One for the road!

I've been playing with my punches again, this weekend. It never ceases to amaze me just how versatile they can be! This cute vintage car makes a great card for any man or boy and is made quickly and simply with punches. The main Stampin' Up! punches you will need are:

1 3/4" x 7/8" Large Oval punch

1 3/8" x 5/8" Large Oval punch

Large and medium circles from the Two-step Owl punch

Word Window punch

Here is a basic tutorial:

Feeling Sheepish?

I have been this weekend! I have making these delightful little 'Sian The Sheep' (a local Welsh sheep, of course!) card sets. Arn't they cute? Each box contains a set of four cards with envelopes and four matching gift tags.
To make your own, you will need the following Stampin' Up punches:
body: scallop circle extra large,
head: owl and cut off the feet,
hair: boho blossoms - the middle size flower,
legs: modern label and cut vertically into three bits use the centre for front legs and sides for back legs
eyes: Itty Bitty circle for the white part and use the small circles from your owl punch for the inner eyes.
The background is made using the Scallop Edge Border punch along green card and then sticking it onto a square of blue card.
Simple, quick and a great way to use up leftovers!

Create Flowers of the Season

If you think of flowers in summer, you will probably think of roses and what better way is there of bringing some seasonal colour to your creativity, than by making these lovely fabric roses from seam binding ribbon. They will add a great dimension to your cards/layouts and when teamed with stamped images, give a very elegant look to your work. They are also extremely satisfying to make!

In the sample card, the roses have been teamed with stamped images using the Greenhouse Garden two-step stamps and the paper is from the Springtime Vintage collection.
If you'd like to have a go at making them, we will be making them in some of our Caerphilly cardmaking and scrapbooking workshops throughout August, so if you don't want to miss out, book your place now!
The seam binding ribbon is available in four gorgeous colours: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz (pictured in my card) and Rose Red. here is the colour chart from the catalogue.

August Offer!

Place an £75 order or hold a £250 party in August and you will receive this fabulous gift for free!

You free gift includes an exclusive Stampin' Up! zip-up bag which is perfect for holding your craft tools/ink pads or even embellishments plus you also get a whole roll of Rich Razzleberry striped grosgrain ribbon and a 24-piece clips assortment included... so three freebies altogether!

To place your order, please contact me throughout August.