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Today’s post is going to be a quick one – I have an action packed fun weekend planned and it starts this evening when I am going to see a play. This card was another of the cards we made a last weekend’s card class. I was really pleased with the clean fresh look of this card.
Today’s post is going to be a quick one – I have an action packed fun weekend planned and it starts this evening when I am going to see a play. This card was another of the cards we made a last weekend’s card class. I was really pleased with the clean fresh look of this card.
The background card is Always Amethyst and the circles are stamped on Whisper White. The French Script Stamp was stamped in Almost Amethyst and then the circles were punched out. The branches are from Spring Solitude and the bird and butterfly are from Live Your Dreams. I love this set! Each was mounted on dimensional pads and each butterfly have been given an additional pair of wings. A quick line with a white gel pen and the card was done.
The next class I have is on 12 September when there is a Get Ready For Christmas Party. You can find the details here. I will be publishing details of the autumn class programme in the next week or so .
I had better dash – this action packed weekend starts tonight – I am going to see a play. It’s a long weekend here so we are going away and catching up with lots of friends. I can’t wait. The downside of all the fun I am going to be having is that I probably won’t be here to post, but feel free to check back as I may sneak a quick post in!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend too
Happy Crafting
Bekka
Using strong tape stick the flaps down, right hand side first and then the left. Tuck the top flap inside the left hand side flap and use a couple of glue dots to keep the left side flap closed. 
Your pouch is now ready to decorate as you wish
The stamp sets are Blooming with Beauty, Fresh Cuts and Live Your Dreams. The colours are Certain Celery, Pale Plum and Perfect Plum.
It has been raining here today and I felt a bit sorry for our lovely post lady who delivered a huge haul of card and gifts – thank you everyone. It is always so lovely receiving cards and the handmade ones that came today are amazing. I may share some of them with you over the next couple of days. We are having quite a lazy day today and then on Saturday we are going to my absolute favourite restaurant with friends for a meal – I am really looking forward to it. I have a friend whose birthday was earlier this week so it’s going to be a joint celebration.
The stamp sets are Pocket Silhouettes and Birthday Best which have been stamped in So Saffron, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Ruby Red. The Card base is Sahara Sand, and the main image is matted onto Ruby Red. The patterned papers are from the Level 1 Hostess set in Kraft and Not Quite Navy. There is also some of the delicious So Saffron Ribbon in there.
After decorating the outside of the card I cut a window in it with the scalloped square punch.
Here I have stamped the image onto Vellum and embossed it with silver embossing powder. I then coloured the back of the image with my Stampin’ Up! markers. It gives a lovely soft look almost like stained glass. For this card I have mounted it onto a panel of Natural Ivory, and then Perfect Plum. The patterned paper was made using stamps from the Fresh Cuts and One of a Kind Sets, Stamped in Certain Celery, Perfect Plum and Pale Plum. 
Well it had to be a flowery card for my so I stamped the pot of flowers from the scrummy Blooming with Beauty Stamp (well its been a while since it saw ink!). I coloured it using the Watercolour Wonder crayons and a blender pen in Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose and Certain Celery. I enjoyed it so much that I did it all again another 5 times and decided to make some notelets. The images were cut out and mounted on some Pumpkin Pie Designed Series Papers along with some Certain Celery and Regal Rose ribbons. These were then mounted on 4x4inch Ruby Red card based. 
These little beauties needed a way of being presented and kept together. So I made them this little bag from more Pumpkin Pie Designed Series Paper decorated with some of the Certain Celery Twill that Stampin’ Up! are giving away as part of a ribbon bundle if you order £45 worth of goods this month – you can find the details here. 
Here is the bag with the cards and their envelopes in.
And a close up so you can see just how beautifully the twill ties.
I also wanted to show you a little more detail on the button at the top. I think buttons look at their best when they are sewn on, the look somehow more finished then. This is not however always practical, so what I have done here is threaded a tiny sliver of card through the holes so it looks like thread and fined it on the back of the button with a glue dot. The same glue dot then fixes the button onto a circle of card which adds even more definition to the button. I love these flower buttons from the Buttons Latte Collection – they are so pretty!
Thank you for stopping by to look at this week’s card – you can check out the rest of the design team’s cards on the 
During the day each guest made a Christmas Organiser, 35 cards and most completed a dozed gift tags too. Each also left with a goodie bag and lots of bits left to make more tags and cards with. Hello ladies! Here is a shot of some of them hard at work.
And in this one as you look closely you can see some of the finished cards and some still in progress.
I am really looking forward to doing this all again next month! There are still some places available and you can find all the details 
If becoming a Stmapin’ Up! Demonstrator is something you are considering please do get in touch for a no obligation chat. Being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is fantastic and a lot of fun. Its very flexible and you can do as much or as little with it as you like. I have put some more information here for you too. By joining now you will also benefit from seeing the new Idea Book and Catalogue a month before it is available to the public and from being able to get some of the new products before they are available for general sale.
I hope you like them despite the bad photos and I hope my customer enjoys using them as a start point for her own Christmas Cards – I hope I am on her Christmas Card list as I cant wait to see what she comes up with!
The snowmen were stamped and coloured with my Stampin’ Write Markers and then sealed into shaker box – so you can shake it up and make it snow. The box was made with paper from the Ski Slope pack and covered with a Cello bag after a good dollop of Dazzling Diamonds had been added – be careful when you do this if you don’t want glitter all over your craft space! The snowmen are fixed in the middle of the box so the snow can go either side of them.
This was then mounted onto a folded piece of Real Red Card, which has been scored to allow the Shaker box to stand up along the front. Ribbon tied underneath keeps the back upright. This was decorated with more papers, the rows of hanging mittens and some real Red Ribbon. 
Now hopefully this project has made you smile but I have some sad news. This Stamp Set is only available until the end of September and the Ski Slope Papers may also retire then too so be sure to place your orders for them soon.
I am going to Stamparama in Stevenage tomorrow so will take these with me to see if there are any swaps going on or if anyone would like one, so if you are there make sure you say hello. 
I am quite excited to show you my project for Stamp With Us tomorrow so I will schedule it to post while I am out so you don’t have to wait too late! As soon as I have done that I am off to play with more scraps and make some more ATC’s and I may even allow myself some different stamps!
The colours used for both cards are So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Natural Ivory. This first one has So Saffron as its base. The stamp sets are Live your Dreams and One of a Kind.
Which one do you prefer?