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Paisley Petals Petite Pocket set

I’m back as promised to share with you the Petite Pocket set I made at the workshop. I didn’t actually finish decorating this at the workshop as the Hostess had chosen the set I showed yesterday so I thought I’d finish it off at home. Now if she had of chosen this set I wouldn’t have finished and decorated it to give to her with the Workshop orders.

First off I’ll share the card with you as this is the card that they all made for the Make & Take at the workshop. This card was cased from Bron Heslop. I loved Bron’s card so I haven’t changed a lot, just a different dsp design from the same pack and a few colour changes.

We also decorated the inside.

This is what the completed Paisley Petals set looked like.

I was originally going to use the flower image that was stamped for the card to decorate to boxes but it was a little to plain and flat so I ended up making some paper flowers and they are held together with an antique brad.

Here’s a closer look at the box and treat box. Again I’ve added to Raffaello Chocolates to showcase a use for the treat box. These of course are one of my favourite choccies.

Which set did you prefer? I like them both but I think the colours of the first set were really nice and I loved the Blossom Party flowers that I added for decoration.

I hope I’ve inspired you with some ways to use the Petite Pocket die. I know the ideas are from other wonderful crafters but maybe you hadn’t found them as yet and now you know where they are.

I’m hoping to be back in the next couple of days (at the latest) to share some more with you.

Supplies:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Paisley Petals
Card: River Rock, Bravo Burgundy, Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Paisley Petals DSP
Ink: Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Big Shot, Petite Pocket Die, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Antique Brads, Crop-A-Dile.

Till next time….

Domestic Pocket….

Hello everyone and a Happy New Year to you all.

I’ve been absent for some time but hope to get back into things now. The end of school last year was a very busy time, then of course we had Christmas, another trip to Fiji with the family, a few more weeks of school holidays and now back to a new routine with my girls at 3 different schools instead of just the 2. This means some earlier starts to the day and some earlier finishes for school times but hopefully from this week we are all organised and know what we’re doing.

Last Tuesday I had my first workshop for the year and this particular group of ladies love the Big Shot Dies so I always try and show at least one. This time around I chose to showcase the Petite Pocket Die but I didn’t want to use it as a simple pocket but to show them what else they can make with it.

In preparing for this workshop I did a Google search for Petite Pocket Die and found some great things to make and some with tutorials.

Here are my samples that I made for the workshop.

This picture isn’t the best as I forgot to take a photo before I left home so it’s taken on my phone at the workshop.

I really love the colour combination of Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight that I’ve used in these items. The colours come from the Domestic Goddess DSP that I’ve used.

The box on the left came from Catherine Harwood’s site which can be found here complete with instructions.

The other box comes from Betty Traciak’s site which you can find here with instructions too.

To decorate and complete both boxes I’ve used the Blossom Party die. I stamped the 3 larger flowers with Versamark Ink and the Dot to Dot stamp and then added a Calypso Coral Printed Designer Brad to them and mounted to the box using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Unfortunately I hadn’t realized before I made these samples that I didn’t have more of this DSP print to remake them exactly at the workshop. I’ve remade them instead using the Paisley Petals DSP which I will share with you tomorrow. The hostess had a choice of which set she could keep as her gift and she chose this one. It was my favourite of the 2 as well but it means I can’t take more photos to share more details.

Supplies:
Stamps: Dot to Dot, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Domestic Goddess DSP
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Blossom Party Die, Printed Designer Brads – In Color, Crop-A-Dile, Word Window Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sticky Strip.

Till next time….

Secret Sister Part 3

I meant to post this last week but I got tied up with a few things. Firstly I took my girls shopping for new clothes on the Wednesday which was the last day of school holidays, took myself on the Thursday so I could actually try things on and also went to the movies to see Fast and Furious 5, Friday I had a few things on then Saturday we picked up my brand new car. I’m so excited as I’ve never has a brand brand newy before. That new car smell is wonderful. So of course since then I’ve been running around a little more getting the feel of the car but also getting some thing done before heading off to Melbourne next week.

I’m stuck at home today as we are getting our solar panels put on today so I’m hoping to not only get a few posts up today but to also create and have some more ready for over the following few days. I’m also hoping to come up with a quick card idea for some swap cards for Convention. If I’m not successful then this will be the first Convention I haven’t made any swaps for. You know what? If that’s the way it ends up I’m not really bothered. No point in stressing myself out this late in time.

Enough rambling, now on to my gift for April.

All my April requirements were actually hand delivered together.

Seeing how April was the month for Easter this year I wanted to make a little something extra for my partner and her children.

This is the 1st card I made.

I’ve used the new Eat Chocolate stamp set from the Autumn/Winter Mini and the layout is a sketch from Clean & Simple. The colours I’ve used are from the Colour Coach and are Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink & Very Vanilla.

The Eat Chocolate set also has a new punch that coordinates with some of the images and that is the Modern Label punch also available in the Autumn/Winter Mini.

For my partners children I CASED some Top Note Bunnies from Tammy.

In the back there is a cello bag with some small Easter eggs. My partner has a son and daughter so I placed a bow on one for her daughter.

For my partner I’d purchased a small box of Cadbury Easter eggs so I made a box to present them in which coordinates with the rest of her months gifts using the Elegant Soiree DSP.

I’ve used another image from the Eat Chocolate stamp set. The circles are from the Circle Die for the Big Shot.

So that covers the Easter portion of the months gifts. Now to share the rest.

As mentioned I’ve coordinated the remainder of the gifts using the Elegant Soiree DSP. I’ve used a mixture of new stamp sets and an oldies but much loved by both my partner and myself.

The card is a Triangle Star card which I came across on Frances’ (AKA Stamp Owl’s Studio) blog which she has graciously shared a tutorial for here. Here’s a close up of the front and also one of the card opened.

The next item I made was the Keeping Tabs box which is one of Lauren Meader’s Time Templates.

I’ve used Crumb Cake cardstock to make the main box and then decorated with the Elegant Soiree DSP. I’ve stamped the cotton reel and tape measure images from the new Sew Suite using coordinating colours and used these to embellish the front of the box. The ribbon is retired Kraft Taffeta.

Inside the box I’ve placed samples of product into cello bags which I’ve tied with either Kraft Taffeta ribbon or Daffodil Delight Taffeta ribbon. On the right side the cello bags contain Paper Daisies and 1/8” Taffeta ribbon samples. The left side contains samples of Pom Pom trim in all 3 colours along with samples of the Sweet Stitches Designer Big Buttons.

This last box was made to fit the Spritzer Tool and Basic Jewels – Pearl pack which completed my gifts.

So that completes Round 4 of our Secret Sister Swap on Stampin’ Up in Oz. The next round will start in June with sign-ups being taken now. If you’d like to participate, just pop over to Stampin’ Up in Oz and request to join. You do need to live in Australia to join this group but you don’t have to be a demonstrator, just love using Stampin’ Up products. Upon requesting to join you will be sent a pendingmembership.doc from yahoo so keep watch as I can’t approve anyone until this is read and returned with requested information.

Till next time….

Secret Sister Gifts Part 2

I’m back today to share the cards & gifts I created for my partner for the month of March.

Another DSP she listed as a favourite was the Sunny Garden DSP. I hadn’t used this yet and at first found the colours a bit of a challenge. Seeing how this DSP coordinates with the Cottage Garden stamp set I’ve used that also in my creations.

This is my gifts and card, these were actually sent as the second mailing for the month, that I made.

I was quite happy with my end results. Here’s some more photos to show you what the gifts actually are.

The item in the front right of the picture above is a chocolate holder. I found this idea on Marelle Taylor’s site a little while ago. It holds 4 of the ALDI Moser Roth chocolates.

The inside of the box on the left in the 1st picture looks like this. It was made to hold 4 Ink refills. Each of the flaps is decorated with coordinating DSP and fold in over each other.

The other card I made to fulfil my March requirements I’ve used the same colour scheme from the DSP but have used one of my partners favourite stamp sets, Vintage Vogue. This card was actually the first thing my partner received during March.

I really like how this turned out. I’ve stamped the images randomly over a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, then run it through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I’ve then stamped a few extra small flowers which I’ve mounted on the card and then added some Pearls.

Tomorrow I’ll share the final months gifts and cards.

Till next time…..

Secret Sister Gifts Part 1

We have almost completed another round of the Secret Sister swap over on Stampin’ Up in Oz and seeing how my partner has now received all of her items from me and knows that it was me, I can share them with you all now. I will spread them over the next few days with todays post sharing the items I made for her for February.

The conditions of the swap for the first 2 months are to send 2 cards and a small handmade gift with Stampin’ Up product to the value of $4-$8. This is a minimum guideline so of course you can send more if you so wish but not less. The product can be made up of samples of items (ribbons, brads, buttons, etc) rather than full packs so you meet the requirement or a small product. The last month is 2 cards and Stampin’ Up product to the value of $25 presented in some handmade packaging. When we sign up to participate we have to fill out a questionnaire which is then forwarded by the coordinator to our Secret Sister so she has some ideas of things you would like and also some of the Stamp sets, colours and DSP that you like which she may wish to create your items using. This isn’t a must but if I’m able to I like to follow as much of this as possible.

My partner for this round was actually a friend of mine who is also one of my downline so I decided to spoil her a little. In her survey she listed Blueberry Crisp as one of her favourite DSP’s so for her February gifts that’s what I used. She also mentioned that she likes ‘construction’ cards.

The box at the back left was custom made to fit the gifts I was giving her for this month. Inside was the Sale-A-Bration clear mount stamp set ‘Punch Bunch’ along with a Textured Impressions Embossing folder – Elegant Bouquet.

The item on the right is a card and chocolate box in one and is a tutorial from Becky Roberts 12 Days of Christmas 2010. Of course the one in the tutorial is a Christmas theme…..lol. The box part holds 3 Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

The second card I made to complete the requirements for this month was a Never Ending Card to fit the ‘construction’ cards mentioned on my partners questionnaire. I’d never made one of these before, although it was something I wanted to try, and I’m so glad I finally did so.

I used another Sale-A-Bration set on this card and that was the Sweet Summer set. As I’m typing up this post and searching for the pictures, I realise I never took photos of this card before I sent it on. My partner did upload some to the Stampin’ Up in Oz group but unfortunately I can’t enlarge them enough and keep them clear to share with you all.

Pop back tomorrow to see the items I created for the month of March.

Till next time……