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Nature Walk

9 May, 2011 7 Comments

What a busy week its been and its only going to get busier!

What do you think of the new blog look? Like it? I do … I have been looking for that right theme forever – well it seems like it anyways. Then when I was browsing the Studio Press site by Brian Gardner the other night I came across this Pretty Young Thing them and it was ‘oh yeah’ and I just edited the graphics and took the hearts off and inserted the coffee cups!!

This Wednesday I fly down to Melbourne for the 2011 Stampin’ Up! Convention – its for 3 days of total Stampin’ Up! awesomeness and I cant wait!  This year I have the pleasure of sharing it with my gorgeous friend and downline Libby Dyson and being Thursday is Libby’s birthday it will be extra special!

So as you can imagine its only going to be busier this upcoming week. Convention finishes on Saturday night with the Awards dinner and then Sunday I’m hiring a car and driving over to see my mum, dad and sister in Cobden – just a little 3 hour drive!  Now I think I might have to stop in Geelong for a cuppa! I fly home again the following Tuesday – lets hope the family survives that long and the house isnt a total warzone when I get back!

Here’s a card I made a little while ago for a swap on ESAD – sadly my swap cards still seem to be travelling as they never arrived – obviously the Postie decided they liked them enough to keep them himself.

I really enjoyed making this card. I just love collage stamping and putting all the elements together and then sitting back and looking at the end product.

There seems to be lots of stamps on this card however its just the Nature Walk Stamp Set (Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue), Teeny Tiny Sentiments and the En Francais background stamp. I’ve also added a piece of the Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper and how cute are those little Library Clips??

I hope you like this card as much as I enjoyed making it … now I must duck up to the shops to grab some socks and a couple of scarves as it appears as hundreds of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand descend on Melbourne so is a cold front! Talk about timing!!

Dont forget the great ‘Deals of the Week’ happening this week – just click the image in the sidebar or here to view them and dont forget they change each Wednesday so be sure to check back.

Now since I’ll be away you’ll need to email me your orders and from now until 20th May I am offering free postage on all orders so email or text me today with your order!

 

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Butterfly Collage

16 July, 2010 11 Comments

As you are aware I run an online group for all Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators called ESAD (Extra Special Australian Demonstrators). We regularly run swaps for the members as these are great ways to get new or different ideas to your own.

This month we have a swap for a Technique Book which I’m a part of.  All the participants had to choose a technique different to the other participants and make up an instruction and sample page for each participant. So I had to make 12 instructions & samples for this swap and the technique I chose was Collage Stamping.

I love doing Collage Stamping as you can make it your own and create lovely effects and it gives the look of your very own designer series paper.  Now while I was making my samples the other day one of my daughter’s friends was staying over and she asked why I was putting butterflies on the patterned paper – I then explained what I was doing and that I’d stamped all the images on the cardstock myself.  She then exclaimed “Wow how cool!!”  Now this does boost one’s self esteem to no end!

Here is the sample I made for the swap ….

After deliberating for what seemed like days on what set and style to make I decided on this gorgeous “All a Flutter” stamp as the main focus and then popped in some flower stems, leaves and script.

I really do love the final sample and I do love that butterfly!

I’ve coloured my piece using the Stampin Pastels. I love the soft muted tones you can get with the Pastels and they also blend so well!  Now to ensure that the Pastels dont keep rubbing off I’ve given them a light spray with my hairspray.  This just helps to set and protect your artwork from rubbing off.  You dont need an expensive fixative – just the  cheapest hairspray does the trick.

Now as part of the swap we also had to make one card or project using our technique so I thought I’d use my sample and do one of the challenges from the Cards and Things Challenges Blog run by the lovely Krista Driessen.

Here’s my card …

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I love how this turned out and I’ve added another butterfly over the top of one to give it more dimension and make it that extra little bit special.

Recipe:
Stamps: All a Flutter, Organic Grace, En Francais
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Blush Blossom
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Mellow Moss, Versamark
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Circle Scissor Plus, Stampin’ Pastels, Sponge Daubers, Crimper

Here’s a close up of the layered butterfly …

Starting September I will be starting new Technique Classes so if you’d like to book your spot please email me today.

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Elegant Dazzle

14 December, 2009 9 Comments

Just 6 more sleeps till we go to visit my parents and my sister in Victoria – I am soooo looking forward to this holiday and cant wait to spend some quality time with my little sister before the rest of the family arrives there.

I wasnt going to get the Razzle Dazzle set and had resisted temptation for a while but then I went to Regionals and saw so many nice things with it I had to have it!

SoElegantDazzleThis is a card I made last week and I just love how it turned out. I am loving So Saffron for a yellow colour lately as its rich but its not bright and goes with so many other colours.

I am not sure if you can see the detail in the panels but I first stamped the Razzle Dazzle image onto Very Vanilla in So Saffron but stamped off first so it wasnt so dark.  I just stamped randomly to give a soft muted background. I then lightly sponged between the images to give that ‘patterned paper’ look.

I then stamped in Elegant Eggplant – again stamping off first so it wasnt too dark.  I then cut my piece into three to make the panels and then sponged arond the edges in Creamy Caramel for the aged look.  Then from the piece I had left over I stamped the greeting from the Oval All stamp set and punched it out and layered that onto a scalloped oval – isnt it great we can still get this punch even though its not in the Summer Mini Catalogue?

The base card is Elegant Eggplant and then I’ve layered a piece of So Saffron on which I’ve stamped the flower image in versamark and finished the card off with the lovely Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain ribbon.

I do hope you like this card as much as I do and I’d better be off and get some things done so I have all I need to do done before Sunday is here!

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Timely Sketch Challenge

22 November, 2009 7 Comments

Time … well thats something that I dont have a lot of lately! DSC57

These past couple of weeks have been very busy for me and I’m grateful that after consulting my diary last night that I have a quiet week coming up. Maybe I’ll be able to find some time to do some Christmas Shopping or maybe I should just give everyone stamps??

Yesterday I attended Stampin’ Up! Regional Training in Sydney and I had the best time – I even managed to get all the make n takes made – the first time I’ve done this at a Stampin’ Up! event since joining. We used new stamps from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalogue and they are very cute to say the least and I’ll show you those projects during the next few days.

Here is this weeks sketch and here is my card …

DSC57I wanted to do a masculine card as I wanted a card to send my dad for his birthday.  Living over 1000 kilometres from my parents and sister make it hard to see them as often as I’d like so I like to make their cards a little more special.

I love the Sense of Time stamp set and havent used it as much as I’d like and I love collage stamping so I thought I’d combine the two for this Challenge. If you do like the Sense of Time stamp set then you’ll need to purchase it by the end of November as the Spring Mini Catalogue finishes  and this set will no longer be available after 30th November.

One of the requirements for this week’s sketch was to use window sheets but since we dont have them here in Australia I couldnt use them. Maybe we will get some in the Winter/Autumn Mini Catalogue due out in April 2010. I’ve seen lots of lovely things made with them and hope we get some too so we can play with them too!

This card has a few different techniques – Masking, Collage, Pastel (chalk) popping and sponging – all the things I love to do!

If you think you’d like a go at collage stamping then I would just love to show you how I do it so why not contact me for my Collage Class or Technique Class or I can come and do a demonstration for you and your friends. I guarantee you’ll all have a great time and enrich those friendships you already have.

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Time for Collage

21 July, 2009 6 Comments

I was going to call this post “Male Sense of Time” but then realised they dont have any! Jusssssssssst kidding … I mean we’d be lost without them right? well lets make them think so at least ;)

concertinacover2Today I’m sharing a concertina card made using the new Sense of Time stamp set – this set will be in the upcoming Spring Mini Catalogue which will start on 1st August and go through to 30th November.

The size of this little concertina card is 4×4 and I made it with Father’s Day in mind but didnt use the Father’s Day stamp in it so that those that wanted to give this card to another male other than their father then they can.

The ladies did this at last friday’s class and they all loved it and were rather happy with how the card turned out.

The striped paper I’ve used on the front is from the Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper pack. The stamps used in this card are all from the Sense of Time stamp set and the Organic Grace Hostess set (Level 1).

The card opens up with four panels in a concertina style.

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All images are stamped randomly and I started with stamping the clock faces first then filled in the gaps. There is room for writing on the back of the card and it all ties up with some Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon.

I really enjoyed creating this card and I enjoyed sharing it with my class last week.

Would you like to make this card?

Then contact me today and book your demonstration in and I will come to you and show you and your friends how to make this card and you’ll see just how easy it is to create something special for that special man.

Dont forget to ask about my “Stampin’ Up!® Birthday” specials for August – its my Stampin Up birthday in August and my customers and hostesses get the presents! So stay tuned for that one!

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A bit of this and a bit of that

27 January, 2009 7 Comments

Well today I am headache free (touch wood) which is a great feeling after a three day headache :( although poor Emily still has a fever, headaches and upset tummy. Took her to the doctor today who confirmed what I thought and said it was a virus and to keep doing what I’m doing so obviously I wont be child free tomorrow being the first day back at school.

Now onto the cards!

caramelcollageIn my previous stamping life I loved using Collage stamps and have missed those cards made using them and have drooled over the collage stamps that have been released by Stampin’ Up! in USA and other markets. I figured that’s OK as all the stamps in each set coordinate and go so well together I figured I’d make my own collage cards with various sets.

So I started with the En Françias background stamp and just grabbed a set and used a couple of the different stamps to make the collage.

This first one is done using the Touch of Nature set. I stamped the En Francais stamp onto the creamy caramel card in versamark then grabbed the butterfly and stamped randomly on the edges in creamy caramel and the leafy branch in more mustard. After I was happy with how it looked I sponged some pastels over the versarmark image to make it pop and sponged creamy caramel and close to cocoa around the edges of the card.

I’ve then used my stampin write markers to colour the bird stamp directly to the rubber then stamped on very vanilla then stamped the sentiment under the bird. I coloured the branch image with the markers again and stamped onto very vanilla and cut out and layered over the matted bird image.

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This one was done again starting with the En Francais background stamp in versamark on Almost Amethyst cardstock. I have then used various stamps from the Carte Postale set in varying shades of purple randomly on the card.

The sentiment is from the Define your Life stamp set. The birds were stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto Almost Amethyst then cut out and layered on top.

Sponging the chalks over the versamark and inks around the edges gives these cards a lovely vintage look.

These cards may look involved but they really are very easy. If you find that if you’ve stamped too many images on the card its all good as each piece of cardstock comes with two sides ;) so just turn it over and start again and this time you’ll know how much is enough.

I hope you like these cards and if you’d like to learn about making these collage cards then contact me to find out about my technique classes starting soon.

Have a great day and keep stampin ;)

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