Michelle's Crafty Paper

Blog Candy and event dates...

What could be better than spending a few hours on a Saturday stamping, making a card or two, eating cake and making some new crafting friends?

Sound good to you? Then I have got two great events to tell you about.

Stampin' Up! Open House,

Saturday 27th March, simply drop in between 11am and 4pm at my new home in Taverham.

There will be a free make and take, door prizes and of course cakes!

Just RSVP before Wednesday 24th March by email or call me on 01603 867028 then I will send you my address.

The next event is even bigger and I am so excited to be taking part with two very talented demonstrators, Lisa and Sharon. We have got a fantastic day planned for you!

Please contact me if you would like more information or to reserve a place.

Check back soon for project sneak peaks...

And finally here is the blog candy.

All you need to do to enter is leave me a comment telling me your favourite stamping technique.

Let me know that you have linked to my blog candy and you will get another entry.

I am offering a new and unopened pack of SU! Le Jardin 12 x 12 designer paper - this is no longer available and is so beautiful,

three markers in Spring colours,

a new and unopened container of SU! clear embossing powder,

and a selection of SU! ribbon lengths (not pictured)

(UK entries only please)

I look forward to hearing about your fave techniques...

I have been having a problem logging in to my blog, but it seems to be working now so I will be back this afternoon after work with the promised candy and event dates. Sorry for the wait...

Bloomin' elegance

A quick post today, but I have the day off tomorrow and will let you know about the dates for my Open House and classes. Oh and not to forget the blog candy!

On this card the En Francais background was stamped in Versamark, then the swirly image from Baroque Motifs was clear embossed over the top.

For the main image the flower from Bloomin' with Beauty was clear embossed onto whisper white cardstock and then Pale Plum ink was sponged  over the area. The flower and leaves were finished off with a two way glue pen and dazzling diamonds.

I haven't put a greeting on this card as it was a sample for a wedding invitation. The bride has chosen a different design so I can show you this one.

I really love the emboss resist technique, and it makes this flower look so elegant.

Do you have a favourite tecnique that you use, I would love to hear about it.

Happy Stampin' and don't forget to check tomorrow night,

Bella Butterflies

Well we had a glorious sunny day here in Norwich, a bit chilly but certainly made me think of Spring. After all it is March already.

One of my favourite stamp sets at the moment has to be the beautiful Flight of the Butterfly. Here I have teamed it with kraft cardstock and the gorgeous Bella Bleu designer paper. This is a project that we made at a recent Stampers 10 meeting. We also made a matching desk calendar which I will have to show you tomorrow as the picture didn't come out very well!

The butterflies were punched out and then coated in a layer of Crystal Effects which as it dried made them curl slightly giving a lovely dimension to the card.

Both the stamp set and punch used for this card are featured in the March promotion. For more information take a look here.

Happy Stampin'

Counting the Days...

better not hey?!

Yes it has been three months since my last blog post. Oh my word that is an entire quarter of a year. I am so not impressed with myself and promise to do better...honest!

Thank you so much for still visiting my blog...I think you deserve some blog candy for bothering to look even though I have been absent! I will have a look through my stash and post some candy in the week.

Well I am now in a new home and loving it! I also have a new telephone number which is 01603 867028.

I have alot to post about this week, new classes, new clubs and an Open House. I also have piccies to share and will start to post about all of this tomorrow.

For now I would like to let you know about the new promotion for March - Perfect Pairs.

Click on the image to see the PDF of the flyer.

And yes that is a new punch that you can see in the picture. It is a large heart punch and is only available during the month of March while stocks last. You can buy at the reduced price of £10 when you order SIMPLY SAID stamp set, or you can order it seperately at the price of £12.50.

This punch won't be available after March until the new 2010/2011 Idea Book and catalogue comes out in October, so be sure to order yours now before stock runs out.

Thank you for stopping by,

Blog candy winner!

It's the last day of November so all thoughts definitely turn towards Christmas. Did you get a chance to follow along on our blog hop, The Twelve Blogs of Christmas? If not click on the link in the sidebar, it is well worth a look for all of the fabulous Christmas ideas.

I offered some blog candy and am very pleased to announce the winner...

As chosen using www.Random.org the winner is

 

Well done Tracey! If you can email me to let me know your address and I will get the stamp set out to you. Enjoy!

Thank you for all of the lovely comments, they really are appreciated and I am thoroughly enjoying visiting commenters blogs as I work my way through the list!

I will be back tomorrow with a card or two, thank you for taking the time to visit my blog