Free designer series papers for 6 months

For a six month period when you join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator you will receive a FREE Designer series pack of 12” x 12” paper (worth £9.95) of your choice. 

So why not join and reap the benefits of becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator:

Offer valid Dates: 1 October – 30 November 2012

• you get to select your own starter kit items from any current catalogueup to the value of £130, plus £45 worth of business supplies.  All of this will only cost you £99.

• there is no commitment for place any orders 
• or stay with Stampin’ Up! once you have signed up.

• In addition to receiving £130 worth of catalogue products for only £99 you will receive 20% off every order that you place.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any further information or just for a friendly chat about the benefits of becoming a demonstrator.

Signing up just got easier Click here You can now join Stampin' Up online

Paper share ~ If your thinking of joining be quick

Designer series papers

patterns

Just 1 share left now

Just lately I have been using a lot of the DSP from the patterns range so I thought I would give you the opportunity to try a whole selection of these papers without having to buy a full pack of each colourway.

So here's what is on offer

They are on page 76 of the current ideas catalogue

117367 ~ Perfect plum
113645 ~ So saffron
113646 ~ Old olive
113648 ~ Bashful blue
113647 ~ Rose red
113649 ~ Chocolate chip
113644 ~ Pumpkin pie

What you will get
a total of 42 pieces of paper
6" x 6"
6 pieces in each colourway

What it will cost
£7 per share including postage

There are 8 shares available & as soon as this share is complete I will order the papers.
I can accept pay pal if the payment is marked as a gift.

Please e-mail me at
lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Pretty Flowers

Whilst surfing last week my friend came across this tutorial for making a scrunchie flower, I am always looking for different ideas for making handmade embellishments so I thought I would give it a try.

For my flower I used
Designer series papers ~ patterns
Bashful blue 113648
Cardstock
Apricot appeal
Lavender lace
Certainly celery
Stamps
It's beautiful wheel 111201
Live your dream 111486
Ink
Versamark
Glorious green
Tools
Scallop circle punch 109877
Mini glue dots 103683
The flower takes 11 scallop circles cut from the Designer series papers, they all needed to be scrunched up, I am loving scrunching, if you had asked me a year ago to scrunch up my papers or horror of horrors to rip my paper & would have looked horrified, but now I love scrunch, rip & ink. I'm not sure who to credit with this transformation, but I do love Tim Holtz.




I decided that these flowers were a little to full to use on a card so I added the flower to a layout instead.

Special card

I have been asked by Paul to make some special cards for one of the guys he works with for his wife & parents,


This is the inside of the double extender card

So I used some of my Stampin' Up papers & stamps

Top tip when cutting the cardstock always start by cutting your largest pieces first

Base cardstock

One 8" x 6" base (A), two 6" x 6" front pieces (B) & two 12" x 6" extender pieces (C)

Co-ordinating cardstock

Two 1 3/4" x 5 3/4" pieces
eight 1 3/4" x 1 1/4" pieces
two 1 1/2" x 5 3/4" pieces

Patterned papers

Two 3 3/4" x 2 3/" pieces
three 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" pieces
two 1 1//2" x 5 1/2" pieces
eight 1" x 1 1/2" pieces
four 1 3/4" x 2 3/4" pieces
four 3 3/4" x 1 1/4" pieces
two 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" pieces

30" piece of ribbon
adhesive
front embellishments

Base ~ mark centre line down base piece (A) and set aside

Extending sides ~
Scoring ~ using both pieces (c) create sides as folows:- lay horizontally, score from top to bottom at 2" in from the left edge again at 4" from the edge, turn sheet 180 degrees and score 2" from edge & again at 4" on both pieces of card. Looking at the pieces the lines should be symettrical.

Cutting ~ Turn vertically & mark 1 1/2" from left edge & cut from 1st score to last score, flip 180 degrees & repeat, on both pieces of card.

Folding ~ fold on all score lines, with the first fold being a mountain fold, second is a valley fold, third is mountain and fourth is a valley fold.
Now push 2 centre folds in opposite directions & concertina fold card closed. The front panel should form a 'T' shape that has been turned sideways. Do the same to the second piece of card.

Front panels ~ Working from top to bottom score 2" in from one side to create a score line thats a third of the way in on both pieces of card.

Assembling Project

Secure last scored section of left extending panel to base at the left and just up to the centre line. repeat for the right extending panel working to create the opposite side ( glue the 2" panel & the middle section of the extending panel ) . Add front panels to remaining outer edges by 'tucking' 2" section behind extending panels. Your project should now close & extend outwards in both directions when opened up.

Decorating panels

Decorate larger panels with larger sized pieces as above just using patterned papers and remaining pieces of co-ordinating cardstock.

Ribbon ~ add ribbon across front of project to tie closed at right side.

Decorate the front and internal panels with embellishments, pictures and text as desired.

All cardstock, papers & stamped images except the greeting are copyright Stampin' Up and are available to purchase through me as a creative consultant reprsenting Stampin' Up