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24 June, 2009 11 Comments

Well its another chilly Sydney winter day here with the temperature just 7.5C (45.5F) so I hope its a little warmer where you are! No doubt my new little gas heater will be keeping me warm today!

As you may have noticed my blog looks a little different this morning and I hope you like the changes. I have been told that a change is as good as a holiday however I think I might like to try the holiday just once! I still have a little ‘tweaking’ to do so hopefully it wont take too long before I’m happy with it.

I know I havent posted in over a week and I apologise for that. I’ve had some health issues and been busy with classes and workshops and these two things have impacted on my time for creating and blogging. If anyone out there has some good time management tips then please feel free to share them with me!

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Here is a card I cased from Splitcoast Stampers last week.

I do love how this card turned out and it really is very elegant and very easy to do. Its done using the Friends 24-7 Stamp set and the Friendly Words wheel and really could be given for any occasion at all. There is some sponging involved in this card and really it wouldnt be a card from me if it didnt involve some sponging or daubering somewhere!

Recipe
Stamps: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words Stampin round wheel
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla
Inks: Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Brocade Blue Stampin Write Marker, Pretties Kit (half pearl), Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Eyelet Border punch, mini glue dots, stampin sponges.BrocadeBurgundyLaceWbird

Here is another of the same card. This time I have included the bird stamp from Friends 24-7 which has been stamped and cut out and layered using dimensionals.

This is actually what the original cased card had however I find that leaving the bird off makes this card just as elegant and sometimes ‘less’ is ‘more’.

I do hope you like this card and would love to show you just how easy it is to make so why not email or ring me today to book your demonstration in? We still have the extra bonuses for Hostesses to the end of July so there’s still time to take advantage of this wonderful promotion from Stampin’ Up!®

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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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Silhouettes resist

12 April, 2009 3 Comments

Happy Easter Sunday to you!

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I do hope youre having a relaxing Easter Sunday and not gobbling all your chocolate eggs down too quickly like my youngest did – she is a little over the chocolate right now! I’ve only had one piece and already my head is starting to hurt!

I have seen so many gorgeous cards made with Pocket Silhouettes so when I saw it was in our new Idea Book & Catalogue I just had to have it – and its a bargain at just $33.95 for 6 stamps!

stemsilcareHere is a card that I’ve had on my desk in various stages over the past week.

I dont normally do Emboss Resist and I’ve seen a few doing this technique lately so thought I’d have a go too!

I’ve sponged the background in Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze after stamping and embossing the silhouettes. The Background on the Pacific Point card is the Friendly Words jumbo wheel which makes an awesome background. The sentiment is from the Level 1 Hostess set Best Yet which is reason enough to hold a demonstration! It has six great sayings in it which I’m sure you will see here throughout the next 12 months!

When I had finished the card it looked a bit bare in the top left corner so I went looking for a butterfly to use and can you believe I dont have one set with a nice little butterfly in it so I’m just going to have to remedy that!

stemsilcarebflyI have Priceless which has a whimsical larger butterfly but that wouldnt have suited this card so I grabbed my retired Live your Dream set and just used that butterfly until I work out which set with a little butterfly I should get!

I stamped the butterfly once on Pink Pirouette and once on Baja Breeze cut them out with my awesome paper snips and mounted them on with the thin edging from the wonderful Stampin Dimensionals so it gives the impression they are in flight.

Here’s a close up of the butterflies so you can see what I mean.

Hope you do have a lovely (and safe) Easter weekend and make some lovely memories with family and friends!

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