Reason to Smile August Offer

Showing a clean and simple card today using the Reason to Smile stamp set which is on offer from Stampin' Up this month, see the link below for further details.

Here I have used colours of Daffodil Delight and Basic Back card together with Basic Black ink for stamping the sentiment and the flowers. The spritzer tool and Daffodil Delight marker have been used to fill in around the flowers. 

I like the shadow look of this stamp, but check out the rest of the designs in the set here. The Reason to Smile stamp set is free during August if you spend £60 in one order, or can be purchased at a cost of £14.95 (clear mount) or £18.95 (wood mount).

Have a good weekend.

Julia

Mini Collage Cards

Here are a couple of cards with paper shapes, embellishments and stamped tiles arranged in a mini collage on one side of the card. 

To make the card, stick the two vertical strips of paper to the right hand side of an A6 card and then add the horizontal scalloped strip. The pennant shape of paper and circle have first been been layered onto card before adding to the arrangement. And finally the focal point has been stamped onto decorative paper and  layered on to three similar pieces of card to give a thick tile effect (you could use a piece of chipboard instead). The 'tile' has then been fixed to the card with dimensional foam pads. This all sounds a bit fiddly but it is worth doing as the different heights of your layered pieces give a really pleasing finish to the design.

Back soon,

Julia

Mini Printer's Tray Project

Hi everyone, a beautiful sunny day today and I am indoors on my computer!

I attended a class yesterday with Hels Sheridan at the Stamp Attic in Wantage and had a really enjoyable time, so today I wanted to put the finishing touches to my piece or art. 

Those of you who know me will understand that I am not usually one to get inky fingers, but it was a great day and I am so pleased with my finished project I wanted to share it with you.

Hope you have had a good weekend.

Julia

Twitterpated Birds & July Offer

Hello,

Good news from Stampin' Up is that from today until the end of July if you place an order value £45 or more you will receive a free ribbon and brad set, please click on the link www2.stampinup.com to view the items. To run alongside this offer SU have also brought back the Everyday Enchantment paper pack previously offered as part of a Sale-a-Bration promotion but now available to purhase until the end of July. Please contact me for further information or if you would like to place an order.



The card below uses Twitterpated paper from the summer mini catalogue, together with the Aviary stamp set.

Card: Blushing Bride and Riding Hood Red.

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz and Basic Grey

Have a good week.

Julia







Card Pick & Mix

Showing a selection of cards made recently, hope these might give you a few ideas Cath.

This first card featurs the Up, Up & Away stamp set and papers from Big Top Birthday.

This next two cards are from a recent workshop for Jolande and friends.

Not a very clear picture of the first one above, but a very simple card with leaf colours of Early Espresso, Bravo Burgundy and Pumpkin Pie stamped onto Saraha Sand card.

And this one uses the new Mixed Bunch stamp set and Blossom punch with papers from Beyond the Garden. Cardstock and ink is Melon Mambo.

Julia



Masterboard Fun

It has been a very wet day here, so hope these cheerful colours will brighten things up a little.

The cards have been made from a 'masterboard'. Take a piece of A4 pink card and stamp some large pink flowers and a mustard swirl. Using a spritzer tool and co-ordinating marker pens spritz colours between your stamped images to fill in the gaps, or you could use a stipple brush to achieve a similar result. Then spray the card with water and let the colours 'bleed' a little. Now use a heat gun to dry the card. Stamp some mustard 'splodges' and black bees, birds and flower centres. You can also add some torn pieces of text paper on which the edges have been coloured with a dauber (see card no. 3 below). Your 'masterboard' is now complete and you can cut it up to required sizes to design your cards, I made five cards in total.

Please note that when the card has been sprayed with water and dried it will curl up a little, so when placing pieces on your card design be sure to stick them down with some strong sticky red tape.

Card Colours: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, More Mustard and Basic Black
Inks: Melon Membo, More Mustard and Basic Black.
Stamp: Stampin' Up various sets

Julia

Latest Offers from Stampin' Up

Hello, just wanted to let you of the latest offers from Stampin' Up.

Firstly during June if you purchase 3 designer paper packs you get to choose another pack for free. This includes the new designs from the Summer Mini catalogue and if you go the the Stampin' Up site via this link www2.stampinup.com you will be able to see the designs that are included in the offer.

The second offer is for hosting a workshop during June or July. If you host a workshop with sales of £325 you will get extra hostess pounds to spend in the catalogue. Instead of the usual £50 hostess spend plus 1 item at half price for a workshop with a value of £300, if the workshop sales reach £325 you will get a bonus of £30, pushing the total benefits to £80 hostess spend plus 1 item at half price. Again if you would like to see more details of this please click on the link above.

I hope to be back over the next few days with a couple of card samples.

Have a great weekend.

Julia