Daisy Card and Pillow Box

Here are the other projects my Stampers 6 Group made once we had made our quick cards.

I got the colour combo of Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron from my trusty Colour Coach, not a combo I would normally go for but the Colour Coach works as usual.

We die cut 3 daisies at a time (the large and middle sized on the die) and sponged them with Perfect Plum ink, this gives them dimension and they look more realistic. A button was added to the centres to hide the hole in the middle. The rest was easy to put together.

Take care,
Kathy x.

Sweet and Sour Blossoms Workshop

Here are some pictures of the Sweet and Sour workshop I held a few weeks ago. My ladies loved making the flowers using the Build a Blossom stamp set and matching Blossom Petals punch.

I like to get my bone folder out to curl the petals, it makes them look more realistic. My top tip would be to start with a punched circle of card as your base, then build up the flower, petal by petal, layer by layer.

We made the card and gift purse, together with a bookmark (but I can't find mine), but had some time left, so we made some more flowers to put on other projects. The last picture shows what some of us came up with, using the same ink, stamp and punch, pretty!

Several of my ladies now have either the stamp set, punch or both, I can't wait to see what creations they come up with!

I was stalking the US demo's sites during their convention and found some gorgeous roses made with the punch, scroll down to my last post to see what I came up with.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x

Cake Box

I loved making this project, it looks quite complicated, but I cheated with a Sizzix die, sorry about that!

I started with a Sizzix die that makes the cake box. I covered the side with Early Espresso CS put through my crimper. This hides the score lines made by the die. The box is made from Mat Board as the gift inside is heavy (Glass tealight holder and scented tealights).

To the top I added a rose made using the largest petal on the Blossom Petals punch. I started with a punched circle as my base then punched out lots (about 15) large petals. I sponge daubed them all with Baja Breeze ink, then shaped them with a bone folder.

My first layer was 3 petals in a triangle, then another 3 overlaping the first. I then repeated this, shaping the petals upwards to get height. The centre was the tricky part, I rolled one petal to give me a centre, then wrapped one petal around it, then another until I had a good sized centre. At this point I cut some of the base of the centre as it was too tall. Finally I used some silicone adhesive to the centre of the base layers to sit the centre in.

I hope my directions made sense, maybe I'll have to do a tutorial (that'll be a first), so you get a better idea. It would be great if you had a go and please let me know how you get on, I'd love to see your creations.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x

Scallop Envelope Purse

Sorry about the blurry picture, but I'm sure you get the drift of this little bag.

This was made using 2 Scallop Envelopes with the bottom flap cut down to the same width as the sides. Punch out the handle with the smallest oval punch then a little Sticky Strip and it's done!

I decorated it with some Greenhouse Gala DSP, die cut a tag, punched a large oval then added leaves and flower. I think this would make a lovely wedding favour.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x