Very Vintage Revisited

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Last Saturday I shared a project using the Very Vintage wheel as a background. This week it takes centre stage as a panel on this card.

I stamped it in Night of Navy on Wisteria Wonder cardstock and layered with a Night of Navy Panel.

I stamped the butterflies from Papillion Potpourri one on the Wisteria, three with Navy direct on the card and then three with Wisteria Wonder ink on to white card. I punched them out and layered with dimensionals.

 The tag is punched using Chalk Talk - which is also where the greeting comes from and I finished with Stitched Ribbon and Bakers Twine.

Love Elizabeth X

Faux Tile Technique

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Today I am sharing a project I taught at our April classes. We do a different technique each month and this one is the Faux Tile technique.

We started by decorating the background card, using the Very Vintage wheel and Rose Red ink on the Rose Red card - we also did some decoration on the envelope and inside of the card too.

Then using Whisper White card stock we scored inch squares, then brayered gently using Pink Pirouette ink. Next we stamped multiple images using Clearly For You making sure they went over the tile edges.

We finished with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch and the Eyelet Border punch and layered up a greeting on the matching Pool Party and Island Indigo cardstock.

The butterfly, greeting and background to the greeting also come from Clearly For You. We also used some beautiful Island Indigo ribbon and a couple of Basic Pearls.

Why not have a go with this technique next time you do some crafting?

Love Elizabeth X

Coming Soon....

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For my regular customers, I like to do a special Customer Thank You event once a year. This year we are getting together on Saturday 14th May from 11am to 2pm. If you are a regular customer or class lady you will be getting your invitation soon. There will be cake, demonstrations, cake, make and takes, cake, tea and coffee, cake and more cake!

You will also be able to have a try with the fabby Big Shot and some of our lovely new stamps from the Mini Catalogue.

One of the lovely things about buying from Stampin' Up! is that you do get to play before your buy and have someone on hand to provide inspiration and lots of project ideas..

...this is me doing a spot of demonstrating, (actually this was in front on lots of other demonstrators at a regional training event this spring!)

On the 14th, I and my lovely downline Nina, will be sharing lots of fabby projects and ideas with you - in between eating cake of course!



Today I am going to share a distressed card made using the Notably Ornate stamp set along with one of my long-time favourites Vintage Vogue.

The background is done with the Very Vintage wheel, in Crumb Cake over a Baja Breeze card. I used the Distressing Essentials Kit to add a vintage look which I really like.

Hope you do too!

French Foliage Mosaic

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Well I had a card planned for my technique class this month which featured a very pretty hostess set called Because I Care. I did have these cards on display during my class and will put them at the end of this post - but having received French Foliage, I couldn't resist a re-design!

I just ADORE this stamp set - you can't go wrong with it! First we stamped some random images on a rectangle of whisper white cardstock, then used the 11/4" square punch to punch out six squares. We then created a mosaic with the images, (some did them in the order they were stamped in as above, some were laid out at random, as below).

The background is Crumb Cake card stock stamped with the Very Vintage wheel to create a subtle effect.

We finished with the oh-so-cute buttons, created with the Big Shot machine and Sweet Buttons Embosslits die. That machine makes such great embellishments - we simply cut and daubed them with Crumb Cake ink and drew in the thread with an Early Espresso marker.

OK here are the original designs... Baja Breeze and River Rock

And a monochrome option...

I do like the Because I Care ones - but my favourite has got to be French Foliage - so what do you think? 

July Class Projects - Choice 2

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To anyone who hasn't seen the previous post - I offered a choice of projects at this months classes and this is number two!

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It features the sweet little animals from the Fox & Friends stamp set. We started with the same box, decorated using the Very Vintage wheel and then made it look so different with the little brown owl!




The cards could feature whichever of the animals the ladies wanted - these are the ones I chose for my samples. The background on these cards is done with the Sweet Stitches wheel and once again these cards are super-fast to make.
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So come one - which would you have chosen? The funky monkey ones or the subtle sketches on the previous post?

July Class Projects - Choice 1

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At my classes I try to do something to suit everyone - from trendy to traditional - and this month I went one step further and decided to let everyone choose which project they wanted to make.
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The whole idea behind this project was inspired by Michelle who goes to my Twyford craft class. She said that often she needs a card REALLY fast and doesn't have time to sit down and create something complex. I decided to make a little box of cards - firstly so that she has 3 on hand - secondly to show how fast they can be to make.
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So first the box - this is a 'pizza box' style with a lifting lid and fits 4" square cards and envelopes inside.
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This design is 'choice 1' - a shabby chic/vintage look using the Very Vintage wheel and the beautiful Studio Sketches hostess set.
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Now a second thank you - these cards were inspired by Jan who comes to my Rownhams daytime class. She did some similar designs and I loved how they came out.

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As you can see I did a tiny tag on the ribbon closure and the whole project is done using just one ink colour - Mellow Moss. Now this is my favourite green and it is retiring soon - so get your supplies in girls before it is gone!
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Now for the cards....



Fast and fabulous! Also using the same stamp set - you can literally make one with a matching envelope in two minutes.
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So thank you Jan and Michelle for inspiring this class - and for choice 2 - pop back in a couple of days and all will be revealed right here!
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Vintage Vogue Two Colour Ways

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I LOVE the Vintage Vogue stamp set from the Stampin' Up! UK mini catalogue. Recently I have done two Make & Take projects using this fabulous set.

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The first one uses Rose Red, Pretty in Pink and Sage Shadow. The background is stamped with the background stamp called Sanded, which gives a lovely subtle effect.

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The second card shows how different the very same stamp set can look when done in a different colour. This time, I used Creamy Caramel and Very Vanilla cardstock and stamped in Old Olive and Creamy Caramel ink.
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The background uses the co-ordinating Very Vintage wheel and is stamped in Chocolate Chip.

This card was finished with a sentiment from Oval All, punched out with the Scalloped Oval punch and a bow tied in the beautiful Old Olive satin ribbon.

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Hope you like!

Another Vintage Vogue Card

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I can't leave this stamp set alone! Vintage Vogue and the Very Vintage wheel has hardly spent any time in the drawer since it arrived - it is either in my workshop and class bag or on my desk! Today I am featuring a card using both items.
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I started with the base card which is mellow moss, and stamped the little floral swirl from Vintage Vogue using always artichoke ink. Over this I layered a piece of whisper white cardstock, and used the Very Vintage wheel with mellow moss ink to create a background. I also distressed and daubed the edges to give a heritage feel which works really well with this set.
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The flowers are stamped using pretty in pink and regal rose ink on whisper white cardstock, with one large flower stamped on to vellum cardstock. When stamping onto vellum, you need to allow the ink to dry a little longer than usual, (or blast with a heat gun if you suffer from the impatience gene like me! LOL)


I cut the flowers out, curled them a little using a bone folder to add dimension and they layered them up with brads. Inside the card I stamped the Friends image, also in Vintage Vogue, using always artichoke ink.
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Hope you like!