag!


• the SU! large star punches on the kraft card

NOTE - you can now buy packs of 12x12 kraft cardstock from Stampin' Up! too. Hooray!! 20 sheets for £5.95 plus P&P. Details on page 80....