A present from my Creative ladies

I have had a couple of beautiful creative presents from my creative Ladies.
The first one is from Kate, but I cannot share that with you at the moment as I know she has made some for other people but after Christmas I will share the cool idea with you.

The second one was from Kate, Alice  & Lucy. They made me a wreath & if you look really closely I am sure that you can work out what it is made from.

Have you worked it out yet?

The wreath is made from a whole tin of Quality street, a Box of Roses & a box of celebrations, all tied around a shaped wire coat hanger.

Thank you ladies everyone who has seen it & raided it thinks it's so lovely. So something else to add to my list of things to make for next Christmas.

I want to share with you some makes from my talented ladies

Every now and again I like to set my Ladies a challenge, this month they certainly rose to the occasion, I asked them to make something Christmassy. I had decorated the house in readiness & everyone loved our upside down tree & took loads of pictures.

The first pictures are of the robin place name & napkin ring made by Kate.

Can you spot the Stampin' Up Scallop circle punch?

The week previously Daphne had taken part in a Cyber crop & had made a 3D scene & a 3D picture cube.

Aren't they just the coolest, I have never done a cyber crop, maybe that is something that i'll have to add to my to do list for 2011.

The card was from Jeanette she had seen a sample very similar at the Ally Pally show & made one for me.

I love the use of the shades of Grey on the card, not a colour I often use at the moment. Something else to remedy during 2011.

Ann is following Shimelle in journalling her Christmas. It was lovely because Ann loved our decorations & took loads of pictures to add to her journal as our Christmas evening was part of Ann's Christmas preparations. Ann had been making embellishments & she made these using the season of Joy set & bottle lids, I love them & it's something else I need to try & I have been collecting the bottle tops of my Pepsi RAW bottles in readiness for this project.

During the evening we had home-made mince pies with sweet almond pastry & home-made sausage rolls with Cheesy pastry I will add the pictures & recipes later.
I hope everyone enjoyed the evening as much as I did & i look forward to seeing you all again in 2011.

Stampin' Up Colour codes

I have been asked a couple of times recently if there is a way that your printer can print in the Stampin' Up colours.


So here it is, also listed are the HEX codes for HTML programming


These colour codes are for HTML coding. The HEX codes next to the colour names can be used for HTML. The RGB codes can be used for Photoshop,Publisher & Word programmes. They are just to help you coordinate your blog/text/etc. 
The codes can be used for colour combo's for blog challenges  swatches so that the swatches match the actual colours.


If you are wanting to use the colours with your printer for card inserts or envelope addresses etc.

Step 1 - Select the colour you want to use and make a note of the numbers associated with RG & B.

Step 2 - In your word processing software, highlight the text where you will change the colour.

Point to the highlighted text and right-click for the shortcut menu.

Select the Font... menu.

Step 3 - In the Font Dialog Box, find the option for Font Colour and click the drop down arrow.

Choose the More Colours...option.

Step 4 - Select the Custom tab in the Colours Dialog Box.

Step 5 - Make sure that theRGB Colour Model is selected.

Then type the three numbers from the RGB Colour chart that correspond with the colour you want to use in each of the fields.

Click OK to close this box.

Step 6 - Click OK one more time to exit the Font dialog box.

The final result! Your text is officially Real red! (Or whatever colour you chose!)

Brights Collection

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
Regal Rose (#F69EA6)		246	158	166		0	36	33	4
Melon Mambo (#EA5980)		234	89	128		0	62	45	8
Rich Razzleberry (#90496A)		144	73	106		0	49	26	44
Pacific Point (#007EB3)		0	126	179		100	30	0	30
Tempting Turquoise (#59C0DD)		89	192	221		60	13	0	13
Old Olive (#97954F)		151	149	79		0	1	48	41
Daffodil Delight (#FED559)		254	213	89		0	16	65	0
Pumpkin Pie (#F68935)		246	137	53		0	44	78	4
Tangerine Tango (#F3714F)		243	113	79		0	56	67	5
Real Red (#CE243B)		206	36	59		0	83	71	19

Neutrals Collection

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
River Rock (#D2C68D)		210	198	141		0	6	33	18
Chocolate Chip (#62453F)		98	69	63		0	30	36	62
Soft Suede (#896F4D)		137	111	77		0	19	44	46
Early Espresso (#584839)		88	72	57		0	18	35	66
Crumb Cake (#BCA685)		188	166	142		0	12	25	26
Sahara Sand (#BEB19F)		190	177	159		0	7	16	25
Whisper White (#FFFFFF)		255	255	255		0	0	0	0
Very Vanilla (#FFFBE9)		255	251	233		0	2	9	0
Basic Gray (#767C7C)		118	124	124		5	0	0	51
Basic Black (#000000)		0	0	0		0	0	0	100

Regals Collection

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
Elegant Eggplant (#534363)		83	67	99		16	32	0	61
Night of Navy (#30455E)		48	69	94		49	27	0	63
Not Quite Navy (#3A667A)		58	102	122		52	16	0	52
Always Artichoke (#6F6F55)		111	111	85		0	0	23	56
Garden Green (#5C815B)		92	129	91		29	0	29	49
More Mustard (#E19F4F)		225	159	79		0	29	65	12
Cajun Craze (#AD4A33)		173	74	51		0	57	71	32
Riding Hood Red (#BB414F)		187	65	79		0	65	58	27
Cherry Cobbler (#953332)		149	51	50		0	66	66	42
Bravo Burgundy (#7F3F45)		127	63	69		0	50	46	50

Subtles Collection

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
Pink Pirouette (#FCDCDD)		252	220	221		0	13	12	1
Pretty in Pink (#FBCCCD)		251	204	205		0	19	18	2
Rose Red (#C75074)		199	80	116		0	60	42	22
Perfect Plum (#84697D)		132	105	125		0	20	5	48
Marina Mist (#72A3C1)		114	163	193		41	16	0	24
Bashful Blue (#C7DDF3)		199	221	243		18	9	0	5
Baja Breeze (#92C1C3)		146	193	195		25	1	0	24
Wild Wasabi (#85B271)		133	178	113		25	0	37	30
Certainly Celery (#C9CB94)		201	203	148		1	0	27	20
So Saffron (#FFDD9A)		255	221	154		0	13	40	0

In Color 2011

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
Concord Crush (#464567)		75	69	103		27	33	0	60
Poppy Parade (#DF403A)		223	64	58		0	71	74	13
Pear Pizzaz (#B4BC71)		180	188	113		4	0	40	26
Peach Parfait (#F09455)		240	148	85		0	38	65	6
Blushing Bride (#F6C5BE)		246	197	190		0	20	23	4

In Color 2010

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
Rich Razzleberry (#90496A)		144	73	106		0	49	26	44
Soft Suede (#896F4D)		137	111	77		0	19	44	46
Bermuda Bay (#01B9AE)		1	185	174		99	0	6	27
Crushed Curry (#FFC33F)		255	195	63		0	24	75	0
Melon Mambo (#EA5980)		234	89	128		0	62	45	8
Dusty Durango (#DA674F)		218	103	79		0	53	64	15

In Color 2009

Color (HEX/Web Color)		R	G	B		C	M	Y	K
Baja Breeze (#92C1C3)		146	193	195		25	1	0	24
Kiwi Kiss (#BBAB4C)		187	171	76		0	9	59	27
Pacific Point (#007EB3)		0	126	179		100	30	0	30
Pink Pirouette (#FCDCDD)		252	220	221		0	13	12	1
Riding Hood Red (#BB414F)		187	65	79		0	65	58	27
Tangerine Tango (#F3714F)		243	113	79		0	56	67	5

Pull-Out Scrapbook

A Recent make & take project.

To Make the Pull out Scrapbook you will need

• Two 4” x 4” chipboard coasters


• One 4” x 10” piece of card stock for the front book cover


• One 4” x 10” piece of coordinating patterned paper for the inside of the book cover


• Two 3” x 12” pieces of cardstock


• Three pieces of ribbon – 18” each piece


• Extra sticky adhesive


• Paper cutter


• Scoring tool


• Grid paper (optional but helpful)


• 3/16” corner rounder

Step 1

Use the 3/16” corner rounder to round all four corners of two pieces of 4” x 10” pieces of paper. 

Run a strip of tape lengthwise through the center of the plain 4” x 10” piece of card stock and adhere one of the lengths of ribbonto the tape.

Step 2

Adhere two chipboard coasters onto the outer edges of the prepared piece from Step 1. 

Apply adhesive between the two coasters so that the patterned paper will be adhered along the spine of the book.

Step 3

To create the inside cover of the book, adhere second piece of 4” x 10” piece of patterned paper on top of the coasters. 

Its at this stage you can ink the edges of the cover if desired for a vintage look.

Step 4

Score both pieces of 3” x 12” card stock at 3”, 6” & 9”. 

Adhere the two remaining pieces of ribbon in center of the farthest right hand panel of the 3” x 12” card stock, 

Its at this stage you can ink the edges of the pull out pages if desired for a vintage look.

Step 5

Adhere one of the 3” x 12” pieces of card stock to each side of the inside cover to create the “pull out” sleeves of the project

Step 6

When both pull out sleeves are taped down, it will look like this.

Step 7

This is what the inside of the book will look like when the ribbons have been tied.

Step 8

Decorate the inside pages.

Step 9

Decorate the front of your scrapbook.

If you Make an album like this don't forget to send me a link to look at the finished pictures.

Paper Wreath

I saw these on line whilst searching for the origami Christmas tree's & thought that I would try them out. 


Christmas Wreath

Instructions:
1. Cut 8 sheets of rectangle paper the same size where the length is double the width. The sheet size will depend on how large you want the wreath to be ( the wreaths in the photo use 4cm  x 8cm  sheets). Choose your favorite paper or mix and match patterned and solid styles.
2. Fold each sheet of paper down the center lengthwise (use a bone folder to make your folds nice and crisp). If using a patterned paper, make sure the pattern is showing when folded.
3. With the folded paper horizontal and the open edge at the top, fold down the corners (bring the top two corners down to meet the bottom edge of the paper, forming 45 degree angles).
4. Then fold the paper in half widthwise, keeping the angled flaps inside. Bring the points flush together. This is the final shape for each individual piece (3 straight sides, 1 angled side).
5. Repeat these steps for all 8 pieces of paper.
6. Take one of the pieces and hold the points together – look inside the shortest edge of the shape to find two pockets formed by the angled edges of the paper. Insert the points of a second piece into the two pockets of the first piece – push the second piece into the first until the points touch the bottom of the pocket.
7. Take a third piece and repeat step 6 using the pockets of the second piece…and so on. You will see your wreath take form as you build and repeat.
8. On the eighth and final piece the tips of the first piece will insert into its pockets, completing the circle. The center of your wreath should form an octagon shape.
9. Make adjustments to your pieces to even out the shape. For added strength, use small pieces of double stick tape inserted within the pockets to hold pieces firmly in place.
10. To hang your wreath, add ribbon by looping through the center of the wreath, or use a 1/8″ hole punch through one of the points then thread ribbon through.

The papers, ribbon & punch are from Stampin' up & are available to purchase through me as an Independent Creative coach