Design Stampers Submission

Hello! Here is my Design Stampers submission for On Stage Live in Amsterdam. I hope that you will enjoy reading about my projects. I certainly enjoyed making them!

 

Starting off with a couple of cards, I made these samples to introduce my lovely customers to Stampin' Up's new Watercolour Pencils. I wanted to use two pieces of the same Saleabration 'Inside the Lines' Design Series Paper to demonstrate how to create two very different looks just by changing the palette of colours used. For the card on the right I used Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Bermuda Bay. For the other card I used a very limited palette of simply Early Expresso and Basic Grey, but I did add some extra sparkle by using Wink of Stella on the stamens of the flower. Hopefully I managed to showcase the versatility of this fabulous new colouring product! 

 

My next project is a Christmas 3D make. I really enjoyed stretching the potential of my Cookie Cutter stamps by making a pair of cute Santa earrings from Shrink Plastic. Of course I also needed a gift box to put them in (and a co-ordinating reindeer gift card!)

Here is a Z-Fold card using the stunning new 'Lift Me Up' stamps and co-ordinating 'Up & Away' Thinlits. It also uses the Carried Away Designer Series Paper from the Saleabration catalogue. This was such an enjoyable card to put together. I particularly love the colour combo of Night of Navy, Smoky Slate and Watermelon Wonder (with some Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper of course!)

Not forgetting the wonderful stamp sets from the annual catalogue, here is a tea-light box with the super cute ladybirds from the Hostess stamp set 'Love You Lots'. A simple and sweet gift for a friend that uses the wonderful Bow Builder punch to create a stylish finishing touch

As it is Twelfth Night, I thought I would share one of my favourite festive cards of the season. I used 'Santa's Sleigh' to make this very elegant reindeer. He looks very proud of his red bow!

Finally, a couple of Project Life layouts. I love making my own PL cards using a variety of stamp sets. The first page uses Tie Dyed, Timeless Textures and Tasty Trucks - I didn't intentionally go for such an alliterative bunch of stamp sets! I did opt for a colour combo of Perfect Plum and Smoky Slate to complement my daughter's top. For the other side, No Bones About It provided the perfect stamps for this dinosaur themed layout. A great way of capturing all those happy memories!

 

I hope you have enjoyed my projects! Happy stamping! April

Design Stampers' Submission



I was very lucky to be selected as a Design Stamper for Stampin' Up's On-Stage event at Telford in April. I had a great time, meeting up with old and new demo friends, making wonderful new projects and generally having a lovely, fun-filled day! It was also a fabulous experience making projects for the display boards, so I am having another go this time...

 

 

 Here is my 'tropical trug' gift basket. I love making my own dsp from stamped images. This example uses Timeless Textures combined with Playful Backgrounds in Pacific Point, Melon Mambo and Flirty Flamingo. I used Botanical Builder Framelits to make the blossoms, adding in Island Indigo card and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. The basket itself was made using my Envelope Punch Board from a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock that had been stamped with the lovely Hardwood stamp. A bar of soap is destined for this gift basket, I think.

 



Here is an aperture card where I have also made dsp from stamps! I started off with a piece of Whisper White cardstock stamped with Timeless Textures in Peekaboo Peach, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip. Then I made die-cuts from it with my Bold Butterfly Framelits and Butterflies Thinlits. The aperture card was made using the new Layering Squares Framelits. Inside the card, I used the 'stamping off' technique to create a subtle design in Sahara Sand, again using a stamp from Timeless Textures. The sentiment is from the very versatile Watercolor Wishes Card Kit.

It's no secret that I love Christmas cards. I'm a member of a design team for a challenge blog that makes a Christmas card every week - that's how Christmas obsessed I am! I also really like using non-Christmassy stamps to make Christmasssy cards. Here is a Foxy Friend being given the festive treatment with a gorgeous colour combo of Peekaboo Peach, Real Red and Emerald Envy, combined with the sparkle of silver Glimmer Paper, sequins and a Christmassy sentiment from the 'Oh What Fun' set. A very simple card that I intend to make multiple copies off in the run-up to my favourite time of year.

My second 3-D project is a mini-album with pages that fold out. It uses the hostess stamp Pun Intended and Playful Palette Designer Series Paper. I stamped the interior pages with Playful Backgrounds and Timeless Textures. (the same stamps used for the tropical trug, but creating a very different effect, I think). All ready to add some photos and a bit of journalling!

My last card again continues the fox theme. I used Timeless Textures to stamp three bands of colour in Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie and Mint Macaron. I then stamped the fox image in Basic Grey over the colours. This handsome fellow is from The Wilderness Awaits, one of my favourite stamp sets. The sentiment is also from that set and I have added it to a banner. I used Layering Squares Framelits to create the scalloped square frame and used linen thread and rhinestones as the finishing touches.

Finally here is my scrapbook layout - a 12 x 12 piece that I made for On-Stage using the wonderful Swirly Bird stamp set. Shame my lovely daughter is pulling a face, but I do like the cascade of Denim Dapper roses that complement the blue and white china tea service!

I hope you like my projects as much as I enjoyed making them! April x

Peekaboo Peach Sneak Peek

Hello! As you will know from my last post, I was lucky enough to be selected as a Design Stamper for Stampin' Up's On Stage event in Telford. I will be gradually putting all my projects on here (there are twenty of them!) The projects above were made using the lovely new stamp set 'Swirly Bird' that will be coming in the new annual catalogue. It's very versatile - I love these stylised roses. Peekaboo Peach is a great new In-colour to work with too! Hope you like them! April x

Bird Postcard

Hello! I'm sorry I haven't been blogging much lately. I have missed it very much! I have been busy with lots of different creative projects in the last month or so. First of all, I was very pleased to be selected as a Design Stamper for Stampin' Up's On Stage event at Telford. It was a delight to work with a brand new stamp set and the new In-Colour card and paper to create twenty projects - a mix of cards, 3D items and scrapbook layouts. I will be posting all my samples here as we move towards the excitement of a super new catalogue arriving!

Secondly, I have launched my new Jamberry nails business. This really fulfils my need to have patterns on my nails whilst crafting! Please do visit my new blog - Lily Leaf Nails.

Finally, inspired by my crafty friend 'Too Much Glue' Sam, I have opened a tiny shop on Red Bubble. The design above was a postcard that I made for the Friends of the Williamson Art Gallery's exhibition, 'Extraordinary Postcards' in 2014. He can be found here - paperlilyleaf.

I'm hoping that things will quieten down a bit now. I have missed visiting all my usual virtual crafty haunts and taking part in challenges. My design team makes for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown have also been more last minute than I would like!

Hope you are having a lovely weekend - April x