Dainty Delight projects – and a spring craft day in Derbyshire

I am really loving the Dainty Delight bundle and Dainty Flowers Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!®.

I often say that I don’t like flower stamps but it’s not really true; I don’t like most flower stamps. The big, blowsy flowers that are so popular with crafters everywhere do nothing for me at all, but I really love delicate wildflowers that remind me of our British countryside. And seed heads – they are a favourite.

Bookmark card challenge with Pieces & Patterns and Pop of Paradise

At my last meeting for my team of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators, we held an informal shoebox swap. I always make it “informal” because so many of my team are very busy people, holding down full-time jobs and volunteering commitments, as well as having families. So the deal is, if you have time, you bring a project for everyone to make. If you don’t... you just come along and enjoy it. It all balances out in the end.

One of my team, Ian (yes, men can be demonstrators, too!) had a brilliant idea to bring us all a half-finished project. We all received the basis of this card – with a diagonal pocket on the front and a plain bookmark inside. The challenge was to decorate it and post it to our team Facebook page.

I was a bit slow to complete mine but this mean I could see what everyone else had done – naturally, people leaned towards the floral and pretty, so I thought I’d go for something completely different... with a dinosaur. The leaves from Pop of Paradise are just what this little dino needs to hide in – and three three shades of green (Old Olive, Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist) co-ordinate and contrast perfectly.  Hope you like it!

Autumn bookmarks

This was one of the Make and Takes at my Catalogue Launch on Saturday. Actually, the one on the left was a prototype – we actually made the one on the right with the lovely new striped ribbon. The leaves and corn (is it corn?) are stamped with Creamy Caramel, stamping off to get lighter shades, too. The edges are inked using a sponge dauber and ink from the inside lid of the Creamy Caramel ink pad.

Wishes is stamped in Chocolate Chip on Pumpkin Pie and punched out using the fabulous new Word Window Punch – you need this punch, trust me! And that’s just about it. Easy peasy, and perfect for keeping the right page in your brand new Idea Book & Catalogue!

Stamps: Autumn Days, Basic Phrases
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Word Window Punch, ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon – Pumpkin Pie, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Pumpkin Pie

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Bookmark card

This is a bookmark card – a very simple one because it’s part of a kit I’ve made for a group of eight-year-old girls. They’ll have everything cut and prepared and just need to stamp and assemble. 

The piece of cardstock is cut from a sheet of A4 down to 148mm wide, using the full length of the sheet (does that even make sense?). Then it’s creased into thirds, to create three 99mm wide panels. If you want it in imperial I’m afraid you’ll have to work it out for yourself, sorry!

Then you slice off the left panel at an angle, as shown and fold the card into a Z shape, with the sliced panel at the front. Tape around the edges of the sliced panel to create a pocket for the bookmark.

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Cardstock: Lavender Lace, Barely Banana, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Perfect Plum
Accessories: Blender pens, ¼” grosgrain ribbon - Whisper White, corner rounder, Crop-A-Dile™

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