Inspiration at your fingertips...

I just wanted to let you all know of a new website featuring lots of inspiration and chat created for all us Stampin' Up! addicts...
www.inlovewithstamping.com/forum

Check out the gallery for fabulous projects by many of your new Demonstrators...
Enjoy,
C xx

Baby Card!

LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A SCALLOP PUNCH!!!

This was a fun project for me... I thought of this idea a while ago and remembered it while talking to a lady at a workshop... In theory, I thought it would work... And LOOK... It WORKED!!!

Yes this was for my friend again... Its a BOY! YEAH!!

Im sure she wont mind...
Recipe:
Stamps: Little Pieces (Pram wheels), Cheer & Wishes.
Card: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Creamy Caramel, Designer Paper in Certainly Celery.
Ink: Ballet Blue, Close to Cocoa
Seasonings: Very small piece of White Grosgrain Ribbon..

The Pram body was made by punching a piece of Bashful Blue with the Scallop Punch. This was cut in half. The "Lace" was made by first punching into some Whisper White Card with the 1 3/8" circle punch. I then used the Scallop punch to cut around the "hole". This leaves you with a very thin scalloped border which you can bend and straighten. The centre of each scallop was pricked with my 'pokey tool'!

I stamped the pram wheels onto Creamy Caramel card with Close to Cocoa ink and punched with the 1/2" circle punch. (If you dont have this stamp set you could always draw this by hand too!)The handle was punched with a normal hole punch.
White details on the pram were drawn with the Signo Gel Pen, and the Brown details drawn with my brown marker.

Any ideas or suggestions for my next scallop project? Someone has already suggested a sheep or a baby's bib!
Im willing to give anything a try!!

Thanks for looking,
Enjoy.

C x

More Confetti!!

Here are 3 more projects I made from the Simply Scrappin Confetti Kit... Can't say how impressed I am with these kits, not only do you get 6 sheets of die-cut CARD stickers, 3 sheets each of 2 different designs of (double-sided) 12 x 12" paper but also 2 sheets each of 4 different 12 x 12" TEXTURED cardstock... Incredible value for money. Ive only just scratched the surface (so to speak) of my kit... I have some Fab summer photos of the kids I will be scrapping over the weekend... Dont want to bore you all but I need to play!!!

Thanks for looking,

Enjoy.

C x

Simply Scrappin Project

This is a wonderful project I made for a lovely friend who recently had a new baby!


The whole set was made from the Simply Scrappin Confetti Kit... I bought this kit for myself as I wanted a challenge. Those who know me well understand that bright colours scare me! SO, I thought if I could make this work... so could anyone! Well, the results I think speak for themselves.

I was soooooo happy with the kit as all the hard work is done for you. All the colours coordinate with each other and the only extras I had to add was the So Saffron cardstock. I used this as a base because we didnt know if it was a boy or girl baby!

Inside the box I made 6 cards (2 of each design) watercolouring with my Blender Pens.

I found the instructions for the box over on Splitcoast Stampers a few months ago... I will definately be making soem more of these... Look out at Christmas everyone!

More projects with this kit to follow...

Thanks for looking,

Enjoy..

C X

Stay Tuned...

Stay Tuned Everyone...

I will be updating the website with some fab new projects over the next few days...

Sorry its been so long, life has a habit of getting in the way...

: )

Scrapbook Page

I seem to be doing a lot of scrapbooking at the moment... so here is a page I thought I would share...

The layout is really simple. I used the Le Jardin Designer Papers (page 73, £8.50 for 12 sheets) which BTW are GORGEOUS!!, and some On Board chipboard letters (page 79). which I covered in some paper and inked around the edge with Barely Black. (I think these are US letters but we do them too!!)

The papers are DOUBLE SIDED so you get twice as much for your money... This is a 12 x 12" layout and I only used about 1/3 of a sheet of 2 different papers.

Enjoy,

Thanks for looking...

C xx

Hostess Gifts

For all my lovely ladies who are holding a workshop in April here is a sneeky peek at your gifts that I have made for you... This month only, to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day!

This is a close up...

And the inside...

These mini-scrapbooks are ready to decorate & add journalling with enough space for 6 photos. I've made them in several different colour schemes so start thinking which one you would like...

Just a little THANK YOU for being so wonderful and letting me share my love of papercraft with you.

Enjoy...

Cxx

Circle Card

This is an idea that I lifted from a papercraft magazine...

I used an old CD as a template for the circle shape... Its the perfect size...

Recipe:

Card.. Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pale Plum, small piece of Designer Paper in Close to Cocoa.

Ink... Close to Cocoa, Pink Passion, Pretty in Pink.

Stamps... Pick a Petal, Cheer & Wishes.

I used the Pick a Petal stamps on different coloured card with different inks to get a randon effect, cut out the petals and highlighted with some glitter.

The edge of the main card was decorated with circles punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch which were 'stressed' by rubbing the Close to Cocoa ink pad over them. I used the same aging technique around the edge of the main card and the Close to Cocoa Designer Paper.

After assembling I used the Cheer & Wishes stamps... The 'Happy' is actually the 'Happy Anniversary' stamp and the 'Birthday' is from the 'Birthday Cheer & Wishes' stamp. I used a post-it note to mask the parts of the stamp I didn't want inked and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the words.

After gluing the circles on the 'spine' of the card I realised it was then difficult to open so I made a couple of cuts in the circles. This allows the card to lay flat open and you don't even notice the cuts!!

Have a try at making some different shaped cards and please feel free to leave a comment & let me know what you think...

Enjoy,

Thanks for looking...

Cxx

Abbi's Card!

My daughter has caught the bug!!!

I have been asked to put this card on my blogsite by my daughter...

She made it to cheer up a friend at school!

All supplies were in my cupboard, (all non SU... she doesnt get to play with that stock!!). The only thing I had to help with was punching the holes...

Oh dear, is this a taste of things to come...?

Dhalia Flower Fold...

This is the result of a layout challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com (SC167) and the amazing flower fold is from a tutorial by Donna Moore. The flower petals are made with some of the SU double-sided, Designer Papers (paper featured was given to me.. it is from the USA : ( but any of the SU papers will work) and is made from circles punched out with the 1 3/8" punch. Each circle is folded to make a petal shape and then mounted to form the flower.

I've used Blush Blossom for the card blank, Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery for the toppers and my Stampin-Around Jumbo Wheel with Leaves a'la Carte in Mellow Moss. The pretty in the centre of the flower is a Circle Rhinestone Brad.

The sentiment is from the Cheer & Wishes stamp set (pg 63) and for £16.95 you get a set of 6 stamps which just about cover every occasion throughout the year... A great investment.

Here's the original Sketch Challenge...

Why not try this layout for yourselves... Would work for a scrapbook page too!

Let me know what results you get...

Thanks for looking,

Enjoy...

C xx