Stampers 10 meeting

Tonight was my once a month Stampers 10 meeting & we had nearly a full house, It was lovely for me to be surrounded with special Stamping friends as well as my daughter Abi who joined as, she usually works on a Thursday evening.

Well I'm sure if you've been following my blog over the last couple of weeks you will guess which stamp set we used tonight, yes you guessed right Scentsational seasons, I think that this is my new Christmas Favourite, especially with the Framelits making it easy to cut out your stamped images in No time at all.

Top Tip ~ To make a very quick & easy Background for any card that is guaranteed to match perfectly you need two simple items that I'm sure all of you have in your craft stash. A pencil with a rubber on the end & a Versamark ink pad. 

Simple using the rubber as your stamp, dip it into the versamark ink pad and randomly dot all over your card front remembering to stamp off the edges.................Cool and guaranteed to co-ordinate.

The second card that we made tonight is an Origami Christmas Tree, very simple yet very effective, this tree has 5 sections measuring 9cm, 8cm, 7cm, 6cm & 5cm square. Here is a link to the tutorial I used.

The smallest squares are a little tough to fold & a bone folder is a great tool for getting sharp creases.

The next stampers 10 evening is on Thursday 8th November I look forward to doing it all over again, the theme once again for the evening will be Christmas.

Inky Hugs until next time

Paper Wreath

I saw these on line whilst searching for the origami Christmas tree's & thought that I would try them out. 


Christmas Wreath

Instructions:
1. Cut 8 sheets of rectangle paper the same size where the length is double the width. The sheet size will depend on how large you want the wreath to be ( the wreaths in the photo use 4cm  x 8cm  sheets). Choose your favorite paper or mix and match patterned and solid styles.
2. Fold each sheet of paper down the center lengthwise (use a bone folder to make your folds nice and crisp). If using a patterned paper, make sure the pattern is showing when folded.
3. With the folded paper horizontal and the open edge at the top, fold down the corners (bring the top two corners down to meet the bottom edge of the paper, forming 45 degree angles).
4. Then fold the paper in half widthwise, keeping the angled flaps inside. Bring the points flush together. This is the final shape for each individual piece (3 straight sides, 1 angled side).
5. Repeat these steps for all 8 pieces of paper.
6. Take one of the pieces and hold the points together – look inside the shortest edge of the shape to find two pockets formed by the angled edges of the paper. Insert the points of a second piece into the two pockets of the first piece – push the second piece into the first until the points touch the bottom of the pocket.
7. Take a third piece and repeat step 6 using the pockets of the second piece…and so on. You will see your wreath take form as you build and repeat.
8. On the eighth and final piece the tips of the first piece will insert into its pockets, completing the circle. The center of your wreath should form an octagon shape.
9. Make adjustments to your pieces to even out the shape. For added strength, use small pieces of double stick tape inserted within the pockets to hold pieces firmly in place.
10. To hang your wreath, add ribbon by looping through the center of the wreath, or use a 1/8″ hole punch through one of the points then thread ribbon through.

The papers, ribbon & punch are from Stampin' up & are available to purchase through me as an Independent Creative coach