The First Retreat Day Project!

Hi guys, Hope you all had a good Monday! Only four more days til the weekend! Over the next few days i want to share with you some of the craft projects we made at Saturday's craft retreat! The first i'm going to share with you is a matching gift bag and card:

The black gift bag was purchased online by Cate and then we decorated it using 'Greenhouse Gala' DSP, the stampsets used were the 'Artistic Etchings' stampset and the Happy Birthday stamp from the 'Perfect Punches' stampset. The leaves were punched out of black cardstock from the branch of the 'Two-Step Bird Extra-Large' punch and the roses were create by punching 'Daffodil Delight' cardstock using the 'scallop punch' with a circle punched out of the middle and then coiled!! Don't they look beautiful!! The ribbon used is 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain ribbon in black! Here's a close up!

The coordinating card was used using exactly the same techniques:

Hope you like this project, please check back tomorrow for another crafty project!!

I'm now officially a Stampin' Up! demonstrator!!

Hi all! Well, what an exciting day! Not only have lots of lovely people visited my blog (including someone from Germany and Morocco!!) but also My Stampin' Up! starter kit arrived today! A massive parcel of Stampin' Up goodies! I don't know where to begin with it all. The kit is such an amazing deal, i can't believe i didn't sign it up before. The kit costs £119, but is worth more that £250, and includes absolutely everything you need AND MORE to get going with crafting!! I'm already looking forward to this weekend, hoping that i will have some spare time to have a play with all my new stamp sets and tools! I can't wait to share some new ideas with you!

But for now, i want to share a card with you that we did for a 'Make and Take' at the Stampin' Up! stall at the 'Make it' show in Farnborough at the end of February - hello to anyone i met there!!

The colour combo is Marina Mist and Certainly Celery. The main image is 'Pocket Silhouettes' and the sentiment is from 'Perfect Punches'. The lovely butterfly is a stamp from the 'Butterfly Prints' stamp set. I've used some 'basic pearls' to embellish the butterfly and thinks this is pretty effective! The card showcases the use of Stampin' Up! punches and ribbon!! I'd love to know what you think!



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Thanks for visiting! Amyxxx