Clever class and a birthday

I held a class on Friday and these are the things that my friend Lee made.  I'm so proud!  I love the dimension in her flower, and how the butterflies get smaller as they fly off the page :)

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up unless otherwise stated)

Cardstock: Very vanilla, cardstock vellum

Papers: pretty in pink DSP (subtles pattern stack)

Embellishments: pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon, mini clip, basic pearls

Tools:  Big shot, fun flowers die, milk carton die, top note die, beautiful wings embosslit, vintage wallpaper embossing folder, perfect polka dots embossing folder, eyelet lace border punch.

My second project is one of my own.  It was my dear friend from church, Alice's 50th birthday, so I made this card.  I saw the fold design on Dawn Griffiths' blog here and worked out the measurements for UK A4 sized card, rather than US letter.  The colour combo is baja breeze and so saffron..lovely and fresh!

Stamps: Special blessings (retiring), Just Believe

Cardstock:  Whisper white, so saffron

Papers: Subtles DSP patterns stack

Ink: baja breeze classic ink pad, baja breeze and so saffron Stampin Write markers.

Tools: word window punch, modern label punch, Big Shot, timeless type alphabet dies.

Embellishments: basic rhinestones, baja breeze seam binding

The sentiment reads May God Bless You.....on your special day, and comes from the retiring set, Special Blessings.  It might be retiring, but I'm not letting it go, I use it so much.  There's still time to order from the current catalogue, which finishes at the end of the month.  The new catalogue goes live for orders on October 1.  If you'd like a copy of the new idea book and catalogue, I now have my stock, so get in touch!  It's full of gorgeous stuff, and it's just lovely to browse...my copy is already dog-eared!

Hope you like my projects for today.  Will be back with more retiring products, and maybe a sneak peek of something new ;)

Wedding favours

Today I'm sharing some little wedding favours.  There's a mini milk carton, a little pillow box and a small triangle box.  I've used the Designer Series Paper stack in Blushing Bride (I thought that was appropriate!)  I used some acetate (Stampin' Up calls it window sheet) for the pillow box.

I've embellished the projects with butterflies and flowers made from cardstock vellum, accented with basic pearls.  The butterflies are cut with the Beautiful Wings embosslit.  For the flowers I've used the five petal flower punch and the fancy flower punch on vellum, which I've then run through the Big Shot with the perfect polka dots and vintage wallpaper embossing folders.  I finished off with ribbon and a punched border.

I hope you like them!

Don't forget my Retirement Party open house, today (Sunday) from 2pm to 8pm.  Drop by and have a go at making a card, and have a look at the catalogue.

 See you next time with some projects using retiring products!

Allie

Beautiful Big Shot...Beautiful new camera...Beautiful Wings

Hello!

What an exciting day I had yesterday!  The UPS man delivered a HUGE box filled with my new Big Shot and all the goodies to go with it.  Then my new camera arrived and I've been figuring that out.  Hopefully I should be able to get some better pictures on the blog now.

So, my first card with the Big Shot is a birthday card for one of my best friends, Liz.  She's part of my small group at Church and has been so wonderful to me.  She hates bright colours and loves neutrals, so this is what I made for her.  This was inspired by fabulous US demo Dawn Griffiths.

I've used Stampin' Up's Cardstock vellum for the butterflies, and it cut and embossed beautifully, giving such a delicate effect.  I also embossed the very vanilla layer with the perfect polka dots embossing folder, and for even more texture, I've added ruffled seam binding (love it!  It's silky, like parachute material).

Here you can see that I've only adhered the butterflies in the centre, so that their wings "flutter", and I've embellished them with basic pearls.  I've finished off with elegant striped DSP, a punched border and a lovely sentiment from the new Level 2 hostess set, Something to Celebrate, which is BRILLIANT, because it has a sentiment for pretty much all occasions.

Ingredients: (all Stampin' Up, unless otherwise stated)

Stamps: Something to Celebrate (Mini catalogue, hostess level 2 set)

Ink: Chocolate chip classic

Cardstock:  Crumb cake, very vanilla, white cardstock vellum

Paper: Neutrals patterns DSP stack (crumb cake)

Tools: Big Shot, beautiful wings embosslit, perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop trim border punch

Embellishments:  Crumb cake seam binding, basic pearls

This was my second attempt at a card for Liz....this is the first, but I wasn't happy with it, as I didn't feel it suited her...I'll have to find someone else to give this one to!

Ingredients: (all Stampin' Up, unless otherwise stated)

Stamps: Something to Celebrate (Mini catalogue, hostess level 2 set)

Ink: Rose red classic

Cardstock:  Crumb cake, very vanilla, white cardstock vellum

Paper: Springtime Vintage

Tools: Big Shot, beautiful wings embosslit, perfect polka dots embossing folder, scallop trim border punch

Embellishments:  Very vanilla taffeta ribbon, basic pearls

Thanks for stopping by, and back soon with some more projects from my huge box of mini catalogue goodies!

Allie x