Sorry for my lack of posts over the last few weeks, I have become a little bit time poor but hopefully I now gain more hours in the day to do more craft!
I have been playing around with the Designer Series Paper once again and have transferred my love of patchwork quilting into card making. By using the Hostess 'Patterns Pack II Designer Series Paper, I have made a 'patchwork' like card. I hope you like it, once again it just shows the versatility of the Designer Series Paper - I just love using them and coordinating the different patterns with the associated colours.

Designer Series Paper Scraps

I have been having a bit of a clean out of my drawers (not that you can tell!) and found some scrap pieces of Designer Series Paper which I have put to good use on some cards and I even covered a little note book.

Here are some samples of what you can do with your leftover bits of DSP...

With the notebook, I have utilised the Scallop Circle Punch, the 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punches and raised them with Stampin Dimensionals to give a 3 D effect. Colours are Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla and Rose Red for the Flower in the middle. The Stamp set is 'Think Happy Thoughts' which is a great set to use with the Circle Punches.

With the card, I used a 4inchxinch piece and cut it

on the diagonal, hiding the join with the black grosgrain ribbon.

I used the 'Short and Sweet' stamp set and the 1 1/4 inch

and 1 3/8 inch square punches for the mounting.

Hostess Promotion

During the months of June and July, if you host a Workshop in your home for you and your friends and your workshops sales reach over $600, you receive an extra $40 in Hostess Free Dollars! This means you would have at least $110 to spend within the catalogue!! What a great way to either start your collection of stamps, tools and accessories or add to your current supplies!! Even if you have previously held a workshop and some of your invited guests were unable to attend, this may be a good way to invite all your friends together again to have a lovely craft afternoon or evening and earn some great rewards at the same time!!

Please contact me if you would like to book a workshop to take advantage of this offer and we can set a date before the end of July.