Before Christmas I brought from another demo, Jenny Moor, the instuctions to make a chest set and matching cards in Mocha Morning papers.  I thought  they looked very elegant and did a set for my Aunt  for christmas.  Trust me this set makes a lovely gift for someone.

Well I enjoyed making the set so much that I thought I'd recreate it but this time I used fabric to cover the chest and the cupcake stamp set and punch to make the cards and this is the end result:-

 

Now I bet you're thinking that I got into a right pickle not only sticking the material to the box but cutting it to the right size as well.  Well fear not for Stampin'Up! have introduced Big Shot Mulitipurpose Adhesive Sheets that are brilliant and stops you getting in a mess with attaching fabric to card.  So what I did was I cut the top sections of the box in card, put this on the Adhesive Sheet to pick up the adhesive and then laid this, adhesive side down, onto the back of the fabric and cut around the card, Volia, a perfect fit :)

The chest consisited of 4 C6 cards and 6 3x3" cards,  I did the cards in two colour schemes as shown below



 

I was quite pleased with the end results and this is how it looks all together:

If you like what I've done with this set and can see the versatility of the Create a Cupcake stamp set and matching punch then you only have 16 days left to purchase it from the Spring Mini catalogue so hurry up and get in touch with me to place your order by any of the methods listed above.

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Products used are all from SU unless otherwise stated;

Flirtatious Fabric

Multipurpose adhesive sheets

Create a cupcake stamp

Builder punch

Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White and Melon Mamba card (I used scraps fron different pks to make the template for the fabric to go on)

Elegant Eggplant and whisper white ribbon

Antique Brads

Flower brads

Rhinestones and pearls

Paper from both the regals and brights stacker packs

Melon Mamba, crumb cake, Elegant Eggplant ink

Embossed butterflies

Hello everyone,

I recently attended a training event provided by a fellow SU demontrator, Jules.  Everytime I go to one of Jules training sessions I always come away feeling inspired and motivated to get on with things.  As with all training swaps were a must...lol.   Now those that know me will tell you that I cannot do anything simple.  I always get "told off" for giving too many colour options with my swaps, but I get bored doing repetitious cards and swaps hence the colour option.  So not to disappoint anyone I did the same this time :), and here they are ......

Here's a close up of one of the swaps.  I've used a variety of DSP from the current catalogue to make the top with matching cardstock as the base.  The very vanilla c/s has been embossed using the new stripe embossing folder and then the corners punched out with the corner punch. 

Die cut emobossed butterflies were then added to the card.  The DSP was folded so that it opened up to reveal a message.  It was kept closed by Linen thread being wrapped around a brad.  The brad was fixed on the top layer of the paper and the  Linen thread attached to the back.

I really enjoyed making these swaps and the "wow" factor that it gives.  The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of Very Vanilla card and cut to the shape of the paper.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my project and would appreciate it if you would leave a comment.  If you would like to purchase any of the items above please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Creative Elements

Good Afternoon,

Just before christmas it was my mums birthday so I obviously needed to make her cards it was just a question of deciding which stamp set to use and what to do.   Well at convention in November we all were given the Creative Elements stamp set.  This is a beautiful set and is very versatile (you can find it on page 67 of the main catty)  Well not only did I make one card using this set but two, one for me and one for my daughter.  Here is the one I gave to mum......

For this card I have used quite a few new products from the main catalogue.  The base card is elegant eggplant, then whisper white followed by wisteria wonder, one of the 2012 In Colours.   The top layer is whuisper white and I have stamped the swirly image in wisteria wonder before embossing the left hand side with the new embossing folder.  I have them stamped the flower image in wisteria wonder and the butterfly image in the darker elegant eggplant ink.  On some spare whisper white I stamped the flower image again using versamark and elegant eggplant ink.  I them added heat and stick, heat embossed that and then added dazzling diamonds.   As you can see I mounted the flowers on top of the stamped images to give a 3d effect but have gradually reduced the flowers to show some of the original image underneath.  The Sentiment is from the hostess set Tagtastic and punched out using the large oval punch.  The wisteria wonder frame is from the new emobossing folders and cut out by hand.  I've then added the lace ribbon and bow and attached the topper to the main card.

Here is the second card I did and Kirsty chose to give this one to her Nan....

This one was a little easier than the last one.  The colour scheme is Pool Party and Island Indigo and I have stamped the swirly images in both  inks colours .  I stamped the butterfly image onto pool party cardstock in both ink colours and cut out by hand.  I then stamped the label image twice, once on whisper white and once on island indigo and cut both out by hand .  I then cut the darker label in half and attached it to both ends as shown.  The sentiment is from a set called Easy Events (pg43) and I used my markers to highlight the sentiment only and stamp a ma jig to position it in the frame.  The little flowers were punched out using the Boho Blossoms punch.  The card was then embellished with pearls.  

Mum liked them both which is always a bonus...lol.  I'm going to be re-creating these cards for my class in February.  If you would like to join me and my ladies please get in touch for more details.

I'll be back soon to show you the other card I made for mum that Nicola gave her.  I also hope to show you lots of projects over the next few weeks as I've been signed off work for another 3 months, however if I recover sooner then I can go back sooner.   |I'm already going stir crazy after 6 weeks so need to occupy myself  with something and its going to have be be crafting as I can't do much else....lol.

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Build a Blossom

Hello all,

What a busy time I've had again, I definately need more hours in the day...lol   Today saw my monthly class and to say we had fun is an understatement.   This month we used the build a blossom stamp set and punch to match.  I decided to use a lot of the new products especially the new In Colours paper and ink. 

I found the box at the front on an Ameican Demo's site, Lisa, please check it out as she has some lovely projects and ideas.  Despite it being a last minute dot com class to prep (finsihed prepping at 12.40am this morning...lol) I really enjoyed doing it and was pleased with the finished products.  I'm sure the ladies enjoyed making them as much as I did.  I deliberately left sentiments off some of the cards so it didn't limit the ladies as to who they could send them too or for what occasion.

My next class is on Saturday 26 November and could be the last one for this year unless a class in December is requested.  We are making the box frames again (12x12 or 6x6) so if you want to join me and my ladies, and maybe make a special pressie for someone for christmas, please let me know by 10 November and I'll get more details to you.

Hugs

Tracy -x-