April Class

Hello!

Happy Easter Monday! How was your Easter Sunday? It was a lovely hot day here and we had a BBQ with my Mum and Hubby's Dad, it's so lovely to be able to eat outside isn't it?? my favourite bit of the summer :-)

Well, this Bank Holiday Monday I had the first of this months classes, and it was great! the projects we made went down well and so did the Rose Water cupcakes! Yum!

So, here is what we made, a card, a bookmark and my favourite- the mini milk carton (surprise!)

I started the card by looking through the mini catalogue and was inspired by one on page 6, I think it turned out quite different though..

 much more vintagey with the Glass Glitter for the flower centre, this glitter ages as it sits on your project giving you a tarnished look,

Sentiment is from Artistic Etchings with the Seam Binding having had a thread pulled from the middle to get the ruffle,

Then we had to use the Owl Punch so we made a bookmark inspired by some Julie made,

Love the owl punch with seam binding ribbon around the bottom of the mark,

 

and finally the mini milk carton, it is similar to the one I made for my Jems swap,

Well, that's today's projects for you, If you would like to come to next months class then please get in touch, we will be making a little brag book and card for Fathers Day. I have some exciting news regarding classes, more details tomorrow once I have told my regular ladies, there's another good reason to come... you get to find out all the details first!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs

A Sketch to Follow

Good Morning to you,

If you have come over here from Simply Stampin Challenges then Welcome! You will know also we have a brilliant sketch to follow, if not then pop over and see what the rest of the DT have made and why not give it a go? This is also the last week to enter for the Prize up for grabs :-)

O.K. this is what I have made to fit the sketch this week, I have changed it up a bit tho ;-)

Card base is crumb cake with real red and night of navy, stamp sets used were Engraved Greetings and Circle Circus, I have re-discovered my love for this set of late especially for men's cards ;-) Sentiment was inked with markers to get the three colours on the image and I stamped the H and B twice to layer them,

Paper Piercing, Square Lattice Embossing folder with the Big Shot and sewing machine also used again, and the Navy button? that's one of the new Big Buttons from the Mini catty ;-)

I even sewed a bit inside to finish

Well, this was made for a friends Dad and she loved it, I just hope he does too!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will join in with this weeks challenge. Don't forget this is the last chance to win for a while!!

Stampin' Hugs,

Thinking of You

Good Morning to you all,

I hope you are all enjoying the gorgeous weather we are having at the moment? I am not sure what we will be doing this morning, but I do have to go into work this afternoon for more training so that really doesn't help with school holiday fun let me tell you! booo! ;-)

Anyway, I know I promised you a sneak at this months class but I just haven't had time to photograph the projects yet, so I will share with you a card I made a while ago but haven't gotten a chance to blog 'till now. It was for my Dad (in law) to let him know we were thinking of them both on the day it would have been Mum (in laws) birthday.

Pear Pizzazz base with Elegant Soiree papers, Stamp set is A Flower For All Seasons which I watercolured using blender pens and ink pads, I punched it our with the 1+3/4" circle punch and backed it with the Fancy Flower XL punch out which I also embossed with the square lattice folder, phew!

and a touch of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding ribbon topped with a springtime big button to finish,

Well, that's it for today, I have been asked to show how to make the bags from yesterday so I will try to get a little tutorial done in the next few days too,

Have fun in the sun! but don't forget your factor 50 ;-) lol!

Stampin' hugs,

Happy Easter!

Hello there,

As promised I have the last of the Easter Treats for you today, I decided to make little goodie bags up for our friends kids this year rather than buy them an egg, I popped a choccy bunny in a cellophane bag with a few little treats too, I had 16 to make all together ;-)

I added a sentiment from the Level 1 stamp set Afterthoughts and punched it out with the new Decorative Label punch,

I made a background for the mini bottle of bubbles using the lovely Four Frames stamp set from the New mini catalogue punched out using the same punch which matches this stamp set perfectly. I did the kids initials using the (beautiful) broadsheet alphabet which I then cut out by hand,

Well, that's it for today short and sweet, I hope you have enjoyed the Easter ideas this week but do remember to come back tomorrow for this months Class Sneak Peeks, last couple of spaces left, message me today to reserve your place!

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Easter Mini Bags

Good Morning to you!

I hope you are all enjoying/have enjoyed the Easter holidays, I know the school holidays are different all around this year! 

Mine have got eye tests this morning though so I will be getting a shifty on soon but first up though I have another treat bag for the Easter hunt. The original idea for this bag is not mine, infact it was a swap at convention but there was no name on the bag I have, if it was your swap then please message me and I will happily give credit where it is due :-) As you can see I loved the idea!

I made my bags using the "In Colours" Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz with Choc Chip toppers for Josh and Zack and Blushing Bride with Crumb Cake for Zoe

I made the boys one's like a satchel (not that they would know what one is I don't think!)

 with the opening at the back..

and Zoe's more like a handbag

with her opening at the front

and inside the bags???

and finally all together looking pritty ;-)

So, would you like to know how to make one of these little beauties? or another idea here on my blog? Well, why not schedule a workshop with me and let me know what project/ technique you wish to see and we can arrange a date for me to show you!

Thanks for stopping by today, I will be back tomorrow with the last of the Easter Hunt goodies and then the rest of the week I will be sharing class sneak peeks, I have a place or two left this month on Monday or Tuesday, message me if you want to come :-)

Thanks for sticking with me today, I know it was a little picture heavy,

Stampin' Hugs,

The Chick from an Owl!

I love it when you make projects using my tutorials but please be sure to link back here and give credit when you make and post to your blog.

Thank-you for your understanding and I hope you enjoy this tutorial xx

Hello there folks and welcome to week 3 of Simply Stampin' Challenges,

The theme this week is "Easter" and it follows nicely with my theme this week to show you ideas for the big hunt next weekend,

I have made 3 little Pillow Box Die Cuts adding a little window to the front so you can see the little eggs inside! 

Those bunnies are back for decoration too ;-) I used Woodland Walk, In colour Peach Parfait (both current) and some Pretty in Pink retired papers to make these boxes, I also used the lovely New Owl Punch to make the cute chicks,

and the 3D look at the boxes,

So do you want to see how I made the cute little chick??

Great! 'cause I did a little tutorial for you!

First of all punch out the Owl and just 5 scallops from the Scallop Circle punch in Daffodil Delight, then the feet only again from the Owl punch and cut a small square for his beak, both in Pumpkin Pie, 

O.K. be brave, you have to cut the little owls ears and feet off next! I then inked the edges of the Daffodil pieces next with matching ink,

then you basically stick them together like so... The eyes are made with the Choc Chip Marker and the little beak was made folding the square in half sticking with a tiny bit of tombow in the centre,

So there you have it, Easter treats and a tutorial for you, I hope you will be able to join in with this weeks challenge at Simply Stampin'

Stampin' Hugs,

Easter Mini Milk Cartons

Good Morning!

So, I showed you hubby's treat for Easter yesterday, today I will be sharing the first of the goodies I have made for the kids to find. I of course had to make 3 of these but as they are die cut it was hardly a problem ;-) I used Nursery Suite papers as the colours are just perfect to me for Easter,

The dinky little paper clips are from the Clips Assortment on page 99, they are the perfect size for these cartons, I tied each of them with a different colour 3mm taffeta ribbon,

Here I used the bunny from Little Additions again for the centres of my rosettes, loving this set!

and inside? Easter jelly sweets ;-)

Well, that's today's offering, I will be back tomorrow with more treats and a tutorial too!

Please do swing by for a look!

Stampin' Hugs,

Scallop Circle Easter treat

Hello!

I have been busy making Easter treat for the kids this week and thought I would share with you over the next few days some of the ideas I have had. This one (as the title suggests) was made using the new scallop circle die from SU! and the ever brilliant treat cups,

I stamped the So Saffron card all over using versamark and the cute bunny from "Little Additions" the punch art bunny was made with  the 1"circle and boho blossoms punches and stamped with the fine detail stamp from Baby Blossoms for some "fluffy" texture, 

I stamped Hoppy using Basic Phrases using my markers to miss the 'a' out and add the 'o' iykwim!

Easter was stamped using the Jumble Alphabet,

I used a Certainly Celery Scallop die cut for the reverse and stamped the same bunny all over that too, adding a scallop circle twist opening so the lucky finder (hubby?) will be able to get their eggs ;-)

{{sorry about the colour of this photo, I spent ages trying to get it right! tut!}}

Well, that's today's Easter treat, back tomorrow with another ready for the big hunt next week!

Stampin' Hugs,

WOYWW! Finally!

Good Morning!

I have finally gotten round to taking a piccie and joining in with WOYWW, I am so excited to go and have a look at others desks but first up here's mine with more than a few sneak peeks here! oopsie! ...

Now, to the untrained eye, I agree, it looks a total mess but believe me, with this great long piece of worktop to create on I usually end up with around an 8" square of clear top to work on, even when I am trying to be tidy! I mean, at the moment there aren't even any stamp sets on here!! I was on the phone to my friend Mandi last night before work and took the (rare) opportunity to tidy whilst I chatted, I expect that very soon it will be a total dump again! So, now I am off to look at your spaces and be suitably shamed into keeping my area tidy!!

Thanks for looking and do pop back soon for lots of easter treat ideas :-)

Stampin' Hugs,

A Different Take on Baby Blossoms

Good Morning!

Well, I managed to get loads done in the garden yesterday, the weather held off although a few times we thought we could feel a spot of rain (the kids were practically rain dancing! lol!) but boy did I ache last night!! I am hoping to get a bit more done today if the weather is kind again...

So today I have a card I made for a challenge Julie set to her team, the jems, it was to case a card from the mini but change 3 things: 1)  the colour combo, 2) an embellishment and 3) the size.

Now shall we have a bit of fun today?? Can you guess which card I cased from the MINI?? I will even give you a clue! I changed the embellishment from a die cut to a stamp ;-)

Answers in the comments section, I will even send out a little prize if anybody manages to guess correctly!

So this cards details, I wanted to see if I could use the yummy Baby Blossoms in a different colour way to the catty, not that I don't love the colour combo (I adore it, tbh) but we need as many different ideas as possible for our stamps, yes?

Card base is Soft Suede, with layers of Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake seam binding, and, as you can see the ole' sewing machine has been back out again ;-)

and this gorgeous spotty frame is in the Baby Blossoms stamp set too, such a great value set wouldn't you agree?

Well I hope you have fun guessing and I am really looking forward to seeing which card you guys think I "cased"

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,