My Sunday Share - Petal Cone Die

This is a close up of the  petal cones I made for my display at my Spring Mini Launch Open House way back in January!  Sorry I've taken so long to share these properly!  It's just finding time to photograph, upload and blog them.  The Poppy Parade one features the Fruit & Flowers stamp set (page 14), the Lucky Limeade one features the Spiced Paisley stamp set (page 11) and last but not least, the Pool Party one features the Easter Blossoms stamp set (page 6).  All these are available in wood mount or clear mount.  The petal cone die is on page 123 of the main idea book and catalogue. 

The embellies on the front features various punches, 1 1/4", 1 3/8", 3/4" circle punches, the Decorative Label Punch,  Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch with the exception of the one in the top right corner - that was a die cut from the pennant die.

That's not all!  You can "chop" off the bottom and make a cup-cake container with the same petal cone die - I crimped it so that the bottom resembled a cupcake case!  To make the toppers, these were the petal cones with tabs cut off and cut into single cones then adhered to inside of the cupcake base.

You might be able to see it a bit better from this angle - then I simply gathered the tips together, and secured it with a brad and ribbon. 

Once upon a time I took part in Julia's WOYWW and you can see my messy work top here where I made some "take-out" boxes using one of my personal stamp sets.

So using the same petal cone die, you can chop off the base and create these "take-out" boxes. You need two pieces as shown above.  You can make them any size you want, so I haven't included measurements, just bear in mind that you need some sort of tab at the bottom to create the box effect.

This was the end result - great way to present home-made chocolates.  Hope you're all enjoying your weekend.

Thanks for stopping by....happy stamping!

Easter Blossoms

I am so pleased that this set has been included in our Spring Mini 2012.  This set has been in my personal collection many moons ago.  You can see the original post here.   I think I made this at the time to feature the Blossom Petal Punch, but of course now the emphasis is more on the stamp set.  This is available both in wood mount and clear mount and is on page 9 of the Mini.

The silhouette of the girl is stamped tone on tone in Crumb Cake and it makes the dry embossed petals stand out in her skirt.  Simple idea, but effective. 

Marry Me

Well hello again!  Twice in one day - wonders will never cease!  I just had to post this set as it's so apt for today.  As 2012 is a leap year and it's February 29th today,  all those single gals out there can propose to their special guy today!  This stamp set is called "Marry Me"!!!!

I'd promised to post the samples I made with this stamp set at my workshop last Friday.  My Hostess' niece wanted a grey and pale yellow colour scheme - so the cardstock used here is Basic Grey and So Saffron.  I kept the designs simple as you have to bear in mind that you're producing vast quantities of wedding invitations, thank you cards and favour boxes.

I used Versamark to create the shadow background on the two Basic Grey cards and So Saffron on the So Saffron card. 

Products used:

Cardstock:  Basic Grey, So Saffron, Paper Vellum

Card on the left: Lace Ribbon Border punch, 3/8" So Saffron taffeta ribbon, pearls.

Card on right:  velvet ribbon and pearls.

Card lying down: So Saffron Classic Ink, Scallop Trim Border punch, paper vellum 5/8" Whisper White organza ribbon, cropadile 

Favour Box:1 1/4" circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Sweet Swirls standard wheel.

This was the card they liked best  and obviously is much more labour intensive.

Please excuse the quality of the picture - it was sent via the phone and I've copied and pasted.  I had left thi card at my Hostess' house as a template.   She kindly sent me a pic via her phone and this is it !

So if there's anyone single, and female, reading this at the moment, do you plan to pop the question to your special guy?! ;))

Fruit & Flowers, Petite Pairs

These were my team swaps for our last quarterly meeting.  I partially embossed the Whisper White layer with the Stripes embossing folder for my background.  I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch (page 116 in the main catty)  to delineate the Whisper White embossed section from the non-embossed section in Poppy Parade.  I then matted it on to Poppy Parade. 

The flower was cut from the new Originals Blossom Party die (115971 - page 15 Spring Mini) in Lucky Limeade.

I stamped the strawberry image from Fruit and Flowers (page 14 of the mini) in Poppy Parade and another in Chocolate Chip.  I cut off the tips on the Chocolate Chip strawberries and applied Crystal Effects and left them to dry before adhering these to the Poppy Parade strawberries.  All were hand cut then popped up on dimensionals, layered on to 1 3/4" Whisper White circle which was then adhered to the centre of the Lucky Limeade petals.

To finish, I stamped a sentiment in the bottom right hand corner from Petite Pairs on page 83 of the main catty.

Having had a surplus, I also used these as my "Thank You" cards for my workshops in February.  I just mounted them on to a Lucky Limeade card base and it was ready to go.

Outlined Occasions, Woodgrain, Tiny Tags

Well, hello everyone!  Where has the week gone?  I have a ticket for the Make-It show in Farnborough which I hope to attend on Sunday so I'm updating the blog tonight as it seems ages since I last posted!

This was one of the 3 projects I demonstrated at the workshop I did last Friday.    In true Blue Peter style, I'd prepared one earlier and gave that one to my lovely hostess as it was much neater and had two branches with leaves rather than the one shown here which I did for speed. 

The card  was folded in half, and I cut a 3" square which was cut diagonally for the roof, front and back of card.  I used the triangular piece as a guide and scored from the middle of the fold down to where the bottom of the triangle would be on both sides, burnished the score lines then opened it up as shown above.  By squeezing the sides in, you will create the roof line.

Here's a variation with the Owl but I omitted stamping with the woodgrain stamp on the inside.

The letters were coloured in using a blender pen and the classic ink pads.  I used a stampamajig to position the words precisely.

Here's one of  the little gifts I made for my Hostess using the Everyday Enchantment papers - her favourite colours are greens.  These cards are 3"x 3" square using the images from the Fresh Vintage stamp set.  Both these images have punches to co-ordinate.  The one on the left uses the Postage Stamp punch in the spring mini, and the one on the right uses the doiley triple layer punch.  If you turn the doiley triple layer punch upside down, line up the dotted outlines of the image, push the lever to the solid image setting and punch to  get this effect.  I also made a double pocket "bag" to put the cards in.  Packaging is equally important, don't you think?

My Hostess' niece was interested in the "Marry Me" stamp set, so I made a few wedding card samples in the colour scheme she asked for.  Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures, and have left them with my Hostess and I can't for the life remember what I designed!  So I will share it with you in another post!   Early senility perhaps!  :-(

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for visiting!

Kids Cards

For my Sunday share - two very quick Cards for Kids.  I've taken these photos under natural light without getting my light box set up, so my apologies for the reflection and spots on the photos. We have a Q-stone worktop in the kitchen with bits of mirror/quartz embedded and it bounces light everywhere! 

Both cards are clean and simple and quick to do.  The cardstock used for the girlie card is Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo.  I stamped all the images in Black Stazon on watercolour paper and used an aqua painter to colour the images.  By squeezing the lid of the classic ink pad whilst shut, ink transfers onto the lid which you then use as a palette.  

The "ballerina" is from "Under the Big Top", page 31 in the main catalogue, and on the front I used the floral image from Confetti on page 77.

For the boy's card, I used Island Indigo cardstock, (2011-2013 in colors spelt the American way) and ran the front of the card through the Big Shot with the Stripes embossing folder.  The Octopus is from the Kidoodles stamp set on page 32 and both cards had Sprinkled Expressions a free stamp set given away free by Stampin' Up! for every £45 spend.

The greetings were from Happiest Birthday Wishes, a specially priced exclusive Hostess product which can be purchased with Hostess Pounds if you host your very own workshop.

Happy stamping and thanks for stopping by!

Creative Elements, Outlined Occasions

A special card for a special lady celebrating her 50th birthday recently.  I came back from a meeting in Soberton one Wednesday night and realised to my horror that I still hadn't made her a card and that if I didn't make it  that night and post it pronto, it wouldn't reach her in time.  Hence I've been burning the candle at both ends and ended up doing what I usually do, pop out in my PJs, slinging my overcoat on top and ventured out in the wee hours of the morning to catch the post before the break of dawn!  Thank goodness there wasn't any frost on the windscreen to scrape off!

I'm scheduling the post for today to make sure she's received it.  The stamp set I've used is Creative Elements on page 67 of the main catalogue and I combined it with one of the Sale-a-bration sets called Outlined Occasions.  I've used tone on tone - Island Indigo ink and card stock, stamped on Whisper White and a scrap of Pool Party and Island Indigo for layering the "Celebrate" sentiment on the front.

Here's the inside.  The numbers are from a set in my personal collection and I used a versamark pen to highlight the number five and zero, sprinkled with heat and stick power, and glittered it to make it pop.

Yawn!  I really ought to crawl into bed now that it's creeping toward 5.38 am!  Am I mad or what, blogging at this time of night.   Just as well I don't have an office job!  Anyway, job's done now, so I won't lie awake thinking about it!

Happy stamping!