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It was my youngest daughter's (Sofie's) 10th birthday last week. My eldest daughter, Madeleine, decided to make her this lovely skirt:
It's super quick and easy with just two seams and a hem to do. And my overlocker makes that nice and easy on such slipper fabric.
I used the remaining scraps to make a little scarf/hair tie/belt thing.
And the very last bits were cut up with the lining and made into this lovely hair clip. I absolutely love these!!
We made these at my stamp camps last year, and the ladies just loved them, if you recall my post about them in September. For seamstresses using up bits and matching clothing, these are perfect. For those who hate to sew, these are perfect - no sewing!
Yesterday was a fun day with many of my team around me for a sunny morning of nibbles, chats, and crafting! Oh yes, and we did do a bit of training in there - time ran a bit short. I didn't hear any grumbling, though.
My friend and downline, Barbara Bicknell of Chocolate Boutique in Parnell, has been slipping me these tins for months now, with the idea that we'd use them to make rubbish containers for our classes with the team. Sadly, Barbara wasn't able to be there yesterday! Always a team player, she is an exemplary woman.
I explained the concept to the ladies and let them go for it. Here is what I came up with while playing on my own:
I'm enjoying that bird die! I might use her on my swaps for convention next month. Any cute or lovely ideas, please send them my way! :) (Trolling the web is not one of my favorite activities)
I got out every flower die and every flower punch we have and let the girls just create their own exotic specimens. Luckily I'm not a florist so they all look perfect to me.
I'll be taking this around to my classes with me so you can have a hands on look (don't all of us creative people look with our fingers??) I have six tins left and Barbara is willing to be my secret supplier, so if you'd like to do this in a class, please let me know! Lots of fun and practical for your work area, too!
These Simply Adorned Charms in the Summer Mini are lovely!
I made this lovely piece of jewellery in Fiji - and what a treat to get to make and keep one of these babies!!
Several of my customers made these as Christmas gifts, and they turned out gorgeous. The pendants are quite heavy; they are a high quality and substantial gift.
This one was made with the Spiced Paisley set and a whole lot of pearls. I've worn in quite a bit - the colours are nice to wear with lots.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Spiced Paisley set of seven $37.95, Fabulous Phrases
I've been quiet the last week or so because I have been heads down preparing trainings and gifts for my team for yesterday's breakfast.
Being a seamstress for many many years, I wanted to utilize those skills this year now that Stampin' Up! offers fabric AND die cuts! I had some ideas in my head of what to make for my lovely ladies, and started with making hanging craft bags:
AFter making 26 of these . . . .we decided to do the remaining gifts something else!! So we started making stockings!
We made up a selection and my friend Janine had the great idea of putting them on this trolley:
Excuse the very very messy craft room . . . the entire house looks something like that at the moment. I'll have to do a serious shovel out again this year.
Many many thanks to Janine Pearce and my daughter, Madeleine, for helping me get this project done in time.
Sofie and cat Custard later played the rest of the day with the trolley - they were playing shopkeeper and bus driver.
Another aspect to our party was my official invitation to Rob on the Incentive Trip next year to Broome!! We had lots of fun on the team forum coming up with fun ideas for inviting him. In the end Madeleine set up a treasure hunt around the house, ending with a card inviting him.
Just finished up the Stamp Camp Weekend for Auckland and I slept very well last night! It was lots of fun and I look forward to the NELSON Stamp Camp this weekend!
Here is my craft space before the camp, all set up and ready for some eager ladies:
And here we are busy busy busy:
I don't want to put up all the projects just yet as we will be doing many of them this coming weekend in Nelson and want a few surprises for the ladies there.
We did do a creative challenge where they were all given a few supplies and 20 minutes to come up with something lovely:
pretty good I thought!
And the last project we did on Saturday was Shelli's lovely fabric brooch, which a few of the ladies really really loved this one and stayed later (babysitting my kiddies I might add) to make more:
And this very special yellow Big Bird one Tracey made me for my birthday. Ummmmm Gorgeous Tracey!
And thank you everyone for making my birthday morning fun and special! You were all here for camp so it felt like a party!!
I know this stamp set is now retired, but fingers crossed it's in the next catalogue. If not, then I have my own set that will be for sale . . .
This is another little project I taught at Senz, and it's an easy one for a little gift. Yes yes, time to start thinking Christmas, even just a little bit! My three daughters loved this idea.
One of my favourite features on this one is the ribbon technique. I LOVE this crochet ribbon (fingers crossed we get to keep it):
The butterfly in this set is just gorgeous - one of my all time favourites. We cut off the antennae here and used Linen Thread to create a 3D look.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Strength and Hope $37.95
Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink
Other: Chipboard coasters, Scallop Square Duo Die, printer paper, various ribbons, jumbo eyelets, mat pack, basic pearls
This Journal Book is a project that was shown to us at convention last year or possibly even the year before. I made a 6x6 version of this last year, too.
I'm going to a birthday party today for a friend who is also recently engaged, so I thought this would make the perfect gift for her.
I failed to take a photo of it, but I stamped each page with a little flourish as well. Just that little extra two minutes of time put in will make each page special to write on.
The paper flowers are excellent for stamping on - easy to customize for any project!
My favourite technique on this project is the En Francais background and how it's partially stamped and faded a bit in areas.
1. Ink up the stamp
2. Place the cardstock onto the stamp, face down, gently.
3. Walk your fingers around on the cardstock, just pressing in this and that area. voila!
I will be teaching this project along with another vintage project in the Vintage Techniques class next Monday July 18th. cost will be $25 due to the cost of the Chipboard Book. Book in here; we'd love to have you along for class!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: En Francais, Vintage Vogue
Colours: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue
Other: Paper Flowers, On Board Chipboard book, Subtles Buttons, Basic Pearls, Rhinestone Brads, Linen Thread
This is one of the projects I presented at one of the senz classes this past weekend, and a class I thoroughly enjoyed. The ladies (actually in ALL the classes) were so friendly, so relaxed, so receptive, and so willing to share and learn.
The neat thing about a set of cards is that each individual card doesn't have to be complex - it's the nature of having a coordinating set that makes it a wow all by itself!
The card boxes are clear acrylic boxes that one of my downline sourced for us. They are fantastic - clear so they coordinate with anything and just the right size to fit a standard sized card!!
The feature on this card was done using the Circles Die. I do use this one quite a fair bit - sure beats cutting circles out by hand!! And I have lost my Circle Scissors Plus somewhere in the depths of my craft room, so cutting by hand really was my only other option!
I do like the Sunny Garden papers - so happy and fun!
And the Butterfly Embosslits - wow, can't get much more verstile that these. I just kept them on my table through all the classes at SENZ because we used them so much.
Cottage Garden Stamp set + the Sunny Garden papers + Butterfly Embosslets = Winning Combination!!
Other: Scallop Eyelet Border Punch, Five Petal Flower Punch, various brads, Pearls, Butterfly Embosslets, Daffodil Delight 1/8 taffeta ribbon
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Isn't this just FANTASTIC! The photo does not do it justice honestly, but these are stunning.
Ann Wills taught us how to make these beautiful framed art at our team training on Saturday. The supplies were minimal, which is amazing.
Each of these insects is made with cardstock vellum, embossed, coloured, and painted.
And as I was taking these photos, one of the cats was busy trying to eat the back of the frame. Yes, the crazy cat who eats and chews on everything she can get her paws on.
I'm happy to make this frame in a class setting. To book in or to schedule your own, please email me!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Nature's Nest, Clearly for You, All a Flutter
Colours: Soft Suede, various markers
Other: Cardstock Vellum, Champagne Shimmer Mist, Black Embossing powder
Janine put in a huge amount of thought and effort into this one - a very adorable Counting Book using the Sew Suite series!
Each page features a different button and counts to ten.
Each page is done in Very Vanill and stamped using various stamps from the Sew Suite series. She's done such a very neat job that it looks like printed paper, doesn't it?
I like how she's tied the three different colours of the PomPom trim to the attaching ring. It's not only colourful, but very tactile for a small child.
The detail Janine put into these buttons is amazing. Each button is 2-4 layers plus embossing or pen details . .
Janine has lent me this to have on display at SENZ. Please join me and us there! I am offering a full weekend of Stampin' Up! classes, all with product included. Bron Heslop is teaching the Saturday morning class, and I will be taking the rest.
The class schedule can be seen at www.senz.co.nz or please feel free to email me and I will send you our class offerings list. We'd love to have you!
This is a lovely Sale A Bration project designed by Rachael Knight and using the SaleABration set Sweet Summer.
Rachael love the boxes and bits and pieces, so this was just her style. We loved it! The demonstrators got to do this one at the Stamp Camp we held in Rotorua about a month ago:
Inside the box we had a notebook, pen, bookmarks, eraser, and clips:
And everyone's favourite, the thumb tacks:
Rachael and I have been storing these for YEARS just for this stamp camp, haven't we Rach?
She did a good job using those up! You won the challenge hands down!
The stamp set is one of the FREE SAB sets, available only until March 31st. Free with any qualifying order or workshop! Email me for your free brochure!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sweet Summer FREE with qualifying order and/or workshop
One of the great things about having inks and cardstock and printed papers that all match AND stamp images that coordinate with the printed paper is that it doesn't take much to create a beautiful project that looks "just right".
This is a simple design - one stamp in one colour on a single sheet of Designer Series Paper:
I put the so yummy Chocolate Chip Supernova Glitter on the flowers to make them pop a bit more. There is also just a dash of Dazzling Diamonds on the stamped image.
This was then put on an inexpensive notebook - easily found at a $2 shop or similar. I have three daughters, as many of you know, and a notebook is always a hit. And I am a listmaker, so I use lots of these myself. And somehow, it's just so much more fun to write in something beautiful!
This is a little project my friend Melinda made up to give to some of her friends. She's in Idaho, where it's the dead of winter right now, hence the Apple Cider packets.
Such a cute use of the Share A Cup stamp!
Here in New Zealand, we could use cold drink packets or individually wrapped tea bags. Wrap up with a ribbon and add the bits and done!
Cute and easy!
Thanks Melinda!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Share a Cup $14.50
Colours: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip
Other: Ribbon, Scallop Circle punch, Word Window Punch
Last Wednesday we had our annual Christmas gifts class, and one of the projects was this very cute Gingerbread Cookie Recipe in a Jar:
Gee, it looks like I cut that ribbon with a butter knife. (I'm pretty sure I didn't; my guess is the girls were playing with it and frayed it up a bit).
The idea here is that this is the dry ingredients to a cookie recipe layered up like sand art. The instructions include adding the wet items. Makes for a really quick treat for the recipient and an adorable presentation.
Sally has wowed us this month using the Vintage Wallpaper and the Crocheted Flowers with a beautiful canvas:
Sally gives credit to Rachel Tucker here for inspiring her with this creative wall hanging. She said she loves Rachel's use of layer, stitching and embellishments to creative a harmonious end product.
The lace and the crocheted flowers are perfect for this. I love how Sally has mixed the white and the vanilla tones here - kind of a "pure" vintage look.
Thanks Sally for another wonderful creation!! Love it!
Don't have the time to attend class? Prefer to work on your own? Live too far away? Make this Elements of Style Necklace and Pillow box
in your own time!
Make a lovely necklace that you can customize to suit your style using the Hodge Podge Kit and the new rhinestones.
Kits come with the Pillow Box die cut so you can make up a perfect little box in which to place your necklace - ready for gift giving.
Kit inlcudes all hardware, the Pillow Box die, cardstock, ribbon, and complete instructions. $12 including postage
Best Value! Product Bundle includes all of the above plus the Elements of Style Stamp set, the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, and a bottle of Crystal Effects. $96.50 value for only $84!
*** Some kits may have round or Designer Label shaped necklace pendants; please indicate if you have a strong preference one way or another ****
Welcome to a new month AND a new Stampin' Up! year!! Today is a big day in my little world - the new Idea Book & Catalogue goes live at noon today. Please join me tonight for my Catalogue Launch at 730pm.
My Guest Artist Team was given the Greenhouse Gala papers to play with this month - and all comments so far is that they all really love these papers. So do I! With a mixture of sophisticated and bright, these ones are super versatile.
Sally has graced us with another amazing scrapbooking project. This time she's made a mini album of some of the deep questions her son asks:
Sally, I LOVE how you've shown both sides of the papers on the cover there.
And check out these pages using various epherma and the Greenhouse Gala papers as backgrounds and accents:
Wow - just amazing isn't it? I didn't post up photos of all the pages, either - this is just a wonderful sampling of this stunning project.
This is a fabulousPrincess Fairy Wand project shared with me by a wonderful customer and now team member,Pam Cregeen.
We did this up in class here a few weeks back for the Birthday Ideas Class.
I think I took these pictures in the dark?
The cool technque is getting the ribbons to curl like that and stay curly. (Between three cats and one extreme princess in my house, this wand has been slightly abused though).
After we curled the ribbons, we added a bit of white tool, and the SuperNova Glitter up the wand.
This would/will make a great birthday party activity! Easy to do and a good way to use up ribbon bits and bobs.
Bron has made for us today a lovely stationery box out of the challege supplies! Each lady was given the Rose Red Double stitched ribbon, clear buttons, and a felt flowers:
What a fun design! I haven't made one of these yet, but she tells me they are super easy.
I love the DSP behind the clear button and the cute presentation, Bron! Who wouldn't want to receive something like this?
It just so happens all three of the challenge items this month are on the Last Chance List - get them while they are still available!
Thanks so much and well done on the challenge!
Supplies Used:
Colours: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rose Red
Other:Chocolate Chip Designer Series Prints, Felt Flowers, Clear Buttons, Rose Red Double Stitched Ribbon, Silver Brads, Large silver brads
