These are the projects I completed at Elaine’s on Saturday.

Jane designed this first card, well something very similar……….you see I was busy chatting ( not like me at all !  ) and stuck my ribbon on too central then the mat layers didn’t fit so I adapted the design……..I’m really pleased with it and the technique, I will be demoing this technique at my workshops during July.

Stamps : Wow Flowers
Inks: Green Galore
Cardstock: Green Galore, Whisper White
Accessories: 1/2″ circle punch, White grosgrain ribbon, Stampin’ Pastels, Sponge Daubers, Paper Piercer, Scallop circle punch

This is a bookmark designed by Vannessa, it showcases the wonderful Season of Joy, a Christmas stamp set that’s not just for Christmas!!!  I love the Summer Sun, Cameo Coral combination, just right for a summer holiday read.

Stamps : Season of Joy, One of a Kind
Inks: Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Old Olive
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Brads, Paper piercer

This card was Amy’s make and take with a difference, she gave us all a bag of bits, cardstock, designer paper, confetti white card.  Black Stazon ink, watercolour crayons and the choice of 2 stamp sets, Scene in a Garden or the one I chose Soft Summer.  The ribbon embellishment uses a loop of Linen thread to attach the button, simple and stylish.  Love it!

Stamps : Soft Summer
Inks: Black Stazon
Cardstock and Papers: Confetti White, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Summer Picnic DSP
Accessories: Button, Linen Thread, Bashful Blue Double Stitched Ribbon, Watercolour wonder crayons

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

A lovely card from Deborah

Deborah has used a card blank in Almost Amethyst with a Blush Blossom Mat layer which has been paper pierced in all 4 corners.  The girl is stamped in Chocolate chip and then  water coloured and matted onto a Almost Amethyst layer.  The Ribbon is Whisper White dyed to match Barely Banana using an inkpad and dauber.  The sentiment from Best Yet has been matted onto an Almost Amethyst Oval scallop punch which has the scallops punched.

Gorgeous Thank you Deborah!

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

I love this stamp set, it makes really quick cards look really classy.  In all three cards I have used the En Francais background, but each one is different. 

Sage Shadow

Chocolate Chip for the base card, stamped En Francais Background in Chocolate chip, the mat layer is textured Sage Shadow with a little bit of paper piercing around the edge and the flower is stamped in Stazon onto Naturals Ivory and using the blender pens and ink I coloured it in Sage Shadow for the leaves and Rose Red for the flower.

Pumpkin Pie

Apologies for the wonky photo……..A square base card in Ballet Blue with a bit of doodling on the corners, a mat layer of Pumpkin Pie and the main image stamped in Stazon onto Naturals Ivory.  I stamped the image again on a post-it note and masked it then overstamped the En Francais background in Close to Cocoa.   Water coloured the image using Ballet Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red and Old Olive water colour crayons and then I used my aqua painter and brushed clean water over the background to give a softer look to the text.

Chocolate Lime

A base card of Chocolate Chip, with 1″ cut off the front and the edge scalloped.  A 2″ strip of  Gable Green stuck onto the inside to show through, with Chocolate Chip ribbon tied around, and knotted……..you do know I’m bow impaired……..can’t tie bows!!!!  The main image stamped in Stazon and watercoloured, Gable Green and Chocolate Chip water Colour Crayons and then cut out.  The mat layer is Gable Green with the En Francais background stamped in Chocolate Chip, the main image mounted with Stampin’ Dimensional foam pads.

I have a definite favourite………..which one is yours?

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

I might be taking the love theme a little too far but who wouldn’t love 13 cupcakes?………..

The stamp set is called Crazy for Cupcakes and it is a wonderful set. I have stamped the original image 3 times, once for the main card and then again so I could colour them and cut out lots more individual cupcakes. The original image only has 6 cupcakes on it and I like lots more on my plate so in total I cut out 7 additional cupcakes, 3 I have layered on top of the original image and 1 for the front, the last 3 are on the inside of the card.

I have coloured the cupcakes using my blender pens and Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Close to Cocoa and Bashful Blue for the stand. I have purposely not coloured all of the image, If you enlarge it my clicking on the photo you will see white space, that’s not bits I’ve missed it’s so that it gives the look of watercolouring.

This is the inside of the card, I have started adding an extra layer inside some of my cards if I am putting a sentiment inside. I love the little layer of cupcakes at the bottom.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

In the January 2009 Making Cards magazine I had 3 projects published, the cards below are one of the projects. You can find details of the magazine here. The cards are using the brilliant Loads of Love stamp set and Loads of Love accessories.

The images have all been water coloured with Stampin’ Uu! watercolour crayons. If you would like to order both stamp sets and some watercolour crayons you will qualify for a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set. Email me to place an order.

Thanks for visiting.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda

This is a make and take I will be demo’ing on Saturday at a workshop for one of my Downline Lydia, the way Stampin’ Up! works is demonstrators sign up under another demonstrator, who we call an Upline.  It’s the Uplines job to support their Downline, offer training and support in building a business, so I’m off to run a workshop with Lydia, we are going to have a great evening. 

I’m planning on building a big team !  So if you’d like to find out more about this opportunity and become part of my team please email me  ajpapercraft@btinternet.com

This card is using a wonderful set Summer by the Sea, and a level 2 hostess set Garden Silhouettes.  I made a ‘Z’ card using half a sheet of A4 Bashful Blue card stock cut lengthways.  I then folded it in half and the front section in half again.  I then stamped all over using the Cow Parsley stamp again in Bashful Blue and I used a technique where I inked the stamp and then got 3 images from it just by repeat stamping, that gives a lovely shadow effect.  I stamped the girl image on Confetti White card stock, it has lovely flecks of colour running through it and is wonderful to watercolour on.  I used aqua painters and Bold Brights Watercolour Crayons, they are so easy to use the colour just glides on.

 I matted the image onto Pretty in Pink Card and then stuck the left hand side onto the folded back front section.  I stamped the greeting punched it out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch, layered onto a 1 3/8″ circle of Bashful blue onto a Scallop punch of Pretty in Pink, I finished off with some little white dots with my gel pen.

Happy Stampin’

Amanda