Going Outside the Box a Little

Hi all.

Once again I find myself hanging my head in same at my total SLACKNESS in posting....seriously....where did 2 darn weeks go??? Believe me when I say it is not due of a lack of things to share!!

Today's creation has a slight twist on it and came about as I was VERY time poor. I had a request to do a card for a 10yo birthday party and that there was an iTune gift card to go with it. Immediately I thought "cool....do one of the Patty Stamps ones" like here. I was then going to do a larger version for the actual card to write in. Sadly this was also around the time of my 1st workshop and also a lot of other commitments. I ran very short of time to complete the 2 projects. The young birthday girl that was to received the card, her fave colours were red, black and purple, so this was my starting point.

So then I thought to myself why not just make the smaller gift card holder BIGGER? So Google got a flogging and no joy. So then I thought "ok....surely it can't be THAT hard to work out." I got to work...and this was the result.....

Front

 



 

 

              Inside Front                                                                                                 Inside back

 



The fun part was getting the slot right in the very middle of the card. In the linked tute Patty uses the Word Window punch, but I wanted to step it up a little. I used one of the labels Framelit dies to assist in getting a very pretty shape. This was the result.....

 

 

This is what it looked like when the card was "normal". I thought it looked really PURDY.

 

 

I guess I should have started out by saying that this card is a standard A5 card (10.5cm x 14.8cm - or 1/2 and A4 sheet of CS.) The red base however was constructed from a 30 x 30cm sheet of CS to get all the folds etc.

 

Thanks for popping by and I hope you like this bigger version of the smaller traditional one. I think I may create some more of these as they are very handy to have and it really is an all in one!!

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst (ret), non SU glitter CS

Ink: (SU) Real Red, Almost Amethyst (ret), Certainly Celery

Stamps: (SU) Summer Silhouettes, Papillion Potpourri, Birthday Wish (ret)

Dies/Punches: (SU) Labels Collection Framelits, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Wide Oval and Large Oval Punch

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Double Sided Tape, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet (for the numbers)

 

Lynda xx

My Very First

Hi all,

I was just chatting to a friend overseas and we both cannot get over the fact that March is nearly over!!! Where is the time going???

I have now been a demo for over 2 months and even that time has evaporated. I recently held my very first workshop at my dear friends house. We made a series of 3 x 3 note tags that incorporated all things SAB. They are a direct CASE of the ones I found on Stampin' Connection by Yvonne Ashe. I do not think Yvonne has a blog (or at least I cannot find one)!!

This is what we made.......

 

 

I also made something a little speccy for the hostess....as she was my very first hosty and also a great friend to help me on my SU way. True story....she actually introduced me to SU some 5 years ago when I was a reserve "off the bench" bum-on-a-seat for a workshop she held. there I was introduced to the SU punches and from there I was hooked!!! This is what I made her.....

 

 

  

 

It was filled with ribbons, buttons and of course, chocolate!!!! The ladies (and the 3 x 10yo's) that wee there had a fun time creating. Oops....just realised a couple managed to avoid the photo!!!

 

I was lucky enough that ladies did place orders and as a nice way to say thanks, I made them the  following notecards. These were based on the ones from Mary Fish's blog here.

 

 

I learnt so much in such a short time. Hectic yet so rewarding.

 

Thanks for popping by. I will try and list all the things used. Know that there is much to share. I am even using products and things that are NOT my usual style.

 

Stuff used:

3 x 3 note cards

CS: (SU) Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB '13), Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party

Ink: (SU) SWM's in Razzleberry, Indigo, Calypso Coral and Pool Party

Stamps: (SU) Patterned Occasions (SAB '13)

Punches/dies: (SU) 2 3/8" Scallop Oval, 1 3/4" circle, Circles Die #2, Owl Punch, Carla Craft 3/16" circle

Other bits: Dimensionals, Sycamore Street Ribbon (SAB '13)

 

Hostess Gift

CS: (SU) Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White

Ink: (SU) Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit, Island Indigo

Stamps: (SU) Madison Avenue (SAB '13), Itty Bitty Banners

Dies/ Embossing Folders: (SU) Ovals Framelits, Honeycomb EF, Fancy Favour Box Die

Other Bits: SU Vintage Faceted Buttons, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Non SU blue 1/2 pearl

 

Thank You Notecards

CS: SU Notecards, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Ink: (SU) Razzleberry, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango

Stamps: (SU) Petite Pairs, So Happy For You (ret)

Punches: Elegant Butterfly, Occasions Paper Piercing Pack

Other Bits: Dimensionals

 

Lynda xx