Butterflies and scallops

The Spring and Summer seasonal catalogue also comes to an end this month so if you still have things on your wish list then now is the time to order them.  
One product that was introduced in this catalogue and will continue in the new annual catalogue is the Simply Scored Borders Plate.  The designs coordinate with many of the die cut shapes and stamps.
On this card there is an embossed border along the bottom, a scalloped edge which echoes the scallop circle sitting behind the central butterfly.

Patterned Occasions

I can't believe Saleabration is almost over for another year! There's still just time to order if you're quick though.  
Today's card shows off some more Saleabration goodies.  The stamp set is Patterned Occasions and the designer series paper, ribbon and buttons are all available with the current promotion too.

Another Christmas Gift box

Remember this?  It is a retake on the gift box that I made at team training last month but in a different colour scheme.  I used the traditional red and green of old olive and cherry cobbler together with the Holly Berry designer paper. See, I told you I would be making a lot of these!

Christmas Gift Box

I love this box!  The lovely Amanda Fowler showed us how at our recent team training day at the end of July.
The box itself is made from just one piece of A4 card stock and created easily using the Simply Scored. The lid is made from a scallop square cut using the Big Shot.  
The completed box stands around 6 inches high and will be perfect at Christmas time, I can see that I will be making a lot of these.

Tea Shoppe Gatefold.

Well, here we are, the last card from the handbag portfolio that we made at team training. Amanda designed all of these cards for us, you can see her blog here. 
This is a lovely gate fold card decorated inside and out with papers from the Sweet shop designer paper pack. 

The accent images are from Tea Shoppe, I wasn't sure about this set when I first saw it but I have to confess it has grown on me and is now top of my wish list. The images are stamped in chocolate chip ink onto whisper white card, and matted onto a pool party scalloped circle. A length of ribbon secured with a jelly bean brad holds the card closed for sending.


Here is a closer look at the accents.

Birthday cake?

More new products from the Spring mini that I really hope are going to carry over into the new main catalogue in October. Can you spy new punches?  There are two!  We have the create a cupcake punch that coordinates perfectly with the stamp set (which also make great clouds and sheep and tons of other stuff!) and the new large scallop circle punch. Colours today are Perfect plum and Pretty in Pink and the sentiment is from Curly cute

Take Note!

Hello, I spent a wonderful day at Team training yesterday.  I will share the projects we made iver the next couple of days.  Todays picture though is of the little notebooks that I decorated for my own team members who came with me.  They began life as plain notepads that you will find in any stationers but I covered them in coordinating Sunny Garden designer papers (sadly retired now). I added a strip of old olive grosgrain ribbon and a monogrammed scallop circle inked in old olive.  I also prettied up some basic biros by sliding a piece of matching paper inside the tube.  I hope they like them.

Luxury Layers

 This is a bit of a departure for me, not my usual style of card at all.  The black base card has been run through the big shot in a polka dot embossing folder then I layered different pieces of Love Letter designer paper (now retired) together with a sash of striped grosgrain ribbon.  I stamped the medallion from Artistic Etchings and layered it onto a scallop punched circle, which I had daubed with silver shimmer paint.  A touch of bling from some rhinestones and voila!

Noel - Christmas Bunting

This is what mine is going to look like when I've finished making it! The bunting was one of the projects at our Stampin Up team training day recently and this is the lovely Amanda holding up her sample. 
I think the bunting looks amazing and will look great in my house at Christmas and it really isn't that difficult to create.  The designer paper pennant triangles are from Jolly Holiday and are matted onto cherry cobbler.  Then each pennant is trimmed with vanilla card that has been edged with the scallop border punch.  The letters have been inked in old olive and then crystal effects to give them that gorgeous glossy shine.  The letters are then placed onto vanilla circles and cherry scalloped circles.  We used the cropodile to make holes in the corners and to set the jumbo eyelets and the whole thing is joined together with some old olive satin ribbon.  Of course you could make much longer bunting and use different words, hmmm I've got an 18th birthday in the family next year I might make some in a different colour scheme for that!

Sweet Friend

I don't believe it!  What's going on with my photos??  So confusing :(

Card number 3 from the boxed set!  Now this is a very versatile design, we used Stampin up's Every Little bit set any one of which fits perfectly inside the circle and scallopped circle punches.  Therefore it could be made to fit any occasion at all :).  The designer paper background is from Blueberry crisp as before and a few rhinestones added for dimension.