Friday night workshop

I thought I would pop on and share the projects we made last Friday night at Sharron’s workshop.

Sharron has had the Milk Carton die for a while and wanted me to demonstrate some of the ways to use it.  So I demonstrated this cute little double milk carton carrier that I found on Elizabeth Hurst’s blog.  I used Old Olive card for the Milk Carton and stamped it with my So Swirly  jumbo wheel using Old Olive ink.  After assembling the box, I added the flower from Season of Joy which was stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto Whisper White card and cut out.  I also stamped one flower using Old Olive ink, cut it out and then cut it in half to add leaves to my flower.  These were attached using mini glue dots and I also added a small Clear Rhinestone to the centre of the flower.   Lastly we added a clip from the Clips Assortment to close the carton.

The box is Cherry Cobbler cardstock (all the dimensions for this are on Elizabeth’s blog).  I used a strip of striped Designer Paper from the Jolly Holiday series to wrap about the box and added a label cut using Whisper White card, the Big Shot and the Lots of Tags sizzlet.  I used my Cherry Cobbler marker to ink the Merry Christmas (from Season of Joy)  and stamped it onto the tag, which is attached to the box to cover the join in the designer series paper.  The last touch was a piece of Old Olive Satin ribbon tied through the handle of the carrier.

The second project you will recognise as the same as the ones I did with my granddaughters the other day.  This one actually has chocolates and some ribbon, but I decided to change the ribbon on the night to the 1/8″ white taffeta and I made a loop at the back before tying the bow so that it could hang on the tree.

Sharron loved the projects and I was really happy to show her how to use her Milk Carton die.  Sharron is vision impaired and I am stunned at how clever she is and what amazing things she does with paper and ink. 

The last project was this card which everyone made.  The card has a base of Cherry Cobbler to which we added a layer of Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper.   We added 3 silver brads to the lower right hand corner of the designer paper before attaching it to the card front.   The whisper white piece on the left was run through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, layered onto Cherry Cobbler card and attached to the card front.  We stamped the tree from Season of Joy onto Whisper White card using Old Olive ink and layered it onto Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler card before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals.  We added a few Clear Rhinestones for just the right amount of “bling” on the tree.  Sharron also loved the rhinestones because they already have adhesive attached and she found them quite easy to add to her card.

If you would like me to come to your home and show you how to get the most from your Stampin’ Up! products (and earn some FREE product as well) then contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au) to discuss.

Bye for now, Kris.