Fun Fold Friday - Kits

Friday is here all ready and it's time for me to show you my last few cards of this kit. I say last but I still have enough to make another 5 or 6, so I will keep going to complete the set.

Using the very underrated kits from Stampin' Up! I have so far made 15 cards with a kit complete to make 10 cards. Even the envelopes are able to be used for decorating the cards. The cards in the kit at 11 by 8.5cm are not very large so in our group at the weekend, we made them into C6 cards. We included 10 A4 sheets of card stock including 2 white, a length of ribbon and C6 envelopes. It has been a really amazing way to use the kit. As I said yesterday, I use them all of the time. They are so very useful in so many ways, not just to make my own designs or style of cards but to make them as intended. Simply and very easily. 

 I always treat myself to the card kits every time they are issued. I just love the ideas and designs Stampin' Up! come up with. Perfect! 

Only 1 fun fold today and it's a simple Z fold with a mat and turned vertically! I used Forever Blossoms for the images and messages on this one and the last card is Darling Donkeys one of the amazing FREE Saleabration stamp sets.

The new Stampin' Up! catalogue will be coming out at the beginning of MAY, so if you live in the UK, please contact us for a catalogue HERE

It will open up a new window for you so that you don't loose your page. If you look there now, you will get to see the Last Chance Products, Clearance rack but more importantly all of the current products in the catalogue. Stop by again on MAY 4th and you can see ALL of the new gorgeous things that are going to be available. 

Thank you for joining me this week. I hope that I have inspired you to give the card kits from Stampin' Up! a look at. Don't by pass them, you will be so pleased that you don't.

Cary will be back on Monday with some amazing ideas from her cards and projects so please stop by and see what she has been creating. 

Til I return, please take care, keep safe, stay well and KEEP ON CRAFTING.

 Lots of love, Gill  xxxxx  😍😍😍

 

 

Throwback Thursday - Kits

Hello again, today's cards are carrying on from this week's posts on using a Stampin' Up! card kit. This is the Sweet Little Valentine Cards and More kit and at under £10 was an absolute bargain. The card and colours are beautiful and so very versatile. Just perfect!

Stampin Up! have made several kits over the years and I personally love them. Whether it is for inspiration to make something so special for that special someone or any other occasion that you would need a card for. These kits are incredible in value, quality, content in fact...everything! I just LOVE them all. 

As I make card so regularly for all sorts of events, I sometimes get confused in what to make. I say that I've lost my mojo or I can't think of anything to make. I take a kit and within a short space of time I am changing things, thinking outside of the box as they say. They really do inspire me in so many ways. Cary isn't a kit kind of person but over the last couple of years even she has found such great pleasure in using them and getting so much from them. Please give them a try and look out for them in the NEW and updated catalogue coming out in MAY! Not long now 😁😁😁 

Live in the UK? Please contact us for your own copy of the catalogue as soon as it's available.

 

 

The card above shows where I cut of the corners off a whole card. The centre to the outer corners were removed and I added the mats and a piece of gold foiled card and a piece of Pool Party sheer ribbon to decorate.

 

 This one above, I've used a card front and cut it in half. I added it to the sides of the and added the pretty, printed, message mat to add a flower and a simple message to complete it.

Wednesday wonders - Kits

Hello and welcome back. I know that I'm supposed to be watercolouring today but I'm not going to this week. I know, I'm being rather naughty and going off piste! However, following on from Monday and Tuesday's posts I'm continuing to show some of the cards that I made with the Sweet Little Valentine cards and more kit. It is the most inexpensive kit I have seen but it's so very versatile. We ALL made completely different cards at the weekend and everyone was really enjoying themselves doing them.

First is a picture of the actual kit. At under £10 for the whole kit, all we added was 10 A4 sheets of card including white and we were all sorted. Sadly, they are now all sold out but please don't flip past kits in the future, they are absolutely amazing and very well worth the investment however much they may be!

Here are today's makes.

 

On some I have included the mats as they come in the kit and this last one, I actually placed the whole card on the front and popped a little Ladybug trinket that I had to hold it closed. I love those little ladybirds. That's what we call them in the UK.

 

No Technique Tuesday - Kits

Hello again, thank you for joining me. I have some more of the cards that I made at the weekend to show you today. In addition to the kit, everyone received 10 sheets of A4 card. 2 White, and 2 of each of 4 other colours. They were; Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink and Pool Party. The kit is called Sweet Little Valentine Cards and More. With the cost at less than £10 it really is a bargain. Our aim was to make non Valentine cards. Using the cards and mats provided, we made our standard sized card which is C6. Basically that is half a sheet of A4 folded in half. The kit comes with cards and envelopes, which can be used in so many ways. Some were made into standard cards with a smaller card on the front and others were cut and separated to make them go much further. The whole kit is so very versatile.The white envelopes and the insides are either gold spots or gold stripes. You can just see them to the left of the top set of cards here.

Here is a picture of the kit itself.

 

I used a selection of different stamp sets including the coordinating set called Valentine Keepsakes. In addition, I have used several of the Free Saleabration stamp sets and one or two others.

I've never yet found one of the Stampin' Up! kits that need a lot of thinking about. There is always so much in the main kits that you can make far more cards than the kit itself holds!

Make It Monday - Kits

 Hello and welcome back. I hope that you have all been staying safe and well? Cary and I have just held our annual retreat. The difference this year is obviously, it was online! It was certainly a different way to hold the retreat but everyone had a really great time.

Following on from the retreat, this weekend just gone we held a small get together to make a kit. Not especially a class as the kits are amazing to use. This weekend was a very special one. It 's called Sweet Little Valentine Cards and More. With the cost at less than £10 it really is a bargain. Valentine? I hear you ask! What, at this time of year? No. Our aim was to make non Valentine cards and I think we all have. We made cards using the Valentine kit but larger! Using the cards and mats provided, we made our standard sized card which is C6. Basically that is half a sheet of A4 folded in half. The kit comes with cards and envelopes, which for our purpose this weekend some were cut in half or opened up, it is all very usable. The envelopes are basic white ones but the insides are either gold spots or gold stripes. Brilliant! You can just see them to the left of the top set of cards here.

Here is a picture of the kit itself.

 

I have used a selection of different stamp sets including the coordinating set called Valentine Keepsakes. In addition, I have used several of the Free Saleabration stamp sets and one or two others.

I've never yet found one of the Stampin' Up! kits that need a lot of thinking about. There is always so much in the main kits that you can make far more cards than the kit itself holds!