Painted Blooms Class

These are the four cards that we made at my Painted Blooms Class last Wednesday evening.
We also covered a box with the gorgeous Painted Blooms DSP. I have to admit that two of the designs were cased from Pinterest so the credit goes to the people who designed them.

For this card I inked up the embossing folder before I ran it through the Big Shot. I inked up the dots stamp from the set in various colours from the Brights family. The butterflies were die cut with the Stampin Up Embosslits folder which cuts and embosses at the same time.

This card uses more subtle colours Coastal Cabana and Pear Pizzazz. The sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations set. The accent butterflies were stamped using the Papillon Potpourri Stamp set and the matching Punch.

This colour Combo is Pear Pizzazz with Calypso Coral. I used the Scallop Tag Topper Punch for the larger card with a piece of Calypso Coral Card Stock behind it cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits.

More Watercolour Technique Cards.

This afternoon I am holding another Watercolour Technique Class at my house. This Class will be repeated on Thursday, June 26th at 7.30pm.
We will be using a special marbling technique to colour some Whisper White Card Stock before using it to cover a Note Pad. We will then punch out some flowers using the Petite Petals Punch and use them on a card with the Flowering Flourishes Stamp Set.
The colours are Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and the new Blackberry Bliss.

Peaceful Petals Stamp Set was used for the above two cards. I am so sad that this set is retiring at the end of the month as I love pretty Flower sets and this one is a favourite of mine.
You may have noticed that the Whisper White on the Tags has an Ombre effect on it. This was achieved with an Acrylic block, Ink Pads and a Water Spritzer.

Another Ombre effect achieved by sponging and Washi Tape.
you may have noticed three new in colours to be released on July 1st - Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey.

Ombre effect again but this time with a Baja Breeze card base. The stamp set is Simply Sketched which is a retiring Hostess stamp set.The ink colours from darkest to lightest are Lost Lagoon, Baja Breeze and Pool Party.

Two Cards.

The first card was made for a friend at Church who is going through a difficult time with depression.
It is so encouraging, when we are going through trials like that, to believe that God has created each one of us and that He has a special purpose and plan for our lives.
 I used part of the peacock paper from the Birds of a Feather collection with Island Indigo Card Stock. The Adorning Accents Edgelits and matching Embossing folder give it some added texture.
The Papillon Potpourri Stamp set and matching punch compliments any lady's card.
I also used the Decorative Labels Punch to punch out the sentiment which is from the Trust God Stamp Set.
Pearl Basic Jewels finish it off with some retired Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Ribbon.

I cased the second card from one of the Demos at the Telford Training Day last Saturday.
I used the Distressed Dots Stamp with White ink for the dots on the Crumb Cake Label.
I also used Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon instead of the Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon which I do not have.
The tiny Baja Breeze band at the top was made using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.
We are making this card at my team training day, here, tomorrow morning.

Pop n Cuts Die.

 My dear husband gave me a Pop n Cuts Base Plate and insert for our Wedding Anniversary which was on Sunday. As it is the Easter holidays I have only just got around to play with it!
I know that I am going to have a lot of fun with this die.

 I love the way that the centre pops right out at you when you open it.
You can use the Base Plate with Movers and Shapers Dies. They will be my next investment!
There is lots of opportunity for variations when preparing the inside edge of the insert card.
Above I have used Stampin Up's  Scallop Trim Corner Punch.

 I just had to die cut a Pin Wheel to go with the Patio Party Paper. I was glad to dig out my Cup Cake Punch and matching stamp set again after it has spent most of the last year in the Cupboard.

Simple decoration on the inside of this card.
If you would like to come and join us I am running a Pop Up Card Workshop at my house on Thursday, April 11th at 7.30pm.

Card Stock - Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse.

Designer Paper - Tea for Two and Patio Party.

Punches - Scallop Trim Corner, Boho Blossoms, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border, Cup Cake Builder, Large and Scallop Oval and Elegant Butterfly.

Stamp Sets - Create a Cupcake, From My Heart, Retired Tagtastic.

Passionettes Rainbow Swap.

 Today I finished preparing cards for the Passionettes Rainbow Swap.
We all have to post them to Dawn Wicks tomorrow.
I joined the pink and the purple group so I had to do five cards for each.
The yellow and blue card above was one that we did recently, here, at a Workshop.
We used Soft Subtles Card Stock and the Tea For Two Designer Papers.
The Framelit is one from the Adorning Accents Set and I have used the Pricking Template just inside the edge. The butterfly stamp is from the retired bliss set. I punched the yellow butterfly using the Elegant Butterfly Punch which lives up to its name.

Above is the pink version, that I made today, for the swaps  and below are the five swaps lined up ready to be packed and posted tomorrow morning.
The base is Primrose Petals Card Stock with Pink Pirouette Card Stock and some Patio Party Designer Paper on top.The Pink Pirouette was embossed with the Lacy Brocade Textured Embossing Folder.
I used a stamp from the Tiny Tags set under the pink butterfly.
Pearl Basic Jewels were used to finish the card off.

I used the Aviary Stamp Set for the purple cards.The sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set.
Rich Razzleberry is the base card matched with Pool Party.
Punches used were the Scallop Trim Border, Itty bitty, Large Oval and Scallop Oval.

I love the idea of doing swaps as your hard work is rewarded by receiving other people's creations by return post!
so let's hope there will be more to be involved in.

Bloomin Marvelous and Madison Avenue.

 Yesterday I did a Stampin Up Make and Take at a Fund Raising Tea at Michelle Constantinou's house in Birkenhead. She raised £300 for Nea Zoi which is an organization which rescues and rehabilitates women being trafficked for prostitution.
 The Ladies made a card which was personalised with messages of hope and love to the girls being rescued. They then used the Builder Wheel to decorate a Candy Wrapper Box. They used my new Elegant Butterfly Punch and the Madison Avenue and Bloomin Marvelous Sale-a-bration Stamp Sets.
I kept to the Brights colour family and used the Floral District and Sycamore Street SAB Papers.
They took the Box home with a chocolate or sweet inside as a Memento of the afternoon.

 For starters we had a selection of Savoury Sandwiches and Bagels.
Below is a close up photo. The Roses made a fitting centre piece.

 The second Course was Scones with Cream and Jam. I did not take a photo of these.

 Then we had the most deliciously decadent desserts! Above is the Fruits of the Forest Cheesecake in a tea cup!
Below is a photo of some of us enjoying the tea.

 Above is the Banoffee Pie in a tea cup.
Somehow we managed to fit in two groups for the Make and Take. There was also an Ice breaker game, a quiz about Human Trafficking and a raffle for Raphe, who is a chef, to cook the winner a meal in their home.

Amy recently signed up with me as a Demonstrator and I was very glad that she was able to join us.

I may well do some desserts in Tea Cups for the lunch at my next Scrapbook day on Saturday, April 20th!
I have never seen so many tea cups in my life. We drank and ate out of them.

Chocolate Buttons Treat Pouch!

 My dear daughter is on Stocks today which means that she is mucking out,grooming and cleaning the tack of horses at Reaseheath College. I decided to buy her a packet of giant chocolate buttons to come home to.Recently she has been hinting at me to buy some. As I had a little time on my hands I set about preparing a Treat Pouch to add to the surprise element and make them look more inviting.
The observant among you will notice that the paper is not Stampin Up but it is her favourite colour and swirly.
I die cut one end using the Adorning Accents Die and then embossed it with the matching Textured Impressions Embossing folder.
I bought the ribbon at a local craft store recently. It always gives me a good feeling to use some of what I buy soon after I have purchased it rather than stashing it all away to gather dust.
I just had to punch out some beautiful butterflies with my new Elegant Butterfly Punch.
Next on my order list is the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set to go with the punch!
I stamped a sentiment in Melon Mambo ink using a stamp from the From My Heart set which I love.
I just had to decorate the Tag with a butterfly and large Gem. Monica Gale would be proud of me.lol.
I wrote a little message inside the Tag which was die cut using one of the Edgelits Adorning Accents Dies.

This is what she has to look forward to finding when she opens the Treat Pouch!