Team day

Here's some of the fab projects from our recent Stampin' Up! team day

Ros's fabulous fridge magnet

Liz's pretty Purse

Jan's gorgeous gift card.....

which contained a surprise inside, of a packet of seeds!

Thanks for sharing these fab projects teammates!

More tomorrow!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day! 

To all the unsung heroes out there!

I am so lucky to have a wonderful Dad, AND a wonderful Dad-in Law,

to make cards for....

Here's one based on the 'Countryside' set....

torn, inked edges, and quite grungy...

This was based on 'The Open Sea'...

I offset two ovals to give the saturn-type ring,

and die-cut/punched the letters.

Two different styles, but which would you choose?

June 'Make n take'

For our team day, I chose this project for us all to make.

It's based on Summer Silhouettes, using Calypso Coral, Midnight Muse, and a natural for the leaves.

We added glitter to the flower centres,

some of the new Washi tape from 'This and That',

Two vellum butterflies, die-cut and layered,

a vintage button, and some ribbon.

I would like to thank sharoncheng.com for the inspiration.

Have you used washi tape yet?

team play day

Hi there!

Hope this finds you well....

I had a lovely play-day with some of my team-mates,

and would like to share some of our projects....

I am so lucky to be surrounded by some lovely talented people who generously share their inspiration.

Here's the boxes I made them as my 'swap'.
I got the idea from flowerbug.typepad.com,
all made from 12"/12"  card stock.

Hmmmmm photography not my strong point!
So, luckily I took close-ups!

I co-ordinated the cardstock with some pretty papers I had,
then decorated accordingly....
here I cut out the birds, added some gems...

This one, I cut out some cages, and added pearls..

This one, I cut out some birds that I decoupaged, and added some large rhinestones.
Each one had a button and bow.....the blue one I 'feathered' (get it?!) the ends....
They all hold standard card sizes, and had a Velcro closure.

So, which one is your favourite?!

Nephew

My eldest nephew lives sooooo far away,

I miss him and his family soooo much.....

here's the card I sent

He's lots of fun, so thought this was apt, with all the tickets too,

and I experimented with the masking/inking technique.

Brother

It's a very busy time in Stampin' Up! Land,

but there's still lots of birthdays to celebrate too!

Here's one for B-I-L

using one of the sale-a-bration sets that I don't think I can part with.

This is the ferris wheel

Masculine cards are always difficult, don't you think?

I fancied a change from the golfer stamp I usually use.

I sponged the background with ink, 

using a mask I made from copier paper and the oval framelit dies.

I like adding 'flags' of paper....it adds interest, and uses up some of my zillion scraps of paper!

There's a 'ticket' peeking out above 'celebrate' that says happy birthday.

Celebrate 25 years of Stampin' Up!

I hope you enjoyed the sunshine today!

I was up to my neck in clearing out one of our ponds.....

well, they say mud is good for your skin!

I was accompanied by a frog, a fish, and numerous newts! 

Well, as usual Stampin' Up! are full of surprises,

and I mean FULL!

There's the new single stamps.....

....and special stamp sets to celebrate 25 years of Stampin' Up!