Spice Cake and Spiced Paisley Birthday Cards

Here are another couple of cards from the class.  I will try to post you some new cards during the week.

The cards are made using the Spice Cake papers, ruffled ribbon and plain white card.  The background of the main card has been stamped using the Spiced Paisley stamps using a versamark stamp pad.

Stamps - Spiced Paisley, Happiest of Birthdays (hostess set)
Paper - Spice Cake
Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Pool Party
Inkpads - Versamark, More Mustard and Soft Suede
Accessories - Ruffled ribbon, corner round and mini brads.

Pair of Perfect Postage Stamp Birthday Cards

These two cards were made with very similar bases.  The base cardstock is Bashful Blue with Cherry Cobbler Square and then postage stamps punched out and stamped up using the Perfect Postage stamp set.  Random postage stamps were embossed to make a different texture to the squares.  Little flowers were then added with mini brads in the middle.

There are the second to last cards from the class I attended.

Stamps - Perfect Postage (page 20 of Mini Spring catalogue - £8.95 in clear)

Cardstock - Bashful blue, whisper white, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzaz, Crumb Cake (all available from pages 90-95 of the catalogue - £6.25 for a pack of 24 A4 sheets)

Ink - Cherry Cobbler (page 93 - £4.95)

Accessories - Postage Stamp punch (page 20 of Spring Mini - £14.25), Itty Bitty Punch Pack (page 116 - £15.50), Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (page 124 - £6.95), mini brads (page 109 - £2.95).

If you purchased the Perfect Postage stamps and matching punch, a packet of mixed A4 cardstock, Cherry Cobbler Inkpad and the Itty Bitty Punch pack, this would come to £49.90 and you would then be entitled to the free Sale-a-bration gift.

Pair of Spice Cake Button Cards

Here are a couple of cards I made using the Spice Cake Designer papers and matching/co-ordinating buttons.  Plain cardstock was used for the card bases and then Pear Pizzaz and More Mustard card layered on top with a piece of velvet ribbon put across the line between the card colours.  The corners of the bottoms of the cards were then rounded off.

Four circles of various designs of the Spice Cake papers were then punched out and a matching button put on top of one of the paper circles, with a little linen thread put through the button first.

The cards were then personalised with the Happy Birthday stamps.  So simple, but very good, particularly for those akward mens cards!!

Stamps - Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess only set - £16 in clear)
Paper - Spice Cake Designer Papers (pg 10 of the Spring Mini - £9.95 for 24 sheets of 12x12)
Cardstock - Pear Pizzaz (page 90 - 2010-12 In Color range £6.25 for 24 A4 sheets or you can buy a set of 20 A4 sheets of In Color card range for £6.25) and More Mustard (page 93 - £6.25 for 24 A4 sheets or you can buy the Regals Collection of 20 A4 sheets for £6.25)
Ink - Soft Suede (page 94 - £4.95)
Accessories - Velvet ribbon (page 11 of Spring Mini - £6.95 for approx 9.14m of 3/8" ribbon), Linen Thread (page 107 - £3.75 for approx 13.7m ), Corner Rounder (page 118 - £6.25) and Spice Cake Buttons (page 11 of Spring Mini - £6.50 for 15 very large buttons)


If you would like to purchase any of these items, please contact me.  For instance, if you bought the Spice Cake Papers, Matching Buttons, a pack of 12x12 cardstock (instead of the A4), the inkpad, ribbon, thread and corner rounder this would come to £47.10 and you would be eligible for a free Sale-a-bration gift which includes stamps and designer papers.  You would then have a good base to start crafting from.

Wowee - My Complete Kit, Cost £119 but Worth............

At last I have managed to open up all my goodies from my demonstrator kit and add the photos, so here goes.............

Here are the first sets of stamps.  The two cases are called Everything Eleanor (pg 57 of catalogue) and come in two separate cases, as there are so many stamps and they are so big.  This set is £26.95 to buy in clear or £33.95 if buying wood mounted.

The wood mounted stamp at the bottom of the picture is only available on wood and is called Elizabeth (pg 14 of catalogue) and is £8.95.

The ribbon I chose for the set is the 1/2" seam binding in very vanilla (pg 106 of the catalogue) and is £6.25 for a 9.14m roll.

The last set of stamps comprises of:-

Bundle of Love (page 42 of catalogue) which is £21.95 in clear or £26.95 in wood.

Marry Me (page 21 of Spring Mini Catalogue) which is £16.95 in clear or £20.95 in wood.

For my Family (page 85 of catalogue) which is £25.95 in clear or £32.95 in wood.

Clear Mount Block C (page 127 of catalogue) which is £4.95.

So far for my £119 investment I have received £111.95 in products and still more to follow.

I then chose the Subtles range of colours - Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Perfect Plum and So Saffron ink pads (page 92 of catalogue) at £4.95 each.  The blender pen and co-ordinating pens in Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink (page 92 of catalogue) at £2.95 each.

The kit also came with a Stampin around Handle, uninked cartridge and Marina Mist ink refill (page 126 of catalogue) £3.25, £4.50 and £3.95 each.  The wheel I chose was Love Blossoms (Spring Mini Catalogue, page 12) which is £6.50.

Then the A4 smooth cardstock to co-ordinate in the subtles (page 92 of catalogue) which is £6.25 for 20 sheets.  A pack of 40 sheets of A4 Whisper White cardstock (page 95).

12x12 Designer Paper Stack to co-ordinate with subtles (page 99 of catalogue).  40 sheets of paper for £19.50.





£192.80 so far now.............................

Some added accessory bits included:-

From pages 114/115 of catalogue the Snail adhesive (£5.50), Stampin dimensionals (£3.25), Stazon cleaner (£4.25), Stampin scrub (£13.50) - AMAZING ITEM.

Paper snips (page 120 of catalogue) which are £7.95.

Color coach (page 88 of catalogue) £13.50 and the 6x6 envelopes, 20 medium square which are £5.95.

This complete kit totals £246.70 for a mere £119.  So much of the order that I placed was tailored to what I wanted.  Grab an absolute bargain and buy one of these kits now.  If you want any help on what to chose or how to order, please contact me.  If you would like a catalogue and the paperwork for the order, again contact me.

On the last note, here is my final picture, which is all the paperwork that you also receive including loads of catalogues, Spring mini catalogues and paperwork to help you host a party/workshop.

Sorry its Late Birthday Card

Stamps - Spiced Paisley, Happiest of Birthdays (hostess pack)

Paper - Spice Cake

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Pool Party

Ink - Versamark, More Mustard, Soft Suede

Accessories - Ruffled ribbon in Pool Party, Corner round and mini brads

Thanks for looking.

Get Well Soon Card

Another lovely card from the class I attended.  This one is a Get Well Soon card.

Stamps - Hopeful Thoughts

Cardstock - Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White

Ink - Pumpkin Pie inkpad with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Marker pens

Accessories - Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Scallop Square Die and basic pearls

Parcel Arrived - Yippee

At last, I am so excited my parcel has arrived, yippee.

Here is a picture taken just as I opened the box.

Once I have had chance to go through it all I will take some more pictures in more detail to show what you get.

If you fancy being a demonstrator or just want an absolutely fantastic bargain of £250 worth of stock for £119 then get in touch and sign up.  If you sign up by the end of March you also get an extra set of stamps free, this could be worth over £40 extra on top. 

It's Your Day Card

Today is the day that my parcel should be arriving.  I just can't wait!

In the meantime, another card from my class that I attended.  

Stamps - Its Your Day and Charming

Cardstock - Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla

Ink - Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight

Accessories - Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Basic Pearls and Square Punch

Red Heart Birthday Card

Here is another card from the class I went to.

Stamps - Perfect Postage
Cardstock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Rose Red
Ink - Cherry Cobbler
Accessories - Ruffled Ribbon in Pool Party, Small Heart Punch, Postage Stamp Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Thanks for looking.

Thinking of You - Tree Card

Here is my first card on my new blog.

I went to a class a couple of weeks ago held by a fellower Demonstrator (All Things Stampy) and this and some of the cards to be posted soon are what we made at her fantastic class.




Stamps - Hopeful Thoughts
Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Old Olive & Baja Breeze
Ink - Old Olive & Baja Breeze
Accessories - Itty Bitty Punches and Basic Pearls

Stampin Up Independent Demonstrator

I am sooo excited.  I have just signed up to be a Stampin Up Independent Demonstrator.

I have to admit that I signed up to get the amazing deal on the demonstrator kit and I am not really planning on doing parties or demonstrating but if anyone would like to purchase items from the Stampin Up catalogue via myself, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.  The demonstrator kit alone should be amazing, photos will be on here as soon as it arrives.  You pay £119 for £250 worth of stock and better than that you can tailor make your kit by putting the colours and stamps that you want in it (not everything can be changed though) and if you buy a kit now you get a completely free stamp set from either the Sale-a-bration catalogue or anything else out of the catalogue.  Get in touch and I can send you the information.

I will put information on this blog when my kit comes but the standard kit is shown above.  I will show some card samples on here from kits I have bought soon.