Handmade For You Mini Catalogue

Introducing the new Handmade For You Mini Catalogue by Stampin' Up! Filled with so many lovely products - stamps, bundles that save you 10%, dies, ribbons, beautiful patterned papers and so much more.

Over the next few weeks I'll be posting samples for you to CASE or inspire your own card, scrap page or gift making for the coming few months.

Would you like a copy of the catalogue? You can download it from the image above, simply by clicking on the image. Or, you can contact me for a hard copy. (Australian residents only!)

Today I'm focusing on a lovely All Inclusive Card Kit - Joy of Sharing.

This year it is going to be so important to get those Christmas cards made and sent.

 

This kit is awesome - you can make 15 cards that are either traditional or very personal photo cards. You can also let your imagination go by combining other stamp sets with the card bases. The greetings are lovely and so appropriate for the strange times we are all experiencing at present.

Send them to family and friends.

Make the cards up as a gift for an elderly friend, neighbour or relative, or simply enjoy making these with a small group of (socially distanced) friends - the choice is yours.

As I mentioned earlier, the kit has enough product to make 15 beautiful cards.

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I love the sentiments in this stamp set.

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If your order is under $250, insert the Host Code in your on-line order:  HP4FNQBT

If you would like to purchase any Stampin' Up! products, you can contact me any time or use this link to go to my website.

Have a lovely day and best wishes to you all,

Signs Of Santa Cards

Signs of Santa - such a fun little stamp set by Stampin' Up!

The cute figures are so easy to colour and they cut out perfectly with the coordinating framelits, that can be purchase for a saving of 10% when buying the stamps and framelits together.

I made 4 different cards for class, and here are 2 of them.

The characters are coloured with Stampin' Blends - alcohol based markers that give a beautiful flat area of colour when you want to achieve that effect. You can also create a blended effect by using the dark and the light Blend of any of the specific Stampin' Up! colours available.

It is lots of fun to stamp and cut out a lot of these cute characters and arrange them on cards to create scenes. The Signs of Santa  set is really fun for children and allows them to use their creativity when designing their own "scene".

  

These cards also used the coordinating Designer Series Papers - Santa's Workshop Specialty DSP. You can find all the products in the Holiday Catalogue.

You can purchase any of these supplies through my On-line Store or for quick ordering simply select the image that you want from the list below. Add the October Host code:

JPURP6G6

Until Next Time,

Happy Stamping,

Product List

Signs Of Santa Photopolymer Bundle

[149967]

$83.50

Santa's Workshop 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[147809]

$24.25

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

[121694]

$14.75

Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana

[131302]

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$15.75

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$13.00

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

$14.00

Silver Glimmer Paper

[146960]

$8.75

Sparkle Glimmer Paper

[146957]

$8.75

Shaded Spruce Dark Stampin' Blends

[147937]

$7.75

Dark Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Marker

[146879]

$7.75

Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144582]

$7.75

Stars Framelits Simple Christmas Card

Christmas may well be another 313 days away, but it is never too early to start making your own  Christmas Cards. This year I'm trying to create lots of CAS (clean & simple) cards and this is one of the designs from my first Christmas Card Stamp A Stack.

The background of the card is created by sponging Stampin' Up!'s Island Indigo Classic Ink over one of the patterns from the absolutely gorgeous Irresistibly Yours Speciality Designer Series Paper. The paper has an embossed design on one side - this one is diagonal stripes, and all you need to do is sponge colour then buff the page lightly with a tissue or soft paper towel. This will remove any excess ink on the raised pattern - in this case the diagonal lines. 

The stars can be positioned anywhere on the card when using the Stars Framelits and Magnetic Platform with your Big Shot, and this allows for lots of variation in your designs. 

I have rounded the corner edges with the Project Life Corner Punch and raise the Whisper White card front with Stampin' Dimensionals to expose Silver Glimmer Paper underneath.  The Faux Stitching is hand drawn with the Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker 

I love this design and look forward to making more of these in a wide range of different colours.

The Irresistibly Yours DSP is one of our Sale A Bration (SAB) free gifts. If you would like some, you can only get it with a $90 order. Then it is free! There are lots of other items to choose from so don't miss the opportunity - browse the SAB catalogue and  contact me or place your order on-line.

Don't forget to check out the Weekly Deals in the right hand side bar for some more great bargains.

Best wishes for happy crafting

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Christmas Ornaments Cards

It has been such a long time between posts so I have lots of Chrismassy items to show you before the fun new Occasions Catalogue is released and then there will be loads of new goodies to play with. I'm very excited about the products in the new catalogue and can't wait to get my first order in...roll on tomorrow!!!

Today I have a couple of cards made using the "in colours" for Christmas 2013 - Silver White and Coastal Cabana. Such fresh and happy colours and just perfect to cool us down here in the Southern Hemisphere where Christmas can be very hot.

There are 2 slightly different designs showing two of the stamps in the set of 5 - Christmas Collectibles (w #131772). The shape has a coordinating punch: Christmas Ornament Punch (# 132152) and that means the cards can be quickly constructed with no fussy cutting.

I've used one of the gorgeous foil pages from the Specialty Designer Series paper pack - Winter Frost (#132341) added a Tea Lace Doily, cut and embossed some of the Silver foil card (#132178) and edged the circle with Coastal Cabana Ruffled Stretch Trim (#130024) The stretch in this trim makes it very easy to navigate around curves without the fuss of folding.

The "Holly Jolly" greeting is a stamp from the A Banner Christmas set (w# 130252 ).

The detail shot shows the texture achieved, simply by using different coordinating products and popping the ornaments up on dimensionals.

I hope you enjoy these cards - to order any of the products you can go direct to my on-line store - just create an account and the goods will be posted directly to you.

 

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Simple But So Pretty Christmas Card

Hello again! I've been a bit erratic with my posts lately but I've had a very good reason - a brand new baby grandson. He is just too gorgeous and so I've been doing lots of visiting and cuddling. Isn't he just so cute?

I also have a very simple Christmas card that we made at this months Christmas Stamp a Stack. I can see it being made in many different colours, so if you have friends who looooove to coordinate all their Christmas decorations, you could make it for them to suit their chosen colour range for the season. Christmas will be here before we know it!

The image, "Star Tree" (item #126784) is on the Stampin' Up!® Retirement List, and is only available until June 30th, 2013, so if you have decided you need this stamp, you are in luck. It is discounted during the sale. You can order it at my on-line store and it will be shipped to you, Australia wide. 

The image is perfect for stamping, heat embossing, adding bling and many other uses.

This details shot shows a quick way to obtain a lovely delicate look. You simply fold one of Stampin' Up!'s lovely Tea Lace Paper Doilies  (item # 130663), stamp a greeting and punch it out using the Extra Large Oval Punch (item # 119859) Finish off with some Baja Breeze Seam Binding (also on the Retirement List  scrunched along some Sticky Strip and tied into a bow. 

The last detail photo shows another technique that gives a lovely simple finish to your designs. Score two lines along each edge of your card front using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool (item # 122334) and stylus.

You can create quite a few of these cards in a short time, so have fun!

Until Next Time

Stay Crafty!

Holly Angel Card - Stampin' Up! and LOC

Hi friends and fellow stampers,

I have some rather interesting craft for you today - A very good friend of mine introduced me to these stamps, and as I love Christmas everything, and I was attracted to this lovely angel image, I thought I'd have a go at something different. 

This is what I ended up with ....

I am rather pleased with the end result - it evolved due to a very strange happening. 

Would you believe that the only inks I used on this card were EARLY ESPRESSO  and SOFT SUEDE  classic ink from Stampin' Up! 

So where does the pink come from you ask. It comes from using an AQUA PAINTER  with water in it to pick up some ink from the top of the ink pad and lay it on the VANILLA CARD STOCK. I knew from my colour theory training that browns were made up of pink and green tones (yes Complimentaries  = neutrals when mixed together) but I was surprised to see such a delightful dusty pink emerge on the paper.

The same effect happened when I coloured the VANILLA SEAM BINDING used to create this flower. This time I simply added water to ink pressed onto the lid of the ink pad and slushed the seam binding in it. Love, love love the antique effects, and thrilled that similar colours emerged to those on paper. Can you see the green tinges too? I made the flower by winding the seam binding around the brad and attaching it to the back of the brad with MINI GLUE DOTS.

HINT:  Seam Binding looks perfect all crumpled up - to achieve this look you simply scrunch it up and allow it to dry after dying with your selected colour.

Going for an antique look means lots of texture too. I used my MUSIC NOTES  STAMPIN' AROUND WHEEL to freehand across a piece of Vanilla card then I stamped the Post Card image over the top before attacking it with the AQUA PAINTER. Just a little water along the edges of the Post Card image gives the illusion of depth. After this was dry, I dry embossed that section with  the FINIAL PRESS embossing folder from Stampin' Up!

The Post Card image in the middle ground is stamped using SOFT SUEDE ink on a separate piece of vanilla card, and the angel has been fussy cut and raised on dimensionals. She is stamped using EARLY ESPRESSO. Sponging, tearing  and distressing  the edges helped give me the effect I was after. 

The final touches were soft gold (CHAMPAGNE MIST) Shimmer Paint highlights added with a fine paintbrush to the wings, hair and holly. I also sprayed the top background area with Champagne Simmer Mist.

Hope you like the card and will experiment with some of those inks to see what effects you can come up with. 

I think this card fulfills the requirements for the following challenges

Crafty Cardmakers
- 2W, C15 - (2nd week) Anything
Goes (ends 16th Oct)

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show...
- Things with Wings

Midnight Madness - SKETCH*

Oldie But Goodie Challenge - 2W, must use stamp at least 6mts old -Wings
& GDT Call 2nd Week - Music Wheel and Snowflake Image

Paper Take Weekly - Get In
Shape (use three different shapes base card can be one)

·  Tuesday Throwdown -#70 Think Pink

Christmas Challenges - 2W, 1E, must be Winter Holiday and stamped
image - Sketch*

Let`s Ink It Up - M, 5E,
Must use rubber stamp (NO digi) -
(October) Think Pink (ends 30th Oct)

·  Pile It On - Do it for Fun

Flutterby Wednesdays - Use up scraps - mine are the different bits and colours of card for the various layers of the card.

So, Until Next Time,

Stay Crafty!

Christmas Scenes in Monotones

Christmas cards are high on the list for many card makers at this time of the year. 

I've been hosting Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stacks all through the year, so I and a few other stampers have a good supply of cards ready to go. There are still 2 more classes - the 1st Monday of the month - in both November and December, so if you would like to attend you are welcome to contact me via my Demonstrator Business Website to reserve your place in the class.

The October Stamp-A-Stack was a little different as I had a request to design a card using the Stampin' Up!stamp set,  LOVELY AS A TREE and to use the Sponging and Masking techniques. 6 cards made using that method would have taken way too long, so we did 3 cards using the STITCHED STOCKING stamp set and 3 different colours of this design.

The detail photos show how much depth can be achieved by careful placement of the masks.

Colours used are: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant - all Stampin' Up!® inks.

 

A slightly different scene is created by using the same mask but at different  angles. The choice of colour will create different effects too.

 

Dry embossing around the "frame" had to be done in 2 steps as the folder was not wide enough. A little sponging with the ink used on the scene helps to soften the stark white surround.

The Olive card has a little Soft Suede sponged onto areas of the cloud where I wanted to create more depth and helps make this version more Vintage.  

The scalloped frame is made using the SCALLOP CIRCLE BIGZ DIE and the BIG SHOT.  

The cards are 6 inches square finished size.

You can see a tutorial for this Masking and Sponging technique here. Why not have a go at this - it is fun.

Until next time

Stay Crafty!

Lovely Christmas Stockings With Stampin Up.

I love Christmas Stockings and all the lovely goodies I find in mine on Christmas morning. 

Many years ago - 1985 to be precise, I lived in beautiful Colorado for a year with my family, and not having a sewing machine, I started to make some hand made Christmas stockings for my 3 girls. It was so much fun and all done by hand as I didn't have my sewing machine in the USA.

We still hang those stockings every year, and it has become quite a tradition for each new member to receive a stocking. Each of the Sons-in-law have received one, and of course our darling little grandson, now it's time to get started on one for our new little grand daughter. 

So it goes without saying that I was quite excited to see the new promotion from Stampin' Up!® is all about Christmas Stockings.

You can see the details of the promotion here.

We made 3 different versions of the cards I designed - one in pink, one in plum and one in the traditional Christmas colours of Red and Green.

These cards were quite easy to make: tools like the BIG SHOT and Stampin Up PUNCHES really are a card-maker's best friends. 

The method I used was to stamp the bundle of gifts directly onto the white card, then stamp the stocking onto another piece of white card and punch it out. Saves all the hassle of trying to align your images perfectly. 

 

I used the ROCK 'N' ROLL  stamping method to get the Stampin' Up! Classic Ink - SOFT SUEDE onto the stocking, then lightly sponged  with the Soft Suede to soften the edges.  The gifts were coloured using a BLENDER PEN  and PRETTY IN PINK classic ink with a few accents in  SOFT SUEDE. 

The 2-WAY GLUE PEN  makes adding DAZZLING DIAMONDS  easy to apply, and exactly where you want it too!

Small areas of texture on a simple card just give a bit of a lift, and I love the SQUARE LATTICE embossing folder from Stampin' Up! 

HINT: Always punch and cut the card to shape BEFORE  dry embossing it. It can be very difficult to get a neat cut afterwards.

PAPER PIERCING  is another simple  technique that adds  to the Vintage feel I wanted to achieve with this card. 

My regular readers will know I get bored with mass production so my STAMP-A-STACK classes always allow for the individual's creativity to flow through. I usually give a number of different colour combinations for my guests to work with and give them free rein to position the elements of the card wherever and however they chose.  And embellishments are such a personal part of card making that I usually provide a number of options. (I get so many ideas from the girls - and they think I'm teaching them! ha! ha)

The next version of the card uses the  traditional Christmas colours of red and green. In this case we used REAL RED and GARDEN GREEN  from Stampin' Up!

This is basically the same layout with variations. I love the sponged, dry embossed background that adds more pattern to the design. 

The greeting is stamped onto a straight piece of card stock that is swiped with a BONE FOLDER to create the curve banner illusion. More sponging on the edges of the banner and the central WHISPER WHITE  card, removes the stark contrast of the red, green and white. 

NOTE: Red and Green are complimentary colours so when they are added together they become neutral and seem to be a brownish colour.

The detail shows how the stocking is given depth by selective sponging with SOFT SUEDE.

Hope you like these cards. If you'd like to attend any of my classes please contact me for more information.

Until next time

Stay Crafty!

Christmas Stocking Bundle Promotion.

Hello friendly stampers,

Today I'm telling you about Stampin' Up!'s wonderful promotion to help you get those last few (or a quick lot) of beautiful hand-crafted Christmas cards complete. 

During October, purchase this pair of coordinating Christmas products early--before the debut of the 2011 Summer Mini Catalogue: launched December 1st - yes, that's 2 months away!

• Stitched Stocking Set
• Stocking Tag Punch

It gets even better....

Get them both for FREE when you host a $450 workshop!

The stamps are available in either the CLEAR MOUNT  or WOOD MOUNT  style - whichever is your favourite - and prices are listed below.

Item	Description	Price
125798	Stitched Stocking Wood-mount set	$53.95
123784	Stitched Stocking Clear-mount set	$42.95
124095	Stocking Tag Punch	$33.95

Contact me today to buy these sneak peek products, or to host a workshop and earn them for free. 

Now for some inspiration of what you can make quickly and easily with these wonderful products. They are so easy to use you could get the children started on some cards of their own - a perfect activity for during the school holidays.  

I designed these for a STAMP-A-STACK CHRISTMAS CLASS that I taught last night (and yesterday morning) They were the easy part of the SAS - we made 3 different version of these and details can be seen on a separate blog post -

Come back soon for some more Christmas card inspiration.

Until then

Stay Crafty!