Everyday Enchantment Day 3 Sale-A-Bration

Welcome back to day 3 of the Everyday Enchantment Showcase.

Today's card is a very quick and easy card to make, if you've forgotten somebody's special day. The card was original inspired by Monica, I love her blog, Most days I get up in the morning, make a drink and my Porridge & check out my favourite blogs, I love Monica's Projects as they are so classic & stylish.
The flower on the card is one from a batch I had left over after teaching the scrunched 3d flowers at my workshops last year, so this card was really quick to make up. The technique on the main panel is called the embedded technique I first saw it on a sample at Peterborough Training back in January.
To do the embedded technique you glue all of the elements onto the panel & then run the panel through an embossing folder, for this card I've used the square lattice folder.

To make this card I've used the following Stampin' Up products
Cardstock
Pool Party
Whisper White
Poppy Parade
Ink
Poppy Parade
Papers
Everyday Enchantment papers
Tools
Scallop Square punch
Fancy flower punch
Paper piercing tool
Mat Pack
Square Lattice embossing Folder
Sizzix Big shot
Stamps 
Elementry Elegance ~ SAB
Embellishments
Antique Brads ( in the centre of the flower)
Scallop dots ribbon ~ Old Olive
Shimmer mist made with Champagne mist Shimmer paint.

For the flower I have used 5 layers of card punched with the fancy flower punch, you can use all of the same punch as I've done here or you can layer up different size punch out like the 5 petal punch & Boho Blossoms punch.

Christmas Canvas

A few weeks ago whilst visiting Blog Land I came across a Christmas Canvas which inspired me to try one of my own, unfortunately I cant find the original post, so if you are the original creator I thank you for your Inspiration.

UPDATE ~ Many thanks to Dawn & Sheryl who pointed me back to the original blog that inspired me & an even bigger thank you to Fiona for the original inspiration I do love 3D canvases.
The original idea came from a demo at convention 2009 Jenni pauli

The canvas is 10" square & is pre primed. Then using the En Francais I attempted to stamp the background in Crumb cake ink. This was a lot harder than I had anticipated. But if you try this project don't panic as you can easily re-prime your canvas with white or cream acrylic paints or gesso. Eventually I had a few background images I was fairly happy with, So I set the canvas aside to dry whilst I started to make the buttons.
 I found that it is best to make the buttons in batches. yes I did say make the buttons, they are all made from Stampin' Up Cardstock, Circle punches, Tombow glue & Crystal effects with a sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds.

1. Punch out 3 circles for each button that you want to make. for this project you will need an assortment of sizes.

2. Punch out ( With space around the punched shape ) a size smaller circle.

3. Holding the original size punch up side down over the smaller hole, centralise the larger punch & punch a hoop.

4. Glue all four Layers together putting the hoop layer on top & leave to dry completely.

5.When dry use the crop o dile to punch the two button holes in the middle of the button. Repeat these steps until you have sufficient buttons for the project, I made more than I needed so I could use the spares on some Christmas cards.

6. On a non stick surface cover the buttons with Crystal effects, making sure not to shake the crystal effects as you don't want any bubbles, If you do get bubbles then use a pin to pop them before the Crystal effects dries.

7. A very light sprinkle of Dazzling diamonds enhances the buttons & then leave to dry completely, I left mine overnight.

8. Lay out the buttons on the canvas in a Christmas tree shape.

9. Thread ribbon or cord through some of the buttons to add texture before finally sticking the buttons in place. Again I used Crystal effects as the adhesive.

My Colours


Cardstock
Real Red
Chocolate Chip
Old Olive
Daffodil Delight

All of the above products with the exception of the canvas are available from the Stampin' Up range & are available to purchase through me as an Independent creative coach.

Quick & simple

We all have the need every now & then for a quick card, no matter how organised we aspire to be. This card fits the bill perfectly coupled with the sincere salutations stamp set that has a greeting for every occasion this card is so quick & easy.

 It could be adapted for any occasion by just changing the colour way & designer series papers. Imagine a quick solution for those hard to make Male cards !

What Stamps fit in each punch?

Ever been tempted with a stamp set & want the corresponding Stampin' Up punch? and not sure which one it is, this can be used before you buy the stamp set over the image in the catalogue, did you know the images in the catalogue are actual size?

Ever been in the middle of a project & need to quickly find the correct circle punch to punch out a greeting?

Well I came up with an easy solution & they also make a really col bookmark in your idea book & catalogue.

Fond Farewell day 9

Something a little different
Todays fond farewell project is a 6 x 6 layout of one of my cats

Stamps
Bird on a branch
Just perfect alphabet

Ink
Pink pixie (FF)
Basic black
Cardstock
Whisper white
Pink pixie (FF)
Designer paper series
Night & day speciality pack
Tools
Crop o dile
Stamp a ma jig
Circle punches
Trimmings
Jumbo eyelets

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up and are available to purchase through me.

Day 5 & I am still here & still creating

Well to my amazement I am still managing to create a card a day.

The week got stranger & due to having no staff it was quite tiring so coming home & creating was very relaxing.

But guess what arrived today?

My Preview of the new Mini catalogue that goes live on 1st April
If anyone would like a copy of this mini to salivate over then drop me a line & as soon as they arrive with me I will make sure that yours is in the post to you.

So day the card for day 5 is a simple one.


Cardstock
Green galore
Pixie pink
Pretty in pink

Ink
Brocade blue
Green galore

Punches
1 3/4" Circle 117405
1 3/8" Circle 110105
1 1/4" circle 110104
1" circle 110106
Boho blossoms 113651

Papers
Bashful blue designer series papers 113648

Also used the distressing tool from the cutter kit 110090

I am loving these punched flowers & using the whole range of the Stampin' up circle punches makes achieving these beautiful very easy indeed & no more searching the house for different sizes of bottle lids or circular items to draw round.

All of the above products are available to order through me as a Stampin' Up demontrator.