Progressive Scrapbooking

Good morning! Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday! Evan and I were at a ballroom and latin dance comp and I was fit for not much yesterday!!! Was a great day though and I came home with 6 trophies!!!

So the other week I ran a workshop for my theatre friend Rachel and our other friends. Rachel had asked me to demo Scrapbooking as she felt they would be more interested in this than cardmaking.

Here is the simple 6x6 layout they all made! I was very sneaky and got a photo from Rachel's wedding and used it in the layout!

We used the Fresh Vintage suite and Calypso Coral ribbon with little pearls and I would say one of my most used and very popular Decorative Label punches!

Now a 12x12 page an be really daunting for a new scrapper so I showed the ladies that by adding a few extra items they could position their 6x6 page onto a 12x12 layout as shown above!

I hope you like my page and sorry for the quick post!!

Jules x

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Calypso Coral

2. Papers – Everyday Enchantment

3. Stamps – Fresh Vintage

4. Embellishments – Calypso Coral Ruffle Ribbon, Pearls, Antique Brads

5. Tools – Decorative Label punch, Lace Ribbon Border punch, Fancy Flower Punch

6. Mediums – Crumb Cake ink, Early Espresso marker pen

Tuesday Club projects

Hello there. It's wild out there this morning. I have just done the school run and got wet through and blown about - feel like I had a free spa treatment!!!!!!

Todays projects are hot of the press from last nights card club. They were designed to be a Mothers Day card and gift but I have made mine more generic for any occasion!

Both the projects use the fantastic Everyday Enchantment papers which you can earn FREE with a spend of £45 from any of our catalogues.

The technique I showed the girls last night was how to make the spiral flowers. I first fell in love with these on my fabbo downline Sarah-Jane's blog. This is the card, a patchwork style card with fake (or faux if you are posh!) stitching to make it look more authentic!

The frame was embossed in Mr Big Shot and then we tore around the edge and then added all the flowers that were made at the beginning of the class. Its best to do the flowers first and then let them dry under something heavy like a punch. The square punch was the largest square punch we do and you can just fit 4 across nicely on a 14.8cm square card blank.

Inside got a bit of treatment too using the Fresh Vintage stamp set

We then made a giant gift bag!! I say giant, its not that big really but its much bigger than the one we made at our training. Its made from a sheet of 12x12 paper and I got the tutorial here The lady doing it really makes me laugh, she is so cute!!! She makes it from a sheet of 6x6 so all you need to do is double the measurements that she gives you.

I love this paper so much, and there are only 5 weeks left to get your hands on it!!! I will be getting some more of it, thats for sure!!!

The bag comes out a really good size, its 7 inches wide and approx 5 inches tall!. You could get lots of different items in it! We made a little tag to hang of the handle and added some more spiral flowers to it. Some of the ladies made the bags with different sentiments and even initials for a personalised gift.

And here is a photo of the 6x6 one and the 12x12 one next to each other!! Look what a lovely sunny day we had yesterday in the conservatoire! I am missing it alot by the way!!

Hope you enjoyed my projects

Jules x

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Very Vanilla

2. Papers – Everyday Enchantment

3. Stamps – Fresh Vintage, Sincere Salutations

4. Embellishments – Pool Party ribbon, Linen Thread, Pearls, Calypso Coral ribbon

5. Tools – 1 3/4 Circle punch, Large Scallop Circle punch, Crop o Dile, Big Shot, Little Leaves die, Blossom Party die, Large Square punch

6. Mediums – Soft Suede ink, Poppy Parade marker, Calypso Coral marker, Lucky Limeade marker

A couple of SAB CASED cards!

Hello there!! I am back with crafty things today to share with you. These are a couple of cards that I CASED from Pinterest which I am loving at the moment!!!

You might notice that these are only card fronts. They were made for my SAB display boards so I tend to stick to just a card front which is better for sticking down

The thing I love most about this card is the heat embossing on the butterfly done with Versamark and the clear embossing powder

And then here is another little card made with the same colours although the Pool Party doesnt look true to colour on this photo!

I coloured the lovely image from Fresh VIntage with my marker pens and then punched it out with the Large Heart punch and then added a Scallop Heart die cut around the back.

Added some of my favourite crochet trim and a sentiment from Tiny tags with the Jewellry Tag punch

Right its time for supermarket shop

Jules

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1. Card – Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

2. Papers – Everyday Enchantment

3. Stamps – Fresh Vintage

4. Embellishments – Crochet Trim, Pearls, Poppy Parade ribbon

5. Tools – Scallop border punch, Beautiful Butterflies, Itty Bitty punches, Large Heart punch, Heart die, Jewellry Tag punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder,

6. Mediums – Poppy Parade ink, Pool Party marker, Pear Pizazz marker, Poppy Parade marker

Happy 40th!

Hello there. I am sorry if you checked in yesterday and found no post!! I am majorly on house sorting out duty as it is going up for sale tomorrow!! Eek!! We have had a major move around to make the house look appealing to viewers (which I think it is anyway). I have sacrificed my lovely conservatoire in the process and all my craft stuff has gone from it and we have made it into a living area!!!!! So I am back where I started in the little bedroom!!! Quite cosy actually and everything to hand! Will post pics maybe tomorrow!

On Wednesday it was my special friend Di's birthday and she was 40! I decided to make Di a Simply Adorned bracelet but wanted to keep it quite simple.

This is the bag I made, just like the ones from my All Day Event

I made a little tag and tied it on the handle.

And inside the charm bracelet I made for her!

I sent Di one of the cards I did for the Stamp A Stack but I jazzed it up a bit inside to make it more age appropriate!!

I added a 40 over the stamped image with a bit of bling!

DI loved the pressie and card which is great!!

RIght I am on my way, the loft is calling me and a few trips to the tip are in order!! Determined to sell our house quickly!!

Jules x

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Poppy Parade

2. Papers – Everyday Enchantment

3. Stamps – Fresh VIntage

4. Embellishments – Very Vanilla ribbon, Rhinestones

5. Tools – Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Large Oval punch, Decorative Label punch, Timeless Type alphabet,

6. Mediums – Poppy Parade ink

Stamp a Stack cards

Good Morning!!

Here I am bright and breezy for you today!! Today is my "jobs" day! We like to chill out on a Sunday but I also have to take Evan to get new school shoes at some point too, aswell as fit in my dance lesson and my usual chores!!

I am sharing 2 card designs from my Stamp a Stack on Friday. Both the designs were CASED from 2 of my talented and lovely downline. I am honestly so lucky to have such a great bunch of girls, not only are they a constant source of inspiration to me but also to each other - and I love that about Stampin Up!!

So first up this is a CASE of ANGELA's card

I fell in love with this card when Angela showed me it earlier on in the week, just love it!! Problem was I had already used the sentiment Angela used on another of my Stamp a Stack cards so I had to change the sentiment!!

This one is from You Are Loved stamp set! The stamp set I have used for most of the card is the Fresh Vintage set that you can get FREE with a spend of £45!!

Inside I have also used the Everyday Enchantment papers, they are so scrummy!

Next up is a CASED card from the effervescent SALLY JO. I love Sally's style of cards and she wowed us yet again with her fabulous makes at our recent training!

This is a complete CASE again except for part of the sentiment. I have used the You Are Loved stamp set and also the Borderlines stamp set which I convinced myself I didnt "need"!! Until I saw Sally Jo's card!! You see us Demonstrators are just the same, we see things and "have to have it" too!!

Colours on this one are Soft Suede, Pool Party, More Mustard and Very Vanilla.

I hope you like todays makes, I will be back with 2 more cards tomorrow!

Jules x