Altered Diary

By | January 29, 2014
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Hi there

I’ve had one of these styles of diaries for a couple of years and always meant to cover it but never got round to doing it – that is until now.

I have really fallen in love with the Kaleidoscope Suite of products in the new Occasions catalogue.  I especially love the bright colours of the DSP.  The base of the cover is Crushed Curry and I’ve cut four Hexagon Hive’s out of Basic Black and matted them on top of a sheet of DSP.  I then ran the thinlits die through the Big Shot with scraps of Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay and Strawberry Slush to give me hexagons to mat on top of the solid black bits.

To differentiate the front from the back I stamped “2 0 1 4” on scraps of Whisper White and ran them through the Big Shot with the die (strategically placed!).  The Hexagon Punch is the perfect size to create a mat for the numbers to sit on.

On the back I left some of the hexagons black.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Memorable Moments
Card Stock – Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Basic Black, Whisper White
DSP – Kaleidoscope
Ink – Bermuda Bay
Other – Hexagon Hive Thinlit Die, Hexagon Punch

Have a great evening.

SaleABration and new Occasions Catalogue

By | January 28, 2014
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Hi there

SaleABration is finally here 🙂

What is SaleABration?  From today until 31 March every time you spend $110 with me you get to choose a free gift from a range of exclusive products.  If you host a party and have sales of $550 and above you get an extra $55 in hostess dollars (so that’s a total of $145 in hostess dollars plus you get to choose 5 SaleABration items).  Plus during this period if you’d like to join me as a Stampin’ Up! demo you’ll get to choose $305 worth of product for only $189 – I’d love to have you join me.
If you’d like to hold a workshop or know more about joining Stampin’ Up! please give me a call.
On top of SaleABration we have the new Occasions Catalogue starting today.  To view both catalogues click on the pictures on the sidebar or email me to receive your free copy.
I’ll be back tomorrow with more creations.

More Tissue Boxes

By | January 27, 2014
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Hi there

Well I’ve had a very productive crafting weekend – I’ve made 4 tissue box covers (with one more just needing some final touches), 23 cards for a team swap, 5 cards and a 3D item!  I’ll be showing you these over the coming week.

Here are the last two tissue boxes for the girls at work:

 
This one uses Pumpkin Pie for the box base and is covered with the Old Olive Polka Dot Parade DSP.
The next one uses Old Olive as the base and is covered with Epic Day This and That DSP.  I’ve also used the DSP on the top.

Well I’m off now to clean my crafting mess and get ready for a short week – got to love 4 day weeks.

Tissue Box Covers

By | January 26, 2014
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Hi there

As predicted I needed to make more tissue box covers for the girls at work.  Here are the first two.

The first one uses the Sale-A-Bration DSP – Sweet Sorbet with Pool Party as the base for the box.  The second one uses the new Retro Fresh DSP which will be available from the 28th January.  The card base is Coastal Cabana.

Rather than decorate the top of the box I covered it with DSP.  I love the colours in this paper range – Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla.

I’ll be back tomorrow with another two boxes!

Hexagon Hive Sneak Peak #2

By | January 25, 2014
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Hi there

I hope you enjoyed our Blog Hop yesterday – weren’t there some amazing creations.  I really enjoyed being part of it – thank you to those who left me comments 🙂

Today I’m using the Hexagon Hive and all the ‘off cuts’ that it creates.  I’ve been saving all the bits from previous cut outs as they come in handy.  You may want to find a container or two to keep these yourself.

The die doesn’t cut out all the hexagons so the ones that were left I used as a mat and added the off cuts that matched the DSP – even the half bits come in handy.

And for a bit of colour I used the smaller pieces along the bottom.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Bring on the Cake
Card Stock – Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Pool Pary, Naturals White
Ink – Calypso Coral
DSP – Sweet Sorbet
Other – Apothecary Accents, Hexagon Hive, Dimensionals

ESAD Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop

By | January 24, 2014
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Hi there


And welcome to the ESAD Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop.  You may have arrived from Andrea’s blog or just joined my page.  This is my first time participating in a bloghop 🙂

So what is ESAD?  ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.

We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship, and we’re always there to help and support each other.

So if you’re a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to leave me a comment with your Email address and I’ll contact you with information on how to join our wonderful group.

Now on with my project.  One of the girls I work with admired my tissue box holder on my desk so I decided to make her one – and just kept going with some other accessories for her desk!  I’ve used the Sweet Sorbet DSP as my base for all the projects

First up is the tissue box cover – makes a standard tissue box look great.  I’ve used Crisp Cantaloupe for the base then decorated it with DSP, ribbon, punches and of course some bling!

Next up you need something to make notes in so I cut a standard 3B1 notebook in half and covered it with Crisp Cantaloupe card stock.  The front is stamped using the matching set – Petal Parade plus some more bling.  The pen has a piece of DSP in the barrel to match the notebook.

Last but not least is a Post-It Note holder – now you’ll never loose them on your desk.  The front has been decorated using the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Petal Parade and more bling.

My friend was very pleased with her gifts and hopes that the other staff are jealous!  I think I may be making more of these sets.


Supplies:
Stamp Set – Petal Parade
Card Stock – Crisp Cantaloupe
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Pistachio Pudding, Calypso Coral
DSP – Sweet Sorbet
Other – Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Summer Starfruit Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue Dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed my creations – now it’s time to hop on over to Pauline Bennet’s blog.

1.  Narelle Hoggard
2.  Kathryn Ruddick
3.  Nikki Sadler
4.  Emily Campbell
5.  Keryn Campbell
6.  Leonie Schroder
7.  Chloe Evans
8.  Amity Knight
9.  Alisha Watson
10.  Ann Gerlach
11.  Delys Cram
12.  Monique Fielder
13. Andrea Buckland
14.  Paula Reid
15.  Pauline Bennetts
16.  Dianne Dunk
17.  Tamsin Adams
18.  Corina Beyer

19.  Richelle Fletcher
www.stampingwithrichelle.blogspot.com

20.  Mel Sharp
www.astampaddiction.com

21.  Christie Kunkel
www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com

22.  Nerida Carter
www.stampingjoy.blogspot.com

23.  Gail Kirby
www.stampwithgail.blogspot.com

24.  Michelle Grech
www.stampmeshell.wordpress.com

25.  Sally Williams
www.sallystampingdelights.blogspot.com

Leaving Card Album

By | January 23, 2014
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Hi there

One of the guys I used to work with is retiring at the end of this month.  I contacted my previous boss and said I’d like to make the leaving card (I used to make all the cards for my previous company) and this is what I created – it’s like a mini album.

And here it is all opened up – plenty of room for everyone to sign.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Word Play
Card Stock – Bravo Burgundy (retired), Pool Party Core’dinations
DSP – Sycamore Street (retired), Summer Smooches (Retired)
Other – Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, Deco Labels Framelits, Postage Stamp Punch, Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Happy retirement John

Hexagon Hive Sneak Peak

By | January 22, 2014
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HI there

This post may take me a while to type as I have a furry helper sitting on  my lap who is wanting attention and tickles every couple of seconds.

And she’s not even our cat!   Bella belongs to our neighbours but thinks she also lives here – for tickles and attention only.
Now on to today’s post.  I found a note pad lying around so thought I’d cover it with some paper from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue which starts next week.  (For every $110.00 you spend during the period 28 January to 31 March you get to choose a free product from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue).
My overlay is created with the new Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die from the Occasions catalogue and I LOVE it – you can expect to see more creations with this die.  No pad is complete without a matching pen.
Supplies:
Card Stock – Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party
DSP – Sweet Sorbet
Other – Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die, Summer Starfruit Satin Ribbon, Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Catch you back soon with another creation.

Geometrical Sneak Peak

By | January 21, 2014
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Hi there

If you’re in Auckland I hope you’ve survived the wild weather today – not a good hair day 🙂

Today’s card is another sneak peak from the upcoming Occasions Catalogue using a new set called Geometrical which also has a matching punch – saves so much time when you need to cut the stamped shapes.  I chose my colours from the matching designer series paper of this suite – see here for a sample.

 Supplies:
Stamp Sets – Geometrical, Bring on the Cake
Card Stock – Bermuda Bay, Naturals White
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush, Black StazOn
Other – Triangle Punch, Clear Embossing Powder

Card from Phil

By | January 20, 2014
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Hi there

As promised here is the wedding anniversary card Phil gave me.

We have this rule with good friends of ours.  Husbands are not allowed to give their wife a bought card (birthday, Christmas or Wedding Anniversary) – it must be a handmade card OR ELSE :).  So, when a card is required I get a call from my friends husband and she gets a call from Phil.  Thanks Deb for making such a lovely card.  I think I may CASE this for some of the wedding anniversaries I need to make cards for.

Happy Anniversary – 12 years

By | January 19, 2014
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Hi there

Today is our 12th Wedding Anniversary 🙂  We have just got back from having a lovely breakfast in the sun at our local cafe and now plan to have a relaxing day together.

Here’s the card I gave Phil.  It uses three new products plus two that are carrying over from the Holiday Catalogue which finsihes at the end of this month.

I’m quite proud of myself for actually ‘using’ my new products – I usually buy DSP (and accessories) and then don’t want to cut into the paper as it’s so nice but I’m going to rectify that this year.
I received a lovely handmade card from Phil (thanks Deb) which I’ll show you tomorrow.
Supplies:
Stamp Sets – Perfect Pennants, Memorable Moments

Card Stock – Whisper White, Golf Foil Sheets, Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum
Ink – Gold Metallic Encore Pad, Real Red Ink
Other – Gold Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Powder, Watercolour Wonder Designer Washi Tape

Sneak Peak … Perfect Pennants

By | January 18, 2014
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Hi there

Here’s another sneak peak  of new products soon to be available from the Occasions Catalogue.  I am having so much fun with these new products and I’m sure you will too – not long to go 🙂

Today’s card showcases a new stamp set, Designer Series Paper, Framelit set and Washi Tape!

The stamp set and framelits are from the Pennants Bundle (buy both and save 15%).  The paper and washi tape are from the Retro Suite (there’s more products in this suite that I haven’t got yet).  I think I will be buying more products from the Retro suite – I love these colours.
The banner has one layer of dimensionals between the Tangerine Tango and Baked Brown Sugar layer and then I add two layers of dimentionals under the star for extra height.
I’ve been remembering to add something on the inside of my cards too – you can teach an old dog new tricks (it just might take longer than normal!)
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Perfect Pennants
Card Stock – Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla and Whisper White
DSP – Retro Fresh DSP
Ink – Tangerine Tango, Tangerine Tango Embossing Powder
Other – Banners Framelits Dies, Retro Fresh This and That Designer Washi Tape, Dimenisonals, Two Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

I managed to get my wedding anniversary card done for Phil so you’ll need to check back tomorrow to see that 🙂

Thank You cards

By | January 17, 2014
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Hi there

Well it’s the weekend and a very special one at that.  On Sunday, Phil and I will have been married for 12 years – the best 12 years of my life :).  Hopefully I’ll be able to sneak some crafting time tomorrow as I haven’t had time to make him a card yet and I know he’s got one for me – handmade by my friend!

I CASED this layout from Dawn Griffith’s blog.  It’s hard to tell in the photo but I’ve added some Dazzling Diamonds for a bit of sparkle and texture.

I haven’t used this set as often as I’d planned to and I have heaps of ideas using it.  Maybe I should challenge myself to use a different stamp set each week and create 5 cards with it.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Oh, Hello
Card Stock – Whisper White
Ink – Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder, Black StazOn
Other – Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Dazzling Diamonds, Two Way Glue Pen

Well I hope this wind dies down and we get our summer weather back.  Catch you back here soon with some new creations.

Another Sneak Peak

By | January 16, 2014
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Hi there

Just a quick post today as I had hoped to already be in bed by now as I had an early start this morning – never mind, crafting is more important than sleep 🙂

This card uses a stamp set and DSP from the new Occasions Catalogue available from 28th January.

And I even remembered to take a photo of the inside!  I think you’ll be seeing more of this stamp set and paper in the coming weeks.

Supplies:
Stamp Sets – Geometrical, Bring on the Cake
Card Stock – Basic Black, Naturals White, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Black StazOn
DSP – Kaleidscope
Other – Triangle Punch, Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Tape It Birthday

By | January 15, 2014
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Hi there

I’m on a roll at the moment with my blogging – I hope I can keep it up 🙂

Today’s card uses a set that hadn’t seen the ink yet!  I hope to rectify this.  I wanted to use the same colour on the two longest stamps so I placed them on one clear block and stamped them at the same time – made quick work of stamping.

When I placed them on the block I made sure I still had room for another stamp to fit in between.  The colour combination comes straight from the Basic Black card in the Colour Coach.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Tape It, Label Love
Card Stock – Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Smoky Slate
Other – Artisan Label Punch, Dimensionals