Tuesday Class!

Well last night I was so excited as it was the return of my Tuesday card class!!! We have had 3 weeks off due to Footloose so it was great to be back!!

This weeks class was "Wheely good cards"!!!! I wanted to use the wheels as I dont think I use them enough and wanted to show the ladies that they dont need to be scared of them - Jill!!!!!

Anyway there has been very little activity in the conservatoire in the last week and yesterday afternoon I pulled everything out and started cleaning it all!!!

At 3pm (just before school time) I decided to move my tall unit that was usually in the top right of the picture below as it was taking up too much room and things were fading on it!!!

So I now have much more room for my drinks table and also my new basket which I have my orders in that need collecting!!


So onto another card. This one was based around the one I made for Lynda a week or so ago but I used the It's Beautiful wheel using Melon Mambo ink on Melon Mambo card.

The sentiment (Vicky and Jill's favourite) is from Occasional Greetings set and the flowers are from Best Wishes and More, stamped in Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Summer Sun.

Added some Polka Dot Rich Razzleberry ribbon to finish it off!!

Was lovely to see the ladies again!!!!!!

Thank you to those of you who have sent me messages saying you missed my blogging!!!! Its nice to be missed!!!!

Back tomorrow

Jules xx

Happy Birthday Lynda

Happy weekend to you!!!!

Today is one of my lovely downlines birthday - the lovely Lynda!!!

Lynda is one of my local demos and has been with my team about 8 or 9 months. She is a very shy lady but we are bringing her out of her shell now!!!!!

Happy Birthday Lynda!

I decided to go bright and summery and wanted to use Simply Said as I think this is one of the first sets Lynda ever bought!! The colour combo is Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Summer Sun.
I randomnly stamped all over with the various flowers in the set to make it look like patterned paper. I actually stamped a whole sheet of A4 and have got some leftovers so I made a couple more cards which I will show another day.

The ribbon is of course Melon Mambo and the flowers are from the Best Wishes and More set, sentiment from Occasional Greetings.

Thats it for me for today

Back tomorrow

Jules xx

More gift card holders!

I'm sorry but its more Gift voucher holders today I am afraid. These are special ones as they are Gift vouchers for my customers with a voucher in for Stampin Up goodies from me!

I have gone quite bright again with the Pink Passion but also done one in Real Red to be more traditional! Which do you prefer???

I have again used the snowflake from Best Wishes and More and the gift tag stamp from Tags for All.


The word window punch is used to slot the ribbon through, Gosh I love this wide striped ribbon!!! I hope the lucky recipients like their pressies!


We have had so much snow last night, I am going to take photos later on! Dont think the boys have ever seen this much snow before!


Bye for now

Jules x

GIft card holders

We are sending a lot of Gift cards as pressies this year, just makes things easier plus people can buy something they really want!

I made these little holders yesterday afternoon using scraps of card and ribbon from my stash.

The first ones are for my nieces so I went with a hot pink number and stamped the snowflake from Best Wishes and More in black. I really like this snowflake from this set, its a set I should use a lot more!

The tage on the front is from Tags for All, again a very useful set you will use year after year. You cannot see very well but I have put some adhesive gems on the tree for a bit of sparkle!

The next set are for my sister and her husband (Debenhams and I tunes vouchers!! LOL) The card is from my wedding stash as is the ribbon, I wanted to go for a more sophisticated feel with these ones!


I love how they have turned out

Still very snowy and icy here, got pressies to wrap and house to clean today so I must dash!

Jules

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Happy Birthday Jane and Adam

Today is my good friend Jane and her son Adam's birthday! Adam is Evan's good friend too but I will show you Adam's card tomorrow!

Here is the card I made for Jane yesterday. Its quite a large Easel style card and the colour combo is Perfect Plum, Pale Plum and Old Olive.

The stamp set I have used is Best Wishes and More for the larger flowers, the small diddy flower is from Flight of the Butterfly and the alphabet is Schoolbook Serif, sentiment from Sincere Salutations.
As you can see here I have stamped some extra flowers and layered them up and used a clear rhinestone brad in the centre.

Can you guess where my photos were taken????

Hope you both have a lovely day Jane and Adam.

Robin has got the day off today and we are hoping so get all mess tidied up from the last few weeks of upheaval. I might even have final conservatory photos tomorrow!

Jules

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Good News and a card

Happy Bank Holiday weekend!!

I received some fab news a couple of nights ago telling me I had made the Stamp With Us design team!!!

I am going to be sharing the role with some very talented ladies, so well done to you all too! Bekka, Jo, Kim, Kate, Steph, Sara

ON Wednesday evening my team held another Cyber night and we had 2 card challenges. This one was to make a card inspired by a room in your house! The easy option for my would be to do my lounge and use my favourite browns! So instead I went for my craft room which is lilac and turquoise as it used to be my son's nursery!

Here is the card I made. It was made for a special person Elaine, one of my downline. Her daughter was involved in a very bad car crash, but is thankfully going to be OK. I know Elaine has received this now and also our best wishes and love for her and Helen for a speedy recovery.

The card is made with Tempting Turquoise and Lavender Lace, the background stamped with the flower from the Best Wishes and More set and the little flower from Simply Said. The ribbon is Non SU!! and I have used my nesties. Thinking of You is from the Sincere Salutations set.

The butterfly is from the LEvel 2 hostess set and is cut out and added for some dimension. I also added some flat back pearls from the precious Pretties Kit!

Wishing you a good Bank Holiday everyone

Jules
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Plain white gift bag makeover!

As part of Saturdys workshop I will be giving the ladies a plain white gift bag ( fantastic price at 3 for £1.95 and very good quality) and asking them to decorate it how they want to!

I have stamped mine with the flower from Best Wishes and More in Pumpkin Pie. This set is great as it matches the Petal Party Scrappin Kit! I have then added some Adhesive Die Cuts from the Kit. Stamped a sentiment from Best Yet and punched out with my tage punches and added some ribbon!

Very quick and easy to do and I hope you will agree it looks great especially if you team it up with one of the cards we are making!

Another sunny day today - Yippeeee!

Jules
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Roll on Summer!!!!

On Saturday I am holding a class called Roll on Summer during which we will be making 4 projects with a bright and summery theme!

Here is the first project, a criss cross card using the Simply Scrappin Kit called Petal Party. I did make one like this a few weeks ago but I have re-vamped the design!

I have used the textured cardstock from Stampin Up which is very similar to Bazzill and available in multi packs! The sentiment is from the fab Oval All set and I have punched this out with my oval punches.

Inside I have stamped the lovely sentiment from the Occasional Greetings set and the flowers from the Best Wishes and More set!

I will show you the other projects during the course of the week!

Jules xx

Roll on Summer

This is a preview of one of the items we will be making at my next class on 25th April. Its called Roll on Summer and I have been inspired by the sunnier days we have had lately to make bright and bold cards!

This card actually has no stamping involved but is using the Adhesive Die Cuts from the Simply Scrappin Kit, Petal Party

These kits are amazing value and I have opened one up to show you just how much you get for £15.50!!!! You get 8 sheets of TEXTURED 12x12 cardstock, 2 sheets of each of the 4 colours, 6 sheets of 12x12 DOUBLE SIDED patterned papers and 6 sheets of Adhesive Die cuts, 2 of each of the 3 designs. You can make loads of cards from this set and of course lots of scrapbook pages too!!!


As Stampin Up is so good at co-ordinating we also have the Best Wishes and More set which matches the papers and the die cuts so we can use stamps on our projects too if you want to!!!!

For more info on my classes or on Stampin Up products dont hesitate to mail me on julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com

Thanks
JUles

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