I'M BACK

Well my holidays are over and what a fantastic time I had 12 night in Benalmadena Spain fantstic weather and a real change from Crete. We flew to Malaga from Bournemouth and stayed at friends apartments which was lovely.
I then went back to work for a week and then off again for a week caravanning in West Bay Dorset we were lucky with the weather and had a dry sunny week. I have lived in Poole all my life and never realised what lovely scenery we had on are door step. Burton Bradstock beach was lovely a bit windy but i sat and watched the waves which were fantastic.
So it's back to work now lots of new demos I hope lots of inspiration for all your card making and scrapbook.
There is a demo on in store tomorrow by Stabilo they are doing 50% off all they colouring products and these can be used with our stamped images. Will let you know more after my crash course tomorrow.
I will be doing a Stamping demo on Thursday 5pm-7.30pm ish do come along if you are having trouble as this is your chance to have a go.
On Saturday I will be doing card shapes so come along and learn how to do all those different folds that you have seen.
Thats all for now I will try and get back to regular blogging from now on.

The Range 18th July

These are the cards I made on 18th July at The Range Plymouth The quality is not so good as I tried a different setting on my camera hopefully you can make sense of them.

Demo cards 11th july

Here are the photos of todays cards and boxes I will update the instructions over the next few days. Had a great day I hope all those ladies who popped along picked up an idea or two.



This little collection of cards are made using the new textured 4" square cards £2.99



Love the size of these cards as they are great for making those small gift cards.




They are also fantastic for water colouring as your colours blend better than on smooth card.



This great little side step card was shown to me by Chris and is proving to be very popular.




I decorated it with the die cut images.



These calendars were a hit small scraps of paper stuck to mount board with image water coloured on the top easy.



The calendar fobs were in the goody bag but you can buy them for 99p



Simple decorpage always look better in the flesh!



This card uses the masking technique first stamp the centre image and then mask it and stamp the other 2 decorpage the centre tree and edge with glitteration.



These next couple of cards I call scrap cards as they use up scraps of paper and a small image as a focal point.









This last card is stamped with 2 colours of chalk ink to create a border and then stamp 2 spares cut and shape and decorpage onto your card.

Visit my other blog

Now is the time to visit my other blog for some really exciting news.

Docraft Christmas

After a lot of hard work the Christmas stuff is out here is a little peek of a couple of my favorites. I would like to say a big thank you to the 3 ladies that helped me last night you know who you are. Coffee all round next time.

It's arrived

My stampin up kit has finally arrived and I must admit I have no idea what to do with it now. I think I will put it away and think carefully before I go all guns blazing.
My new stampin up blog is
www.homestamper.blogspot.com
so go over there and become a follower so you can follow this exciting journey I am about to start.

Blog of the week

Hi sorry this is late this week but with my new venture starting to take shape time ran away with me. So BLOG OF THE WEEK this week is www.stamperdog.com This is another stampinup demonstrator from america. The difference is her dog writes her blog!!!! It is brilliant and there are some great videos to watch which will really get you thinking.


New blog to watch
My new blog will be up and running soon so watch this space for more news and blog candy.

Winner of my blog candy

The lucky winner of my blog candy as chosen by some random generator of the web is
DAISYCHAIN. I will be in touch as soon as possible Thank you for joining in and come back soon as I will be doing another soon.

Blog of the week

Sorry this is late but this week I have chosen a passion for cards it's on my blogs I like to visit I have got a lot of inspiration from this site and hope you will enjoy visiting it.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE

RANGE DEMO ON SUNDAY 13TH JUNE

I AM SORRY BUT DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY I AM HAVING TO CANCEL SUNDAYS DEMO. I WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

Blog Candy

 

As I have just signed up to become a stampin up demonstrator I have decided I must have a sort out so here is the first of my Blog candy. I will be adding more in the future.
So if you want to be included in the draw just leave me a comment and become a follower of this blog. That way you will be the first to know whats going on in my demo life.

 

What's included
1 circle punch
29 assorted peel offs
9 forever friends/ daisy dandelion stickers
3 sticker ribbons
8 sheets paper
3 sheets of decoupage
1 pack of Daisy decoupage
1 pack of clear stamps candyfloss
6 mixed cards and envelopes
1 roll of DST
12 felt tip pens

Closing date 15th June

 

This one is using mirror card Claire Curd paper and Dufex decoupage. My latest fad is punching a couple of holes and tying wide organza ribbon in it.

 

This card is made using the blueberry hill paper mirror card and pearlescent decoupage.

 

This card was made using Claire Curds paper and mirror card. The scalloped edge was made by punching lots of small circles and sticking them to the back of the mirror card. The decoupage is from the pearlecent book at the Range.

 

This is a tri shutter card the dimensions of which I found on dawnsstampingthoughts. Her video tutorials are great so hop on over and have a peek. The papers I used were from blueberry hill and I used a piece of yellow coredination card and silver mirror card.

Get well soon

 

I was inspired to make this card after seeing a similar card on stamping moments blog by Jenny. I used a piece of coerdination card for the flower pot scored the base of the pot and sanded lightly. For the patterned top I ran a piece of the card through the impress and again sanded it. The flowers were made from stamped image I used the marie curie daisy and a couple of the stamps from the doodle set. This was all stuck on to a piece of card. I will be making this one at future demos.

Blog of the week

Happy Friday to you all weather is a little over cast here today. It would be it's my day off. Still time to craft and blog hop. Here is this weeks Blog of The Week

http://debby4000.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did the cards that this lady does are beautiful and some thing to inspire us all.

THE RANGE NEWSLETTER

Hi what fantastic weather we are having the sun is shining and we are all thinking about our holidays. With this in mind I will be away for a time so there will be some weekends when there will be no demos.

As you will know we had a fantastic response to our Marie Curie cancer care cards with a total of 1284. If you have any cards that you wish to donate to charity I am collecting these again. This time they will be sold to raise money for an orphanage in South Africa. Please bring them in to me by 27th June. I will then be thinking about our next venture.

We have had our first Christmas demo which went very well so do watch for more demos in the coming months. The next one will be 11th July.

The scrapbooking workshops are going very well so if you need more information do come along and see what we are all about. The weekend sessions fill up really quickly so do book your place a.s.a.p.

Technique Thursday is another of our ventures that is going well. Remember the aim of this is for you to have a go. If there is something that you want to know how to do ask me and I will try and sort it out for you.

On Thursday 4th and 18th June we will be making an envelope card/book. If you want to have a go join us at 5pm – 7.30pm bring along your basic tool kit which must include a cutting mat and some double sided tape. These sessions are normally free in order to keep to this you may be asked to bring along some of your own materials. For this session you will need to bring 7 envelopes all the same size as well as enough paper to cover them all front and back. You will need to come along to both sessions to complete the workshop. This will be repeated on 19th and 25th July.



Demonstrations for June



Saturday 6th Get Well Cards

Sunday 14th Dry embossing to include the impress

Saturday 20th Scrapbooking

Sunday 21st Bob Ross To be confirmed

Sunday 27th Charity cards Come and have a go make and leave behind.



The next loop from Docrafts starts on the 1st July so our stock will probable arrive after 25th June.



Don't forget to check out my blog for constant updates


Bye for now Di instore demonstrator

Docraft Butterfly punch

Ladies I was told of a place to get the butterfly punch yesterday so I have checked it out and sure enough it looks the same to me just a different colour so here is a link

http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/searchresult/1

hope this helps those of you who can't get one.

PROOF IF IT WAS NEEDED

That I am mad and need some therapy. Tomorrow 30th May is CHRISTMAS yes thats right I will be doing a Christmas demonstration at The Range Bournemouth. 10am - 4pm do come along if you can the ideas will be how to use last years bits and bobs as we do not have any new bits in. This will hopefully save you money. That must be a first for me. We do have some reductions on our Christmas stock though.

Blog hopping

Well ladies as some of you may know I spend a lot of time blog hopping. Some of you will ask what is this blog hopping? Well it means I visit lots of blogs. I start on one of my favorites and then visit one of their favorites and so on.
So I have been thinking I shall be starting a new section Blog of the week. I will post this every Friday so you have the week end to go visit.

My first blog of the week goes to www.dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com

I love this site as there are lots of ideas, videos and tutorials. I know it's an American site and the products that she uses you might not have seen, but here lays another tale I am going to be signing up to become a Stamping up demonstrator soon so you will see lots of different ideas and product on here. With this in mind I will be splitting my blog in the near future. Please don't ask me how or when as I can't answer either of those question.

This is another version of the dimension butterfly unfortunately this has now been discontinued. However if you have the punch here are the instruction.

Alfie this is for you.

Take a tall card or DL trim 2.5cm off the front flap. Cut a piece of paper from either the blueberry or regency paper pack 10cm by 20cm. Close the card and edge the inside piece that shows with silver glitteration border.
Cut a piece of mirror card 7cm wide by 20cm. Cut a piece of matching paper from blueberry or regency pack 6cm wide by 19cm long. Mat this to the mirror card.
Cut a piece of spring floral glitter vellum the same size make sure the pattern runs down the card. Turn the vellum over and using your permanent pens colour in the flowers and the stems. Don't worry if you go over the edge this adds dimension. Turn the vellum over and punch a butterfly on the top. I used the edge of the punch to the edge of the vellum. I then did the same at the bottom of the vellum leaving a 5cm gap. Now punch another butterfly in the middle. Just line it up getting an even amount either side of the top and bottom butterfly.
Now use the 2 in 1 glue pen available in the goody bag or individually for £2.49. Place a little glue behind the centre of the flower and stick to the paper. Take a piece of ribbon and tie the ends into a knot place this over the front of the card, underneath the butterflies, and cut on either side and stick to the reverse of the mirror card. Stick this to the front of the card. Finish with a sentiment mat this on mirror card and a little of the remaining paper. This card will look different by using different backing paper and different coloured pens.

Using the new shimmer chalks and the stitch and craft stencil. I used stick it masking tape to stick the stencil to the card stock and then using either a piece of sponge or a cotton bud apply the chalk through the stencil. I used the timeless card stock and it did stay put with out any fixative. If you do want to fix it use a cheap hair spray. They say a quick spray from a distance sets it o.k.

Plymouth cards

This card was made using the white wash papers just rip the card to reveal the inner core. The sun was cut from one of the impress double pack you may have to hunt them down as they are now discontinued.

Sizzix Bigz

Have just bought 2 dies for my old original red sizzix machine and yea you guessed it they don't fit. Unfortunately I have opened them and so I can't send them back. I thought I would sell them on. So if anybody is interested let me know Decorative accents #10 by Debi Potter £6 +P+P and Bigz XL die bag favour by Brenda Pinnick £12 +P+P

Blueberry Hill

 

As promised here are the cards from today I will edit each card over the next few days so do call back for instructions and measurements.

Fold an A6 card on the score line. Cut a piece of paper 14cm x 10cm from the Blueberry Hill pack and round off the corners Stick to the card. Cut a piece of card the same colour as the base card 7.5cm x 9cm round off the corners. Cut another piece of paper the same colour as the base paper cut to 6.5cm x 8cm round off the corners. Stick to the card. Use a piece of narrow organza ribbon in a tone colour tie both ends together in a knot wrap round the small card, cut and stick on the back. Stick to the card using foam pads. Using the free gift from the front of the magazine stamp the small round stamp onto a piece of pattered paper and again onto a piece of card the same as the base. Using a toning colour chalk ink. Cut around the outside of the card circle and on the inside of the paper circle mount onto the bottom right of the card using foam pads. The circle disc in the centre was cut using the impress lace circle and white wash card. The impress circle has been discontinued so you could replace this with an embellishment of your choose.

Jessie Edwards Tag card

 

This card was made using the new Jessie Edwards paper from the goody bag. Take an A6 Card and fold cut a piece of gold mirror card 14cm x 10cm and round the corners now take a piece of paper 13cm x 9cm and using a small circle punch munch a quater of the corner off repeat on all corners mat these using DST. To make the tag use a piece of card 12cm long and and 7cm wide put this in the impress with the tag cutter from the dual pack. You will see that it is to short thats fine. Once you have cut it take it out and line it up so it cuts the straight edge into the fancy pattern. (Ihope this makes sense)You should now have a tag that is patterned on both ends. Using the stamps from the Jessie Edwards pack stamp onto the top left and bottom right using the small flower spray and teal liguid chalk. Stamp the sentiment perfect day using the same chalk across the middle. Thread a piece of wide teal organza ribbon through each end and tie. Stick foam pads onto the back and stick into the centre of the card.

Vellum

 

You can use vellum straight to your card or as a wrap round. These cards have been made by colouring the reverse of the vellum with whispers permanent pens.

 

Vellum is a great product and this has to be my favorite one. It is already glittered so the hard work is done for you.

 

The best thing I have found to stick the vellum with is the new glue pen from Docrafts it's in your goody bag or you can buy it for £2.49..

Decoupage credit crunch card

 

Decoupage was one of the first things I did after the stickers and wow have they come on in the past 5 years. With the new ones from Docraft there are now die cut and also the traditional do it yourself. If you look at the retirement card I made for Pat and this card you will see that they are the same picture. In fact they are one decoupage layout split into two so you can get more fore your money with this one I ripped and chalked the edges with Pats I cut it.