Finished At Last.....

I finally finished the cards at last..... so tomorrow after watching my little boy in his assembly I will be putting together a Card Class as I am thinking of starting Card Classes... not sure where to advertise them, but will also make some leaflets and go searching on Thursday. So if anyone reading this is interested in attending a Card Class in Maldon Essex on a Thursday morning between 10am and 1pm, drop us an email and let us know. All kit will be provided (for a fee) and all you will need to bring is a basic crafting kit..... you will also get refreshments and possibly some homemade cupcakes.... the theme will be Christmas of course (is there anything else at the moment).... date to be confirmed.

This card was made using Wintergreen Patterned Paper (retired Stampin' Up!) and Papertrey Ribbon, card is from Paper Mill Shop, bling is from my stash and sentiment is from Our Daily Bread stamps, same as yesterday.

And today I have decorated some of the insides as I made the card blanks out of coloured card.

For this card I used Kraft Cardstock from Stampin' Up! and the Wintergreen Patterned Papers again, the ribbon is Kraft Taffeta Ribbon from Stampin' Up! and the corners were cut using a cuttlebug die, the punch is from Martha Stewart and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

Again I decorated the inside to match the outside as the card blank was made using the Kraft Cardstock.

This time I made a Criss Cross Card as I haven't made one of these for some time now.... I used retired Stampin' Up! Patterned Paper for this too and Always Artichoke Stamp Pad and Cardstock, I also used Whisper White and Old Olive Cardstock so it would all match. The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread and bling is from my stash. The ribbon is Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla Grosgain.

And this is what it looks like once you take the card out of the card. The Stamp Set I used on the white card is a Christmas one, but some of the stamps are suitable for all year round use as proved on this card, it is Season of Joy.

And this is the final card I made, Sentiment is Our Daily Bread, Patterned Paper is Stampin' Up! Retired stash, the little butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch as is the border punch. The flowers are from my stash, the brads are also Stampin' Up!

So that is all for today, will be changing my blog slightly as I want to add some tabs, for techniques, wishlist, tutorials, and somewhere my downline and Stampers 10 Clubs can chat too... I will also be hosting some new swaps, so if you like the stash but dont want to buy a whole packet or reel of ribbon keep looking out..

Have a great evening all xx

Another Day, Another Card......

Here we have card number 3... definitely fallen behind as I really wanted to make the 12 by Sunday, but that is looking unlikely now, plus I have had another card request added to the order too, will just have to be a week late, the lady never minds when she gets them, I just like to make it 4 weekly, so no rush really.

Life just keeps on getting in the way... unfortunately last night we had to have our 2 year old cat put to sleep as he had tumours and leukemia... my little boy was devastated and would only go to bed last night with the cats collar on his wrist. Anyway, on to todays card.

Today I haven't decorated the inside, mainly because a lot of these cards are used to write letters in and if I was to decorate, there wouldn't be enough room to write, so some I decorate inside and some I don't... here is today's card...

I used the new Stampin Up Bella Bleu Patterned Paper, Kraft, Brocade Blue and Very Vanilla Cardstock, plus Stampin Up Grosgrain Ribbon in Brocade Blue. The pearls are from my stash and the sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Stamps in US. I never used a challenge today, so no challenge to enter either.

A lot of my Stampin' Up! colleagues have travelled to Germany today for the very first European Conference, unfortunately I was unable to go due to lack of funds, plus not having anyone to look after the 5 children still at home, maybe next year it will be in the UK so there is more chance that I will be able to go.... I hope they all have a really good time and send lots of photos for me to drool over.

Have a great evening everyone, take care xx

A couple of Challenges...

I know, I have managed to post twice 2 days running, I think this is a record for me, but I just wanted to get this card entered for the Stamp With Us Challenge here and the Sketch Saturday Challenge here.


The Stamp With Us Challenge needed me to use 3 patterned papers, 3 brads, 3 coloured cards and 3 different stamps, which I have managed. The patterned papers are a new Stampin Up Set called Bella Bleu, and I used 3 different papers from this set. The 3 brads are from Stampin Up and are at the bottom of the Flower Image. The 3 coloured cards I used are Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla and Kraft which you can just see poking out from underneath the image. And the 3 different stamps are the sentiment stamp which comes from the Stampin Up Say It With Scallops Set, the little blue stamped circle just underneath the flower is from the Stampin Up Circle Circus Set and the flower image itself is from the Stampin Up Bloomin' With Beauty Set. The border punch is also the new Stampin Up Eyelet Border Punch and I used the 5-Petal Flower Punch for the flower. To finish it off I stuck a Kraft Taffeta bow onto the flower stem and layered the middle of the sentiment with dimensionals. Oooh one last thing, the holes around the edge of the image is made using the Tool Set from Stampin Up, although you can now buy the Template, Mat and Sticky Tool seperately.


And again I decorated the inside to match the outside.... If you click on the images they will be shown larger and will be much clearer.

And just so that you can see the how deep it is and how I have raised the images to give dimension...

The Sketch Saturday challenge looked like this...



Hopefully I have fulfilled this sketch too, the 3 circles I have used as a flower and 2 sets of leaves... hope this counts. Everything else is in order though.

Thanks everyone for the challenges, I have had great fun making this card today.

Take care all xx

A Rose is a Rose....

Isn't this card beautiful?? This stamp set is absolutely wonderful and I just knew that if I did it in blue, it could become a Christmas Card for someone who doesn't really celebrate Christmas...


I used A Rose is a Rose Stamp Set, Brocade Blue Ribbon, Brocade Blue Cardstock and Inkpad, Bashful Blue Patterned Paper, and Bashful Blue Inkpad.... I used the clear gem brads from the Pretties Kit. I used the Dazzling Diamonds to bling up the rose and its petals which I think just makes it more magically Christmassy....

And if you would like to become a demonstrator and you sign up with me during October and November you could pick this Stamp Set and receive it FREE along with any other stamp set of your choice too.... problem is, I only need 1 more person to sign up, and then all the stamp sets will be gone. If you would like more information about becoming a Stampin Up Demonstrator, e-mail me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net

And I have survived the first day of half term...... a miracle in itself...

Have a good evening all x

Do You Want A Bargain...

Then why not sign up to one or all of these clubs....

CLUB 1 (PATTERNED PAPER) (8 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the patterned papers check out pages 70-71 of the current catalogue) or click on the catalogue picture on the left hand side of my blog.
You will get 1 6x6 sheet of each patterned paper which makes a massive 84 sheets of 6x6 paper.
Price £14.75 including postage.

CLUB 2 (GROSGRAIN RIBBON) (6 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the ribbons check out page 80 of the current catalogue)
You will get 2 metres of 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon in the following colours
Whisper White
Very Vanilla
Chocolate Chip
Pumpkin Pie
More Mustard
Real Red
Elegant Eggplant
Night of Navy
Tempting Turquoise
Certainly Celery
Always Artichoke
Price £7.25 including postage (22 Metres of ribbon)

CLUB 3 (5/8" GROSGRAIN RIBBON) (6 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the ribbons check out page 80 of the current catalogue)
You will get 2m of 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon in the following colours
Very Vanilla
Chocolate Chip
Bravo Burgundy
Real Red
Regal Rose
Brocade Blue
Certainly Celery
Old Olive
Price £8.50 including postage (16 metres of ribbon)

CLUB 4 (GINGHAM RIBBON) (6 PEOPLE PER GROUP)
To view the ribbons check out page 80 of the current catalogue
You will get 2m of 4.76mm wide Gingham Ribbon in the following colours
Black
Red
Light Blue
Light Pink
Moss
Caramel
Price £5.50 including postage (12m of ribbon)

CLUB 5 (TAFFETA RIBBON) (4 PEOPLE PER GROUP)
To view the ribbons please check out page 80 in the current catalogue
You will get 2m of 9.52mm wide Taffeta Ribbon in the following colours
Whisper White
Very Vanilla
Kraft
Chocolate Chip
Basic Gray
Mellow Moss
Bashful Blue
Pretty in Pink
Price £11.25 including postage (16m ribbon)

CLUB 6 (DOUBLE STITCHED GROSGRAIN RIBBON) (4 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the ribbon please check out page 80 in the current catalogue
You will get 2m of 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in the following colours
Rose Red
Bashful Blue
Chocolate Chip
Price £5.50 including postage (6m of ribbon)

If you join 3 groups, you will get a discount of 2.5%
If you join all 6 groups you will get a 7.5% discount (£52.75 - 7.5% (£3.96) = £48.79

SPOTS AND MARKERS CLUB (4 PEOPLE PER GROUP)
How does it work?
4 people sign up for 4 months and each month they receive a set of markers in 1 colour family and a set of ink spots in 1 colour family.

How much does it costs?
It will cost £45 per month including postage.

What do I get out of it?
You will each get a free level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goodies of your choice from the current catalogue. I will pick names at random and allocate a month to each of the 4 people, they will then need to pick the Stamp Set and Goodies that they want. You will also get the awesome storage for the markers, as each month I will puchase a full set of markers and they come packed in the storage container (which you dont get with single purchases of the markers) and each month 1 person will get their one set of markers in a storage container, so by the end of the 4 months, you will have all Stampin' Up! colours in the inkspots and all the Stampin' Write markers in the awesome storage container without a huge single layout.

If you are interested in any of the above clubs, please e-mail me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net.

Look What I Made With The Pre-Order Stamps.....

Is it too early to make Christmas stuff, although I must admit the photographs are from last Christmas, so perhaps I am just a bit behind....


After seeing all the Nativity Plays last year and having so many photographs from them I decided to make a little mini album with my favourite photographs, we attended our Church Nativity which was on 24 December 2007 and we also watched both the small boys in their Nativity at school, as usual they were both in different ones...


I also received my pre-order stamps from the new Stampin Up Catalogue (:0) <---- insert cheesy excited grin here) and thought I just HAD to make something using them, so here is my quick attempt made in 1 day (normally a mini album would take me much longer)... there is a stamp from the new "Season Of Joy" stamp set on every page, even the front and back covers... check out if you can see them. (Stamp sets preview is in a couple of blog posts down).









I have used Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Real Red and Brocade Blue cardstock, the retiring Dashing Patterned Paper, Brocade Blue, Old Olive, Real Red and Always Artichoke ribbon in both 1/4" and 5/8" widths. The Stamp Set was "Season of Joy". I cut out the shape with my long rectangle nestabilities, I also cut cereal packets with the same to make it more sturdy and I bound it together with my bind it all.

Have a few more ideas with the other pre-orders set, so watch this space....

Have a good day xx