Monday 29 April 2013

Team Training with the Keene Krafters!

Hi all,
I'm going to share with you a little welcome present I gave to my little team on Thursday. We met and had a wonderful afternoon swapping business tips and crafting ideas. I also shared a Card Making Technique with them which I will also be sharing with you - so Watch This Space!

 
If you would like to get your hands on this bag, JOIN MY TEAM of Keene Krafters. Join now and take advantage of an extra £25 that's added to your Starter Kit. That's right, pay £99 and choose £155 worth of product from any catalogue. You can join as a hobby demonstrator or as a business. Anyone can join my team and I will send you the above as a welcome package. Call me or get in touch if you would like more information - 07821162950  head-over-heels-by-dlm@hotmail.com
 
See you on Wednesday with another beautiful card.
 
D x

Monday 22 April 2013

Spring Scrapbook Class in April

Hello everyone,
Have you been enjoying the sunshine? We have, we've been walking in the parks, on the swings and picnics! Roll on more sunny days....and today as with the theme I will be sharing with you our Scrapbook Class Pages, this month's theme was Spring!

 
The Designer Series Papers used for these two pages were the gorgeous Tea for Two. They go so well with the two step stamp Stippled Blossoms, that was stamped here in two coordinating colours.
 
A close up of the sunshine.
 
 
Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated) 
 
1. Card – Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue
 2. Papers – Tea for Two, Designer Stack in Island Indigo
 3. Stamps – Stippled Blossoms
 4. Tools – Bigz Large Doily, Penant Punch, Top Note Die
 6. Mediums – Midnight Muse, Daffodil Delight and So Saffron
 
 
Our next page has more of a 3D effect...
 
 
and here is a close up of the flowers using the Secret Garden Framelits, they even come with the leaf!
I also showed my ladies a technique - the fake stitching I call it, where we used the pokey tool to form a pattern of holes and drew lines using a white pen - hope you can see the effects of this in the picture.
 
 
Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated) 
 
1. Card – Bashful Blue
 2. Papers – Tea for Two, Designer Stack in Calypso Coral
  4. Tools – HoneyCombe Embossing Folder, Secret Garden Framelits
 6. Accessories : In Colour Brads & Diamontes
 
 
I still have 2 places available at my scrapbook class, so if you or a friend are interested in joining us, then get in touch email me at head-over-heels-by-dlm@hotmail.com or call me on 07821162950  to book your place. It is on every 3rd Tuesday of the month, at Chelmer Village Hall between 7.30-9.30 pm. Price is £12 in paid in advance (that's for materials to make the 2 pages (12x12) and a plastic folder to keep them in, also includes refreshments.
 
I will be back soon with a wonderful tip on how to get your big shot plates straight again (Thanks to Ginny for passing this on!)
Until then, enjoy the sunshine,
 
 xx

Saturday 20 April 2013

Colour Refresh

Hello readers, some exciting news from Stampin' Up! COLOUR REFRESH!

We have some colours going (sob, sob for Baja Breeze and Rose Red) but very much welcome some staying colours (huge grin) my favourite Calypso Coral. :-) hopefully the following photo will show you the colours joining us and the following will show you any substitutions! Remember if they are colours you've had your eye on, now is the time to order them! So get in touch as I'm putting in an order next week!

 
 
 
 
 
 

Call me on 01245 466665 if you would like to get your hands on any of the colours that are leaving us! Also, if you haven't booked your place at my all day craft event, a few places are still available.
Until next time, thanks for reading,
Donna x

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Afternoon Tea Cards...

Hi all,

Hope you're all well. Apologies for these cards being posted late. We went to Wales for a week and thought I'd catch up on blogging but we had no mobile or internet network in the cottage we had been staying in. So have had a lot of catching up to do.

Anyhow, here are the cards we made at this month's card class. The Stamp Set we used was the beautiful Tea Shoppe.

 This is the card...and it opens up like this...thanks to Beckie over at Inking  Idaho, who I cased this from. It was a very WOW moment when I opened it and all this was possible with the little brads.

Colours used were the Midnight Muse, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze and Whisper White. The Tea Cup was cut out by hand but the other shapes were cut using the framelits die.



The next card is simpler and it shows off my new purchase the beautiful Doily Die, it is so effective you don't need much else. Colours used were Perfect Plum and Daffodil delight. The little hearts that you can see along the botton were embossed using the Adorning Accents Embossing Folder.


If you would like to join us and make some beautiful cards, contact me to join my class head-over-heels-by-dlm@hotmail.com

Thank you for stopping by, I will be back hopefully tomorrow with some exciting Stampin' UP! news!
D xx



Tuesday 2 April 2013

Sneak Peek at tonight's class! Spaces still available!

Hello everyone,
I'm writing this in the sunshine (now there's a first!) although I dread to think how cold it is out as I have not yet ventured out!

I want to give you a sneak peek at what I have in store for my card class tonight and if you find yourself at a loose end and like what you see, I do have 3 spaces available for tonight's class.

 
 
 
We are using the Tea Shoppe Stamp Set, which is divine! I love it!
Please get in touch if you would like to join my class tonight (at Springfield Parish Centre at 7.20), it is usually full but I have a couple who are away on holiday! If tonight doesn't suit you, why not join my technique class starting on the 18th of April at Keene Hall between 7.30 - 9.30, and then every 2nd Thursday of the month.
 
Call me on 07821162950 or email me at head-over-heels-by-dlm@hotmail.com
 
or sign up to my newsletter on the left to be the first to know about upcoming events and classes.
 
Tomorrow I will be sharing with you the full thing,
until then hope to see you tonight!
D xx