Socially distant crafty get-togethers have been a bit of a life-saver
during lockdown; it’s so lovely to meet up with other crafters via Zoom
to create our projects.
For the past five weeks I have been running a One O’Clock Club on Tuesdays, where we make two quick cards at each session. These quick cards are easy to recreate at home with Stampin’ Up!®’s
Flowers for Every Season Memories & More cards.
My first One O’Clock Club series comes to an end this week but I will be starting another round soon using the Whale of a Time Suite – please get in touch ASAP if you’d like to join in. This time the projects will be repeated in a Saturday session, so you can hop in and out of Tuesdays and the Saturday to fit around your other plans.
Check out the projects we made...
We’ve been
using the Flowers for Every Season Memories & More cards from Stampin’ Up!®, along with
the
Flowers for Every Season Memories & More cards and envelopes,
with guests using their own greeting stamps and ink pads. Week 1 saw us
use Bumblebee and Cinnamon Cider – two great new In Colors™ which work
really well together.
One of the great things about these
Memories & More Cards – from the Flowers for Every Season Suite – is
that they use the new In Colors™, so many of the people who took part
in my In Color Shares had their new ink pads to play with.
For this project, we used ‘Feeling’ from the sticker sheet and cut out word strips from one of the Memories & More cards. The flowers and leaves are white stickers which we sponged using yellow and green inks.
It’s no secret that Magenta Madness is my least favourite new In Color™ –
I’m just not a pink fan at all. But I have to say I am warming to it,
and think it packs a certain punch when used in small doses. No small
doses for this project though! It’s a bit more subtle in this one...
It was all about the blues in Week 3, when we focused on Misty
Moonlight. The Memories & More card does all the work here, with
just a simple greeting stamped onto one of the stickers from the sheet
which comes in the pack.
I really love the sunflower pattern on this card. The greeting comes on
the sticker sheet and we stuck it to some Misty Moonlight cardstock,
then cut freehand around it to create an on-trend border.
The colour
combo is simple here: just the Poppy Parade of the Memories & More
card, with white and the silver edged card base. The
Tasteful Labels dies do a lot of the work here. Don’t have those yet? Trust me, you
really need them!
You have have already noticed that once again I broke my personal rule
not to use retired products. However, in these unprecedented times
(aren’t you just SICK of hearing that?), I thought it would be ok to
take advantage of the foil-edged cards and envelopes being heavily
discounted at retiring time, so I could keep costs down for the guests. I
stocked up big time but have completely run out now!
It’s our last session tomorrow and we’re finishing off with two Just
Jade cards. The sunflowers get another outing; they’re fussy-cut
from two different Memories & More cards and the big greeting is from
Rooted in Nature.
It’s another
appearance for the monochromatic look, too – this time in mellow Just
Jade with a flower sticker to finish off. The
Stitched Nested Labels dies provide
layers to house the greeting, from the
Tasteful Touches stamp set.
If you’re in the UK you are more
than welcome to join my Zoom sessions – because with Zoom, location is
no barrier. I’ve had several new ladies join me who can’t normally come
to my events due to transport issues.
And if you’re already a
demonstrator, I hope this post has inspired you to try your own distance
classes and workshops. Every guest received half a pack of Memories
& More cards, half a pack of Memories & More cards and
envelopes, plus card bases, cardstock, ribbon and embellishments. I did
all the die-cutting in advance so the projects were really speedy – just
right for a lunch break for those homeworkers out there!
