A very looong pillow… BOX

Hello there, phew I am back to reality with a bang!! I have been exhausted all day yesterday trying desperately to get sorted and back on track so if you are waiting for a reply from me please give me a few days to fully catch up with everything. We all had such a relaxing break in Greece. I spent lots of quality and fun time with my fave people ever. We enjoyed lazy days starting in the pool with Luca perfecting his diving skills took naps or read in the shade after lunch when the sun was to fierce followed by afternoons spent on the perfect beach building sand castle and swimming in the warm waters BLISS!! We returned home having built some wonderful memories that I cannot wait to scrap. I will upload some photos once I get them off my camera.

Today I am sharing some fun pillow boxes made for the exclusive tutorial I send every month to all my Virtual Club members. (to find out more and if you would like to join one please look HERE)

The colours were suggested by the very handy Colour Coach that can be found in the main Stampin’Up! catalogue. They are Night of Navy, Pretty in Pink and Pear pizzaz.

I love how cute they turned out and the long ones would make perfect containers for a nail kit or a long lipstick/mascara etc.

Here’s the list of supplies: All products Stampin’Up! unless otherwise stated.
PAPER: Night of Navy, Pretty in Pink and Pear Pizzaz
INK: Regal Rose for sponging, pear pizzaz and basic black for stamping
STAMPS: Four Frames, sentiment from the Just Believe set
TOOLS: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, beautiful wings emboslit die, decorative label punch, sponge daubers.
, ACCESSORIES: Pear Pizzaz twill tape, rhinestones

The butterflies were sponged using Regal rose in and their bodies adorned in rhinestones.

Right I am off as I have a lovely lady arriving soon to demonstrate the wonderful Thermomix for myself and a few friends. I am so excited about it, I am sure I will let you all know how it went. But before I go I do  want to thank you all for the wonderful comments you left for me during this past week (and emails). I loved reading how much you enjoyed getting frequent updates and this is something that I hope to be able to carry on doing, however I am sure you know that life has a habit of getting in the way somewhat so I do not promise but I WILL TRY . I definitely won’t be posting this Saturday as I have to prep for my Christmas Club. I still have a few more spaces left if you would like to attend see the sneak peeks below. Please get in touch if you would like more info. You will be making 8 pretty cards 2 of each design for only £12.50 or FREE with a £35 order. My email is telemech01ataol.com

Till next time BIG HUGS xxx

 

 

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Vintage Daisy

Hello there I hope you’re having a great week, I have been so busy at work lately and I find I am worn out by the time I get home, but is nearly weekend again so onwards and upwards.
I have a few friends who are experiencing a bit of a tough time right now and I needed to make some sweet cards to brighten their day.
I am still working on the vintage and layering style and I had another go.

I have used a vanilla card blank and layered some Newsprint designer paper. Next I brayered some so saffron ink over the blank and the paper, I find that the quickest way to add a bit of shading to anything big or small is with the brayer. The crumb cake layer was embossed on the Big Shot. Next I cut some daisies from Pink Pirouette card and edged them in pretty in pink ink. The butterfly from Strength and Hope was stamped in black, cut out then positioned on the scrunched flower. Bling, I added some bling of course then stamped a decorative frame in Baja breeze and punched out. The sentiment from Sincere Salutations was stamped and punched with the large oval. I didn’t stop there though, oh no!! LOL I cut some swirls and added some crumb cake seam binding which ended up being ruffled.

And then I called it quits, above a closer view of the main group, I really like this pink is nice and very subtle. I hope the girls enjoyed my card and I hope you did to :).
Right off  I got o bed now do come back soon as I am launching a new Christmas Card Club this year and you might be interested.
Thank you for visiting see you soon, till then big hugs Monica xx