I have actually heat embossed!!!

I have created this folder of papers goodies as part of a swap over on UKS

I hope that the person I made it for likes green!I started out with a 12x12 sheet of Bazzill Smoothie ardstock, then stamped using Versamark ink & embossed using clear powder for the bigger image & lime green for the smaller ones. I then measured & cut out the 4 corners. I made fold marks using my Scor-Pal (I love this bit of kit) as shown below. I then made a couple of holes in the back of the folder to thread the ribbons through!

Next I made an ATC sized pocket with more Bazzill smoothie, to hold hand stamped journaling cards, adding ribbon to tie!

Next I decorated the front by holding a snowflake template {these were a set of freebies with Papercraft Inspirations Magazine, given to me by a friend} I then patted my Pearl Paint Dabber {another product I would hate to not have in my crop bag} to create the snowflake & allowed to dry!

{TOP TIP} There will be a lot of paint left on the template, don't waste it, choose a piece of cardstock & lay the template carefully on it, this will create a negative image

When completely dry, I then added a large gem flower & glued a smaller on in the middle, before embellishing the snowflake with gemstones. I then made holes for the ribbons!

I used a stamp that I had in one of my Scrapagogo kits earlier in the year to make the journaling cards. It will all be enclosed in the embossed folder, along with some cards & envelopes & a extra few goodies that I won't disclose here.

Now all I hope for is that the person that I am posting this too, will like it too!

Another of my September DT makes!

I had so much fun making this little bag, I used plain card stock and stamped it all over with a pink ink, so that it just gave a hint of pattern to the design. I then used strips of patterned paper to make some paper beads for the handle. Used a cute brad to imitate the closure and drew faux stitching to finish!
This is definately something that I will make again, they would make excellent gift boxes for jewelry, chocolates etc. for giving token gifts!

My ScrapaGoGo Retreat & Passport

The ScrapaGoGo Retreat will be extra special for me because, it will be the very 1st retreat that I have ever been too, plus it will be Scrapagogo's 1st time hosting a retreat & I am a proud member of the Design Team.

I will tell you a little bit more about the retreat in the build up to it, but the retreat weekend begins on Friday 6th June.

In the build up Lorraine & Janice have set a couple of pre retreat challenges over on the Clubhouse & one of them is to create a Passport for the occasion. All the members have been split up into 3 groups known as Orange, Green & Yellow. I am in the Orange group, so thats the colour theme for my passport, this will contain information of the classes, along with paper swatches & times of each class. emergency contact numbers & my subscription member card.
I'm pretty sure that I will have thought of a few more pages to add before I am finished as well. I will also add my photo as well at some point, I will try to get a suitable one at the wedding on Saturday!