Pastel Floral

Well, over the last few days summer seems to have gone away. I do hope those few nice days was not it - you know our summer!!!

Today's card was made by using versamark ink with the large French Filigree stamp and then colouring in with pastels (bashful blue), and daubing around the edge with Marina Mist ink. I stamped a panel across the bottom with Dot, Dot, dot but using Regal Rose ink but inking it up and stamping on spare paper then stamping onto the card giving a much softer colour. One of the flowers from the Simply Soft Hostess set stamped with Stazon ink made the border up the side, these were coloured in with the inks and blenders pens, attach matching ribbon and glitter the stamens on the flowers. Create your sentiment with some matching punches and add some bling.

Only a couple of weeks left to grab that free paper pack with an order of £45, please contact me to place an order.

Save the Date :Thurs 10th May - Stampin Up workshop - New Summer Mini catalogue launch, don't forget to book your space.

Sister Request

A friend recently asked if I could make her sister a bright and cheerful 40th Birthday Card. Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise came to mind lol, and that beautiful butterfly which is part of the Creative Elements set. Add some matt and layers, a bit of stamping and bling and there we go, she was very happy.

Before I'd attended Jenny Moor's extravaganza I'd always done inserts with a cheap A4 paper but I love making a layer inside and stamping on it too. Great tip Jenny!

Roar!! one for the boys

This card was made using the Dinoroar set of stamps, perfect for the boys. I combined Chocolate Chip, Lucky Limeade and Crumbcake cardstock. I used the dotted scallop border punch and the crimper to give texture to the layers. For the foliage I used the My Friend stamp set from the Mini catty in Lucky limeade ink, sometimes stamping twice with out reinking to give different colours. The sentiment was stamped in Stazon, as were the dinosaurs, I coloured them in using the blenders pens and ink pads, cut them out and mounted on dimensionals. To highlight the sentiment I punched two of the modern label punches and trimmed them to fit the sentiment.

I made some of these cards for recent craft fayres and they were a big hit. I also combined some of the linen thread on the other cards to give a bit more texture.

Jayne

PS April's special offer is a free paperpack for an order of £45, please contact me for further details

Spring fever

With the warmer weather here(well it was!! lol), and the garden beginning to spring into life it inspired me to play with my floral stamps.

I started by stamping the En Francais stamp in Versamark on the card leaving the top free and after a little drying time, I smoothed the chalks over to give a softer feel and inked around the edges of the panel. I then coloured in the flower of the Love and Sympathy set with markers and stamped onto the panel, I added the greeting with the same ink as around the edges and stuck to a matt of the corresponding colour, stamp from Petite Pairs.

I used the colour coach to find a colour match for the ribbon and tied around the card with a simple knot, This was then mounted onto a whisper white card base.

I made a version in a different colour, lots of possibilities for this one I think, depending on the occasion.

I always seem to forget about my chalks, must explore more, they are very effective.

Back with some more florals soon.......

Simply Soft

We made this card at a workshop this week.....

It uses the Simply Soft hostess set staped in Soft Suede ink on very vanilla card, I used the splodge from French Foliage. I stamped this second generation to get a softer effect and then I coloured in the flowers using a blender pen and regal rose ink. This was mounted on the Spice Cake papers, combining the swiss dot card with the stamped card really works well with the lace ribbon.

A small piece of striped ribbon tied with linen thread and stamped tags. I completed the flowers with some tombow and dazzling diamonds glitter.

If you fancy hosting a workshop to have a go making a card like this using Stampin Up products and have a fun night with yours friends them contact me and we'll arrange a date........

Theres only a couple more weeks to take advantage of Sale-a-bration - a perfect time to grab those freebies...........

Jayne

Time is running out.......................

to get your hands on those Sale-a-bration freebies. The offer only runs to the 31st March!!

Contact me to book a workshop, have a fab nite in with friends and earn those freebies :-)

or alternatively I am running a workshop in the Village Hall community room in Marldon on Thursday 15th March from 7pm.

Join us to view the fantastic products in the Spring mini and main Catalogue, experience using the products first hand. Contact me to reserve your space.

Also booking closes on the 16th March for the Project Nite - Get organised (please see last post for details)

Happy crafting ................ Jayne

Project Night : Get Organised!!

On Thursday March 29th, I am holding a Stampin' Up Project Night called Get Organised. This involves decorating a box, making dividers and cards to go inside. This will help you organise your cards and be great fun to make.

I made this project with the lovely Jenny Moore on one of her Extravaganza days which was great fun and Jenny is a very talented lady (you can check out her blog here :http://www.stampingmoments.blogspot.com)

The cost of Project Night is £10 or £23.50 (which includes the purchase of the Spiced Paisley stamp set used). The project will completed in one of two colours schemes - green/brown or mustard/turquoise. Payment in advance is required for this evening. Bookings and payments close on Friday March 16th.

There will be a raffle, spot prizes and light refreshments.

If you would like to join me for the project night, please contact me for further details or to book your place. I have a limited number of places available.