Hello everyone, as I promised last week here are all the cards and projects that I showed at my technique class yesterday. The ladies spent most of the session getting to grips with the Two Step stamping technique using the Stamp-a-ma-jig but we also played with a lot of the new Photopolymer stampsets that are also designed for Two Step stamping. The class was about playing – there was no rush to make anything or get to the die cutting machine – it was a very relaxed affair!

I think the favourite stamp set of the bunch was Stippled Blossoms (which also happens to be one of my best ever purchases!) I love it and have used it a lot, but I’ve never done a class with it before now, so here was its chance to shine – and it didn’t disappoint.

I also love the new Bordering Blooms stampset which is Photopolymer and creates some wonderful borders. It has some matching elements in the Flower Patch stampset and I used both here to create this cute bag – an idea straight out of this year’s Catalogue.

I loved the idea of a bag and matching notelet, so I decided to CASE Stampin’ Up!’s genius creation – and I’m pretty pleased with how mine came out.

Such a simple idea, but very effective and easy to do with the Photopolymer set because you can see through the stamp to where you’re placing it – I did the central bursts first and then the outside flowers, but I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to then align my words!

The Flower Patch stampset took a while to grow on people, but the more you use it the better it becomes and the more things you can see to do with it. I CASE’d this lovely Blackberry Bliss card from Connie H in the US. As you can see it also highlights one of the great things about the Flower Patch stampset – yup, it has matching framelits!!!

All in all we had a lovely afternoon of stamping and everyone went home having mastered the art – but wanting to do more at home too in one form or another. As one of my ladies said “I’d never spend 2 hours at home playing with a technique because I’m always in a rush to finish a card or layout” and that’s what my technique classes are all about – learning new ways of doing things, working with the various “clever” techniques people see and would love to learn how to do, or just learning how to use a tool properly so it’s not scary, but easy to use and helpful when you most need it.

I think the most important thing I’ve learnt is that my Stamp-a-ma-jig is not just for those stampsets that require it to make a gorgeous image – it’s always there when I need it to align words or ensure something can fit centrally in a gap or space made on my card – I use it all the time but it doesn’t normally get out much, so I think it enjoyed having an afternoon out showing how useful it can be to the ladies!

Thanks for stopping by, Pip x