Moonlight Faux Pinwheel

By | September 2, 2014
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As promised here is the second card the ladies made at last weeks class.  This card is a great one to make when you need to use up scraps of Designer Series Paper (DSP).

This design takes eight squares that measure 1 1/4″.  The card stock background squares measure 2 5/8″ and you need two of these.  Here’s a close up of the pinwheel.

I added a brad base through the centre of the DSP and card squares then added a large rhinestone to the centre.  You could also add a candy dot to coordinate with your DSP.
I wrapped the ribbon around the card before adhering it all together then added the bow on top with a glue dot.
I forgot to take a photo of the inside which has the stamped sentiment.
Supplies:
Card Stock – Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White
DSP – Moonlight Paper Stack
Other – Blackberry Bliss Ribbon, Brad Base, Rhinestone, Honeycomb Embossing Folder

Pictogram Punches

By | September 1, 2014
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It’s meant to be Spring today but I think somebody forgot to tell the weather that winter is over – it’s been cold and wet here today in Auckland.  Hopefully my card will cheer you up:)

Last week I had a card class and we made two cards.  The first one uses the cute set Pictogram Punches.  I love this set that it coordinates with the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack – makes is SO easy to cut out the shapes.

As it was Daffodil Day last Friday I went with yellow flowers.  We first stamped the whole image in Wild Wasabi and then restamped it in Bermuda Bay on a scrap piece of card stock.  Unfortunately there was a bit of manual cutting trimming around the vase.  The additional vase is then adhered on top of the fully stamped image.  The flowers were adhered with dimenisonals and a bit of bling added.
The tag measures 2″ x 9cm and the DSP measures 1 1/4″ x 14.3cm (sorry for the mix of inches and cm – it just works out easier with the mix)
Supplies:
Stamps – Pictogram Punches, Sketched Birthday
Card Stock – Whisper White, Bermuda Bay
DSP – Moonlight Paper Stack
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight
Other – Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Tag Topper Punch, Itty Bitty Framelits, Argyle Embossing Folder, Bermuda Bay Taffeta Ribbon, White Bakers Twine, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Check back tomorrow for the second card we did.

Wetlands

By | August 31, 2014
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I hope you’ve had a good weekend despite the cold wet weather.  I’ve had two good afternoon’s crafting but can’t show you what I’ve made just yet – sorry about that :).

Here’s a card I made the other week which I CASED from Julia Carmichael.  It uses the lovely set – Wetlands.

And here’s a side view so you can see the layers.  The bottom square is 1 1/4″ and the top one is 1″.  I’ve used dimensionals to attach the squares to the base and also between the layers.

I stamped the whole image then cut it up into 1″ squares.  I still have left overs of the image to make another couple of cards.

Supplies:
Stamps – Wetlands, Hey You (my ‘go to’ sentiment set)
Card Stock – Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink – Soft Suede
Other – Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Sponge, Dimensionals, Simply Scored

Holiday Catalogue is here plus earn a FREE stamp set offer

By | August 28, 2014
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The new Holiday Catalogue is now live.  To view the catalogue just click on the picture on the top right of my page.  There are so many great stamp sets, accessories and more in this catalogue I’m sure you’ll have a long wishlist.  Well if that’s the case why not host a party with your friends.  From now until 31 October you will be able to earn an exclusive Good Greetings stamp set when your party sales reaches $350 (catalogue prices before shipping and handling) – that’s in addition to the other exciting benefits you get as a hostess.

This versatile stamp set covers holidays from now all the way to Valentine’s Day.  So if you’d like to host a party contact me now to save a date.

Creative Inkers Holiday Blog Hop

By | August 27, 2014
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Hi there and welcome to the first Creative Inkers Blog Hop 🙂

With the new Holiday Catalogue going live tomorrow we thought we’d give you a sneak peak at some of the wonderful new products that will be available.

If you’ve been following the blog hop you will have come from Narelle Hoggard’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 is the card I made for our recent team swap using the new photopolymer set – Wondrous Wreath.

This is a two step stamping set (stamp the base image first then position and stamp the overlay or adjoining stamp) and it’s so easy to stamp the second (and third) stamps with the clear photopolymer stamps – I love them.  The great thing about this set is that it has a coordinating framelit set so cutting out the wreath and the bow are easy.  The set also come with the words ‘Joy’ and ‘Noel’.  My greeting on the inside comes from the set Bright & Beautiful.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Wondrous Wreath, Bright &Beautiful

Card Stock – Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Gold Foil
DSP – Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink – Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler
Other – Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, VersaMark, Heat Tool
I hope you’ve enjoyed my card – now you’re going to head over to Heather Stewart.

No stamping card

By | August 26, 2014
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It’s my bosses birthday today and he’s just bought himself a new road bike which he brought into the office the other day.  I had an idea I’d like to make his card with a bike on it but I don’t own any ‘bike’ stamps.  My wonderful friend and fellow demo Julia has an e-cutter so I asked her a favour and this is what ‘we’ have created.  Thanks Julia 🙂

When he had the bike in the office I took a photo of it and then sent the image to Julia.  With her magically e-cutter she cut out the above – how cool is that!  He was impressed that the image was ‘his’ bike.
Supplies:
Card Stock – Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
Other – e-cutter

Bloom with Hope and Gift Box Punch Board

By | August 25, 2014
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Yesterday we celebrated my SIL’s birthday (her actual birthday was last Tuesday) and this is the card and gift I created for her.

The card uses the lovely Hostess set ‘Bloom with Hope’ and I’ve coloured it in with my Blendabilities.  I wanted to make a fancy fold card so have gone with an extended Circle Thinlits card which also holds part of the present – a gift voucher.

As the gift is to be redeemed at a later date I needed something for her to open so I made some boxes with the new Gift Box Punch Board.  You can make a whole heap of different sized boxes – I’ve made three ranging from the smallest (1 3/4″ square) to the largest (4″ square).

The smallest contained four marshmallows, the middle box contained four hot chocolate sachets and the largest contained a bag of the new raspberry M & M’s.  Do you see a theme running here?  And the voucher is for an evening out for coffee and cake – yum.

Supplies:
Stamp – Bloom with Hope, Hey You
Card Stock – Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Ink – Rich Razzleberry, Momento Black
Blendabilities – Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
DSP – Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant (retired)
Other – Circle Card Thinlits, Wide Oval Punch, Gift Box Punch Board, Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Wondrous Wreath – Sneak Peak

By | August 24, 2014
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Last Saturday we had our team training and this is the card we made using one of the new stamp sets – Wondrous Wreath – from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue.  This stamp set has a coordinating Framelit set which makes it easy to ‘cut’ out.  I changed my ‘door’ from being plain white to having a ‘woodgrain’ look.  Do you like the colour of the ‘door’ handle?  I wonder who lives behind this door!  Thanks to Bernie for tying my wonderful florist bow 🙂

The panels on the door are 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ and 1 1/2″ x 3″.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Wondrous Wreath, Hardwood
Card Stock – Real Red, Whisper White
Ink – Pear Pizzaz, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Crumb Cake
Other – Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Candy Dot and Brad Base, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

Sneak Peak – Gift Box Punch Board

By | August 18, 2014
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Well it’s not long now till our Holiday Catalogue goes live (28 August) so I thought I’d share a project I made using the new Gift Box Punch Board.

I’ve made this card and box for my wonderful courier driver who delivers my lovely Big Brown Boxes (BBB) full of Stampin’ Up! goodies.  I’m sure he’ll get a surprise to find something for him when he next leaves a BBB for me – hopefully tomorrow 🙂

This box was so easy to make and will be great for making quick chocolate holders!  This one holds 6 Whittaker mini slabs.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Hey You
Card Stock – Basic Black, Whisper White
DSP – Kaleidoscope (retired)
Other – Gift Box Punch Board, Artisan Punch

Father’s Day Card – August Card Class

By | August 11, 2014
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Just a quick post before I head off babysitting (and prepping for my team swap).

Here are the two cards we made last week at my card class.  This months theme was Father’s Day (which is Sunday 7th September here in NZ) and a card for a teenager.

I saw a card using strips of DSP  here and thought it would go well for a masculine card – here is what we created:

This card has lots of new products – card stock, DSP, punch and framelits.
The second card we made is great for a teenage girl.  I saw a similar card on Pinterest but it didn’t have a name so I can’t give credit directly – but thanks to whoever came up with this idea.

This also uses new products – ‘Hey You’ stamp set and Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card Stock – Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Gold Foil
DSP – Moonlight Paper Stack
Other – Itty Bitty Accent Punch Pack, Little Letters Framelits, Dimensionals, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

Stamp Set – Hey You, Mixed Bunch
Card Stock – Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink – Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe
Other – Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Project Life Corner Punch, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

More Work of Art 3″ x 3″ cards

By | August 7, 2014
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Following on from our Extravaganza project I decided to create more 3″ x 3″ cards for my customer thank you notes.  I’ve stayed with using Work of Art and the Moonlight DSP Paper Stack.  These were heaps of fun to create – I hope you enjoy them and have a go at creating some of your own designs.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Work of Art
Card Stock – Whisper White, Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon
Ink – Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon
DSP – Moonlight Paper Stack
Other – Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Labels Framelits, Artisan Label Punch, Blackberry Bliss Stitched Satin Ribbon, Lost Lagoon Stitched Satin Ribbon

Seeing Stars – Decorative Mask

By | August 4, 2014
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I had fun the other weekend trying out the new Decorative Masks along with three other new products.  This is my first attempt using the Stars mask.  You get two masks in a pack – Hearts & Stars or Dots and Stripes for just $5.95 a pack.

For this card I used a dauber to ‘colour’ in stars randomly using Wild Wasabi and Lost Lagoon.  I punched out some stars from matching card stock using the new Itty Biity Accents Punch Pack – I’m loving these three punches.  The sentiment is from a new set called ‘Hey You’ (page 103 of the Annual Catalogue).  I think this will be my ‘go to’ sentiment set.  The final new product I used for this card was the Project Life Corner Punch.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Hey You
Card Stock – Wild Wasabi, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White
Ink – Wild Wasabi, Lost Lagoon
Other – Stars Decorative Mask, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Corner Punch, Decorative Label Punch

Thinlits Circle Card

By | August 3, 2014
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Here’s a card I made a couple of months ago and forgot to share.  It uses one of my favourite colours – Bermuda Bay.  This card is made using the Thinlits Circle Card die.  It’s a great die as you can make it a standard size or like this one – extended.  You can still get two cards out of an A4 sheet of card stock.

This set comes with the card die and 9 additional pieces:

Supplies:
Stamp set – Sketched Birthday
Card Stock – Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink – Bermuda Bay
DSP – Kaleidoscope (retired)
Other – Thinlits Circle Card, Bitty Banners Framelits, Triangle Punch

Big Shot and Bundle Promotion

By | August 2, 2014
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Hi there
Stampin Up! have a wonderful Big Shot promotion on offer this month.  So if you were thinking of buying a Big Shot now’s the time.

If you purchase a Big Shot during August you will receive one of five FREE stamp set/framelits bundles (see below – you get to choose which one).  If you already own a Big Shot you can still purchase these discounted bundles at an amazing 15% off.  This is one deal you won’t want to miss out on – only available from 1 – 31 August – as these bundles are a one-time only exclusive.

Extravaganza Projects

By | July 30, 2014
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As promised here are the other projects from Saturday.

Building Block card created by Barbara, Justine, Sarajane and Vanessa
Extended Hamburger Die Box created by Rachael, Ann and Laurie

Polaroid card created by Sally and Leslie

A great day was had by all.