New Stampin' Up! Autumn-Winter Catalogue

Hello Crafters. 

WOW! Stampin' Up!
have just released the
Autumn-Winter
Catalogue to
demonstrators and it
is FABULOUS! The
range of dies, punches
and embossing folders
has really been extended!
I can't wait for the
pre-order to start on
1st August.


This is the New Baby
card I made for my
friend who had her
baby last week. It's
the usual box card
but instead of filling
it with balloons or
flowers, I've filled
it with baby things!

 I used the new baby stamp set called Something for Baby and the co-ordinating
dies called Baby's First Framelits. These two items can be bought as a bundle
which means you'll save 15% off the price.                                                                                 
                                                                              

 I also used some stamps
from the retired stamp
set called Bundle of
Love. These include
the pram and the teddy
bear. There's also a
romper suit behind the
ducks and also the
sentiment I've put on
the back of the box.

The balloons were from another retired stamp set called Pedal Presents.
I did this by paper piecing. The rocker of building rings, I did by painting
each level individually using Stampin' Up! marker pens.

The fonts are a non-Stampin' Up! product. I have just bought the new SU
alphabet dies but the letters are too big for the small area I had to work
in on this card.

Until tomorrow, happy crafting!

JanB.

Nails with a difference!

Hello Crafters.

I have always loved
animal prints
- whether it's on
my clothes, furniture,
shoes, anywhere 
.............including my
nails. Yup, finger nails
and toe nails! I had
my fortnightly
manicure today
and had my
favourite design.
Sharon
(www.pamper-parlour.com)
did my manicure and
then painted my nails.
Once it was  dried, she
painted the animal
stripes.....freehand!
Pretty cool, huh?

When I was in my
studio this morning
I was working on a
box card as a project
for next week's
workshop. I'm pleased
with the concept
but I now need to
work on getting the
proportions right.
So, no pictures yet
but more tomorrow.

I also finished off another box card I have been working on during the week. It's for a friend of mine who had a baby earlier in the week.

I decided to do something different from the usual baby blue. With the exception for the font dies, all the products I have used are Stampin' Up! although some are now discontinued. One of the new products is the baby stamp set, Something for Baby with matching dies, Baby's First. The items that you can see here from that set are  the large baby romper suit, the duck, the bootees, the bib and the rocker building rings. It's a brilliant set that will be used a lot!

That's it for today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

Today's Step Card - Lost Lagoon

Hello Crafters.

Today's colour is Lost
Lagoon. I used another
design from the
Sycamore Street DSP
that I used yesterday
- it was only available
during Sale-a-bration
last year.

I chose six small
images from three
different stamp sets.
The crown and 4
you is from Tiny
Tags, the star is
from Itty Bitty Bits
and the bird, cake
and parcels are
from Pedal Presents.

I titled the camera to show that the top of the steps have been decorated with DSP

I punched them out
using the banner punch
and then adhered them
to a strip of blue lagoon
that was a bit wider and
then cut round the banner.



The sentiment is from
the Label Love stamp
set. I should have taken
a couple more photographs
to show the underneath - I
have adhered a piece of
white card stock so the
sender has somewhere to
write the message - and
the back, which has the
same patterned DSP but
not the banners














Happy crafting.