Strawberries for June

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When June comes around I always think of strawberries. This is a project I actually made last June. I photographed it and ended up submitting it to Stampin' Up! for a competition at a regional training day. I was delighted to see it on display a few months later when I went to convention. In fact if you click the CONVENTION tag on the left you will see it there.

But I felt it was time for a close up and explanation...The basket is made with the Scallop Envelope die - you need to cut four. I made the basket weave with Crumb Cake cardstock and the Square Lattice Impressions Folder.

The strawberry is the Heart of Hearts die and the leaf is made with the 5 Petal Flower Punch. The flower is done with the Boho Blossoms Punch.

So - better late than never...I hope it was worth waiting for!

A little more recently I made a little gift for my friend Susie...this also featured strawberries....

LOL Back soon with more ideas for you.

Love Elizabeth X

Join me for an Enchanted Evening

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From time to time I do special classes - usually at a weekend. But some of my lovely ladies cannot come on a Saturday, so I decided to offer a special class in the evening.

I wanted to create some pretty 3D projects, and there were a number of special requests for particular projects - so I came up with my Enchanted Evening class.

This class includes half a pack of the beautiful Twitterpated Designer Series Paper – there will be plenty for you to take home to make more goodies. This is what we will create….

A Tea for Two gift back

A Pretty Notebook

A 'takeout style' Gift Box

A Stamped Candle and Winchow Gift Box

A Beautiful Gift Bag with faux buttons

If you would like to come along during July, contact me for details. I hope you can join us.

Love Elizabeth X

Cupcake Gift Card Holder...& New Class Room

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Today I have a few photos to show you. This is not Elizabeth's Craft Room - this is Elizabeth's Classroom! This is the room in my home, (formerly known as our dining room), that I have converted to a proper Stampin' Up! classroom for my classes and workshops. Thanks to my fabulous DH Michael, who has let Stampin' Up! take over another room in our home - bless his heart!

So are you ready to see the photos...

So what have I been teaching in my classroom? This is a project I have been making at my recent workshops. It is a sweet little gift card holder - with the emphasis on the sweet. :) I am back on the Weight-Watchers band wagon, so these are the only cupcakes I am allowed at the moment. LOL

I started with two Scallop Squares cut with the big shot die and then added a layer of Beau Chateau designer paper. Next came a large scallop circle punched in white and daubede around the edge and finally the cupcake.

We now have the Create a Cupcake stamp set and matching punch and I love them!

The closure is made with Victoria Crochet Trim, and inside I cut another piece of designer paper from the Beau Chateau pack using the Scallop Envelope die - this creates the place to pop your gift card.

The sentiment, (from Create a Cupcake), reads "It's not how many candles you blow out, but how many cupcakes you get!" My thoughts entirely.

Love Elizabeth X

Stationery Box Class Close Ups

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Last month I ran a fun evening class where we made a stationery box and some luxury cards and tags. I though I would show some close up pictures of what we created today. You may notice the Big Shot came in very handy with making these projects. We used the Just Believe stamp set and the fabulous Cherry Cobbler ink throughout.

The first group features the Top Note die and Beautiful Wings Embosslits die...

The next set used the Scallop Circle die and the Ornament Punch to create the vase...

The third set features the Scallop Envelope die and the Large Heart and Heart to Heart punch...

The stationery box itself was co-ordinated with a stamp envelope and matching pen...

We had a great time making these goodies - I hope you like them too!

Two Ways with the Scallop Envelope Die

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Have you used the Scallop Envelope Die yet? It makes really cute envelopes which are ideal for tags or for using as embellishments on your cards. But that is just the start. Here are a couple of little boxes I have made using this die.

Firstly, we made these cute Gift Card Holders at a class.

We finished them with Springtime Vintage designer series paper and the scrummy Seam Binding ribbon. The tags were done with Tiny Tags stamps.

My second use of this die is the little basket which I fell in love with when I saw it done at regional training. You need four envelopes to make it...

Isn't it cute? I did the handle with cardstock cut with the Scallop Trim Border and trimmed with the yummy Rich Razzleberry satin ribbon.

July Team Swaps

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We had a great day at training last month with my lovely upline Amanda. I always love to do the swaps and share ideas with my fellow demonstrators.

These are the ones I made for team training.

These little handbags were made with the Scallop Envelope Die, trimmed and corner rounded to get the shape right. I used the Large Oval and Small Oval punches to create the handles and the 1/2" circle punch to make the faux brad closures. I stamped on the bags with Artistic Etchings.

The sentiment comes from Notably Ornate and the beautiful background is made with the Manhattan Flower embossing folder.

I loved how they looked in all the different colours. :) Hope you like them too.

Want to come to a class?

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By special customer request I have come up with a Just Believe Stationery Box class, which I will be teaching in a local hall on Thursday 18th August.

This project comprises six luxury square cards, six matching envelopes, six tags, a stamps envelope, a matching pen and the stationery box itself. Wouldn't this set make a great gift?

The cost for this class is £25.00 and includes a pot of Tombow glue or £22 if you are one of my regular class ladies.

Now this class is filling up FAST - so let me know ASAP if you would like to join us for this 3 hour evening class.

Hope you can make it! :)

Perfect Plum Envelope

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Just a quick post today with a project using the Envelope die. This very cute little envelope looks great on the front of a card and is the right size to pop a little money or voucher in for a gift.

I made it in Perfect Plum cardstock, and topped with paper from the Lap of Luxury DSP. The tiny butterflies are made with the Beautiful Wings die and the hand crafted tag is from Tiny Tags.

To create the inner layer, I ran a small piece of the DSP through the Big Shot using just the top of the die. I will have some more projects to share using this die - as it is actually very versatile, but I wanted to show you a simple envelope to start.

Hope you like it.