For you Flower

Hi everyone,

A friend of mine celebrated her Birthday earlier this week - so naturally I had to make her a card. I sat at my craft desk for approx 20mins before I decided that I hadn't used my "For you Flower" stamp for ages. I love the way it co-ordinates with the Fancy Flower Punch (which sadly is still unavailable to purchase). I recently purchased the Sweetheart Stamp Set (if you are a regular reader of my blog I used that set for a Blog Hop earlier this year but borrowed it from my up line), and the leaves co-ordinate perfectly as well.

Materials Used: All Stampin' Up!
Stamps: For you Flower, Sweetheart
Paper: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery
Other: Fancy Flower Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 1/4" Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Big Shot.

A fairly simple but elegant card I think.

'Til next time

Juliette

Mini Chocolate Wallet

Hi everyone,

Isn't it funny that as crafters we constantly look at items and wonder how we can 'alter' them to make cool little gifts? I don't know about you but my girls are getting more and more friends and they keep on asking "Mummy can we give such and such something for Christmas?" If it keeps on going I will be broke - so when I saw these new little Choceur Chocolates in Aldi which are only something like $2.99 for 5 I thought I should be able to do something with those.

Here is what I came up with.

The cool thing is that you can get two out of a sheet of A4 cardstock and you only need scraps of DSP so you are saving there as well.

Materials Used: All Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Delightful Decorations
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday DSP
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive.
Other: Ornament Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch (now retired), 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon.

'Til next time,

Juliette

MIA

Hi everyone,

Where has the time gone? I have been busy putting together the final touches for a Christian Retreat I was asked to run workshops at. I am currently in beautiful Orange and have been having a lovely time. Despite the fact that I only knew one lady before I got here I have felt very welcome. I was asked to run 5 workshops over a couple of days and the ladies have had a wonderful time making cards, stamping on candles, making chocolate wallets, fantasy boxes and a fold out scrap book. Unfortunately I haven't had time to take photos of the ladies doing their craft but I do have photos of the projects that they made.

Here we have a chocolate wallet that Marelle Taylor kindly worked out the measurements for last year. I do have to say I was not sure how I was going to go making these again after I made something like 30 last year!!!

 

I just love the Jolly Holiday DSP and it works beautifully with this little gift.

Next we have some cards that the ladies made on the Friday night. I have to say I was very impressed with the ladies - they had all travelled from between 3-4 hours to get to Orange and the workshop didn't start until 9.30pm - but they finished making the cards by 11.30pm and they all did a great job.

 

Here is the Fantasy Box done in the gorgeous Love Letter DSP.

Now the ladies who made these were very happy with their creations.

Next we have a fold out scrapbook which is a Makeesha Byl design and you can get the tutorial on Splitcoaststampers - however I didn't want to use quite as much cardstock as she did so I reduced the size down but you can still fit a standard sized photo into it.

Got to love the Elegant Soirée DSP for this.

They also did stamping on candles but you have already seen those here.

I am exhausted but had a great time.

'Til next time

Juliette

Happy I do Day!!!

Hi everyone,

I thought I would show you another card that I made for Novembers Stamp a Stack that uses the fabulous Bird Punch. Not much to talk about with the card - it is pretty straight forward. I have used Marina Mist and Soft Suede as a colour combination - not one I would normally go to but I think it works very effectively.

Materials Used: All Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Style Beautiful, Word Play
Paper: Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Ink: Soft Suede, Marina Mist
Other: Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Lots of Tags Sizzlets, Wide Oval Punch, Basic Rhinestones.

'Til next time

Juliette

Santa's Little Helper

Hi everyone,

I have been playing around with Punch Art - must be something to do with next months classes. Anyway I have wanted to make an Elf and I have had several attempts but nothing really made me think this looks like an Elf. One card made the little guy look like something from outer space. Another one made him look like a pig!!!

Anyway whilst Blurfing I found this really cool Elf on Marie Shaughnessy's blog that she did last year. Now her little guy was so cool that I didn't change much on him. Also she has done the hard work for you and her entry includes all the punch art pieces that you need - thank you so much Marie.

 

This cute little fella is part of my Christmas Stamp A Stack class that I am running next month. I have classes on either Monday 22nd November (10.00am start), Wednesday 24th November (7.30pm start) or Thursday 25th November (7.30pm start). Come and make 10 cards for $25 (or $20 if you bring your own adhesive). Includes envelopes and embellishments if used.

'Til next time

Juliette