Fancy Folds Class - 25 February 2012

Hello Everybody!

Sorry I've been a bit slow at getting this month's class sorted and up on the site - had quite a busy month with one thing and another.

The class this month is called "Fancy Folds" and will entail us making four cards that are a little bit different than your bog standard one fold card. Let me take you through them:

First of all we have this beautiful free standing pop up card. Despite the appearance, it does fold down flat to fit in a normal C6 envelope! For this card we will be using the Everything Eleanor stamp set and one of my favourite colours at the moment - Pool Party.

Next is the Double Pocket Fold card. This is a super versatile card in that, as well as the normal card fold in the middle, it has two pockets on the front, meaning it can hold extra writing, photographs, gift cards, or anything you may wish to include.

The third card is called the Double Dutch Fold. This is made using the new You Are Loved set which is in our Spring Mini catalogue (one of my favourite sets at the minute!) A lovely unusual card.

Last but not least is the Side Step card made into a dresser with a dress on a hanger. This card can be altered for many occasions including a baby card or a wedding card.

For this class, everything will be cut and prepared for you, but full instructions will be given for you to recreate the cards at home.

If you would like to attend this class, the price is £10. Just get in touch with me at hello@steelcitystamper.co.uk to book your place.

TFL! Joanne x

Spiced Bookmark

Hi Everybody!

Here's a quick bookmark I made using some of my favourite products at the moment.

The cardstock is Pool Party and the papers are the new Spice Cake DSP (124003) from our new Mini Catalogue.

There is also a stamp set in this suite that I used on the background of the bookmark, this is called Spiced Paisley (127155).

Also available in this range are fabrics, buttons and delicious Vanilla Velvet ribbon. They're only available until the end of April, so if you like them get them while you can!

On the back of this bookmark I used the Letter It Alphabet (122840) to personalise it with my friend's initial and an adorable butterfly from the SU! exclusive Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die (118138).

Hope you like it!

TFL! Joanne x

IT'S SALEABRATION TIME!!

It's here at last, a little later than last year, but it's Saleabration time again! YAY!

For those of you who don't know, from today until 31st March, for every £45 you spend you can receive one of the following gorgeous stamp sets or paper stacks absolutely free! Also, if you have a workshop that totals £300 or more, you also get a free set!

So without further ado, allow me to introduce them to you!

This set is Elementary Elegance.  A beautiful set which co-ordinates with many other SU! sets, most notably Artistic Etchings.  Note that the inside of the main frame is tailor made for the Curly Label Punch (119851).
 

This set is called Outlined Occasions and is perfect for any celebration you can think of.  It looks fab coloured in with blender pens where you can shade the lettering!

Sprinkled Expressions is the next set and is so much fun! It's great for making sets of cards to give away as gifts and suits a multitude of events.

Now, I have to confess that this set, Fresh Vintage, is my favourite.  Anyone who knows me knows I love Vintage and this set is just superb.  What's more, you will notice that the square stamp has an outline - in the new mini catalogue there is a postage stamp punch to match!

But that's not all, this year we have more than just stamp sets.  Get a load of this!

Everyday Enchantment papers.  They are absolutely lushness personified! The keen eyed amongst you will have noticed that they actually match the Fresh Vintage stamp set, so if you can stretch to £90 in sales they can both be yours!

All of the beautiful stamp sets are available in a choice of either wood mount or unmounted rubber.  The gorgeous papers come in a pack of 12 sheets - 2 sheets each of 6 double-sided designs.  Plenty for all your cardmaking and scrapbooking needs!

If you'd like to place an order or book a workshop, please get in touch!

TFL! Joanne x

New Class - Delft Tile Album

Hello Everybody!

It's been a hectic few weeks what with the school holidays and all. Anybody with kids will understand I'm sure!

So, without further ado, here is my latest class! The class will take place on Saturday 27th August at Beauchief Baptist Church, Hutcliffe Wood Road, Sheffield. It will run from 10.30am until we finish, but probably until around 2pm.

I have called this class Delft Tile Album. We will be doing no stamping in this class, but instead using the gorgeous Blueberry Crisp Designer Series Papers to make an album with tons of room for lots of photos and journalling.  Perfect for cataloguing all those Summer trips!

Inside there are six pages which are made by folding the paper in an origami fashion. This helps to create the different compartments.

Each page has a front as shown, plus, once turned over, you will see it has a flap which lifts up and also a slide out section for more display space.

For this class you will receive half a pack of Blueberry Crisp DSP, cardstock and embellishments - everything you need to complete this album.  Also, of course, there will be hot beverages and all you can eat cake! All of this for the price of £10. 

If you'd like to book a place, please got to my website HERE. Please note I will need final numbers by Friday 19th August so hurry!

Hope to see you there!

TFL! Joanne x

Christmas in July!

Hi Everybody! This is just a quick post to let you know that I have prepared my latest class for July.  In keeping with tradition, I am doing a Christmas in July class this month using the Welcome Christmas set. During the class we will make four cards and a gift bag as shown above.  Here's a look at the four cards in detail:

This card is made using using punch art and embossing folders to create a clever fireplace scene.  The little bows are quite fiddly, but I love making them, so they will all be done for you!

This is a very simple card using the ever popular Big Shot Top Note die.  By making this card we will be using the masking technique.

A beautiful card made with the clever use of sponging or brayering and a Stamp-a-ma-jig.

This card uses Serene Snowflakes as well as the Welcome Christmas set to make a beautiful frosty card.

The gift bag matches the above card, so it can be given as a set if you like. The bag is decorated completely with the Serene Snowflakes.

If you'd like to come to the class it will be taking place on Saturday 23rd July at 10.30am at Beauchief Baptist Church.  Full details can be found at my website HERE.

TFL! Joanne x

One Great Year Album

Here's an album I did recently using the One Great Year scrapbooking kit (#118705 - £17.75).

This wasn't my idea, I got the instructions for the album from Andrea Walford and her Family Treasures Scrapbook class. Family Treasures is a scrapbook kit that is no longer available, so I used the same album design, but rejigged it myself using one of our latest kits.

What's even better is that you only need half of the kit to make this, so you could make two - one for yourself and one as a gift! Here are the other pages:

On the left are two tags that pull out for photos or journalling.

On the right you will see that behind the Elegant Eggplant mat is another pull out for journalling.

Lots more space for journalling!

Another pull out on the left behind the green mat.

Another pull out on the right.

I absolutely love this kit as it lends itself perfectly to this type of album. The only extras I had to add were a few clips from the clip assortment (#112580 - £7.95) and Basic Black tafetta ribbon (#119962 - £6.25). It was quite time consuming, but completely worth it. The design of the album is beautiful when finished and well worth the extra effort!

TFL! Joanne x

New Class - 21 May 2011!

I love the new Stampin' Up! Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper. It's so lovely and summery in a Cath Kidston type of way.  Because of this, it lends itself beautifully to the bargello technique which I will be teaching at my next class.  This produced a gorgeous "quilted" effect paper which is great to use on cards or scrapbook pages or albums.

As well as making our quilted paper, we will also be making this cute little 6"x6" mini album, which is based on a never ending card. Here's a few more pictures of the other faces of the album:

I've used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder for the embossed panels.

The little quilted hearts come from our handmade quilt paper.

As you can see, there's plenty of room for little photos.  I printed out a contact sheet with my photos on of our recent holiday and just used those.

This class is priced at just £10.  Included in the price will be half a pack of the beautiful Springtime Vintage Designer Series Papers and cardstock to complete the project. We will make a large enough sheet of quilting to emable you to have plenty left to make a couple of cards as well as the album. All you need to bring is your paper trimmer, scissors and your favourite double sided sticky tape, although I will have of spares. Everything else will be provided.


The price includes hot beverages and cake for sustenance, but please bring your own lunch (there's a very good sandwich shop opposite the church). To book, please either pay via my website HERE, or contact me by email to book a place and pay me on the day.

TFL! Joanne x

New Class - 30 April 2011!

Hello Everybody!

Just a quick post telling you about my latest class which will be held at Beauchief Baptist Church on Saturday 30 April. 

First of all we will be making an ingenious little mini album using origami techniques.  This album is big enough to hold 8 different inserts for your photographs and journalling.  But that's not all!

We will also be making a beautiful little box using the SU! exclusive envelope die and five small cards to put in it.  Here's a close up of all the cards we will be making:

The papers and goodies we will be using are all taken from the new mini catalogue.  You will receive half a pack of the Sweet Stitches Designer Series Papers, ribbons, buttons, pins, embellishments AND also the wonderful new Pattern Pieces stamp. 

During this class we will learn new techniques of ruching ribbon and faux needlework, as well as different techniques to do with your stamp including making a background and paper piecing.

The whole class is available for £20.  If you'd like to come along then you can book through my website here.

TFL! Joanne x

It's here!!

The new Mini Catalogue goes live today and it contains the Big Shot!  Have a look on the right hand side of the page.  Just click on the image and it will take you through to the PDF. Hopefully I'll be back in the next few days with some samples.  But for the meantime, enjoy!

TFL! Joanne x

Card Candy Blog Hop!

Hello Everybody!

Maybe I'm the first blog you've visited on this hop, or maybe you've just seen the gorgeous card candy of the very talented Jan.  Either way, welcome!

Myself and two of my Teamies, Sara and Jan, all share a love for Card Candy.  So after the success of our last blog hop, we thought we'd do another one sharing our passion!

This is the card candy I did:

This set is Bundle of Love.  The colours I used are Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Baja Breeze.  I apologise for the state of my pictures, I need a new camera!

Sara and Jan both really liked the chest of drawers I made.  This is easily done with a rectangle of Crumb Cake cardstock measuring approximately 6.5cm x 7.5cm, the Word Window punch finishes the chest off across the top and the drawers are made with the Modern Label punch. The little feet at the bottom are the 3/4" circle punch. The drawer handles are made from our beautiful pearls.

All the colouring in was done with markers and a blender pen. The scalloped circles around the main poem are made using two of the Large Flower punch in Daffodil Delight.

I hope you like them and I'm now going to pass you on to the lovely Sara.  Believe me, you're in for a treat - her card candy is stunning!

TFL! Joanne x

Happy New Year! It's Saleabration Time!!

Hello Everybody and a Happy New Year to you all!  Here's a quick card I made to go out to some of my customers enclosing something very special - the Saleabration brochure!

For those of you who don't know, Saleabration lasts from 30 December to 28 February. During this time, for every £45 you spend on Stampin' Up! goodies, you get an exclusive, limited edition stamp set absolutely free! The stamp sets this year are absolutely beautiful.  As can be seen below:

The above set is called Bliss

This set is Punch Bunch

This one is So Happy For You

And this one (which has come out smaller for some reason) is Sweet Summer.

The favourite so far seems to be the Punch Bunch. This is even better when you know that we will be getting the Owl Punch in the new mini catalogue which will be available on 1 April!

If you'd like more information, or would like to place an order, just let me know. I'll be making some samples in the coming weeks, so watch this space!  Now I'm off to carry on devising my classes for this year.

Take care and thanks for looking!

Joanne x

Hello Everybody!

Well, I think it's about time, don't you?  Not blogged for ages, what with one thing and another.  Had so much on and just never found the time.

Anyway, myself and one of my lovely local downlines, Sara and her downline, Jan, are doing a mini blog hop showcasing layouts done of photographs taken at Convention and here's mine!

I decided to do the photograph in black and white as I know Jan loves these Lap of Luxury papers and everytime I see them I now think of her!

I love making the flowers - they remind me of an anemone or water lily.  These are made by punching lots of baubles with the bauble punch (approximately 15) and them sticking them around a scallop circle. They're dead easy but very effective I think.

As for the Pearls and Rhinestones - I just can't get enough of them! I love a bit of bling on my stuff!

Anyway, I know Jan and Sara both have gorgeous layouts to show, so here's a link to Sara's beautiful blog and her layout.

Bye for now, and I won't leave it as long next time, I promise!

Joanne x

ETA: Thanks everyone for the lovely comments, especially about my flower.  This is not my idea, I can't remember exactly where I first saw it, but we had a wonderful demonstration of it from Julie Kettlewell at Convention too! I just wanted to say that. There's no way I'm clever enough to come up with an idea like that! LOL!