Hello Lovely Project Life Card kit for more than Memory Keeping

Last night saw the last of my Project Life by Stampin' Up! Hello Lovely Card Kit Classes. 

I've often seen customers flick past the Memory Keeping section in our Catalogues, when they aren't scrapbookers or into Memory Keeping, but they've dismissed a whole host of fabulous opportunities. 

This Card Kit offers no less than 100 cards of three different sizes that work beautifully as card fronts, matting layers, boarders, embellishments and inserts and not just for slotting into pockets for Memory Keeping. 

Here I took just six card bases of two different colour card stocks and with some matting layers, mounted these beautiful cards that I stamped and heat embossed with various sentiments to finish them off. 

Such a simple way to produce a quick and easy, yet beautiful card. 

The little flower embellishments you can see on the two cards with oval sentiments, have been fussy cut from another card within the pack. I've literally just added some cardstock, Linen Thread, Pearls, Doillies, Pom Pom trim, a few die cut sentiment panels and some ink ... and this was the result. 

Check out the Retirement list as this card kit will be leaving us at the end of May and is available whilst stocks last. 

Remember also, I'm into my last week of celebrating my 5th Year with Stampin' Up! and be it that last week's All Inclusive Kit proved to be popular, I'm running the same Prize again this week. 

Orders placed 24th April - 30th April inclusive

This week I am offering a Party Bag containing a randomly selected Designer Series Paper Sampler and Embellishment pack for every order placed, plus for orders over £35, will have their name entered into a FREE PRIZE DRAW to receive the Watercolor Wishes all inclusive Card Kit valued at £31.50. 

Merry Christmouse from the Merry Mice

These cute little mice showed an appearance at my recent class, upon popular request from my ladies and I have to say ... I thoroughly enjoyed working with them.

I'd been asked to come up with a Shaker Card for a while and saw an explosion box made by the lovely Kerstin Kreis ...... from Germany, that offered a shaker lid, which I loved the idea of ... so set to work.

With the little mice snuggled up in their winter woolies, I couldn't not use the Cable Knit Embossing Folder, which I totally adore!

One of my recent Stamp-a-Stack cards inspired me to create this Z fold card. I so love the fresh colours for Christmas, rather than the traditional ones that we see so much of. 

This was the Box Lid that I created. We filled the lid with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to form a mini snow storm whilst the little mouse sing to his hearts content. Oh it was a fun project to create. 

Much to our luck, Stampin' Up! announced a Promotion soon after I'd published this class for a selection of stamp sets that were being discounted for the month of November and this was one of them.

If you'd like to purchase this Stamp Set for just £11.25, then make sure you get your order in with me before the end of November. Use my Club Code (published to the top right) and you'll receive a little Thank you from me, for choosing to purchase through me.

Now don't delay ... Don't let those mice get away

Christmas Card Ideas - Places You'll go with Holly Berry Happiness

For many crafters, Christmas started long ago and when it comes to sending cards overseas, there is a need to think well in advance, so when I saw this sentiment in the Holly Berry Happiness Stamp Set, I knew exactly what I wanted to create.

There on my shelf, un-inked, was the stamp set Places You'll Go with the globe that I had in my mind. 

Inking up the leafy circle in Garden Green and adding some Real Red Berries, just seemed so fitting for this simple card.

I added a gentle wash of Pool Party to the background to coordinate with the card base and some shadowing to the base to help anchor the globe, a few punched holly leaves and a Banner and the card was complete. 

I hope this inspires you to get ahead for those overseas Christmas Cards and perhaps look at your stamp sets in a different light.

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Friendship is a work of art with a Shaker Painter's Palette card

Friendship really is a work of art. It doesn't come without some effort on both parts to create something quite beautiful and here I just love this simple little card.

A fun little easel that's a Shaker Card with colourful punched out streamers from the new Sprinkles Punch.

The sprinkles are punched in the new In Colours. 

It may well be a simple little card that I cased from something I saw on Pinterest, but it's an effective little card. 

Mikaela x

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Grateful Bunch Stamp set and Punch Bundle

This colour combination is really quite elegant. Tip Top Taupe and Sweet Sugarplum. Not something I'd have normally chosen, but something I was really quite happy with once I'd created it. 

Don't you just love a project that comes together with nominal products? … well here we have a beautiful Bundle package of Stamp Set and coordinating Punch for this. 

There are some really pretty little touches to this stamp set, like the mock lace edge, which is a personal favourite of mine. 

A design that's not normally my style, but one that showcases well the simplicity of a Stamp Set and Punch Bundle beautifully.

I hope you like it as much as I do. 

Mikaela x

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Swirly Bird Customer Thank you Cards

We all like a touch of appreciation and here are a stack of Customer Thank you Cards that I recently made using the Swirly Bird Stamp Set and Thankful Thoughts.

Ghosting is a wonderful technique and one that I've used gently here with the flower heads. You stamp the image using White Ink first, before stamping over them. 

I used the Crumb Cake Notecards and Envelopes for these, as I had quite a stack to make. 

I don't often use the colour Elegant Eggplant, but it really is quite rich and in the absence of the much loved Blackberry Bliss, a gorgeous colour to complement Sweet Sugarplum. 

A quick and simple Thank you card that I hope you like. 

Mikaela x

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