Archives for May 2019

Hello everyone, today I am looking forward to sharing one of our projects from this month’s card class. I was inspired for this project by one made by Sam Hammond in the UK and I ended up making quite a few for gifts. The notecard box holder is a great handmade gift and you can use any coordinating cardstock and designer series paper.

This version is the one we made in class and uses the tranquil textures designer series paper and either fresh fig cardstock or tranquil tide to coordinate with the paper on the outside. The cardstock dimensions are 29cm x 20cm scored on the long side at 3, 13, 16 and 26cm; and scored on the short side at 3 and 17cm. Cutting the corner and centre flaps on the long side up to the first horizontal score line and wedge so the flaps sit flat. The paper for the box front measures 13.5 x 9.5cm and I used the 2 largest squares from the layering squares dies for the image and greeting. The ribbon forms a “belly band” that slides on and off for easy opening.

The box holds at least 5 notecards and envelopes. This was a really fun class which ended up being quite freelance. We all started out with the same supplies but had quite individual looking projects at the end which was great. We used a selection of cardstock for the mats including mint macaron, tranquil tide, berry burst and fresh fig, and coordinating inks. This project was also a last hoorah for the 2017-2019 incolours. Wink of stella helped to create a sparkly watercolour effect for the colouring.

This version used Share what you love designer series paper and when you open the box voila!

I used these as mother’s day gifts for family members and gave one to someone for a 50th birthday gift and everyone really loved them.

If you’d like to come to a class and make some of these projects please contact me,

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Hello everyone, last Sunday was Mother’s Day in New Zealand and it was also my mother’s 85th birthday. A great innings and going strong! We had a lovely family meal with everyone at home and lots of good if not so healthy food. I wanted to make a card she would enjoy, that was special, but that was not too frilly and so I went back to the Frosted Floral designer series paper from the holiday catalogue. The stamp set and dies that go with this paper are still current product but alas the paper is no more.

Today’s share is my 85th birthday card for my mother. Supplies include whisper white thick cardstock for the base, fresh fig card for the mats, frosted floral DSP, fresh fig sheer ribbon, Label me pretty stamp set and coordinating punch, fresh fig ink, faceted dots, wink of stella.

I continued the theme on the inside of the card and was really pleased with the result.

If you are interested in purchasing any products I would love to help, so please contact me.

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We hope you’re ready for a ray of sunshine in your life, because the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of coordinating, petal-packed products has everything you need to let your creativity bloom.

The Everything is Rosy medley is available  1–31 May 2019

 

The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley includes these exclusive products:

• Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c,
• Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies; largest die 2-7/8″ x 1″ (7.3 x 2.5 cm)
• 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper Stack—48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
• 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 CM) rose gold foil paper—8 sheets
• Printed die cuts—2 sheets
• Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs
• Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—60 embellishments; 1/4″ (6.4 mm)
• Melon Mambo 1/4″ (6.4 mm) Ruched Ribbon—10 yards (9.1 m)
• Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″ (1 cm) Metallic –Edge Ribbon—10 yards (9.1 m)
• Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. (15 ml)

If you would like to purchase this medley please shop online or contact me,

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One of Stampin’ Up!’s goals is to surprise and delight you with fun, new creative experiences. And we think you’re going to absolutely love what we have up our sleeve this fall. Shelli Gardner, board chair and cofounder of Stampin’ Up!, has partnered with Paper Pumpkin to create a limited edition, nature-focused, Shelli-inspired kit. (In fact, lots of you may have heard this exciting announcement at OnStage.)

Though Paper Pumpkin isn’t currently offered outside of North America, we wanted to share this very special kit with everyone. And because our global markets have long been curious about the Paper Pumpkin program, we thought you’d love to have this unique opportunity to see what it’s all about.

The look and feel of this kit is all Shelli. It’s elegant and feminine, and so full of natural details that you’ll probably just want to take a walk, breathe in the fresh air, and then go home and stamp every card in the kit. And the box it comes in? We predict that you’ll be keeping it . . . like . . . forever. Wait and see.

Part of what makes a Paper Pumpkin kit special is that we don’t reveal the projects inside the box ahead of time. I don’t know about you but I love surprises, and this allows purchasers to experience an element of surprise and excitement when they receive their kit in the mail.

The Shelli kit from Paper Pumpkin includes the following:

• An exclusive stamp set not available anywhere else
• One Classic Stampin’ Spot® from our Classic ink collection
• Paper and crafting materials to create 12 cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs)
• 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes
• Adhesives and embellishments for all 12 cards

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colours: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla

You will also need a Clear Block D (item 118485) which is not included in the kit.

Shelli describes the kit as ‘A touch of earthy and elegant spring with lots of layers and texture.’

And remember, everything in the Hugs from Shelli kit is pre-cut and ready to go. No planning or prep is required . . . which make these kits perfect.

If you would like to order one of these kits either shop online or contact me.

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