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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Hi there

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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Hi there

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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Hi there

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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Hi there

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.

Work of Art – 3″ x 3″ note cards

By | July 29, 2014
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We had a great turnout at our Creative Inkers Extravaganza on Saturday – 93 attendees :).  I love these events an everyone seems to enjoy them as they keep on coming back!  They all made five projects and this is what I taught with my friend Narelle.  These are 3″ x 3″ gift cards and they made two of each design using the Work of Art stamp set and the Moonlight DSP Paper Stack – loving both of these products.

The cards then went in a cute box created by Jacque, Angela and Kathryn

Supplies:
Stamps – Work of Art
Card Stock – Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
Ink – Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
DSP – Moonlight Paper Stack
Other – Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

I’ll be back tomorrow with the other three projects.

Kinda Eclectic and 2014 In Colors

By | July 21, 2014
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I’ve been a busy little beaver this last week and am slowly coming up for air.  I have been busy preparing for workshops, classes and our Auckland Extravaganza.  I can now show you the card that I taught at my workshops this weekend – thanks ladies for two great crafting afternoons.

I fell in love with the ‘Kinda Eclectic’ set when I saw it so I knew I had to use it in my workshop.  This set has six stamps in it and I’ve managed to use them all on this card and all the new In Colors!

The ladies were able to choose their favourite colour card base so they all looked different – I used Hello Honey for mine.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Kinda Eclectic
Card Stock – Hello Honey, Very Vanilla
Ink – Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow and Momento Tuxedo Black
Punches – Elegant Butterfly, 3/4″ Circle

Well I’ve just finished prepping for my class on Wednesday – it’s taken me longer than I thought as I’m out babysitting and Bella has been sitting on my knee wanting attention.  I think the saying is true – dogs have owners and cats have staff!

Keep warm and dry

Flowershop Birthday

By | July 9, 2014
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This is a card I made for a friend who had her birthday back in March and I’m only just now getting round to bloging it – how bad is that!

Her favourite colour combo is black and white (or vanilla in this case) and my favourite colour is yellow – so I married the two together and this is what I came up with.  I’ve heat embossed the images then punched them out with the matching Pansy Punch.  I do love it when you get a matching punch or framelit for a stamp set.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Flowershop, Bring on the Cake (retired)
Card Stock – Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight
DSP – Modern Medley
Ink – Black StazOn
Other – Black Embossing Powder, Pansy Punch, Itty Bitty Punch pack, Chalk Talk Framelits

Hello Honey meets Lost Lagoon – July class cards

By | July 8, 2014
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I’m not sure what the weather is doing at your place tonight but the wind is howling around at mine – I’m sure the clothesline will be spinning round rather fast!

Here are the cards we made at my July card class last week:

I think this card layout has been a hit since we all saw it on Sandi McIvor’s blog.  I loved creating it for my niece (see Sunday’s post) so I decided to teach it to my class but this time used Hello Honey as the card base.  I must trial it using the other new In-Colours.

The second card we made was one shown at our recent Team Training.  I’ve paired Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon with the new Moonlight DSP Paper Stack.  I love these paper stacks and they’re great value at 48 sheets for $14.50.  There are two designs in the new catalogue – check them out on page 185

I’ve used the greeting ‘Hello Friend’ from the Six Sided Sampler set but only inked up the word ‘hello’ by using the markers.  This was a very simple card to create but very effective with the top layer being raised on dimensionals to give some height to the card.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Six Sided Sampler
Card Stock – Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Whisper White
Marker – Blackberry Bliss
DSP – Moonlight DSP Paper Stack
Other – Hexagon Punch, Lost Lagoon Stitched Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Glue Dots