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5 June, 2011 8 Comments

Firstly I am uber happy to report that my Sydney Swans last night were victorious overe the Brisbane Lions :)   by a wee margin of 65 points!! Way to go Swannies :)   I mentioned that game in yesterday’s post and I had a few comments saying they hope I enjoy the game and yup I did :)

Now onto today’s share … this is a very queasy card that will be done tomorrow at Sue’s workshop. Its a case of a card sample in the Idea Book & Catalogue (p69) and since the card in the catalogue was a small gift card I upscaled it to a regular sized card for the workshop.

When choosing the colours I remembered the pretty colour challenge #158 from Stamping 411 …

How pretty are these colours together … very ‘springy’ dont you think?

So here’s my card …

Recipe
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Inks: Real Red
Paper: Whisper White, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Real Red
Accessories: Stampin Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Jewels – Pearls, Stampin Write Markers – Certainly Celery, Real Red, Peach Parfait, So Saffron

I do hope you like this card and now I’d best be off to make up the kits for tomorrows Workshop!

Have a wonderful Sunday

Thanks for stoppin by

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Another Nature Walk

10 May, 2011 4 Comments

Good Morning!

Well today will be a mad rush to ensure I’ve packed everything and done everything I need to do before tomorrow’s flight to Melbourne for the Stampin’ Up! Convention which starts on Thursday.

I wanted to pop in and share a card I made a little while ago using the Nature Walk Stamp Set and the Tulip Frame Embossing Folder both new in the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue.

I wanted to show how you can use the Tulip Frame Embossing Folder for making various sized frames and mats.

You simply cut your cardstock to a little larger than the mat/frame you want and line up 2 or 3 edges of the cardstock with the frame and run it through the Big Shot.

Then you line up the other edges and the pattern you’ve just created and run it half way or 2/3′s through the machine and then wind it back – dont put it all the way through as the last part will flatten what you did in the first pass. Oh I hope that makes sense … if not drop me a line and I’ll do some instructions when I get back from Melbourne.

This is a very queasy card and I’ve just used my Stampin Write markers to colour in the flower stamp and stamp it straight down and then stamp a sentiment at the bottom.

As you can see you could use this card for any occasion at all from Sympathy to Birthday to Get well.

Now I’d better get back to that to-do list so I dont leave anything behind tomorrow!

 

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Busy Busy Busy …..

25 February, 2011 5 Comments

Well what a busy week its been!

Last weekend I had two demonstrations – one on Saturday and one on Sunday and boy was I beat by the time Sunday night hit!

I was very proud of myself though because as I was thinking of what to do for the demonstration and make n takes I worked out that the two groups dont know each other and no one was going to both (this has happened before) so I figured I’d do the same demonstration and same make n takes at both Demonstrations. This worked out to be a very good plan! Yes I had to cut alot of the same cardstock, paper & ribbons but when I got home Saturday night all I had to do was replenish the kits for the Demonstration the next day – everything else was already packed! I even made me two Demonstration kits – one for each Demo. I need to do this more often!!

I placed the orders on Monday and they arrived yesterday so I packed them up last night and this morning needed to make some thank you cards for those lovely ladies who placed an order – now the Hostess was coming between 9 and 10am to collect so they had to be very queasy cards.

Thanks in Mambo

Using the Stampin Up! Notecards made these very queasy and I even had an envelope the perfect size to pop the cards into!  This is a very easy card to do and the flowers come from the Silhouette Sentiments stamp set which is a level 1 Hostess set so you can earn this just by hosting a Stampin Up! Demonstration!

Thanks in Razzelberry

The sentiment comes from the So Happy for You Sale•A•Bration set which you can get for free just by spending $100 but this and the other Sale•A•Bration sets are only available until 31st March so contact me today to place your order and get your free Sale•A•Bration stamps!


Thanks Set

I just love how these cards turned out and now need to make some more for the ladies who ordered from Sunday’s Demonstration.

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Jingle all the Way

18 July, 2010 10 Comments

Well I’ve been up since 4.30am!!  This is what happens when you feel ill and go to bed at 9.30pm – well its what happens to me.

So I decided to utilise this lovely quiet time and make a couple of cards and continued on with the Christmas Theme from yesterday. Well the Christmas Classic set was still on my desk so why waste energy getting a new set out?

I remembered the pretty sketch challenge from Stamping 411 so decided to use that for my next card.

I do love to make cards from sketches as I find when I look at a sketch I can see so many cards with it whereas if I just go and pull out a stamp set to use I can deliberate for hours on colours, papers and layout.

You should give a sketch a try – use any of the ones I’ve done or just simply do a Google search on ‘sketch challenge’ and I’m sure you’ll be amazed at how many places have these challenges every week.

Here is my card ….

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Recipe:

Stamps:  Christmas Classics, Baroque Motifs
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Ridinghood Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Ski Slope DSP
Inks:  Baja Breeze
Accessories:  Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker, Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker, More Mustard Stampin’ Write Marker, 1/4″ Chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, eyelet border punch, stampin dimensionals, snail adhesive.

This is another very quick and easy card and a great one to make for christmas as you could do a few in no time at all!

Now I think I might take this aching body back to bed for a little nap and try and get over this flu.

Thanks for stoppin by

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Subtle Flowers

6 July, 2010 4 Comments

Its currently school holidays here at the moment so things are not going according to my routine as they usually do. I had a lazy day today so thought I’d give my blog a little makeover – what do you think?

You might remember in my last post the card I cased from the lovely Lynda Shrimpton – well Lynda is such a lovely friend she let me case a couple more cards – aint she sweet.  Most of my cards are my own creations and as I do many Stamp A Stacks I like to give my customers a few different choices when choosing what cards they wish to make so sometimes its nice to not have to think too hard – especially during school holidays!

Here are a couple of very easy cards using the Vintage Vogue stamp set.

How pretty and delicate is this card?

The flowers just trail down the card a bit like Jasmine on a fence or anything that stood still too long and too close!

This has to be one of the easiest cards I’ve made and the ladies on Sunday enjoyed making it too.  It is one of those cards that could be used for any occasion.

Recipe

    Stamps: On Your birthday, Vintage Vogue
    Paper: Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
    Inks: Pretty in Pink
    Accessories: Mellow Moss Stampin Write Marker, Pretty in Pink Stampin Write Marker, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Stampin Dimensionals.

    Now for the second card – another lovely soft card but in blue ….

    This card is the same layout and design as the other just in the landscape orientation. I’ve also added a row of the lovely leafy edge image at the top and bottom of the panel in versamark.  The top and bottom of the white piece is daubered in Bashful Blue and a simple little sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set.

    Dont you just love the Soft Subtle range?  well if you answered yes and your a regular Stampin’ Up! customer you will know that many of the the Soft Subtle colours are retiring at the end of August.  However we have had a few colours start to run out already so if you’d like to grab some soft subtles before they are all gone I’d suggest you get your order in sooner rather than later.

    If the single colours sell out dont forget you can still buy them in the mixed family packs!

    Would you like to make these cards?

    I still have a couple of places available for my Stamp A Stack here on Saturday 10th July so if you’d like to come contact me today to reserve your spot. Its just $20 for 9 cards – oh and some very yummy coffee … and I’ll even make you a cup in my new coffee cups!

    Thanks for stoppin by

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    Diva Sketch Challenge 42

    8 August, 2009 9 Comments

    Here we are at yet another Saturday …. they just come around so quickly!

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    We have had a change in the Sketch Challenge Coordinator at Utah Divas so please help me in welcoming Carol Marbach as our lovely new coordinator.

    Carol has some awesome sketches in store plus a few twists!! As if I dont twist them enough!!

    Now because this is Carol’s first sketch I thought I’d be a good girl and not play with the sketch – well not in the first card I made – thats right I made two cards today!

    If I didnt have a Class on today I’d probably make some more! So I might get some more done during the week – so we’ll see how time permits.

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    I havent had much time this week with demonstrations and migraines so havent had as much time for me to stamp.

    Now when I first went to do this sketch I pulled out my trusty Fifth Avenue Floral set and wanted to use this paper from the Urban Garden Designer Series Paper and as soon as I grabbed the paper I had a sudden urge for a male card and this tree from Le Jardin Botanique! Well it is hubbies birthday on Tuesday so had to make him a card anyway!

    I’ve done a little thumping on the tree and I must say I really do like how it turned out – looks a bit like a Silver Birch I think!  Thumping is a technqiue to do using your Stampin’ Write markers. You colour your stamp in the lighter colours first – I coloured the trunk in in Always Artichoke and then coloured the leaves in Bordering Blue.

    I then took my Not Quite Navy marker and tapped it on the leafy area a bit like a drum stick using the side of the brush marker tip. I hope that makes sense – if not then I am more than happy to show you how! If you want it more of a mutted or mixed effect then just spritz very lightly with water.

    DSC42-PinkStemHere’s the second card I made using the sketch.

    I’ve used the flower stem again from Le Jardin Botanqiue which I’ve coloured using the Stampin’ Write markers and using the ‘direct to rubber’ technique. This is when you use your markers to colour in the stamp directly onto the rubber and then stamp onto cardstock. I’ve used the Mellow Moss, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red markers on this one. The patterned paper is from the Bella Rose Designer Series Paper pack.

    The flower is a little shorter than the tree image so needed to fill in the bottom a little so just stamped a greeting from Three Little Words onto some Pretty in Pink cardstock and then trimmed it to give a banner effect.

    These are both very quick and easy cards which can be done as part of a Stamp A Stack so contact me today to arrange your Stamp A Stack for you and your friends.

    Best be off to get ready for today’s Class and make sure I have everything I need in my beloved trolley and make time for a Latte before I go.

    Have a great Saturday and make sure you make some time for you this weekend!

    singlelattesig

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    Friends 24-7

    18 April, 2009 4 Comments

    Today I have a combination of two challenges.

    A couple of weekends ago we held a Cyberstamp on our ESAD (Extremely Special Australian Demonstrators) Yahoogroup and one of the challenges for that was a Colour Challenge of Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette. Not a combination I would normally use but boy they are gorgeous together!

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    Diva Sketch Challenge #26

    Diva Sketch Challenge #26

    The second part of this challenge is this week’s Sketch Challenge from Utah Diva’s – Diva’s Sketch Challenge 26.  You can check out the Diva’s blog here. This is another group for Stampin’ Up Demonstrators but is an international group and by invitation so if youre a demonstrator and would like to get ideas from all over the globe then email me and I’ll send you an invitation.

    Now for my card ….

    dsc26-cocoabajapirouetteI have wanted to use this set again since last time and just havent had the time with my busy schedule and school holidays.

    I’ve used the Friendly Words Wheel to do the Baja Breeze strip at the side and tied a piece of Kraft Taffeta ribbon tied around the bottom.

    The base card is Close to Cocoa which I’ve stamped En Francais in Versamark then over on the right I’ve stamped the motif in Creamy Caramel. I think you can ‘just’ see it.

    For the bird image I coloured it using my treasured Stampin Write Markers and then stamped onto whisper white. I also sponged around the edge of this piece in creamy caramel. I’ve then layered this onto a Baja Breeze square which I’ve sponged the edge in Baja Breeze and then turned it 90° to that of the whisper white piece.  I have done the same with the Pink Pirouette piece – sponged around the egdge in Pink Pirouette and again turned it 90° to that of the Baja Breeze piece. This panel I’ve then attached to the base card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

    I quite like how this card turned out and I hope you do too!

    Have a totally blessed day and make sure you find yourself some time for a Latte and to stamp!

    leoniesig1

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    Diva Sketch Challenge 23

    28 March, 2009 6 Comments

    Hows this?? its not even 8am Saturday here and I have my card made and ready to be posted! Now if that doesnt shock the socks off Alicia nothing will!!

    Here is this weeks sketch – a nice simple clean layout which has many possibilities.

    So here is my card for this weeks sketch

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    You may remember me posting back in November when the lovely Nicki came to visit for the day.

    Nicki did a whole variety of creations using the wonderful colour combination of Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie and using the It’s Beautiful jumbo stampin round and gave me a little gift card using these. I still have this card on my desk as its sooo nice!

    I have wanted to do some of these myself and now that I know the It’s Beautiful (so aptly named!) wheel is going to be in the new Idea Book & Catalogue I just had to use it. I wanted to show that wheels are not only good for backgrounds but you can use them for main images too like I’ve done here. The sentiment is from Curvy Verses.

    I had best be off as I have a demonstration at 11am this morning. So have a great Saturday and hopefully you got to sleep in a little longer than I did today!!

    singlelattesig

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    Same …. but different

    20 November, 2008 2 Comments

    I’ve been busy making cards to promote the markers promotion and giving the stamp sets in the Spring Mini Catalogue their last hurrah!

    I’ve love this mini, as have a lot of others, as its just full of gorgeous stamp sets, papers and accessories. There are a few items I’ll have to stock up on before the month ends – like the satin ribbons, holiday harmony papers and the rub-ons (while they too are on special at 20% off).

    A few months back I started an Australian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator only yahoogroup with a few other Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. Its been going great with regular updates, challenges, business tips and swaps.

    This card is a case from one of those swaps by the lovely Tanya Kitto from Western Australia (watch for her blog coming soon!).

    Her card was done using the chalkboard technique and I liked it so much I’ve used it at a couple of demonstrations and as part of a Stamp A Stack.

    I love the rich colours used in this card and I also changed it a little to demonstrate using the markers to colour your stamp (direct to rubber technique).

    My customers have loved how quick and easy it is to make and what a stunning result you get – even those who have not stamped before.

    It uses the True Friend Stamp set from the Spring Mini catalogue which is another I’ll be sad to see finish at the end of the month – it compliments our Berry Bliss papers so much.

    The colours I’ve used are Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, More Mustard and Naturals Ivory. I’ve also used these same colours to colour the stamp with the stampin write markers but have subsituted the Rose Red for the Purely Pomegranate.

    Dont forget from now until 30th November you can purchase any of the stampin’ write markers at just $4.95 per marker which is a lot cheaper than similar markers you can buy.

    Now you dont need to have a party to place an order – you can just ring or email me and I’ll place the order for you when payment has been made. I take cash, bank transfer/internet banking or credit cards so your free to choose what method of payment you prefer to use.

    If you would like to make these cards then please contact me to arrange your demonstration or stamp a stack today – places are filling fast for december so you’ll need to be quick if you want a demonstration before Christmas.

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