This very simple card uses the bride paper, which comes in 2 designs, the scrolls that you can see and stripes too.  This paper is really great because you can colour tint it to match your projects.  It is our Whisper White card stock with some foiling over the top. I have sponged over the Bride paper with Night of Navy ink, polished off the foiling with a piece of kitchen role and all done!

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Amanda

The first is I’ve used the Designer series paper called  Autumn Meadows the sheet I have used is a wood effect the rest of the sheets are wonderful for men’s cards with a very distressed edge.  There is a little bit of doodling on the edges of the mat layers and on the sentiment, doodling is something you need to have confidence in, just give it a go…..if you don’t like it try again it’s only a piece of card stock and you can just get another one!

Now the beer foam is one of my many favourite techniques it is a little bit of magic as to how to make the beer foam, well foamy!

I use tombow glue and sprinkle it with White embossing powder, you then heat it gently until the embossing powder melts ( the whole thing will bubble up.) You then allow it to cool and you get this lovely effect.  Do be careful though  because the top is dry but depending on how much glue you use under the top crust can be sticky so leave it to dry overnight.

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Amanda

Inside their bags ( which they made)  is a bookmark, decorated pen, Smarties card, notepad and a pop up chocolate bar.

It was a lovely day, thank you for inviting me Izzy!

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Amanda

Isn’t it beautiful, I must say I feel very restrained that I took a picture of it before I devoured it!  Thanks Lynne you are brilliant.  So if you are on Facebook, do add me as your friend, I post different things there to my website  xxx

Then these lovely flowers arrived with the lovely Julia, it was the last day of club before the summer, they are such beautiful flowers, I think they are stocks, does anyone know?  I need some in my garden, they smelt so beautiful and lasted for ages.

I’m a very lucky lady, thank you!

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Amanda

This is just one of the projects everyone made, I will share some more along with the swaps I received next week.

It’s a concertina mini book which is designed to showcase all of the new colours, including the ribbon and the Designer series paper !  I have just shown a few of the pages.

This is the clever bit, a concertina spine to hold the pages together.  I love it when you dream something up and then after a few attempts………you make it work!

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Amanda

I have stamped it first in Black Stazon and then again using bleach.  I make a bleach ink pad using some folded kitchen roll placed onto a plate then squirt a little bleach onto it, spread it evenly.

I use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to make sure I line up the 2 images, having cleaned the stazon off the stamp ink up the stamp on the bleach and stamp over the first image.  Make sure you CLEAN your stamp straight away by first rinsing it under the tap and then clean it on your stamp ‘n’ scrub.

The button has a piece of Spiced Cider designer paper punched out and stuck onto the back of a clear button.  The card front is stamped using Sanded background stamp, and inside is the same with a few scraps of paper to finish it off.

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Amanda

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I have used a brand new paper and some amazing felt flowers and tiny tags…….Shhhh………….I can’t tell you about it until the 1st April, but aren’t they yummy !!!!

A close up of the inside.

The basket did take a bit of time to make, I’m a speedy crafter, don’t like going slow……so sponging the edges of what seemed like miles of paper and then weaving  is not the easiest thing to do, but I think the effect is well worth the time don’t you?

There is an on-line tutorial here Woven Basket by Laura Canale with lots of pictures so it’s really easy to follow.

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Amanda

I do Scrapbook, I teach Scrapbooking classes, hold scrapbooking workshops, run and visit crops and yet I have singularly failed to share a page with you. I am going to rectify this today and through next week and show you a variety of pages and some more cards and 3D projects too!

So here goes, when I run a Stampin’ Up! home workshop for a group of scrappers we usually make a 6″ x 6″ page and this week I visited Anna and her friends and we made a chocolate lime page Yum!

I always take a 12″ x 12″ page to show them how they can step it up and this is the larger version.

Tomorrow I have some goodies and cards to show you from my team that I recieved yesterday at our Inspiring Inkin’ Stampin’ Up! team meeting.  We had lots of fun and I gave away so many prizes and awards the team is going from strength to strength, I am so lucky.  If you’d like to find out more about becoming a demonstrator in my team please do email me.

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Amanda

It’s a spinner card using the wonderful flight of the butterfly stamp set and the co-ordinating butterfly punch.

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Amanda

This is just one of the ribbon bundles that have been parcelled up ready for posting and delivering.

Here they are ready to go.

Each one has a couple of Sale-a-bration stamp included along with 16 1/2 metres of ribbon all just for £13.  If you would like to get your hands on some please check out this post here.  I will carry on this ribbon share throughout February.

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Amanda

So Challenge No 18 is the chalkboard technique, you use Whisper White Craft ink and pounce Stampin’ Pastels into the stamped images, I always use our sponge daubers.  On the card above I have used the Medallion background stamp with Yoyo Yellow, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red pastels to give the sunset effect.  The scalloped image is part of the new Sale-a-bration set Vintage Labels with a little Pretty ink Pink ribbon to finish.

My second card is using the same sale-a-bration set, this time partnered with my old favourite combination, Sage Shadow and Chocolate chip!  I have punched out a variety of circles and hoops from the Speciality Designer Series paper To the Nines and layered them one on top of the other.

There seems to be a bit of a thaw today, but the clouds look full of snow so we shall see what the rest of the day brings……..meantime I’m going to make some more samples with my Sale-a-bration sets so do pop back tomorrow.

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Amanda

We have a busy weekend planned, with a houseful of teenagers tonight, pizza, chocolate cake (is there any other sort??) and dry ski slope action in inflatable rings………..I hope to survive that………..yes Mum and Dad get to play too!!!

Then over the weekend shopping and more visits on Sunday, lots of fun.

I went for a less is more card in her favourite colour combo, purple and black, this new black glitter is FANTASTIC !!!!!!

And here is the glitter in close up!

Stamps : Schoolbook Serif Numbers
Inks: Versamark, Orchid Oppulence
Cardstock: Lovely Lilac, Bride Designer paper, Basic Black
Accessories: Heat and Stick Powder, Brayer, Star punch, 2 way glue pen, Fine Galaxy Stampin’ Glitter

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Amanda

A notebook, really important for convention to take lots of notes !

A lanyard, this is made using the scrummy 1 1/4″ striped Chocolate Chip ribbon which is so soft, you need to be amazed because I have sewn the bases of these…….!

The reason for the lanyards is Stampin’ Up! awards usually come with pins and they need somewhere to display them!

I have also made a dragonfly brooch using the butterfly punch and the pretties kit, Dragonflies are our team mascot.

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Amanda

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Amanda

Tommorrow the new catalogue goes live, there will be a link from my website to the new catalogue, but the best way to see it is on your sofa with coffee and cake holding it in your hands!  You will have to provide the coffee and cake, but I can get a catalogue to you, email me!

Today’s card is a straightforward card, easy to duplicate for lots of Christmas cards with a variety of stamps.  The deer is from Winter Post and I have made him into Rudolf with my Real Red marker!

Stamps : Winter Post, Seasonal Wishes
Inks: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Ski Slope Designer series paper, Real Red marker

Come back tomorrow, blog candy and lots of new projects for you to see!

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Amanda

Stamps : Season of Joy, Winter Post
Inks: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Ski Slope designer paper, Whisper White

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Each card is easily duplicated at home to make your Christmas card making a fun and speedy crafting experience. The sentiment on the card is Seasonal Wishes, it is half price as it’s on the last chance list…….£7.98 for 6 wonderful sentiment stamps.

Stamps : Season of Joy, Seasonal Wishes
Inks: Old Olive, Versamark
Cardstock: Ski Slope designer paper, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, 1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ circle punch and White embossing powder

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Amanda

A sympathy card needs to be straightforward to make because we want to get it in the post quickly.  This card uses markers to colour the stamp and the distressing tool to add interest on the papers, but can be completed in a matter of minutes.

Stamps : Close as a memory
Inks: Mellow Moss
Cardstock: So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Tea and Crumpets Designer paper
Accessories: Cutter kit,So Saffron and Always Artichoke markers

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Amanda

I have stamped the images in Versamark onto the designer paper and heat embossed them clear, it gives the paper a glossy finish and makes it much easier to cut out.  The ribbons on the balloons are drawn on with a marker and the bows on the presents is one of the stamps in the set.

Stamps : Big Bold Birthday
Inks: Elegant Eggpant, versamark
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, Tea Party Designer series papers
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, White grosgrain ribbon, Elegant Eggplant marker

I’ve had a busy day today, planning for my team meetings this autumn, I have found a lovely hall, in Soberton 5 miles north of Fareham which will be perfect, it’s light and airy with a wonderful kitchen and  lots of parking.  I will be moving my classes there too, more details soon. You can see the hall here.

Remember to get your orders to me for the last chance list, I can take paypal so I can place your order immediately so you don’t miss out on your favourite stamp set!

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Amanda

The beautiful bird is from my imagination, I’m sure there isn’t a similar bird in nature! I have used markers to colour the stamp and then carefully cut out to give a little 3D element.

Stamps : Best Yet, Touch of Nature
Inks: Old Olive
Cardstock: Old Olive, Haiku Designer Series Paper

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Amanda