Dinoroar Workshop

As I promised earlier this week, here is some of the items my lovely hostess, Julie from Rotherham, received for having her workshop.  She also got a ribbon sampler - but I forgot to take a photo of it (Doh!).

Julie wanted something like a box, suitable for boys (or girls) as the make and take and as Easter is coming up, we decided to go for a folded basket.

Some of the ladies who were coming to the workshop liked to use alcohol markers for colouring so I suggested a set we could do some watercolouring with Dinoroar, which is perfect for colouring - but its one of those sets that you dont have to colour in if you dont want to.

Although there werent as many people there as we had hoped, we had a ball!  The ladies were so lovely, it was a pleasure to be with them.

The colours used are Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Marina Mist with the dinosaurs being stamped onto Whisper White card in black Stazon.  We used both ink pads and Watercolour Wonder crayons with aquamarkers for the colouring.

The size of the cardstock used to make this basket was 7.5" square but I have made this basket before - here is a link to one made using a 12x12" piece of card.

Thank you, Julie for letting me do the workshop - see you soon!

Jan
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Easter Blossoms Card

Hi everyone!
Hope you had a nice weekend, mine was really busy with moving boxes, packing and sneeking in some preparation for a workshop on Thursday! 

I also made a card for my Mums sister, Auntie Val (she hates me calling her 'Auntie' tee hee).

 The card blank is just some white card from my stash but as my Auntie Val loves pink, I used Melon Mambo for the main colour, with Pink Pirouette used on the mats, behind the vellum cardstock (with the scalloped edge) the sentiment and behind the punched corners of the Melon Mambo card.

The vellum mat was stamped in Whisper White Craft ink using the little girl image from Easter Blossoms set and then white embossing powder was sprinkled on before heating to set.  Then I stamped the blossom image in black Stazon, turned over the vellum and coloured in the blossoms with my Melon Mambo marker.  Some of the centres of the flowers also had Bravo Burgundy ink dotted to the centre to give a little bit of depth.  I haven't used this technique for ages (thanks for reminding me about it Sara!).

The mat of vellum was matted on the Pink Pirouette card (I used the Scalloped Trim and Scalloped Trim Corner punches with white brads to secure it in place.  On the bottom corner, I added some tags from Tiny Tags, punched out with the jewellery tag punch.

The sentiment is from the Curly Cute set and was stamped in Melon Mambo ink onto Whisper White cardstock and then mounted onto a mat of Pink Pirouette.  The little flowers at each side of the sentiment are made using the flower Punch from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, the small 'eyes' from the Owl Builder Punch and Basic Pearls were added to finish off.

Bob back later in the week to see what I am doing at the workshop with Julie in Rotherham on Thursday...!

Jan
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Cake Boxes

Hi everyone

When Me, Sara, Hazel, Joanne & Mari did the Don Valley Craft Show last month, Joanne had made some gorgeous cake boxes for people to open if they booked a workshop.  It went down a storm and I just had to make one!

Each box is made from textured card stock (Basic Black and Very Vanilla) with panels of Mocha Morning Speciality Paper.  To make the carnations on the top I punched out 6 Scallop Circles for each box and dipped them in a glass of water (only very quickly dipped in though - they don't like water!!!).

Then I layered them up, made a hole in the centre and threaded a brad through - scrunching the card stock tightly.  Once all the layers were in place, I gently opened the flowers up and then they were left to dry.

Once dry, the tips of each flower was dipped into wet glue before Dazzling Diamonds was sprinkled onto the glue.

I loved how the 'cake' turned out and everyone at Ruth's workshop today (***waves***!) commented on how nice it was.

Grow...

Sorry my posts have been a bit sparce (to say the least!) but there's been so much going on at home and work I dont know wether I am coming or going - I know, no change there then!!!

The 'Sold' sign has gone up outside the house - so all the neighbours know now (tee hee) and we have been sorting out the financial & legal stuff this week.  I just want to move now.

Here is a card I made the other day (whilst DH was packing boxes - shhhh).  Its using a stamp that I got at convention in Paris last year.  The stamp is exclusive to demonstrators and is one of those 'so true' sayings that I just had to have it when I saw it.

The colours are Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush and Peach Parfait cardstock.  The flower is die cut from Blossom Party using Concord Crush card with Pear Pizzazz Designer Series Paper and the stem is just a small scrap of Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, twisted around to give some dimension.

The 'Grow' stamp was inked in Versamark, stamped onto Pear Pizzaz card and then white embossing powder sprinkled on top before heat embossing.  I trimmed the card down and matted onto a slightly larger piece of Concord Crush card.

The leaves on the Top Note die cut mat are from Pocket Silhouettes, stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink.

Hope you dont have too much of a problem with the snow this weekend.

Jan
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Cupcake Class 11th February 2012

Fancy having a play with some of the fabby new products from the Spring Mini Catalogue?

My next class (courtesy of the amazing Sara) is planned for Saturday 11th February and I have some places available.

Here is what we will be making.

The uses of this punch and matching stamp set are endless!!!

The class will be held on Saturday 11th Feb from 10am to 1pm at the Doghill Community Centre, Shafton.  Cost is £10 which covers the cost of all materials, refreshments and hire of the hall.

Contact me for more details and to book your place now.
Jan
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Sale-A-Bration is Here!

Yep, get ready for your chance to get free products during the BEST time of the year with Stampin' Up!

There are three promotions in one until the 31st March
1) Spend £45 on products and choose a free stamp set or 12x12 DSP pack
2) Hold a craft party during the promotion with sales over £300 and get a free stamp set or 12x12 DSP pack
3) Join my team and get a FREE stamp set ANY VALUE from the main catalogue.  I will match this too so you will get 2 FREE stamp sets ANY VALUE.  In addition to this, you will get full support and all the other benefits of being a demonstrator - contact me for full details!

There are also additional benefits for demonstrators - and if you join early, you will also have the chance to get these benefits too.

Here is a link to all the details.  Don't forget, this is THE BIGGEST promotion of the Stampin' Up! year.  Please don't miss it, contact me ASAP for more details or to book a craft party (I have a couple of dates available in February left).

Just one thing before I dash off.  Here is the card I made for out Team Meeting Swap last Sunday (Hi Joanne, Sara, Hazel, Chrissi & Christa!!!).

This stamp set is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine, Its called Easter Blossoms and is stunning.

The tag was stamped using another favourite stamp set of mine, from the Tiny Tags set, onto a Mini Vintage Tag.

I stamped the little girl in Sahara Sand ink onto Very Vanilla card and then used the spritzer tool and Chocolate Chip marker to get the speckled effect.  I tore the edges on three sides before using the Eyelet Border punch on the bottom then did this again with a mat of Sahara Sand cardstock, mounting the Very Vanilla on top.  Then I put a strip of sticky strip near to the punched border, positioned the Mini Vintage Tag roughly where wanted it to sit and pleated some Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon along the sticky strip, adhering it behind.

The Branch was stamped twice onto a mat of Very Vanilla card then I ran it through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder with the Big Shot.  The edges were inked in Sahara Sand ink and I coloured the flowers using a Pretty in Pink marker.  The card blank is pretty in pink which seemed a bit girly at first but I liked all the colours together.  I did try a Chocolate Chip base card, but felt it looked a little bit dreary.

Off to get some work done now, but don't forget, if you want to hold a craft party or place an order to get some freebies, contact me ASAP - I don't want you to miss out!!!

Jan
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Baby Card

Hi there,
I managed to sneek into my craft room yesterday to make a REALLY quick baby card.  I was very good and even used up some of my old products - I need to use up some retired stuff for a change!!!

The card blank is 8"x8" and I used bits from the Nursery Suite Quick Accents kit and the matching Nursery Suite Designer Series Paper.  Both of them are now retired and after over a year of gazing at them, I thought I would have a play.  Even the ribbons are retired - Pretty in Pink Taffeta and Pretty in Pink Gingham.

The Quick Accents sets are lovely to use (as you would expect from Stampin' Up!) and because they are designed to work together, they coordinate perfectly.

The letters are die cut from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet and I just added a few tiny Basic Pearls to finish off.

Jan
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