Owl Gift boxes

Hi everyone, today I am showing you these owl gift boxes which I saw on Jenny Moors website. Jenny designs some great projects and you can buy the tutorial from Jenny. I saw these and just had to make a couple:

 

This one was made using Jenny's colour scheme of Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and Wild Wasbi:

 

Here is a side view. I should have taken a photo of the box open, but I forgot so you'll have to take my word for it that the front 'face' is held down by a velcro dot and you lift it back to open it: 

Here's a different colour scheme: Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard and Wild Wasbi although in the photo it doesn't look much different from the Chocolate Chip:

 

 I hope you like these. Think I might make them in some really bright colours too. Have a great day.x

Reason to Smile 3

Good morning everyone. This is the last card using this particular flower stamp from the set. There are other flower stamps so I'll show you them later. This card was made using Rose Red card stock: 


This time I only stamped the flower with the solid image. Like this:


 

I used Perfect Plum as the contrast colour (although it looks different in the photo) I cut the greeting frame using the Lots of Tags dies and the Big Shot. I used the Modern Label punch to cut the Whisper White label. The greeting was stamped using the Petite Pairs stamp set.

Again this photo shows how everything matches beautifully. The ink and brads are both in Rose Red. I hope you have great day. x

Reason to Smile - a vision in More Mustard

Hi again everyone. Here's the second Reason to Smile card. This time I used More Mustard for my colour scheme. Here you are:



I added some glitter to the flowers this time. It's difficult to see unless you look closely at this photo:



I used More Mustard paper from the Regals Series Designer Stack and cut the edge using one of the lovely Adorning Accents Edgelits dies and the Big Shot. I've had these for ages but this is the first time I've used them. They are in the Summer mini catalogue. Remember this catalogue is only valid till 31st August so if you want them, don't delay ordering.



The photo above shows how all the products co-ordinate beautifully. The ribbon is the Scalloped Dots ribbon and the sentiment is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set which is a hostess set. Why not contact me to arrange a party to earn your own set. I'll be back with the third card using this set soon. x

Reason to Smile

Hi everyone. Well I'm finally back and had a chance to do some crafting. As promised, I've used the gorgeous Reason to Smile stampset which you can get FREE during August, if you spend £60 or you can just buy it - BUT it's available only during August. Here's the first card:

I used Perfect Plum and Rose Red for this card. I stamped the flower heads twice, cut them out and stuck them on using 3D pads. Here's a close up: 

You can see in the photo above that the stamp set is a 2 step stamp set. That means that you stamp something twice. In this case you stamp a solid flower and then the outline of individual petals on top. The butterflies were cut using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and the Big Shot. A few rhinestones finished them off.

The border was punched using the Lace Ribbon border punch and again finished off with some rhinestones.

The background paper is from the Subtles Designer Paper Stack and it's Perfect Plum.

I hope you like this card. I'll be back soon with another example. x

Great August Offer - A Reason to Smile

Hi everyone, did you miss me? Many apologies for suddenly disappearing on you. I've just come back from from a lovely holiday ( I was away for nearly 3 weeks), and things got a bit hectic before I went away.

I'm straight back to work, so haven't had time to do any crafting yet but I need to share August's great Stampin' Up! offer with you:

You can get this fantastic stamp set absolutely FREE if you spend £60 on Stampin' Up! goodies. This set is beautiful (as a demonstrator I earned it for free last month), and I'll post some samples soon:

If you don't want to spend £60, then you can just buy this set but it will only be around for the month of August, so don't wait too long. I'm planning to place an order mid August so let me know if there's anything you want. Hope to hear from you soon. x

Enchanted Offer for July

Hi everyone, Stampin' Up! have announced a great new offer for July. Spend £45 and receive these free ribbons and brads:

These match the lovely Sale-A-Bration, Everyday Enchantment papers that were on offer for free earlier in the year. Well, the good news is that these papers are back and you can buy them for the usual price of £9.95 for a pack of 12, 12"x12" papers. Here's a reminder of what they look like:

These papers were incredibly popular but if you didn't manage to get them for free, then now's your chance to get them anyway. Here's a reminder of one of the projects I made with them:

If you would like to buy the papers or receive the free ribbon and brads, please get in touch as soon as possible. x

Apothecary Art - final offering

Hi everyone, this is the final card we made in class on Wednesday. I hope you're not bored of the Apothecary Art stamp set yet. This one is simple but effective:


This shows the luscious pleated ribbon in all it's glorious detail:

The middle circle was coloured and then punched out, using the 1" circle punch. The rest of the colours and tools are the same as before:

Here are all the cards together. The sun was just peeping in, reflecting on the window but who's complaining when we finally get a bit of sun eh?

If you fancy joining us at one of our card classes, please don't hesitate to contact me. It only cost £12 to make all these lovely cards and have lots of fun. x