Today's workshop

Had a wonderful afternoon with a couple of ladies making men's cards.  Jo decided to go freestyle and make her own using a selection of stamps and inks, different to what I had planned, but they were great.

  Busy crafting, did you spot the blue boxes?  I've a stack of Graze boxes which I've stamped onto coloured copy paper (not Stampin' Up) of which I have stacks of, with gorgeous grunge and off the grid stamps, and stuck to the box to cover over the graze writing.  Make a good storage box to keep the cards in afterwards too.

And here are some of the creations:

And these are the cards that I made, the one on the far right I've Case'd from a blog I saw recently, thanks ( can't remember where!) 

And I did manage to make one card whilst instructing my guests.

Involves triple layer stamping, first time I'd tried it, love the technique, going to try this again.

Hope you like them.

Getting organised

Sorting out my Stampin Up supplies yesterday.  Came across a file on Pinterest were I could print out tags for each colour.  Thought I would make use of my filing cabinet drawer and staple the tags to each pocket.  Might need to change cabinet to two drawers as my collection grows.

Thinking of you

Was asked to make a card.  Made this up tonight after work.  New stamps arrived, came in useful. Hostess gift, garden framelits weekly deal, matching stamps.

Easter baskets

Here is an Easter basket I made this morning.

And waiting for the mini eggs:

I have used StampinUp supplies: fringe scissors, Easter stamp from delightful dozen, envelope punch board for basket and bow, scallop tag punch for label.  The rest of the papers are from my stash and scraps. 

I found a tutorial on YouTube on how to make the basket which was suprisely easy.  I shredded the paper for inside using the office paper shredder, and fringe scissors for the grass.

Playing with inks

I was asked to cut a plain white page of squares for someone at my craft club, but the blade wasn't deep enough so it basically embossed the page, but as you know I can't throw anything away, I thought how could I use this.  Well I thought I would play with some inks on it.  I have spayed with Dylusions inks and mica spray inks.  I have used distress inks through a mask, the metal floor effect. I have used some grunge stamps.  I have also just rubbed the ink pad over the page.

I then thought, there is not enough on the page, so found a scroll mask/ stencil, so stencilled through this with a black Promarker pen.

 

I'm loving the effect, but I still don't know quite what to do with it!

Card making

Here are a few of my cards I have done recently.  Some are using some older stamps I have, but more recently Stampin' Up stamps.

Birthday card made for mum a last year.

Valentines last year.

A birthday card for a musical talent.

 A baby leaving card for someone at work.

Male birthday card using Stampin' Up Grunge stamps.

Another birthday card, this time using Coordinations paper, embossed using a Sizzix folder and distressed.  The checkered paper, came of a package, you have to recycle these things.  Being a crafter, I can't waste anything!

 

These were made with some new stamps I bought at Alexandra Palace in September last year.  They have matching nesting dies by Spellbinders.  On the stall they had stamped several and made them into decorations.  This was a very good effect.  Unfortunately when I made these, the stamp and die is the largest, so to mat the bauble, I hade to punch a larger circle with another die, but leave a bit at the top for the hanging piece.  I have used some gold thread on the larger bauble, and a gold gel pen for the smaller baubles for their hanging cords.

This card is using the Stampin' Up Dictionary background stamp, a tree stamp (can't remember the make) over the top, and I think a Technique Tuesday butterfly stamp.  I have also embossed the background paper.

Valentine card made this year. The black has been embossed with clear embossing powder with the dictionary stamp again, as has the white circles with black ink.  Pleased with the result of this card.

Card using mainly scraps of paper.  Birthday stamp a Stampin' Up one again.  The papers were free from a magazine.  I have a stack of those to use up! Need to make some cards for charity to get rid of some of my scraps.

 This card made with a Stampin' Up stamp again. Distressed the edges of the label, put too much ink on the edge, so I dampened the edge with a water brush. I think this card has a rustic feel.

 

This card I embossed the background again, stamped the background with the dictionary stamp (loving that stamp) and stamped on some small flowers.  Used StampinWrite markers for the fine detail here rather than ink pads.

A card made using some retired Stampin' Up stamps and inks.  Love the colours.

 Used the Petal Parade Sale-a-brate 2014 stamps and Chak Talk stamps for the next three cards.  Loving the colours, really vibrant. Used the In colours inks 2012-2014. Stamped a sheet of A4 paper and used as a background to the cards.  Still have some to use up.