Balloon Celebration and Number of Years

Hi All

Here are full pics of recent cards we've made using the Balloon Celebration and Number of Years stamp set from the Spring/Summer catalogue.

I love how the background pop on this card which Barry made.

Other products used:

Brick Wall embossing folder

Gorgeous Grunge stamp set

Petite Petals Bundle

Flower Shop Bundle

Beautiful Bunch Bundle

Triple Banner Punch

Flower Fair Leaf Die

I like how the ink fades on the edges of the card which were sponged through the mask.

Other products used:

Happy Patterns Mask

Zig Zag Embossing Folder

Alphabet Rotary Stamp

I used a pigment pen to draw the border free hand and added dots on the 3 flowers.

Other products used:

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Little Letters Thinlits

Stampin' Write Markers

Hope you like them and thanks for looking.

'Til next time, happy stampin'

Jay

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Sale-A-Bration: Sky Is The Limit Inspirations

Hi All

Just wanted to share these recent cards using the Sky Is The Limit set which you can earn free during Sale-A-Bration. It is one of the limited free gifts which are only available until 15th February. 

Spritz background and used Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the image and text closely

Quick and simple with 2 panels

Used for the background with the Triple Banner and Itty Bitty punches

Using the Zig Zag embossing folder on the bottom half of the card.

Watercolour wash for the sky and Triple Banner punch to create the epaulette 

Shaped card using the Deco Labels framelits

Check out the other Stampin' Up! products used below.

Hope you like them. Thanks for looking

Jay

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February Class

Hi All

We can't wait for our next Stampin' Up! class on

Tuesday 23rd February

10am-12pm

Christ Church

Chineham, Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be making pre-planned projects to take home using the Number of Years Bundle with the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum (which you can earn during Sale-A-Bration) amongst other crafty products.

The class is £10 per person with refreshments available and all materials provided. Please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives, scissors and 3D foam pads (if you have them).

If you would like to join us on our next fun crafty class or need more information, contact us:

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for looking.

Barry and Jay

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Sheltering Tree weekly deal

Hello all

Hope your having a lovely relaxing sunday?

We just wanted to share with you the amazing Sheltering Tree stamp set which is on offer until Wednesday. It's a great versatile stamp which can be used for many occasions.

If you would like to own this amazing and fun stamp head over to our shop whilst it's at a great price.

Enjoy

Barry & Jay

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Balloon Celebration Bundle and Sale-A-Bration Free Stamp - Sky Is The Limit

Hi All

Here are the cards we made on our recent class using the Balloon Celebration stamps with the matching punch.

The stamp set and punch can be bought as a bundle with a saving of 15%. 

Products Used:

We used the Heat & Stick powder to apply Mica Powder to the card on the right. It's also great for Gilding Flakes and Glitter!

We also used the smooshing technique to create a unique background for the Sky Is The Limit card, whilst the Stamp-a-ma-jig helped to position the images exactly where we want them.

Products Used:

The Sky Is The Limit stamp set can only be earned for a limited time during Sale-A-Bration. 

It's a great time to purchase the products on your wish list from both catalogues to earn more products for free. Check out our Online Shop now.

Contact us if you have any questions or if you would like to join our next craft class:

Tuesday 23rd February

10am - 12pm

Christchurch

Chineham, Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 8LT

Thanks for looking and happy stampin'

Barry and Jay

Mitosu Crafts

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Free Gifts with Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration and Class Info

Hi All

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

We had a break from crafting just before Christmas but with Stampin' Up! launching Sale-A-Bration and a new Seasonal Catalogue, it's a great time to get started again. You can check out the new products on our Online Shop now.

Click the above photo for the Spring / Summer Catalogue

 The Sale-A-Bration brochure shows you free gifts for every £45 you spend. There's a time limit on some items so don't wait too long.

Click the above photo for the brochure

We will be using the Balloon Celebration Bundle and The Sky Is The Limit free stamps on our next class

Tuesday 26th January

10am-12pm

Christ Church

Chineham, Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome (18+)

The class is £10 per person. There's limited space so please reserve your place in advance and we can prepare enough materials for the day.

If you have any other questions or would like a catalogue, contact us on

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

Barry and Jay

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Tea Light Box

Hi all

At our last class we made a tea light box as a gift for the ladies that came along. We were also asked to post the instructions for making this box. So here it is.

Firstly as much as we would like to take the full credit for this, the dimensions were actually created using the website www.craftyowl.co.uk/boxbuster/

We have also used the Envelope punch board from Stampin' Up! which can be purchased from our online shop or by contacting us direct. 

Ok so now down to the fun stuff:

You will need to trim a piece of paper down to a 10.5cm square

now with this square paper & using your punch board, punch at 1" 1/2 and score & 2" 5/8 and score

  

rotate the paper round and line up the score lines you have just made with the score mark and punch and score again.



Do this on both score lines before rotating again. You need to repeat this on all four sides.

Once you have done all 4 sides, round the corners off using the other part of the punch board and cut in the tabs so the box will fold together.

You should now have a piece of paper which looks like this.

Fold and burnish all score lines and the using glue, stick together 3 side leaving one side open to act as the flap so you can put you tea light in. 

decorate to you liking and hey presto you have an amazing box.

         

We hope this makes sense but please contact us if you have any questions

All products are available to purchase from us direct or via our online shop. So if you don't have them already why not treat yourself to a fun Christmas present that will just keep giving.

Also the last date for ordering is Sunday 13th December for delivery before christmas.

Thank you for reading.

Happy Crafting and have a Merry Christmas

Barry & Jay 

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Stampin' Reward Code

Hi All

If you are purchasing items under £150 from our online shop please use this Stampin' Reward Code

valid until 15th December 2015

Ensure you allow us to contact you by NOT selecting 'No Contact' and you will receive a thank you from us on the post.

If your order is +£150, do not use this code so you can receive the rewards yourself.

Thank you for your support and happy shopping.

Barry & Jay

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November Class

Hi All

We've been absent for a few weeks on here but we've been crafting still when we can. 

Our October class went well and we can't wait for our next one at the end of the month at

Christ Church

Chineham, Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 8LT

Tuesday 24th November

10am-12pm

We will be using the Envelope Punch Board, Wonderous Wreath bundle and Lovely As A Tree set.

Contact us if you need more information and to book your space on

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

07746 921967

Thanks for looking

Barry and Jay

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October Class

Hi All

We will be demoing upstairs in Hobbycraft, Basingstoke tomorrow
Tuesday 13th October, 10am-12pm

Why not say hello, check out our inspiration table and even make a quick card?

We also have another stampin' class at the end of the month
Christ Church
Chineham, Basingstoke
Tuesday 27th October, 10am-12pm

We will be using the Envelope Punch Board to make a bottle box and mini crackers as well as a card using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits with a bit of embossing.

For more details, check out our website by clicking HERE

or contact us if you have any other questions.

Thanks for looking and hope to hear from you soon.

Barry and Jay

Mitosu Crafts

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Sleigh Ride Edgelits

Hi All

Hope you're having a great week so far. We had our class on Tuesday and used the Sleigh Ride Edgelits on our projects.

The sky was created by randomly applying 3 shades of blue inks with Stamping Sponges then using the Craft pigment ink with the Sponge Daubers for the moon and the clouds. Add a bit more of the blue inks to darken certain areas before using Gorgeous Grunge for the falling snow.

Use 7.5cm x 9.5cm card, align the top of trees edgelits to the top of the card and run through the Big Shot. For the houses edgelits, use 6cm x 9.5cm card.

Ink the edges, stamp the sentiment before adhering with stampin' pads. Apply glitter and use yellow glitter pen for the windows.

Quick and simple card, just add sentiment (from Christmas Cuties) and Gorgeous Grunge for the background.

Barry made another card for our class which we currently can't locate but will hopefully post in the future.

We also made a few more cards using the edgelits for our inspiration table

Colour combo was inspired by a game. The sentiment is from Wondrous Wreath and Endless Birthday Wishes. TIP: use cotton buds for finer details on the clouds if the daubers are too big.

This card can be flatten to easily put in an envelope. Barry created the scene by adding 1cm depth on both edgelits. 

Dimensions when opened 12.8cm x 10.5cm x 2cm

Black card 16.8cm x 10.5cm. Score at 2cm and 14.8cm

Houses 14.8cm x 8cm. Score at 1cm and 13.8cm 

Sleigh 14.8cm x 8cm. Score at 1cm and 13.8cm

Another card by Barry with 2cm depth using different inks. I couldn't quite get the lighting right for the glitter to show on this card :(

I also made 2 more after our class:

I made this card using the piece I started during class to demo how to do the clouds. I used the off cut of the edgelits as a stencil to add the silhouette. We were also talking about the super moon during class which I tried to recreate here.

I just love these colours and creating the clouds so I did another one with the off cuts as stencil.

Hope these inspires you to create something this weekend. Details of our demos and class this month can be found on our site - CLICK HERE

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.

Jay

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Stampin' Up Autumn Winter 2016 preview

Hi all

Thanks for stopping by. Not long now until the new Stampin' Up Autumn Winter catalogue goes live on the 1st September. 

One of the great benifits of being a Stampin Up demonstrator is that you get an early preview of the new products and we just wanted to share a few pictures if what we have created so far. The new catalogue has a great selection of Christmas and Halloween stamps and embellishments. 

All the stamps and other products used are available to purchase from September via our online shop or if you prefer you can contact us direct by email or phone to place your order.

If you would like to have a play with some Stampin Up goodies and your local to basingstoke why not come along to one of our card classes. More details can be found on the classes tab above.

We will post more pics of our creations as we make them. Hope you like what you see so far.

Thanks again for looking

Barry & Jay

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Class Projects

Hi All

We have another stampin' card class next week at

Christ Church (Hannah Moore Room)

Reading Road, Chineham,

Basingstoke, HAMPSHIRE

RG24 8LT

Tuesdady 29th September

10am - 12pm

where we will be making cards using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits and World of Dreams stamp set.

Contact us if you are interested in joining us at mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

Before then here's the projects we made on our previous class with the bokeh technique.

Thanks for looking and happy stampin'

Barry & Jay

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No Bones About It

Hi All

Here's another card using No Bones About It set which I am giving to a workmate who is leaving this week.

Black Card Base 14.8cm x 21cm folded in half to make A6

Very Vanilla card 8cm x 12.3cm for a 2.5cm border

Use the letterpress technique for the background. I used Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake Stampin' Markers to colour the Brick Wall embossing folder before running it through the Big Shot.

Distress the edges slightly.

Stamp the image and sentiment in black ink.

Sponge around the image and edges with Tip Top Taupe.

Use Pear Pizzazz and Always Artichoke markers to add 'moss' on the wall.

Adhere to black card base.

I am entering this to the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - 77 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - 279 Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guys - 88 Embossing Heat Or Dry

Hope he likes it as much as I do! What do you think?

Thanks for looking and keep on stampin'

Jay

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