Coloured Cob Celebrations

Hellooo,

I have a quick card update for you today.  This one was made a while ago now, but I wanted to be sure the recipient had received before sharing.  I was asked by a colleague to make a card for her friend's birthday.  She asked if it could have a coloured cob (a type of horse, not bread!) featured on it if possible, as she owned her own!  This was how the finished card turned out:

I used the pony from the Lili of the Valley Farmyard friends stamp set from my existing, pre Stampin' Up!, stash.  I stamped this image in black ink on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock and coloured black patches using promarkers to give the coloured markings.  For the halter, I dipped the end of a Blender Pen into Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink and could then add the fine colour detail easily to the image.

I backed the image on to Basic Black cardstock, and mounted this on a piece of horseshoe embossed card (also backed with black card).  I decided to add dots for the nail holes in the horseshoes to give a little more detail to the design.

For the greeting I used "Happy Birthday" from the Sweet Cupcake photopolymer stamp set and "To a Very Special Friend" from a Lili of the Valley sentiment set.

That's all for today but come back again soon as I have couple of cute little gift bags to share with you next time, which will also be the basis of my first workshop - I can't wait to let you know how it goes!  If you're interested in hosting your own workshop, placing an order, or anything to do with Stampin' Up! please do get in touch - I would love to share with you!

Hope you all have a fab weekend - but remember don't blink or you'll miss it! ;)

Jenfie

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Fathers Day - Nailed It with Timeless Textures!

Wow it's a wonderfully warm weekend, perfect for wishing all the fathers out there a very Happy Father's Day!

This year, I decided that the obligatory bottle of wine should have a bit more thought and effort put into it.  So I had a look to see if I could make my own packaging.  I didn't want to just make another bottle gift bag, although this was an option should I not be able to find anything else.   By watching many videos on YouTube I stumbled across two fellow demonstrators' tutorials.  So I decided to try them both!  

 Here is my Bottle Box and Card I made for my dad:

This was made using the recently retired Nailed It stamp set - I absolutely LOVE this set and cannot believe they retired it :( I can see it being used for a fair few cards by me in the future, until I buy another current set suitable for the men in our lives that is!  

I decided to stamp straight onto the card base for this one, randomly stamping the various tools and nuts, bolts, nails, and screws.  I added the Happy Father's Day hexagon at the top, and in a gap on the right added the sentiment "Thanks for always building me up".

For the Bottle Box, I paired the Nailed It stamp set with the Timeless Textures Clear stamp set, all randomly stamped on a sheet of Whisper White A4 Cardstock using Cherry Cobbler ink.  The box itself and tag were from one sheet of Cherry Cobbler 12"x12" cardstock from the Regals Best Collection, with the Happy Father's Day sentiment being cut from the leftover Whisper White sheet.  As I am yet to buy co-ordinating ribbon (the only one I have so far is Daffodil Delight!) I decided to use paper string to tie up the tabs on the box.  I actually think this works really well. 

The above box was made following the tutorial by Crafty Caroline Wine Bottle Gift Box Tutorial.  The only difference being I used my Gift Bag Punch Board to trim the tabs at the top of the bottle box rather than cutting triangles and I used the off cut as a tag around the neck of the bottle.  This led me onto looking for another tutorial featuring the Gift Bag Punch Board and I found this tutorial by Linda Parker Wine Bottle Box.  Which I have used for the below.

Next up, is the bottle box and card I made for my boyfriend's step dad.  I decided to solely use current products for this (except for the Happy Father's Day stamp from the Nailed It set)  so used the Timeless Textures Clear stamp set.  I stamped various images randomly and overlapping onto a sheet of Whisper White A4 Cardstock using Cherry Cobbler ink and the new 2017-2019 In Color Fresh Fig.  These two colours work so well together!!

Once I'd made the bottle box, I used the left over stamped sheet to create the strips for the card.  Unfortunately this did mean the middle strip is narrower than the others but as I added the sentiment to this one I thought it looked pretty good as it was.  I decided to mount the "Happy Father's Day" hexagon on this card, so cut out the next size up in Fresh Fig card stock.  I stuck the sentiment to the mount using Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue (which is the adhesive used for the bottle box too - it's amazingly strong it seems!) and then stuck the whole image to the card using a couple of the regular size Stampin' Dimensionals.

Again, the tag for the bottle was using the spare strip of card from the 12x12 sheet used for the box.  This box is slightly narrower than the first as the measurements for the tutorials were slightly different so this one had a more snug finish to it when the bottle of wine was put in.  

I am going to play around with the two techniques to work out the measurements and finish that work best for me.  If you're interested in having a go with me please do get in touch, I'd be happy to host a workshop for you and your friends!  Don't forget, as a host/hostess, you have the chance to earn extra stamping rewards based on the total workshop orders placed - give me a call or send me a message to find out more!

Right, time to go enjoy the sun and give my box of wine and card to my dad!

Have a lovely day everyone! 

Jenfie
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Pony Party

Check me out, It's Friday and I have another blog update for you!! 

I'm so excited to share this creation with you! 

As I have re-ignited my love for horse riding over the past year, I wanted to share the experience with my friend's daughters (my honory nieces) for their birthdays this year.  As they live 200 miles away it wasn't something I could just take them out to do, so I decided to make them a voucher each to use when they next come up north to visit! 

To create these, I cut two 4" squares from white card.  For the fronts of the vouchers, I used the pony stamp from Lili of the Valley and backed this onto a piece of black card, embossed using a horseshoe embossing folder (note: this stamp and embossing folder are unfortunately not Stampin' Up! products, they are from my existing collection of craft supplies)

I decided to add a touch of colour to each pony to personalise them for each of the girls, so I chose Daffodil Delight yellow and Sweet Sugarplum purple for the halters.  I used the Stampin' Up! Blender Pens (which come in a pack of 3 and are dual tipped so it's like getting 6 for the price of 3!) to colour these in.  They are so easy to use, I just dipped the tip into my ink pad to soak up a touch of colour and away you go, great for fine detail colouring - flexibility of watercolours with the convenience of markers!

On the reverse of each card, I stamped "horse riding lesson" using the Brushwork Alphabet photopolymer stamp set in the corresponding colour to the halter on the other side (OK, so I actually stamped the letters before I fixed the pony image to the other side as otherwise it wouldn't have been a flat surface to stamp on...I'm sure you probably figured that out anyway!) 

Finally, I added a large number 1, cut out using the Big Shot Large Numbers Framelits, in Peekaboo Peach (as I unfortunately didn't have any Daffodil Delight Yellow cardstock to hand, but of course the wonderful Stampin' Up! products co-ordinate so well) and Sweet Sugarplum cardstock.

I can't wait to see the girls and take them for their horse riding experience soon! 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! 

Jenfie

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Melting The Old With The New

Hi All

I'm back from my weekend away, and my wrecked feet have just about recovered.   I should really have shared this post with you last week before I went away but it was a little hectic - I'm so unorganised!

Or distracted, I guess...I have spent a lot of time in the past fortnight flicking through the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, trying to decide which new products I need to get first!  I  literally put everything in my basket and then had to take it all out again when I realised it was pretty much the entire catalogue!  I finally placed my order and it arrived yesterday!  I have forced myself to put it to one side for now and get my blog updates done, otherwise you'll be waiting forever!  

Whilst waiting for my order to arrive, I thought I'd make a co-ordinating collection using some of the goodies I already have and created this wonderful set of 5 note cards:

These are all 4" square white card bases. I used the now retired 2016-2018 In Color Designer Series Paper stack papers, cutting a 2cm strip of each of the different designs in each colour.  As they are double sided, one strip provided two design strips for each card.  I then took my new Daisy Delight photo-polymer stamp set and co-ordinating Daisy Punch, to create the daisies. I stamped two daisies for each colour, tone on tone using the 2016-2018 In Color Ink and Cardstock and used the punch to quickly cut them out.  Using a Glue Dot to fix the two together and then another to fix them to the cards.  

Finally, I tried my hand at transferring a stamped image onto a candle.  Those of you who follow me on Facebook will have seen this candle already...but for those of you who don't or haven't - you can see it here and then find me on Facebook later ;) 

To do this I stamped the daisies in Dapper Denim randomly on a sheet of white tissue paper that was big enough to wrap around the candle. When happy with the design, this was wrapped around the candle and covered with a piece of greaseproof baking paper. Using my Heat Tool I gently warmed the whole candle through the baking paper, this makes the tissue paper melt into the candle wax!

Such a quick and fairly easy thing to do to create your own candle designs - they would make wonderful gifts and can be personalised too!

Well, that's all for today, I will be back again soon with more recent creations and new ones when I have chance to crack open my new order!!

Thanks for visiting,

Jenfie
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Sweet like... Cupcakes!

Helloooooo! Guess what....It's CUPCAKE time!  

As promised, today I have a recent card made featuring the Sweet Cupcake stamp set.  As you'll see below, I've combined this set with the Balloon Celebration stamp set and Balloon Bouquet punch which I featured in a post a couple of blog posts ago.  This card was for my niece's 4th birthday, so I hope she liked it!

I used the dotty stamp (which I assume is actually sprinkles for the cupcake) randomly stamping onto the card blank to create the background.  I added the "Happy Birthday" sentiment on the top of the card, all in Flirty Flamingo.  

The balloons were all stamped in Peekaboo Peach, and punched out, before attaching to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals (BTW They now come in MINI's!!).

For the cupcake, I stamped the icing in Peekaboo Peach and the case in Flirty Flamingo (please excuse the line down the side - moral of the story is to always check your block doesn't have excess ink on it before stamping!)  finally I added the "(and eat cake)" sentiment from the Balloon Celebration stamp set.  This image was then layered onto a piece of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and attached to the card, again using Stampin' Dimensionals.

On the front of the envelope (which you can see in my first photo) I added the candle from the Sweet Cupcake set, and the stars from the Balloon Celebration set, I also added stars to the inside of the card and the reverse of the envelope.

If you like what you've seen and you want this stamp set for yourself, you can get it from our new cataloge just drop me a line and I'd love to give you all the details.  Did you know that there is also a corresponding set of Big Shot Framelit Dies - Cupcake Cutouts, which cut out the cupcake perfectly?  I'll be testing these out and will of course share soon! 

If you place an order in June please use Hostess Code JDTZAH3C 

If you use this code when you place your order, I will send you a small gift as a ‘Thank You’.

Note: Please do not use the code on orders of £150 or more as you will have earned your own Stampin’ Rewards.

Right...I'd better go find my jodhpurs as I have a riding lesson in half an hour!! 

Jenfie

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Pinch, Punch, first day of...JUNE - New Catalogue and a Birthday Down Under!

Hi Everyone

It's the 1st of June, that can only mean one thing...well two things...It's the Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue release day and, slightly more importantly, it's my sister's birthday...and she's on the other side of the world!!

As I have confirmation that she has received (on time may I add!!) the card I sent her, and she liked it, I can officially share it with you all!  

I've used the Sydney Opera House image and "Chase your dreams!" sentiment stamps from the Chase Your Dreams stamp set, which unfortunately we had to say goodbye to as it was one of the sets that retired - yesterday! :(  It was a shame I didn't get to play with this more and share with you sooner so you too could get your hands on it, but I am so glad I got it before it went - just goes to show if you want it, buy it when you see it as it may not be there tomorrow!!  I have a few plans for some of the other stamps in this set so you may be seeing a bit more of it in future posts.  

As you can see below, on the envelope I used the "Bonjour" greeting, which is also in this set.  I chose this over "Hello" as she speaks French and I thought she'd like it, but more because I didn't have a "G'Day" greeting!! Oh, I should also mention that she's actually in New Zealand not Australia so really I got it all completely wrong anyway!  Except the colour - her favourite colour is green so I used the 2016-2018 InColor Emerald Envy ink, card stock to mount the image, enamel shapes (now retired), and the paper stack DSP (also now retired). 

I lined the image up over the DSP leaving key words/phrases showing that I thought were particularly poignant - you amaze me, adventure, life's little moments, merci, inspire, the best place to be, love, my friend, things that matter most, love this live, awesome, hello - to be honest, I could list them all, I love this paper! 

Finally, the (wonky, oops!) Happy Birthday sentiment is from the photopolymer Stamp Set Sweet Cupcake, which is still available - YAY!, and I have a card to share with you soon featuring the delicious cupcake image from this set! 

Don't forget, if you would like to get your hands on the brand new catalogue and all the wonderful new products get in touch now!

If you would like any further information on any of the products used on my  cards featured on my blog, or if you're interested in hosting a workshop (there are some amazing extra rewards to be had at the moment for hosts/hostesses), or even if you're thinking of joining Stampin' Up and becoming a demonstrator yourself, please send me an email at jenniferantill@hotmail.com, or contact me via my website here.

I almost forgot, you can also now find me on Facebook just search for me @Jenfielou.StampinUp 

That's all for this evening, I have a few cards made that I can start sharing now so hopefully posts might be a little more frequent fingers crossed!

Jenfie
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