Swaps

Welcome back,  

I just thought I would drop in today to show you the swap I made for a recent team swap, we all made 6 identical cards and then sent them off, they were all shared out and we received 6 fantastic cards back with a variety of ideas and styles for inspiration.

This card uses more new stamps, and a new punch, along with some awesome vellum card stock which comes in 3 different colours.

I'll drop back in soon to show you the amazing cards that I received in the swap.

Happy stamping,

Julia x

Welcome Back,

Just a quick post from me today, I realised that I hadn't shown you the female version of the fancy fold easel card that I made with the ladies at the club this week, so here it is..........

I used other in colours, this time Terracotta Tile, with some Rococo Rose  and the Free as a Bird Stamps, again we stamped our own background papers and I used the single bird image on the easel section of the card.

I'll be back soon with some more ideas and new stamps.

Happy Stamping,

Julia X

I am Sailing!............

Hello again,

I'm back with some more new stamp sets in the new annual catalogue, (how many of you were singing along with me when you read the title of this post???!)

For this card I used the amazing Sailing Home stamp set, this is another amazing bundle of goodies, stamps, dies, designer series paper, embellishments and twine!  This set is fab for making cards for the men in your life, there are lots of dies to cut out the images as well as some very detailed dies which are great for adding those finishing touches, the rope, ships wheel and the knot of rope are all extra dies in the set.  I'm also told that the die to cut out the lighthouse also cuts out the light house in High Tide, so if you already have that set then this is a bonus.

I was also asked to demonstrate at a local club this week and what better than this set to make a male version of the fancy easel fold card.

On this card I've used a new in colour Seaside Spray, I've used the smaller stamps in the set to make my own background paper, I'm still at the stroking rather than chopping stage with the Designer Series Paper in the suite!  The ladies at the club seemed to like it, I hope you do too?

That's all from me today, if you would like to order any of the products in this post, or have any questions, please feel free to drop me a message.

Happy Stamping.

Julia x

I'ts finally here...........

The time has finally come for the new catalogue to go live, and I've had a couple of weeks to add to my stash and to have a play with some new items.
In my classes this month we've been focusing on some new stamp sets, alongside some fancy folds.

For this card we used Free as a Bird from the Bird Ballard suite, and what a beautiful suite it is! I've just used the stamps and the super cute lace trim on this card, but there are matching designer series papers, trinkets and some nested labels dies that all co-ordinate with the stamp set.
I can't claim the credit for the fancy fold design of this card, I have to credit the very talented Mikaela Titheridge who shared the design on her blog over at thecraftyoinkpen.co.uk.

Also coordinating with this set are the stamps from the Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit,

This set is available while stocks last, and for £20 you get all the supplies you need to make 12 amazing cards, and after you've made up the kit, you still have the ink spot and the stamps to make more cards, It's the kit that keeps on giving!

To give you an idea we made these cards in my class......

We used some of the new in colours and the stamps from the Hugs from Shelli Kit, along with the nested stitched label dies.

If you would like to order any of the products I've shown you here, feel free to contact me.
That's all from me for now, I'll be back soon with some more new stamps and ideas.

Happy Stamping!

Julia x