Inspired afternoon

Its been a short weekend this week as I worked yesterday so I have spent an inspired afternoon in my craft room whilst multi tasking and cooking a mouthwatering roast beef dinner, haven't had a roast for ages & just fancied one today.

Recently I have bought a few classes from a fellow demonstrator to inspire me.

I do this from time to time when my mojo desserts me or when i am just too busy or stressed to play. I seldom copy them directly I just use them as a starting point for either design or colour.

I recently bought the set on a pedestal so I just fancied having a play. I have broken out some of the colour renovation products

Melon mambo, Soft Suede & Rich Razzleberry.

 Cardstock

Whisper white

Melon mambo

Rich Razzleberry

Soft Suede

Old olive

Stamps

On a pedestal

Sincere salutations

Inks

Melon mambo

Rich Razzleberry

Soft Suede

Old olive

Tools & Accessories

Oval punch

Scallop oval punch

Scallop circle punch

White pen

Heart to Heart punch

Scallop square punch

1/4" Old olive Grosgrain ribbon

5/8" Old olive Grosgrain ribbon

Dazzling diamonds

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & available to purchase from me as a creative coach for Stampin' Up.

2nd Style Bookmark as promised

As promised last week here is the 2nd style of bookmark that I found whilst looking for 3D projects to make. There is a brilliant tutorial on splitcoast stampers

My version has used
Melon Mambo cardstock
Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon
Very vanilla cardstock
Itty bitty buds stamp set
Flight of the butterfly stamp set


All of the above items are available to purchase from Stampin' Up through me as a Stampin' Up Creative coach.

I am starting a new Stampers 6 group..

Stampers 6

We need 6 people to get the group started, so tell all your friends too, the sooner we fill the earlier we can start.....

I am starting up a brand new Stampers 6 club with effect from September
Heres the deal!!......................

*I need 6 ladies to join the club who commit to spending a minimum of £25 a month (plus P&P) for 6 months September - March. This is without a December meeting, which I can do ( If required ) as an additional meeting with a draw for hostess, so the chance of a bonus hostess month.

*Each month one of the 6 ladies will be classed as the "hostess" for that month and will receive freebies of the minimum of a Level 1 stamp set and £15 worth of goodies from the catalogue. Dont worry being hostess simply means you get freebies that month, it doesnt mean you have to let us all come round to your house!!!!!

You dont have to be local & attend the meetings I can send you the projects with your order & the pictures are always on my blog.

*You will receive a free Stampin Up catalogue at the start of the club and any further mini catalogues that might appear during the club run.

*Occasionally I will send out challenges and prizes to some lucky winners

Do you like the sound of it ???
Please mail me for more information or to register a place before they fill up !!!!!

Just had to share

 I just have to share the beautiful first  crop of new potatoes from our own garden. growing veggies was a completely alien concept to Paul & I but we just had to have a go & whilst its a learning curve it's one that looks like its going to be sucessful.

 These little beauties were grown in a patio bag & now that we hae got rid of the 10ft trampoline there is lots of space for the veggies to grow into.

 

Sampler pack

Would you like the chance to have a sampler pack of the new goodies
Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede

We have cardstock

Matching ink pads

Yummy yummy ribbon

Matching POLKA DOT ribbons

Beautiful co-ordinating designer paper

window sheets.

* SIX sheets of Melon Mambo A4 card stock

* SIX sheets of Rich Razzleberry A4 card stock

* SIX sheets of Soft Suede A4 card stock

* ONE ink pad in Melon Mambo

* ONE ink pad in Rich Razzleberry

* ONE ink pad in Soft Suede

* TWO meters of Melon Mambo dotty ribbon

* TWO meters Rich Razzleberry dotty ribbon

* TWO meters of Soft Suede dotty ribbon

* SIX 6"x6" samples of the NEW Cottage Wall designer paper

*ONE 6"x6" piece of the Flower Fantasy window sheet

The sampler pack is just £25 delivered to your door.
Please contact me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Tonights Stampers 10

Tonight's stampers 10 projects are made using the Garden Whimsey set, Alice who is tonight's hostess made the choice of the set were using & I'm so glad she did as It's a set I haven't had out in a while.

The first project is a bag-e-lope this bag is made using a 5"  x 7" envelope, but in reality you can use any size envelope. 
It is so easy 
These are the instructions for the construction of the Bag-e-lope, I do however recommend that you decorate the bag-e-lope before assembly.
1. Seal the envelope by licking the flap.

2. Using a scoring board or a ruler & embossing tool score 1" in from the two long sides & one short side.

3. Fold the scored lines a couple of times to make them flexible.

4. Trim off the top ( unscored ) by about 1cm to make the bag opening

5. On the bottom of the bag cut as shown & fold

6. Using wet glue or super sticky tape tape flaps together & then tape to the bottom of the Bag-e-lope.

7. Using the crop o dile hold together the top of the bag and punch 2 holes to thread the ribbon handle through.

 8. Use the real red gingham ribbon to make 2 handles, you need approximately 25cm for each handle.


The colours used in this project are 
Whisper white
Basful blue
Real red
Old olive
Pumpkin pie


The designer papers are Bashful blue

The next project of the night was a card using the Garden Whimsey set & the papers Sweet Pea from the current mini catalogue .
I have made a couple of variations, the inspiration for these came from fellow Demo Jenny Moors.

 

The evening was made complete by Alice & her legendary chocolate cupcakes that she makes for us when she's the hostess.

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up and are available to purchase through me as a Stampin' Up creative coach.


A lovely evening spent with fellow crafters & now i'm off to bed to try out the lovely new mattress that arrived this morning.

A couple of reminders

Good morning the weather here in East Anglia looks very promising, I hope that whereever you are the sun is shining down on you.

The first reminder is about the Alexander Palace coach trip that i'm running on the 26th Septemeber to the big stamping & scrapbooking show.  There are still some places left on the coach from Norwich or Thwaite, check out my post & let me know if your interested.

The second reminder is for our Christmas Stampin' Up experience day, these have become very popular & there are only a limited number of places left. The cost for the day is £25 and includes all of your materials except glues & refreshments throughout the day. Please let me know if you would like to come along & join us on our Christmas experience day

Sad day

Today at work was a sad day as one of my work colleagyes & friends has left to start a new chapter of her life. Lucy is off to pastures new & initially has a placement on an RSPB reserve in Scotland, something she has always wanted to do & I am so glad that she has been able to have the opportunity to have such an adventure.
Lucy has taught me a lot about tollerance especially with some of our most challenging customers at work, something I will always try & remember.
So to mark the start of Lucy's new adventure I made her a journal using the Autumn splendor stamps from the current mini catalogue & the designer papers Autumn meadow.

 

Would you like to attend 

an all day Stampin' Up 

experience event?

I would just like to tell you all about our all day event that I'm hosting with my fellow Stampin' Up Demo's Sharon & Michelle
Sunday 31st  October
10 ~ 4
at Hethersett Village Hall, Norwich.
The cost will be £25 for the day
This will include all supplies as well as light refreshments.
To book your place please get in contact as places as strictly limited.

You will get the chance to make projects with products from the new idea book & catalogue. That include all f the latest products from Stampin' Up

The new Idea book & catalogue is available from 1st October, to receive your copy please send me an e-mail with your address. Register for a catalogue before 1st September & pay only £3 via pay pal for your catalogue including postage.

 
lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Watch my blog for sneak peaks of the projects for the experience day

Knowing where to start

I have recently seen so many lovely ideas for 3d projects that I just had to try these lovely corner bookmarks, there are two different ways to make these bookmarks.

 
Version 1 uses a 5" square piece of card
Score from corner to corner across the diagonal so that you have four triangles.
Cut out one of the triangles & use as a pattern for the decorative borders & strips.
Fold along the score lines to make a triangle that will fit over the page of your book & decorate.

Glue the two flaps together to strengthen & decorate.

Still sharing the experience day cards

Michelle designed this beautiful brayered card for the afternoon session of the recent Stampin' Up experience day that we held last week. I love this card, but I have to admit to being a total novice when it comes to the Brayer, I have never liked the results that I have achieved, but I think it is one of those techniques like distressing that goes against the rule " less is more" because now I have the hang of distressing I love it & i'm sure that it would be the same with Brayering. When you only do a little it looks pants, definately a technique for the brave to carry on & get great results like this card.

All of the products are available from Stampin' Up & can be purchased through me.

The last of the morning cards

 

This card uses the very versatile Pocket Silhouettes set, a set i find I dont use enough. The butterflies are from the Flight of the Butterfly. The vase is made from the oval punch with the ends nipped back through the punch to cut the top & bottom.

can you guess how the scalloped background was made? 

It was made from 6 scallop squares cut from Chocolate Chip & glued together being overlaid by just one scallop of the scalloped squares.

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

Flight of the butterfly from Experience day

 

Another of the morning cards to go in the bird house box, this card was designed by Michelle & follows the Pink Passion & Pretty in pink colour theme, with the addition of Chocolate Chip.

As you can see from some of the projects so ar that we used the Stamp a ma jig a lot during the experience day, I have to confess that it never used to be a tool I liked but once you get the hang of it I guarantee that you will love it as much as I do. The chocolate chip ribbon is nipped in using the legs of the rhinestone brads, which gives a different look from piercing it through the ribbon.

Sharon's beautiful card fo Experience day

This is Sharon's card for our experience day using the beautiful Medallion stamp & the sincere salutations stamp set. Can you see what the pansy is made from?
It is made with the Stampin' Up Butterfly punch. Pop over to Sharons's Blog & see what else she's been making with the Stampin' Up range

Happy Birthday Sharon

Happy Birthday to Sharon one of my talented downline, for those of you that don't know Sharon she runs a couple of craft groups in Norfolk, Pop over to her blog & take a look around, she is a very talented lady.

This is the little note book & pen I made for Sharon using the whimsical wings Level 2 hostess set available from Stampin' Up.

A new fold for the Stampin' Up experience Day

 

This is one of the cards from the morning of the Stampin' Up experience day. I had found a similar card on Splitcoast stampers & used the card design. I adapted the card using our chosen colour scheme & the flight of the butterfly stamp set, the greeting is from the Oval all set.

The Cardstock Colours are Kraft, Pink passion, Whisper white & Pretty in Pink.

The ink colours are Pink passion, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Sage Shadow & whisper white.

All of the products used are availble from Stampin' Up & can be purchased through me.

Birdhouse box ~ Experience day project

 

Here is one of the morning projects that we made on the 2nd Stampin' Up experience day.

To decoarte the box which we did before we assembled it we used Flight of the butterfly & bird on a branch with Pocket silhouettes for the floral decoration.

It was lovely to see the boxes as they evolved as everyone put there own personal stamp ( excuse the pun ) on the project.

 

The cardstock colours are Close to cocoa & Pretty in pink. Dont forget to check back during the week when I will share the rest of the projects that we made.

All of the above products are available from Stampin' Up & can be purchased through me.

What a hectic few days

Well where to start with the last few days hectic but very enjoyable It has been like a rollercoaster ride this week of highs & lows so here goes. I was approached last week via e-mail asking if I would like to be featured in an article called the carnival of shopping, when I looked into the company who were producing the feature I was extremely flattered. We also had our higely popular Stampin' Up experience day to finish planning for & anyone that has ever organised a day like this will appreciate the thought & work that goes into planning an event like this. Well yesterday was the day of our 2nd Stampin' Up experience day & we were blessed with a breeze coming through the hall at Hethersett, otherwise it would have been very very hot< many thanks to all of you who came along & to our families for supporting us especially paul who got up at 6am to bake the brownies as we ran out of time on Friday night.
The next event we have planned is 31st October & with lovely sets that will be in the new catalogue & some of the ideas that we have planned I'm sure that the day will be as popular so if you fancy joining us then booking is essential
Also on Friday night I had a meeting with Lydia who has agreed to join our team of Stampin' Up demonstrators, I am sure that Lydia will enjoy her Stampin' Up journey & I look forward to showcasing some of work shortly. If anyone would like to know more about the benefits from joining Stampin' Up or would like to share our creative journey then please get in touch. Well I best go & get the camera out to start gathering together the projects from yesterdays experience day to sare with you later.
I also have added some more retired Stampin' Up stamp sets to my for sale section if your interested drop me an e-mail, if you need pictures then they can be found in the gallery at Splitcoast stampers or send me your e-mail address & I will take pictures of any that you are interested in.
Dont forget to check back over the next couple of days to see what we made on Saturday.

Another one that didn't make the final selection

 

Well here is another project that didn't make it into the final selecion for the Stampin' Up experience dayboth the card & the pillow box are made entirely from products from the stampin' Up range.

The template for the pillow box I found on the internet as a free downloadable template here.

Stamps

Flight of the butterfly

Wow flowers

Cardstock

Pretty in pink

Sage shadow

Lovely Lilac

Ink

Pretty in pink

Pixie Pink

Pink Passion

Sage shadow

Lovely Lilac

Pale plum

Accesories

Clear Rhinestone brads

Tools

Cutter kit ~scoring blade

Stamp a ma jig

1 1/4" circle punch

1 3/8" circle punch

1" circle punch

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

Stampin' Up experience day ~ Have you booked your place?

Have you booked?

There are still a couple of spaces

SU! Experience Day - July 3rd

DATE: Saturday 3rd July 2010

TIME: 10am

LOCATION: Hethersett Village Hall

Back Lane,Hethersett,Norwich,NR9 3JJ

Please bring your basic tool kit including adhesive.

We will be making some great projects using the following products:

Flight of the Butterfly set

Butterfly punch

SU! border punches

Medallion stamp

Bird on a Branch set

Pocket Silhouettes

Stamp a ma jig

brayer

Dont forget your packed lunch

Bird on a branch

 

Whilst looking looking for inspiration for the Stampin' Up experience day we make up many different projects as you can imagine, not all of them make it into the selection for the day.

The above card is one of those projects

Stamps

Bird on a branch ( mini catalogue )

Cardstock

Whisper white

Summer sun 

Basic black

Designer papers

Night & day speciality (which includes 2 sheets of dotty acetate)

Ink

Soft suede

Taken with teal

Summer sun

Tools

Scallop border punch

Extras

Stampin' dimensionals

All of the products used in this project are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.