Because I am running late with my 12 weeks I have decided to give you all a little present. This is my first attempt at making a tutorial so I hope you all enjoy it and have a great Christmas. I have made lots of these and have them on my Christmas tree.  They are also great to put into a card as a little gift for a special person.  Have fun with them.

You can find a tutuorial here when I work it out because the 1st attempt never worked…..grrrrr……so email me bevmantle@bigpond.com  and I will send you the tutorial on a pdf file.

Yesterday I had my 1st workshop in my new room….cement floor and all. But we couldn’t wait any longer.  We had a great day with everyone bringing their own lunch and I gave them each a present for being the 1st to my room. They received these lovely boxes I made with a cupcake enclosed.  We did the watercolour technique and a shaker card. The cards are below and I hope you enjoy them.  The shaker card was cased from SCS.

Well I am having a fun day for the 1st time this year. Had watched a video tutorial for this a while ago and am not sure where now, but I just had to give it a go. Thanks for the inspiration. It is a cover for a post it note book and pen holder, which as you can see accidently slipped down at the bottom of the scan as I did not have it stuck in yet.

I used Freinds 24 7 stamp set and Apricot Appeal, Kiwi Kiss and Choc Chip.

Wow…..you are getting it all at once….lol…

Here is a calender that stands up and we did these for the last day at my Link n Learn class.  Sorry the scan is a little crooked.

This was another one for our group challenge…..now I liked this one. When you pull on the ribbon a yummy block of chocolate comes out of the box…….and yes as the saying says…..”Enjoy Your Day”…..well who wouldn’t when you’ve got chocolate..lol…. These stamps and designer papers are from the Spring Mini Catalogue which ends next week……so if you would like to order please email me at bevmantle@bigpond.com  as this is your last chance for this one.

 

Sorry I’ve been a bit slack of late and to those of you that sent me cards, I have not forgotten you.  Have decided to do a challenge from SCS each week so that you can see a card each week here. This weeks challenge was a sketch and colour one for me.

Stamps used: Polka Dot and Paisley (from the new Stampin Up Mini Catalogue) and Everyday Flexible Phrase.

Colours for cardstock and ink: Bashful Blue and Apricot Appeal.

Accessories: Pale blue brads from the soft subtles and light blue gingham ribbon.

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of it. Thanks. Bev

Tomorrow I have to do some stamping with a group of women and girls from Muroto in Japan, so I decided to do something so that as well as a craft it will be a souvenir too. This is where I live and my daughter, Kylie took these wonderful photos of our lovely home town. I have used Stampin Up Stipple shells and By the Sea roller stamps. The card stock is So Saffron, Ballet Blue, Black and Sahara Sand. Hope you enjoy your visit to where I live through my page.

Another card using my cuttlebug for the embossed background on whisper white. Have stamped using retired set called Gentler Times and have used Hunter Green ink and c/s. Unfortunately it scans a little dark, but this is truly an elegant card that I cased from SCS.

These 2 cards I made at LNL with Alisa. We used the Scribble This set of stamps from the new Spring Mini Catalogue. You will find the new mini catalogue at the Stampin Up site here or if you would like a copy please email me to send one out to you. Feel free to order this set of stamps or any others as I am happy to send them out to you.

Well I’m feeling much  better and have been inspired by one of my customers to make this card. I really liked it Lois, so just had to make one. This is Roses in Winter stamp set and eggplant card stock. The white background is done in my cuttlebug machine. Hope you all like it as much as I did.