Flowery Season's Greetings

So it is that time of the year again. The time when crafters minds skip forward a few months and we start to plan for Christmas. For this month's card class we created this aperture 'Showstopper' (any Great British Bake Off fans will understand the idea of a showstopper ;0). I'd seen a very similar card over on Julie Kettlewell's blog and wanted to have a go with my fab framelits and Apothecary Art stamp set (another set due to return in the new Annual Catalogue).

 The colours we used were Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green (such a classic Christmas colour combination). 

 We embellished the stamped wreath with swirly paper flowers and flowers punched with the Boho Blossoms punch (and leaves from the Bird Punch). Each flower was accessorized with a Basic Pearl.

Here is a quick close up of the swirly curled paper flowers.

 

I loved creating this card. It would be perfect for that extra special someone at Christmas (or adapted for a birthday or special occasion). It is so effective yet deceptively simple to create.

 

I am so enjoying Christmas crafting again. This is my favourite time in the crafting calendar and I love designing my festive workshops and classes (please get in touch to book a party or a space in a festive class- poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249). I have just had a fantastic delivery of new seasonal products and stamp sets from the Autumn Winter Catalogue. I am itching to get started with my festive crafting.

 

Please pop back on Saturday to join in with the Pinkie's blog hop. I have a project to share using the lovely Orchard Harvest Suite and Autumn Accents Die.

 

Happy Crafting ;0)

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Attic Boutique Thank You

 Here is a project I made as a Hostess Thank You a couple of weeks back for a workshop I demonstrated at locally. I love these Attic Boutique papers and how beautifully they compliment the Summer Mini stamp set, the Open Water.

I used the fab new Edgelit dies to create the edging of the handbag.

 I created the antiqued look by sponging the edges with Early Espresso. I created this embellished feature with scalloped circles which I sprayed with water, scrunched and layered. The brad is one of the lovely freebie brads from last months Everyday Enchantment promotion.

 And finally here is the matching thank you card using the Apothecary Art stamp set and matching framelit dies.

To find out more about the fantastic current promotion Stampin' Up! are running, please click the Promotion tab at the top (who doesn't love a freebie stamp set?). To find out more about joining as a Demonstrator, hosting a workshop or ordering products please get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Saturday Crafting ;0)

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April Scrapbooking Sneak Peak 1

Another sneaky peak at some of the lovely new products from the Summer Mini Catalogue. This scrapbook page that I taught in my April scrapbooking class uses the Twitterpated Papers coupled with Apothecary Art and Bordering on Romance Stamp Sets. The embellishments are the beautiful new Pleated Satin Ribbons and Twitterpated Designer Buttons (these are lovely and petite and beautifully subtle). I love this springtime colour scheme and the subtlety of the colour theme. I also enjoyed trying out a new technique with the paper daisy. I inked this with a sponge using Blushing Bride ink and then sponged over Frost White Shimmer Paint to give a lovely glittery sheen. This made a perfectly matching embellishment.

Looking forward to being able to show you these new products in full come May 1st. I'm giving a little sneak peak now as I may be a little exhausted or preoccupied in very early May. But I will be back blogging asap.

Happy Crafting ;0)

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Sneak peak Gift Card

 So I have been crafting. I've just been a bit hesistant to post as I've been using a lot of lovely sneak peak items from the upcoming Summer Mini catalogue.

Here is a project I worked on last week. I was looking at designing some new gift cards for my customers to purchase for birthdays and thank yous. This envelope gift card was made using some gorgeous new products available from May 1st including the Twitterpated Designer Series Papers, Apothecary Art stamp set (I LOVE this set) and beautiful pleated satin ribbon.

Those eagle eyed amongst you might notice a few other new items too but I won't go in to too much detail till the new catalogue launches on the 1st.

Hope you are all keeping well and enjoying this lovely April weekend.

Happy Crafting ;0)

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