October Christmas Stamp-A-Stack

The first of this year's Christmas Stamp-A-Stacks (SASs) will be held in October.  I am offering the same workshop on two different days.  The dates for this SAS are Wednesday 16 October and Saturday 19 October from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm on both days.  The same cards will be made at both sessions.

At these workshops, you will make 8 cards (4 of each variety) with matching envelopes.  Cost for the SAS is $20.00 (cash) which includes all materials and afternoon tea.

If you are interested in joining us for this SAS please contact me by email on larkinjones@grapevine.com.au or by phone on 6251 4346.

Flower Pot cards

I have been playing with ideas I have filed away over the years and these Flower Pot cards are one of those.

They have a base shaped like a flower pot and an insert with images on the top.  This insert is pulled up from the card and has room for a message.

They are fun cards to make and have lots of potential for variation.

Bunches of Flowers

I came across this idea on Pinterest one day and then my friend Allira showed me a card she had made along similar lines.

The base of the card is a "zig-zag" and you just stamp and cut out as many images as you can and layer them along the top of the base.  The middle section needs images on the front and back so that it matches when the card is both open and shut.

For these examples I have used the old "Fifth Ave Floral" set as well as the new "Secret Garden" stamp set.  The advantage of the Secret Garden set is that it comes with matching Framelit dies so the cutting out is much quicker.

Swallowtail

 

I cased these cards from Marelle Taylor's website.  The stamp is called Swallowtail and is a large stamp and is great for colouring.

 I have used Cajun Craze and Tempting Turquoise as base colours for these cards and I have coloured them in using the SU pastels (no retired) although markers or daubers would also do the trick.



Welcome back

Welcome back to my blog.  After a number of months tied up with family matters and work I am now in a position to return to my crafting life and get some more workshops happening.

Workshops will recommence in late August and I will keep you posted with up coming events.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone again soon.

Cheers

Raining Flowers

Finally I have had some time to get my stamping gear out and have a play.  I spent the last couple of weekends tidying my room so that I could find all my gear again.  Job still not quite finished but I decided I had to use my 'Stampin' Scrub' again which meant I had to get some stamps dirty.

Last year I bought the stamp set called Raining Flowers (now retired) and I found this oh so simple design on the Splitcoast stampers gallery.

Just love this design and will continue to play with the idea with other images in that stamp set as they can all be used in 2 step stamping.

All products Stampin' Up

Cardstock: Crumb Cake

Inks: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Whisper White

Stamp sets: Raining Flowers, Flowering Flourishes and Sincere Salutations (retired)

Extras: clear embossing powder and versamark stamp pad