Before and after Wink of Stella

Here's a card I made yesterday using the new 

Winter Wonder Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

A simple Night of Navy and White colour combo

and the Flurry of Wishes stamp set-

really clean and simple.

Before

..... but I thought it needed something else, 

so I added Wink of Stella to the embossing.

After

Yup - I think that's done the trick -

What do you think??

8th Stampin Up Anniversary and a give-away

On Saturday I received this card in the post from my Stampin' Up! Mummy Julie,

to celebrate my 8th Anniversary as a Demonstrator.

Who would believe it, 8 years.
I joined August 27th 2009.

Julie is so thoughtful and supportive, she has encouraged me every step of the way

on my Stampin Up Journey, and I am proud to be part of her Team and the Stampin Up Family.

Thank you Mummy!!

To celebrate my 8th Anniversary I have a little parcel of goodies to give to one lucky person.
Leave a comment on here and on Saturday I will draw a name out of the bag to select a winner.
You have to be in it to win it!!

Elizabeth's birthday

Elizabeth and I met at Grammar school and have remained friend ever since,

I won't say how many years we have known each other as that would be telling!!

Here's the card I made for her

The border was stamped with a flower from "Happy Birthday Gorgeous"

stamp set - this is so versatile, the greeting is from this set too!

The rose is from Graceful Garden stamp set 

and the central feature is from "You've Got This"

A really girly card in my favourite colour pink!!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth, my very dear friend.

xxxx

Happy 80th Birthday Tom

Tom is my good friend Jackie's Husband, who very willingly makes lunch

 for us both every month when I go over to visit - and very tasty it is too!!

He looks after us so well!

Today it is his 80th Birthday, and here is the card that I have made for him.

I am really pleased with how this turned out.

Happy Birthday Tom - have a brilliant day!!

Sue and Roger's Golden Wedding Anniversay

Sue and Roger's Golden Wedding day is actually on the 29th,

but today they have invited friends and relatives to celebrate 

with them at The Potting Shed, Silkstone.

Barry and I are looking forward to a lovely time.

Here's our card to the happy couple.

The all time favourite for Weddings and Anniversaries -

Bloomin'  Heart Thinlits

You really don't need much else to make a beautiful card.

A simple combination of Very Vanilla and Gold

and a few tiny gold gems 

et voila!!

Happy Anniversary Sue and Roger.

Barry's birthday

Here's one of Barry's Birthday cards that he received.

This one was made by Jan

If it looks familiar - have a look at the card that I made for Anita's Birthday

HERE

and you will see the similarity.

Jan took the design from this and made it into a masculine version .

Its a really useful design and I can see that if I need a man's card in a hurry,

all I will have to do is change the colourway of this one.

Great card!!

Colourful seasons

Guess what - it's not anyone I know's birthday today. so this card can go in my tin

 ready for the next tranche of birthdays - I did say that August was a busy cardmaking month!!

This card uses the beautiful Colourful Seasons Bundle along with the 

matching Colour Theory DSP stack.

Doesn't the paper, card and the ink match beautifully

 - that's what I love about Stampin' Up!

Everything co-ordinates perfectly.

The ink is Berry Burst, the sentiment is from Rose Wonder,

and I have just added a small section of a small Doily

and a few small Rhinestones

Perfick!!

Sue's birthday

Today is the birthday of a friend and ex work-colleague,

who comes to class from time to time - here's her card.

This is based on a card that we made at Training the other month,

it uses the Hostess Stamp set Tranquil Tulips

and has proved to be quite popular.

Colours used Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh |Fig and White.

The sentiment is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous and is punched

with the Pretty Label Punch.

Happy Birthday Sue!!

Jan's Beautiful You cards

Here are two cards that one of my Wednesday Class ladies, Jan,

 has made tonight using the Beautiful You stamp set.

She has created the watercolour background using an Aqua painter (waterbrush)

with ink squeezed onto the lid  (used as a palette).

Don't you think that these are beautiful!!

Well done Jan!

xxx

Allie's birthday

Today it is the birthday of Allie,one of our Stampin' Up! team  of Julies' Jems.

Here's the card I have sent her

Its really CAS  but I love the colours together

Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz and White.

Stamp sets used:

"You've Got This" and "Happy Birthday Gorgeous"

Hope you are having a fabulous day!!

Labels double z-fold box card

Evening everyone - a late blog post from me today,

but I couldn't resist having a go at making this card!

It is based on cards made by Bronwen Eastley,

an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Australia.

You may recall that I made a card late last year,

which was probably my favourite card of 2016

which was designed by her.

Well today I purchased the tutorial to make this card

and as soon as I had finished dinner, clearing and washing up etc

I hid myself away in the craft room to get myself organised.

I had two birthday cards that needed finishing to go in the post tomorrow

then I was free to start this little beauty - don't you think it is just so cute!!

I

Card open - almost flat

Card open on display

Card closed - ready for posting

As it's now really late and I am ready for bed (golf in the morning!)

I will close here, but pop back later tomorrow evening and update 

this post with details of stamps dies etc.

Night night

xx

PS if you would like the instructions to make this sweet little card

visit Bronwyn's website here

and you can see loads more designs too!!

Beautiful Bouquet

What an apt name for this stamp set!  

It is a very beautiful bouquet, and I just had to have it.

I really love flower stamps, and have no doubt I could have made several bouquets
by using one of the many flower stamps that I already owned!

But I needed this one!

This card is cased from my Stampin' Up! Mummy -

Julie Kettlewell and you can see her card on her blog 

HERE

Colours used for this bouquet are

Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight,

Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and Crumb Cake.

I really enjoyed making this lovely colourful card - Thanks Julie!!

Ready for Christmas!

At Chris's on Wednesday, we cased this card from the Autumn Winter Catalogue

featuring the Ready for Christmas Bundle

(which those of you who aren't Stampin Up Demonstrators will have

to wait until 1st September to be able to view the fabulous contents.)

I might add that I was resisting this Bundle (as it is not cheap), but

as Chris and I played around with the set, the more it grew on me!!

Consequently it will be on my next order!!

Worth every Penny!!

My Christmas Card

Yesterday you saw Chris's tent fold stepper card

now here's mine.

Front view

Side view

I have used a different large greeting to Chris's - using the Christmas Greetings 

Thinlits Dies (currently in the Clearance rack at a reduced price!!)

I have used the  "peace" one as it matched the sentiment I used 

from the Peace This Christmas stamp set.

The trees are from the Peaceful Pines stamp set and 

Perfect Pines Framelits dies.

The stamped sentiment was stamped onto a Stitched Shapes Framelits

then layered onto a Layering Circle (Scallop) die cut.

Two different versions of the same card.

Em asked if I could post the measurements to recreate this fold
well here they are

From an A4 piece of card, cut into two pieces along the 21 cm side
 (each one will be 10.5 cm wide by 29.7 cm)
Score on the longest side at 10, 20, 22, 24 and 26 cm.

If you look at the side view picture you can see how they fold.
The circle is cut between the edge and the first 10cm  score line
and that is where you glue the front to the back of the last scored line,
this keeps the card stable and stops it from falling over!!
Hope this helps

Chris's Christmas Card

Yesterday it was my turn to go to Chris's (Sister-in-law) house to craft.

Here's the Tent Fold Stepper card she had made for me to have a go at

Front View

Side View

It takes just half a sheet of A4 card, with smaller pieces for the trees.

Chris has used Peaceful Pines stampset

with the matching Perfect Pines Framelits.

I had a go at making this stepper card, but used a different greeting

and I will post mine tomorrow.

Today I am off on another Golf outing - this time it's

with the ladies from my old Golf Club, Sandhill, and its

Lady Captain's Away Day at Aldwark Manor - hence the early blog post !!

Another little wild one

Here's another of the cute animals from the "A Little Wild"  stamp set

front view

Inside View

Don't you agree these are just too cute!!

Thank you cards

Here are three of the thank you cards that I have made to give to customers

 with their latest orders.

I have made a number of these with various colour combos

Black, Berry Burst and White

White and Pool Party

Lemon Lime Twist, black and White.

The Daisy punch makes yet another appearance, and I am able to deliver

 my customers their very own Bundle - they seem to have been waiting ages,

so it seemed appropriate to use this for their thank-you cards!

Sentiment  from Thankful Thoughts.

Layering Ovals Framelits dies.
Garden Trellis Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

1/2" Circle punch used for daisy centre.
I'll post a few more of them later.

Anita's Birthday

Yesterday was mine and Chris's friend, Anita's birthday.

Here's the card I made for her

A very CAS, but I think classy card.

I always think that Black and White is really dramatic.

The flowers are stamped with the Wood Words stamp set.

The sentiment is cutting with the Happy Birthday Thinklits

(part of the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Bundle.

Hope you had a lovely day Anita!!

Catherine's Birthday and a Sneak Peek

Today its' the birthday of my friend and downline, Catherine.

I thought that she might like to see  a sneak peek of the new  

"Painted Harvest" stamp set which was one of my Autumn/Winter

Seasonal catalogue pre-order items.

I'm not sure that I got the Sunflowers right, but it is my first attempt!

The sentiments are from the Soft Sayings kit - I love this stamp set -

lovely sentiments!!

Happy Birthday Catherine,

have a great day!!

Barry's Birthday

Yup- it's another birthday today - someone very special -

my darling husband Barry.

So I made him this special card - notice the likeness to Lucas's birthday card?

Why reinvent the wheel!!

Amanda's U fold card design used again - great for mens cards.

View from above

Front view

Can you see the Silver Glimmer paper?

It looks so good in real life!

And this shows how it folds to fit into a C6 envelope!!

Happy birthday Barry - love you - have a great day (golfing with me!!)

xxxx