Pop-up card boxes - February classes

By request for this month's card classes, we will be making these fun pop-up card boxes.

Everyone will receive full instructions on how to make them, and then you can make as many as you like within the class!

Although they look complicated, once you have made one, they are really simple. All of the designs above fold flat to fit a standard C6 envelope. The best tools to make these are our Simply Scored scoreboard, and/or our Stampin' Trimmer. Grab some designer paper (or stamp your own),  add some stamped images to decorate and you will have a great design in no time at all.

These cards are suitable for many occasions and all ages. Why not book in and have a go?
Warning: these fun cards are really addictive!
Use them with your existing stamps and die cuts.

Class Dates

Brackley (Evenley): Tuesday 26th February 1-3pm and 7-9pm

Milton Keynes (Stacey Bushes) TBC shortly.

EMAIL me to check on Stacey Bushes dates, or to book your slot at Brackley classes.

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Coffee and Card back in full swing

I love my coffee and card sessions which I run twice per week, at 2 different locations - Brackley and Towcester, Northamptonshire, UK. It's a great social event, with people meeting up and crafting together in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. I keep the projects simple #simplestamping as the cards are designed to suit beginners as well as experienced crafters. The focus is on the social aspect as much as the crafting itself.

Here is the lovely Pat, colour co-ordinating Calypso Coral

For those people that want to experiment further with their cardmaking, they can join one of my 4 card classes held each month in Brackley and Milton Keynes.

Last week we used a fabulous new stamp set called Incredible Like You.  Not only do I love the images themselves, but the sentiment style and wording is great.

 Here are some of the cards we made - there were 2 styles, one incorporating the stripe design in the background, with some fussy cutting out of the flowers and the other stamping on a Whisper White strip and layered onto the fantastic Gingham papers. This design was inspired by another Demonstrator, I will try and find out who it was and acknowledge them.

Thanks to Chris Bell at our Monday session for the idea of using ribbon scraps in this way.

Ever popular Highland Heather colour card, ink and matching papers

 We used our Whisper White notecards and envelopes for all these cards. They are a useful size at 3.5" x 5" - not too big to fill for new card makers. You could of course scale these up for standard A6 cards.

You can click on any of the images above and you will be directed to my online shop where you can see all the information about this stamp set. To view the GINGHAM PAPERS you can click here.

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