Inspired at the Shoebox Swap!

Hello Everyone

Before my launch party, some of my lovely team got together and did a shoebox swap. This is a fun evening where we each design a card and them we make everyone else's design. It means you get lots of fabulous cards and a whole lot of inspiration. I will be sharing lots of those cards and also some of the projects they inspired. (And if you fancy being at the next one - why not join my team?)



I am starting with a design by my lovely demo friend Helen. I loved her colour combination of Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe and Strawberry Slush. We stamped with the flower from Creative Elements, and used the Mosaic Madness stamp set and matching Mosaic Punch to create leaves.

I loved this idea and decided to play with it....

Helen had us stamp the greeting straight on to the card - but my greeting was SO not straight - so I used the Artisan Label Punch and Labels Love stamp set to cover up my 'embellishment opportunity!'






So inspired by Helen, here is my card. I used the Mosaic Madness stamps and matching punch to create both the flower and the leaves. I curled the leaves and petals and popped them up on dimensionals to create some depth.

I used a marder to put the veins on the leaves and daubed the edges too.

I followed Helen's colour scheme and added a layer of DSP from the Gingham Garden pack.












I hope you like today's project. Why not look at someone else's work today and see how it inspires you to create something.

Thank you Helen for the inspiration!

Back on Sunday with another inspired-by project.


Love Elizabeth X

Gingham Tag A Bag Gift Box

Hello Everyone 

Of all the things that arrived in my Stampin' Up! preorder delivery, the thing that delighted me most was the pack of 8 tag a bag gift boxes.

These boxes arrive flat packed and are quick to assemble. The outer clear sleeve is super strong and pre-scored.

There are LOTS of ways to decorate these boxes, (a video is coming soon), but this one turned out to be my favourite.

To create this project I needed a few ingredients, which which you can see below. I used both the Cotton Ribbon and and the Natural Trim. 

All the stamping on the box and the ribbon was done with Baked Brown Sugar ink. I demounted the fabulous Ginham Wheel and stamped the box before assembling. 

The gift tag is made with the Artisan Label punch and Love Labels stamp set. (These are available as a discounted  bundle, just ask me if you would like one).

It is easy to make the bow. I stamped the cotton ribbon with the Gingham stamp and then used the Natural Trim ribbon, a couple of glue dots and a pin from Vintage Trinkets to create the bow.

Hope you like today's project. Back on Tuesday with another of my weekly video tutorials.

Love Elizabeth X

Wildflower Meadow - Two Ways

Hello Everyone

Have you been looking at the new Stampin' Up! catalogue? I just LOVE this year's offerings. There were are many lovely things to choose.

Today I am going to share two completely different looks created with the Wildflower Meadow Embossing Folder. It is available with a matching large background stamp and there are lots different looks you can create.

For this first one I inked the stamp up with the beautiful Pistachio Pudding pale green ink. Then I inked again at the top with Baked Brown Sugar.

Next I took a cotton bud (Q-tip) and removed the ink from the flowers then re-inked using markers. I huffed on the stamp and stamped on to Whisper White. I then ran the cardstock through the Big Shot to make the flowers and leaves pop up, (not sure how well you can see this on the photograph). I layered onto Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock.

The second one shows the embossing more clearly. Here I just used the brayer and brayered Costal Cabana ink directly on to the embossing folder. I placed a sheet of Whisper White cardstock on the embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot on tab 1.

When it comes out you get this amazing WOW effect! Don't you love it? I finished it by adding centres to the flowers with Itty Bitty Punches and Basic Pearls.

The border is from Mosaic Madness and is edged by layering over Baked Brown Sugar cardstock using the Dotted Scallop border punch.

The greeting is from Label Love which co-ordinates with the Artisan Label Punch - also new from Stampin' Up!

If you see anything you like and are in Europe, contact me, I would be delighted to help you. :)

Love Elizabeth X