Club SUM Workshop 5 January 2016

A brand new year and 2 new catalogues to show off. It's Sale-A-Bration time and the new Occasions catalogue is now available.

Here's a photo of my group of ladies busy water painting their cards.

Our two projects tonight included the Baker's Box and a lovely Birthday card.

The Baker's Box used materials from both the Occasions and Annual catalogue

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The Birthday card used materials from both the Annual and Sale-A-Brations catalogue.

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You Brighten My Day

Using the You Brighten My Day stamp set in the Sale-A-Brations catalogue, I made this card which can be used for someone who has got engaged.  If you swap out the DSP, take out the hearts you could use it as a house warming card. So many uses for this stamp set. 

Club SUM Workshop 27 January 2015

Tuesday 27 January

My first workshop of the year, I decided to make a card which I had seen demonstrated by Teneale Williams at the Party Time event.  The balloon swings like a pendulum via a mechanism hidden behind the front panel.  So simple, yet effective.

Materials Used from the 2015 Occasions Catalogue:
Celebrate Today stamp set
Butterfly Basics stamp set
Balloon Framelits Die
Cardstock
Dimensionals

The picture below shows the mechanism, which is virtually a folded piece of cardstock and a coin or heavy weight.

My other project used the following from the 2015 Occasions Catalogue:

Butterfly Basics stamp set

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

Painted Blooms DSP

Tip:  A trick I learnt at the Party Time event, use a dryer sheet with your dies to stop the paper getting stuck in your dies, they will stick to the dryer sheet instead. I found baking paper is also great, if you don't have any dryer sheets and you get a die cut that is translucent like vellum which you can use in other projects. Position the baking paper between the die and the cardstock.

Christmas Box Cards

I am so loving my Silhouette Cameo and the files I get from SVGcuts.

After coming back from Sue's Christmas workshop, I finished off my Christmas wreath and started working on the Christmas box cards from SVGcuts.

So loving them.

I've found out a way to use my surplus cardstock and Stampin' Up! designer paper.

Looking forward to making more cards.

SVGcuts Teapot, Cup and Saucer

For our latest workshop, I decided we'd make the teapot from the Tea for Two set from SVGcuts, using Stampin' Up! Gingham Garden DSP and coloured cardstock.



 Before we made the teapot though, we made a box card using the same DSP.   I thought the teapot would be an easy project for them to complete, but it turned out to be more of a challenge.  Some of the ladies followed instructions and took meticulous care, while others, thought they were doing it right, but somehow ended up with teapots that had a lot of character.  It took longer than I expected and we didn't finish our workshop until after 10.30pm...the latest I've ever done.  There was a cup and saucer to do as well but I will have the ladies do that at the next workshop.

Easter Eggs by SVGcuts

I recently purchased a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine and some files from SVGcuts and have been cutting and glueing and as a last minute Easter gift for my colleagues at work, I decided to craft some Easter eggs, using Stampin' Up! cardstock and Designer Series Paper.  They turned out pretty well. I decorated them with buttons and ribbon and stuffed them with shredded paper. Added a few maltezer chocolate Easter eggs, finished them off with a matching gift tag and voila!!

Paper Party

For the month of May, Stampin' Up! is having a Paper Party. All you need to do is buy three packs of Designer Series Paper** and you get one for free.

New demonstrators who join Stampin' Up! in May will also get a Free pack of Designer Series Paper every month from June through to december 2012.

Find a Designer Series Paper for every crafting occasion, project and mood in the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue and 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

**Excludes Specialty Designer Series Paper.

21st birthday card

A relative just celebrated his 21st, so what kind of card would I end up making.  Back to a favourite..the tri-fold card. No stamping involved..but lots of cutting and pasting.

I used the Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals Collection Paper Stack for the shirt and for the background, used Designer Series Paper from the Patterns Pack II. I spritzed the textured black cardstock with gold Smooch Spritz and Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon for the tie.  The buttons were from the Vintage Trinkets set and the Trinket key on the front is tied with Basic Black Taffeta ribbon.

Club SUM Workshop 6 September 2011: Launch of New Catalogue

At our Stampin' Up! workshop on Tuesday night, we launched the new Idea Book and Catalogue and to celebrate I got the girls to make some paper shoes. I had made one shoe and their project was complete the other shoe, so that they had a pair. I used the shoes as a treat holder, so that each of my girls had a bag of chockies to take home as well as a pair of paper shoes.The shoes were made using Flirtatious Designer Series Paper, grosgrain ribbon and brads. Please see my earlier post for the shoe template. It was a challenge putting the shoes together, but in the end I think the girls were happy with their shoes.

Here is a photo of the girls with their finished creations.

 

Stylish Paper Shoes

I saw these paper shoes and just had to make a pair...or two or three..I just love shoes..either real or paper, and thank you Ellen for sharing. The template is courtesy of Ellen Hutson and can be found on her website.

These shoes would make great holders for party favours for bridal showers, girly parties or just to give as a gift.

I used Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! and assorted ribbon and brads to trim.