Serene Razzleberry Snowflakes #3

I think this one was the easiest of them all, four equal size panels and a greeting banner. You could make just this type from your A4 sheet and it would take you next to no time.

Thankd for looking,
Kathy x

Cats and Dogs

At the last Stampers 6 group meeting I decided we do a couple of simple but effective cards before the main event. So here's what I came up with. I had a Sizzix Movers and Shapers die that cut the card and apeture, but you could punch out a square just as easily.

We rollered the P is for Paw roller along the bottom and added greetings to the card bases. Next I had a scrap of CS which I stamped the cat and the dog on and punched them out with the smaller square punch. I adhered them onto larger squares of Early Espresso, stuck them to the inside of the cards, using the apeture as a guide.

They took only a few minutes to make and the stamp set we used is so versatile, it has loads of different images for all occasions. I bought it clear mount and there are so many it came in 2 cases! A great value set I know I'm going to be using alot. Great for children to use too, as they are fun images that are simple to colour in.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x.

Printed Petals Workshop

What fun we had with the Printed Petals stamp set and matching roller Petite Petals. We started the evening off by making the top card, a simple stepper card that even I can do (and now my ladies can do too).

We then moved on to the chocolate, none of us ate it (though I was tempted to open one bar so we could sample it!). We wrapped it up beautifully, this makes a 5 for £1.29 bar look so much more than it is.

Next I challenged everyone to make a similar card to the first, but to do thier own thing and here's what we came up with. Mine is the first, the rest are my ladies', they came up trumps with some lovely designs. Well done ladies!!

You might have noticed that a rollered some Very Vanilla to make a border, but it's in Pretty in Pink and Rich Razzleberry. This is because I purchased an uninked cartridge, but it's sponge was in 2 halves. I decided to ink each half in 2 very different colours, You can buy 3 cell cartridges that you can ink in whatever combination you want, but this was an unexpected bonus!!

Thanks for another great night ladies!!

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

Fun Flowers Team Swap

Another blurry card, what am I like!

Anyway, this was my swap at the last team meeting, I kept it simple as I was very naughty and left it until the last minute!

The colour combination is from my trusty colour coach - Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait.

I started with some In Colour DSP (Hostess Level 1), die cut the flowers, punched a border and added some ribbon. The flower centre is a button made with the Sweet Buttons embosslit.

If I'd had more time (and been a good girl) I'd probably have embossed the top of the card base and sponged the flowers. Never mind, I promise to try harder next time!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x