Something New to Try…

Oh gosh I just love this card!  Even hubby said – Oh wow that’s good!

I’d never made one of these before; I know I know where have I been??  But I found this template or should I say instructions to this while hunting on the web.  I can’t for the life of me now track it down again.

It’s a stepper card with no real measuring as such.  Well it said no measuring but me being me I had to measure…just a little.

Take an A5 piece of cardstock, fold it in half as you would for a normal card. 

Turn the card to landscape, and then measure about 8 cm in which is where I made my cut.  And cut from the fold down about half way.  Yes I did measure this too…I can’t help it!

Fold the right hand side in on itself to make the valley and crisp the fold with a bone folder.  That’s it, all there is to making the base.  Simple!  Just exactly how I like things the first time I try them!

So, the card base is our gorgeous and lush Rich Razzleberry.  I used Pretty in Pink cardstock for the matting and the Rich Razzleberry DSP from Designer Series Papers Stack that matches the Artistic Etchings stamp set.  Isn’t it gorgeous?

The images are all stamped in Rich Razzleberry onto Very Vanilla Cardstock and cut by hand.  Except for the Amour wording, which I used our fab Word Window punch which then sits nicely onto the Modern label punched piece.  A couple of gold brads just finish that part off.

Now the little detail that I just love love love!  Is the ribbon faux bow.  It’s just a small piece of this month’s offer ribbon, Striped Grosgrain in Rich Razzleberry.  You can get this free with an order of £75 and it comes with a absolutely stunning little cosmetic bag (I used mine for my craft tools) and not only that also a small tub of 24 different clips.  Fabulous for adding to cards and scrapbook pages.

I stamped the image from Artistic Etchings onto Very Vanilla, cut it out,  and put a gold brad through the centre.  Pulled the little brad legs apart and pinched the ribbon together closing the brad legs around the ribbon.  I attached this to the card with some glue dots.  Love those little dots for quick and easy sticking!

The one thing that I did love about this card, other than the very little measuring, was that it ended up no bigger than a usual size card that I would normally make and so I didn’t need to buy any other envelopes other than the lovely Stampin’ Up! Very Vanilla C6 envelope.

I hope you like it.

Back Soon

Elaine x

Amour

 

Artistic Etchings…..This was the set that I won last year at the 2010 Convention.  It’s such a gorgeous set and yet is one of my under used ones.  So I thought I’d have a hunt around the net and see what was out there. 

I came across the fabulous blog of  Darlene McCallum who is a Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator from  Alberta, Canada and this design from her blog……

I just love the way she has used the 1/8” (3mm) Taffeta Ribbon to edge the banner across the card.  It’s just so effective.

And here is my take on it.  I used Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Early Espresso cardstock.  The Key and Crown are stamped in Old Olive onto the  Old Olive cardstock.  The emblem and banner are stamped in Cherry Cobbler on the Very Vanilla cardstock.

The slight difference is that the Scallop Circle Darlene used is larger so her emblem has a border around it.  And I haven’t used the pearls on my one as I wanted it to be a little more masculine.

I hope you like it.

See you soon

Elaine x

Chic Valentine

 

Remember back at Convention I told you all about the fabulous stamp set that I won?  Well here it is all stamped up. Et Voilà!

I just love the Font used for the word stamp Amour!  I inked the stamp up using the “Rock & Roll” technique.  I first inked up using Cherry Cobbler (my new favourite red) and then very carefully rocked just the edge of the stamp in Basic Black before stamping onto Whisper White cardstock.

I hope you like it.

Back Soon

Elaine x

Well day 2 of Convention started at 6:30 am with my alarm going off, a quick get ready and half pack, breakfast and then back up to pack ready to leave on the Coach back to the event.

The morning was spent with a little bit of swapping and then onto the serious stuff....Make & Takes!!! Fabulous and fun projects made with our gorgeous stamp sets we received on Day 1 in our funky retro bag.

I'll post up some pictures for you tomorrow :-)

During the morning myself and a couple of others were called up on to the stage as we were all celebrating birthdays over the 2 days. Mine being on the Saturday.

In the afternoons' sessions of business talks and interactive sessions we had the second of our prize control. This is so cool! If you are one of the lucky people to see your name up on the big screen you have won free Stampin up products!!!

There was my name, I couldn't believe it!!! I rarely win things! Here is what I won....













It is the Artistic Etchings Stamp Set and the Newspaper Prints Designer Series Papers. I am so excited! I hadn't bought either of these yet but have seen so many stunning projects made using them at Convention. I can't wait to use them!

Can you see what's on the tag? The Rhinestones! The really do sparkle! Big time! I am yet to find rhinestones that sparkle as much as these!

More soon

Elaine x

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