We had a great Stampers 10 meeting last week, some crafting, lots of giggles (thank you Shauny for being a good sport) but best of all fantastic company!
We had a guest this week as the lovely Carole joined us. I haven't seen her for a while and it is always good to catch up...and take a look at the gorgeous flowers she gave me...
Aren't they pretty? The card is from Sharon, my SU! 'grandaughter' LOL! This makes me feel kinda old but it is the easiest way to describe it! I promise to get a better picture of the card up tomorrow, it was a difficult one to get at night. It wasn't my birthday, these were to celebrate my being placed seventh in the top 25 UK demonstrators of the year. I was so excited when I found out, it was a complete surprise. I was just pleased to have been promoted to Silver 2, so this was the icing on the cake.
There is no way I could have achieved this without the hard work that the ladies in 'The Crafty Inklings' put in and of course the support of my wonderful customers. A BIG thank you to all of you. Please go take a look at The Crafty Inklings team's blogs listed on the right hand side bar, you will be pleased you did!
So Stampers 10...well we made a couple of items using the Spotlight on Christmas set and the yummy colours Sage Shadow, Really rust and Chocolate Chip. Oh and I can't forget the amazing whisper white ink, love it!
The stars were punched the covered with Versamark, heat and stick then a sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds for a touch of Christmas bling. The image at the top is a close up of the stars, so sparkly!
Our second project was this cute box and you will love what is inside...
No sorry not chocolates but this would make a lovely gift. The tealights were so quick and easy to decorate. Just stamp onto tissue paper, punch with a circle punch then make a small hole in the centre. Place tissue paper over the wick and rest on top of the candle. Use your heat gun to melt the top layer of wax, this then seals your image into the top of the tealight.
I did a practice burn and these are perfectly ok. At first you will get a slight charred edge around the flame but then as the wax melts the tissue paper sinks to the bottom of the tealight, which is quite a nice effect.
I saw this idea here and adapted the sizes to suit my project
Happy Stampin!
