May Craft Class Projects

Oh my! 
 I just loved making May's projects with my lovely class ladies!

I have a VERY special wedding coming up - my fab brother-in-laws are getting married at the end of May but I'll have to come up with another card in case they've seen this one!

Perfect Day Wedding Card

I designed the wedding card but can't help but feel I've taken inspiration from different sources on Pinterest so feel free to tag yourself if you feel there's part of your card in it!  I used Sahara Sand as a cardbase and layered it with Very Vanilla.  I offset a strip of the beautiful Something Borrowed DSP and overlayed with a piece of Sahara Sand Lace Trim.  I stamped 'For The Two Of You' from Your Perfect Day Stamp Set and framed it with the pretty wreath, both in Sahara Sand then punched with the 2" circle punch.  I pulled a few threads from the Jute Ribbon and positioned with some looped linen thread under the raised sentiment.  I finished the card off with my favourite little flowers, stamped in Pink Pirouette from Something To Say stampset and punched using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch set. Each flower was finished with a pearl in the centre. Too pretty!

Teeny Tiny Typeset Gift Box

Oh, such a cute box!

This little box measures just an 1 1/2" square so is perfect of a Lindor Ball or Ferrero Rocher as a table favour or dream big and go for a sparkly ring!

It's so simple to make!  4 1/2" x 4 1/2" Very Vanilla Cardstock, scored at 1 1/2" on all 4 sides.  Cut up the right hand score line, not into the corners and cut in half horizontally.  Turn and repeat on all 4 sides.  By turning each time, you avoid having uneven thickness when adhering together.  Stick the tabs on the inside, turning as you go to form the base of the box.  Cut 1 1/4" squares of Typeset Speciality DSP (staying in the new catalogue - yay!) and stick to the 4 sides. 

 Make the lid in the same way using 3 13/16" Basic Black cardstock, scoring at 3/4" on all 4 sides.

Use the Pansy Punch and the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack in Very Vanilla and sponge the edges in Sahara Sand to give a vintage look.  Punch a Petite Petals flower in Basic Black, place a pearl in the centre and layer in between the other flowers using dimensionals.  Loop Linen Thread and secure under the flowers.

Voila!  A beautiful little vintage gift box. xx

Telford Regional Training Design Team! - So Exciting!

Wow!!  So now I can let you into a secret!  A couple of months ago, I got a call from the lovely Kelly in the UK office and was asked to be part of the Design Team for Regional Training in Telford! Little old me!  I was SO honoured and jumped at the chance!

Not only that, I was privileged to be asked to create cards and 3D items for the brand new Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp set - Sprinkles Of Life.  This amazing charity provide home from home support for families with very poorly children and Stampin' Up! donate £2 from every stamp set sold.

In my opinion, this is the BEST ever stamp set we've had for the charity and it even comes with a coordinating punch!  How fab is that!!

Here are my designs - please feel free to case!  There was so much more I wanted to do with this set but unfortunately, the punch wasn't ready in time so I was cutting clouds/ice creams/trees/cupcakes by hand!

Here are a few of my faves...

Weekly Deals - 20.05.15-26.05.15

This week I'm loving the ribbons and buttons!  

Why not grab yourself a bargain? 

 If you want to but these or anything else from the current catalogues, retired list or clearance rack, please pop over to my shop.  Tracy x

Telford Swap...What A Fabulous Work Of Art!

Ok.  So I'm a little addicted to Elegant Eggplant!  

There...I've confessed.  

I'm sure you'll agree though that this is a fab colour combination - Elegant Eggplant, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla.

I wanted to make a swap that reflected my style as a demonstrator and this sums my style up!  I find it incredibly hard to do straight layers - fact!  So it's quite fitting for my swap to feature angled layers - I find there's no right way to layer so nobody can see if it's not perfectly aligned - brilliant!

So apart from my beloved Elegant Eggplant, I wanted to show that you can create a simply but truly gorgeous card with a few resources.  I stamped 'You Are A Fabulous Work Of Art' from the amazing Work Of Art Stamp Set in, you've guessed it, Elegant Eggplant onto Very Vanilla.  I punched this out using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and layered with dimensionals onto a 2" Circle in Sahara Sand and a 2 1/2" Circle in Elegant Eggplant.  

I sponged my Very Vanilla layers and my favourite Itty Bitty Accents Flowers in Elegant Eggplant and placed a tiny pearl in the centre of each flower.  I finished with a little Linen Thread looped under the flowers.  

I loved it so much I made a matching name badge!

Elegant Aperture Card

For those of you that visit my blog regularly, you'll know I'm a big fan of Sam Hammond Donald (Pootles) and often take inspiration from her work.  

Well this time, my card is inspired by Sam's 12 year old son Jack!  What a talented family.  Here's a link to Sam & Jack's cards...

http://pootles.co.uk/2015/05/03/south-hill-stampin-up-sunday-butterfly-aperture-card-tutorial/

Mine is based very closely on Sam's card but I decided to sponge instead of stamp! I've used my favourite combo of late - Elegant Eggplant and Very Vanilla (really must change that up soon!) and layered it up in my usual offset style.

I punched the butterflies from the top layer using both the Bitty Butterfly and Elegant Butterfly punches, then sponged with varying depth on the layer below (before sticking together), being careful to avoid going too close to the edges.  I sponged the punched out butterflies a little and around the edge.  I stamped the Happy Birthday in Elegant Eggplant from the And Many More Stamp Set and punched out with the Large Oval Punch - this is a fab stamp set to get to cover such a variety of occasions. I finished with pearls on the butterflies and a little trio at the base of the card. xx

Weekly Deals - 06.05.15-12.05.15

Ooh!  Ribbon & Fast Fuse!  2 of my favourite things!

Plus Framelits, Thinlits and Embossing Folders - We're really spoiling you this week!

If you'd like to buy any of this week's deals and/or anything from the current catalogues, retired list or clearance rack, please pop over to my shop.  Tracy x