SAB playtime challenge! (Part 1 of 2)

Victoria couldn't join us last night, bad back, much sympathy - I myself had a 2 hour massage yesterday to ease mine and it helps enormously with the Fibro pain.  In fact, if you are local to Chesterfield, I can't recommend Ali at Vivienne's highly enough!

Back to last night then,  Dorothy came and I'd already set the table for our 'challenge'!

Along with the Chocolate & Caramel cookies (Tesco Bakery - delicious!)…  I'd laid out...

• SAB Good as Gold Simply Sent (TM) kit
• SAB Decorative Dots TIEF (forgot I'd got this! - so only 5 more SAB items to get!!)
• SAB Petal Parade Stamp Set
• SAB Banner Punch 
• Cardstock in the co-ordinating colours of…     Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Pistachio Pudding, Basic Black and Whisper White.

• Classic Stampin' Ink Pads in…    Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay & Pistachio Pudding
• 1-3/8" Circle Punch (because - a circle will always come in handy!)

AND as a treat, we also played with the 

• NEW Scallop Tag Topper Punch! (133324)

Dorothy split the Good as Gold pack between the 2 of us, in the SAB brochure it claims to make 8 cards… but being the frugal miss that I sometimes am - I wanted to 'stretch' it… 
So by adding the bits mentioned above, we set ourselves a time limit of 2 hours to come up with something/anything, just as 'Many' projects as we could make!  With the usual tools to hand, trimmer, adhesives, Envelope Punch Board,  Simply Scored Scoring Tool etc  - we started the clock!

(Can I just say, I'd never known Dorothy so quiet!! - Bless, I really made her think 'outside the box' (hate that expression - but it sums up the challenge requirements perfectly!)

The Results Were….

D made 6 items in total! 

Starting from top left…

Spotty Thank You Card - she used a full card blank from the kit as her base, then cut another card base in half and trimmed it down, matted it onto Basic Black and mounted in 'on the wonk' Using a die-cut sentiment banner, she matted that onto Basic Black also, fussy cut around it, adhered it to the front of the card and added a Bermuda bay Bakers twine bow with a glue dot - Simple and lovely!

Co-ordinating envelope for the above - (sat underneath the card on the picture) she used another piece of card base and adhere it to the flap of the envelope, trimming off the excess.

Embossed Thank You Card - Making an A6 card Blank from Whisper White, D then cut a panel from Sahara Sand card, embossed it with the Decorative Dots TIEF and adhered to the card front. Using the die cut sentiment and gold banner, she place those against the bottom right edge of the embossed panel.  Finally decorated with 1/2 inch wide strips of the patterned base card, Bermuda bay and cut up a gold envelope liner too! - angle the bottoms with scissors and stuck down with a random gradient, popped the gold star on the bottom of the longest strip - et voila!

Peeking Petals For You Card - A6 card base was made from Whisper White, the petal stamp inked with Tangerine Tango and randomly stamped around the card.  A piece of Spotty base card was cut, the 2 banner strips added, gold thread wrapped around - and again stuck down 'on the wonk' - I'm loving the 'Wonk' it adds interest by being fun!

Thank You Gift Envelope - Strips of the spotty base card were added to the top and bottom of the envelope, then the skinny banners placed vertically down the left side.  A slice of Tangerine Tango was placed beneath the top spotty paper, the thank you sentiment hovers over this with dimensionals and finally the gold star banner was placed down the right hand side - a lovely envelope for placing a voucher or gift card inside!

For You Gift Envelope - She was itching to play with the NEW Scallop Tag Topper punch, so here she used it to make a 3-layer tag with the spotty card and Bermuda Bay, with the addition of the For You banner and some Gold thread it was ready to stick on the envelope, but prior to attaching, she embossed the flap of the envelope to add a little more interest.  Finally popping on one of those lovely little gold stars!

D admitted she'd found it a little difficult, as she mostly see's other creations elsewhere and alters them to her taste - to be told what she could use and to make 'original' items was a little daunting, but once she got into the flow - she flew! and ended up being really proud of her creations - so much so, that she's going to add them to her PINTEREST BOARD - click to follow her!

See Part 2 - for my creations!

Hope you enjoyed!