Hi Everyone,
It’s been
manic here with the lead-up to Christmas, going on caravan rallies and preparing
for
Sale-a-bration
which starts on 4th January 2024. If this is new to you, it’s an
annual event run by Stampin’Up! and they give away free product with every £45
of orders (€60) that you place. There is a booklet (sorry can’t show you the
inside yet) of all the free goodies – some are free with £45 orders, some with
£90 and some co-ordinate with other SU products if you wish.
Today, I’m showcasing the Softly Stippled 12 x 12 DSP that you can choose with a £45
order. I love the delicate colour palette – Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon, Pebbled
Path, Pool Party and Wild Wheat. These co-ordinate with the Stipples Roses
bundle in the new mini catalogue -also starting 4th January 2024,
but I don’t have this yet and we all have a budget so I went with what I have
for stamps. I used the Softly Sophisticated stamp set – another SAB item that
comes with an embossing folder in a bundle with £90 (120€ order.
Today’s project is a little clutch bag that opens to reveal
two accordion-fold pull outs for photos and two corner pockets to pop tags for journaling
or place other mementos. Wouldn’t this be lovely for
memories of the Christmas season, a special outing or really any occasion
with these pretty DSP.
Here are the cutting measurements
|
|
Imperial |
Metric |
US |
|
Base card |
11 ¾ x 7 7/8 |
29.5 X 20 |
11 x 7 7/8 |
|
Score long side |
3 7/8, 4 8, 8 1/8 |
10 /10.5 /20.5/21 |
|
|
Accordion x 2 |
11 ½ x 3 3/4 |
|
11 x 3 ¾ and scrap 1 x 3 3/4 |
|
Score long side Score scrap US only |
3 11/16, 7 7/16 11 1/8 |
9.3 / 18.9 / 28.3 |
3 11/16, 7 7/16 ½” on short side and glue to fit the accordion matching score lines |
|
Corner pockets |
4 1/2 x 4 |
10.5 x 10.5 |
4 1/2 x 41/2 |
|
Score Cut diagonally in half |
All sides ½” |
1 cm all sides |
All sides ½” |
I decided to have mat and layers for the outside front and
used pebbled path 1/8” smaller and the DSP 1/8” smaller again. At first I cut
the front straight but after looking through the bags in my wardrobe chose an offset angled cut for the
front overlap. The point is about 3” (7.5cm) from the left edge and cut about 1
1/2”(3cm) up the side but try out on a piece of copy paper until you find an
angle that you like! To cut the angled mat and layer, I placed them all
together centrally at the bottom to make sure they all had the same angle and then
trim the top edge if needed.
Inside, adhere the accordion folds to each side and cover
the tabs with DSP. I didn’t mat these because of adding bulk to the inside. If
you decide to do this, make the gussets deeper and have a narrower overlap on
the front of the card. If adding photos to all panels, don’t add DSP first – I just
wanted to show off the gorgeous designs.
to close, I stamped the flower from Softly sophisticated set
but masked off the top sprig using tape when inking and removed before
stamping. The flowers were stamped in pool party ink and fussy cut, then
adhered, as I had masked the main stamp. I used the rectangle die from Nested
Essential dies for the closure and backed with Pebbled path. these were added
with dimensional foam pads to allow the twine to wrap around underneath. The Bakers
twine is from 3 colour pack in a new set
in the Spring mini catalogue.
I did try to video the making of this but my phone stopped –
just a nightmare and then Christmas caught up with me!!! I do hope you give this project a go because
the papers are lovely and just think how good family photos would look in a
little gift to a family member! So much better
to view physically and not just on your phone.
My very best wishes to you all for 2024. Let’s hope we all
stay healthy and make a few dreams come true. Do you make New Year Resolutions?
I have to sort out my Craft room! A huge destash is long
overdue and I have been trying to find the will to do this – but then I get
side-tracked by a fresh delivery and such lovely products to start playing
with. This year!!!!
You can order SU products through me at https:www.stampinup.uk?demoid=5060154
or go to www.stampinup.com, click on your country
code (top left) and search for me by name in the top green bar - Lesley Kilby -
and my photo should pop up!
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leave me a few kind words as they all help to make my projects more visible to
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As
always, I hope you give this fold a try and please message me on my Facebook
page or tag me on IG posts so I can see your makes.
You can
contact me via messenger or email: lkilby3591@gmail.com
Thanks so
much for stopping by - I appreciate you all so much.
Lesley x
SU
Products used with order numbers: you cannot order the first 2 items before 4th
January 2024! If you have a long wish list you may want to try being a
demo and join up to get wonderful offers – message me or email for details
Softly Stippled SAB 12 x 12 DSP
#162975 – free with a £45 (60€) order
Softly Sophisticated stamp and
embossing folder bundle SAB #162947 free with £90 (120€) order
Calypso Coral card stock #124392
Pebbled path stock #161731
Wild wheat ink pad #161651
Pool party ink pad #147107
Simply Shammy stamp cleaner
#147042
Paper trimmer #152392
I'd be lost without this !!!!
Paper snips scissors #103579
Multi-purpose liquid glue #
