Team Shoebox Swap Makes

Happy Monday Crafty friends. Hoping you all had a lovely weekend. Shame about the weather. We had lots of rain here on the island. But as we were all tucked up inside (with cake and a cuppa) for my card class on Saturday the rain didn't worry us. We had a lovely afternoon with new and old friends alike. I'll be sharing some of our projects later in the week, including a tutorial for a fab little floral gift box. 

Today's crafty project share are the three cards my team ladies made for our shoebox swap last week. Unfortunately I had to ask my ladies to make mine for me as I had a very clingy Summer wanting my attention for most of the evening (she flaked out within minutes of the ladies leaving!).

The first of our projects was Hayley's fab make which uses the emboss resist technique. I absolutely love the sentiment taken from Perfect Pennants (a stamp set I seem to have overlooked from the catalogue. I can feel a sneaky order coming on....)

The next card was designed by Lorraine and I somehow managed to stamp it all wonky! Which goes to show even the most seasoned of stampers have wobbly stamping days too. The green gingham is stamped using the Gingham Standard Wheel. Creating this card reminded me how much I enjoy using the wheels. I really must dig through my wheel collection again. The flower is stamped using Flower Shop and punched using the matching Pansy Punch. And the lovely (wonky) sentiment is from the Six Sided Sampler stamp set.

And last, but not least, is Sandy's lovely creation using Papillon Potpourri and the matching small and large butterfly punches. The embossing was created using the Needlepoint Border Embossing Folders. 

Thank you for popping by today. You can order all Stampin' Up! products through my online store by click here or by clicking on any of the product links above. I will also happily order any products for you. Just drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249 and I'll happily assist.

Happy Crafting

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Quick and Easy Washi Thank Yous

Today's crafting share is a quick and easy thank you note I created to enclose with a recent workshop order. I always like to add a hand crafted note for my customers to let them know how much I appreciate their orders.

I like to come up with an easy to reproduce design that I can create on a 10.5cm x 9.9cm card base (this allows me to cut 3 notelet bases from one sheet of A4 cardstock).

This card uses Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight inks to stamp the Six Sided Sampler hexagon and sentiment (I used the bundle of products featured on Page 125 of the main catalogue to stamp and punch these hexagons- this bundle has proved a firm favourite with all of party customers so far this Stampin' Up! year). I layered the hexagon on to a circle of Melon Mambo (cut using my 4.4cm circle).

I used Gingham Garden Washi Tape (Page 171) to create the striped coloured layers on the card base. The beauty of Washi Tape is that it doesn't have to be precise. Each card looked a little different. To finish I used a dimensional to layer the circle on to the washi tape stripes.

Don't forget if there are any crafty essentials or must-haves that you'd like to get your hands on, you can now shop online 24/7. All items ordered will be shipped directly to you and you can even earn hostess freebies if you spend £150+ (who doesn't love freebies?!) And I'll also be posting a little extra something to all people ordering through my Online Shop throughout September. 

For an extra chance to win freebies, add the Hostess Code below to your order and at the end of the month I will be totaling the month's freebies and offering them to one lucky winner.

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Thanks for stopping by today. Pop back on Thursday for another quick crafty make created using the fabulous new design software, My Digital Studio.

Happy Crafting

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