Extravaganza Day

Yesterday I attended a Stampin' Up Extravaganza day with the talented Jenny of Stamping Moments  to showcase their new catalogue which launched on Tuesday.  It was a very 'full on' day with some lovely projects as usual.  Jenny always does us proud with great ideas and everything so well prepared for all of us which must be a mammoth task for her as there were around 30 people there.  I'm posting a general picture of the projects we made (now it is on screen it seems a bit blurry - sorry) but if you want to see more detailed pictures there are some to be found here on Karen's blog and also some images on Jenny's blog too..  I didn't completely finish any of the projects yesterday but carefully brought home all the bits and pieces and this morning I've finished them off.  I have a couple of family birthdays this month so the birthday organiser wallet and card/box containing chocolates may well be part of a couple of gifts.  That is of course unless I'm tempted to eat the choccies although don't really fancy them in this hot weather when I'd rather stick to salads and fruit. The tin contains five little notelets/cards with envelopes and the small gift card on the left is a little wallet which could hold a voucher or money.

A Shutter Card

Shutter cards seem to be popular at the moment and here is my variation of one seen on Jenny's blog - Stamping Moments. I used card from my stash and some stampin Up papers and stamps from the Touch of Nature set. I quite enjoyed making this although it does involve quite a bit of measuring and cutting.

A Snowy Morning

Lots of snow around so what better excuse to stay in and craft. I made this box yesterday after seeing one on Stamping Moments blog. The paper I used has apricot coloured roses and the ribbon and card were chosen to tone but unfortunately in the photograph the rose paper appears to be pink which is a shame as it all matches well.