Stampers 10 meeting

Tonight was my once a month Stampers 10 meeting & we had nearly a full house, It was lovely for me to be surrounded with special Stamping friends as well as my daughter Abi who joined as, she usually works on a Thursday evening.

Well I'm sure if you've been following my blog over the last couple of weeks you will guess which stamp set we used tonight, yes you guessed right Scentsational seasons, I think that this is my new Christmas Favourite, especially with the Framelits making it easy to cut out your stamped images in No time at all.

Top Tip ~ To make a very quick & easy Background for any card that is guaranteed to match perfectly you need two simple items that I'm sure all of you have in your craft stash. A pencil with a rubber on the end & a Versamark ink pad. 

Simple using the rubber as your stamp, dip it into the versamark ink pad and randomly dot all over your card front remembering to stamp off the edges.................Cool and guaranteed to co-ordinate.

The second card that we made tonight is an Origami Christmas Tree, very simple yet very effective, this tree has 5 sections measuring 9cm, 8cm, 7cm, 6cm & 5cm square. Here is a link to the tutorial I used.

The smallest squares are a little tough to fold & a bone folder is a great tool for getting sharp creases.

The next stampers 10 evening is on Thursday 8th November I look forward to doing it all over again, the theme once again for the evening will be Christmas.

Inky Hugs until next time

Stampers 10 Dates

Heres are the dates for the new Stampers 10 group


 All of the following dates are on Thursday evening with a 7pm start
 7th June
 5th July
 2nd August
 6th September
 4th October
 8th November
 6th December
 10th January 2013
 7th February 2013
 7th March 2013

I will do the draw for the hostess months on Friday, please let me know if there are any hostess months that you would prefer not to have, if you are unable to attend for any reason.

For distance stampers or anyone requiring their order posting out, due to the increase in postage costs I can no longer subsidise the postage costs to the extent I have done in the past.
Stampin' up charge me £4.95 per order postage & packing.

If you want to have your order posted direct to you from Stampin' Up the postage cost will be £4.95 your order will come via UPS with tracking.

If your order is delivered to me & is posted onward I will post at a flat rate cost of £3.00 this will be 2nd class or parcel post whichever is appropriate.

If your order is delivered to me as part of the stampers 10 order and collected in person I will ask for a postage contribution of 50p per person.

Please let me know if you have not got a current catalogue, so I can get you one ordered for you.

Also if you could let me know your birthdays please.
 

EARN FREE STAMPS & MORE! ~ STAMPERS 10 CLUB

Just 1 place left in this group~Starting June 2012

When your wish list is longer than your shopping list, this is a terrific way to budget your purchases over a 10 month period & receive hostess benefits.

By purchasing £15 of Stampin’ Up! products a month for 10 months (Not including P + P), you build your stamping supplies, stay on budget & receive free goodies! Here’s how it works:

When you host a workshop, you need a minimum of £150 in sales to qualify for the hostess benefits which are  £25 of Hostess pounds to spend anywhere in the catalogue, although they do represent even better value when spent in the hostess section of the catalogue.

• In a Stampers 10 club there are 10 members
• The club runs for 10 months
• Each member agrees to spend a minimum of £15 per month, before postage
• Each month a different club member is the hostess
• You do not actually have to host a workshop – it’s like having a virtual party
• When it’s your turn to be the hostess, you are guaranteed to receive at least 25 Hostess pounds to spend in the catalogue
• You’ll also get a free copy of the catalogue, if you don’t already have one
• I will run a make & take workshop at my house, you dont have to attend but we do have fun.

By joining a Stampers 10 club, you get the chance to spread the cost while building up your collection & are still able to enjoy the free benefits.

It’s that simple!

Just think – hostess benefits without having to clean your house, prepare food or invite guests…what a deal! Membership DOES have its benefits!

If you are interested please ping me a message to reserve your space.

lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk.

August Stampers 10 projects

Another late update, I cant believe I have nearly managed to catch up with all of my overdue blog posts.

Here are the two cards that the stampers 10 group made in August.

Supplies for this card
Cardstock
Very Vanilla
Pretty in Pink
Marina Mist
Ink
Certainly Celery
Tools
Perfect Polka dots embossing Folder
Sizzix Big Shot
Scallop Envelope Die
Round tab punch
Papers
Springtime Vintage Designer Series papers
Decoration
Pear Pizzazz Seam binding

Supplies for this card

Cardstock

Very Vanilla

Poppy Parade

So Saffron

Ink

Poppy Parade

So Saffron

Peach Parfait

Old Olive

Tools

Stamp a ma jig

Circle cutting Template ( Non Stampin' Up )

Sponge daubers

Decoration

Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Another stampers 10 card ~ Twisted Easel

Sorry I cant remember which month this is from, but I know I've not uploaded it yet.


Supplies for this card
Cardstock
Cherry Cobbler
Basic Black
Very Vanilla
Papers
Designer Series papers ~ Love Letters
Ink
Cherry Cobbler
Crumb Cake
Soft Suede
Tools
Top Note Die
Scallop Circle punch
Modern Label punch
Scallop Border punch
Sponge Daubers
Paper Piercing tool
Mat Pack
Jewellery tag punch
Decoration
Rhinestone brad
Stamps
Tiny Tags
Artistic Etchings
Notably Ornate


Well I think that's all my blog posts caught up!!

EARN FREE STAMPS & MORE! ~ STAMPERS 10 CLUB

EARN FREE STAMPS & MORE!

This new group will start in MAY 
When your wish list is longer than your shopping list, this is a terrific way to budget your purchases over a 10 month period & receive hostess benefits.

By purchasing £15 of Stampin’ Up! products a month for 10 months (Not including P + P), you build your stamping supplies, stay on budget & receive free goodies! Here’s how it works:

When you host a workshop, you need a minimum of £150 in sales to qualify for one set of free stamps & £15 of products from the catalogue

• In a Stampers 10 club there are 10 members
• The club runs for 10 months
• Each member agrees to spend a minimum of £15 per month, before postage
• Each month a different club member is the hostess
• You do not actually have to host a workshop – it’s like having a virtual party
• When it’s your turn to be the hostess, you are guaranteed to receive a level one hostess set of your choice plus at least £15 to spend in the catalogue
• You’ll also get a free copy of the catalogue, if you don’t already have one
• I will run a make & take workshop at my house, you dont have to attend but we do have fun.

By joining a Stampers 10 club, you get the chance to spread the cost while building up your collection & are still able to enjoy the free benefits.

It’s that simple!

Just think – hostess benefits without having to clean your house, prepare food or invite guests…what a deal! Membership DOES have its benefits!

Only 2  places left on this group so please contact me if your interested

My stampers 10 Ladies

My lovely stampers 10 ladies are so creative.
Last month when we met I set them a challenge to make a Christmas item that was NOT a greetings card, It had to be 3D & of course it had to contain a Stampin' Up product & not just Tombow glue.
On offer was a £15 Stampin' Up voucher to spend with me, so basically if you rise to my challenge your name goes into the draw for the voucher.


Lucy was inspired by Monica to make this beautiful pendant, she realised after she had made it that I had specified it must be a Christmas item, so creatively she made a 3D stand of a Christmas tree.

By Lucy

Lucy used Occasionally ( Retired ) Tiny Tags set & True Friend ( Retired ) The pendant is made from a domino.


Kate made the cutest snowman, can you guess what she is made from?

By Kate

Did you guess? The body of the snowman Is a children's white glove, her face is a polystyrene ball, the buttons are punched with the triple flower punch ( Retired ) with a brad through the middle, the nose is an orange pencil lead. The Stampin' Up item in this project is the 3D tree that the snowman is holding made from the A Holly, Jolly Christmas set ( Retired ).

Well done Kate that is lovely, How any are you making for Christmas?

By Alice

Alice made this tree decoration using an origami fold that she taught me, she made me a layer & I have searched for it all day, but I think I remember how you make it, Alice used Certainly celery ribbon to Hang her tree up with.


Thank you to all that took part, The winner of the £15 voucher was Kate, chosen at random during the evening.


Well done kate

Table top Christmas tree

I am busy putting the final touches to my two Christmas events. I have two special evenings planned for my stampers 10 & stampers 6 groups. The dates for these are Monday 6th December or Thursday 9th December at 7pm.
Whilst searching for inspiration I came across these table top tree's, so I decided to have a go.

The base of this tree is a 9cm polystyrene cone that cost just 90p from an Art & craft supplier.

You need approximately 2 sheets of designer series paper measuring 6" x 12" For the eagle eyed amongst you, yes these are last years Christmas papers, I just haven't taken delivery yet of this years Christmas papers, any day now they will be here so watch out for more Christmas projects.

The strips of paper are 1.5cm wide x 4cm long.

Top tip Wear a thimble or thumb guard as I now have a very sore thumb. 

I painted the cone with a brown paint to look like the tree trunk before starting, so if there are any gaps, the white polystyrene wont show through, I used a decorating paint sample with a sponge applicator, very quick & not very messy.

I used two patterns that were double sided, so a total of four designs, I followed a pattern as i'm not very good at random! 

Fold each piece of paper ( NOT creasing ) using a snail on the tip of each strip join together, I found it easier to make all of these little pieces first.

Using sequin pins ( They are shorter ) starting at the bottom pin the first row in place, then start on the second row putting it slightly offset. Carry on until the very top. 

The top isn't the tidiest so I made a floppy bow.

The next tree I am going to make I will make with Ribbon pieces.

If you decide to make a tree, please send me a link to the pictures.

Stampers 10 cards

This weeks stampers 10 cards are made using a set that is staying with us into the new catalogue, I still have a few sets left to demo, but this is one of the versatile sets that you can adapt to any occasion.

The first card has a Whisper white base, the scalloped border at the bottom is made from Bashful blue designer papers & cut with the scallop border punch.

The nine square are cut from Bashful blue, Ballet Blue & Night of Navy they were cut using  a 1 1/8" square punch I stuck them to the card in a "random organised pattern" I know your thinking how can you have random organisation! ! ! ! Well it's a phrase coined by my lovely ladies. Next I used the three ink colours to stamp the seed head from the Pocket Silhouette stamp set 7 times. 6 were cut out using the 1 1/4" square punch & the 7th was cut using the 1" square punch.

I used the Random organisation method to lay them out on the card with the middle image on the "Huh" another Norfolk word meaning not straight or at an angle. One of my ladies put all hers on the Huh so she didn't have to try & get them all lined up.

The greeting is from the same set & was stamped in Ballet blue on the Whisper white card stock & punched using the Word window punch.

Again the base of this card was Whisper White, I actually managed to cut both card blanks from 1 single sheet of A4 card.

The Regal Rose Grosgrain ribbon was tied around the Bashful blue panel before we stuck it onto the card.

We stamped three images of the grass stamp from the Pocket Silhouettes set one in each colour Rich Razzleberry, melon mambo & pretty in Pink. Each image was then trimmed to the same size and matted onto cardstock of the matching colour. The matted images were adhered using Stampin' Dimensional's to give the card some depth.

The greeting was from the Pocket Silhouette set  & stamped onto Whisper white card with Rich Razzleberry ink and cut out using the Word window punch.. Then mounted on a scallop oval of Rich Razzleberry card, the decorations are Vintage brads.

So glad that this set isn't retiring, it's a little bit like your old comfy slippers, safe & comfortable. Talking of slippers isn't it cold & have mine on already & the heating.................Even all the cats are coming home every night now.

Stampers 10 comes to an end with a fond farewell card

Last nights stampers 10 was the last of this group.
This has been a lovely group of Ladies & most of them have joined the next group that starts on the 16th June.

We used the bird on a branch set & made one Fond farewell card & one using the three newly released colours that form part of the colour renovation.
Fond farewell cardI used the refill inks to make a custom ink pad to colour the bossom on the branches.
I used the cut'n' dry stamp pad felt whilst this isn't a Stampin ' Up product it is well worth thinking about adding it to your regular Stamping kit. The inked pads can be stored in mini ziplock bags & reused. You could allso use the Stampin Up markers to hand colour the stamp for a similar effect.

Stamp set
Bird on a branch
Tiny tags
Wonderful words
Cardstock
Whisper white
Basic black
Taken with teal (FF)
Inks
Basic black
Rose red ~ refill
Regal rose ~ refill
So saffron ~ refill
Tools
Medium jewellery tag
Eyelet border punch
Paper piercing tool
Stamp-a-Ma-jig
Accessories
Linen thread
1/4" tempting turquoise grosgrain ribbon
Button ~ earth elements & neutrals





2nd card using the colour renovation colours

Stamps
Bird on a branch
Inks
Soft suede
Melon mambo
Rich razzleberry
Cardstock
Melon mambo
Rich Razzleberry
Whisper white
Tools
Stamp-a-ma-jig
1 3/8 circle punch
Accessories
Night & day papers including the dotty window sheet
Linen thread
Button from my own stash


All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

Last nights Stampers 10 ~ yumminess & creative punching

Last night was the penultimate meeting of my current stampers 10 group & Alice was my very creative hostess. Alice made us Stampin' Up cupcakes, like she made for her wedding.

Total yumminess with edible rice paper butterfliesA tip from Alice melt some white chocolate & dip the middle of the butterfly into it to attach it too the cake & it prevents the brown icing running into the butterfly.

The butterfly punch is from Stampin' Up 117404
Have you been creative with your punches?
Send me a link & let me know what you've been using your punches for.

After much hilarity & catching up we finally managed to make some cards.
Alice's chosen set was Trendy tree's

Card 1 has two different versions
Cardstock
Old Olive
Whisper white
Ink
Close to cocoa
Really rust
Apricot appealRose red
Papers
Designer series in Old Olive 113646
Stamps
Trendy trees 113258
Basic Phrases 110530
Tools
Stamp a ma jig
Cutter tool

Card 1 version 2
Cardstock
Old Olive
Whisper white
Ink
Close to cocoa
Old Olive
Papers
Designer series in Old Olive 113646
So saffron 113645
Rose red 113647
Pumpkin pie 113644
Stamps
Trendy trees 113258
Basic Phrases 110530
Tools
Stamp a ma jig
Cutter tool
Boho blossoms punch

The second card of the evening was using the funky forest Stampin' Up wheel
Cardstock
Tempting Turquoise
Whisper white
Cameo Cotal
Taken with teal
So saffron
Ink
Close to cocoa
Certainly celery
So saffron
Rose red
Cameo Coral
Stamps
Trendy trees 113258
Basic Phrases 110530
Funky forest wheel 114695
Tools
Stamp a ma jig
Scallop border punch

All of the above projects have used products from the Stampin' Up range & are available to purchase through me.

Earn free stamps & have fun doing it

Earn free stamps & more!

This new group will start in June
When your wish list is longer than your shopping list, this is a terrific way to budget your purchases over a 10 month period & receive hostess benefits.

By purchasing £15 of Stampin’ Up! products a month for 10 months (Not including P + P), you build your stamping supplies, stay on budget & receive free goodies! Here’s how it works:

When you host a workshop, you need a minimum of £150 in sales to qualify for one set of free stamps & £15 of products from the catalogue

• In a Stampers 10 club there are 10 members
• The club runs for 10 months
• Each member agrees to spend a minimum of £15 per month, before postage
  
• Each month a different club member is the hostess
• You do not actually have to host a workshop – it’s like having a virtual party
• When it’s your turn to be the hostess, you are guaranteed to receive a level one hostess set of your choice plus at least £15 to spend in the catalogue
• You’ll also get a free copy of the catalogue, if you don’t already have one
• I will run a make & take workshop at my house, you dont have to attend but we do have fun.
  

By joining a Stampers 10 club, you get the chance to spread the cost while building up your collection & are still able to enjoy the free benefits.

It’s that simple!

Just think – hostess benefits without having to clean your house, prepare food or invite guests…what a deal! Membership DOES have its benefits!

Only 1 places left on this group so please contact me if your interested

Side step card with Lovely as a tree

This months stampers 10 hostess Alice has asked that we use the set Lovely as a tree.
I can think of lots of lovely card ideas using this set for Christmas, but have really struggled with cards for the current season.

I came upon a card on splitcoast stampers that used the side step card fold which really looked great with this set. So I set too & made this version which ended up only using the fold & nothing of the original image.


Tutorial for side step card

After I had made this card I e-mailled Alice just to double check that I had the right set that she wanted to use on her hostess evening, & guess what the set wasn't lovely as a tree, but Trendy tree's. So I'm off to make some cards for projects using the correct set.

My Stamper groups

Hi everyone
Happy Sunday to you all
I am still here but have been very busy in the last week alone I have spent a day with fellow demo's Sharon & Michelle prepping & planning for our forthcoming Stampin' experience day on the 24th April, for which there are still a couple of spaces.

Wednesday was my stampers 10 group & as usual we had fun making a card holder with4 cards 4" x 4" in size.Thursday was the first meeting of my new stampers 6 group, we made the same project both nights.


The measurements to make the card holder are
1 piece of Apricot appeal 11 1/2" x 5"
scored at 5 1/4" from each end.

2 pieces of Rose red 6" x 3"
Score at 1/4" & 1/2" on both short sides & 1 long side.

2 pieces of certainly celery 2" x 5" & punched with a border punch of your choice
Tutorial for card holder

Stampers 10 cards

Last night was the first meeting of our stampers 10 group since before Christmas due to the snow & illness we had been unable to meet up, I have the pleasure of doing it all over again next week with the other half of my lovely group.

We made two cards last night & munched on Haribo & party rings whilst chatting about forthcoming weddings, not just one but two weddings in march & June.
The first card was inspired by a card I received a while back from my Stampin' Up Mum Michelle



We used
Stamp set Fresh cuts
Cardstock Real Red, Whisper White & Creamy caramel
Inks Real red, So saffron
Punches Oval, scalloped Oval
Linen thread.



The second card is inspired by a card that is in the current Stampin' Up catalogue & Ideas book.

For this card we used
Stamps Say it with scallops, Simply said, Wheel is It's beautiful
Ink Bashful blue, chocolate chip, So saffron, Versamark
Cardstock Certainly celery, Whisper white, Chocolate chip
Punch Scallop square
Brads & dazzling diamonds glitter

All of the above products are available to purchase through me.

Thank you ladies for a lovely evening

Stampers 10

Last night was my stampers 10 with my lovely ladies, this months hostess was Joanne who not only supplied the sweets & biscuits but also taught everyone how to make a no glue box from scrapbooking papers.

During the evening we made a card wallet & two cards



The sets we used
Baroque
Baroque motifs
A beautiful thing



Colours
Elegant eggplant
Pale Lilac
Whisper white