Posts tagged ‘Sincere salutations’

September 10, 2011

Baby blossoms, Cath Kidston and friends …

Isn’t it great to get together with friends?  We had a craft party recently at Anita’s house (you’ll remember the thank card and gift I made her to say thank you here) with some lovely girls who come from all walks of life – nurses, a PhD student from Germany (hi Maike!) and my lovely friend, Sarah, too.  We had such a laugh!  There was a cuppa, cake, and crafting, affectionately known as the Three Cs.  And there was lots of giggling going on I can tell you!  And we got lots of cuddles from Anita’s baby too! 

We made three, Cath Kidston inspired projects, using the beautiful springtime vintage designer series paper, which is still available in the mini catalogue until the end of September, and the baby blossoms stamp set, which is sadly retiring at the end of this month, so if you love it make sure you order yours quickly …

We started off with an easy thank you card using the springtime vintage designer paper…

We moved on to making our own background paper, and added some gorgeous seam binding ribbon too…

Then, using a basic A6 card base, we turned it into a gift box!

We had such a lovely evening … lots of laughs, lots of drink and lots of cake. 

Everyone seemed really happy at the end of the night with all the lovely projects they’d made, although I think we were having a bit too much fun and our evening ran over just a little as you can tell from the hands on the clock!

Big thanks to everyone for making it such a great night.  And special thanks our lovely hostess who looked after us all so well.

Thanks for dropping by today

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June 29, 2011

Crafty goodness…

Some friends came round the other day for a cuppa, cake and crafting.

There was lots of laughter and we had so much fun making and creating together…

My theme was “white card and texture”…

Each project was based on a piece of plain white card, and with the addition of a little designer series paper, ink and some ribbon we were able to make these cards and a gift box.

The first was inspired by a card I made recently for my friend’s mum.

I adapted it a little to make a smaller, A6 size card …

The ladies loved making all their own embellishments for the card.

Stampin’ Up! make it so easy to get professional results because the punches co-ordinate perfectly with their stamp sets.

Genius!

We used dsp to make the dimensional flowers, which are super easy to do but look so effective.  And because all the products from Stampin’ Up! co-ordinate with each other, the dsp matched perfectly with the ink on the labels – super cute!

The flower is very dimensional so this is definitely a card that would benefit from being hand delivered.

Next we made a matching set –

a birthday card…

with flower embellishments that were a little less dimensional this time,

so the cards could go more easily through the post…

 And a matching gift box…

We used the scraps and off-cuttings to make more embellishments with the Stampin’ Up! embosslits – sweet buttons and beautiful wings.  Nothing went to waste!

All the ladies did so well  and completed all 3 projects – having so much fun in the process!  Some are very new to crafting but you would never guess as their projects looked absolutely beautiful.  Well done ladies!

Thanks for dropping by today

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