Apothecary Arts and Stippled Blossoms for a framed thank you!

Hello all

We had a lovely surprise at the weekend - finally caught up with my partner's grand-daughter who we have not seen since before Christmas - She is in her 2nd term  at uni, and was straight back to exams as soon as she went back after the Christmas break - so with revision and exams now over,  this was the first chance we had had to see her.

She arrived,  armed with gifts for us both so a thank you card was most certainly in order.

Well, despite  the wealth of lovely items in the new Spring/Summer and Sale-a-Bration catalogues we have all been using,  I decided to revisit some old favourites this time! Namely my Apothecary Art and Stippled Blossom stamp sets.

The design was mostly born out of some colours scraps I had to hand at the time - definitely a girlie pink phase - with  Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo matted on top of Very Vanilla card stock and water colour paper for the main panel.!

This is what I came up with.

My card base was created using the large Stippled Blossom 'definition' stamp which I just stamped as an all over design. I sponged the edges for a bit of interest and did the same for the matching Label Collection Framelits die-cut shapes



I opted for marker and blender pen water-colouring - for my decoration and sentiment, perfectly placed with the Stamp-a-majig and my beloved scallop ribbon border punch with a bit of bling for the trim - ét voila!

....and of course no self -respecting card would be without its matching envelope. I made this with the brilliant envelope punch board - yet another must have in my book! and stamped one final repeat of that same Stippled Blossom 'definition' stamp to finish it.

Stampin Up recipe for this card:

Stamp Sets: Apothecary Art, Stippled Blossom,  A Lot of Thanks
Inks: Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo - marker pens - various!

Cardstock/Paper:Water colour paper, Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, toning paper for envelope

Framelits Punches: Labels Collection, Scallop Ribbon border punch
Envelope Punch board,

Other Essentials: Stampin Up Dimensionals, Basic rhinestones, Sponge daubers, 

Stamp-a-majig, Blender pen

I can order Stampin' Up Products for you, shipped straight to your address and am happy to answer any questions you may have - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or contact me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my online store 

 (for every £45 spent, choose a free sale-a-bration gift)

Have been really enjoying the Olympics coverage so crafting has been a little spasmodic since it started, to say the least. Had a real chuckle today as himself was quite bemused wondering how they could award a medal of any colour for what he termed - 'Hoovering and sweeping'... Needless to say he meant  'Curling' . Am afraid despite my trying to explain the intricacies and skill involved, these were somewhat lost on him!

Til next time - stay safe everyone
Jan
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Framelit dies for 'semi' flip thank you card

Hi all

Well I cannot take any credit for this whatsoever as I saw this idea on the lovely Dawn Griffith’s  site – and it was just perfect for a customer thank you card, for me too!  

Have already dashed off my thank you to Dawn for the great design!

Dawn used 2 sizes of the labels framelits die to create a 'semi-flip' card 

which only took a piece of 6" x 3" designer paper and...seeing that I was also setting myself a challenge to use up scraps from my throwout basket before my dearly beloved decides to empty it for me - this ticked boxes all round!

First off though - apologies for the shadowing right across the middle of the card! Photography is not my strong point so need to practice I can see.

 
My paper was scored at  3" to fold it in half then scored again at 1 and 1/2" with this score-line then folded back to meet the middle - hope that makes sense!

Partial die-cutting technique using the 2 smallest framelits  to create a frame for the piece of Whisper white cardstock used for the stamped sentiment - 

I just really loved the effect.

 

I found a matching left over piece big enough for me to cut a 5 and 1/4" square so was able to make a matching  envelope, made in a matter of minutes using the brilliant Envelope Punch Board. 

Things I used to make this card:

Stamp sets:Lots of Thanks
Inks: Chocolate Chip.
Cardstock /paper:  Whisper White and Holly Berry DSP (although retired - any would suit)
Framelits - Labels
Other Essentials : Envelope Punch board

I can order Stampin' Up products for you, shipped straight to your address and am
happy to answer any questions you have  - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or phone me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my on-line store

and speaking of stores - I had decided it really was time I paid a visit to my local shopping centre today to at least start my Christmas shopping even if I didn't actually get to complete it - so accompanied by my sister, off I went.

Needless to say we had a really lovely day out and spending quality time with her was just so nice, especially as its quite a rare event for us - Christmas shopping can wait.

However, much longer and I will be ashamed to be applying that well worn phrase 'Lastminute.com'  to my efforts - watch this space.!

TIl next time and hope your Christmas shopping program is faring a bit better than mine.

Jan
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Who wants to make custom designed envelopes - the finishing touch for all your cards

hi all 

well I do.. sounds like that song, doesn't it ... Who want to be a ....
but back to my post as in my book am thinking this is a definite must have addition to your craft box to help do just that.

Announcing the new Stampin' Up Envelope Punch board

You will be able to make over 60 different sizes of envelopes, (in either metric or imperial, by  using the appropriate chart needed for your project) - both are provided as separate read off scales.

It also includes a scoring tool for those crisp folds and built in punches to round off the edges of your envelopes.  It comes complete with a full set of illustrated instructions, with a duplicate of set of written notes replicated on the board itself,  in easy numbered steps.

But as well as helping you to make perfect envelopes,  it is useful for so much more. Tabbed filing cards, mini albums, mini books, gift card holders, tags, boxes, custom packaging  - The list is as big as you want to make it! Versatility is its middle name!

Why not check out the promotional video below to get an idea of just what this fabulous tool can help you achieve..

 and best of all,  at only £17.95 it is very little more than the cost of one of Stampin' Up's hand held punches.
 
I can order Stampin Up products for you, shipped straight to your address and am
happy to answer any questions you have  - 

Or if you would like to shop with me online,  my online shop  is now open.

or if you would prefer to find out more - you can  email  or phone me on 01438 820829 and I shall be happy to help.

Well the weekend has certainly whizzed round very quickly - and with the weather forecast not very good for my part of the country - 'all things crafty' is definitely my recipe for time well spent. Can't see me straying too far from my little crafting square so will be back shortly with a small card.


Happy weekend everyone and if you are visiting a bonfire/fireworks display - the suggestion is take a brolley, unfortunately!
 
til next time, very best wishes all and enjoy your weekend wherever it takes you.
Jan
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