Fabric Paper Snips Holder

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Today's project is one that I totally CASED from a sample I saw at Stampin' Up! leadership training. I am a total clutz when it comes to sewing, so always love to see a fabric project I can make without using a needle and thread!

This is a perfect holder for my Stampin' Up! Paper Snips, made with the Petal Cone Die.

I used multipurpose adhesive sheets to attache the fabric to the carstock before cutting with the die. I decorated with ribbon and Basic Rhinestones.

Why not have a go making a fabric project yourself this week?

Love Elizabeth X

Flirtatious Fabric Dress

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Today I am sharing a pretty little card made with the Flirtatious Fabric from Stampin' Up! The bodice of the dress is made with the Round Tab Punch. I added Basic Pearls to the neckline and the flower is made with the Itty Bitty Punches.

The fabric is cut with the Scallop Circle die and the belt is made with a scrap of seam binding ribbon.



Hope you like today's cute card. Back soon with some more. 



Love Elizabeth X

Fabric Covered Pillow Box

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Today's project is a pretty fabric covered pillow box. We made similar ones in class this month and in all the different fabrics they looked just gorgeous.

They were very simple to make using the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets from Stampin' Up! All we did was to stick one side of the adhesive sheet to a square of cardstock, then laid the fabric on to the other side of the adhesive sheet.

We then ran all three layers through the Big Shot using the Pillow Box die - so easy!

This particular one was decorated using the Flower Burst Embosslit. I ran it through the Big Shot twice, once in Whisper White and once in Wisteria Wonder. I cut out the central portion of the Wisteria flower and daubed around the edges of both with matching Wisteria Wonder ink.

I finished with white Organza ribbon, three Basic Pearls and the 'friends' sentiment from Tiny Tags. I hope you like it.

Love Elizabeth X

Spice Cake Creations

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Today I am sharing two projects I made using the Spice Cake suite of products. I have been loving these scrummy colours and this is one of the ideas I came up with using the huge buttons that co-ordinate with the Spice Cake paper.



This is the box I made - you can see on this slight blurry picture the big button belly band and an Antique Brad and Victoria Crochet trim closure.

Open up the box and there are four napkin rings inside...

I threaded the narrow Taffeta Ribbon through the holes in different ways and used cardstock and Spice Cake papers to create the rings.

My next project features the Spice Cake fabric. I have been using a little bucket from Ikea to hold my clear mount blocks during classes. I decided to decorate it.

There is actually no sewing at all for this project LOL! I simply attached the fabric with Sticky Strip.

I hope I have inspired you with the Spice Cake suite. Enjoy creating. :)

Love Elizabeth X

Spring Mini Catalogue!

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I am so delighted to be able to share our new Mini Catalogue which launches today. The new Stampin' Up! goodies inside are just stunning - I have been playing with lots of them over Christmas and can't wait to share some of my projects.

I know lots of you have workshops booked, but if you haven't got one - now is the time to get a date in your diary  and mine!

One new and exciting offering is our Simply Adorned Jewellery and charms. You can stamp images and use fabric, ribbon and charms to create your own unique and ever-changing braclets and necklaces. And for special cards and projects, the charms are going to help you make stunning creations.

I have been playing with a bracelet design...

Here are some closer peeks...

I have used Spice Cake fabric, Victoria Crochet Trim, and ribbon to decorate the bracelet.

There are four options for double sided lockets available, here I have used the smallest square one. I have stamped the flower image from the stamp set called Charmed, which is especially designed to work with our jewellery lockets.

On the other side I used a sentiment from the stamp set called You're a Gem, the background once again comes from Charmed.

What I love the best is that when I want different colours or designs, I can simply stamp some different images and add different ribbons and fabric, or just use charms if I prefer. It is a new piece of jewellery every day - and each piece is unique.

If you want to see more, click on the Our Catalogues tab at the top of the screen and you can look online to see the new mini catalogue, or contact me to get hold of your own paper copy.

Back soon with lots more from our mini catalogue.

Love Elizabeth X

Fabric Display

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I posted a fabric project the other day - but had a few more on display at my launch party. I thought you might like to see how I showed my new fabric samples. I will give you a close up of the various projects in future posts - but here is my fabric tray.

Here is another view...look closely and you can see the fabric has matching pegs to hold it on...love Stampin' Up! co-ordination! By the way, those pieces of hanging fabric are just a sample size - you actually recieve three pieces each of 68 X 45 cm (27 X 18").



OK - so just one project in close up today - and it's the tea cosy! I cut the fabric using the smallest pennant from the Perfect Pennants die, the top flower was made using the Flower Burst embosslit and the bottom one using the Fancy Flower die. The letters are cut again with the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies. I used a mixture of fabrics (and it is the model's own teacosy! LOL)

Very appropriate for a tea-loving English girl! Hope you like it!

Love Elizabeth X

Fabulous Fabric

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When I saw the new Stampin' Up! catalogue for the first time, I was excited, but a little nervous so see we were getting the beautiful co-ordinating fabric choices. "Oh no - am I going to have to sew?" LOL

Well for those of you talented ladies who know one end of a sewing machine from the other - you will love this fabby fabric - but for those like me - you can STILL play with fabric and be happy with what you have made.

Now as I said, the best thing that Stampin' Up! offer is co-ordination between projects. So I started by using the beautiful Timeless Portrait Designer Series Paper to embellish a box...

Inside the box, is a matching brooch, made with the matching Timeless Portrait fabric. I cut it using the Fun Flowers die and the Big Shot - love it!

I think this would make a sweet gift - in fact I did make one for one of my lovely customers and good friend  Tracey. Now if you look at page 7 of the UK Stampin' Up! catalogue - you can see a picture of Tracey, being quoted about how much fun it is to host a workshop. We were both so excited to see her in there!

Back soon with more lovely new catty projects.

Love Elizabeth X