Boys Lego Card with Lego Punch Art Tips

Hello there!

I am here today with a card I was requested to make for a friend. The only real specification was it had to be Lego! Well, as soon as she said that I was sure of what I was going to do, almost easy even ;-) lol!

So, I made this, it is a large 8"x8" card

The circles were made with the 1/2" punch, and the bricks are 3.5cm x 5.2cm each

The tall stacks were made by cutting a 3.5cm wide piece of Daffodil Delight card and scoring at 2cm marks, fold and ink, then add a couple of different colours to make the stack look more realistic!

Some of the bricks along the bottom were glued and some were popped with dimensionals at one end too. edit to add: I would add the spots with dimensionals too, if possible.

I also used the new perfect pennant punch for the name bunting, if you only get one thing before Christmas then this should be it!

On the subject of Christmas I will be offering a "Wish List" service again this year and also gift vouchers for sale too. So if you need SU! goodies in your stocking rather than socks then message me with your list of SU! wishes, then direct all your friends and relatives to me and we will do the rest!!

and some decoration inside to finish

O.K. I know I promised you Zack's card today, but I still have to edit the pics. 

So anyway I will be back tomorrow with a smaller, more girly, lego card ;-) and I will get Zacks card on here before the weekend, I promise!

Stampin' Hugs to you all,

Zack's Invites

Hello,

Yesterday was Zack's 7th birthday! Where did that time go?? So today I will share with you the simple invites I made for him to give to his friends who are coming on Friday for birthday tea, we did the whole family and non-school friends yesterday, phew! He had a fab day tho and didn't want to got to bed as it would be over! Bless! I will share his card and cake and candle blowing out tomorrow...

So, the invites, I made 2 of each using Fox and Friends

Background card is Wild Wasabi and Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

and I even stamped the envelopes, such a shame I wrote the wrong day on them isn't it?? Doh!!!!!!! Had to go round and tell the parents this morning ;-)

and all together

Right, that's me, I have to prep for next weeks Christmas Stamp-a-Stack, I have just one space left, message me now to reserve your spot!

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Papercraft show and some swaps for today's training :-)

Hello,
** Before I share todays post I would like to just let you know due to popular demand I have added an extra day to the Christmas Stamp-a-Stack dates, Friday 21st October, message me to join in the fun!**

Big apologies for the lack of a post yesterday, I was at the wonderful Southampton Papercraft show organised by the lovely Sarah, thanks Sarah. What a lovely day meeting lots of lovely ladies (and Gents) and sharing some Stampin' Up! goodness :-D

*waves* to all those I met there!

So, I thought I would share with you some pictures of the table before the doors opened, unfortunately I forgot to take any "action" shots when my other friends/helpers came but at least I can share the table with you ;-) And a big thank-you to Nicky and Hannah for helping out too *mwah*

Like the Spooky Banner between the trees? and my Zoe who ran to sit in the centre when the camera came out! She totally doesn't get that from me!!

(You should be able to click on the pic's to make them bigger)

The left tree at the end

The right hand tree

There were also cards on the inside of the trees too,

Now, swaps. I am off today to Jo D's training day for some SU! fun and inspiration, there will be 24 of us there and so I have made this manyswaps, normally these are card fronts but I decided to use my SU! exclusive Candy Wrapper Die, I *heart* this die sooo much! I will be using it lots, especially for Christmas though, so I decided to use them in my display today

I used the Rock and Roll techique for the pumpkins, as I did on the spooky banner the other day (for more pics of that go HERE)

So, that's it for today, I will be back tomorrow with some more cardy lovelyness,
Thanks for stopping by today :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Handbags and Glad Rags NEW Tutorial

Good morning peeps!

I have a NEW tutorial for you today making a fabby handbag with a matching gift card holder (to purchase some glad rags ;-)) using the brilliantly versatile new SU! die called "Two Tags", to see the die see page 123 of the new catty HERE

This is a 27 page step by step, full colour PDF tutorial with detailed instructions for both the bag...

...and gift card holder

All yours for just £3.00!

Click HERE to purchase this tutorial sent directly to your inbox, no waiting around, it will be sent immediately to you ;-)

Thank-you and if you do make either of these please send me a picture I love to see what you create :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today,

October Christmas Stamp-a-Stack Class

Hello,

Huge apologies for the lack of postings the last couple of days, I have been mad busy with classes this week! Thanks to all the lovely ladies who attended, we had a lovely time :-) So, onto the next class, I am filling up really fast for this one...

Saturday 15th--just 2 spaces left

Monday 17th-- FULL

Tuesday 18th-- just 1 space left

Wednesday 19th-- FULL

so, you want to see what we will be making then?? Great!

We will be making 2 of each of these cards in the colour combo of Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler, with a tutorial to follow in the next few days too :-)

Have you seen the new catalogue yet?? Click HERE to have a look and then email me your order, there are so many fab new products in there!!

 I am also starting a new stampers 6 club so you can have a little of what you would like each month with the added bonus of at least 25 "hostess pounds" to spend one of the months too, see HERE for more details

So, is your wish list really L-O-N-G?? Well, have you though about joining Stampin' Up! and earning some of it for free?? and turning your hobby into a business?? message me to find out more :-)

SU! also have an extra special deal just for the month of October too; 5 new In Colour Ink Pads and a pack of mixed In Colour card for FREE! that's on top of the already great value starter kit!

Well, that's all for today, I have a list as long as your arm today getting ready for Saturdays Papercraft show, why not pop along and say "Hi" I would love to see you there, I will also have some show specials on the day too!!
Stampin' Hugs for today,

Candy Wrapping

Hello!
I am here with the last project for the classes I am holding this month and it's a super cute mini cracker, another exclusive SU! die for the Big Shot, SU! call it the Candy Wrapper Die, it's just so sweet!

I will do a quick video tutorial in the next week or so to show you how you fold the ends in easily but for now here it is

we will be decorating it with the owl punch to make a ghost and yummy striped ribbon

and if you would like to have a look through the NEW catalogue then take a look HERE

 email me your list and I will get it to you asap :-)

I am starting another stampers 6 group in the next month or so, if you would like a bit of SU! goodness direct to your door each month then message me or visit the Stampers Clubs tab along the top of my blog
Have a great day today, I'm of to play with paper with 6 lovely ladies :-)

Stampin' Hugs,

Come and Join the Blog Hop!

Hello!

and welcome today, you may have joined me on the way around the ILWS blog hop, if so you will have come from the lovely Pat's blog if you have no idea what I am talking about then let me explain! A whole bunch of SU! demos have joined together to "jump" from one blog onto the next showcasing products from the fab NEW Catalogue!

There will be a link further down this post to the next blog and at the very bottom of this post all the participating blogs in case anyone has publishing problems.

So onto my project, I decided to make a really SPOOKY Halloween Banner using the fantastic NEW Perfect Pennants die. I love it already!!

Yes, I know we could all sit and cut out little triangles but I am not kidding you, I made this in less than an hour (if you don't count the time I spent uhhming and ahhhing about where to put which image ;-))

OK lots of pictures coming up, I took a photo of each section going along, you should be able to click on each picture to see it closer...

Alphabet is the Timeless Type Junior Sizzlit Alphabet

I used retired Rich Razz satin ribbon but you could use Black ribbon or the 1/4" grosgrain in Razzleberry

I embossed all the large pennants with the Perfect Polka Dos Embossing folder

I used the fab new stamp set Jack of all Trades using the "Rock and Roll" technique 

The hat and faces are in the stamp set too, the ghost is the very versatile Owl punch again!

And a close up of some of the scrummy NEW Halloween papers,

As you might have guessed I am a massive fan of Halloween, I love everything about it so you can rest assured I will be doing A LOT more Halloween projects over the next few weeks, be sure to pop by!

If you would like to place an order then please drop me a line and I will be happy to help :-)

Thanks for visiting today, the next stop on this hop is to go to the wonderful Claires blog

Stampin' Hugs from me,

As promised the whole hop in one place :-)

1. Lauralou http://airingcupboardstamping.blogspot.com/

2 AlisonP http://www.craftyalisoninlyon.blogspot.com/
3 Glittermum http://www.mygroovystampinup.blogspot.com/
4. Theresa M http://my-next-chapter.blogspot.com/
5. SarahLP http://stampingobsession.com/
6. Sassy Stamper (Elaine) http://www.thesassystampers.blogspot.com/
7. Sarastamper (http://craftingandstamping.com/)
8. JJ66 http://jan-crippin.blogspot.com/
9. Evy c http://evyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
10. DonnaM http://www.head-over-heels-by-dlm.blogspot.com/
11. Scrappydiva http://www.stampin-divas.blogspot.com/
12. Natalie http://www.natalieoshea.co.uk/blog.html
13.Dawn http://www.tartanstamper.blogspot.com/
14. Vicky http://www.vickylouscorner.blogspot.com/
15. Maggie (maggiemae) http://thefineartofstampin.blogspot.com/
16. Julie H (The Crafty Bug) http://www.the-crafty-bug.blogspot.com/
17. Elizabeth (Stash Fairy) http://elizabethscraftroom.blogspot.com/
18. Michelle (ShellieStamps) http://michellescraftypaper.typepad.com/
19. Keren. http://www.kerenbaker.wordpress.com/
20. Emma (Daisydaye) http://emma-daye.blogspot.com/
21. Rachel (Rachel) http://www.stampingurl.blogspot.co.uk/
22. Valerie (valmoody) http://stampingwithval.wordpress.com/
23. Kara (KaraM) http://karascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
24. Sarah (IOW Sarah http://www.stampinsarahiow.blogspot.com/
25. Tracey Rossos http://www.derbyshireducks.blogspot.com/
26. Patricia (Beckscraft) http://stampinbeckscraft.blogspot.com/
27. Sarah-Jane http://cardsandacuppa.blogspot.com/
28. Claire http://stampinupscrapper.blogspot.com/
29. Cupcake http://pinkycardsandcreations.blogspot.com/
30. Kimf http://kimfeecrafter.blogspot.com/

31. carolineskinner http://stampinupandbranchingout.blogspot.com/

32. Emma_H http://www.emma-letsstamp.blogspot.com/

33. Sally - Pink Sky. x http://pinkskysu.blogspot.com/

34. Carolyn http://stampaholix.blogspot.com/

35. Tina http://littlewhitehousecrafts.blogspot.com/

36. Hayley (craftydevils) http://www.mycrafthaven.blogspot.com/

37. allyf - http://serendipitypapercuts.blogspot.com/

Simply Stampin' Challenge

Good morning!

I you haven't seen it already, the NEW Stampin' Up! catalogue is here!! Please scroll down or click on the "Catalogues and Ordering" tab in the top bar to see it, it's fantastic!!

Anyway, it's time for another Simply Stampin' Challenge and this week the theme is "Swirls and Pearls"
I have used a mix of old (stamp set, Vintage Vogue) and NEW (fabby new In Colours Calypso Coral and Pool Party) I am so in love with this combo and you will definitely be seeing much more of this in the future, you have been warned ;-)

A close up of the 3d flowers and pearls

And a bit of decoration inside to finish

Gosh, it is so nice to have a bit of natural light to take your pictures in at the moment!

 I am sure the other DT members have some more lovely cards to inspire you today, speaking of which have you ever thought of joining a DT?? The team over at Simply Stampin' are having a call out for new members, why not pop over and take a peek?

I will be back tomorrow with some more NEW catalogue ideas, along with 25 or so others, That's right tomorrow is the ILWS blog hop, be sure to hop on by and take a peek!

I will be placing a stampin' Up! order on Wednesday if you need anything from the new catalogue then please message me for more details, or why not join my Stampers 6 Club and get a little SU! goodness delivered every month with hostess benefits for one of those months, but please hurry, we are starting very soon!!

Thanks for visiting today,
Stampin' Hugs,

THE NEW CATALOGUE IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello!!!

The NEW Stampin' Up! Catalogue is now live!!

Click HERE to view the fabulousness that is the new catalogue!

If you would like your very own hard copy they are available for just £4.50 posted to your door (rrp. £5.95) or now is your last chance to join in my current Stampers 6 virtual hostess club and receive a FREE catalogue as well as the hostess benefits for one of the months (or more) message me to find out how :-)

 Back at 8 am with my challenge card, but that's it for now, if you would like to place your order from the new catalogue then please email me with your choices :-D

Have you ever considered becoming a SU! Demo and turning your crafty hobby into a business? Well, October is THE month to do it! As well as the great value starter kit at just £119 for over £230 worth of SU! loveliness, you will also receive the added extra of a new In Colour kit, that's 5 extra Ink Pads and a pack of mixed card stock too, worth £27.95! Message me now to find out more :-)

Stampin Hugs,

Class Sneaks...

Hi there,

Super quick post to share with you another of the makes we will be creating at this weeks classes, I will be here on Monday with my NEW stamp-a-stack cards for the next Christmas class, for more details and dates, see HERE, but hurry as the Monday is full already and the other dates are filling fast :-)

So, we will be making this card from tomorrow onwards, it uses lots of new products which I will explain more about when the NEW catalogue goes live tomorrow!! Whoop Whoop! Excited, me?? Just a bit!! :-D 

Inside

and an arty angle, I will however say to the ladies to add the scallop circle with dimensionals at class, not sure what I was thinking when I stuck it down? Lol!

Well, I hope you like today's card, I will be back tomorrow with more goodies and on Sunday there is a MASSIVE blog hop so be sure to pop over!
Stampin' Hugs for today,