In a previous post I mentioned I had made a mini book for my nephews wedding.  which complemented the invitations I made.  I had shown this to several people and was asked if I would run a class to make one and obviously I said yes. You can view the original one HERE. Mini Book in Pool Party Mini Book in Blackberry Bliss     The class was run in early September and we had a fun filled 6hrs + of crafting. What a great way to spend a Saturday. The book is intended to hold...

   As it is coming to the end of September we have started our preparations for Christmas (where has this year gone?)  In this weeks class, we used the shadow box card principle from last week, but this time created a christmas card using the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and co-ordinating framelits. These not only make great cards, but also lovely decorations or wall hangings..... We all liked the stand on the back which folds flat Built for Free Using: My Stampin...

Hi Everyone,  Last week in my classes we made this lovely shadow box frame card. The card was totally inspired by the design created by Amanda over at The Craft Spa where she has produced an extremely helpful tutorial. The frame is made from 12" x 12" card which has been scored, cut and folded accordingly. The intricacy proved to be challenging for some of my ladies, but patience and perseverance won, creating a great result. The frame was decorated with pool party card measuring...

Whilst we were on holiday a couple of weeks ago my husband and I celebrated our 28th Wedding Anniversary! This is the card I made for him and one we recreated in the classes last week A large heart  was cut out using one of the heart framelits onto a spare piece of card and placed it over the base white card and the centre was sponged with crumb cake. Leaving the mask in place, I randomly stamped 'I love You' over the top.The mask was then removed and the punched out leaves are stuck...

I have used my favourite stamp sets so far from the Annual Catalogue, 'Butterfly Basics, Watercolor Wings and matching framelits' along with the very popular brick wall embossing folder to create the following half circle pop up card. I found the tutorial for this shape of card on Pinterest The card is decorated on the outside and when it is opened a surprise butterfly pops up in the middle! Two of the smaller butterflies were attached to a piece of acetate with glue dots to look like it is...

MINI BOOK CLASS  Saturday 12th September 10.00 am to 4.00pm £22 including all materials and tuition Following on from the wedding mini book I made for my nephew and his bride recently I am running a class on making a similar one in Pool Party (pale blue) colour combination. It contains 6 double sided pages using various dies and punches to decorate. Most of the pages have been left blank so it can be filled with your own photos. This memorable keepsake can be adapted to suit all...

A few months ago my nephew Darren (also our God Son) and his future bride Kirsteen asked me to design and make their wedding invitations incorporting the 'Japanese Cherry Blossom' design and in the colour scheme of 'Cadbury purple'. I used the Stampin Up! 'Elegant Eggplant' cardstock, which was a perfect contrast for the deep purple we all know from our Cadbury's Chocolate bars or Easter Eggs. After making a few samples this is the design they chose:- The design was an open envelope style,...

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Stampin' Up! has launched a new catalogue today which is full of fabulous new products to keep us busy over the next few months leading up to Christmas I believe this is one of the best seasonal catalogues to date Click on the picture below to go straight to the online catalogue or just contact me for your very own hard copy One of my favourite products in the catalogue is the Jingle All the Way Bundle (£30.50 wood or £26.25 unmounted) and includes the stamp set and framelits.  One of my...

The cards this week are from the inspiration of Amanda at The Craft Spa,  I love reading her blog and looking at her fabulous creations. You can see her original card HERE with a great tutorial too! Thanks for sharing. Here are my versions of the swing card. Four papers were chosen from the Pretty Petals Designer series stack to create two different cards along with the Wild About Flowers and Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set Amanda's tutorial was very easy to follow and although all the...