The Inspired Stamper

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Gemma Clarke - World Card Making Day  Blog hop


Hello and welcome to our World Card Making Day blog hop. This is a fantastic way to spread the word about this day and also give lots of inspiration to you for your own card making. You are currently visiting my blog, Made by Gemma Crafts in the UK and you will be visiting many different places as part of this hop today. There is a list at the end of the page that will help you along your way from blog to blog so you will get to see 20 amazing projects in all.



Here is the card that I have made to celebrate World Card Making day. I have wanted to make a shaker style card for some time now and this seemed to be the perfect opportunity to make one. This style of card is made even easier using the Foam adhesive strips. For this card I used Smokey Slate as my card base which is a 5.5" square and then paired it with Blushing Bride. The DSP is from the A Little Foxy product suite and the stamped and punched flowers are from the Flower Shop and Petite Petals stamps and co-ordinating punches. The sentiment is from Suite Sentiments set.

I used heart die to cut the shape on the Designer Series Paper (our lovely patterned paper) and the used some window sheet and the foam strips to make the shaker part. The heart shapes inside are cut from the Cookie Cutter punch from the holiday catalogue but you could use sequins or any other tiny shapes you have, i just happened to have the cookie cutter punch to hand when I was making my card. Also for good measure there is a little silver glitter inside too!


Thank you for visiting my blog today, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration that you dont want to miss. Remember you are currently at my blog, Made by Gemma Crafts, so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next


Here is a list of the products I used today 

A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack [141637] £9.00	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £7.25	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] £7.25
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] £6.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] £7.25
Petite Petals Punch [133322] £11.50	Petite Petals Clear Stamp Set [133155] £11.00	Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140712] £19.00
Flower Shop Clear Stamp Set [130942] £18.00	Pansy Punch [130698] £14.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] £4.50

As part of the celebrations Stampin' Up! have given us some fantastic offers of up to 25% off selected products. To view these click the image above.
As always please make sure you use the current hostess code below if your order is less than £150 as I will total all the rewards when the code closes on the 12th October and you will get a little something from me through the post. If your order is more than £150 remember you then get to use the rewards for yourself. If you have any questions about ordering, the hostess code or just want to say hi! please do not hesitate to send me a message or leave me a comment below.

I would love to see some of your cards and projects that you have all been making over this World Card Making day and weekend and as its such a special celebration I will be giving the card I have made away to someone that posts a picture on my Facebook Page  www.facebook.com/madebygemmacrafts I hope to see lots of lovely photos and will draw one at random so its fair for all!
 Thank you once again for reading today,

Happy crafting!
  Gemma xx