Stampin up party

Friday evening I hosted a Stampin up party with Michelle as the demonstrator. A big thank you to all of you who managed to come & I hope that you enjoyed your evening as much as I did.

I have had my eye on the loads of love set plus the accessories set for ages now & I guess I just needed a gentle nudge to add it to my shopping list, so I asked michelle if we could have that set as the features set, I just love the little truck.


I love the paper piecing technique that Michelle uses, I must say it's not one that I have used much in the past, but she left her sets here by accident & yesterday morning before I got dressed I stamped a few extra trucks & accessories to play with before my set comes next week.
I will definitely be using more paper piecing in my cards in future especially as my scrap box is bulging out.


The Black border is made using the Stampin up scallop edge punch and is very easy when you know how its done.

Instructions


You just need a square of card 7cm x 7cm


Position the card in the middle of the punch taking particular care that the card is in the middle of the scallop either side.


You can see slightly clearer the positioning in this picture ( just double click on the picture and you can enlarge it )


After the first punch your card should look like this.


Repeat on all four edges and you will end up with a beautiful focal border.


The second card we made was using the Sale-a-bration set polka dot punches & Its beautiful wheel.
I love the orange in with pink & black a great colour mix.
The black card is rolled with the its beautiful wheel using versamark ink and clear powder.



Many thanks again to Michelle for a great party & all of the inspiration.