10 quick cards using Flowers for Every Season Memories & More Cards

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!

Cuppa & Card with Friendly Silhouettes dies

You won’t want to miss this beautiful Designer Series Paper, which is retiring very soon and currently available at the reduced price of £8.60. It’s Perennial Essence and these cards only show off the more subtle side of the beautiful designs. I have another project to show you shortly which highlights some of the floral patterns.

These are this week’s Cuppa & Card projects; I don’t normally show them in advance but I have TWO kits left so thought I may tempt someone to give it a go. The session takes about an hour and takes place via Zoom on Thursday at 10.30am.

It’s a fun and effective way to craft as you can still chat with each other and hold up your project if you’re having trouble with something. Please shout up ASAP if you’d like to join.

For the floral card, I brayered the base of the die-cut with Pear Pizzazz then coloured the flowers with cotton buds tapped onto my ink pads. The tiny cluster of flowers I cut off weren’t wasted; I used these inside the card. 
 

Christmas in May with Memories & More cards

Have I taken leave of my senses? Probably but, if you’re not working, lockdown is a great opportunity to get a head start on Christmas cards. Lockdown can feel a little like Christmas anyway – at least with the staying home and overeating!

Yesterday I held another class via Zoom, making five cards using Memories & More cards from the Clearance Rack. There was no stamping required, although there was the option to add some grunge spatters if desired.

Read product descriptions carefully when shopping online. Just look at the size of that ribbon!

Share Sunshine with cardmaking

What happens when you run out of glue midway through a project? You call on your demonstrator friends, of course! You can’t see this card too well in the video below but after so many takes I couldn't face another one so here's a close-up.

I made it using retiring Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards combined with the new Share Sunshine PDF of greetings for our time. This is a fabulous set of greetings, with some images, all designed for the current crisis, so we can send the perfect card to thank someone, cheer someone up or simply spread some joy (not germs!).

The cost is $12, which works out at about £8-£9 and, best of all, every single penny raised will go to these good causes:

* The WHO’s COVID-Solidarity Response Fund

* United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund.

You get to choose which one to benefit or split it 50/50. I think it's fantastic that in a global crisis, a global company is thinking globally to help people the world over.

You can download the UK version of the greetings here

And if the video doesn’t load properly, you can also view it here

What do you get in the PDF?

You get a 19-page PDF featuring 15 pages of greetings, in both black and colours (the Stampin' Up!® colours are detailed on the initial pages). You can print these out onto Whisper White cardstock and use them in your craft projects. Please don’t share the PDF with anyone, as it’s designed to raise as much money as possible for these worthy causes. 

When using the PDF, you'll see the pages are numbered so that the first page of greetings is Page 1. Please disregard these numbers when printing just one page of the document. You need to look at the page number within the document. For instance, Page 1 of the greetings is actually Page 5 of the document, so if you want the page with “I’d totally share my toilet paper with you”, you need to print page 5. I’d hate for you to waste your Whisper White on a sheet of instructions!

Lockdown challenge: Poppies Elements cards for Crafty Friday

It’s Crafty Friday today... lockdown or no lockdown! But don’t worry, social distancing will be maintained as it’s a virtual event held over Zoom. I prefer Zoom to Facebook Live because everyone can see each other and chat, plus it doesn’t exclude the non-Facebook members.

Today’s projects are these bright and cheery Poppies Elements cards; a half-easel and a standard card.

Everyone received a full sheet of the watercolour paper Poppies Elements to colour in, plus some of the black elements for decoration. They use their own stamps and inks for the greetings.
 

 

 Want to make these projects? Full instructions are here

Tailored Tag punch to the rescue with Tropical Oasis Memories & More Cards

This was another attempt to use up some Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards. I punched them out using the Tailored Tag punch to create this fun design, which can be adapted to use any Designer Series Paper or M&M cards.

Fortunately, the Tailored Tag punch is carrying over – it's SUCH a useful punch!

 When assembling your card, start with the four pieces in the centre and work outwards. You may find you don’t need as many punched pieces as you first thought, as the excess pieces you trim from the edges may be usable on the opposite side of the card.

Bird Ballad card with minimal stamping

It has been interesting to see how businesses have (or haven’t) adapted to the current crisis. For face-to-face businesses, it has been extremely difficult and some have obviously had to close temporarily.

But crafting can carry on and is a vital escape for many of us, so I am now holding online classes via Zoom. Crucially, this means my regular ladies can still see and chat to each other as they craft.

This project was from last Friday's Crafty Friday event. We had the odd technical hitch but everyone seemed to enjoy the chance to craft together.

The linen thread is in two pieces. One is taped around the back of the card, while the other is tied in a bow around it. This makes it a LOT easier to get the desired effect!

 

Make a journal with the Magnolia Lane Suite

These Magnolia Lane Designer Series Papers are beautiful but I have resisted them until now. And now they are perfect for me as a bulk pack is available, meaning I can offer this project as a kit in the post!

I will be holding this via Zoom, which means you can keep safe, Keep Calm & Craft On. You'll receive everything you need in the post to make this journal from scratch. From scratch, I tell you!

Priority will be given to existing customers and previous class attendees as places are limited. After that, open to anyone in the UK. Get in touch if you'd like more info!

The main thing to remember when making a journal from scratch is not to add the inside cover until absolutely everything you need is on the outside! Full tutorial is exclusive to those who join the class, but you can see something similar in my 12-year-old tutorial here.