Off to Bournemouth this morning

Hannah and I are off to Bournemouth this morning for a cheerleading competition. Hannah performs tomorrow with her squad...Wishing them lots of luck XX I am just about to research the weather!!!last year it was amazing but I am not so sure we are going to be as lucky this time...... Life has been hectic this week as I am prepping for my extravaganza in a week's time and I also have a class on Monday and there is lots going on at school. Hannah keeps reminding me that she only has 13 days left and then it's off to big school. Please bear with me if the posts are fewer....I am working very hard behind the scenes and will have lots to show you soon. Also check in on the 1st July a fab new offer is coming from Stampin'UP! better make it evening though as I wont be here during the day to update my blog :) Have a great weekend X

Thursday's Class projects

Last Thursday was the last class of the month for me and we made a lovely desk caddy and manly card to match. Unfortunately it was a week late for father's day but I am sure a use will be found....for everyone's lovely creation. First of all we have the card We have used naturels ivory cardstock for the base and matched either night of navy or early espresso cardstock with the shade of dsp. For this class we used Well Worn dsp which I have not used before but I felt it matched the theme well. The bottom section of the card was run through the square lattice embossing folder to give some texture to the card and then we have lots of matting and layering which give depth to the card. The trees are from Lovely as a Tree and were stamped in always artichoke or old olve ink. The greeting was from Teeny Tiny Wishes and was punched out using the word window punch and layered onto a modern label. Some mini brads were attached to the top corner of the card. Now here is the desk caddy.. I wasn't quite sure how to take of photo of this to show you, so I have gone with an image from the top. The new simply scoring tool made this so quick and easy to score...need to think of something more complicated ladies!! Some ribbon threaded through holes in the top corner's of the caddy finish it off. I had pens, highlighters and chocolate in mine.

The final card

Now this card was a similar version to one we made at our recent training event. It's another bright card and uses lucky limeade and the sweet shop papers and matching brad. The greeting is from the Sweet Cake stamp set which is in our summer mini and was punched out using the modern label punch. A second label was punched out in cardstock and then cut in half and layered behind the stamped one as a border. Some lucky limeade bakers twine finishes the look. My next class is on Monday 2nd July please contact me to book your place.

Card 3

Now I have to give Credit to Jane Cutting for this card. A couple of weeks ago Jane Kerry and myself got together for an evening of food, wine and crafting. We had a lovely time and this card was one that Jane had designed for us to do and I completely cased the card for my class. The colours are so bright and fun which was fitting as the weather had taken a turn for the worse. We used the polka dots embossing folder and the big shot together with the mixed bunch stamp set and co-ordinating punch. The one inch circle punch and the 1/2". The greeting is from Curly cute again and we used the scallop trim border punch along the bottom edge. The leaves were punch from the blossoms petal builder punch. The lovely card to brighten up someones day.......

Card two and our technique

We always learn a technique at my Monday Class and this month it was the faux tear technique. Using this technique we made a masculine card using the lovely Open sea stamp set and early espresso and soft suede ink pads. If you would like to learn more about this technique I would love to come along and demonstrate to you and your friends in a workshop. We have some amazing promotions on at the moment and through July so get in touch today and book a date. The anchor was stamped and then punched out using the tag punch and attached to the card using linen thread.

Monday Cards for June

As I said in an earlier post I am very late in showing these cards as they had disappeared!! So here is the first card we completed. We have used twitterpated dsp and blushing bride cardstock and ink. The corners have been punched with the scallop corner punch and we used a rose red marker pen and the spritzer tool to break up the cardstock. The greeting is from curly cute and is outlined with two large pearls. The large tea cup is from Tea Shoppe and was stamped and hand cut out. A cute bow adorns the handle. The seam binding ribbon is so easy to tie ( great when you are not good at doing bows under pressure!!!).

Special Requests...

Over the weekend I took part in a craft exhibition and I was asked if I could make two special cards to celebrate a graduation. One was from Grandma and the other from Great Grandma. It was a great opportunity to use Teeny Tiny Wishes and For the Family stamp sets, to personalise both cards. I used the Mocha Morning DSP and the Lovely as a Tree set for the image stamping. Here is card one and the insert Card two and the insert