Make It Show - Day 3

Today I thought I would share the cards we made in the card class we ran at the Make It Show this weekend. The above card is in Concord Crush with Very Vanilla and a mat of Crumb Cake CS. I'd never used this Fine Flourish stamp but I am now totally addicted. It looks amazing stamped with glitter too, so I will try and do that soon.

This card also featuring the words from Punch Bunch, a Sale-A-Bration set. I love this set and am really sad to say that TODAY is the LAST DAY you can earn/get hold of this set. The sets will never appear in a future catalogue or promotion. Boo hoo! Email me if you'd like to make a £45 order today and get your hands on one of the sets before it's too late.

This is the second card that we made in the card class. The main image is from Fun & Fast Notes stamp set, a super-useful set that covers pretty much most occasions. Everyone had fun with blender pens to colour in their image with Pumpkin Pie ink. The DSP is Sweet & Sour speciality papers and the words are from Sincere Salutations.

The lovely but sadly absent Mrs Wonka sent me this Business Card Holder made using the SAB set, Bliss. Isn't it divine? I have taken it home to use in pride of place at my next workshop. Thank you Mrs Wonka! (Get wells soon too)

There was lots of interest in my Retreat Day in Ash on the 19th March - don't forget to book your place soon to avoid disappointment. Booking closes on 5th March.

I'll be back tomorrow to share the new promotion that will be running in March to check back here soon!

Make It Show - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Make It show! If we chatted in Farnborough this weekend - hello to you!!

Above is the card we had as a Make & Take this weekend. We had a 100 ladies (and a few guys) making this gorgeous card each day. The colour combo is Marina Mist & Certainly Celery. The main image is Pocket Silhouettes and the sentiment is from Perfect Punches. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the butterfly set but, isn't is pretty? Lots of punching and pretty ribbon too!

Tomorrow is Day 3 of the show and just the last two days of Sale-A-Bration too! If you'd like to take advantage and get your hands on one of the beautiful 4 sets up for grabs you need to place an order of £45+ with me. 9You can see more about the promotion by clicking on the orange button on the top left.)

Make It Show 2011

Today we were at the Make It Show in Farnborough. It was a busy busy day and I met some lovely people.

These photos were taken before the "maddness" began. All neat and tidy. We had a demonstration table, display area, Make & Take table and we also taught scrapbooking and cardmaking classes at the workshop area of the main venue.

If you are coming to the show this weekend, make sure you stop by and say hello as we're here on Saturday AND Sunday!!

Quilted cards

Today I'm preparing for a party I am doing tonight. The theme is sewing as many of the guests are quilters. I used a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers on how to make a quilted card and here is my result.... A little amateur! The lines became a bit wonky!! I just love these Nursery Suite papers. They're so much more versatile than just for baby cards. The colour are baja breeze, regal rose, chocolate chip and so saffron. Anyhoooo I decided to have another go and below you can see my next effort:

I'm much happier with this! The papers are Sweet & Sour DSP with Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla. Such bright cheery colours. The sentiment was from Oval All which co-ordintes beautifully with the large oval and scalloped oval punches. Yum!

Anyhow, back to Make It preparations. Munchkin has been under the weather with a nasty cough recently so preparations have been much slower than I'd hope but hey ho. Not long until the show starts!

For John

With all the prep for the Make It Show this weekend there's not been much time for crafting. However, I did receive a reminder today that I had promised these pictures!!

Above is Munchkin on her London train adventure last Thursday. She doesn't look quite sure, does she?

This was Munchkin on Saturday on her Grandad's computer! She's such a computer whizz!!

I'll try and make something to post on here this week... watch this space...

Belated surprise

Look what I found in my pigeonhole at work! My lovely friend Amy (who's unfortunately not well at the moment) left this for me on Monday!! She's used Sweetheart stamp set and punched hearts from Jolly Holiday DSP. Aren't those ladybirds sweet?

As you may have read yesterday we went up to London yesterday to see my sister. It was a day full of adventure as Munchkin had never been on a train before, nor the underground. Turns out that there are A LOT of steps on the underground!! Anyway, this adorable picture is Munchkin with my little sister trying to restrain her in the restaurant. There was a lot of exploring to do!

Hope your week has ended well and you're looking forward to a fun weekend.

Sweet little one

Some great friends of ours had a sweet little baby girl on Monday so this is the card I made for them. They've not named her yet as she was a bit of a surprise being 3 weeks early!!

I used a jumbo wheel to stamp these images using Sahara Sand. Originally I did it in Basic Black but it was much to harsh for such a delicate card. Then I used Blender pens to colour the images using So Saffron and Pirouette Pink. The sentiment is from a retired sentiment set and was stamped in Pretty in Pink to match the scalloped piece under the image.

The ribbon is quite over the top but I couldn't resist! It's Pretty in Pink satin ribbon which is just luscious!

Hope you are doing something nice today. We're seeing my sister which will be nice as she is such a doting Aunty!