Another selection of shoebox swap cards

This card uses a set from the Summer Mini catalogue called The Open Sea. It's another multi purpose set. really good for masculine cards but also fantastic for travel journals and summer holiday scrapbook pages.

 

And inside the card...

 

 A bright cheery card that uses the square scallop die as its base, and lots of punches

And another card using the classy Vintage Vogue set. I love the "rock & roll" stamp technique used on the flowers. That's where you ink up your stamp with the lighter colour and then roll round the edges of the stamp using the darker ink to get the two tone effect.

And the final card I am sharing with you today was designed by my lovely friend Diane who is really creative and always has stunning designs. This one uses Apothecary Art again and the gorgeous colour combo of Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade. So pretty.

As promised here are some more swaps from the Tartan Stampers mini convention.

This first card however was actually a class taught by the very talented and lovely Lorrain Harrison-Rogers. Lots of distressing and very vintage. Really loved this one.

This one was Tooty's card using the fabulous Everything Eleanor stamp set. I love the colour combination of concord crush, lucky limeade and crumbcake.

Fiona provided a canvas, instead of a card for her swap, that shows off some of the gorgeous cardstock colours in Stampin' Up!'s colour families. I've just noticed as well that I need to add some more Rhinestones to bling up the top half as well.

This was Carol's card and we got to try out the new Stampin' Up Simply Scored Scoring Tool.

I have not long acquired my own Simply Scored and I have to say that so far I am very impressed with it. Previously I used the Scor-Pal but the Simply Scored has many more grooves as you can score at every 1/8". This makes it much more versatile for 3d projects, mini-scrapbooks and for adding definition to cards.

 And you can also purchase a diagonal plate is well which is amazing for making matching envelopes from the Designer Series paper.

And this last one for today is a pretty card made using Vintage Vogue stamp set (one of my very favourite sets) and the Manhattan Flower embossing folder.

More swaps tomorrow!

Belated Blog Post for Pam

One of my Stampin' Up! downlines, Pam, celebrated a "big" birthday earlier this month and this was the card I made for her. The flower is made from some felt offcuts I picked up at the SECC recently, proper wool felt, not the usual craft stuff. It was so nice I added a brooch back to the flower so that it can be used as an accessory as well as to decorate the card!
Stamp set used is "just believe".


I also made her a little mini notebook that was created using all the Stampin' Up! border punches (plus some Rich Razzleberry ribbon and Vintage Vogue stamp set)

More Vintage style Vintage Vogue and more...

Some more samples made using the Vintage Vogue stamp set.





Remember the Vintage Vogue stamp set (£19.95) is currently only guaranteed to be availabe until 30 September (that's not to say it might not make it in to the new catalogue due out on 1 October 2010, but nothing is certain!)

And finally the last two cards made using the Vintage Vogue set (for a wee while anyway):

The first one uses colours from the Bold Brights range for a much more modern card.

And this last card includes a flower that was included in last month's Stampin' Success (a magazine for US & Canadian demos, but we can sneak a peek online ;)

Some Vintage Vogue cards

These cards were made using the gorgeous Vintage Vogue stamp set that we used at class the other week and some of the ladies who attended (and purchased the stamp set) requested that I put my other samples online. The first five cards were made using the new Cottage Wall designer series paper - not sure how long this will be around, we've just been told "until stocks last" so if you want some it would probably be better to order sooner rather than later.

However if you just want a taster then these are also included in the Stampin' Up! New Colour share.

The first three cards were CASEd (ie shamelessly copied) from Canadian Stampin' Up! demo Deanna Tam. My crafting mojo had got up and left for a seriously long time and I just didn't know where to start. But luckily once I had made the first three cards I was inspired to come up with my own ideas once again...thank goodness!


CASEd card #1
CASEd card #2CASEd card #3



Half & half! LOL ie some of my ideas
All my own work!!! *smile*

Vintage Vogue Class - 24 June 2010

Just a quick up date to say there are only a couple of spaces available in the 10am to 12 noon class so please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to come along.

There are a few more spaces for the evening class being held from 7pm-9pm.

Also there are a couple of spaces left in the Stampers 10 starting this month. Contact me at thefineartofstampin@gmail.com if you'd like to join in. Minimum spend is £15 per month, plus P&P, over 10 months. You will then be a "virtual" hostess one month and will receive the usual hostess benefits ie a free level one hostess set AND £15 worth of FREE product from the catalogue. You will also receive a free copy of the Stampin' Up! Catalogue and Idea Book (usual price £4.95)

Vintage Vogue Class - 24 June 2010

Come along and make three cards using the gorgeous Vintage Vogue stamp set and some of the brand new Stampin’ Up! Colours - Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede.

The class will include instructions on how to make two types of three-dimensional flowers and we will also cover the brayering technique.

The class will take place on Thursday 24 June and due to customer demand I will be running two classes:

- from 10am to 12 noon

- from 7pm to 9pm.

Please remember to let me know which time slot you will be attending.

The class will take place at Dip N Doodle, 6 Gallowgate Lane, LARGS, KA30 8BE.

The cost of the class will be £10 and payment should be made on or before the registration date of 15 June.

Special Offer: Treat yourself to your own Vintage Vogue stamp set to use in class and pay the special low combined price of only £28 for both the class and the stamp set.

To book your place please either email me at thefineartofstampin@gmail.com or phone/text me on 07949 101534. Payment should be made by cheque to reach me no later than 15 June.