Seeing Spots thank you

I've been having a look at the stamp sets on the Last Chance List this week and the set I'm using today is very close to my heart - Seeing Spots. It was the first ever set that I bought at my first ever Stampin' Up party! That was couple of years ago - a friend invited me to her party and, although it really didn't sound like my kind of thing at all, I went along to be sociable. Well, what can I say? A couple of years later here I am, a Stampin' Up demonstrator, enjoying a creative life making cards and other crafting projects every day, helping others to be creative too and loving every minute of it!

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Anyway, I digress! Here's a card I made to add to my much-raided stash of thank you cards.

Here's how to make this card:

• Cut a piece of Ballet Blue card stock 5.5cm x 11.5cm. Stamp a design on the bottom and right using the flower stamp and versamark ink.
• Tie a piece of silver elastic thread round it several times and tie in a bow.
• Stamp the encircled flower image onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock using Ballet Blue ink. Cut it out using a 1 1/4" circle punch, pierce the centre and add a Pumpkin Pie brad. Mount the flower onto a metal edge tag.
• Using the Boho Blossoms punch and scraps of coloured card stock, cut out three flowers and decorate them with coloured and silver brads. Arrange the embellishments onto the blue panel and attach them.
• Mount the blue panel onto a piece of dp cut to 6cm x 12cm, then onto a coordinating piece cut to 8cm x 13.5cm. Mount this onto a Close to Cocoa card blank and finish with a sentiment.

Supplies

Stamps: Seeing Spots, Basic Phrases

Ink: Ballet Blue, Summer Sun, versamark

Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Ballet Blue, scraps of Whisper White, Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie

Other: Metal edged tag, brads, Silver elastic thread, Sweet Pea designer paper stack

Now come and have a little wander down memory lane with me!

This was when I discovered that I could make seed-head type flowers with this set!

And this was a coordinating set we made at one of my card classes. Look how beautifully the sentiment from the set punches out with the 1 1/4" punch and nests perfectly in the scallop circle punch to make a tag.

Seeing Spots works brilliantly for masculine cards too...

... and these were made for my twelve year old son to write thank you messages after his birthday.

I thoroughly enjoyed making all of these cards and I really don't think I want to part with this set! It's on the Last Chance List at a hefty 25% discount and at only £10.46 for a set of six stamps how can you do without it?! Those metal edged tags are fun too - and only 2.95 per pack!

Thanks for popping in to visit me today. Do leave me a comment if you'd like to - I love to hear what you think. And if you have a moment tomorrow, come and join me for Three Minute Thursday!

See you then.

Thank you cards using Seeing Spots

My eldest son turned twelve last week and needed some cards to write his thank you notes on. He's getting to be quite the young man these days so party balloons or cute animals were out of the question. I thought I'd go for a graphic image instead. Here are the note cards I came up with for him:

The cards were cut from Whisper White card stock to a quarter A4 size and the corners curved using the Corner Rounder. I used the stamp-a-majig, first to position an image from the Seeing Spots stamp set and then to add the sentiment. The 1/2" circle punch was used to cut circles from scraps of designer paper and the 1/4" circle punch to cut plain circles to match and these were adhered to the cards with Tombow.

Here's a close-up:

Supplies
Stamps: Seeing Spots, Basic Phrases
Ink: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, So Saffron
Card stock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, So Saffron
Other: Corner rounder, designer paper, 1/4" and 1/2" circle punches

TIP: I'm a huge fan of Tombow as it's very strong, easy to slide into exact position and excellent value for money. My only gripe with it was that if you got any on your card it would be ruined... Well here's the answer: I've just bought the Adhesive Remover and I'm happy to report it works brilliantly. I used it to remove the marks from a remodelled scrapbook page I hadn't been quite happy with. Tombow and the Adhesive Remover  cost £2.75 each and last for ever and ever (well perhaps that's a very slight exaggeration...)

Hope you all had a great weekend.

I'll be back tomorrow with a card using Tiny Tags - one of the sets that's 20% off this month.

Hope you can join me!

Autumn Meadows birthday

Yesterday I went scampering off to carry out an idea I had for my new Crystal Effects. Well, I hope you weren't holding your breath because I have to tell you it didn't work! I'm going to show you the card anyway because although I didn't like the Crystal Effects bit, I liked the card without it.

I've stamped two of this image from the Seeing Spots set in More Mustard, cut them out and mounted them on dimensionals with 'stems' made from thin strips of Old Olive card stock. I thought they looked rather like those retro seed head images that are popular now. The idea was to fill the middle with Crystal Effects to give them a shiny domed centre but they ended up looking more like those space ship sweets - NOT the look I was after!!! I ADORE these Autumn Meadows papers - the distressed one on the right hand side of the card makes me want to swoon! (I know - it's only paper...)

Supplies
Stamps: Seeing Spots, Basic Phrases
Ink: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Card stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Other: Autumn Meadows designer paper

I've been as busy as a bee making little items for a stall at my youngest son's school fair but I haven't forgotten I promised you a special offer pack with that gorgeous Autumn Meadows designer paper. Keep an eye out for it - coming soon!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.
I appreciate you spending the time with me.

FTL Challenge 90 with Seeing Spots

Here's this week's sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping. These sketches are always so inspiring!



Here's what I came up with:

The Seeing Spots set that I've used was the first ever stamp set I owned and I still love it and use it often! I stamped the biggest image first in Old Olive ink, then used markers to colour the other circles and stamp them individually. I wanted to use thread rather than ribbon, so I added a strip of my favourite Sweet Pea designer paper to balance out the design. The linen thread was coloured with an Old Olive marker and anchored by two indents made with a 1/4" circle punch.

Supplies:

Stamps: Seeing Spots, Happy Moments (sentiment)

Ink: Old Olive, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip

Card stock: Whisper White, Soft Suede

Other: Earth Elements markers, 1/4" circle punch, linen thread, Sweet Pea designer paper, corner rounder

Using my first set always makes me remember when I first started stamping. I had been invited to a Stampin' Up party and didn't really think I'd like it; but when I got there I was bowled over - I hadn't realised that stamping and card making could be so contemporary! Since then, I've learned a great deal, made many friends and loads of mistakes - but always had enormous fun.

If you're new to paper crafting, congratulations! You've picked a great hobby!

Hope you're having a great weekend!

 

Seeing Spots card class

I had a lovely time with my card class this afternoon. Some of the ladies hadn't stamped before but were crafting like professionals by the end of the session! (I wish I could take the credit for this but actually they were naturally talented!) We made this little set - a card, a coordinating gift bag and a gift tag:

The card is CASEd from one that my upline Michelle demonstrated at my first party - I've always loved it. The design transfers beautifully to a gift bag and I think the little scalloped tag finishes it off nicely. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Seeing Spots, Trendy Trees

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Real Red

Card stock: Whisper White, Real Red

Other: Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, scallop, 1 3/8" and 1/4" circle punches, silver brad, silver elastic cord

Have a great weekend, wherever you are.

Hope to see you very soon.