Mother's Day projects

Good morning everyone. As promised here is a closer look at the Mother's Day projects we made on Wednesday. We made a tea caddy and a Mother's Day card.



I used the fantastic Sycamore Street, Sale-A-Bration FREE papers for this class. They have lovely bright colours and for this project I used Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfruit and Island Indigo. Here's a closer look at the tea caddy:



There are a variety of tutorials for the tea caddy on the internet, just do a search and choose one you like. Here's a close up of the lid. We used the Blossom punch and Boho Blossoms punch for the flowers on top:




I used the Wonderful Mother stampset for the sentiments on the Tea Caddy and card. This is a lovely little set and only costs £10.95 for the wood version and £8.95 for the clear set. (Page 26 in the main catalogue) 

Now for the card. It was made using the same products, except we also used the Tea Shoppe stamp set: 

I even decorated the inside of the card, unusual for me, I know:

I hope you like these projects and will have a go yourself. Sale-A-Bration is only till the 22nd March, so if you want some free goodies, don't delay ordering. Remember it's not just the freebies that are on offer. If you buy the starter kit for £99, you actually get to choose £162.50 worth of products during Sale-A-Bration. Who can resist such a great bargain? x

Gift boxes

Hi everyone, do you know there are only 3 more days left when you can order products from the summer mini catalogue and get the Reason to Smile for FREE when you spend £60?

Some of the products may appear in the new main catalogue which will launch on October 1st but there is no guarantee.

Today I'm showing you some gift boxes and matching cards which I have made using the Mixed Bunch stamp set and the Blossom punch which are both in the summer catalogue and may be discontinued. I found a tutorial for these gift boxes on Helen Read's blog. You can find it here.

I am starting a new job on Monday and have made a gift box for everyone in my current team, to be filled with chocolates. I also made a matching card for each one. The sentiment was stamped using Curly Cute. Here are some of them:

Melon Mambo cardstock and Flirtatious Speciality DSP:

 

 

 

Pool Party Cardstock and Sweet Shop DSP:

   

 

My personal favourite: Soft Suede cardstock and Mocha Morning DSP:

 

 

Here is a close up of the flower. I punched 4 flowers using the Blossom punch, using 4 different patterns from the designer papers. I then misted each flower with water, crumpled them and then stacked them. Each one has a stamped centre from the Mixed Bunch stamp set and has been fastened with a matching brad.

And here is one in Marina Mist cardstock and Nursery Nest DSP:

 

 

Here are all 4 of them with their matching cards:

 

And here are another 4 which I made with discontinued designer paper:

Remember all the speciality papers will be discontinued when the new catalogue comes out in October and the ones that are in the Summer mini will be discontinued in 3 days time. If you've loved these papers but haven't ordered any yet, then now is the time. Just contact me.   I'll be back tomorrow with the last of the cards made with the Reason to Smile stamp set. Get it while you can. x


 


 

Elegant Mixed Bunch

Hi everyone, this is the last card from the Mixed Bunch class and my favourite. The photo doesn't really do it justice but some of the close ups are better:



For this card we used some of the lovely Twitterpated designer papers to create a background layer. I embossed a piece of Whisper White using the Stripes embossing folder and the Big Shot. The Blossom punch was used to punch the flower shape and the layer was stuck onto the base card, using 3D pads. The colours we used are Blushing Bride and Cherry Cobbler.

Additional flower shapes were cut using the Blossom Party die and the Big Shot, the Boho Blossom punch and the Itty Bitty punches. Flower centres were stamped and added:




A strip of Pleated Satin ribbon in Blushing Bride was added. This ribbon is truly gorgeous and comes ready pleated - all you need to do is stick it on your projects. We'll be using more of it soon: 

There is plenty of room to add a greeting although I quite like it left with 'white' space. I'll be back soon with more projects. x

Mixed Bunch Butterflies

Good morning. Today's card from card class is a bit more intricate than the last one. In this one we have used the ornate flower from the Mixed Bunch stamp set to make butterflies:



To make the butterflies, I stamped the flower twice in Versamark ink onto Whisper White. I then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Using daubers and Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight ink I covered the flower image. The bits that have been heat embossed will stay white and show through. The rest will have a lovely soft colour. Punch the flowers using the Blossom punch.

Cut 2 petals out of one of the flowers in a 'V' shape, making the buttefly shape. The 2 petals that you cut away can be attached underneath the butterfly to give it a 3D effect. Cut another 2 petals from your second flower to 3D the other wing. Here's a close up which hopefully explains it a lot better than I can:

I used Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight for my base card with a layer of First Edition Speciality paper. Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon was glued across the card front and the greeting, from Petite Pairs, was punched using the large oval and layered onto one of the tags from the Sizzlets Lots of Tags set, cut using the Big Shot.

I hope all of this made sense. If you would like to try any of these techniques then why not book a party to take place at your own house where you can have a play with some of these products. x

Simply Mixed Bunch

Good morning everyone. Today I'm sharing the first of the cards we made at card class this week. This card was quick and easy but very effective:



Once again, the colours are not showing up very well but this card was made using Concord Crush and Whisper White card stock, Concord Crush ink and the Mixed Bunch stamp set. The stamp set has a matching punch so there's no need to do any fiddly cutting out. The greeting has been stamped using the Curly Cute stamp set. The stamp set comes with several different centres which I used to create the background and the middle of the flower.

Here's a close up. I think the rest is fairly self explanatory:

 

If you'd like to buy this stampset and/or the punch, please contact me. I'll be posting another one of the cards made with the same stamp set soon. x