Rugby theme

Stampin' Up! doesn't always have a stamp set for a particular theme... but it always has something that can be adapted to suit!

The card I have to share with you today is my attempt as creating a rugby theme for a commission.



I've used the All in the Family stamp set and created a rugby player and then added rugby ball drawn by hand...  what a great little stamp set, although I recommend using a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get all the body parts in the right places :)!

Materials:

Card stock - Whisper White (base and image panel) and Soft Suede (matting and border strip);
DSP - Brights collection.  I've used a stripy piece on the left hand side of the card and a piece with 'word' on behind the image panel.
Accessories - Brights brads, Stampin' Write markers, Stamp-a-ma-jig;
Punches - Scalloped Trim Border, Word Window;
Sentiment - Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Un-packing for birthdays

The new Packed for Birthday stamp which retails at just £8.95 went down well at my catalogue launch last week.  We used the individual images rather than the whole stamp and a couple of the ladies came up with their own ideas by changing the image on the make and take project... but you'll have to turn your head to see them!

So here is another card to share with you, where I have cut up the little images from this stamp again.



The colours are Wisteria Wonder and Pool Party and I have created a Whisper White tall card base for a change.  I've then cut a strip of the Wisteria Wonder and mounted this onto 2 strips of Pool Party to create the border. 

I have then punched out Scallop circles from Pool Party and added a 1 3/8" circle punch in the centre, which I have embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder.

Each of the images from the Packed for Birthday has been carefully cut out and then coloured wiht Stampin' Write markers and then stuck on with dimensionals.

Finally a sentiment from my favourite go to stamp set - Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched out with the Word Window punch.

If you like this stamp as much as I do why not place an order - just contact me at jadedcrafter@gmail.com.



FREE ticket to Stampin' Up! convention (worth £149)

Just a reminder that Stampin’ Up! released a new, more flexible Starter Kit at the beginning of May, priced at just £99 for £130 worth of products, which you can choose from either of the current catalogues.  It’s great for those with their own craft stash already as you can build your business from this.

As well as the products you will get £45 of business supplies to get your business up and running.

And until the end of the month you can get a FREE ticket worth £149 to the European Stampin’ Up! convention in Maine, Germany.  Check out more details here or contact me for more… remember you only have until Thursday this week to sign up and take advantage of this offer.

If your wish list from this catalogue is very long, why not take advantage of the £130 worth of products for just £99 and maybe you will end up extending your crafting into the demonstrator world like I did!

Varying layouts

There are so many different layouts possible when making a card, I thought today I would show you just how easy it is to create a few different cards using the same materials.

I've used the cute tortoise stamp from the Natures Nest stamp set from the main catalogue for these birthday cards and coloured it with Stampin' Write markers.

The first card is a Old Olive base onto which I have created a Soft Suede panel and punched the edge with the Scalloped Trim border punch, before mounting the Whisper White image panel.



On the card base I have added 2 lengths of Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon and then a sentiment from the Perfect Pairs stamp set, inked with Early Espresso onto Whisper White and then punched out with the 1 3/8' circle punch before mounting onto a Scalloped circle punch and raising up with dimensionals.

For the second card I've used a Whisper White card base to create a 13.5cm square and then added a strip of Soft Suede card stock in the centre and then a piece of DSP from the Beau Chateau paper pack. 

Onto this I added the 2 circular shapes from the Perfect Pennants die, cut from Soft Suede and More Mustard and then in the centre I have added 1 1/4' circle punched from Whisper White which has been run through the Square Lattice embossing folder, before finally adding the tortoise.

And finally, another Old Olive base and paper from the Well Worn paper pack, with a central panel cut from Soft Suede and the image stamped onto Whisper White.

I could go on creating layouts like this, so why not have a go yourself and see what you can come up with.

For a golfer

It's the weekend and the weather is beautiful outside.  However, I haven't even tidied up yet after my catalogue launch last night as I have been in the throws of work today!  It's not very often I have to succumb to working the weekend but unfortunately it is that busy time of year and I am just unable to avoid it.

I hope everyone else is having a lovely weekend and enjoying the good weather.  I thought I would share with you a card for the golfers out there...

This is a fairly easy card to make, as there is very little stamping involved.  For the base I have created a 5 x 7" card from Whisper White card stock and then added a strip of Marina Mist along the left hand side which I have embossed with the Stripes embossing folder. 

The main image panel was created with a piece of designer series paper from the Just Add Cake paper pack, which I have matted onto Soft Suede card stock and then mounted on the card base.

The 'golf ball' was punched out with a 1 1/4' circle punch and then run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder with the 'dots' inverted.  The 'tee' was created from Marina Mist card stock using the Word Window punch for the 'stalk' and then a 1 3/8' circle punch for the top.

I then cut a scrap of Old Olive to create the grass, added lettering cut from Marina Mist using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and finally a sentiment (retired) across the top.