Been a hot one......

Well we have have certainly been experiencing muggy weather and fantastic storms this week. But with a fan at my side that hasn't been able to stop me from crafting this week - even if the blogging has been missing.
Wednesday saw this months "Create with cake" workshop where we worked on scrapbook pages. We used the new -in colours for our base card and the gorgeous papers from the "All Abloom" paper stack where evident all around the room. This one seems to be a hit with everyone. Here are a couple of the pages that 2 of the girls posted to Facebook. I am always amazed how the people in the group can take an idea and create something so very individual and unique.

And for those of you who are wondering this week's cakes were a mars bar slice and Anzac biscuits (not anthrax biscuits as someone thought...).

Also this week I have been getting ready for a training day I am attending tomorrow, where I will get to wallow in all things Stampin' Up. It is customary at these events to take swaps. You create a bundle of small projects, e.g. a card front and take them along. You then swap them with others there for one of there projects and by the time you come home you have a box full of inspiration from other people's crafty genius.

I have used the kinda eclectic stamp set for my swaps. They are still under wraps at the moment but this is a card I made using this stamp set a few days ago

I am loving this stamp set and have a particular fondness for the leaves. I think this is a stamp set that will never have time to gather dust on the shelf. The butterflies match the two butterfly punches. Another essential item in my stash. And that row of dots, close up, have little letters running through them reminiscent of typewritten script. 

I simply stamped the sunburst stamp onto a piece of whisper white card (5cm wide) with hello honey ink. I then used my scallop tag punch to shape the end. Onto the front of the notecard I stamped some leaves in mossy meadow and the row of dotty letters in tangelo twist. The tag was added across the top using dimensionals to lift it. I have added some of the new ribbon in mossy meadow. This ribbon is beautiful and luxurious. The final touch was some butterflies, the larger butterfly stamped in tangelo twist and the smaller one in hello honey. These were then punched out and layered up and shaped.

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

If you want to look at any of these items in closer detail just click on the picture. Alternatively you can always browse the catalogue using the link on the right.. and while you are there check out this week's weekly deals. There are some good items in there.