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Large Gift Bag Video Tutorial!

Hello! It’s finally Friday! I’m all set for a weekend of crafts and fun at Stampin’ Up! regional training tomorrow! I am so excited!

I love attending Stampin’ Up! events, they are always so much fun! And we always come away with heaps of inspirational ideas (as well as some free swag! Yay!)

Anyway, on with this weeks Friday Tutorial…..

I made this bag (and filmed it) back in February! I needed a bag quickly to gift a friend a bottle of her favourite tipple (a spirit that comes in a rectangular bottle) and came up with this.

Stampin' Up! UK large gift bag video tutorial

I apologise for the state of that photo, but they were just too tall to fit into my light box!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 12 x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Score on the first side at 2 1/4″ (5.5 cm)

Score on the second side at 2 1/4, 5 1/4, 7 1/2 and 11″ (5.5, 13.5, 19 and 27 cm)

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There is nothing in the Caterpillar….

That tells you it is going to be a butterfly, however, there are no Caterpillars in sight here, just beautiful butterflies!

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics die cut butterflyWe are just a few short weeks away from launching our brand new set of In-Colours, I thought I would use one of the current In-Colours – just to prove that I still love them! This is Blackberry Bliss, a gorgeous rich purple (I am still totally in love with this colour). I have to say, I have already seen the next set of In-Colours, and by the time you read this I will have them in my inky fingers, and I think they are great additions to our colour line. In-Colours stick around for 2 years, so Blackberry Bliss (and Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, and Tangelo Twist) is still around for another 12 months! Yay!

This card uses the Butterfly Basics bundle (that’s carrying over into the new Annual catalogue by the way!). The Butterfly is die cut from BlackBerry Bliss card stock, and Vellum, while the other elements are stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink onto Very Vanilla card stock.

So pretty, and really simple to stamp to!

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Stamp Thumping

Its Tuesday, Technique Tuesday! and I have a great technique for you this week!

Stamp Thumping

Now, I do not want you to go around hitting your stamps. Love them, treasure them, treat them well (clean them and condition them with Stampin’ Mist, please!) but this thumping technique is a great way to use your stamps with your Stampin’ Write Markers.

Stampin' Up! UK petal Potpourri

I love being about to get a variety of colour on one stamp. This technique works especially well with tree stamps (I think it would be gorgeous with Sheltering Tree or Lovely as a Tree), but I didn’t have any to hand, so I went with flowers instead. I adore this stamp, I love the whole set actually, Petal Potpourri is a great collection of flowers (and a doily) that coordinated with the fabulous Flower Medallion punch.

How to:

Select 3 colours of Stampin’ Write Marker – the image above uses Rose Red, Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo, whereas the video uses Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso

Make sure your stamp is clean (this is the step I missed! silly me!)

Select your lightest colour first, remove the cap from the brush top of your Stampin’ Write Marker and hold the marker near the cap of the opposite end between your index finger and your thumb.

Bounce (or thump) the side of the brush tip off of the stamp.

Repeat with other colour, misting the stamp with water lightly before stamping onto Whisper White card stock

Stampin' Up! UK stamp thumping technique tuesday

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Stampin’ In Colour with Embossing Folders

Hi there! I shared this technique with you last week – Stamping with Embossing Folders – I made this card while I was playing around with the technique.

Stampin' Up! UK fun frames bouquet toss

I have been trying really hard not to use anything that is retiring – but I could not pass up the chance to use this stamp set just one more time! Bouquet Toss is one of my favourites from the retiring list this year. I have used it heaps, not just for wedding themed projects but also Thank You cards and my Swaps from the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration events last year. Here is is stamped inside a frame stamped with one of the Fun Frames Embossing folders.

I urge you to check out the retiring list, there are loads of great stamp sets and accessory available with some amazing discounts, but remember that everything will leave us on 2nd June 2015!

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Everyday Occasions….

Stampin' Up! UK Retiring List 2015

I just wanted to pop in today and mention about one of my favourite retiring products, its not one I’ve ever really mentioned on the blog, but its one of the most useful things in the catalogue!

The Everyday Occasions Card Kit

Stampin' Up! UK everyday occasions

I love kits, have I mentioned that. I just love kits! They make creativity so easy; Take everything out of the packed, read the instructions, stick a few pieces together, and there you have a beautiful completed project! They are great for crafting in front of the TV, or taking on a plane (or camping, or a long car journey), or for a quick crafting session with a friend, or (and this is why I love this kit so much) a super quick and easy way to get 20 hand-stamped cards for – you guessed it – Everyday Occasions!

Stampin' Up! UK Everyday Occasions Congratulations

So, Everyday Occasions is on the Retiring List (I’m hoping it hasn’t gone before I finish this post and get it posted!), which means that its a limited supply, while stocks last, chance to get this great kit before it leaves us FOREVER!

Stampin' Up! UK Everyday Occasions Happy BirthdayIt comes complete with 7 stamps; Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Thinking of you, Thank You, For You, Made for You, and Love. As well as 2 Stampin- Spots (mini inkpads) in Basic Grey (another retiring item!) and Island Indigo, and a clear block to mount the stamps on!

Stampin' Up! UK Everyday Occasions Card stackSee, 20 cards, made in a flash! Did I mention that you get the envelopes for all these cards as well!
Stampin' Up! UK Everyday Occasions Happy Birthday mini

So, 20 cards with envelopes, 7 stamps, 2 Stampin’ Spots, a mountain of die cuts, bakers twine and Dimensionals! all for £26.95! Isn’t that the most awesome deal! I think so!

Stampin' Up! UK Everyday Occasions spares

And, have you seen this heap of stuff I had left over! I see even more cards in this piles future. Stampin' Up! UK Everyday Occasions Thinking of youHave I convinced you yet? I have good, go and grab it now before its gone for good!

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Freshly Made Sketches #185 – Vivid Vases

I’m still loving playing along at Freshly Made Sketches and this weeks sketch is awesome…

Freshly Made Sketches 185

This card took me a while, mainly because I took it in a completely different direction to start with! I stamped the Vivid Vases onto Whisper White card stock first, and started to colour it with my Stampin’ Write markers – but something just wasn’t right, and currently when something’s not quite right, where do I go? Water! well, water on Whisper White doesn’t really work, well, not as well as it does on Watercolour paper anyway. So, I started again, this time stamping on watercolour paper and using my Stampin’ Write Markers to watercolour the vases.

Stampin' Up! UK Vivid Vases Freshly Made Sketches

I used Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, and Marina Mist, to watercolour the vases, before using the same markers directly onto the paper to colour the flowers. I added some Pear Pizzazz for some added greenery before trimming and mounting onto some Dimensionals.

The two painted lines are from Work of Art, and are stamped in Bermuda Bay and Marina Mist. And I finished the card by stamping the sentiment from Vivid Vases using Memento Black ink

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Bottle Labels!

Before we get into the blog post today I want to remind you about the retiring list – I know that the Designer Series Paper I have used below is on this list – it may no longer be available, and I’m sorry if it’s not – but go and check out the bargains before its too late!

I regularly give bottles of wine away as gifts – particularly at the moment where I have some wonderful people running around doing fantastic things in preparation for the wedding (really not long to go now!) But a bottle of wine on its own is boring, so I had to put my own stamp (get it!) on it!

Stampin' Up! UK wine gift tag

They are so simply to make (check out the video below!) and use a tiny piece of card stock, and an even smaller piece of Designer Series Paper, but they make such a difference to a boring bottle.

These ones use the 2014-2016 In Colours Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey, and the now sadly retiring Moonlight Designer Series Paper stack. I really am sad to see this paper go, BUT I have seen the next Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue, and I have to say, the papers that are replacing Moonlight are AWESOME! Actually the whole catalogue is fantastic! Want to see it now? Join my team, and get to add some sneak peaks to your Starter Kit!

The stamps featured here are from You Plus Me, which really is Valentines day themed, however, I think the sentiments work well here (after all, that bottle of wine, that one, that one was mine!)

Measurements:

Card stock – 20 x 7 cm, score at 6.5 cm on the long side, and use a 1 3/8″ circle punch to make a whole in the smaller side.

Designer Series Paper – 13 x 6.5 cm

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Indescribable Thanks…

This card has been sat on my desk for a few weeks now. This happens sometimes, I make a batch of cards, and some of them get blogged about immediately and others have to wait. This card was actually intended for a Saturday Challenge post, as it was actually based on a cards sketch. But the dates past and I forgot to upload it! silly me!

But, it still gets its spot on the blog!

Stampin' Up! UK Indescribable gift thank you

This card is actually no longer in my possession either, as it also made it to the top of the Thank You card pile! Sometimes I batch make customer Thank You cards and sometimes I just use the cards I have made as blog samples – either way the cards you receive will have usually either been on the blog or are scheduled to be!

I also did something I don’t usually do with this card – I used 3 stamp sets! yes, 3! I try to keep my cards to 1 or 2 stamp sets, otherwise you are going to have to spend a whole heap of money to make the cards I make – and I don’t like that idea! So, I try to keep my blog projects to minimal supplies, and give you more ideas to use the items you buy over and over – I’d rather you got more for your money!

So, the 3 stamp sets I’ve used here are: Big News (for the thank you), Indescribable Gift (for the gorgeous flower blossom) and Sophisticated Serifs (for that great rectangle stamp!).

Stampin' Up! UK big news thank you card

However, I only used two colours – Lost Lagoon and Melon Mambo – varying the shade of the colour by either stamping off once, or (like around the Whisper White panel) using Vellum.

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Stampin’ With Embossing Folders

You may have guessed by now, I love a good stamping technique! And I have to say, this is one I had never thought of… Until I saw this video from Stampin’ Up!

Isn’t it awesome! I just HAD to have a go!

Stampin' Up! UK Stamping with embossing folders

I had such a great time trying this out (so much that I have another card using this technique next week!) In fact I have sort of combined techniques to create my own super patterned paper! To use your embossing folders as stamps – apply the ink to the raised side of the embossing folder directly from your ink pad, carefully place your card stock onto the inked area and close the folder. Rub you bone folder across the embossing folder to press the ink onto the card stock.

Then, using a sponge dauber or Stampin’ sponge, apply ink through a mask to the card stock. And wha-la! (I’m not sure that’s actually a word, but I’m rolling with it)

(watch me roll!)

I even made you lovely people a video to demonstrate!

Aren’t they so cute! I love any opportunity to use my favourite childhood stamp set, Zoo Babies! and couldn’t pass this as a chance to make a couple of baby cards.

Stampin' Up! UK Zoo Babies Large Polka Dots

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Flower Power….

In just under a fortnight I will be attending Stampin’ Up! regional training. Stampin’ Up! events really are something to behold, the sight of hundreds of women (and men) dancing around, waving their arms, and screaming at the tops of the lungs for free products as part of prize patrols, really is something you have to witness to understand. I LOVE attending Stampin’ Up! events, they are definitely a highlight of being a demonstrator (for a full list see HERE!).

A big part of these events is swaps, and last week I started to prepare mine. Swapping is like a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator tradition – each demonstrator makes a pile of card fronts, or 3D items, or anything really with Stampin’ Up! products, and takes them to swap with other demos. Its a great way of not only getting a massive amount of inspiration, but also meeting new friends (and getting a whole heap of chocolate!).

So, I thought I was going to use Flower Patch to make my swaps this year. I stamped and stamped and stamped, in just about every colour, with every stamp in the set – and could I find something I wanted to make 50 of? Nope….. But, I did make this card, which I do LOVE!

Stampin' Up! UK Flower Patch Swaps

I love the layered look this stamp set creates. Here I have layered Pink Pirouette and Blackberry Bliss to create some gorgeous blooms, finished off with some Lost Lagoon accent flowers. This stamp set also has an awesome coordinating die set (and they come bundled together for 15% off!), to fussy cut this lovely blooms without any of the fuss!

I adore the sentiments in this stamp set ‘You Overwhelm Me with You Awesomeness’ – I was hoping to include this in my swaps, just because I love seeing what other Demonstrators produce, I think they are all super awesome and talented – however, I have an even better swap idea – so watch this space!

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