Double Z Fold Everyday Enchantment Card - aka Scallop Square Die #2

Another day - so another card using the Sale-A-Bration  free and exclusive products -  one stamp set or a pack of papers for free with every £45 order for Stampin' Up! products until Saturday 31st March!! Only 3 more days to go!!

This card is made using the gorgeous Everyday Enchantment papers. I have stocked up on these as we all LOVE them!! Along with my favourite SAB stamp set - Fresh Vintage. The greeting inside is stamped using the hostess set in the Spring Mini Catalogue - Swirls & Curls Verses.

So here we have a Double Z Fold card with all the corners rounded - and then mounted on a Bashful Blue die cut Scallop Square - which really finishes that card off beautifully. Unfortunately these photos don't do the card justice!

The Fresh Vintage flower spray images are stamped up & punched out using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and then mounted on 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punched circles. One glued to the left fold and the other to the right fold. Eh Voila!!

Scallop Square Die # 1 aka Sprinkled Expressions Box of Tags

And here is another class project done using one of the free Sale-A-Bration stamp sets..... this time using Sprinkled Expressions. Now here is a set that grew on me....

I saw this box of tiny cards (or tags!) on many American SU! demo blogs. It was showcased at a US SU! Regional Training event earlier in the year. And I love it!! It is SO cute!!

The box is made from scoring a die cut Scallop Square .  Firstly 3 scallops in from either side  - then turn 90 degrees and score 2 scallops in at either side.

And this little box has proven an eye-opener - and major inspiration starter - for me!!!  I have so many more projects to share using this gem of a die.  I laughingly nicknamed my list as the 101 projects using the Scallop Square die... but scarily I think that there are actually 101 projects for me to do....... but I think that to do them all would take me a year at least!!!

So watch this space....... about 20 projects made and ready to share .... only 81 more to go !!!

Elementary Elegance Top Note Bag of Cards

Only 3 days left for Sale-A-Bration promotion orders. Spend £45 and get a free stamp set!

Here is a class project we did using the free Sale-A-Bration Elementary Elegance stamp set.

This gorgeous frame image has been heat embossed on all of these cards. Some with the " not-to-be-without" white embossing powder on coloured cardstock - the others with the Stampin Up coloured embossing powders. Showing here are Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi and Tempting Turquoise.

You Are Loved Valentine Ensemble

Happy Valentines Day!!

Here is a set of items we made for Valentine's Day - a Tunnel Fold Card, the tin I posted about yesterday and a decorated tea-light candle.

The tunnel fold card is a very simple but effective card to make. I used the tutorial here along with my trusted Top Note Bigz Die. All of the stamps used are from the You Are Loved stamp set.

And the Liebe, Love, Amour A La Carte stamp made decorating the tea-light candle a breeze!!! Along with the new 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch ( and a non SU! 2" punch I  have in my stash) More details about decorating the tea-light candles on my earlier blog post here.

Here is another photo  - this time showing the front of the card where I used the Top Note die shape I had cut out for the Tunnel card format inside.  The HUSBAND stamp is from the wonderful For My Family stamp set - a real have-to-have stamp set.....

You Are Loved Valentine Tin

Another quick post to share a Valentine heart shaped tin!! Thanks again for the tins Lindsey...... we LOVE these!!!

The tin was stamped using the large heart stamp from the new You are Loved stamp set - and white Staz On ink ( which still proved very slippy!!)

The tin was wrapped using Real Red polka dot paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack  - along with the gorgeous Pool Party ruffled ribbon ( so perfect for the job!!) and the Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon over the top.

And the topper.... a Real Red heart using the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit; a  Pool Party punched Scallop Oval and a Real Red punched Large Oval LOVE greeting ( again from the You Are Loved stamp set). And then finished off with a quick gemstone and a little Regal Rose butterfly from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.

And inside - chocolate hearts decorated in the same way.... Yum!!! And another quick photo - you can see the stunning effect of that ruffled ribbon a bit better in this photo!!

Up, Up & Away Sprinkled Expressions Valentine Card

Just sharing a quickie Valentine card before it is too late!! I saw this card by fellow SU! demonstrator Fiona and just had to CASE the clever concept of the Sale A Bration Sprinkled Expressions hearts stamp as a kite....

I kept it really simple as this is destined for my son - so red, black & white are the only colours that can be used...... !!

So the heart was stamped using Versamark & Heat n Stick powder and then covered with Fine Galaxy Red glitter. The hearts for the tail were punched out of the new red Glimmer Paper using the Heart to Heart Punch.  The clouds were formed using die cuts as a mask with the Baja Breeze marker in the Color Spritzer Tool.  The LOVE you wording is also from the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set whereas the Valentines Day greeting is from the ever-so-useful Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.


More Valentine ideas to come very shortly....

Sale A Bration is here!!

Just catching up with a few blog updates...... then I will be sharing some of the lovely projects we have been doing in classes over the past few months... 

Though I thought I would quickly share this Swinging Z fold card as it is made using the free Sale A Bration Everyday Enchantment papers & Fresh Vintage Stamp set. Recipe at the bottom of this post.

For those of you new to Sale A Bration....... this is what it is all about......

• Spend £45 on SU! products and get a free stamp set ( or these gorgeous papers!!)   5 freebies to choose from. Spend £90 - get 2  - and so on.
• Get nearly £300's of crafting goodies for just £119 - with no further obligation!! Yes - no catch at all...
• This promotion runs from now till 31st March.
• our favourite time of year ....... we love nice freebies!!

Here is a link to the Sale A Bration promotion leaflet showing more details and the free stuff on offer at present. http://www2.stampinup.com/gb/documents/20120124_SAB_en-GB.pdf . It is also linked on my side bar. 

And please do not hesitate to contact me for further details or to place an order!!

Swinging Z Fold Card Recipe

Stamps - SAB Fresh Vintage; Teeny Tiny Wishes 

Papers - SAB Everyday Enchantment 

Dies etc - Scallop Square 

Punches -  1 ¾”Circle;  Scallop Circle 2 3/8”;Word Window ; Modern Label 

Cardstock - Pool Party: Poppy Parade ;Very Vanilla

Ink Pads - Poppy Parade; Sahara Sand & Dauber

Markers – Lucky Limeade; Pool Party; Calypso Coral; Poppy Parade       

Embellishments - Mini Silver Brad

Other - Sharpie Marker Turquoise

  

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.

Christmas Polar Party MERRY PENGUINS card

Oh how cute are these penguins..... and the polar bear is gorgeous too....

I saw this card on In Love With Stamping by the very talented fellow SU! demo Margaret - and just had to CASE ( with my own twists...)  as it took my breath away.....

So here is a simple A6L card using Varsity Alphabet, Polar Party & Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets in Real Red, Basic Black - along with 2 of the new In Colors - Island Indigo and Pool Party. I just love this colour combination for a bright, fresh and fun Christmas combination.

The only problem now is that my son wants me to make this card for all of his friends!!! Good job I love stamping and a bit of colouring then....... now how will it look using the word JOY or COOL.....

Un-Convention Challenge Gift Set - Tag and Top Note Box

There is a suite of challenges been organised on In Love With Stamping for those of us demos not in Disneyland, Paris sharing in the annual European Stampin Up! Convention at the moment..... The first challenge was to create a gift set... so with Christmas in mind.... I created a tag and a Top Note box containing 4 decorated tea - light candles.

I have used the PINES & POINSETTIAS stamp set in both of these projects.  This is a stamp set that I cannot stop using ( and it didn't appeal to me at all to start with!! But I am so glad that I bought it!!) There is also the label frame from the WELCOME CHRISTMAS stamp set on top of the box.

The Two Tags die was used to create the Tag and the Top Note die to create the box lid and base. I have also used the Holly Berry Speciality Papers and some of the new Chocolate Chip Scalloped ribbon.  There is also double embossing used on the Tag using the Square Lattice embossing folder  - and then the oval frame embossing folder.

The candles were decorated by wrapping a strip of paper around the side and by stamping an image on tissue paper and then punching out using the 1 3/8" circle punch and the circle hand punch in the centre for the wick to go through ( TIP - make sure you use some scrap paper behind so that the punches can work!!) These discs were than laid on the candle and I used a heat gun to melt the wax into the paper. Very clever and  GREAT FUN!!! ( oh and I can just see a bit of Sticky Strip clinging to right hand front candle in the photo - how annoying!!!)


Next challenge - Repetition - I know exactly what I want to do  - but time and light for any photo has failed me for today. Back to the challenges tomorrow afternoon I hope!!!