Wine bottle sleeve

There are wine bottles in various shapes & sizes & once you make one it it easy to adjust the scoring to suit, which is what I did for mine, love how easy it is to create the top & bottom of the sleeve with the Gift Bag punch Board, you can view one of a few videos on how to here

Mini Muslin bags

Stampin' Up! have released beautiful mini muslin bags, 8 for $16.95, gorgeous favors can be made using these with a little stamping alone or adding ribbon & embellishments like I did here. The top one is a sample for an upcoming wedding, stamp set is "One in a million". Wheeled in crumb cake ink is "Viola's Lace" with a strip of 1/8" Taffeta Bermuda Bay ribbon & a dyed Flower trim (retired) but I have a couple of packs. The bottom one I made a boo boo stamping but was excited that I did because I will use lighter ink pads as well now, here's why, I washed off the ink & being inpatient couldn't wait for it to dry completely so I stamped on it while it was still damp & the ink looks much darker & will dry that way, more true to colour (you can see the image is darker towards the bottom which was the area was still damp). I used "Chalk Talk" stamp set in Soft Suede & Crisp Cantaloupe & adhered the Ruffled Ribbon along the top stitching this time & added the heart to finish.

Black & White Bunting

Just sorted my photo files & found this bunting project I made for a friends shop many moons ago! that I forgot to share. Lots of different Dies, punches, embossing folders & accessories used, I cut up her business card & used words at the bottom of the O, A & K that related to the shop.

Dress Up Framelits Wedding Collection

The Dress Up Framelits are so much fun to play with, makes me go back to when I was a little girl playing with paper dolls.
I've used everything Stampin' Up! & all current product. There's to much to write so if you have any questions please leave a comment or email me & I will be happy to provide more information. The one thing I would like to mention is that I cut up the beautiful Lace from the Artisan Embellishment Kit for the daisy Flowers & bodice of the left dress. The freestanding wedding dress I used 2 Paper Doilies, 1 is left whole & folded & the other is cut in 1x 1/2 & 2 x 1/4" & those are added underneath for a full long skirt.

Tea For Two DSP dream

I finally covered this wooden word dream for Teya that I purchased some time ago with the oh so pretty "Tea For Two Designer Series Paper" (129311).
I painted the wood except the front with an acrylic paint I have in my paint stash called Pink Petal.
I also used to embellish the Ribbon & Buttons from SAB, a Tea Time Trinket (129326), Bitty Butterfly (129406) & Elegant Butterfly (127526) punches, a little thread of Calypso Coral Bakers Twine (125573) & some Basic Rhinestone & Pearl Jewels. It measures over 12" long which is why the m has the polka dot paper on it & the pearls hide the join, same with the d, the join is covered with the ribbon. It needed little added as the paper I chose had lots of interest & colour.

International Bazaar DSP

 Remember this frame (still my favourite) well here is an update showcasing "International Bazaar" DSP, ~love it! & the new Typeset Alphabet Bigz. Joy is die cut with Champagne Glimmer paper. The patterns on the DSP makes this look like a Persian rug & in the glass frame could be mistaken for fabric. Even though both these use the same "International Bazaar" DSP they look so different, for me the Love frame is very summery, it suits Teya's rooms decore & adds warmth to a beach theme room.

Birthday Card Book

 I have 2 more places available for my class in Sydney next Saturday & this is what we will be making, (ex the cards in pic). Each page has a pocket to pop cards into & has January - December which is where you write the Birthdays of who will receive cards. The inside back cover has an envelope attached for postage stamps.
Once you have made one of these you will be inspired to fill it & will be organised!
Makes a beautiful thoughtful gift.
Thank you Jane for the inspiration.

SU! Fabric Pin Cushions

 With Christmas just around the corner, we need to start on those handmade gifts & these are perfect for that. Timeless Portrait & Beau Chateau fabric with the Scallop Square Bigz Die & in between the 2 pieces of fabric I have added some felt & matching buttons, real easy sewing here! The triangular one was a bit more tricky & uses 4 pieces of fabric, I have a few more versions to try. Also in this pic is a Timeless Portrait fabric Fun Flower bookmark, these are also easy & a great gift to give with a book. I'll be making some more so I will show more detail on how to make those when I do.

pocket full of kusudama flowers & bookmark

 My favourite DSP would have to be Pocket Full of Posies & I just had to see what every sheet looked like folded into a kusudama flower. These flowers are pretty easy to make, a little time consuming making 1/2 a dozen, LOL. A wonderful step by step tutorial to follow here. My only tip is to use sticky strip with DSP, this is the strongest adhesive I believe.

A simple corner book mark with a Kusudama flower attached. Each petal is 2" squares of First Edition Specialty paper, this DSP is thinner than the basic DSP we have so it's perfect for folding the flowers & snail adhesive has kept it together but be sure to burnish together well.

stamped candle

I found use for the extra large ribbon I weaved from my first attempt (video link on how to here).
I loved the idea of embossing foil, (shown to me by my team member Cheryl at our last team meeting) so I gave it a go with my simple SAS design bauble card.
On another note I have managed to create a watermark in pages, long process & I hope I'm able to use it & do it again, LOL, atleast until I get the appropriate software for mac.

Fancy Favour tea light holders

How pretty is this Luminere with the Flocked Cocoa Specialty DSP , I made a matching Tag with the ornament I punched out of the box & decorated the tealight with DSP & the left over top strip from the Fancy Favour cut (had to use that up, LOL). The Reindeer is from Winter Post & he's white Embossed onto Vellum CS, the ribbon is red satin.

Below are a few different takes made at my Christmas Class 

Joy Monologue

I really enjoyed decorating this Joy monologue for the Christmas INKstinct swap this month. We had to make something that can brought out year after year. I used retired Christmas SU! DS papers & some of the ribbons are as well, I painted the O & then stamped on that with the snowflakes from "So Swirly" I also used the greeting "May the true spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, your home with love" & finished it off with a Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon bow. I just ordered some more of this gorgeous ribbon for my Christmas gift wrapping as it retires at the end of this month & I also ordered some gorgeous new red Polka Dot Ribbon from the Summer mini which goes live on the 1st December.

Watering Can tutorial

How cute is this watering can (Teya thought it was a tea pot) I thought it might be fiddly but to cute to resist making one & it was a cinch thanks to the great template & video tutorial here on Splitcoast.

Bag & Brag Stampin' Up! a Storm project

Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper were in mind when I designed this project. I made a  similar one years ago at a Rebekka Erickson class I did. The bag was manufactured & bigger than 12" CS so I designed my own template out of an A4 sheet of Confetti White CS to hold the hang n brag which are 3 x A5 held together with ribbon & decorated with Parisian Breeze papers. I also made another to house std cards & C6 envelopes, Lewis our cat is taking a closer look!

bookmark

A bookmark made in minutes! The ribbon is 26cm long & I used staples to attach the 2 scallops to the ribbon, simply fold the ribbon in 1/2 & place a scallop on either side -line them up keeping the ribbon as high to the scallops but not poking through & staple all together, this bookmark clips over the page so it's important that you don't staple to low either. Stamp your monogram on white cs in Wild Wasabi ink & punch out with the 1 1/4" punch, you will also need one on the reverse, so stamp another monogram or as I did use a background stamp like "En Francais", layer these onto Regal Rose 1 3/4" circles & onto the Wild Wasabi scallops. Here are some other ideas to use.