Flower Shop and Pansy Punch

Last night I did a class for the ladies at a Local Christian Fellowship called "The Longcroft."
I divided them into five groups. Each group used one of the Flower Shop Stamps,one Background Stamp and one colour of Card Stock and Ink.
The first group used Hello Honey ink and Card Stock and the Flowering Flourishes background stamp.
The second group used Crisp Cantaloupe and the Swirl Stamp from Everything Eleanor.
The third group used Melon Mambo and Gorgeous Grunge.

They all made matching Faceted Gift Boxes. All of the credit for the design of these goes to Sam Donald of Pootles.co.uk fame. The colours I used here are Lost Lagoon, Pistachio Pudding and Hello Honey.
The ladies all seemed to enjoy the class and I have to say that I did enjoy preparing and teaching it.

Christian Cards.

A friend asked me to make 40 cards with Bible verses on them recently for students graduating from a Bible College in Greece.
I used the retiring stamp set Secret Garden for the first four.I coloured them in using ink pads and Blender Pens.

Above are some more cards made using the Secret Garden Stamp Set. The sentiments are from various companies including Hero Arts  and Heartfelt Creations.
Once again I have used tropical colours.

Here are some close ups.

I kept the cards simple as I wanted the students to focus on the verses.

 The Tulips are from Blessed Easter. The medallions from Happy Day and the flourish from Everything Eleanor. You will also notice some Papillon Potpourri butterflies and a tag from Chalk Talk.

Lovely as a Tree features here with one of the Saleabration Sets next to it called Petal Parade.
The tea pot with roses is a set that I have not used in a long time so it was good to shake the dust off it!
The embossed rose beneath it is the retired Manhatten Rose embossing Folder.

Flower Shop Cards and Box

I returned from a week's holiday to a box of  Stampin Up products from the new catalogue.
The first thing that grabbed my attention when I first saw the catalogue was the Flower Shop stamps and the matching punch!
I was not disappointed. I love it. I also love the Sassy Salutations sentiment set of stamps which are 25% off this month. Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay are the colour combination above.

Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive come together in this card using up some retired paper scraps. The leaves were punched out using the Bird Builder Punch. I added some sparkle to all of these cards with the Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details.

I stamped on some more retired Stampin Up paper for the flowers in this card and sponged the edges with Calypso Coral ink. The background stamp is from the Everything Eleanor Stamp Set. I then spritzed it all with gold glitter spray.

The small Favour Box was made out of half a piece of A4 Melon Mambo Card Stock.I punched the top with the Scallop Border Punch. I used the new Polka Builder Wheel and some of the new Brights Paper Stack DSP. It was finished off with a Rhinestone in the centre of the flower.

Stampin Around Wheels.

 I have enjoyed preparing for a Workshop coming up on Monday evening during which we will be playing with the three Stampin Around Wheels. The Jumbo, Standard and Builder Wheels.
For the card on the left I used the Music Notes Standard Wheel. Other products used include First Edition Speciality paper, Four Frames and Thank You Kindly Stamp Sets (the latter is now retired), Decorative Label, Modern Label and Bird Builder punches and some of the 5/8 inch Flower Trim from the Spring/Summer Seasonal Catalogue to be launched on February 1st.

 Raspberry Splash, Primrose Petals and Crumb Cake  card stock colours used on the next card. I used the Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel and punched the Crumb Cake card stock with the Scallop border Punch.For  the flowers and background swirl I used the Everything Eleanor stamp set. The sentiment is from the You are Loved set and then I die cut it with the Apothecary Accents Framelits.The icing on the cake is the pearls and I also highlighted areas using a Sakura Clear Star Gel Pen.

This card show cases the Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel.  I used Dimensionals to giveone of the Baby Grows a bit of a 3D effect. The sentiment is from Curly Cute and the Raspberry Ripple scalloped border was made by punching a  strip with  the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and then cutting it in half.

I have two places spare on the Workshop so if you would like to join us to make four cards and a 3D item using the Stampin Around Wheels on Monday then please give me a call or email me.

Scrap Book Baby shower Evening.

 Last night I hosted a Scrap booking Baby Shower party for my friend, Clare.
We all enjoyed preparing as many pages as we wanted so that Clare can add photos of the baby after it is born.
As we did not know whether the baby is a boy or girl we used mutual colours such as yellow, green, brown, grey and orange. Blue and pink crept in here and there.
I used the swirl from my new "Everything Eleanor" stamp set which had only arrived that day.

 This is Clare who sat at the head of the table. I am glad to say that she did a page too.

Debi finished first. She said that the Elephant embellishment was specially brought along to be used for a page.

Clare asked us all to write in a journalling box somewhere on a page.She wanted us to write something for the baby possibly including a Bible verse or poem. This gave each page a very personal touch.
My verse was from Psalm 127 verse 3 :- "Children are a gift from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is His reward."

 Sarah used the Stampin up Baby Tees Wheel along the bottom of one of her pages. Clare said that she liked the way that it faded out at the end. If we had used an ink cartridge then that would not have happened.

 Sarah (above) did two bath time pages with ducks everywhere.
I like the way that she used the wavy trimmer to give the idea of splashing and waves.

Claire J.did a Thank You page with some photos of her son  who Clare G.has child minded.I love the addition of the dragon flies at the top.

This was Helen's first Scrap book evening and she completed two pages. We had fun using the Stampin Up Scallop Trim Border punch.
There is a certain knack for getting it to line up properly.

It was good to use up some of my stash and I am glad to say that Clare is putting the pages in a 12 x 12 Creative Memories Album.
I can't wait to see it!