'Swirly Bird'

This card is a 4" x 4". It's really cute and can be made in no time at all.

 The card base is 'Mint Macaron' with a 'Whisper white' layer on top. The flower is made using the largest swirl in the 'Swirly Bird' stamp set in 'Blushing Bride' ink, with a smaller swirl stamped over the top of it in 'Wisteria Wonder' ink. Obviously you can change the colours to suit you. The 'hello' sentiment is from 'Endless birthday wishes' (This stamp set is fab!). To finish off, I added some  'Blushing Bride' ribbon.which I tied in a knot on the left hand side. This card would be good for batch making or 'make and takes' at a workshop.

Swirly bird Stamp and die set.

I am loving the 'Swirly bird' stamp set! It's sooo versatile! I have been playing with it for most of the week and it seems like the more cards I make, the more ideas I have. You can purchase the stamp set on its own or as a bundle with the matching die set and make a saving of 10%.
Firstly it was my friends birthday and I wanted to make her a 'special' card. This set is brilliant as you can make lovely looking cards, quickly.

 I used 'Sweet Sugarplum' cardstock as a base for the card and a piece of whisper white that was cut slightly smaller so that gave me a border. I stamped three of the largest  swirls on the white cardstock in 'Sweet Sugarplum' ink. Next, using 'Blushing Bride' ink I stamped five small swirls randomly around the larger pink ones (these were now my flowers).For the leaves I used 'Cucumber Crush' ink. The sentiment is from 'Endless Birthday wishes', I stamped this in memento black ink. To finish I added three enamel dots to the centres of each large flower.
 Just changing the colours of the flowers and a different sentiment this card could be made so many different ways. My friend loved it!

This week I have been working on various samples using my Stampin'Up! products. I have made three cards, two 3D projects and a scrapbook page. Let me show you how they turned out;

For this card I used my 'six sided sampler' stamp set and punch. I made an A4 sheet of 'patchwork' cardstock which took me a while but was very relaxing! I then cut the sheet  to fit the front of my card. Once attached I added a banner with my sentiment and embossed a die cut leaf with gold embossing powder and stuck this to the front of the card with some lovely gold thread underneath.I am pleased with the result.

This card I wanted to be very simple. I masked an area of about 1inch using sticky notes on watercolour paper,which added texture. With my 'Flowershop' stamps and punch set I stamped one of the flowers randomly in that area using 'Calypso Coral' ink, removed the sticky notes and stamped a small sentiment underneath. I really like this card, it's simple but could be made using any stamp and sentiment,very versatile.

Here I have inked my background to make the grass and the sky and used petite petal stamps and punch to make my flowers (using 'watermelon wonder' cardstock, another fave of mine). the centres of the flowers are candy dots and for the leaves I stamped out the flowers onto 'Pear Pizzazz' cardstock and cut them into leaves. The sentiment is from 'Endless Birthday Wishes' stamp set.

I wanted my scrapbook page to look like an old notice board. I used 'Gorgeous Grunge' to stamp on my page and I have used versamark ink and silver embossing powder on some areas, I am pleased how this came out and will use that idea on other projects too. The photos are of my daughter and our dog when he was a tiny pup (lovely,happy memories!). This is my first ever scrapbook page!

This is my favourite project! I have used the petite petals stamps and punch set again and made a tiny bouquet of flowers,complete with leaves and a vase! For the flower stalks I have used toothpicks which I coloured with 'Pear Pizzazz' ink. The flower centres are candy dots and the vase was made using small circle punches.

Finally I have made a drawer box which can hold standard sized cards.I have decorated with Stampin'Up! designer papers and used candy dots on the drawer  front. I hope you like my projects!!

Aquick and simple project made using 'Gorgeous Grunge' stamp set (one of my favourites at the moment), 'Endless Birthday Wishes' stamp set and the 'Botanical builder framelit dies'. Please leave a comment if you would like me to post the instructions and/or dimensions, Claire x

Here are some samples I created at our last Stampin' Up! team meeting. Lots of fun using brand new products from the new catalogue which goes live on 1st June!!
Contact me if you do not have a demonstrator that you are working with, I will be happy to help.

New catalogue samples.

Here are some samples that I createdhherhhh

Hello and welcome to my blog!
I will be posting projects and crafty techniques using fantastic Stampin' Up! products. I am an independent demonstrator for Stampin' Up and would love to host a party or craft workshop for you if you live in the Norwich, Norfolk area. You can also purchase Stampin' Up!products from me.  Please feel free to get in touch with me or leave a comment.
Claire x