3′ x 3″ Thank You cards

By | March 15, 2014
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Hi there

I hope you have all survived the wild weather today – it’s certainly been wet and windy.  Today I’ve been busy preparing for next weekends Auckland Extravaganza – we have five projects for everyone to make but you’ll have to wait until next Saturday to see what I’m teaching.

Here are some litte thank you cards I made earlier this week.  The finished size is 3″ x 3″.  This is a quick and easy size to make and a great way to use up your scraps of DSP.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Embellished Events
Card Stock – Whisper White
DSP – Twitterpated and SAB 2013 (both retired)
Ink – Island Indigo
Other – Postage Punch

March Stamp Class – Heat Embossed Sympathy Card

By | March 14, 2014
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I hope my fellow Kiwi’s are ready for the fast approaching cyclone.  We’ve made sure things are secure outside and have our candles ready – just in case.

This is the second card we made on Wednesday night – this one combines a few techniques – dry embossing, heat embossing and watercolouring.

We heat embossed the tree image then used blender pens and ink from the ink pad (squish the ink pad together so that some ink goes onto the lid then used it as a palette).  I find that having the image heat embossed gives it some depth and the colouring is a lot easier.  The card stock is the Core’dinations which we gave a light sanding to expose the core colour.
I even remembered to take a photo of the inside this time!

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Lovely as a Tree, Thoughts and Prayers
Card Stock – Old Olive, Early Espresso Core’dinations, Whisper White
DSP – Polka Dot Parade
Ink – Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso
Other – Early Espresso Bakers Twine, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Windows Collection Framelits, Stampin Sanding Block, Blender Pens, Sponge, Dimensionals

March Stamp Class – Dry Embossed Sympathy Card

By | March 13, 2014
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Last night I held my second stamp class with six lovely ladies 🙂

We made two sympathy cards as was the request from the previous month.  The first one uses the dry embossing technique with a twist of resist.

I taught the ladies how you can emboss just part of the card allowing you to stamp your image in the centre which is still flat.  This is such a cool twist on simple dry embossing.

Now that I’ve come to blog this card I’ve realised I forgot to take a photo of the inside!  Will try and update that tomorrow.

Update:  here’s a photo of the inside.



Supplies:
Stamp set – Thoughts and Prayers
Card Stock – Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Rose Red, Whisper White
Ink – Soft Suede, Rose Red
Other – Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Basic Pearls, Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon

I’ll be back tomorrow with the second card we made – and this time a photo of the inside!

Happy Birthday Kate

By | March 12, 2014
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Last Friday one of my work colleagues had her birthday and this is the little gift I gave her.

I’m in love with the new Scallop Tag Topper Punch.  I wasn’t going to buy it to begin with but then I started seeing all these amazing things you could do with it – so I HAD to buy it.

This card is easy to make and so effective.  My little box is one I cased from Sam Donald in the UK.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Label Love
Card Stock – Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Naturals White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
DSP – Modern Medley
Other – Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Artisan Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Basic Pearls, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon

Tauranga Extravaganza project

By | March 11, 2014
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Last weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a project at the Tauranga Extravaganza.  One of the demos’s had to pull out at the last minute due to ill health.  Phil and I decided to take the Friday off work and make a weekend of it.  The weather was perfect and it was nice to get out of Auckland for a break.

This is the project I taught (to 50 ladies).  The ladies lovely the little chocolate box 🙂

Supplies: 

Stamp Set – Label Love
Card Stock – Baked Brown Sugar, Naturals White, Real Red
Ink – Real Red
DSP – Fresh Prints Paper Stack
Other – Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Artisan Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones

Stamp Camp Swaps #4

By | March 10, 2014
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Here’s the last of the swaps – these ones are from Sheryle, Shona and Jacque.

We also all received something from the ‘pillow fairy’ – thank you ‘Pillow Fairy’ 🙂

Stamp Camp Swaps #1

By | March 7, 2014
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H there

I’ve finally got round to photographing the swaps I received at Stamp Camp.  Yet again a good range of projects to show you.  Today’s projects are from Andrea, Bernie, Bev and Chrissy

Stamp Camp Swap

By | March 6, 2014
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Running a bit behind tonight with my posting – I’ve been busy prepping for the Tauranga Extravaganza this weekend that I’m teaching at.

This is the swap I did for our camp the other week.  I wanting something other than a card and not with chocolate! – I know – what’s wrong with me.  So I decided to make a cover for the small packets of tissues you get.  I always have a pack of these in my handbag.

I made an array of colour combinations using the Epic Day This and That DSP.

This is the one that made it into my bag.

Scallop Tag Topper Card

By | March 5, 2014
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Well we’ve certainly had all seasons in a day here in Auckland.  This morning on my way to work it showed that is was 4 degreesC which is really cold for this time of year.  Then we had a huge downpour and then by this afternoon the sun had come out and it was hot – this is autumn weather.

Now on with my card.  I had hoped to use this as my swap for our team stamp camp but my brayering wasn’t that hot – something I need to practice.  Anyway this piece turned out OK and made it onto the card!

There are so many ‘other’ uses for the Scallop Tag Topper punch and I’m sure you’ll see more projects coming up soon.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Label Love
Card Stock – Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Naturals White, CoasterBoard
Ink – Bernuda Bay
Other – Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder, Artisan Punch, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Bermuda Bay 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon

Note Card and Chocolate Bar

By | March 4, 2014
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At Stamp Camp we used the Note Card and Envelope (see page 162 of Annual Catalogue) so I thought I’d create something with them myself.  It’s slightly smaller than a normal sized card but great for a quick ‘thank you’ card.

I embossed a piece of Whisper White then adhered some Sweet Sorbet DSP to the bottom, adhered some Postage Punch squares, stamped and punched flowers from the Petite Petals set and I was done.  Finished off with a bit of ‘Bling’ and a sentiment – how good is that.
I then decided my card was lonely and needed something else – chocolate I hear you say!  This is a cool little project I saw on Dawn Griffith’s blog.  I altered my DSP to measure 6 x 6 (means you can get 4 out of a sheet of DSP).  I’ve used a Whittaker’s Sante Bar.

 And here they are together

Supplies:
Stamp Sets – Petite Petals, Embellished Events, Label Something
Card Stock – Whisper White Note Card (and envelope), Pistachio Pudding, Basic Black
DSP – Sweet Sorbet
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Black StazOn
Other – Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Artisan Punch, Word Window Punch, Postage Punch, Summer Starfruit Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones

Stamp Camp – Watercolouring

By | March 3, 2014
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This is the last project to showcase from Stamp Camp.  This one uses the set So Very Grateful and the watercolouring technique.

I really enjoy watercolouring and its made a lot easier when you heat emboss the image – gives you a solid line to stay inside :).  We made a matching envelope using the Envelope Punch Board.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – So Very Grateful
Card Stock – Whisper White, Coastal Cabana
Ink – Real Red, Coastal Cabana
Other – Black Embossing Powder, Banner Punch, Blender Pens, Rhinestones, Envelope Punch Board

Stamp Camp – Retro Fresh Suite

By | March 2, 2014
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Today’s post features products from the Retro Fresh Suite.  One of our very talented demo’s – Ria – taught us these really cool 4 x 4″ cards.  They could also be used on a scrapbook paper or framed for home decor.  I now want to make a box for them using the Envelope Punch Board so I can give them away as a gift.

Which layout is your favourite?  I think I like the last one best – such a cool use of the circle framelits.  With the left over pieces I’m going to make more of this design.
Supplies:
Stamp Sets – Hip Notes, Just Sayin’, Starburst Sayings
Card Stock – Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Safron, Tangerine Tango, Naturals White, Gold and Silver Foil Sheets
DSP – Retro Fresh
Ink – Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar
Other – On Film Framelits, Retro Fresh Washi Tape, Word Bubble Framelits, Starburst Framelits, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Natural 5/8″ Chevron Ribbon, Lattice Die, Gold Sequin Trim, Candy Dots, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack.

Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit and Best Of … Autumn

By | March 1, 2014
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Stampin’ Up! have just released a new card kit 🙂  For $38.95 your will recieve the following kit which contains:

  • Card stock and envelopes to make 20 cards
  • Three piece Hip Hip Hooray stamp set and clear stamp block
  • Basic Gray Stampin’ Spot mini ink pad
  • Twine, clips and adhesive die-cut embellishments
  • Full-colour instructional brochure


and the Best Of … Autumn