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For ideas, inspiration and tutorialsReason to Smile – one sheet wonder
Today I'm going to share with some more of the cards that my ladies made at their class the other day using the stamp set Reason to Smile. We used the one sheet wonder principle and stamped randomly over an A5 piece of Whisper white card stock with some of the flower stamps from the Reason to Smile set in Garden Green, Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango Inks. The smaller flower we used as a two step stamp with some ladies choosing to use the Stamp m Jig and others did it by eye. Having...
Scrapbookin’ On Sunday
Today's post is sharing with you one of the layouts that we completed in class last month, using the Attic Boutique DSP which can be found in the Summer Mini Catalogue. I carefully used a craft knife and cut around the flourishes and clock pieces of this sheet of DSP from the Attic Boutique collection, allowing me to slip my photograph inside. To the left I added stamped image of a clock (non SU) and to the right I added a rosette made using the Scoreboard Tool and some Very...
Another reason to smile……….
Yes Stampin' Up! gave us other Reasons to Smile this August as well with the announcement of · A BIGGER product offering starting this Autumn Stampin' Up! are increasing the number and range of the products that they offer here Europe. In September we will get our first Autumn/Winter Catalogue which is packed with beautiful stamps, papers and new products ideal for Christmas Crafting and much more. This is going to be...
Hello Kitty
Last week I was asked to make a card for one Frank's friends daughter who would be turning 9 ....either along the lines of I love Carly or Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty won in my mind straight away so I dived into my box of punches and here's what I created using with the Twitterpatted DSP I used a total of 5 different punches to make the card - Owl builder punch, Ex Large Oval, Butterfly Punch, Oval punch and the retired 2 3/8 scallop circle punch but you can easily make the bottom half...
Reason to Smile
August is a special month for me and that's one of the reason's I'm smiling along with Stampin' Up!s Promotion for August.............Reason to Smile Stamp set once I picked it up i couldn't put it down! There are two ways in which you can obtain this versatile stamp set, one is by earning it FREE by placing an order for £60 or by purchasing it at regular retail price. Here is one of the cards that my ladies will be making at their class tonight using the Reason...
Christmas in July Part 2
Today I am going to share with you another 2 cards that the ladies who attended my Christmas in July event made using Serene Snowflakes. The first one is the one that I showed you a teaser of the other day. In addition to Serene Snowflakes and Enfrancis stamps we used the spotted embossing folder with some Frosted White Shimmer paint. The card is emblished with some taffeta ribbon and one of the new mini brads. For this card I used colours that can be found in both of the In Colour...
Christmas In July
Saturday saw the first of my Christmas card classes, with my Christmas in July event, lots of fun and laughter was shared throughout the day and for the first time ever I forgot to take pictures, so I can't share those with you. But what I can share with you is the projects that we made throughout the day. This card is made using the resist technique i.e stamping with versa mark and the braying with another colour (here I used Crumb Cake and Serene Snowflakes sorry the colours doesn't show to...
Serene Snowflakes teaser
At the moment I am busy preparing for my Christmas in July event....... I held one of these last year and it was very popular with my customers and many of the ladies who attended last year are looking forward to see what delights I have in store for them....so today I'm just going to tease them by showing a snipet of a card that they will be making on Saturday. For this card they will be using their Serene Snowflake stampset which is included in the cost of the day, as well as Enfrancis. The...
Stained glass effect using Bordering On Romance
As a kid I was always fascinated at how they managed to get the colour into the class and make the lovely stained glass patterns etc............. well I decided that I would give it a go with one of my stamp sets and here is a card that I made using the Bordering On Romance set. To create the lead out line I stamped the image with Versamark and then heat embossed this very carefully on Stampin' Up!s Vellum paper with their Black embossing powder. Then using the Stampin'...
Nursery Nest Part 2
Although its a little later in the day than I had planned for but here are the other 2 layouts that we did at our last monthly Scrapbook class. Last week I said that I didn't have young children but I still felt that I had to do one layout with a younger child and here it is..........my nephew Henry being given a bath by his cousin Amy. Well must dash as I need to pack up the kits for this months class which is this Wednesday evening and we're using the lovely Attic Boutique DSP....... If you...
4 New Scrapbook albums at Stampin’ Up!
From now until stock runs out Stampin' Up! are offering you the chance to purchase the following four Scrap Book Albums ............one of them is a Linen Post album in Real Red and the other 3 are Linen Ring Albums in Natural, Real Red and Navy. Email me at sue@frankiesuestampin.com to ensure that you don't miss out on these Happy Scrappin' Sue
Artistic Etchings Team Congratulation cards
I am enjoying using the Artistic Etching Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! and today I am going to share with you some congratulation cards that I made for some of the lovely ladies in my team. The colours I choose to use were Bashful Blue, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. As well as the Artistic Etchings Stamp Set I have used the Top Note Die, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and a strip of First Edition Designer Series Paper. The sentiment comes from the Curly Cute Stamp Set. I am...
