Michelle's Crafty Paper

I've found my way back...

No excuses...just needed the time away. From here on in I will try to get back to daily posting although my mojo has taken a bit of a hit just lately. Maybe I can take part in a few challenges to get me back on track...do you have any favourite challenges? Please let me know by leaving a comment with a link, I need some inspiration!!

I have had a busy month with lots of home workshops and demos at clubs. I was invited to demo at a couple of scrapbooking clubs in the Norwich area, Scraphappyand another at Whittard ,Road Church run by Maureen. We made some very Spring-like 6" x 6" pages. The pictures aren't great but hopefully you'll get the idea.

 

Isn't punch art fun? We made some floral embellishments using the scallop circle punch and the five petal flower punch. The daisy tutorial can be found here...

The chrysanthemum type flower is just so gorgeous. To learn how to make it please take a look at Dannie's Designs.

 

 

This page uses the Polka Dot Punches Set only available until the end of February. (Sale-a-bration promotion).I love this set almost as much as the five petal flower punch that was used as well!

The Rainbow Sherbert designer paper was cut freehand using the cutter set. This really is the perfect tool for taking along to crops.

I will be back tomorrow with What is it Wednesday? and some more piccies.

Thank you for stopping by today, and for my loyal blog readers who kept clicking just in case, I would like to say the biggest thank you of all!

Happy Stampin'

He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me...

Oh I remember those long gone days, pulling the petals off of daisies to find out if your latest crush loved you...or not!

I have had  lots of questions about the daisy that I featured on this card here! So here is a quick picture tutorial.

     

Start by punching a scallop circle.

Make a cut every second scallop, they will look like hearts. This will help get nice even daisy petals.

Then cut the 'heart' in half, to make a nice petal shape.

To get the curved shape of each petal, I then pinched each petal around  the tip of my paper piercing tool.

The daisy is then ready to embellish. I sponged blush blossom ink around the edges and a ½" circle makes the centre.

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The card also features a 'drooping daisy'. For this I simply cut a daisy in half and used a 1" circle punch to get the different shaped centre.

After punching the circle, push the circle into the upside down punch from the side until the desired shape is in the punch window. You can get three of the 'elliptical' daisy centres from one circle.

I hope that this helps and if you make some daisies I would love to see how you use them! Please post a link so that I can come and see!

Where have I been?

Hello again...I finally made it back to my blog! I am hoping that my life has levelled out so I will be able to blog regularly again.

This is a sort of catch up post, just to let you know what I have been up to!

I have had a couple of in-home parties, a big thank you to both Angie and Angela for hosting them. I really enjoy demonstrating at these parties as I get to meet so many lovely people. I demonstrated the Wild About You set at both parties, but did slightly different projects.

      

The make and take was the sage shadow 6" x 6" page on the top left corner. I had completed the 12" x 12" at home. The second picture shows the interactive details that were 'hiding'. The colours used are chocolate chip, really rust, sage shadow and whisper white. You can't see very easily in the photos but the lion and elephant have been popped up with dimensionals. I finished the page with faux buttons and a little piece of hodgepodge hardware.

We also made an alligator card and a cute Christmas penguin card. I have to retake the photos and will post them over the weekend.

The Police Gala Day

On Sunday, Carole and I attended the Police Gala Day at the Norfolk Showground. We had a good day and enjoyed chatting with the people that came along to our Stampin' Up! stall.

On the day, we sold catalogue goody bags that contained two card kits. Here is one of them and the instructions for assembling it. The card uses the trio flower punch from the Three for You Punch box. This set is sadly on the retiring list and is only available while stocks last at the reduced price of £35.75; for this month only I will add a further 10% discount to this already special price making the punch box £32.18 (this is a Crafty Paper special, only available through me during September.)

     

The contents of the kit are pictured above. Glue one colour of the flowers to the circle (to make the circle I first punched out a 1¼" circle, then punched a 1⅜" circle around it). Then layer the flower punches with the other colour. You should achieve a wreath like the middle picture. Next layer the card as in the picture on the right. Finally use the enclosed embellishments to finish off the wreath. (The berries were made by punching ⅛" circles and sticking three to a dot. I used the crop-o-dile for the berries.)

 

I will enclose a card kit in with any order placed during the month of September.

I will be back over the weekend to update the photos and give you some information about my upcoming clubs and classes.

 

Happy Stampin'

 

*Click on any of the pictures to view them larger*