Love Notes for the New at SU! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. I am so happy to be creating again. I had a poorly shoulder so I had a bit of an enforced break from crafting. Sigh! Anyway I am super happy to be hopping again - we are a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. The theme this month is Handcrafted Hearts. Projects that focus on Love, Weddings, Anniversaries or Valentines are the order of the day and as I love anything heart shaped this is right up my street!

As soon as I saw the Love Notes Designer Series Paper I could visualise these cards! They are simple cards, using some of my go to card recipies, allowing the DSP to shine! I have teamed the papers up with words from the Reason to Celebrate stamps and the shapes from the Endless Love dies.

The split front of the card allows two patterns from the DSP to shine and then a die cut heart forms the focal point. The words are heat embossed using white powder and mounted to make them pop.

Valentine's is raised on dimensionals to add a bit more interest. 

The next split front card uses the same heart shape but this time the decoration is a fussy cut flower arrangement, which is raised up on Dimensionals, instead of the words. For added decoration this time there are tiny die cut hearts and some of the Loose Valentine's Assortment embellishments together with a twist of Bakers Twine.

My other two cards use a square die from the Stylish Shapes to crop out one of the square images on the DSP, which I then used as a focal point. The papers are adorable, so I think my simple approach works!

Ordinarily I don't think I would mix pink and red, but with these papers, and especially for for Valentine's Day, I think it works. What do you think about Real Red and Flirty Flamingo together? I hope that you have been inspired by my cards today. Continuing along the hop to the others will provide you with even more project ideas - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to the next post, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

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Easy cards using the Christmas Tags & More Designer Series Paper for the New at SU! blog hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. This month we are showcasing Simple Christmas projects.

I am using the Christmas Tags & More Specialty Designer Series Paper together with the Greetings for You Ephemera Pack. The DSP has four different double sided designs (and you get 8 sheets of each) plus two sheets of pre-cut designs (there are 2 of each). For my cards today I selected the patterned sheet with the baubles.

I love making cards where the DSP does all the hard work for you. My first example is simplicity itself. The DSP is trimmed, added to a matting layer of Real Red and then to a Crumb Cake card base. All I did to complete the card was to add one of the luxurious sentiments from the Ephemera Pack.

Of course you could add ribbon or twine and a few sparkles to enhance it, but I decided not to. The simple brief is definitely fulfilled and not only is it speedy to make it is also completely flat so it will also be easy to post. 

My second variation includes a couple of the pre-cut bauble designs, popped up on dimensionals to create some height variation, and some Baker's Twine bows. 

The next version makes use of the Wreath embossing folder to add texture behind the baubles. The DSP is cut tighter around the baubles to create a smaller layer, around which Baker's Twine is wrapped before popping it up with dimensionals.

My final version is my favourite. It is a sketch that I use often. A slice is cut from the front flap of the card base and then both the front flap and the exposed panel of the card are decorated. In this way, you are able to showcase two patterns or textures. It's a stretch to call it a fancy fold but the non standard card front certainly adds a fun element. The piece of DSP I am using particularly lends itself to this design!

There are more steps to create this card, but I would still describe it as simple. I am quite fond of a production line to make multiples of cards and this one would fall into that category! The trickiest thing would be tying the Baker's Twine bow.

I am delighted, and surprised, that I have made a batch of cards with no stamping at all - they were quick, easy and fun to make. I hope that you have been inspired by my project today. Please continue along the hop to the others who will provide you with even more project ideas - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to the next post, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

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Do you need any of the products used on today's cards? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. The products I have used on today's project are linked from the images shown below.

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Gathering Together Treats for the New at SU! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. We are showing off fun ways to gift treats! Treats come in all different shapes and sizes, and boxes can be made any size too!

My treat boxes are sized to accommodate a gift card, or a simple bag of sweet treats or biscuits. All of which look amazing when presented in a box. These will be filled with sweets and presented as table gifts for my class attendees. These boxes can easily be scaled up for larger items.

The Gathering Together Suite has been parked on my desk for a while now - it's a suite that is particularly apt for the time of year. Days have a cooler, fresher start. Pretty rustic colours and crisp fallen leaves accompany me on my walk to work. It must be Autumn.

The design of my boxes is the same, but I have decorated them in three different ways. On the first, I stamped a selection of leaves on Crumb Cake, the second has a white base with stamped leaves using the same colours and the final one is decorated with DSP. 

The tops were decorated with a die cut label from the Traditional Labels Bundle stamped simply with Your friendship means the world to me and some Gold Striped Mesh ribbon. The label could be placed directly on top of the box as the lid fits over the base and as such the boxes are self closing. However, I wrapped the boxes with a belly band, for extra security, because the sweet treats I added were quite thick and I didn't want the boxes popping open!

These boxes turned out to be quite cute and I can already think of several other things to fill them with. I hope that my project has inspired you today. Continuing along the hop to the others will provide you with even more project ideas - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to the next post, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

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Do you need any of the products used for today's boxes? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. The products I have used on today's project are linked from the images shown below.

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