Stampin' Up! Curvy Keepsake Box Robin - My first video tutorial!

Oh my I finally plucked up the courage to make my first video tutorial! Lots of folk asked me how I made my cute curvy keepsake box Robin and a I've had other requests for 'how to' on other projects. Also this week a lovely lady called Brenda Quintana asked me if I minded her making a video tutorial of one of my cards and she said I should have a go at making my own videos.  That gave me the final nudge to try.  I hope you find it useful!

This Robin would make super tree hangings/ornaments, table favours, stocking fillers and more and I'd love to hear what you used yours for ......

Thanks for watching and if you like it I'll have a go at making more!

Zx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s3q5wdQAvQ

Chalk Talk

As well as Christmas Card Club I'm a member of a card club. We send a card in the mail each month to another member of the club.  I've not been very good at keeping up over the past 12 months, mainly as I wasn't well and struggled to keep on top of most things, but now things are better and so I'm hoping to keep up each month.  This card however is one that slipped through the net and I've now sent it to its rightful recipient.  

We have a challenge each month also and this one was to have an aperture somewhere on the front of your card. I've used Stampin' Up! Chalk Talk stamp sets and matching framelits for this and the tag is the same shape as the aperture and therefore the tag is inside the card.  I've embossed my card front with the Large Polka Dots folder which I absolutely love. It's just fun and really makes a card 'pop'.  I also made my own stencil with the 3/4" circle punch so that I could stamp the odd image onto random dots without marking the wrong part of the card.  I also adore the most recent set of Stampin' Up! in colours. Blackberry Bliss is probably my favourite with Lost Lagoon as a close second, but the whole set is yummy! 

Do you make aperture cards?

Don't forget to like my Facebook page Zoe Tant  UK Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator page to be in my blog candy draw by the end of November. 

Back soon. Zx

Christmas Card Club - Blog Candy Alert!!

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!!

Are you finding that the weeks are whizzing by far quicker than you would like?  I can't believe we are already onto another Christmas Card Club challenge and this time it's set by Karen   and we are using origami or tea bag folding on our cards.  Having not ventured into tea bag folding before and not an expert on origami I was relieved when I received a beautiful tag swap from my friend Jayne, a  fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator at the annual Stampin' Up! Convention in Brussels last month.  I've cased her tag having gently opened one layer of her cute tree to work out how to fold the papers.  Of course for a card I've enlarged it, but still managed to use the designer series paper stack Trim the Tree from the Stampin' Up! UK autumn/winter catalogue.  You can put on whatever background stamp you have to create a back drop mine is Hardwood and Jayne used Dictionary and I used a sentiment from the free  set that was on offer from Stampin' Up! last month Good Greetings.

BLOG CANDY DETAILS!!!

I have a Good Greetings stamp set to give away to someone.  To be in the draw all you need to do like my Facebook page Zoe Tant UK Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator  and leave a comment to say if you'd like wood or clear mount if you win.  Enter by the end of November and I'll draw a winner in December.

As you know I'm a fan of bling and so I was pleased to add a larger star of red glimmer paper using the Star framelits.

Today we're off to celebrate a friend's 60th so I'll share his card with you soon.  Don't forget to stop by the other lovely ladies in the Christmas card club. You can find their blogs listed in my left hand side bar.

Challenges
Crafty Hazelnut's Extra Christmas Challenge - Anything goes
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Zx

Simple elegance

Stampin' Up! Bordering Blooms with Wetlands sentiment

An elegantly simple card for you today with just one colour on a whisper white base but with various shades of that single colour.  I've used Pool Party, Lost Lagoon and Soft Sky shades.

1. 1. Stamp one of the bordering blooms along a piece of whisper white in Lost Lagoon.  
2. Adhere flowers punched from Pool Party card stock using one of the Itty Bitty Accents punch trio along the border.  
3. Add a pearl to each.  
4. Use whisper white bakers twine to add a touch of texture by wrapping it around the stamped layer several times and tie with a bow. 
5.  A sentiment stamped from the Wetlands stamp set in Lost Lagoon also.  
6. Gently sponge Soft Sky ink around the edge of this layer and the base card.
7. Use the Project Life corner rounder punch to soften the bottom corners of the stamped layer and base card.
8. Adhere the stamped layer to the base card using Stampin' Dimensionals. 

Simple but elegant and sent with love.

Zx

More congrats with Stampin' Up! Spiral Border Punch!

Stampin' Up! UK Summer Silhouettes

Ooops this should have been on show to you last week!! I've been so busy with Stampin' Up!, South Hill Designs UK and life.

We did a trip to Sheffield to do a bit of shopping and look what someone found for his Santa sack!

I shared a congrats card with you last Tuesday explaining that two of my good friends have been celebrating success recently. This is the second card I made and promised to share with you.

Although it isn't summer anymore the stamp set Summer Silhouettes is too pretty to hide away on your stamp shelf and so I've used it to make this card.  I've also used the new, back by popular demand Spiral Border punch.  If you missed it last time it was in the catalogue now is your chance to buy it at a sensible price rather than run the risk of paying out over the odds on auction sites. You can buy it brand new from my Stampin' Up! UK online shop.

Back soon to share another project. Zx

Stampin' Bravo to a special friend

Hi there, thank you for stopping by to see this one of two congratulations cards I'm sharing with you this week. Two good friends have both celebrating successes this week and so I thought it would be nice to send them a card to help in their celebrations.  

This one is a fun collection of word bubbles and stamps mainly from the Bravo Stampin' Up! set with a 'Yay' cut with the Circle Card Thinlits die.  I've used the Under the Tree designer series paper as my base card just to show that Christmas papers like dogs are not just for Christmas!! My bubbles are cut from the new kraft card stock which comes from the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue in packs of 12 x 12.  My colours are early espresso, melon mambo and rich razzleberry and although the 'pink' shades are from the brights using them on kraft card softens the brightness and creates a more subtle effect. Of course melon mambo embossing powder is more WOW than subtle but with this combo I think it works!  If you don't have any retired melon mambo powder you can still create it by inking your stamp first with versa mark, then melon mambo ink and then stamping and embossing with clear embossing powder.  A lighter finish, but this works for most colours, just don't work too hard on the mambo ink pad to preserve the versa mark on your stamp. 

Come back soon for my second congrats card!! 

Zx

Christmas Card Club - Snowmen

A card for my friend.

Christmas card club today and our challenger Lorraine has asked for snowmen. I have just the one, but he is kinda cute!  I used my new Epic Alphabet stamp set from the annual Stampin' Up! catalogue to stamp 'snow' and turned my cute little snowman from the Holiday Home stamp set to make the 'O'.  The greetings stamp is from Watercolour Winter too and to just get the 'greetings' part of the stamp I used a post it note to block of Season's before stamping.  My pretty snowflakes are from another winter catalogue set called Endless Wishes.  The colour combo is whisper white, real red and pool party.  As you know I love bling and so I"ve added odd rhinestones for the snowflakes and a string and bit of rhinestones to frame my snowman.

Today I'd like to dedicate my card to my lovely friend Emma Daye who very suddenly and sadly passed away on Thursday.  Emma and her hubby Andrew have suffered long and hard from more illness than anyone should have to deal with in one lifetime let alone as a couple.  Emma was a very talented crafter and graphic designer.  She had a smile for everyone and she and Andrew have remained committed to each other and a positive approach throughout their challenging journey together.  Our thoughts are with Andrew and their family at this very sad and difficult time.  You will be missed Emma for your friendship, talent and courage and so much more.  Rest in peace my lovely friend.

Zx