Strawberry Baskets filled with strawberries

For one of our two Two nieces having a birthday this month I made the perfect packaging for the Strawberry Pandora charm, (fits in the smallest strawberry template).
The baskets are the Scallop Circle Die, (scored an uneven tick tack toe,  4 scallops on opposite ends & 3 scallops on other opposite ends, cut both 3 scallop ends up to the first score line). I downloaded this free strawberry template from PaperScrapz, Email me if you would like the larger sized templates.

Cupcake Box template

As requested here is the template for my Cupcake Box that uses just one A4 sheet of CS. The solid lines are score lines & the dotted are cut. You start with a 11 3/4" x 7 1/2" sheet of cardstock (full length of an A4) on this side you will score at 2", 5 1/2", 7 1/2" & 11". On the 7 1/2" side score at 2" & 5 1/2". Cut away the two 2" sides from the 7 1/2" score mark, this is shown in black in the pic.

The box is very easy to assemble, fold all score marks & apply sticky strip where shown in pic. The Assterix is where I marked the brad needs to go for the closure of the lid which is just below where it sits when you close the lid. The 3/4" flap slides into the circle flowers I made that are attached with a brad, the circle closest to the box is left not distressed so the lid slips in firmly. If you want the prongs of the brad hidden make sure you attach the brad with flowers to before you assemble the box.
The insert piece measures 4 3/8" square, scored at 1/2" on all 4 sides, I snipped triangles off the corners up to the score marks & then cut a 2 1/2" circle in the centre for the cupcake to sit in with the Circle Scissors Plus.

I decorated my box using the following supplies;
 "Create a Cupcake" & "You're a Gem" Stamp sets. Colours are Real Red, Crumb Cake & Bashful Blue, the DSP is from the Brights stack.
Punches are; Build A Cupcake, Jewellery Tag, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, 1 3/8", 1 1/4", 1" circles. The 2 circles that the cupcake is mounted on are cut out from Circles #2 Die. Blue was has been Bigshotted through with the Lattice Folder (I love making up words). Some Bashful Blue Taffeta Ribbon, Clear Rhinetsone plus Brad & Linen Thread finish the box nicely.
Hope you have fun creating a special Cupcake box yourself & if you have any questions just email/call me, always happy to help.

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Wow I say, thats alot of free products, so call me to set a date or place your own workshop order or even have a catalogue party (gather your friends orders together).

Cupcake Box

 I've seen many cute cupcake box's to inspire me but I had to make my own template, it took a while but I'm excited to share the result. This one uses only one sheet of A4 for the box (lid is attached) & the closure is one that I love & works well.
Colours are Daffodil Delight & Melon Mambo (had to match the Pom Pom trim). The mounting of the Cupcake is the Duo Square Scallop Die. I'm loving the Build a Cupcake Punch & "Create a Cupcake" stamp set. Enjoy image is from another new set I'm loving "You're a Gem".

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Because I Care Vellum embossed

I'm home from convention & have some exciting news to share. First of all you no longer require an ABN to sign up as a Demonstrator! Call or email me anytime if you are interested in getting Stampin' Up! products at a discount & or want to start you own Stampin' Up! business, do this before May 31st & I will include in your starter kit some extra Stampin' Up! products to help you get started, plus this gorgeous level one hostess set "Because I Care".

Just as exciting is this new promotion:

Host a workshop between May 23rd and June 30th to the value of $450 or more, and receive an EXTRA $70 in hostess benefits!  This is in ADDITION to the $40 in benefits and Level One stamp set that you would normally receive for this level of workshop!

Wow I say, thats alot of free products, so call me to set a date or place your own workshop order or even have a catalogue party (gather your friends orders together).

Now a bit about the card which is this months SS club members make-n-take using the gorgeous hostess level 1 set "Because I Care" stamp set. The technique is dry embossing on vellum. I inked up the hydrangeas with Concord Crush ink pad & then coloured the stem & leaves with an Old Olive marker & stamped the image on Vellum CS, let it dry before turning the Vellum stamped image over to colour in the image with a dry embossing tool (this turns the vellum white & also indents it to give a raised image on the front). This is a wow IRL so if you haven't tried this technique before, give it a go, you will be delighted with the result.

Ingredients:

“Because I Care” Stamp Set (level 1 Hostess set).

Concord Crush,  Whisper White, & Vellum CS. Old Olive DSP from the Brights Paper Stack.  Concord Crush & Old Olive inks. Scallop & Large Oval Punches, Silver Brads.

Extreme Surfboard card

A quick & easy card where the image has been shadow stamped. First inked up the image in Not Quite Navy ink & stamped onto a piece of Baja Breeze, then I stamped again over the top with White Craft ink, I used a SAMJ to align where I wanted the shadow to be.
The Square Lattice embossing folder has been carried over from the Summer Mini so still available to order. The strip of DSP is retired. I finished the card with a couple of Silver Brads.

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Notable Ornate & Style Beautiful

A lot going on in this card but I'm really happy at how beautiful it turned out & suprisingly quick to make, it's similar to the first one I made that took hours to complete with Notably Ornate here.
Colours are Baja Breeze, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla. I love the double bow & glitter around the top note border.

Beautiful Butterflies mothers day card

A must case from here. I'm not sure how I stumbled upon Anna's blog but when I spotted this card I just had to create it using SU! products, it was super easy & is really pretty IRL.
Colours are I used are River Rock & Blushing Bride, the DSP is from the Neutrals & In colour stacks.
Stamp set is "Elements of Style" & the greeting is from "Occasional Greetings". I embossed the large butterfly die with clear embossing powder & then used an aquapainter filled with bleach to colour the flowers which bleached the colour out to white. The colour you get with bleaching depends on the base colour of the CS you choose. The smaller butterfly has been stamped tone on tone & highlighted with a white gel pen. I edged the trim with the Scallop Trim Border Punch & added some Chantilly Crochet Trim (carried over from Summer mini so still available to order) & a Vintage Brad.

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