Cards, Cards, Cards...

Yep, another card, I dont make much else nowadays.....

Sentiment is from Verve Stamps, Patterned Paper is The Green Stack, cardstock is Tempting Turquoise and So Saffron from Stampin Up!... the "laughter" is a rub on from Stampin Up! Er... nothing much else to say, having a rather stressful day, even my new Stampin' Up! Stash hasn't lightened my mood unfortunately..... maybe a bar of chocolate.... lol

Have a great evening all xx

StampyCarol's Sketch Challenge...

I told you I would be back.... lol

Here is a card I made for StampyCarols Sketch Challenge, I promised her I would try and make it this fortnight and I have.... you can find the sketch here

I used Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstock... the image are the Stampin' Up! Rub Ons and the patterned paper is Nouveau Chic... the sentiment is computer generated and the Ribbon is the Whisper White Satin Ribbon from Stampin' Up! The dots around the edge are also SU rub-ons....

Hope you like it... thanks for the challenge Carol

Day 9 - 12 Gifts of Christmas

So we are up to Day 9 already, today is a really nice one, made from something you would normally throw in the bin. I have not included measurements today as you can use any tin you would like and they are all likely to be different, as today we are altering an

Altoid Tin

First of all I took an altoid tin and some Patterned Paper (wahey guess where it comes from??) yep it comes from the I Wish Simply Scrappin Pack... I drew around the top and bottom and cut out.

I then covered the lid of the altoid tin in glue....

And then I stuck the Top piece of Patterned Paper to the top.... like this...

I then did the same with the bottom (as the bottom had a lot of writing on I wanted to cover it up.
I found it easier to glue a strip of 1/4" grosgrain around the rim of the lid, and then cut a piece of Patterned Paper to size to go around the sides of the base of the tin. I only put the paper up as far as the lid reached down so it wouldn't get scuffed when the tin was opened and closed...

Then we come to the inside. I again traced around the top and bottom of the tin and cut slightly inside the lines so that the patterned paper would fit inside the top and bottom of the tin...

And stuck double sided tape to the wrong side of the Patterned Paper so it would sit securely inside the tin...

The Patterned Paper was then stuck to the inside of the tin.

I traced around the top of the tin again onto vellum this time, and once again cut out slightly inside the lines.. this was then cut just over halfway up and decorated with one of the strips from the I Wish set.

and using strongbox adhesive was glued slightly around the edges and glued in place on the lid of the tin.

And as you can see I had decided to make the tin into a small sewing set as this is always handy to carry around with you in your handbag...

I then needed to decorate the outside of the tin, so again I turned to the wonderful scallop circle punch and a stamp from the Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set Best Yet. For this I used Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Real Red Cardstock.

I stuck some 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon across the top of the tin and topped it off with our assembled scallop embellishment, and then further decorated it with some of the Stampin Up Buttons in Old Olive and Ruby Red.

And voila a very smart looking tin for next to nothing (the sewing set cos £1.99 from Tesco)... a wonderful give for just about everyone...

I also wanted to show you today how versatile the Rub-Ons are, and they have 20% off until 30th November, so if you would like them, please get your orders in quick to me before the 30th November. Just fill in an ORDER FORM at the top of this post (click on ORDERFORM/WISHLIST at the top of this post).

I bought this Frame from Tesco and put a beautiful photo of my DD, her DH and newly born baby (he was only about 30 minutes old when this photo was taken as I was there at his birth), and I decorated the frame with Rub-Ons to personalise it a bit...

And I also decorated a vase and filled it with baubles for a Christmas Decoration this Christmas..

For the photo frame I used the Rub-Ons Cherished Memories and for the Vase I used Hidden Garden Blossoms.

Will be back tomorrow with Day 10 of the 12 Gifts of Christmas, nearly finished now... take care, have a good evening xx

Day 6 - 12 Gifts of Christmas

Today is Day 6 and we are halfway to finishing.... todays is a little bit more complicated but I thought that as it was the weekend you would have more time to have a go.... again its a bit late, after being without our dishwasher for getting on for 2 months I decided this morning that we would go and buy a new one which we did, a nice shiny stainless steel one, and then we decided to have a takeaway for lunch so dont even get the opportunity to use it yet....

Anyway, back on course and today is a....

Candle in a Box

Step 1, I bought some candles from Ikea, but any candles will do for this, mine is quite small but makes a neat little present for teachers or friends. I took a burgundy candle and using one of the Stampin' Up! Rub-Ons (there's 20% off at the minute) I rubbed one onto the candle, I then stuck a piece of white ribbon around the bottom to finish it off nicely and added some little silver gems to different parts of the rub-on... the picture isn't very clear because I forgot to take a photo of it before I sealed it in the box DOH!!!

Now onto the box.... I used Old Olive Cardstock for this and cut 2 squares the same at 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". I scored at 1/2 " all the way round on both of them.


And then cut along the pencil lines that I have drawn. Next I used Tombow Adhesive and folded up the short bits and stuck it all together making 2 small little boxes like these...


I then decided that I needed to raise the candle out of the base slightly so made another smaller box, the cardstock I used was 2.8" square and I scored all the way around at 1/4" and then made the box as I did above.

I then glued all around the edge and stuck it into the centre of one of the larger boxes, like so....


Bit messy, but I used glue that dried clear so didn't show once properly dry. I then used double sided tape to stick the candle to the centre of this base.

I then had to make an acetate square to fit inside the base and go around the candle. For this I cut a strip of acetate 10 1/4" x 3.5" and scored it at 2 1/2" 5" 7 1/2" and 10", I then folded properly along these lines and stuck some double sided table along the tiny piece of acetate on the end. I then stuck this together to make a square and placed it into the box base. I cut 2 pieces of Patterned Paper 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and stuck one piece inside the acetate and the other on the outside behind the candle. I then placed the top box on top of the acetate and using one of the strips from the I Wish Simply Scrappin Kit I stuck the lid onto the acetate. I also used some double sided tape around the top and bottom of the acetate to hold it securely in place. I then added some ribbon for decoration.



I also tied some ribbon around the sides of the box so it went from the top, down the side, underneath and up the other side. I made this look neat by using a scallop circle punch and a sentiment stamp.


And here is the sentiment on the top.

It sounds quite complicated to make but was really simple, but you really need to get your measurements exact for this, and be careful of the acetate, I used 250 microns and you could easily cut yourself on the edges.

I am off now to eat my takeaway, but will be back tomorrow with another gift...

Have a good relaxing evening, wrap up warm and take care xx

20% Off Rub-Ons and 12 x 12 Textured Cardstock & Free P&P

Sorry I haven't updated my blog for a while, but have been busy with some card orders, so now they are all out of the way, I will be updating a lot more this week.

I am really thrilled to find out that I have been promoted within Stampin Up to Silver 1, I never thought I would ever get there, and the guy from Stampin Up told me last week I was the quickest promoting Silver 1 so far..... so I am rather pleased with myself... and to thank all my customers for their support I am offering free P&P on all orders placed from the current catalogue before Midnight Sunday. So you can take advantage of the following deal...

Stampin Up have a special offer that runs from 10th November until 30th November. If you spend £20 in the current catalogue (and dont forget Christmas is fast approaching) you can buy any of the Rub-Ons or 12 x 12 Textured Cardstock for 20% less than normal. Check out pages 68 and 69 for the cardstock and page 77 for the rub-ons. These can be used on lots of surfaces, like cardstock, christmas baubles, glass photo frames, mirrors etc, the list is endless.

113659 Hidden Garden Blossoms Rub-Ons
113660 Cherished Memories Rub-ons
113634 Bold Brights 12 x 12 Textured Card Stock
113635 Earth Elements 12 x 12 Textured Card Stock
113636 Rich Regals 12 x 12 Textured Card Stock
113637 Soft Subtles 12 x 12 Textured Card Stock
113638 Neutrals 12 x 12 Textured Card Stock

for more details just click on t he 20% off link on left hand side.

And if anyone wants to take advantage of becoming a Stampin Up Demonstrator before the end of this month, just sign up through me and not only will I give you a free Stamp Set of your choice for any amount from the catalogue, I will also give you £25 of free items of your choice from the catalogue and ship them to you with your free Stamp Set....

Keep checking back to my blog as very soon I am going to be doing the 12 Days of Christmas, well its 12 days of ideas for Christmas including Christmas Cards and lots of gift ideas... so don't miss out if you want some inspiration.

Have a good evening all xx

Hold A Workshop Through Me During November or December...

and if you have sales of £150 or more you will not only get your 1 Free Hostess Stamp Set you will also get another one of your choice of the following free also, plus your free Hostess Goodies.

Or if you want to get together with some friends and place an order through me of £150 you can share the 2 Stamp Sets plus the £15 of free goodies.... here is the full offer....

Also from 10-30 November Stampin' Up! are also offering 20% off all 12 x 12 textured cardstock plus 20% off all Rub-Ons once you spend over £20.... so combine your cardstock order with the Stamp Set order and get yourself a real bargain.

If you live local to me and would like me to run a Workshop for you and your friends, contact me on the contact me button at the top of the posts and I will give you more information on what you will get for being a Hostess...


Lots of great things happening this month with Stampin' Up!, contact me now so you dont miss out.