"Blossom Party" Needle-book and "Circles" Bag.

As you all know, Stampin' Up! products are not just for papercrafts!

 A while ago I had cut some felt flowers out with the Blossom Party die with the intention of making some sewing accessories, and today finally got the chance to actually make a needle-book.

Another project I made a couple of months ago was this bag - same jeans fabric as the needle-book - and there is still a little more denim left for other crafty projects LOL!

To decorate it I used some leftover polar fleece circles we cut one evening at Keryn's Krew team meeting, most of the circles were used to make some lovely brooches, but there were a few spare ones and it seemed such a pity to have to put them in the bin - so this is what I used them for.

AND it's extremely useful to keep all my knitting in too!

What I used:

Fabric:  all recycled or from my stash..

Stampin' Up! products:  Blossom Party die, Circles #2 die, Old Olive 1/8" tafetta ribbon for the tie.

Challenge - final card!

(Blogger has had a few issues these last couple of days, somehow this post reverted to the saved folder, but here it is again)

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And of course I made another card on the night of the get-together and as I didn't want to replicate my original one I made a slightly different one.

This time I glued the three large flowers onto Very Vanilla, ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder, then added the other shapes on top.  A small greeting and a teeny tiny butterfly finish it off.

What I used:

Card:  Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss (retired)

Ink:  Night of Navy

Stamp Sets:  Fresh Cuts

Tools and other fun stuff:  Blossom Party Originals Die, Square Lattice embossing folder, glue stick, Word Window punch, Butterfly Embosslits die,

And there was one more after all!

This is definitely the last card of the challenge, even though I still have the negative shapes from the Old Olive and Cajun Craze I think I'll call it quits for now!

As I used up my last flower shapes in the previous card I resorted to using one of the negative shapes as a stencil to prepare a background for today's card.  I chose the small daisy shape and the circle and sponged them onto Very Vanilla using Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight and Certainly Celery.  I ran the finished design through the Square Lattice embossing folder, matted it with Certainly Celery and then agonized over a card base colour.  In the end I went with Very Vanilla.

For a focal point I used the new Cupcakes stamp set and punch, with a Cherry Cobbler cherry, mat and greeting.

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What I used:

Card:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Certainly Celery

Ink:  Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight

Stamp Sets:  Create a Cupcake (NEW, available in the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue)

Tools and other fun stuff:  Build a Cupcake punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch, Word Window punch, Square Lattice embossing folder, Blossom Party 'stencil', Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals, non SU glitter glue and scalloped circle die.

More from the challenge...CAS this time

You can tell this was the last card, can't you?!  All I had left by this stage were two flowers and was craving for something relatively 'clean and simple' - hope you like it!

I embossed the last Night of Navy flower with the Square Lattice embossing folder, added the cork flower and a rhinestone as a centre.  I did a 'partial embossing' on the Very Vanilla with the Framed Tulips folder (not sure of the proper name for that technique!) so I ended up with a smaller embossed square than I used for card number two,

I added a snipped of Old Olive Ribbon, sponged the edges with Night of Navy and used my Stamp-a-majig for perfect positioning of the greeting - and voilà!

{PS - did you notice the window in the background has finally been cleaned??  Which also explains the scaffolding outside that window - Carlos was doing some work which involved cutting quite a few branches off the neighbours' trees (shhhh... don't tell the neighbours!) and then cleaning the gutters in readiness for the winter - and it was too good an opportunity to pass up so he also cleaned that window - now I won't have to jump up and down with a wet broom trying to clean it this season and that's got to be a good thing LOL!}

What I used:

Card:  Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Night of Navy

Stamp Sets:  Sincere Salutations

Tools and other fun stuff:  Big Shot, Blossom Party Originals Die, Square Lattice embossing folder, Framed Tulips embossing folder, 1/8" Old Olive tafetta ribbon, sheet of cork, Stampin' dimensionals, rhinestone, Stampin' sponges, Stamp-a-majig.

Challenge - part 3

Time for card number 3!

This time I used the negative shape from the Night of Navy cardstock after the shapes were cut out.  I ran it through the Square Lattice embossing folder to add some texture and placed it over a piece of Very Vanilla which I had stamped with the little bee image from Nature Walk.

Then... I layered three flowers from the 'challenge bag' and added a large pearl in the middle.  I also punched out four stems with leaves using the Bird Punch and assembled the card.  

As a finishing touch I added three more pearls to the bottom of the card.

I really like the layered flower with the leaves... not so sure about the bees in the background though!

What I used:

Card:  Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy

Ink:  Night of Navy

Stamp Sets:  Nature Walk

Tools and other fun stuff:  Big Shot, Blossom Party Original Die, Bird punch, basic pearls, Square Lattice embossing folder, sheet of cork

Challenge - part 2

Here is the second card from the 'cork flowers' challenge.

This time I used some of the lovely images from Nature Walk as a subtle background, added a strip of embossed Cajun Craze and then popped a flower made from three of the shapes from the Blossom Party die.  I also made three loops with Old Olive Ribbon to add as 'leaves' under the flower.

The edges of the Very Vanilla background have been sponged with Crumb Cake to soften them a little.

What I used:

Card:  Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Stamp Sets:  Nature Walk

Tools and other fun stuff:  Big Shot, Blossom Party Originals Die, Framed Tulips embossing folder, Stampin' sponges, 1/8" Old Olive ribbon, sheet of cork.

It all started with a challenge!

It was my turn to design a Make and Take for our monthly meeting and Keryn challenged me to do it using some cork and card flower we had cut with the Blossom Party Originals Die and the Big Shot.

We looked through the Color Coach to see what colours would work nicely with it and we came up with a combination of Cajun Craze, Night of Navy and Old Olive.  

The first photo shows what I arrived home with.....  as I don't to waste anything I ended up making 5 cards!  

The card you see today is the first one I made and the one we made last night during our meeting.  I used the inlaid embossing technique and really like how it turned out!

Over the next few days I'll reveal the other cards, I tried to make them in different styles so show the versatility of the materials.

What I used:

Card:  Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Cajun Craze.

Ink: Nil

Stamp set:  Nil

Tools and other fun stuff:  Big Shot, Blossom Party Originals Die, Glue stick, Square Lattice embossing folder, sheet of cork.