Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator Fi's Papercraft
Monday, 31 August 2015
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Busy Busy Busy!
Well, we are in the midst of the Summer Holidays and the children are having at least one meltdown a day each. Izzy - well she's a baby and teething, Sophie - wants to wear her school dress everyday (she might be excited about starting school in September) and Emma - because life is sooo unfair and we are the worst parents evvvver and we are ruining her life (I think we asked her to take her plate to the kitchen).
We had a great week at Butlins, the children really enjoyed it as there is enough for them to do and Ian and I got a chance to relax as well. After that we spent a few days with the in-laws, which was lovely. This time last year MIL was too unwell to play with the children, but a year later and she is much better and everyone had a great time.
In between all this, it was our 5 year wedding anniversary. I'm not the greatest romantic in life, so I am sure I checked with Hubby and we agreed not to get anything, which I assumed included a card - I was wrong. So at 11pm the night before I whipped up this exploding box using Stampin' Up DSP (retired), card and vellum. I was pleased with it, but you can see where I glued the vellum to the card - any suggestions?
We had a great week at Butlins, the children really enjoyed it as there is enough for them to do and Ian and I got a chance to relax as well. After that we spent a few days with the in-laws, which was lovely. This time last year MIL was too unwell to play with the children, but a year later and she is much better and everyone had a great time.
In between all this, it was our 5 year wedding anniversary. I'm not the greatest romantic in life, so I am sure I checked with Hubby and we agreed not to get anything, which I assumed included a card - I was wrong. So at 11pm the night before I whipped up this exploding box using Stampin' Up DSP (retired), card and vellum. I was pleased with it, but you can see where I glued the vellum to the card - any suggestions?
I also had some thank you and birthday cards to do. I went back to may favourite 'Flamingo Lingo' stamp set and matched it with Stampin' Up in colour paper stack. I do love it, particularly the ribbon trim,
Here are the Thank you cards, for leaving Governors.
I have been very busy with my Stampin' Up bits and pieces, I have held two workshops that have gone very well, in the process of creating samples for my Open Day on 5th September and launching a local craft club on Thursday 10th September. Its very busy, but enjoyable.
Friday, 14 August 2015
Monday, 10 August 2015
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Saturday, 18 July 2015
Sunday, 12 July 2015
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Monday, 6 July 2015
End of term mania
Well it is as manic as ever, with Emma's birthday celebrations taking over two weekends and trying to finish up all my work commitments by the end of term. Being busy is at least doing the diet some good, however I can't wait until the summer holidays and enjoying some fun times with my girls. Here are the two cards I made for Emma, one from Mummy and Daddy and the birthday cake one from Izzy. Sophie made her own stylish drawing (as only a 4yr old can).
I used the 'Heat and Stick' powder from Stampin' Up on the blue card and the butterfly. Basically you use an embossing ink - like versamark - to stamp the image, cover in the heat and stick powder and heat with a heat tool. Be carefully as it doesn't take as long to 'turn' as embossing powders. Once it is ready, cover the image in ordinary glitter and re-heat briefly to set. It means you can stamp and glitter an image without ruining your stamp with glue. I guess it depends on the type of glitter used (i used Hunkydory glitter), however the fine detail in the cake was lost with this method - but I was still happy with the effect.
We are going to Butlins for a week when term finishes and visiting relatives at various times, but I have given us the challenge of trying to visit all the parks in Bracknell Forest over the holidays. if you don't know Bracknell, they have some of the best and well kept parks I know. We are so lucky in where we live that we walk through a park to school every day, one road to cross and that is it. The girls love it, they talk to all the dog walkers and the joggers and spend their time om the way to school looking for slugs (don't ask me why - I don't know).
Any way I have also been busy establishing my Stampin' Up business, with my first workshop this Friday. I think I have planned everything and know what I am doing - it's very exciting! I'll post Sneaky Peak - Part II tomorrow.
I used the 'Heat and Stick' powder from Stampin' Up on the blue card and the butterfly. Basically you use an embossing ink - like versamark - to stamp the image, cover in the heat and stick powder and heat with a heat tool. Be carefully as it doesn't take as long to 'turn' as embossing powders. Once it is ready, cover the image in ordinary glitter and re-heat briefly to set. It means you can stamp and glitter an image without ruining your stamp with glue. I guess it depends on the type of glitter used (i used Hunkydory glitter), however the fine detail in the cake was lost with this method - but I was still happy with the effect.
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| South Hill Park in the Spring |
Any way I have also been busy establishing my Stampin' Up business, with my first workshop this Friday. I think I have planned everything and know what I am doing - it's very exciting! I'll post Sneaky Peak - Part II tomorrow.
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
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