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Latte Pocket

10 July, 2010 11 Comments

Hello and welcome to another Sketchy Saturday!

My apologies for posting late (sorry Carol) we had a spanner thrown in the works last night with a call to let us know that an ambulance had been called for my Mother in Law.  She has had a bad cold and ended up with chest pains last night so everything was just dropped while we attended to her.

Here is this week’s sketch from the lovely Carol.

Diagonals?  What am I supposed to do with that?  So as I do I deliberated and deliberated and then …. I deliberated some more!

Then it dawned on me … pockets.

I have quite a bit of Designer Series Paper that I need to use over the next 2 months so I tried to think what paper I havent used for a while and I grabbed my Candy Lane Papers.  You dont see these pack used so much and I think its really lovely – or maybe I just dont go to the right blogs!

Here is what I came up with …

I’ve modelled this card on the Diagonal Pocket card but I’ve just used it for the pockets on the front so only used 1/3 sheet of 12×12 for the front pockets instead of using the whole  sheet as in the tutorial.  I’ve also added a bit of elegance using the Eyelet Border Punch on a piece of Very Vanilla.

Now here’s the card showing the insert.

I couldnt go past doing my “Latte Stack” on the tag with my gorgeous “Share A Cup” stamp.

I’ve left the tag mainly blank so you can put a little note or even attach a gift card for your favourite Coffee Place like Gloria Jeans or The Coffee Club.

Here is the inside of the card for you to write a message to your friend

Now I’ve added the Eyelet Border egde again with some of the stripes from the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper pack for continuation from the front.

Now I could have put another tag in the top pocket but after grabbing my little Pun Fun Latte stamp I thought what better than to put in a sachet for a Latte.  Its a nice way to say hello to a friend and give them a cuppa :)

I do hope you like what I made for this sketch and now all I have to do is to find someone to send it to!  Maybe you??

Now its time for you to skip along to the next Designing Diva being the loverly Ruthie Burkey so pop over to Ruthie’s blog and see what she has created for this week’s sketch challenge

Thanks for stoppin by

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Live your Dream

12 December, 2008 6 Comments

A lot of people will tell you that you’re never too old to dream or it doesnt hurt to dream and they are right.

I, like most people, have always dreamt of doing something you love as your job and source of income. I never thought I would but now I am :) and I love just everything Stampin’ Up!® has done for me and my family. I feel I am more confident in myself and my stamping and scrapbooking skills have improved and I can also supplement the family income to allow us to do and buy things we otherwise wouldnt be able to.

Here are a couple of cards using the “Live your Dream” stamp set from the new Summer Mini Catalogue. I just love this set as its just so pretty and it does come with a great quote which I’ll just have to make another card to show you!

skydreamThis first one is one I made for a Stamp A Stack and yes the ladies loved it.

Its done in one of my favourite colour combinations of Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip. The flower image is done using the ‘direct to rubber’ technique with the Stampin’ Write Markers (which you can still buy separately until Sunday so get your order in now so you dont miss out!) Then I’ve stamped over the stems with the Thanks stamp.

The piercing in the top right corner just gives it a nice look and is done using the paper piercer and piercing mat from the tool kit. The middle layer is just a small piece of patterned paper from the new Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper (warning: you will see alot of this pack in future posts!) layered onto the chocolate chip cardstock.

I’ve punched three holes for the brads. Now do you see how evenly spaced and straight they are?? Do you think I’m that talented I could do that myself?? Well if you do I certainly have you fooled! Actually I used the piercing mat for this again as the mat has different sized holes marked in it for this very reason. You can either use a pencil mark so you know where to punch or layer it over your piece and use the punch directly within the mat guide. Now I know that if I tried this I’d put extra holes in my piercing mat that shouldnt be there so I opted for the pencil markings!

TIP: Now you may also noticed that when you put brads in a card like this depending on how large a hole you punched they may still move around a little – to prevent this get your brads where you want them and just place a piece of sticky tape/cellotape to hold them in place! Not rocket science but it works :D

oliveburgdreamthanks

This is the second one I want to share with you today.

If youre a regular visitor to my blog then you know I just LOVE Old Olive! I’m not usually a ‘green’ person but I just love the richness of this colour!  I’ve also found that it really does go with many other colours.

The flower I have again coloured with the Stampin’ Write markers using the ‘direct to rubber’ technique. Instead of re-colouring for the 2nd flower I have just huffed again and stamped it again.

You’ll notice I’ve used my beautiful punches here and what great value is the photo corner punch? two sizes on the one punch! I’ve also used the large and small ovals for the Thanks sentiment and stamped the little bird off on scrap paper first then stamped behind the thanks.

The border around the Olive layer is done using versamark and the flower border that comes in this set.

This set comes with 8 stamps for just $55.95 – thats less than $7 per stamp! It also co ordinates beautifully with the Afternoon Tea Designer Series Papers and the gorgeous Love Birds Rub-Ons. These are all available for a limited time in the Summer Mini Catalogue which runs until 31st March 2009.

Remember at the beginning of this post I mentioned about how Stampin’ Up! has been such a positive influence in my life and if you would like to ask more questions about it then please contact me. If you’d like to share stamping & scrapbooking with your friends and earn some extra income along the way then I’d be more than happy to help you.

January and February are great months to join Stampin’ Up! as its Sale-a-Bration time and you really do get to celebrate as you receive a bonus free stamp set to the value of $79.95. Should I say it?? But wait … there’s more! You also have the chance to earn more free stamps during Sale-a-Bration as well as the other incentives & rewards Stampin Up has to offer as you become part of a wonderful team of stampers – not just my downline but you have access to my uplines and their support as well.

If you’d like more information on this then contact me today for a new demonstrator pack which is free and there is no obligation to join. So why not make this your New Years resolution? Not only do you share your skills with others but you make lots of new friends along the way and they really do bless you with their friendship and support.

Till tomorrow ….

leoniesig1

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Eastern Blooms

10 December, 2008 5 Comments

Today I’d like to share with you a coupe of easy cards I’ve made using the new Eastern Blooms stamp set in the Summer Mini Catalogue – remember if you dont have your free copy email or ring me and I’ll get one to you as soon as Aussie Post can ;)

Ever since Nicki made that set of cards with the lovely colour combination of Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red I’ve been wanting to make some.

Now I know this card is no where near as nice as Nicki’s set but thought I’d share it with you. I’ve used our square punches for the flower tiles and it makes a very simple & bright birthday card.

I’ve also used the Happy Birthday from Its your birthday stamp set for the greeting at the bottom.

Here’s another very easy card to make and works well at a Stamp A Stack.

If you havent noticed I am rather in love with Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive combination and the pale plum just goes so nicely with those two colours. You’d never know I liked purple would you??

The flowers on the Pale Plum layer are stamped in versamark and I’ve uses my markers to colour the stem stamp in old olive and eggplant for the flowers. I love the richness too of the Eggplant Grosgrain.

The For You greeting comes from Occassional Greetings stamp set which is a great set for different greetings and one for just about every occasion.

This is the last card for today. As you can see from these cards you can get different styles with just the one set and great value at just $39.95 for 5 stamps.

Would make a great christmas present too and you can match it with the Bali Breeze designer series papers!

This card is done in Chocolate Chip and River Rock. I’ve used the circle punches to create the little round tab and the Taffeta ribbons just give it the ‘oooo’ effect.

Hope you do like these cards today and look forward to sharing some more and from different sets from the new Summer Mini over the next week or two so dont forget to bookmark this blog and pop back often.

Now it’s back to writing out christmas cards!



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