An Exclusive Purse and a Matching Card

Mr UPS delivered some orders today and look what was inside:

Yey - the beautiful, exclusively designed cosmetic bag, Rich Razzleberry Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and a tub of Assorted Clips. Actually there were more than one of each on the parcel! The card didn't come from Stampin' Up! however, I used the gift as my inspiration to make it this afternoon. You can see it better here:

 

I started off with textured Very Vanilla card and stamped the floral image in Crumb Cake and the Sentiment in Night of Navy. The stamps are both from For Everything. Next it was out with the Mat Pack and Paper Piercing Tool to create holes for my faux stitching - so easy to do straight lines with the guides on there - and drew my stitching in with  Night of Navy marker. The sentiment is coloured with Markers too - Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Crumb Cake. Now the inside of the bag is lovely colourful stripes as is the matching tag but we don't have a patterned paper to match. So I took another piece of Very Vanilla card and created my stripes with coordinating Markers using my ruler as I can't draw straight for anything!

Do you want to see some more photos of the bag?

I took this one next to a paper trimmer so you get an idea of the size - it's actually 20cm across so very generous and lots of space to keep your craft tools in too! Here's the gorgeous inside:

And just look at the pretty embroidered flowers:

 

It has a gorgoeous Stampin' Up! enamelled logo on the zipper in the same colour. Want one? Just place an order of £75 or more with me this month or host a workshop totalling £250 or more and the bag is yours for FREE along with the ribbon and clips assortment too!

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Butterfly time

Saturday already and another challenge from Chrissie and Mandi over at Less is More. This week the challenge is to use butterflies. Hmm, not so easy when you've leant out your buterfly stamps and punch and not in the mood for die cutting! Should have probably gone for that option as my eyes are very sore today and even with my glasses on, I can't focus properly, hoping it's just tiredness combined with hayfever!

So after working out what butterflies I do have I opted to use a much unused one from For Everything:

I've used Crumb Cake card for my base and stamped the sentiment on with Basic Black. The colouring technique is one I've used a few times now, shade with the blender pen and Whisper White ink, dry and over colour with Melon Mambo to get a more opaque pink. The butterfly was stamped on Whisper White card and coloured with the blender pen again with Melon Mambo and also Tempting Turquoise, before cutting out - this is what took me forever as I ad to have three attempts! Finished the card off with a little embossing using the Perfect Polka Dots folder.

Right, off to rub my eyes and craft as I have two classes today!
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For Everything Class

It might be chilly this morning but the sun is shining and I'm going to meet my little nephew Evan for the first time later today - can't wait!

This weekend I ran a couple of classes using the For Everything stamp set and this is what we made:

I had so much fun with you all and it was an especially fab thing to be able to say Fluff came to play as she's moved up this neck of the woods now! I crafted along with the ladies and made a contrasting set using the In Colours:

I forgot to announce the winner of my first scrapbook challenge yesterday - oops! The winner is......

Michelle

Congratulations Michelle, please email me your addy and I'll get your goodies out to you.

Remember you have ages yet to enter this months challenge and the theme is Birthday's and Bunting. The prize is a mystery as it's from the new mini catalogue and I'm not allowed to show you anything from that yet!

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