Happy Christmas Everyone

Hello Everyone

Wishing all my blog readers a very Merry Christmas.

No video today - but a thank you card, to say thank you for visiting me throughout the year. I will be back on new years eve with another video tutorial.

Have lots of festive fun over the holidays.

Love Elizabeth X

Wonderful Washi Tape Weekend Part 2

Hello Everyone

Part 2 of my Wonderful Washi Tape Weekend today! I am starting with a little Washi-Tape card gift that I created. I used a Large Cello bag from the Stampin' Up! catalogue, some of the beautiful Quatrefancy DSP, and some ribbon in Daffodil Delight to create a bag to hold my 3 1/2" square cards.

To create the cards, I ran Whisper White cardstock through the Big Shot using the Moder
n Mosaic Embossing Folder to apply some texture.

I took 2" X 3" pieces of Whisper White card and taped Washi tape across them and around the back to give a neat edge. SO easy as you can pull it off and go again if you don't get it straight the first time.

I topped them with a Mosaic Madness image punched with the matching Mosaic Punch.

My final excursion into the wonders of Washi is this cute little night light project.  IMPORTANT  - use a battery tea light to avoid a disaster! LOL

I put Washi tape around the base and lid of an empty Stampin' Up embellishments pot. I used the printed Window Sheet from the Quatrefancy DSP to create the sides and just slotted them in with the help of a little sticky strip. I left the top loose so I can switch the candle on and off.

I wound Washi Tape around the candle too.

It looks really pretty flickering away. The top circle is done with Gingham Garden DSP, punched with a 2" circle punch.

Well I hope you have enjoyed my weekend of Washi tape projects - why not go and play with yours now? :)

Love Elizabeth X

Wonderful Washi Tape Weekend Part 1

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It was only a couple of months ago I discovered the wonders of Washi tape. So if you know what it is - scroll down now - but if not, stay with me and I will explain...

Washi tape, (Japanese word - translation Washi - thank you online translator!)

It is a re-positionable tape made of paper - so that it can be easily torn and moved over and over again. Use it to hold small pieces of card in your embossing folders, use it to decorate, use it to hold notes on the refrigerator, use if for journalling on in your scrap book, stick it on to cardstock and punch out shapes with it - the list goes on. I have bought my weight in Washi tape! LOL

I did a little display at my recent launch party and we also did a Washi tape make and take. Here are two Washi tape projects for you...



An old favourite made even easier. Here I used Washi tape to cover clothes pegs and then embellished them with punches. Great for holding notes and paperwork together - or making your washing line the envy of the street! LOL

Next we have a simple make and take card we did at my event. Naturals White cardstock, Washi Tape, Butterflies punched from Quadrefancy DSP, antennae from Papillion Potpourri stamp set, and finished with a Simply Pressed rose. (Check my videos to see these made). 

I will be continuing my Wonderful Washi Tape Weekend on Sunday - so come back and see some more!

 Love Elizabeth X

Inspired at the Shoebox Swap!

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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

New goodies sneak peek 1

Hello Everyone

Are you excited....I am! Just around the corner is out new Stampin' Up! catalogue. I can't wait to show you all that lies inside, but for today I have a sneak peek!

This card features one of our beautiful new stamp sets called Mosaic Madness. The border stamps and the red and grey images come from this stamp set.

Of course the wonderful thing about Stampin' Up! is the way all our products go together to make creating professional looking products a breeze! 

If you look closely you can see the Mosaic Madness stamp set comes with not only a matching punch, but also a co-ordination embossing folder. 

You are also seeing one of our new colours, Smokey Slate, a very soft grey colour that I love.

Back on Sunday with another sneak peek....our catalogue goes live in Europe on 2nd July...and I can't wait!


Love Elizabeth X