Colour Coach Blog Hop

Hi Guys

well if everything has gone well then you should have come here from the lovely Alison and will carry on to the fabulous FrankieSue.

I have chosen to use the colour combo Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze and Basic Grey and here is my project.

I have done a trio of cards using the Faith and Hope set which Stampin' Up! are donating £1 of every sale to Cancer Research. 

 

Card 1

I started with a Very Vanilla base for all three cards.  To this one I added a mat of Baja Breeze that I have stamped with the text stamp to the right hand side of the mat.  I have then added some Seam Binding down the edge of the wording.  I have stamped the butterfly onto vellum and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  Add a few pearls and voila.

Card 2

I have stamped the Hope stamp all over the Cajun Craze and then ran through the bigshot with my Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder.  Distress the edges.  Add a punched shape in baja breeze and then a bow made from the seam binding and voila.

I have used the flourish stamp in the set and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position it and stamped it around the page and then cut around it.  I have stamped the text stamp onto Cajun Craze and distressed the edges of that too.  Again using vellum I have stamped the butterfly using Cajun Craze (stamped off) and added pearls.

I have used my Scallop Envelop die to make my box but I needed it to be wider than normal.  To do this you need to fold a piece of card stock in half and place on your die where you want the halfway point to be and run through your bigshot.  I have shown this in the photo below.

To cover the fold marks I have added a matting layer and then some Seam Binding around the top of the box.

Now don't forget to go over to FrankieSue's blog to see what she has in store for you.

Thanks for looking and until next time

Happy crafting

Emma xx

Sweet Butterflies

Hi Guys

Well over on Try It On Tuesdays this week we have been challenged to use Butterflies whether singularly or plural.

I took a piece of Marina Mist c/s and cut this out with the scallop circle die and stamped over it with the word stamp from the Strength and Hope Set.

I used the Beautiful Butterflies die to cut out my butterflies in Melon Mambo, Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink and added some pearls in the middle of the butterfly. 

I used the Curly Cute set and my stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the Happy Birthday with Marina Mist and punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch to punch it out.  I also punched two more in Melon Mambo and Regal Rose to add a bit of decoration.

Because this is an easel card I have added a bit of Marina Mist grosgrain ribbon to help it stay open.

Now all you need to do is go on over to Try It On Tuesdays to see what my teamies have produced this week.

Thanks for looking, I hope you like and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Owl Extravaganza

Hi Guys

How do you fancy a day out in 'Sunny' Lincolnshire on Saturday 18 June?  I am having an Owl Extravaganza at Long Bennington Village Hall.

It will cost you £25 and you will receive your very own Owl Punch on the day to use to your hearts content and all materials to make all of the projects.

Here are just some of the projects we will be making

If you want to come then I need to have your deposit of £15 by Friday this week the 10th June.  You can pay me by postal order, cheque or paypal (there is a paypal button at the bottom of this post).

So what are you waiting for, come and book today before it sells out.

Until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Owl Extravaganza Deposit

Sincerely Yours and Strawberries

Hi Guys

Well I am sorry for being absent for so long, I have no excuse other than the fact that life took over.

As I said in my last post we were at Sincerely Yours in Lincoln last weekend and what a fab time we had.  We met lots of lovely people both new and old.

Here are the four of us at the beginning of the day.  I wish we had taken a photo of us at the end of the day as our smiles were not so wide because we were all shattered.

One of the things that people kept asking about were some strawberries that I had made and I promised a tutorial by the end of the week and here it is.

Strawberry Tutorial1
I forgot to say that I used the Designer Series Paper Stack for my strawberry and Old Olive for the leaves.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Sincerely Yours Lincoln Showground

Hi Guys

well just to say that me and some of my fellow team members are going to be at the Sincerely Yours show on Sunday where we will be demonstrating the Bigshot and some of the Exclusive dies from Stampin' Up!.

We will be selling grab bags and will have a make and take.

You will also have the chance to win a Bigshot but you will have to come and see us to find out how.


I look forward to seeing you on Sunday and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Scraplings

Hi Guys

What?  I hear you shout.  That is exactly what I shouted when read what this weeks challenge is on Try It On Tuesdays was.

Well a scrapling, I have found out, is a card that is 1 1/4" x 4 1/4".  We get them when we cut an A6 card down to make a square card, the card that is left over is a 'Scrapling'!!!

I have made mine from Marina Mist Card that has Very Vanilla mounted on it.  I have used the Clearly For You stamp set out of the mini catalogue.  To get the little flowers on the right hand side of the I punched 6 of the flower punch from the Bitty Punches set and used the point on my bone folder and my foam mat from my mat pack and manipulated them so that they curled up.  I stuck two together and then added a basic rhinestone in each one and adhered them to the scrapling.

Now you need to just go and visit my team members at Try It On Tuesdays and see what goodies they have for you.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy crafting

Emma xx

Something for the Boys

Hi Guys

Firstly I need to apologise to Mon as I inadvertently copied her card for my last entry.  I was shown it yesterday at a training meeting and I must have seen it and stored it in my memory so sorry and thank you for the inspiration Monica.

How does a male theme sound for this week on Try It On Tuesdays?  The lovely Yvonne has challenged us to do Something for the Boys this week.

I had a commission to do an anniversary card for somebody and I looked to the catalogue for inspiration this time as she wanted one with a shirt and tie so I chose this one

 

I used the Neutrals DSP stack, however please don't look for the black and white spotty as there isn't one, the lady wanted black and white so therefore I coloured the grey spots with my white gel pen.  I added a pocket and gave it some detail with my gel pen again.

You can't see it very clearly but I have added a line of gems across the centre of the tie for some bling.  I added bling to the collar.

The sentiment has been done using the basic phrases stamp set and the decorative label punch.

Now you need to go and look at the rest of the DT's work at Try It On Tuesday to see what fab work they have done.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Congratulations

Hi Guys

 

Just a quickie today to show you a recent commission for a congratulations on your wedding day.  It is just a very simple card.  I have used Pretty in Pink for my base card and my flowers.  For my mat I have used Crumb Cake and stamped with Versamark using the Just Believe stamp set.  A length of Wide Stripe Grosgrain in Pretty In Pink.

The sentiment is matted onto Early Espresso to match the ribbon roses in the centre of the flowers.  I have added a basic pearl into the middle of each flower and also 3 to the top right hand corner of the card.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Something Old and Something New

Hi Guys

Well this week on Try It On Tuesdays Cazro (Carol) has challenged us to Something Old and Something New.  This being something in your craft collection that is older than 6 months and something newer than 6 months.

My Old is the stamp set Love You Much which I have had forever, the something new is the shape of the card.  I have used my Top Note die which is exclusive to Stampin' Up! and so versatile.  I folded a piece of Confetti White card stock in half and placed the crease so that I could see the cutting guide and then ran it through my Big Shot.  I ran just one piece of Cherry Cobbler for the top layer and cut off around the perforated detail so that I could have a border.

Stamp the Love You Much onto a 2 1/2" square of Confetti White and colour with your blender pen and colour with Cherry Cobber and Bashful Blue.  Add your flower brad and some ribbon around the card.  This is Marina Mist Seam Binding.  Adhere all your bits to the card and hey presto a lovely card.

I made this for my hubby for putting up with me over the last few weeks getting stressed about all of the fayres that I have done.

So now all you have to do is go and look at my fellow teamies work at Try It On Tuesdays.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

MIA

Hi Guys

just to say sorry for being missing in action.  I have been really busy getting ready for a craft fayre tomorrow in Grantham town centre.

I will be back on Monday with a new project.

Thanks for keeping in touch with my blog.

Until next time

happy crafting

Emma xx