Hope you have a cuppa this is a long one.

Good afternoon. Thought I would share some of the things I have been working on over the last couple of weekends. I have a Stampin Up! workshop on Wednesday and like to try and have a few new creations to share with my workshop ladies each time. I hadn't done an exploding box for ages and thought the night and day papers would be perfect for this (have to say I love these papers and will making sure I have stocked up before the end of the mini catalogue) I have used a few of the different stamp sets inside to decorate it including, Vintage Vogue, flight of the butterfly and Christmas cheer no name a few. I also used the pretties Kit, I dyed the flowers using basic black re-inker in a little water and letting them sit a while, until I got the shade I was after. The verses just need added when I decide who it is for. The flower on top of the lid was done using the scalloped circle punch



I have also made a flip book using the same pack of night and day designer paper, again something else I haven't made for ages, think the last one I made of these was last year. The stamps used in the flip book are wondrous gift, the Merry Christmas part of the stamp out of loads of love, spot light on christmas, serene snowflakes and dasher. I also used the scalloped oval punch, larged oval punch and a few of the circle punches, the white snow flakes are the rub-ons in the mini catalogue. Again it is just waiting on verse in the middle.




This back and white card was using half a sheet of one of the two window sheets you get in the night and day designer paper pack. After making all three projects with these papers I have at least half the pack left. The stamp is from the season of joy stamp set, I love that stamp and use it a lot through out the year, there is one or two stamps in this set that are not just for christmas. The flower,(again is dyed using basic black re-inker) pearls and brad are out the pretties kit.



The next card was inspired by a card I saw on Jak Heaths blog, I loved this card and this is my version using the bird punch and also the small heart punch to make the big rose in orchid opulence to match the rest of the card the background stamp is bella toile.



The next card was also inspired by this card here again one of Jak's. I used the bird punch and also the eyelet punch in this card. The ribbon is soft sude, one of the new colours available at the moment while stocks last, the ink pad and card stock will be carried over to the new catalogue. The stamp sets are fun and fast notes and oval all.



And if you have lasted this long you have done well lol, the last card is using the cottage wall desginer paper this is also only available while stacks last, the stamp set is vintage vogue using rich razzleberry ink, the swirl stamp is from the season of joy stamp set (told you I like this stamp) and is inked up with mellow moss ink the card base is mellow moss.



If you managed to get to the bottom of this post thank you for sticking with it, I will try and post more regular and keep post shorter in future. If anyone is interested in any of the products used in these cards they can contact me through the e-mail address at the top of the page.

thanks for reading

Lorraine