Baby boy and girl cards

These are two of the cards that we made in our last card class.I gave the ladies a choice of blue or pink. The blue card I cased from somewhere (thankyou to whoever).
Pink card used : Pink Pirouette, Rose Red colours. Blue card uses Marina Mist. The spotted paper is from the Subtles patterned pack.





The bootties are made fom the Stitched Stocking stamp set.
The Stitched Stocking set and punch can now be purchased otherwise it will be in the new Mini Catalogue that comes out tomorrow 1st December . A very versatile set.

No stamped Christmas card

Yes this is a Christmas card where I haven't had to ink up a stamp. I have used Letters to Santa dsp to get the postage stamp images.
The lace border looks great with ribbon going through it (thanks Adrienne for the idea).

Fun with Petal Cone diez

The Petal Cone is one of the Big Shot Diez that is discounted this month. I have had a little play with the die and these are a couple of the cool things you can make it.
They would make great Christmas gifts for teachers, friends , workmates.




























And wouldn't Santa look good sitting on your table on Christmas day fill of goodies maybe instead of a Christmas cracker. Endless possibilities.












This petal cone item was made by Pauline for our last team meeting Secret Santa. Inside it she had made another petal cone using vellum which had the gift it. So cool.
If you would like this diez at reduced cost contact me before the end of November.

Handbag Album

On Saturday I was invited to do a craft at a 12 year old girls birthday party. There were four girls. I decided to get them to make this handbag album. Two girls made their bag using this Hostess speciality paper and two made theirs with Berry Blossom paper ( sorry no pictures unfortunately.)
It was a lot of fun and the girls were pleased with the results at the end.
The base is made with 2 large square enevlops that SU sold a couple of years ago in Chocolate chip colour.( I still had a few left).
Thee was lots of taping and gluing involved then the girls could decorate the inside as they liked.
Thanks Debby for inviting me .

Christmas tree ideas

These are three of the Christmas decorations that Carolyn Young shared with us at out team meeting on Wednesday. They are so easy to make and yet each one is very effective.
This red and green decoration was made using the Perfect pennants die.











This next one was made with ribbon and a wooden curtain circle for rails. The ribbon is wound round the ring using two different colours. Doesn't the Island Indigo look fabulous with the delightful daffadil ribbon.

















This ball was made using the new fabric and a polystyrene ball. Lines are made longways down the ball , material is cut to be able to be poked into the lines. Then with some ribbon wrapped round where the fabric is inserted into the ball and there you have it a lovely ball to hang on your Christmas tree.
Thanks Carolyn for your sharing your lovely ideas with us.

My gift

This is the gift that I received from my secret santa ( lovely gift Sharyn, thanks).
Its a purse made with the lovely Mocha Morning Speciality dsp.


Inside were some lovely wee treats.

Secret santa gift

Last night at our team meeting we did Secret Santas. We all made a gift using mostly StampinUp products. The variety of gifts was amazing. Some very creative and talented ladies in our team.
This is the gift that I made. I had made one last year using last years dsp, so thought I'd make another using this years dsp Letters to Santa.
I have used the square duo die for the Big Shot and the large circle scallop punch in the centre and the Timeless Alphabet for the letters.

Later I will show the lovely gift I received

Also at our team meeting our make n take was something a little different. Not the usual card that we make. Instead Sonia showed us and then we had a turn to ice a Christmas cake ( muffin size ) using royal icing and then either embossing it in a folder to get a pattern on top. ( No you don't put the icing and folder through the big shot we used a rolling pin) or we could paint up a stocking from the stitched stocking set with food colouring and lightly stamp the icing. Great idea, thanks Sonia. Will have to try this technique at home.
Carolyn wowed us with her lovely Christmas decorations. Will endeavour to show some of these later.
A great night. Makes we want to get out to my room and get creating after seeing all the fabulous ideas.

Team Swap

Tonight we have a team meeting and the theme is Christmas. If we are doing swaps we are to use the stitched stocking stampset whichever way we like. (That is it doesn't have to be Christmas ).
This is what I came up with.
I have used Old olive and marina mist with dsp from Letters to santa.
Also tonight we are doing secret santas so we have to make a gift for someone whose name we had been given . Will be fun to see what everyone comes up with.
Will show you later what I have made just in case my recipient sees my blog before tonight!

Boho Blossom card

This is one of the swaps that I received at Convention in May. It was made by Colleen Cremin. I reproduced it and taught it at my class earlier in the week. My ladies really liked this card and some even made it to be a Christmas card. Lots of punching but the effect is lovely. Thanks Colleen.

Telescopic card

At my card class on Monday we made one of these Telescopic cards. You cut out a few circles and a scaloped circle on yur Big shot and put some designer paper and a bit of stamping and this is what it looks like inside.






I have used stamps from Creative Elements, Occasional quotes and Upsy Daisy to make this card. Designer paper is from Pocketful of Posies.

Gate fold card

I have seen a few of these Gate Fold cards recently so thought I'd make and teach this card for my last class. Well..... it was quite a bit of work but I think the result looked good. The panels have been embossed on white with the Vintage wallpaper folder. Then I have brayered one side with Cherry Cobbler and then cut out.
I have made a perfect scalloped edge square here for the front.
Do you have times when you are teaching a class when things don't work out. Well this is one thing that did not work. I had cut everyones square to 2 3/8" like mine( for the scalloped edge diamond in the front), and yet none of the squares ended up like mine. I had one lady try and then I thought perhaps I had better do the rest. Even I couldn't get them looking like my sample. One lady kindly said that because I was in a class situation and not sitting down in my craft room that is why it wasn't working. Well I think she must have been right because the next day when I was doing up some kits it worked perfectly in my craft room.
Here is the inside of the of the card.
Colours I have used are Early expresso, Crumb cake, and white card stock.
The bauble on the front has been embossed with the new embossing powder Wild Wasabi. Looks really good.

Big Shot Promotion

Dates: 1-30 November 2011

Promotion Details: During November, you and your customers can get 10 percent off select Big Shot dies—no other purchase necessary!

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	10% Off Price
156	117332	Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die	$26.50	$23.85
156	114515	Flower Burst Embosslits Die	$26.50	$23.85
157	114517	Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	$17.95	$16.15
157	116824	Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	$17.95	$16.15
157	119277	Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	$17.95	$16.15
158	113440	Buttons #5 Sizzlits Die	$12.25	$11.02
159	113466	Pillow Box Bigz Die	$44.95	$40.45
159	114507	Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die	$48.50	$43.65
159	120903	Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die	$48.50	$43.65
160	115953	Mover & Shapers Punch Windows	$67.50	$60.75
160	120893	Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die	$84.95	$76.45
160	121810	Petal Cone Bigz L Die	$72.95	$65.65

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Page	Description	Retail Value	10% Off Price	Item
155	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine	$224.40	$201.96	128944
156	Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die
157	Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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