Beautiful Butterflies

Today I want to share a little technique I discovered playing with ink and dies...

I LOVE butterflies and just had to have the Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterfly Thinlits. If you love them too - you have a treat coming with the new catalogue!

This is the first card I made using this technique.

Isn't that butterfly stunning? This was the card I made during the video tutorial.

It's hard to see on a photo but each butterfly is coated in Dazzling Details...

In the flesh these cards are stunning and I couldn't resist making another. As you know I use lots of Thank You cards as every customer who places an order gets one!

I used the sentiment from Sassy Salutations and did a little masking here.

If you're itching to find out how it's done and have a try yourself... here is the video.

Are we nearly there yet?

Oh yes we are! I am so excited that the days are getting longer and it will be light in the evenings again!

Please excuse me if I ramble on a bit but I made a spaghetti bolognese this evening and there was a bottle of red wine in the cupboard... and, well, it would have been rude not to!

I wanted to share the cards we made in our March classes. The last class of the month is tomorrow. But I do have spaces available in April and have four spaces available for the class in The Swan Hotel, Thame on the 13th of April at 7pm... so book now to save your space!

These were the cards we made this month...

This one used Gorgeous Grunge and Flower Shop with the Pansy Punch

In addition we used Petite Petals with the co-ordinating punch on this one.

The background on this one is Something Lacy and the sentiment from Petite Pairs

The sponging on these flowers is so effective! And the leaves were made using the Bird Builder punch

I'm off to make some thank you cards now for this months orders... Have a great week!

Paula xxx

Framed Partial Cut - AND Joining Offer

Hello folks,

I hope you are indoors warm and dry, crafting in this horrid rain! I have a class at 2pm so will be setting up shortly.

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a framelit to make partial cuts and a video tutorial for you to follow.

I used Papillon Potpourri, Sassy Salutations, the Ovals Collection Framelits, Lovely Lace embossing folder and Blendabilities for the butterflies.

Not sure if you can see but I coated the butterflies in Crystal Effects too - they look stunning!

Starting on the 25th November for JUST ONE WEEK there is a special deal for recruits... Join up during this week and not only do you get 25% extra off your starter kit... you also get 5% extra Cashback for orders placed in December! That's a staggering £75 for your starter kit - with products YOU choose to the value of £130 - get in touch if you are interested.

Here is the video...

October Class

Hi Folks,

Hope you've had a good week. I had a rotten headache yesterday and fear I may be coming down with a cold!

I wanted to share the cards we are making in Mondays class... if you are interested in joining in - I have a space for the 12th November doing the same class... Just message me for more info by clicking to e-mail... just £10.95!!!

The four cards for the class are these... Using Flowering Flourishes, each attendee chose the colour scheme they wanted and I have made a sample in each colour so each person will end up with 4 cards all in their chosen colour in these designs.

The first to warm up with a little 'bling' and the sentiment from Sassy Salutations

Then we'll be making this one. Flowering Flourishes, Sassy Salutations and a little bling... I also added this lovely double ribbon made from Seam Binding.

The next card is possibly one of my favourites as I think Pink Pirouette and Smoky Slate are lovely together... I have also used my new I Love Lace background stamp... gorgeous isn't it!?!

And a close up of that pretty bow!

Lastly something using the new Four Feathers stamp set and matching framelits I got FREE at Convention!

I forgot to use my Embossing Buddy! So have a few white spots - lesson learned! Don't cut corners!

The feathers are lovely aren't they? Wish I had got them sooner!

Well that's me for today! If you want to place an order please use the link on the right at the top of the page and come back tomorrow where I'll be showing you projects from the November class!

Flowering Flourishes

£21.95

Flowering Flourishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

I Love Lace Wood-Mount Stamp Set

£15.95

I Love Lace Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£12.95

Sassy Salutations

£20.95

Sassy Salutations Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£16.95

Four Feathers Wood-Mount Stamp Set

£12.95

Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£9.95

Four Feathers Wood-Mount Bundle

£20.95

Four Feathers Clear-Mount Bundle

£18.50

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Thank You Gift

My poor dog was injured earlier in the year and has been having Hydrotherapy from the most lovely compassionate, gentle lady. So I wanted to say Thank You.

I made her a little gift and matching card.

It is a little box (that I made) containing some scented Tealights, I used Chalk Talk for the label and the Itty Bitty Accents flower punch. The leaves were from the Bird Punch. I love the Organza ribbon too - it's such a useful size!

The card was made using the Swallowtail butterfly, sentiment from Sassy Salutations, Apothecary Accents dies and flowers punched from Something to Say, Petite Petals and Flower Shop using the coordinating punches.

As well as a couple of Rhinestones I also added Dazzling Diamonds to one of the flowers... I do love that stuff!

Well tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn I am heading to the airport for this years Stampin' Up! Convention in Brussels. There will be 700 of us all mingling, swapping, crafting and seeing new products and techniques. It's so exciting!

Tomorrow here I'll be sharing the Pillow Gift I have made for my room mate, this is a Stampin' Up! tradition, Friday I'll be sharing my swaps that are just for other members of the Pinkies (Over 70 of us will be there!) and on Saturday I'll be sharing the 'General' swaps I made.

The idea of swapping is to give and receive small items made with current products that you can use as inspiration or to share as samples with your customers. I'm sure I'll be sharing some of those next week! xxx

Colouring Practice

Hi Guys,

Before I came away (it is darned hot here by the way!) I had a chance to play a little more with my Blendabilities.

I think I'm getting the hang of them now. I really do!

What do you think?

I only have the Cherry Cobbler ones at the moment - I used my Stampin' Write Markers for the other colours.

Again this is the new Hostess Set - I Like You - available from the 1st July - spend £150 and you qualify to get it!

The sentiment is of course Sassy Salutations.

Can't believe I'll be home soon! But it will be nice to see the animals!

Dad Birthday Card

It was my Dad's birthday the other day and I gave him this card. I'm off to a tiny Greek island this evening. My amazing Upline is staying in the house for me looking after the cats (snake/rabbit and geckos) - she has even taken time off work so she can spend all day having kitty cuddles - Bless her! She is ace!

I just adore the Glimmer Paper and Gorgeous Grunge! The little button is one of the Basic Metal Buttons and the sentiment is from Sassy Salutations. These products are all available now!

I tied the button with a little Linen Thread. Just perfect for Masculine Cards! So order now as it's not in the new catalogue! Shock Horror!!

You can buy them now in my On-Line store - It's completely secure and if you choose not to let me see your details - the system can hide them from me if you want to remain anonymous! So your information is protected as much as you would want it to be.

Basic Metal Buttons

£7.25

Linen Thread

£3.95

Silver Glimmer Paper

£4.50

Gorgeous Grunge Wood

£21.95

Gorgeous Grunge Clear

£17.95

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Magic Card

I have spent the evening merrily editing a whole series of videos! They will be coming soon, but today I'm just sharing a quicky - this is the 'Magic Card' I made having seen a few yesterday.

How cute is that? I was so excited I took it to work to show my colleagues.

I'm thinking this would be a great thing for one of the projects in my next class.... what do you think?

The stamp sets are, Life in the Forest, Sassy Salutations and Just Sayin'.

Back with some videos and some more gorgeous projects soon (maybe even tomorrow!)

P xxx

Masculine Card - Video Tutorial PtII

Hi - I'm back!

I haven't really been anywhere I promise! I was away last weekend and have no idea where this week has gone!

I did go and see Jersey Boys at the theatre in London last night and it was amazing! I still have loads to do before I go to regional training in Telford next weekend - So excited - loads of like minded demo's crafting together and learning together... and we usually get a Prize Patrol - where Stampin' Up! give us freebies!

I promised you another masculine card and here it is... along with a tutorial. I used The Open Sea and World Map stamps again with Sassy Salutations - so you get your money's worth.

This is the effect you get from 'splashing - you'll need to watch the video for that!

The Gold embossing powder makes the anchor stand out.

And here is the video - I hope you enjoy it! I have some more videos to post next week so watch this space!

Happiest Landmark

A friend of ours recently celebrated a landmark birthday...

The trouble is it was a man! (Am I the only one who struggles with masculine cards?)

Out came my trusty Gorgeous Grunge, the Chevron Punch, Sassy Salutations and my Bigz Alphabet and numbers dies. I so love the Glimmer Paper!

He absolutely loved it and I really enjoyed making it!

I have some more masculine cards coming soon with their very own video tutorials so don't miss them! I'm still struggling to find time to record them but in the mean time you can check out more of my YouTube videos here : Knall Crafting on You Tube

Hope you are having a good week - I am finally hoping to get to an Agility show this weekend and use my caravan for the first time!