Cotton paper fringing with I Think You're Great

This card isn’t a million miles from this one, but I adapt it to showcase some new products at my Catalogue Launch Party.

The first is the cotton paper which is like nothing we’ve ever had before. I’ve already shown you how you can make flowers which hold their shape, but here I’ve also used it to create some fringing. Because it’s so lightweight, it won’t add lots of bulk to your project, which is always a bonus. 

The other product I wanted to show off is the thick Whisper White cardstock. The photo doesn’t show it off at all, of course, but it does mean you can make card bases from it, which are nice and sturdy and stay standing up! 

Stamping is on the back-burner here at the moment, unfortunately, as we are now a week into our building project. So far, it’s not impacted our everyday life too much, as all the activity is taking place outside, but our belongings have been squished up into a smaller space, and stamping time is very limited.  But I’ll keep blogging… it’s a good incentive to squeeze in some crafting now and again!

PS: Just realised I can add product names to the table! Hope you like :) 

I Think You're Great Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138712]	Cherry On Top Cotton Paper Assortment [138308]	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	White 1-1/4" (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon [137904]	Fringe Scissors [133325]

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This is the Life Project Life accessory pack

Let’s talk about Project Life. Now, stop that. I can see some of you rolling your eyes. Personally I love the concept and wish it had been invented when my children were small as it would have made scrapbooking a LOT easier for me. But I know it’s not for every scrapbooker, and I appreciate that not everyone scrapbooks. 

But wait. Even if you think Project Life isn’t for you, I want you to take a look at the Accessory Packs. These are add-ons to the Project Life card kits, but they offer many more possibilities. 

Scrapbookers… can use these as embellishments for traditional scrapbooking. Ready-made journalling panels, little pieces of DSP (you were only going to cut up the big sheets anyway) and fun embellishments in small quantities were exactly what I was looking for when I was scrapbooking more frequently. Now they’re here… and they’re in SU colours so you can match them to your existing supplies. 

Non-scrapbookers… will be harder to convince so take a look at these cards. Think of these accessory packs as a sort of a card kit; you can create quick and easy projects by combining them with your existing craft stash. You’ll have lots of variety so won’t get bored and your projects will look different to everybody else’s because not everyone has thought of using the accessory packs in this way! Yes, some of the cards have words on them which don’t always lend themselves to cards, but there’s always the other side which is invariably word-free. 

I made these three cards in a very short space of time. I used “Way to Go” and “Hi!” to cover up the words on the Project Life cards (I could have turned them over but I liked the colours better on this side) and the “Hello” card did most of the work for me, although I did back it with some Basic Black cardstock and use some of the washi tape to highlight the strip. Yes, you get washi tape in these accessory packs… NOW are you convinced?

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Mix It Up Monday: Blackberry Bliss... I Think You're Great

I do like a colour with a bit of welly and Blackberry Bliss most definitely fits into that category. With the muted shades of Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron, it really adds some punch for Mix It Up Monday.

I wasn’t convinced about this colour combo at first but I have pledge to post a project a week using one of my In Color combinations from this post, so thought I’d better give it a whizz, and it turned out ok I think. In fact, I’m really warming to this combination. You may be seeing more of it... (that’s not a hint, by the way, just me trying to sound mysterious).

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Mix It Up Monday: In Colors and circles

So I was in the shower, thinking about Stampin’ Up!® colours (I know you do this too, don’t you? It IS normal, right?) and my mind wandered to all those lovely colour combinations I’d created and how this time I’d pledged to start using them instead of just looking at them. 

And I decided that if I wanted to make myself use these combos, I needed a routine. Hence the introduction of Mix It Up Monday. Each (most? some?) Monday I will post a project made with one of my oh so fabulous colour combinations, using at least one of the 2015-17 In Colours. There are 45 combinations in total - nine for each colour - so that gives me the year I’d allocated, allowing for unforeseen circumstances such as natural disaster or me forgetting. 

So here’s the first Mix It Up Monday, featuring my second combination from the charts (you can see the first one here). 

I’ve used the new stamp set I Think You’re Great, which is really fun and funky. And yes, I’m contrary. Give me a circle-based design and I will still cut my stamped circle image into rectangles. I just don’t like being told what to do!

Off-topic but aren’t those thrift flowers gorgeous in the background? I’ve not cropped them too much because I love looking at them and I’m sad because, in a few weeks’ time, they will have to be dug up to make way for our house extension. They were purchased as two or three small plants many years ago after a holiday on the Welsh coast where they were growing wild. Over the years they have spread into quite a spectacular display, so I do hope they can be salvaged. 

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