Creative Inkers Occasions Blog Hop

By | January 26, 2015
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Hi there

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Welcome back to our second Creative Inkers Blog Hop for 2015.  This blog hop showcases products from the Occasions Catalogue that was released earlier this month and is here until 2 June 2015.  It’s full of lovely stamp sets, paper and accessories.  Don’t forget that for every $110 NZD that you spend between now and 31 March 2015 you get to choose FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.
If you’ve been following the blog hop you will have come from the very talented Rachael Knight or you may have just joined my page.  If you get ‘lost’ there’s a list of all the blogs at the bottom of this post.  So grab a cuppa and enjoy the ‘hop’ – this is a longer post than normal so read to the bottom 🙂
I’ve gone with the same style of card – Magic Card – for my two projects.  The first one uses my favourite set – From the Herd.  I’ve always wanted to make a Magic card and this set works perfectly.
What’s so magical about this card you say – well wait until you pull the tab up and voila – colour appears.

And here’s the herd on the inside.
I’ve coloured my images using our Blendabilities – which you can get FREE as part of Sale-A-Bration.
Supplies:
Stamp set – From the Herd
Card Stock – Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Whisper White
DSP – Park Lane
Ink/Blendabilities – Momento Black Ink, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Black StazOn
Other – 1 3/8″ and 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, Deco Labels, Window Sheet, Early Espresso Bakers Twine
For my second card I’ve used a set that I think will become a favourite – Sheltering Tree.  Again – where’s the magic?
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And a close up – this was so much fun to stamp.  First the tree trunk, then the leaves (whatever the season), then the grass and finally personalise your scene.  I’ve added the swing and bike with a few ‘flowers’ off to the left.

And the inside can’t be left out

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Sheltering Tree
Card Stock – Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
DSP – Park Lane
Ink – Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Black StazOn
Other – 1 3/8″ and 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, CIrcle Framelits, Line Thread, Window Sheets, Early Espresso Bakers Twine
I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit to my blog – please leave a comment as I love to hear from you.  My ‘comments’ link is at the bottom of my post just below the photo of Yellowbear 
Thanks for joining our second Blog Hop for 2015, now it’s time to hop on over to see what wonderful creation Sally Williams has in store.
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Celebrate Today – Happy Birthday

By | January 25, 2015
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For those of you in Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty I hope you are enjoying your long weekend – I could get used to 3 day weekends!

Today’s card uses one of the new sets from the Occasions Catalogue called Celebrate Today.  The great thing with this set is that you can get it as a bundle (and save 15%) with the coordinating Balloon Framelits.

I created a ‘mask’ so that I could stamp the bunting in alternate colours – a bit time consuming but as this set comes in Photopolymer it was easy to align the image each time I stamped it.  I had tried using markers but the colour wasn’t strong enough for my liking – I’m a ‘bolds’ girl rather than a ‘subtles’.  There is also a matching framelit in the Balloon set so no ‘fussy’ cutting needed 🙂

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Celebrate Today
Card Stock – Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink – Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point
Other – Balloon Framelits, Dimensionals

Don’t forget to check back tomorrow at 8:00pm for our second Creative Inkers Blog Hop showcasing products from the new Occasions Catalogue.

Enjoy your day off tomorrow 🙂

Creative Inkers Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop

By | January 19, 2015
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Hi there

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Glad you can join us for another Creative Inkers Blog Hop.  This blog hop showcases products from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  For every $110 NZD that you spend between now and 31 March 2015 your get to choose FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

If you’ve been following the blog hop you will have come from Rachael Knight’s blog or you may have just joined my page.  If you get ‘lost’ there’s a list of all the blogs at the bottom of this post.  Now on with my project.

This first card is one I taught at my card class last week and uses four Sale-A-Bration products – Irresistably Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP), Big Day Stamp Set, Blendabilities and Best Year Ever Accessory Pack.

I love this DSP – it’s white glossy paper with different patterns that you can colour in a variety of techniques.  For these cards I’ve used ink and sponges but you could use daubers, a brayer or a spritzer to get different effects.  I sponged three colours on randomly then used a tissue to wipe away any excess ink.  It gives the effect of the emboss resist technique.  No two cards will be the same.

For the second card I still used sponges but applied the colours light to dark to light to give a blended look.  I’ve also used another of the patterns – quite a different look for this card.

I’m really loving this stamp set which comes with five stamps – it’s great for colouring in using the Blendabilites which are also a FREE product.  For the ‘Celebrate’ I restamped it on a scrap piece of card then hand cut it out, coloured it in with my Bendabilities then adhered it over the original image.  I did this on both cards.
Here’s a full list of the supplies I used:
Stamp Set – Big Day
Card Stock – Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Costal Cabana, Whisper White.  Naturals White, Rich Razzleberry
Ink/Blendabilities – Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana. Soft Sky, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Rich Razzleberry, Costal Cabana.  Momento Black
Other – Banner Framelits, Circle Framelits, 2″ Circle Punch, Best Year Ever Accessory Pack, Dimensionals

I hope you’ve enjoyed my creations.  Check back next Monday 26th January at the same time for our next blog hop which will showcase products from the Occasions Catalogue – now you’ll be heading to Sally Williams’ blog

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Happy Anniversary

By | January 19, 2015
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Hi there

Today Phil and I are celebrating our 13th Wedding Anniversary with a long weekend away in Raglan on the west coast of the North Island.  Happy Anniversary Babe – thanks for being such an amazing husband – love you heaps.

Here is the card I made for him which is also the card I taught at last weeks card class.  We had a bit of fun making this as every time he walked through the lounge the girls quickly turned the card over in case he saw it 🙂

The ladies had wanted to make another ‘card in a box’ card and I found a really good tutorial for a rectangle card on Diane Barnes blog – check it out here.  With this design you can get two cards out of an A4 sheet of card stock and it fits into our standard envelopes. Thanks for Di for sharing this with us.

Do you like the paper I’ve used?  It’s from the new paper stack – Stacked with Love – which is in the new Occasions Catalogue.  I’m not really a ‘hearts’ girl but this paper range is really lovely and I love all the paper designs.  It has black images on one side and red tones on the other and at NZD$14.50 it’s really good value.  You get 48 sheets per pack – 4 each of 12 double-sided designs.

In my clean up over the holidays I found some Googly eyes so thought I’d add them to this project – they make cute owls don’t you think?  I’ve used one of my ‘go to’ sets for the sentiments – Memorable Moments.  This is such a versatile set even though it’s only numbers and a few sentiments.  If you don’t own this set I’d say have a re-think 🙂

Supplies:
Stamp – Pictogram Punches, Memorable Moments
Card Stock – Real Red, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White
DSP – Stacked with Love Paper Stack
Ink – Real Red
Other – Real Red 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Owl Builder Punch, Bird Builder Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Hearts Framelits, Label Card Thinlits, Googly eyes (non SU)

Well I hope you enjoy your day because I will be enjoying mine 🙂

Check back tonight at 8:00pm for our Creative Inkers Blog Hop showcasing projects using products from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

From the Herd – Happy Birthday

By | January 15, 2015
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Hi there

What fantastic weather we’ve been having here in Auckland – let’s hope it lasts a bit longer.

Yesterday I had three people celebrate birthdays – so here is the first card.

This was for a 9 year old so I’ve added some ‘googly’ eyes for some fun 🙂

I’m loving the combination of this set and Blendabilities – colouring in takes you back to your childhood and is very relaxing.

Supplies:
Stamp – From the Herd
Card Stock – Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
DSP – Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso Paper Stack (retired)
Ink – Momento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Old Olive
Other – Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Googly eyes – non SU

Big Day CASE

By | January 12, 2015
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Well it’s back to work for me – my summer break is over 🙁 and I’ve just realised I haven’t done a blog post for almost a week!  I’ve been busy in the craft room creating – now I just need to make the time to show you what I’ve been creating.  Make yourself a note to check back next Monday night at 8:00pm as we have another Creative Inkers Blog Hop showcasing products from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

Last week one of the ladies I used to work with had a birthday and this is the card I made.  I’ve CASED it (Copy And Share Everything) from the Sale-A-Bration brochure which is out now.  Check out page 12.  I’ve changed the colours and done a few modifications but this is what guided me

I really like this stamp set and have a few more creations to show you over the coming days.  Remember – for every $110NZD that you spend between now and 31st March you get to choose FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.
Supplies:
Stamp – Big Day
Card Stock – Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Whisper White
Ink – Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
Other – Banner Punch, Scallop Tag Topper Punch

If you’re in New Zealand I hope you’re enjoying the beautiful summer weather.

From the Herd

By | January 6, 2015
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There are so many great products in the new Occasions Catalogue – my wish list is a long one!  After having a quick look through the catalogue I returned to page 15.  I think this set is so cute so here’s my first creation with ‘From the Herd’.  I have more ideas in my head for this set – I just need the time to sit and create.

Here are the 13 stamps that make up this set.
I’ve used my Blendabilities to colour this image – have you noticed that you can choose a Blendabilities assortment as your FREE item when you purchase $110 NZD worth of product?
The Square Framelits came in handy to create the card.  The largest framelit – which is a scallop square formed the card base and then I used the 3 11/16″ frame for the picture.  I cut the mat to a 3 7/8″ square.
Supplies:
Stamp – From the Herd
Card Stock – Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink/Blendabilites – Momento Black, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi
Other – Square Framelits
Don’t forget – if you have a big wish list like me why not host a party with some friends.

Occasions Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration have arrived

By | January 6, 2015
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Hi there

The new Occasions Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration are now here 🙂  Click on the side bar to view the new catalogues.

The Occasions Catalogue is filled with great new products I’m sure you’ll love.

Along with the Occasions Catalogue we have Sale-A-Bration happening until 31st March 2015.  

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What is Sale-A-Bration?  Well you get one FREE product for every $110 NZD that you spend

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So why not host a party during this time – there are great Hostess Benefits to be had.  If your party orders are over $450 NZD you get an additional $45NZ D in Hostess Benefits.  Contact me now to book a party for you and your friends.
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It’s also a great time to join Stampin’ Up! as a new Demonstrator.  New Demonstrators can choose one of the following limited-time Sale-A-Bration offers when joining between 6 January 2015 and 31 March 2015.  So if you’re interested in joing Stampin’ Up! please contact me for more details.

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I’ll be back later with a project showcasing one of my favourite new sets from the Occasions Catalogue.

Label Thinlits Gift Card and Box

By | January 3, 2015
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I’ve been doing a bit of a cleanup of my photos and realised I hadn’t blogged my nephews birthday card from November – oops.

What do you get a 16 year old for his birthday?  Well this one is easy – give him a gift voucher to go shopping for birthday AND Christmas in one hit and buy clothes 🙂  Well I don’t take him shopping – the tradition is that he heads out for the day with his Gran (my Mum) and I just hand over the money at the end – works well for all parties 🙂

As there was no ‘gift’ to open on the day a box filled with chocolates is always a good substitute.

Supplies:
Stamp – Hey You, Another Great Year (retired)
Card Stock – Island Indigo, Brushed Silver, Whisper White
DSP – All is Calm
Other – Label Card Thinlit, Labels Framelits, Gift Box Punch Board, Silver Satin Ribbon

Bloom with Hope

By | January 2, 2015
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Hi there

And Happy New Year – I hope your had a great New Years’ Eve and the New Year is off to a good start.  We had a very relaxing NYE which was really nice – watched the ‘Lego’ movie :).  Yesterday we went for a picnic to Woodbridge Gardens in Coatsville – the gardens were beautiful and cover 3 hectares.  While we were there Phil took a photo of me so that I could finally update my profile photo – the last one was taken back in 2011 when my hair was shorter.

Today’s project is one I created last month but ran out of time to show – note to self – be more organised for 2015!

Bloom with Hope is a Hostess only set (pg 240 of the Annual Catalogue) so if you’d like to own this set for yourself why not contact me to arrange a time for a workshop.  There are also added benefits for the next couple of months as Sale-A-Bration starts from Tuesday 6 January through till 31 March.  Check back on Tuesday for more information regarding Sale-A-Bration.

Supplies:
Stamp – Bloom with Hope, Hey You
Card Stock – Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Ink – Momento Black
Blendabilities – Wisteria Wonder, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
Other – Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Gift Box Punch Board, Wisteria Wonder Chevron Ribbon, Old Olive DSP Colour Collection (retired)

It’s a beautiful day here in Auckland so this evening we are heading to my favourite beach – Piha.  Have a wonderful evening.

Flower Shop with Vellum Card Stock

By | December 31, 2014
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I hope your holidays are going well and you’ve had some relaxation time.

My final card to show you for 2014 is one I taught at this months card class.  It’s for my friend who has a birthday today – Happy Birthday Karenina – I hope you’re having a great day with your lovely family.

It uses one of my favourite flower sets – Flower Shop.  Instead of stamping on card stock we stamped the flowers on Vellum Card stock with white embossing powder and coloured in from the back using a dauber.  This isn’t my idea – I CASED it from Rebecca Borkowski.  Why reinvent the wheel.  I did change a few things to suit the stamps I had.

Supplies:
Stamps – Flower Shop, Summer Silhouettes, Hey You
Card Stock – Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Vellum Card Stock
Ink – Pear Pizzazz, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe
Other – White Embossing Powder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Old Olive Bakers Twine, Wide Oval Punch, Basic Pearls, Large Scallop Edgelit, Dimensionals
I hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Years’ Eve with family and friends.
Thank you for visiting my blog this year – I have now reached over 115,000 visitors to my blog :).
Here’s to a great 2015

Happy Birthday Angela

By | December 30, 2014
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Hi there

We had a great day out yesterday walking part of the Rail Trail through the Karangahake Gorge.  It was such a beautiful day with heaps of people out biking the trail.  After our walk we visited a nearby waterfall then headed to Kaiaua for fish and chips – yummy.

Today’s card was for a friend who had her birthday a couple of weeks ago – we had about four birthdays within a couple of days.

I wanted to use vellum for the Curvy Keepsake box so kept the theme running on the card as well.  I adhered the vellum to a piece of Whisper White card stock before adhering to the car base.

Supplies:
Stamp – Another Great Year (retired)
Card Stock – Brushed Silver, Whisper White
Ink – Wisteria Wonder
Other – Fancy Foil Silver Vellum, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities, Curvy Keepsake Framelit

Happy Birthday Elise

By | December 28, 2014
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Hi there

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas – ours was very relaxed spending time with the family.  The tree and all the Christmas decorations are now packed away and I’ve made a start on cleaning my craft space ready for the New Year.  I started on the cupboard and found a plastic bag with 9 bags of Whittakers mini slabs so I packed them into my ‘chocolate’ container – they ‘just’ managed to fit in.  On going back to the cupboard I found another plastic bag with another 9 packets of mini slabs!! I think I’d better stop buying chocolate and start making some projects to use them up.  Don’t worry the use by date isn’t till July 2015 :).

Now on with the card – a friends daughter turned two earlier this month and this is the card and basket I made.

I had the embossed piece of card stock sitting on my desk from some other project that changed so I used that as my base.  My nine squares fitted perfectly in-between the embossing and balanced the card front.  The little basket is one I saw on Dawn Griffith’s blog years ago and really love.
Supplies:
Stamp – Papillon Potpouri, Pictogram Punches
Card Stock – Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar, Naturals White
DSP – Lullaby
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe
Punches – Postage, Bitty Butterfly, Itty Bity Accents, Petite Petals, Pansy
Other – Simply Pressed Clay, Blossoms Clay Mold, Filigree Frame Embossing Folder, Chevron Embossing Folder, Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Sizzlets (retired)

Enjoy your holidays

Merry Christmas

By | December 25, 2014
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Merry Christmas everyone.  For those of you with children – I hope you weren’t woken too early 🙂

Over the last 25 days our neighbours two little boys (4 and 2) have been coming up each night to open an Advent Calendar box.  It has been so much fun watching them as they take turns each night to open a box and see what’s inside – chocolate :).  As they come up the drive you can hear ‘my turn tonight’ – they are so cute.

And here is the finished calendar:

I hope you all have a happy and safe Christmas with family and friends.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a saviour, who is Christ the Lord – Luke 2:11