Mini Book Class

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I have had a few requests for a Scrapbook Mini-book Class, so ran one for 6 special ladies earlier this month. We made three little mini books, suitable for different occasions. In fact this class was so popular, I have to run it again for those that couldn't get a spot!

This is the room set up ready for everyone to arrive...

Inside the packs, which featured the fabby Elegant Soiree Designer Paper, were enough goodies to make all three mini books, with plenty of goodies to take home to do more craft projects. This is what was in each pack...

So do you want to see what we made....? We did three little mini albums for a range of occasions.

With the Royal wedding in mind, I though I would teach a wedding mini album. I designed this many, many years ago and updated it with some fabby Stampin' Up! stamps and pearls.

After unlacing the ribbon at the front the mini book unfolds....I love the paper lace and vellum layers...

Inside the mini book folds out to a 12" X 12" page with plenty of room for pictures and journalling. We used lots of stamps from Notably Ornate, Always Elegant and Baroque Motifs to create the panels.

Next we made a funky Top Note mini book. You will notice a colour theme here. The class included half a pack of Elegant Soiree designer paper, matching cardstock and pearls.

My lovely ladies could bring photos, or make up the mini books ready to add pictures and journalling later. We all had a go with the Big Shot and Top Note die, to make our chipboard, cardstock and designer paper pages - I love the way the Big Shot cuts through so many materials.

Inside we decorated those pages using punches and layers. You can see the Ornate Bloom stamp used as a background here.

So after a break for refreshments, we were back to make our final mini book - this time a pull out book, (similar to those we used to be taught to make with toilet rolls - so much nicer to do with card stock! LOL)

The front panel here is made with a mixture of punches and one of the Lots of Tags dies, made with the Big Shot. Inside is stamped with images from the Nature Walk stamp set - this would make a lovely summery album.

As you can see, Diana, Jan O, Jan S, Sophie, Rita and Sara had a great day - I hope you like our mini books.

We have more 'special' classes coming up shortly- let me know if you would like to come along.

Pretty in Blue

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Today I am showing off some more of our new colours - the blues. We have a beautiful new range to choose from and trying to decide which one to make as the background of this card left me undecided - so I decided to make all three!

The blues are Pacific Point top left, Baja Breeze top right and Marina Mist at the bottom. And no I still can't decide which I prefer!

I used the tree image from Contempo Christmas, layered up on Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock and with the soft wide black and white ribbon at the side.

The background is from Baroque Motifs - and I am so glad we now have adhesive pearls in the new catalogue - perfect to add a little embellishment to finish this project. You can see all the lovely goodies in the new catalogue by clicking on the link at the top of this page.

So tell me - which blue do you like best?

Pretties and Pastels Card

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This is a card I did especially for Lee! She had been asking at a previous workshop about using pastels - so for our latest workshop I made this card to show how versatile those pastels are.

First I stamped the Baroque Motifs swirl using white craft ink on to Rich Razzleberry cardstock, and used a dauber to apply different colours of the pastels to create a pretty background.

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Next I used two flowers out of the Pretties Kit and also coloured them with the pastels. I finished the card with Pretties Kit half pearls and a diamante brad.

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Hope you like it as much as Lee did! :)

Amanda's Design

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Today's card was designed by my lovely upline Amanda - and made by me! I love these colours and some are retiring - so get stocked up while you can!
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This card starts with the En Francais background stamp, which is stamped off once and then stamped on the whisper white cardstock, which makes a subtle and beautiful background.
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Next I used images from Baroque Motifs - beautiful swirls and flowers.

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The card is finished with a punched oval greeting, (stamp set is Oval All) and a strip of ribbon.

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This card is SO fast to put together - and I love the design. Hope you do too.