Stampin' Up! Every Little Bit of lip balm

Yesterday evening I had a stall at a ladies pamper evening and I'd made some new goodies which went down well:

These are my new lip balm holders. I think they look really pretty and they were certainly eye catching on by black display shelves. I've used Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Pool Party. A really good example of how Stampin' Up! products go together so well. I've used card, inks, Markers, designer papers and ribbon all in the same three colours.

They are made using one of the tags from the Big Shot Two Tags die. The cute little handbag is from Stampin' Up! Every Little Bit stamp set which I stamped in Stazon ink and coloured with Markers. It's layered up on 1 1/4", 1 3/8" and Scallop Circle punched shapes. I've done the trim on the bag topper with the Scallop Border punch to match. The bags are Stampin' Up! too - the medium cello bags, fab as they come in packs of 50 and are the perfect size for my lip balm holders.

I think the Melon Mambo Scalloped Dots ribbon is one of my favourites, next to the Pool Party Ruffled ribbon that is. I'm off for a rest now, we've had a busy morning at Jungle Tastic play centre. Zac insisted I go down a curvy tube slide with him (one where it's dark inside and you can't see where you're going) and then I had to climb through a hole in the floor and dive into a ball pit which I have to confess I quite enjoyed. Blake as usual tried to gatecrash all the party rooms, some things never change.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
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A Spooky Treat

As a rule I don't really do much for Halloween - the  boys aren't old enough yet to understand what it's all about. But I couldn't resist using the new Frightful Sight papers, they're so spooky! So I made 30 containers, each with a  packet of jelly sweets inside:

If you're not a huge fan of Halloween, you'll still love these papers as they are double sided and the reverse sides have spots and stripes etc - perfect for those awkward to make cards for chaps! The bats are stamped from the very versatile set Every Little Bit, just stamped on Peach Parfait card, punched out and layered on a Basic Black Scallop Circle.

Can't stop, Jelly has a whole day without boys and has much to do! I've got a stall at a craft fair at the john Godber Centre in Hucknall tomorrow, so if you want to pop by and see me demonstrate - that's where I'll be!

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Some Sparkle and Some Brown Wrapping

Ah bliss - the jelly household is in unusual quiet today. Hubby has gone to work and en route he deployed the boys at his Mum's for the day as I have a class this afternoon. Done so much already - cleaning, washing, tidying, prepped for class, made a card for this weeks challenge over at Less is More! This week Chrissie and Mandi want us to use colours from our nations flag. I opeted for the Union Jack rather than St Georges flag and erm, made a Christmas card:

Apologies for my photo, normally I'd use my light box in the conservatoire but this morning is has several wasps buzzing around annoyed that they've been in there all night so I darted outside and had to be so quick as it's just started spitting with rain! It's a 5" square card using Real Red, Whisper White and Pacific Point card and inks. The sentiment is from the Sparkly and Bright set and I coloured the stamp with Markers before stamping. The penguin is from Every Little Bit and I stamped him three times using the Stamp-ma-jig to get them in place. The hat is made up from elements from the hostess level three set Playful Pieces. I added a little detail to the penguins using Markers added a couple of Rhinestone Gems then used a two way glue pen to draw in some snow and sprinked it with Dazzling Diamonds. Quite an easy card to mass produce I think for me this year.

Yesterday Mr UPS delivered some Stampin' Up! goodies for some of my customers and I always spend ages afterwards folding up the brown packing paper to either recycle or give to Zac's school. The boys decided they wanted to help and had a good 45 minutes running around the living room squeeling and giggling whilst they 'helped'.

Right - next job, off to the Post Office!

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July Workshop Projects

I thought I'd share with you the hostess gift and make and take project I've been doing in my July workshops. I saw the bag demo'd by Kate at Jules' training and fell in love with it there and then!

 

Much as I'd like to share some better photos of these with you, Blogger won't let me! It keeps rotating my photos - never mind!

I've used Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Night of Navy for these and Every Little Bit stamp set which has sooo many stamps in it is well worth the investment. If you'd like to order a set, please drop me an email at bluejellystampin@sky.com or give me a call on 07748 707845.

You can see the lades all got to play with the Big Shot on the Make and take card too by using the Square lattice embossing folder over the Old Olive card. It got many oohs and aaahs this month! I can bring the Big Shot along to your home workshop and you can try it out for free with your friends. Just ask me how. We also used the scallop trim border punch, Markers. grosgrain ribbon and a variety of punches. All finished off with some coordinating designer series papers.

I'm a bit tired this morning as have already got lots of chores done (still in my PJs though) and I had a late night last night chatting with one of my downline as we are hatching a bit of a fabulous plan. can't share yet but all will be revealed soon!

Must get dressed soon as Fluff and Sweet Cheeks are coming to see us later.

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Christmas Frames

Yesterday myself and my downline Tracy went over to Leeds to attend some training run by the lovely Jules. The drive over was terrible with the heavy rain and sent the sat nav a bit loopy. Yes hands up it send us down a road signposted Pudsey (where we were headed) but we ended up with the road turning into a single vehicle access and then erm, no further acces unless you were lucky enough to be a horse. Ahem, managed to turn around without getting the car stuck in the mud and re-set the sat nav (now renamed something similar but unprintable) and made it to training on time!

Jules had asked me to demo some of the 3-D box frames I've been making and as the event was Christmas themed, so were my projects. I grabbed this photo off Jules' blog as mine were a bit rubbish! Here's a 12x12 frame I did:

 

I used Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Poppy Parade for my colour combo and used loads of scraps and stickers and mainly the Every Little Bit stamp set which is fabulous value as you get 28 stamps. If you order it from me in July, I'll give you the instructions to make these box frames for free.

Here's a close up:

This is going to go on the wall in Zac's bedroom. It's a photo of him last year in Sherwood Forest watching the singing reindeers! I made a cute card to match:

One of the squares uses a sticker out of the Christmas Jingle simply scrapping kit. I love these kits, they're useful for so many things! I also made a more traditional 6" square frame:

 

This one features Very Vanilla, Real Red and Old Olive with Contempo Christmas and Delightful Decorations stamps. Oh and I spy Sparkly and Bright in there too!!

I had a brill day and met some fab ladies and came away buzzing with ideas. I just need a spare week to sit down and make loads of stuff now!

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You're as young as you feel

I was having a chat with a good friend of mine last week about our birthdays and our ages and we both decided we're still very young at heart. Ms Sugar is a massive fan of anything pink so I made her a little girl's card instead of a grown up one!

I've used a variety of pinks including Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose mixed with Crumb Cake. The giant cake is paper pieced using Big Bold Birthday. The pink birthday girl was stamped using All in the Family with a crown from Every Little Bit. The heart balloons are stamped with I {Heart} Hearts and punched out with Heart to Heart punch. I chose the sentiment from the level one hostess set Afterthoughts. What a combination on one card! I decorated the inside to match:

 

The present is a combination of Playful Pieces (Level 3 hostess set) and Big Bold Birthday. I know I'm safe to blog this now as Susie has her card!

Had a fun afternoon with the boys and Zac's best friend Aimee and her Mum. It stayed dry after lunch for us to play out in the garden and nowmy bubbas are shattered - yey!

Back tomorrow.
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Party Duck

It's Less is More challenge time again and this time Chrissie and Mandi have given us this fabulous sketch to follow:

So here's my early morning take:

I've made a DL card using Early Espresso as my base, teamed up with Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo. I've used the Fancy Flower punch and stamped a duck from Every Little Bit.

 

Now let me explain! Ever since I moved to Nottingham just over 20 years ago, it has always tickled me to hear blokes calling each other 'duck'. Still does. So I made this inspired by that! Here's the inside:

I braved it and wrote the sentiment by hand using the Early Espresso marker.
Got to dash as I have two classes to run today! Please hop over and join in with Less is More.

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A Case of a fab card

A while back I saw this gorgeous creation by Michelle Last and vowed to case it! Finally I did, here's my version of Michelle's card:

 

I've used Crumb Cake for the base card and rounded off the corners. The cute 'lil cat is from the Every Little Bit stamp set - which it really is as you get 28 stamps!!! I've stamped her in Basic Gray on to white shimmer card, coloured her using the blender pen and inks and added some bling with basic rhinestones to her collar:

The sentiment is masked off from the cat in the Longfellows level two hostess set. Michelle did a great job of decorating the inside of her card so it would have been rude not to case that too!

I've used another hostess set for the inside sentiment, this time Afterthoughts, stamped in Basic Gray.

I'm having a fabby time with my Mum here, she is babysitting tonight and me and hubby are going out, either to the cinema to see Paul or just out for some drinkies - we haven't decided yet.

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