Stampin' Up! Easy Events

Now, when I think of making cards using just neautrals I tend to very wrongly think about vintage style cards. So when I saw the challenge set by Mandi and Chrissie over at Less is More, I panicked just a little bit! Anyway, hopefully I have managed to create CAS cards using neutral colours without going vintage!

I've made a set of five cards using Stampin' Up! Easy Events stamp set and the neutrals colour family card, inks and designer papers. Here's the first one:

This one is on Sahara Sand card, whereas the others are on Crumb Cake. All images have been stamped with Stazon ink and then coloured. Firt of all I used Whisper White reinker - poured a little on a plastic lid and coloured all the images with the ink using a Blender Pen. Leave to dry and then colour over with various inks by squeezing the ink pads together to get residue in the lids. Pick this up with the Blender Pen and colour over the white base. You can do this without the white ink to start but it doesn't give such good coverage.

The inks I used to colour my images are Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, River Rock and Soft Suede.

to give a little extra decoration without going over the top, I used the Itty Bitty Punch set to create a row of shapes at the base of each card and stuck coordinating Neutrals Designer Papers on the inside of the card to show through.

To make sure they were as even as posssible, I measured 1/2" up from the base and drew a pencil line, punched the first shape and then measured 1/4" along before punching again.

I like this effect and will use it more often now! Looking forward to the weekend as I'm off perusing charity shops tomorrow afternoon with a friend, always manage to find something fab for my home and then Sunday I'm off to collect a dressing table to transform too.

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Stampin' Up! Easy Wedding Event

My lovely friend Theresa got married a ouple of weeks ago and she'd made all her own wedding stationery but ran out of time towards the big day and asked if I'd mind helping out with a few wedding favours. I loved her Stampin' Up! colour theme of Island Indigo and Very Vanilla:

I used the Pillow Box Big Shot die and embossed half of it with Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder then simply wrapped around some Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and tied in a knot.

I had to make the happy couple a card to match:

I loved the result and putting it next to some of the favour boxes made me happy - I'm easily pleased y'know. I used the fab Stampin' Up! stamp set Easy Events - it's a great set with images and sentiments for a number of occasions. I stamped the wedding wishes image in Island Indigo and then lightly dragged colour across the birds and leaves using a Blender Pen. Here's a better look:

I know I say it a lot but I do love how Stampin' Up! products coordinate so well, so easy to put simple cards together with the colour matching card, ink, ribbons and designer papers. I decorated the inside too:

Simply done with a stamped image from Petite Pairs - which is perfect for cards as you get a sentiment you could use on the front and one to go on the inside too. Again perfect for many occasions. I just added a matching strip of designer paper to the bottom and all done. Congratulations to the new Mrs & Mrs Wilson, can't wait to see the photos from the day.

Hope you all have a great weekend planned? I've got a stall booked at a ladies pamper evening at Ravenshead Village Hall on Saturday evening - why not come along, get a spot of pampering and talk to me about becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator too. I'm there from 7pm - 9pm.

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Jelly's Off to Vienna

Oh my gosh I'm so excited I can hardly breathe (inbetween coughing and wheezing!). Yesterday evening I got a phonecall from Stampin' Up! to say I'd officially earnt the 2012 incentive trip to Vienna!!! I have to say a MA-HOOSIVE THANK YOU to all my customers and my team both downline and upline for all your help and support. I couldn't have done it without  you. The cut off date for achieving the trip is today so I've managed it by the skin of my teeth!

So, I managed another little play yesterday afternoon with my new stash and made this:

I've used Pool Party (new in colour) for my base and teamed it up with Melon Mambo and Elegant Eggplant. The gorgeous image is from Easy Events and is fast going to become one of my new favourites as it contains eight stamps covering many themes. I was lucky enough to win on prize patrol at recent Stampin' Up! leadership training and have put my prize to good use here. I stamped the image in Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Melon Mambo embossing powder.

Must pause here to mark such a moment. To know Jelly is to know how much I have longed for coloured embossing powders - especially the pink variety. Heaven in a small tub.

The embossing powder is so fine as you can see from the delicate lines on the image. I've done a little shading too using a blender pen and some Whisper White ink. Above you can also see a close up of the new Melon Mambo Scallop Dots Ribbon (Jelly pauses for yet another dramatic swoon). Did you spot the other new products I've used?

Phwoar - In Colour Designer Printed Brads! How lush are these babies? Now the new products are all available to purchase from me from this Saturday but if you're still hankering after any of the retiring products or items in the current mini catlaogue, today really is your LAST CHANCE to order. Orders have to be in the system by 10pm this evening - once it's 10.01PM they are no more!

Now I mentioned the incentive trip to Vienna next year, if you'd like to be one of the lucky ones earning the trip the following year, why not join Team Jelly, start earning money for Christmas, get discount on all your Stampin' Up! stash, make loads of new crafty friends and love doing what you do for your job?

Give me a call on 07748 707845 or email me at bluejellystampin@sky.com. I'm waiting!

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