Showing posts with label Ovals Collection Framelits Dies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ovals Collection Framelits Dies. Show all posts
Congratulations on your wedding handmade card using Blooms and Wishes stamp set by Stampin' Up!
Thursday, September 15, 2016 Somerset, UK
I love this stamp set, its just gorgeous. Its called Blooms and Wishes and its very versatile. Using different colours you can achieve so many looks. Check out these lovely cards made using this stamp set that I've pinned on my Flowers & Nature Pinterest boards by clicking here.
I've used the colours Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Wisteria Wonder, Mint Macaron and Soft Sky - my inspiration was the colours of the Sweet Pea flowers. I really must plant some next year as they are such lovely flowers - the garden has been a bit neglected recently....probably doesn't help that I prefer crafting to gardening any day!
I made this card with a wedding in mind so I used this great sentiment from the Floral Phrases stamp set for the inside.
You can purchase this stamp set from my online shop. You can find the link to my online shop in my top menu bar - just search for Blooms and Wishes but make sure you pick the english version of the stamp set! You get 11 flowers and leaves and 3 sentiments for only £19.00. The stamps are photopolymer so they are great for stamping background patterns too as you can see exactly where you are stamping.
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Today I am off to the Village Hall in Croughton for the Pinkies Team Training Event. I can't wait to catch up with everyone and make some lovely things. We have a special guest joining us today too, Paula Gorry the UK Country Manager for Stampin' Up! How exciting!
When we all get together, we always make swaps. Usually we all make a card or 3D project using Stampin' Up! products, we would make enough for each person attending (we have 47 attending today). We then would spend 30 minutes or so swapping our makes with each other and talking about what each other has made. Its great as you get inspired with new ideas and techniques and we also then have samples of stamp sets or designer series papers that we might not own ourselves that we can show to our friends and customers.
For this event Michelle wanted us to try something different. What we had to do was put our name against stamp sets Michelle had chosen from the Spring Summer or Sale-a-Bration catalogues. There were 6 slots under each stamp set and I chose the Birthday Blooms stamp set. Our task was to make 6 swaps using our chosen stamp set and other Stampin' Up! current products of our choice. We then had 5 cards to swap with the others in the same group and one to keep for ourselves. I can't wait to see what everyone has made!
There are so many wonderful cards on Pinterest using this stamp set (click here to have a look) and I could have easily CASED one (copy and share everything) but I wanted to come up with something original.
Now I'm not the greatest colourer in (okay I know that's not a word!) and I definitely am not the best fussy cutter so I spent a couple of evenings in my craft room this weekend thinking of ways 'outside the box' on how to use this stamp set in a way that might not have been done before. By using just black and white in my project, this stamp set suddenly has a whole different look. What do you think?
This photograph really doesn't show just how sparkly the centre of the card is, so I'll describe to you how I made this section.
The oval is made up of three different layers. The bottom layer is vellum cardstock and I've used the clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to colour in the vellum for a sparkly but subtle finish. The next layer is an oval piece of window sheet with the flower stamped from the Birthday Blooms stamp set in black Staz On ink. I used my embossing buddy on the window sheet first so that the stamp didn't slip when it touched the window sheet. Stamping on the window sheet allows you to flip the image over to create a mirror image of the flower. The final layer was an oval border cut from basic black cardstock. I used two of the ovals in my big shot machine, to hold them in position I simply placed a post it note over the dies. I then used my clear wink of stella pen to give the border a glitterly finish.
If you want to check out what we are up to today, download the Periscope App on your smart phone or tablet and search for Michelle Last. Michelle is doing a live broadcast at 12:30pm!
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Today's card showcases the Home For Christmas DSP, cardstock pack and the Cozy Christmas stamp set. All 3 coordinate together perfectly. I just LOVE how easy Stampin' Up! make it for us to coordinate our handmade makes with matching stamps, DSP, cardstock, ribbon and embellishments.
The coordinating product range is one of the main reasons I signed up as a demonstrator, almost two years ago now. That as well as the amazing discount, access to exclusive sneek peeks of new products and pre-orders, and the opportunity to attend events. Little did I know that I would make some really good friends that also share a passion for all things handmade.
Lots of friends and fellow demonstrators are currently over in Belgium at a Stampin' Up! event. Unfortunatley I wasn't able to go due to commitments at work and a severe lack of annual leave remaining. I can't tell you have envious I am but I cannot wait to hear all about it in the coming weeks.
To cut the centrepieces for these cards, I used the Ovals Collection Framelit Dies (for the card in the picture above) and the 2 1/2" and 2" Circle Punches (for the card in the picture below). Real Red and Mint Macaroon ink and cardstock matched perfectly with the DSP.
All of the stamps used are from the Cozy Christmas stamp set, as you can see in the image below, this set also includes a stamp of one of the little houses you can see in the DSP. I LOVE it! Some of these stamps are also going to be perfect for making tags for Christmas presents. I can't wait to get back into my craft room to give this a go. Unfortunatley that may not be until next week now as tomorrow is the first of two weekends where we will be working on decorating our living room and dining room. I can't say I am looking forward to it as its going to be hard work, but I can't wait to see the end results.
While writing this post, I've heard about the awful news in Paris. My thoughts are with the people of Paris and family and friends of all of those people affected.
Timeless Elegance Series - Congratulations to the Bride & Groom Wedding Card
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Today's Wedding card showcases the beautiful lace effect paper from the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper and the stamp set For The New Two that can be found in the Annual Catalogue.
I gave the card a Sahara Sand Base and a Basic Black Layer. I then hand stamped the sentiment Congratulations to the Bride and Groom onto a piece of patterned paper (also included in the Timeless Elegance DSP pack) and die cut this into an oval shape with one of the Ovals Collection Framelit Dies. To introduce texture into the design I added some of the lovely Sahara Sand Lace Trim in front of the lace effect paper and behind the sentiment and tied a small bow.
I hope you've enjoyed the fourth project in my Timeless Elegance Series, please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by.
Saturdays project is the amazing bag in a box created by fellow Pinkie Caroline Hallett aka Crafty Hallet. See you then!
Another really quick card from me today. I wanted to use some of the new In Colour Designer Series Paper and also try out my new Butterfly Thinlit Dies and this is what I came up with. I have loved
seeing everyone's projects made using this die. I wasn't going to buy it but when I saw it in the new catalogue, I thought it was time to jump on the bandwagon.
There are 4 designs available in each pack of the new Designer Series Paper - Polka Dots, Writing (you cna see the pattern in the smaller oval in the picture above), Diagonal Stripes & Tiny Flowers. So far I have got this paper in the Subtles colours and the In colours for 2014 - 2016.
Make sure you come back and visit my blog on Sunday as I will be posting the pictures of the swaps I've made for the craft day I am attending. I am really looking forward to it and hope everyone likes my swaps.
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