Mixed bunch rock and roll

I have a new technique to share with you today... well, it's new to me in terms of not having tried it before.  Known as the rock and roll technique and using 2 ink pads you have to ink up the stamp in one colour and then the other around the edges, by rocking and rolling the stamp around where you want the ink to go.

 

Ok, so that is a rubbish explanation, but think you can get the idea from the card instead :).  I've used Daffodil Delight and Real Red with one of the stamps from the Mixed Bunch stamp set.

 

 

 

Apologies to those of you who have noticed, I used a retired border punch on the edges... but by the time I realised it was too late to rectify. 

 

The Mixed Bunch stamp set has a co-ordinating punch that makes cards like this a dream to create.  The rock and roll technique I will be using again... and a stamp set too!

 

If you would like to order this stamp set or anything else form the Stampin' Up! catalogues, just contact me to place your order at jadedcrafter@gmail.com 

Wedding butterflies

Hopefully Tori and Macca will not be getting any wedding butterflies this morning though!  I'm off celebrate with them later today as they finally get married.  It should be a great day, here's the card I made them...

 



Using Calypso Coral and Gumball Green (new in colour) with Shimmery White card stock I've utilised the Labels Collection framelits and Beautiful Wings embosslits.  If you look closely you will see the white central frame has been stamped with one of the images from the Apothecary Art stamp set and coloured with Stampin' Write markers in co-ordinating colours.

 

The wedding stationery colours (as you will know if you are a regular follower of my blog) were the old in colours Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait, which are no longer available, but I think these 2 colours make a healthy replacement :).

 

I've also added a embossed strip of Shimmery White over a strip of Gumball Green card stock, embossing with one of the Adorning Accents folders.  Finally Teeny Tiny Wishes 'For the Newlyweds' fits just nicely and a few Basic Pearls.

 

 

 

Pizza box for scented gifts

I'm at the coast today... hopefully getting some walking done.  I hope you are up to something nice too over the bank holiday, perhaps some crafting :)!?

 

If you are a regular follower of my blog you will hopefully remember the little quilted lavendar bags that my mum made earlier this month from the Flirtatious fabrics?

 

Well, I thought they would make great gifts, to put in a sock drawer perhaps... so needed a little box to put them in.  I decided that a pizza box would work well...

 



 

A perfect fit it seems :).

 

 

I've used Wisteria Wonder for the box itself and then added Melon Mambo card stock and papers to decorate.

 

The papers are from the lovely Cheerful Treat DSP pack (hostess only) and the label is from the Apothecary Art stamp set (coloured in avoiding the flowers in the centre) with a Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write Marker and then I've inserted the 'perfume' image stamp from the Every Little Bit stamp set inside and coloured with markers using a blender pen.

 

Finally the sentiment is from the Tiny Tags stamp set, and I've punched it out with one of the 'eyes' from the Owl Punch :).

 

I love these little boxes and they are so easy to make, for mini cards too.

Thanks again

I was staying with my Aunt and Uncle last week, up in the Lake District... trying to get away from it all; as well as visiting the memorial trees and replacing the geocache that I have up there in memory of my late partner, Nick.

I always love being in the Lakes, not just for the memories, but for the food and hospitality ;)!  I actually think my Aunt should open up her house as a B&B cos her cooking is great and lots of it comes freshly picked from the garden.

Anyway, as a thank you to them I have made and sent this card... hopefully it's winging its way up North as you read this post.

I have CASE'd the idea from Amy, although with a few tweaks.  I have used a Basic Black card base and then stamped the images from the Just Believe stamp set in Old Olive ink onto Crumbcake card stock.  I have then punched a border with the Scallop Trim Border punch in Old Olive and adhered this under the image panel.

The ladybird was created with the Scallop Circle punch and I have then decorated it with spots and finished off with a sentiment from the Apothecary Art stamp set onto Old Olive card.

Thanks again Susan and David x

Smashing birthday

If you are a regular follower of my blog you will know that I celebrated my birthday last week.  I was in Krakow in Poland and spent the day sightseeing, walking and then had a meal at a Mexican to finish.  It was a really lovely day and after recent birthdays being some what melancholy that is a really big thing for me. 

I was also overwhelmed by the messages and cards that I received, thank you everyone x

Yesterday I was surprised by friends with a cake and presents by way of a late celebration over a Raclette (Swiss cheese meal), so that was lovely too...

So of course must share some of the cards with you along with my Smash book pages (as promised)...

Featureing the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies of course :).

I'm now up to date with my travel Smash book, with just a few snippets to add when time.  I have lots of other bits and pieces that I am looking forward to 'Smashing' into my general Smash book, but have yet to properly start it. 

Of course, I have used a few Stampin' Up! products, can you spot them?  Here's a close up to help:

I've used one of the label stamps from the Apothecary Art stamp set (excluding the flowers) to make a record of my day and also included one of the sentiments from the same set inked in Chocolate Chip onto Melon Mambo to co-ordinate with the lettering on the left hand page.

Here are a few of the handmade cards that I received too...

A gatefold card from Pam, beautiful.

Birthday cupcakes from Vicki, she's getting the bug!

I've saved the cards made with Stampin' Up! products for other posts, as I have been away and not had time to make much and am struggling a little for post content!  So, check back to see these later this week.

More wedding wishes

If you are a regular follower of my blog you may recall this wedding card that I made for a colleague at my office in Cambridge, who got married recently.

The wedding colours were a dark purple so for another card commission I went with Concorde Crush rather than the Elegant Eggplant I used previously.

The card base is Shimmery White, and I have used one of the label images from the Apothecary Art stamp set, inked in Concorde Crush, Organza ribbon and some butterflies cut using the Beautiful Butterflies embosslits die.

If you look closely you will see that I have personalised the label with the names of the recipients... definitely will be doing this again, although it's a bit stressful trying to line up the image over the top, even with a stamp-a-ma-jig...

Piñata for a birthday

I love the piñata that features on the Packed for Birthday stamp set that is in the current Summer mini catalogue. The stamp itself is just £8.95 which I think is a bargain given how many images there are on it that you can use...

So for this card I have cut out the piñata and the bunting and created this card which is a bit of a take on the card featured in the mini catalogue on page 26.

I've used Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder from the 2011-13 In Colours.  The bunting was inked up and stamped using my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get it in the right place - this tool is a total life card saver and I cannot craft without it :)!

The sentiment is from the Apothecary Art stamp set, inked with Pool Party ink onto Whisper White and then mounted on a strip of Pool Party card edged with the Eyelet Border Punch.  I've used a length of Bakers Twine to hang the piñata and added a little bow... you get approx 23m of twine on a reel and it's just £2.50.  As you can see it has been featuring from time to time on a lot of my cards, tied around cards, panels, butterflies (as antenna) and used for tieing on buttons.

Happy Birthday Kat!

One of my friends, Kat, is celebrating her birthday this evening, so looking forward to that.  I am posting her card a bit before she will get it... so hopefully it won't spoil the enjoyment!

The card base is Melon Mambo and I have used some of the papers from the Hostess DSP pack - Cheerful Treat cut with the Labels Collection Framelits dies.  Onto this I have mounted a frame cut with Melon Mambo and then I have raised up the stamped image from the Apothecary Art stamp set from the Summer mini catalogue with dimensionals after colouring with Stampin' Write Markers.  The sentiment is from the All in the Family stamp set and I've finished off the card with a Designer Button tied with some Bakers Twine, also from the Summer mini catalogue.

The Summer mini catalogue only runs until the end of August, so why not book a FREE party in July or August and you can purchase products from both the mini and the main catalogue and get your own copy of each to keep from FREE. 

Finally I wanted to share with you an idea I came up with to utilise the bookmark that I shared with you yesterday (see here).  I've used it as a gift tag on the pile of presents that I and the girlies have clubbed together to give to Kat... and of course tied it all up with Stampin' Up! ribbon as she will be just as excited about keeping that for her crafting stash too!

No sneak peak of what is inside - Kat will have to wait until tonight :).

Medicinal box

If you don't know already the Apothecary Art stamp set is named in conjunction with a Pharmacy...?  I'm assuming it is something to do with the 'labels' which would work on herbal fusions or the like, perhpas someone will read this and enlighten me?

I've used this odd named stamp set to create the label for another long box that I have made using the pillow box, similar to the one I showed you earlier this week.  Apologies another poor photo, but you can just make out the label inked in Rich Razzleberry and the DSP from the Paisley Petals paper pack.

 

The box is created with 2 pillow box die cuts taped together... One in Old Olive and one in Rich Razzleberry, I've then attached a strip of DSP round the centre to hide the join and added the label... yes, it is as simple as that!

Textured impressions

The Summer mini catalogue has some lovely new products including the new textured impressions embossing folders which are a bargain at just £7.95 for the pack of 3.  There are co-ordinating edgelit dies too but to be honest you can probably get by quite easily with just the embossing folders and save your pennies towards something else :).

Today, I went along to Amy's catalogue launch event where we had a play with the new Twitterpated fabric, textured impressions embossing folders and the framelits dies.  I'm not sure which is my most favourite - probably the framelits dies as they are so versatile and also co-ordinate with the Apothecary Art stamp set.

The card we made was the same as one that another demonstrator friend, Julie, shared with us at our last crafty get together (see second picture), but of course I had to adapt it slightly and come up with something else.

The card base is Baja Breeze and this has been teamed with Blushing Bride and Whisper White to co-ordinate with the Twitterpated fabric.  Then we used a combination of the framelits dies to cut out the card stock and the fabric (which was mounted onto card stock with adhesive sheets) and then cut out butterflies using the Beautiful Butterflies die.

If you look closely you can see the textures created by the new embossing folders - tiny raised 'hearts' and the decorative edge of the card above, which I have then cut by hand.

The card designed by Julie uses the sentiment from the Apothecary Art stamp set and a clever technique created by the heart punch on the ends.

Tomorrow I have my birds for all occasions class, so plenty of ideas to follow next week using the owl and bird builder punches.

I hope you are having a good weekend x

New Summer mini catalogue

Finally, I can share with you the new Summer mini catalogue and all the lovely new products... it's very exciting as there are all sorts of new things to play with - check out the link to view the full catalogue online.

If you would like to come along to my Summer mini catalogue launch party, I will be holding it on the Friday 25th May at 7.30pm at my home (GU16) - apologies you have to wait so long to come along to see and try the new products, but with bank holidays and upcoming classes it's the first date I had available.

If you can't make that date why not have a home party of your own, invite round a few friends and enjoy a couple of hours making something for yourself and browse the catalogues in the comfort of your own home.  There are other rewards available to you too - check out my Home parties page for more or contact me.

So here is a card I have made with the new Apothecary Art stamp set and co-ordinating Framelits Dies. I have been playing solidly with these 2 products since they arrived in my pre order and I just love them so much. 

For this card I have teamed up Island Indigo and Pool Party from the 2011-13 In Colours range, using the stamped image as the focus, and then personalised the card using the Timeless Junior Alphabet dies, which seem to feature a lot more on my cards these days now that I have got the hang of them.

Have a look at the rest of the oher lovely stamps included in the Apothecary Art stamp set on page 17 of the new Summer mini catalogue: