Farewell for now...

I've decided to step down from being an SU demo for the time being, but I will leave this blog up for you to browse. I may rejoin in the future or start up another blog some day.
Thanks for visiting :)
Bye for now

Time for Tea mini album

Here's a little project (a stunning mini album designed by Michelle Last ) that I finally finished from our recent Pinkies weekend away in Birmingham, last month.
Its bursting with detail and keeps unfolding to reveal more pages all using the Tea for Two DSP paper from the Spring/Summer SU seasonal catalogue.

Here's some close ups...

Right: teapot stamp/quote from "From My Heart" stamp set

and opened up some more...

To the central pouch i've  added a handmade tea bag! 

And detail of the tea bag...

Teabag tag stamp from "Tea Shoppe" stamp set

And the other side...

And what it looks like all closed up and ready to give to a special friend :)

Front cover finished off with a crushed bottle top and motif
from "A fitting Occasion" stamp set

Kindness Matters-Folder and card set

A little something I made from last year, designed by Nicky Dexter for our Quarterly (SU Demos) team training event.

The folder opened up...

And the other cards inside...

And...

The purple version we made can be found on Michelle Last's blog here. 

Last week to get your SAB freebies!

Just a final reminder that SAB finishes this Friday, 22nd March; so please please get your orders to me asap so we don't get a last minute rush, or anyone missing out! :)

 Last week I went along to a fellow SU Demo's class, the lovely Sasha Reade; where we decorated these cute 'Kraft Gift Boxes' and made matching 3"x 3" cards to go in it (with mini envelopes too!)  

I chose the SAB designer series paper 'Sycamore Street' and matching SAB ribbon (from Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button pack)

The little sentiments (from Teeny Tiny Sentiments) fit perfectly in the word window punch.

Punches we used: Elegant Butterfly, Word Window and Modern Label

We also made this lovely card, where I chose the 'Wish Big' sentiment  from the Bring on the Cake stamp set. The frame stamp comes from Papaya Collage stamp set (one of the free sets I received at Convention last year :)

The little flowers were made using the Boho Blossoms punch and the paper used for the background is called First Edition Speciality.

And last but not least I must show you a pic of the Patterned Occasions stamp set that I chose for free from one of my SAB orders- isn't it cute? 

I just need to find some time to use it now !

Card Making Evening

A couple of weekends ago a good friend of mine hosted a card making evening at her house. Out of the 5 of us attending 4 worked in libraries, so I just couldn't resist designing a card using my "Book plate" (Ex-Libris) stamp!

I was a bit worried that the stamp might have been too big to get 2 good prints out of it, but everyone successfully got 2 to use, so could make 2 cards out of it! The sentiments used are from the Curly Cute stamp set- these ones give a nice elegant touch I think...

The hostess wanted me to design a card that could be used for a wedding; so I came up with this next one, based on a design originally created by Nicky Whittall (a fellow pink lady!)

The sentiment again can be changed for a variety of occasions, not just a wedding. In fact a few of the ladies decided to play around with the elements on the card too, which was great; so we had some with the flower in the middle or at an angle and some with no sentiment at all.

It was lovely to introduce some total newbies to card-making; I look forward to doing it again soon!