Online ordering is HERE!!!

I have some FAB-U-LOUS news for you all today.

I now have an ONLINE store!!

That means you can order online, anytime of the day or night directly from me!

OK, so I still have a bit (read; quite a lot actually) of tweaking to make it mine but the general basics of it are up and running! 

You can visit my store HERE: 

http://cardsandacuppa.stampinup.net 

and shop away!!

and this is the page you will see when you visit :-)))

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy shopping with me whenever you want :-)))

Stampin' Hugs,

 

 You can now visit my ONLINE Store HERE: 

 http://cardsandacuppa.stampinup.net

This Man- Viola's Lace and how to Un-Mount your wheel stamps tutorial

Hello there!

I have pretty new stamp (to me) today which I loved in the catty called Viola's Lace. 

Now, I love the pattern but I really am not great at getting a good, straight line from wheel stamp. So, my theory is do what you need to to make your stamps work for you! 

So I have unmounted my wheel stamp and added it to Clear Mount Foam and here is a little tutorial sharing how to do the same if you want to too.

This is the card I made using the stamp, it seriously reminded me of my favourite book right now "This Man" by Jodi Ellen Malpas, if you liked Bared To You you'll adore this ;-) 

Anyway, back to the card...

Raspberry Ripple card with Black and Crumb Cake...

 Victorian Crochet Trim bow

 and I love the fact that you can have a proper "end" to the stamp by un-mounting it too!

So here is how to do the same to your wheel stamps...

OK, so I had already done the Lace stamp before I decided to share the deets with you but I had a (retired) Fast Flowers wheel to demo, you also need clear mount foam from SU! (page 7, main catty) 

  To start find the join and carefully peel the edge like this 

 now, get your rubber scissors (or other strong and sharp scissors) and cut along the join

 then peel away from the wheel base, this should be really easy

 then peel off the excess glue from the rubber

 pop the stamp on the foam, remember there is the "cling" side and there is a (very) sticky side, the sticky side is the side you want to adhere your stamp to. Also only peel back the paper liner from the section you will be using to preserve the rest of the foam for later use.

 pop the paper back over the stamp and crease as close as you can along the edge of the stamp...

 trim as close to stamp as possible, {the paper stops a lot of the excess glue from gumming up the scissors, as much as is possible anyway}

 then trim the tiny strip from the sides to neaten, remove the other side of the paper and you're ready to stick  your stamp to your clear block.

 Here is my lace wheel, I also trimmed along the bottom edge as the rubber had a straight edge when it was removed from the wheel. 

TIP: I trimmed the rubber first, then adhered it to the foam and trimmed the foam to match the rubber.

Now, another TIP: remember to use your grid paper to line up the stamp so it's straight-ish across the block and also then use the grid paper lines when you stamp for maximum straight-ness ;-)

Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope you found the tutorial today helpful :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today,

 

 You can now visit my ONLINE Store HERE:

O.K. slight glitch in the online shop right now but you can still take a peek at the other stuff over there, hopefully it will be back up and running again soon, apologies for that though ;-)

 http://cardsandacuppa.stampinup.net

Butterfly Word Play

Hello there,

Today's card is another one we made at class last week using this sweet sentiment from Word Play (on page 137) and the flowery butterfly from Papillon Potpourri (on page 117) as a background on a crumb cake panel using versamark.

TIP: You can get this subtle effect with versamark on any coloured card, great if you don't have the matching ink pad, it's just a tad paler. The only exceptions are white and vanilla ;-)

 we stamped the sentiment first then die cut it out using the Apothecary Accents framelits

 This pretty punched butterfly and the paper across the bottom of the card is from the Comfort Cafe DSP pack.

Right, that's all from me for today,

And don't forget you can now order online now at any time :-))) 

and of you are interested in joining us at a card making class then I have a couple of spaces at Tuesday's class next week, message me to come along...

sarah-janerae@sky.com

Thanks for visiting me today 

Stampin' Hugs,

 

 You can now visit my ONLINE Store HERE:

  http://cardsandacuppa.stampinup.net

Collage Curios

Hello there,

I have another class card today using the Collage Curios set, now I'll be honest here, I got this set ages ago but hadn't touched it 'till now! I know, I'm bad!! I actually (as is often the case) really enjoyed playing with it and would even go as far as to say I really liked the whole set! (as did the ladies who came to the class) So, there will be more from this little beauty in the future from me ;-) Well, I suppose I had better stop jabbering and share the card I made then huh?

 the images from the set were added with dimensionals, layering some up after inking the edges and adding the small gold and silver brads after the images

 Now, at the bottom I added some DSP. Look at the lovely embossing on the Naturals Composition DSP, this 'paper' is more card weight and could easily be used for your card bases, think that might be my next project.... and the blue paper was from Comfort Cafe pack, another pack I wanted to do a set of cards around, I had better get cracking eh?

OK, that's all from me for today :-)

My next class is running on the 27th and 28th May, message me to join us!

Laters!

Up, Up and Away

Hello there,

I have another card form last weeks stamp a stack to share with you today, this one uses the cute hot air balloons from Up, Up and Away teamed with some of the cute yellow star paper from the World Spectacular DSP pack, this has some great papers for guy cards in it :-)

 we decorated the paper side with espresso bakers twine and embossed the midnight card layer with the Cloudy Day embossing folder

 and the sentiment is included in the set too!

Right, I'm off to cook tea!

Thanks for stopping by today

Stampin' Hugs,

Summer Sihlouettes

Hello there,

I have a card from last weeks stamp-a-stack class for you today. We used Summer Silhouettes for this one and it was my favourite from the class this week, although I always feel bad for having a favourite I just couldn't resist with this one ;-)

We used the Honeycomb folder to emboss the Primrose Petals Core'dinations card before lightly sanding to create the background...

 The ever popular Labels collection framelits were used to cut out the newsprint DSP before stamping directly onto it then adding a black background layer with some cute (retired) vintage style lace trim wrapped around

 and the small butterfly punch made these little pretties to decorate the bottom alongside the sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners, I use these dies a ton! (both with and without the stamp set ;-))

Well, that's all from me today, I have loads to share so will be back soon with more!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

3d Heart with Hearts die

Hello!

I have a really fun kind of card for you today using the large heart die from the Hearts a flutter bundle. I teamed it with the super bright and funky papers Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP.

Wouldn't this make a cute card for a little girl?

 I die cut the larger framelit hole and then the smaller one from the off cut to make the frame shape and the heart was cut out 4 times before I folded them in half and glued them to make the 3d shape :-)

 A (retired) sentiment and some spotty striped ribbon with rhinestones finish this card!

I'm off to school in a mo to make pizzas with Zack so must dash!

Back soon with lots more cards

Thanks for stopping by today

Stampin' Hugs,

Dress Up Welcome

Hello there,

I have a set to share with you today that I made a little while ago when the lovely Pam joined my SU! team :-)

I always like to send a little "Welcome" gift to my new downline and this is usually a selection of ribbons to get them on their way without having to buy all the rolls and an ever useful note book along with a little card to say welcome to the Southern Belles. There is an offer on this month giving you an extra £25 worth of goodies when you join see HERE to join or HERE for details (scroll down to bottom of page) :-)

Anyway, here is the set I sent Pam...

 I used the negative from the dress up framelits with Marina Mist spotty paper, the pretty flower is from the Artisan Embellishment kit

 and a build a brad in the bottom corner

 I covered the matching note book in more neutrals white card with another dress and a silver glimmer mannequin :-)

 Daffodil delight seam binding bow

 and the ribbon pack, which I decorated with the cut out dress from the card.

Well, that's all for today from me, I hope you have enjoyed this little post.

Back soon with more for you!
Stampin' Hugs from me for today,

Football card and This and That close ups!!

Hello there,

I have been making cards like mad this week and so blogging has (unfortunately) taken a  bit of a back seat while the creative part of me takes a hold ;-) Apologies for that but on the up side I have a LOAD of stuff to share with you and I will be sitting down today (Sunday) and scheduling plenty of stuff to share with you all!

So, first of all today I have a simple little card for a football crazy boy I know who's birthday has just been. I used the retired Goal stamp set but there is the cool set called "Great Sport" available now with lots of sports catered for in this set! 

Now, Harrison is a Southampton fan and there kit colour is red so this is the card I made. I am assured he loved it but as Zack was poorly on H's b.day we didn't hang around, seeing as some "Sharing is Caring" is not so cool ;-)

 some footballs were added with dimensionals

 and a shot of the inside

 Now, I ordered the new "This and That" collection of goodies this week and they were so much more than I hoped even and so I thought I would share some close up pics with you today. I was having a closer look during my class today and got r-e-a-l-l-y excited by the card making possibilities this set offered (isn't that right Jenny??) as well as the super cool scrapbook which I'll go into in a sec....

This is the bundle which has a coll 15% off 'till the end of May, message me to order yours today! 

Scroll down for lots more close ups...

 Look at this super cute stamp, I love the industrial style of it and the clever info on the front telling you what the sentiments are, see the little square hole on the front left? that has a number in so you know which sentiment is currently ready to stamp (Jenny, duh me again?? Lol!!)

These stickers are fan-flippin'-tastic! so cool for cards, I am totally in love with these and have ideas for so many of them, I love how they are easily adaptable for both cards and scrapping!

 Washi tape, I H-E-A-R-T this!!! I will be using this a lot, keep watching as I am going to be sharing lots when I get chance to play later this week

This is the paper pack, I love the vintage feel and all the sheets have at least one side that has smaller patterns for card makers but all are suitable for scrap booking as you would expect ;-)

 and finally for this set is the book, I was surprised to see the pages inside are all make with patterned paper (perhaps I should read the small print more??) Anyway, nice and thick these pages are too! Some even have cute little pockets, it's so cool!!

more papers in the book....

OK, so you can tell I'm really excited about this and dying to have a play!

I hope I haven't bored you with all the pics but please remember the extra 15% off, making it a fab £29.24, is only available 'till the end of the month.

 I am placing an order on the the 15th so if you would like to add to it then please message me with the details of what you would like, FREE post if you can collect from me too!

Right, I'm off for now but will be back soon with more craftyness,

Stampin' Hugs,