Take a sip …

The stamping wheels from Stampin’ Up! not only make projects quick and easy to do, but they offer fantastic value for money when you change things up a bit and alter the wheel.  I took my scissors to two of my wheels – friendly words and take a sip -  making myself a fabulous new collection of single stamps in the process.  There’s a free tutorial on my blog showing you how to do this here.

With a little bit of paper piecing, these little thank you notelets came together easily;

and shading was added with ink and a blender pen.

Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies are from Stampin’ Up!

cardstock: riding hood red, crumb cake, very vanilla; stamp sets: friendly words, take a sip; ink: early espresso;  accessories: neutrals dsp, stampamajig.

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Stampin’ Up! event swaps …

Today I’m sharing photos of the beautiful swaps I received from members of the Pink Ladies team at the recent Stampin’ Up! event in Reading.  Swapping is a great way to share ideas and also to sample the lovely goodies from the new catalogues…

I got this cute little tissue holder from my upline, Michelle Last …

Next is Nicole’s swap, using the perfectly preserved stamp set and matching die, so beautiful …

The little details Nicole added were stunning – love the glitter, and the tiny linen thread bow over the vellum … so cute!

Next is Sarah’s swap, using googly ghouls – love this little guy!

Peg’s swap – I can’t wait to get the new butterfly punch!

Catherine’s gift box swap, with a little bottle of Molton Brown shower gel inside …

Lynne’s swap using the new mitten punch …

And then I also received swaps from two ladies from other teams …

Marissa’s gift tag …

And I have no idea who made this ring as it had no name on it, but thank you for swapping with me, whoever you are!

I travelled to the event with Sarah - a fellow Pink Lady,

she made me this lovely thank you card and gift bow for the yummy box of mints she bought me …

I loved all the swaps I received.  I am so happy to be a part of the fabulous Pink Ladies team.

You can also see my swaps here.

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Tea shoppe stepper …

We used the Tea Shoppe stamp set from the summer mini catalogue for this stepper card …

with some stamping on the inside too…

and not forgetting the envelope …

Another great make and take from Michelle’s craft day.

I really love how the finished card looks; love the colours and the stamped images, and those teacups on the envelope give a great co-ordinated look.

Papercraft supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: cardstock: whisper white, baja breeze, lucky limeade; stamp sets: tea shoppe; inks: night of navy, baja breeze; punches: 1/2” circle, scallop oval; accessories: labels framelits, little leaves sizzlits die, big shot machine, baja breeze seam binding ribbon, tombow multi glue, sticky strip, scoreboard, paper trimmer, paper snips, adhesive pearls, twitterpated dsp.

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A sweet new bundle of love …

One of my friends has a new addition to the family … a beautiful little boy called Micah.  He is such a little sweetie!  Catriona visited with him this week and he slept the whole time – bless! 

I made a card for us all to sign …

I stamped the main images in marina mist ink, with the bundle of love stamp set from Stampin Up, and then made my own background paper to mount it on to by stamping with the spiced paisley stamp set from the spring mini catalogue – but it’s only available until Monday 30th April 2012 – so you need to hurry if you want to get yours! 

In cake class, I made a sugar model of a little girl too … well they say little girls are sugar and spice and all things nice!  

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Love the little bow on the back of her dress – how cute! 

 

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I know it needs work but it’s not bad for my first attempt … can’t wait to make another … and will definitely work on making the features a little cuter next time! 

All papercraft supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: cardstock: bashful blue, whisper white; stamp sets: bundle of love, spiced paisley; inks: bashful blue, marina mist, certainly celery; accessories: stampamajig, certainly celery grosgrain ribbon (retired), blender pen, stampin dimensionals. 

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