Beautiful Butterflies Workshop

My ladies will be making these projects this week, plus another but I haven't decided what that will be yet!!

The card shows just how lovely the Elegant Flowers embossing folder is, I've only added a few Beautiful Wings embosslet butterflies and coloured in the flower centres. The Four Frames has come out again, I just can't leave it alone!

The box was made from the Scallop Envelope die, cut 4 envelopes and use Sticky Strip to stick them all together. There's a tutorial on You Tube here for a similar one, which is where I got the idea from. I've used some of the gorgeous Springtime Vintage DSP for the flaps for added interest and finished off with some more butterflies.

The box holds a nice soft flannel and 2 bathing roses which smell devine, and I added some acetate to the top to protect the contents.

I hope my ladies enjoy making these items, now I've just got to figure out what else for them to make!

Thanks for looking,

Kathy. x

P.S. I've now decided what the third project will be, but will hopefully post it tomorrow as I can't find the camera!

Easter 2011

Here's the card we made at the Easter workshop a couple of weeks ago, unfortunately the bunny sweet treat cups and  lamb chocolate holders have gone to School with Ben before I had the chance to take a picture. Note to self - take a picture before son gets hold of it!

You should have seen his classmates all huddled around him, hoping he'd pick them for one of his bunnies!! His also gave his teachers/assistants Mini Milk cartons filled with mini eggs, he knows how to keep them sweet!

The card was made using A Good Egg stamp set, love it, it's so cute! You might be thinking "When will I ever use that set, apart from at easter?", but look at the set again. There's some lovely background stamps with the spots & flowers. And how about the border, with your Stamp-a-ma-jig you could make long borders on your projects.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x

Springtime Vintage #1

I made this card when I received my pre-order from the new mini catalogue. As a demonstrator I get to see the new catalogues a month before my customers, and I am able to pre-order anything from the mini. The only problem with that is that there were so many gorgeous new items I didn't know what to order first!!

Luckily I already had the Scallop Circle die (and a Big Shot), but I did order the must-have item, the Beautiful Wings Embosslit die. Embosslits dies cut and emboss, this one has 5 gorgeous butterflies, some of which are tiny and make a great accent to a greeting panel, as I have done here.

The other items I just had to have were the Four Frames stamp set, with the matching punch. I teamed it with the Springtime Vintage DSP (lovely patterns and colours).

It was a simple card, you could make several in different colourway in no time as the Big Shot will cut several layers of the Scallop Circle at a time, and a few turns of the handle with scraps of card will churn out loads of butterflies.

Thanks for looking,

Kathy. x

Greenhouse Gala Birthday

We had a workshop a few weeks ago where we used some of the lovely Greenhouse Gala DSP, unfortunately I gave away most of the items before taking pictures, so here's the only one left!

We has made vellum Pillow boxes, with some DSP wrapped around, and inside I put some keyrings I'd made using DSP and Crystal Effects on Tim Holts Fragments Charms. We also made a card using the DSP and the matching Ornate Flowers stamp set, which I later stamped "Mum" on to give as Mother's day cards!

This card was nice and simple, and shows how the DSP has patterns suitable for both ladies & men.

Take Care,
Kathy. x

Baja Breeze Workshop

This workshop was held last month, sorry it's taken this long to show what we made.


When I first saw Baja Breeze, it was my favourite, and still is! We used some retired foiled DSP and brayered ink all over it. The vase template was used to wrap the vase (although when printing it from the template it came out smaller, so add a little depending on what printer you have.

Flowers were punched out using the Boho Blossoms punch and layered up, pearls were added to the centres. The vase was then sprayed with a gloss varnish to make it waterproof, you'll need a few layers, leaving drying time in between.

We then made a gift box to hold the vase in, decorating the top to match the vase. Finally a matching card, using one of my favourite stamp sets, Just Believe. A knot of Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon finishes it off nicely.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x