Scary

I've never been into celebrating Halloween (but would rather post about this for a change rather than Christmas!), and this year is no different really... however I love all the sweets, chocolates and bits and pieces that you can buy in the shops at this time of year!  Hopefully I won't have to share any of the goodies with trickle treaters tonight...

There are lots of Halloween themed items in the Stampin' Up! catalogue as it is becoming so popular in the UK these days.  I made a Halloween sample as a token gesture for our attempt at halloween celebrations over the weekend in the Lake District :). 

The 'scary' banner was inspired by Bekka Prideaux and uses the Halloween designer papers cut with the Perfect Pennants die.  The lettering is stamped in Basic Black using the Broadsheet Alphabet stampset.

Bunting is becoming hugely popular for parties, day to day decoration and in my sunroom (it seems!).  So why not make some for an upcoming event using designer papers or the new Stampin' Up! fabrics... contact me to place your order.

Easy events box set with scraps

Happy Sunday!

I'll be on my way back home today... I have been in the Lake District making use of my Aunt/Uncle's holiday let, with friends for the weekend.

Here is the set of cards that I made for my Aunt as a thank you gift.

The box is based on the pizza box idea that I got from my Upline (Cate) and adapted slightly for a class sometime ago (see past class details here).  The cards are 10 x 10 cm in size and fit into the mini envelopes, all of which can be concealed inside the cute box.

 

I've decorated the box with a square of Very Vanilla cardstock stamped with the Christmas image (but without the sentiment) in Chocolate Chip ink, then mounted the panel onto a square of brights DSP (Old Olive spots).  The image is coloured with subtles markers using a blender pen.  The sentiment is from the Just Believe stampset and the flowers are made with the Boho Blossoms punch.

The cards were made from a variety of scraps of DSP and cardstock from the brights and subtles packs...

I still have space at my Cards for all Occasions class that uses the Easy Events stampset, next Saturday (5th November) at 10.30am. Check out my classes page for more if you are interested in booking to attend. 

Easy events ... sort of

Hopefully if the weather is bearable I will be climbing one or two of the Wainwright mountains in the Lake District today.  There are 214 fells/mountains listed in the books by Alfred Wainwright and I have so far climbed only 11 of them!  I hope to complete all 214 in my lifetime, in memory of my late partner, Nick, as he had always said he wanted to do this... next month is the anniversary so I thought it was time to start and a few friends are joining me so it should be fun :).

Anyway, onto todays project which uses the tree stamp from the Easy Events stampset.  I've used the image only and stamped this 3 times in Wild Wasabi ink onto a Sahara Sand tall card base.

The garden themed image is created from cutting out scraps of card in a watering can shape inked with Sahara Sand/Wild Wasabi ink using a sponge dauber; a flower pot from Pumpkin Pie, run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder using the big shot machine; and some scraps of funky foan (not Stampin' Up!) cut into welly shapes.  I've mounted the items onto a square of Wild Wasabi DSP and matted it with Certainly Celery and then Wild Wasabi cardstock.

I've used the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet die to cut the 70 numbering in Pumpkin Pie.

40th birthday cake

 

Hi all, I hope you are having a good week, I'm off to the Lake District today for a long weekend so have scheduled some posts for you whilst I am away that use the new Easy Events set.

For the card above, I have inked up the 'cake' image in Chocolate Chip and stamped onto a panel fo Whisper White before mounting onto a piece of Wisteria Wonder from the new 'In Colours'.  I stamped and cut out just the cake part of the image and raised it up with a dimensional sticky pad and then water coloured with inks, adding a cherry cut from a scrap of Real Red cardstock, to finish.

I have cut a strip of the Cheerful Treat DSP (only available to purchase with hostess pounds) and added a 1cm strip of Wisteria Wonder at the base and a strip punched with the scallop trim border punch (both edges) across the top.

To personalise I have written 'Sam' under the Happy Birthday sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink and then cut a 40 out of Wisteria Wonder with an alphabet die.

If you want to get you hands on the cheerful treat designer papers why not host a workshop/party of your own and take advantage of the offer on these papers and other items, check out my home parties page for more.

I've got a class scheduled for 5th November which will give you a chance to make 4 different occasion cards using the Easy Events stamp set. Check out my classes page for more if you are interested in booking to attend. 

I will continue to take further bookings until the class is full (but you may have to wait until after the class date for your stampset to arrive). If you would like to attend the class but don't want the stampset this will be £6 to cover the cost of materials etc. Contact me to book your place.

Just under 2 months...

...to go until Christmas.  The ladies attending my Christmas card club on Wednesday now have 30 cards ready with plenty of time before they need to think about sending them.  There are only 2 more sessions left on Wednesday evenings at 7pm, so let me know if you want to come along and join in the fun - full details can be found on my classes page.

Here is one of the cards we made last night.

The base was cut from Very Vanilla card stock using the scalloped circle die run through the big shot.  This is another easle style card which is created by folding the front of the card in half and then cutting a separate scalloped circle and adhering this to the folded half.  To stand this type of card you need something on the base to create the 'easle' and here I have used a tag raised on dimensional pads.  On the tag I have stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Petite Pairs stampset and then sponge daubered the edges - all in Chocolate Chip ink.

To create the main part of the card, I have used the wreath stamp from the Welcome Christmas stampset, inked in Wild Wasabi and stamped onto Certainly Celery cardstock and then coloured in the berries with a Real Red marker.  I've raised this up with a dimensional.

The bird was created using my favourite punch (2 step bird punch) on Sahara Sand cardstock and them sponge daubered with Chocolate Chip ink.  You will see that the red breast has been punched from Real Red card and added before sticking the wing on with a dimensional sticky pad.

The bottom part of the scallop has been decorated with a 4cm strip of the Holly Berry DSP and a piece of Real Red grosgain ribbon. 

I am so pleased with the finished card as it looks like it took ages... but as those of you who attended my Christmas card club will know, once you know how it's pretty quick to pull together... although it's certainly not a quick one to make when you have 5 to finish!