Michelle's Crafty Paper

Have yourself a merry little Monday

Last week Julie had a party at home, and I had a great time so thank you Julie (and hubbie!) for your wonderful hospitality.

I used the Wild About You stamp set and we made some fun cards. Here is my first Christmas card of the year...

What you can't see very well on the photo is the sparkly glitter on the snow tops. I have seen penguins sliding down a slippery slope somewhere before but can't remember where to give credit - sorry.

The greeting and spinning snowflake come from Season of Joy.

Cardstock:       Real red, bashful blue, whisper white and basic black.
Ink:                Black Staz-on, bashful blue ink pad.
Accessories:    Circle punches, versamark pad, heat and stick powder, dazzling diamonds.

 

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*