Open Night make and takes

The Stampin' Up! ladies crammed in so much last night at the Open Night in Birmingham. Shelli Gardner demonstrated the Simply Sent Kit (p74-75) which contains everything you need to get started in rubber stamping and the Stamp-a-ma-jig (p81) which aids precision stamping. She also had a very nifty glitter trick up her sleeve!

There were also demonstrations from a lady called Donna (I can't remember her surname) from the head office in Utah, USA. She demoed several items, including this froggy card, which was our  first Make and Take. 

To colour the image - which is from Unfrogettable (p33) we used the Aqua Painter (p81).  It's a hollow paintbrush which you fill with water and it makes watercolouring so easy. You can use it with several different media; we used the Watercolour Wonder Crayons (p82). We coloured the image roughly with crayons, then wet it with the aquapainter to blend the colours. For detailed areas, we used the aquapainter to get colour directly from the tip of the crayon. I got a bit carried away and made my paper too wet and there was no time to dry it out, so it wrinkled quite a lot. 

The envelope is made from paper as smooth as Stampin' Up!'s Whisper White cardstock, so is beautiful to stamp on. We were told that Stampin' Up! never like to send out an envelope "naked" so always stamp on them. I must try to do this more often, as it does look lovely. 

Our second Make and Take was this little Love Note (p78). For this we used the two-step stamping technique and the stamp set Two Cute (p55). I'd completely overlooked this set but love the cute little card we made!

The greeting is from Basic Phrases (p65). 

We were also given a free catalogue each and there were several prize draws - my friends Alison and Betty were both lucky enough to win a stamp set, which made the evening all the more exciting!

All products by Stampin' Up! Please email me to order a catalogue or click the link on the right to view the catalogue online. 

The Stampin' Up! ladies crammed in so much last night at the Open Night in Birmingham. Shelli Gardner demonstrated the Simply Sent Kit (p74-75) which contains everything you need to get started in rubber stamping and the Stamp-a-ma-jig (p81) which aids precision stamping. She also had a very nifty glitter trick up her sleeve!

There were also demonstrations from a lady called Donna (I can't remember her surname) from the head office in Utah, USA. She demoed several items, including this froggy card, which was our  first Make and Take. 

To colour the image - which is from Unfrogettable (p33) we used the Aqua Painter (p81).  It's a hollow paintbrush which you fill with water and it makes watercolouring so easy. You can use it with several different media; we used the Watercolour Wonder Crayons (p82). We coloured the image roughly with crayons, then wet it with the aquapainter to blend the colours. For detailed areas, we used the aquapainter to get colour directly from the tip of the crayon. I got a bit carried away and made my paper too wet and there was no time to dry it out, so it wrinkled quite a lot. 

The envelope is made from paper as smooth as Stampin' Up!'s Whisper White cardstock, so is beautiful to stamp on. We were told that Stampin' Up! never like to send out an envelope "naked" so always stamp on them. I must try to do this more often, as it does look lovely. 

Our second Make and Take was this little Love Note (p78). For this we used the two-step stamping technique and the stamp set Two Cute (p55). I'd completely overlooked this set but love the cute little card we made!

The greeting is from Basic Phrases (p65). 

We were also given a free catalogue each and there were several prize draws - my friends Alison and Betty were both lucky enough to win a stamp set, which made the evening all the more exciting!

All products by Stampin' Up! Please email me to order a catalogue or click the link on the right to view the catalogue online.