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

Flower Tower

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Today I am sharing yet another flower project from my launch party display. This one features flowers made using the Flower Daisy #2 and Fun Flowers Big Shot dies as well as with a whole pile of punches.

Here are a few close ups...in this one the flower on the right is made with layered circle punches popped up with dimensionals. Then I used the Itty Bitty flower punch and made all the little flowers and attached them - fiddly to make, but pretty!



I was pleased with the scrunched yellow dasies...

The wild rose is made with the Fancy Flower punch, daubed around the edge with Pink Pirouette and Rose Red ink.

Hope you like my flower tower :)

Love Elizabeth X

In Color Fun Flowers

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Something I made LOTS of for my launch party were flowers. I had so much fun making them using the Big Shot dies and punches


These flower pots of In Color flowers were made exclusively using the Fun Flowers die. This die makes large, stunning flowers which you can layer up. The leaves were cut with the Leaves #2 die.

You can see in the close up below, some layers were stamped using the Dot,Dot,Dot and Fine Flourish stamps. Some were embossed using the Big Shot Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. I then daubed around the flowers using the matching inks - Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pool Party & Wisteria Wonder - the leaves are done in the final In Color - Lucky Limeade.

Love Elizabeth X

Welcome Wreath

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Today I am sharing a Welcome wreath that I made using the Fun Flowers die and my Big Shot. I have shown this before, but I have had a couple of questions about how it was made - so today I will share!

I purchased an inexpensive flat wire frame and with the Big Shot the wreath was very quick to put together.

First I cut 6 sets of flowers in Rose Red, then 6 in Pretty in Pink cardstock. This is so easy - the Big Shot will cut up to 8 sheets of cardstock at once! Then I used a dauber and daubed ink around the edge of each flower to add dimension.

I curled the petals lightly with a bone folder and layered them up, attaching them with a brad. I made a 12" backing for the frame by drawing around some scrap card and attached the flowers with dimensionals.

I felt the wreath needed some greenery, so I cut leaves with the Little Leaves die. Next I pulled out my French Foliage stamp set and stamped some of the leaves onto Wild Wasabi paper in Garden Green ink. I cut them out and then glued them and the Little Leaves in around the flowers. Here is a close up...

I finished the wreath by stamping my 'Welcome' sentiment using the Broadsheet Alphabet and added some Basic Rhinestones on this and on a few of the flowers.

Now - pretty in a different way - I am going to show you such a cheap decoration - almost free! As a demonstrator, all my goodies from Stampin' Up! arrive carefully packed in brown packing paper. I have reams of the stuff and am always looking for interesting ways to recyle it. This is what I did with the paper from my last order...

I made over 60 paper flowers - with this paper my Big Shot easily cut 12 layers at a time, so I had them done in a trice! I attached them with little eyelets using my crop a dile and now they are all ready to decorate my table at my next event. What a bargain!

Scallop Circle Card

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OK - back to the pretty after my last grundgy post. More Springtime Vintage projects from my sample displays. Now I learned how to make this card from Teri Pocock, a very talented crafter who I have mentioned before.

Using the scallop circle die, you half cut the front of the card and fold back to create the fancy fold. Then time for lots of layers of DSP and cardstock...

The flower is made with the Fun Flowers die - which I just love - cut and embossed using the Big Shot. I used Whisper White cardstock and daubed with Certainly Celery ink.

This card gives such a great 3D effect - I loved learning how to make it.

Now I am off to enjoy myself - it is my birthday today!

BIG Announcement!!!

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IT'S HERE! The brand new UK Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! is here - and it contains something BIG!

The new big thing from Stampin' Up! in Europe is the Big Shot die cutting machine. Yay!

The Big Shot is a sturdy manual die cutting machine which can be used to die cut materials for use on crafts, home décor projects, and even clothing. We at Stampin’ Up! are very excited about it and you’ll love what the Big Shot machine can do for you!


Die cuts are an easy way to create elaborate-looking shapes and projects with minimal effort, and they look amazing on whatever project you're working on.

You will also appreciate the exclusive dies you can get in Stampin' Up!'s range - so you can always find coordinating products.

There are so many wonderful things you can create using the Big Shot, I hardly know where to start! I have been having SO much fun creating with it and will be sharing lots of projects over the weeks to come.

Today's project uses two of the 24 available dies, (18 of these, including the two below are exclusive to Stampin' Up!)




This card features the beautiful Top Note die that creates that fabby Real Red background - the Big Shot cuts and creates the stitching effect around the edge. I also used the wonderful Fun Flowers die - how beautiful is that flower? And SO easy to cut with just one turn of the Big Shot handle! The stamps are both from Notably Ornate, stamped in Soft Suede ink.

So if you are reading this and want to know more - why not book a workshop or come to one of my classes? The Big Shot will be featuring at them all.

Now there are also lots of other exciting goodies in the mini catalogue - you can see it now online here or contact me for your own copy to flip through!