This monotone card is great for showcasing our fabulous wheels, this one is called So Swirly ! A scalloped edge, a little ribbon and a sentiment from Oval All and we are all done!  Speedy crafting!

Happy Stampin’

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!

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

Today I’m going to share with you the wonderful projects we made at the shoebox swap, so what exactly is a shoebox swap?

The idea of a  swap is for everyone to get together and assemble the “sample card” that is displayed by each swap participant. We set up stations with every one’s Shoe Box Swaps on a table and we make each other’s card and we all go home with a shoebox full of assembled cards!

Each person makes one completed sample card and puts all the materials for 12 (cardstock-pre-cut to size, stamps, inks, markers, punches, embellishments, etc.) used to make more of the same card in a Shoe Box or small box. They have to be demonstrable cards (meaning it would be something you would do in a workshop or class) using at least two accessories and layers.

We all made 7 projects, these 6 lovely cards using wheels, paper piecing, ribbons, craft ink I’ll be stealing lots of these ideas!

Some of the cards had stamped insides too !

This is my card

Now there is one project missing…..it had chocolate in it, but I have been good and not eaten it!

It was Hayley’s Easter treat and she has kindly agreed to share the instructions so my stampers 10’s and Technique clubs it will be your 3D project for this month! It is super cute and of course I will include the chocolate!  All my club meetings are in the next 10 days so I’ll share it on my website after that.

Thank you to my wonderful team for a fab evening and I’ll see you all tomorrow.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

Thank you so much for sending me cards.

This is from Jane, it’s a Whisper White card blank with 2 Ballet Blue layers the bottom one is has a scalloped edge, it has the So Swirly Wheel over the top with Ballet Blue ink.  The centre panel is stamped with Bravo Burgundy, Ballet Blue and  So Saffron ink using the leaf stamp from Very Versatile, and matted onto So Saffron and Bravo Burgundy card.  The sentiment is from Oval All and mounted on So Saffron Oval Scallop punch.

This is from Marilyn, it’s a wonderful stamp set from u-mount she has used some mica paints to colour in the embossed images, see the detail in the image below.

And now for the lovely Marcia, she has using a Penny Black hedgehog stamp to make this lovely card.

That’s all for today, I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

I use Photopshop Elements 6 (for Macintosh) for those technology lovers out there, still not mastered it but I can now add a watermark to my pictures Hurrah!

So onto the card, this is using the Forest friends set from the mini catalogue and a reflection technique, now I have been teaching reflections for a long time but using brayers, it was never easy…………at the field training from Stampin’ Up! We used the Stamp-a-ma-jig imaging sheet which made life so much simpler.

First stamp Bambi at the top of your piece of cardstock, then stamp again anywhere on the imaging sheet, make sure you stamp onto the smooth side.  Then flip over the imaging sheet line up the images and press down onto your card and rub gently, see so simple!  A little grass was added using Old Olive marker pen and the sky with an aqua painter using Bashful Blue.  Bambi is layered onto Night of Navy Textured card stock and some Close to Cocoa that has been scalloped.  Finished with a ribbon knot and an oval scallop sentiment.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

For these cards I have taken a Whisper White card blank and stamped the Thank you sentiment from Oval all in Chocolate Chip ink.  Then I have taken a scrap piece of card and punched out a Scallop Oval.  Lay the punched out piece of card ontop of the stamped image and using the sponge daubers I have inked over the top in either Bashful Blue or Pretty in Pink ink.  Now a bit of a tip, stamp the sentiment then do the sponging, you can sponge then use your Stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up perfectly but it takes a while, and if you need quick cards do it the other way!!!  I’ve finished the cards with a piece of matching taffeta ribbon.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

The Easter bunny visited the children too…………..There is far too much chocolate in this house now!

So onto a Chocolate based card, well what else today……..

These are 2 cards sent to wonderful team members who have promoted recently.  The flower pots are Chocolate Chip cardstock with the lip punched with the scallop edge punch.  The flowers are made with two of the 5 petal punch using Designer Series Paper from the Love Stories Simply Scrappin’ kit and the smallest flower from the Boho Blossoms punch and stuck together with a Bashful Blue brad.  The sentiment is from Oval All and punched using both the Oval punch and the Scallop Oval punch.

My share for today are two wonderful forums with a huge amount of Stampin’ Up! inspiration in the galleries

This one is a USA based forum, not all of the stamps shown are available in the UK ( at the moment) Splitcoast Stampers 

The second one is based here in the UK and is very friendly  In Love With Stamping   

You will find me on both of these sites, my forum name is Emerald Tigger.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

I also have a crafting commission due in 6 weeks……I can’t tell you about it……….shhhhhh……….but it’s very exciting the downside is I can’t post any of the things I am making, but I do have lots of lovely Stampin’ Up! creations to share with you.

This card is made with all new products from the mini catalogue.  The base card is Textured Certainly Celery card with a Pretty in Pink and So Saffron mat layer.  I have used a piece of Tea Party paper ( it is sooooo beautiful!).  Then I stamped the large flower from Playful Petals and using my blender pens and ink from the lid of my ink pad I coloured it in. I stamped the centre flower again and cut it out and popped it up onto a dimensional.  The striped ribbon is the new Pretty in Pink ribbon from the mini catalogue and the sentiment is from Oval All stamped onto So Saffron and punched with the plain oval punch on a mat layer of the scallop oval punch.  All of the products are now available, please email me to place you order.

Today I’m teaching 2 classes For the love of Chocolate and Stampin’ but not on card ! I’ll be back later to post some of the projects we made.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

The challenge was judged by a lovely lady from outside the team, they were all so lovely I couldn’t choose!!

And this one was the winner, well done Vannessa!

and the reasons for the choice  ”All the cards were beautiful and it was difficult to choose, however after careful consideration my choice is card 7.  The reason for my choice is that, the design was simple, loved the triple scalloped edge feature and just reminded me of Spring.”

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

We always have a swap so this is mine, it’s a paperclip bookmark, I’ve done one before with an owl which you can find here.  I will post a tutorial but not for a couple of weeks as I’ll be demonstrating this at my home workshops.  A great calorie free Easter present!

Stripey ribbon…..stripey ribbon……..yes in Pretty in Pink, So Saffron and Bashful Blue!!

And now something that certainly isn’t calorie free……

Well you can’t have stamping without chocolate, there must be a law !!!!  Did you spot the fantastic new Scallop Oval punch and matching stamp set Oval All……….check the mini catalogue out here.  You can call or email me to place an order.

Now because I make them work as well as stamp…….well a little bit ( Tee Hee) They have notebooks and folders to keep all the projects and information sheets too.  Chipboard alphabets and new designer series paper called Tea party it’s fantastic and on a card I’ll be sharing with you tomorrow!

I’ll share  more over the coming days, we have lots of make and takes and swaps too.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda