Butterfly Thank You

By | January 12, 2014
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One of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demo is that we get to pre-order product a month before a new catalogue is released.  Our new Occasions Catalogue is due to start on 28 January and I received my pre-order end of last week.  I managed to have a play with some of my new goodies this weekend so watch out for some ‘sneak’ previews in the coming weeks.

I’ve used one of the new products in today’s card – can you spot it?

On the last day of work last year I order some bean bags from Big Save Furniture in Manukau for work.  The assistant that helped me (over the phone) was so helpful I wanted to send her a card to say ‘Thanks’.  She went above and beyond her job – she even managed to get me free delivery 🙂
And here’s the inside of the card (I remembered to take a photo!)

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Papillon Potpourri, Four You
Card Stock – Calypso Coral, Whisper White
Ink – Calypso Coral
DSP – I Am Me
Other – Bitty Butterfly Punch, 1″ and 1 1/4″ Square Punch, Word Bubbles Framelits, Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon (retired), Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Dauber

Lasting Christmas Gift

By | January 11, 2014
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I finally got round to taking the photos of the Christmas gift our wonderful upline Jacque made for us.  We were able to choose which colour we wanted so I naturally chose one with yellow!

It’s such a cool gift that lasts for the whole year with specific tasks until May.  I’m already running behind as the first task was to pamper yourself with a relaxing bath – one problem for me – we don’t have a bath!  Never mind I’m going to be staying at Mum & Dad’s soon so can enjoy one there.
We’ve been given nine partially made cards and we need to complete them using the embellishments provided and send them to various people.

This is such a cool gift.  I will be starting my January task next week – you never know you may find a card in the mail from me 🙂

Mojo Monday #327

By | January 10, 2014
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What a beautiful day we’ve had here in Auckland – pity I was at work but it’s meant to be round for the weekend so all good 🙂

For today’s card I’ve used this week’s sketch from Mojo Monday.  I rotated the layout so that it would fit my stamp and my colour combo is straight from the colour coach for Coastal Cabana – love this colour.

Now this isn’t a colour combination I would have chosen myself but I think it goes pretty well together.  My colour coach is never far from hand.  I went with ribbon along the top which meant I couldn’t stamp directly onto it so I added my ‘ink spots’ by stamping on card stock them punching out with a flower punch from the Itty Bitty pack.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Perfectly Penned, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock – Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
DSP – Polka Dot Parade
Ink – Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie
Other – Decorative Label Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon, Glue Dots

Well I’m off to my friends house to watch a movie while Phil heads out to Muriwai to take sunset photos – enjoy your evening.

Wishing You … Birthday

By | January 9, 2014
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Ok – here’s the last card that wasn’t blogged from last year!

This stamp set is my favourite from the Holiday Catalogue (which finishes 1 February 2014).  I’ve used it on 10 different styles of cards – it so versatile for such a small stamp set.

I CASE’d this card  from Victoria Rogers of Blue Jelly Stampin.  I love all the layering of the parcels.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Wishing You
Card Stock – Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party
Other – Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Mosaic Birthday

By | January 8, 2014
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I’m a very happy ‘aunt’ today as my 19 year old nephew returned form his OE this afternoon.  I’m sure he’s grown taller and that I haven’t shrunk.  I had to stand on tip toes for a hug!  It’s SO good to see him home.

Here’s a card I made for a friend’s birthday last month but never got round to blogging it.  I really like the black and vanilla of the paper and added a Cherry Cobbler bow for a touch of colour.  I forgot to take a photo of the inside (again) which had the greeting.  The card base was Vanilla and I had matted another piece of Vanilla with the Black – it looked really cool with the greeting stamped in Cherry Cobbler.

Supplies:
Stamp – Mosaic Madness
Card Stock – Very Vanilla, Basic Black
DSP – Modern Medley
Ink – Smoky Slate
Other – Mosaic Punch, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

3D gift box

By | January 7, 2014
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Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of meeting fellow Aussie Demo – Debbie Blake who was in port for the day.  Debbie and her husband were on a cruise that docked in Auckland for the day so a group of Auckalnd demos (plus Rob & Phil) met her for lunch.  It was so nice to be able to catch up in person.  Debbie gave us each a gorgeous gift – filled with a Caramello Koala!  I will definitely be recreating this cute little box.

Thank you so much Debbie and I hope you enjoyed the rest of your cruise.

Best of …

By | January 6, 2014
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Well it was back to work today for me – a bit hard getting up at 6:30am after all those lovely sleep ins but I’m sure it will get easier!

This month’s “Best of” is Brides and Babies – check out the flyer below:

Don’t forget the “Whole lot of Love” promotion is on until 27 January.  Check out my post here for more details.

Colour and Sketch challenge

By | January 5, 2014
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It’s hard to believe but my two weeks of holidays is drawing to an end – it’s back to work tomorrow.  It’s been a very relaxing time catching up with family and friends.

Today’s post combines a colour challenge (CTD273) and a sketch challenge (MOJO326).  There were two options for the sketch either a round or a square card.  I haven’t made a round card for ages so thought I’d go with that and here’s what I came up with:

I haven’t used Tempting Turquoise for ages and it was good to get it out again.  It goes so well with the two shades of grey.  This card is perfect for my friend’s birthday this week as she loves blue.  I’ve also made a matching note pad as a wee gift to go with the card.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Flower Shop, Best Dad Ever (retired)
Card Stock – Tempting Turquoise, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Ink – Tempting Turquoise
DSP – I am Me
Other – Tempting Turquoise Brads (retired), Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Pansy Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Chevron Embossing Folder, Circles Collection Framelits, Small Scallop Rotary Cutting Blade, Dimensionals

ColorQ #222

By | January 4, 2014
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Wow is it hot and muggy today – almost too hot to craft!  We have just been out for a picnic lunch at Waiti Bay, east of Kawakawa Bay and it was lovely.  Great to see so many families out enjoying the water and being together.

Another of my New Year’s Resolutions was to enter into challenges so yesterday I had a look to see what was going and fell in love with the colour combo over at ColourQ.  This combo of Black, Grey. Gold and White was perfect for the card I wanted to create – an engagement card for my niece who got engaged just before Christmas :).  It was also a chance to ink up my new stamp Flowerfull Heart.

I was really pleased with how this turned out – I hope Rebecca likes it.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Flowerfull Heart, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card Stock – Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Other – Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Deco Labels Collection Framelits, Hearts Collection Framelits, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Gold Embossing Powder, VersaMark, Heat Gun, Gold Metallic Encore Pad, 5/8″ Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Basic Black 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals
Well I’m off to make another card for a friends birthday – check back soon to see what I create.

Thanks – and a challenge

By | January 3, 2014
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The other day I had a text from a customer/friend saying she had just tried a yummy colour combo of Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango and Pistachio Pudding.  Wisteria Wonder is not a colour I’ve used much so I thought I’d give it a go as well and here’s my creation.

I played around for a while with the layout and finally settled on this.  The set works really well with the colour combo and I love it – thanks Steph.
Supplies:
Stamp Set – Six-Sided Sampler, Fabulous Phrases
Card Stock – Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Ink – Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Pistachio Pudding
Other – Hexagon Punch

Happy Wedding Anniversary

By | January 2, 2014
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A couple of weeks ago it was our friends 32nd wedding anniversary and this is the card I made for them.

At the time I didn’t own any suitable stamps (have since bought the Flowerful Heart stamp) so used texture and shapes to create the card – even my sentiment is a retired one!  I was really pleased with how it turned out and they loved it.
Supplies:
Stamp – A Word for You (retired)
Card Stock – Real Red, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper
Ink – Real Red
Other – Hearts Collection Framelits, Small Heart Punch, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Dauber

Happy New Year

By | January 1, 2014
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I hope you had a good New Years Eve and are ready for 2014.

I got a bit behind in my blogging last year so my New Years Resolution is “to blog more often”.  I will try and blog on a more regular basis so to start off here’s my first one for the year (with a card from last year).

Yesterday was a friends birthday and here is her card.  I love this stamp and recreated one of my earlier cards but used a different sentiment stamp.

I liked the border of this stamp from the set Hello, Lovely but the words inside didn’t really go with the card so I used my Midnight Muse marker and inked just the border.  I then chose another favourite senitment set (Made for You which is retired) and stamped that inside using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Blooming with Kindness, Hello, Lovely, Made for You (retired)
Card Stock – Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Ink/Markers – Midnight Muse, Pool Party, VersaMark
Other – Vellum Card Stock, Clear Embossing Powder, Delicate Designs Folder,Large Scallop Edgelit, Midnight Muse Satin Ribbon, Glue Dots, Decorative Label Punch, Blender Pen

Last post for 2013

By | December 31, 2013
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Well here we are on the last day of 2013.  It’s been a year of change – some good and some not so good.  The positives are I attended my first convention in May and had a ball, I started a new job in July and love it and we paid off our mortgage :).  One of the not so good things were we had three deaths in the family – the hardest one being my cousin at aged 60.  It has her little grandsons 5th birthday earlier this month and this is the card I made for Mum & Dad to send him.

I love these cute balloons and they add an easy layer of dimension to a card.  I keep forgetting to take photos of the inside of my cards – maybe I’ll be better next year!
Supplies:
Stamp set – Sketched Birthday
Card Stock – Naturals White, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Basic Gray, Gumball Green, Bermuda Bay
Ink – Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso, Black StazOn
DSP – Birthday Basics
Other – Small Oval Punch, Owl Builder Punch, Calypso Coral Bakers Twine (retired), Circle Collection Framelits, Dimensionals, White Chalk Marker
Well I hope you have a lovely New Years Eve and here’s to a great 2014.
Thank you for visiting my blog 🙂

Tag It Christmas Cards

By | December 23, 2013
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Well today is the first day of my holidays and I’m loving it. I am already starting to feel relaxed.  Yesterday afternoon we headed out to Kariotahi to catch up with Phil’s relatives that are over from the States.  It was so nice to see them again.

Here are that last of my Christmas cards for 2013.  Both these cards have been CASED from Deena Boos – I kept the first card pretty much the same as hers although I added a bow (love my bows tied with my bow maker) instead of tying a knot.

And the second one I changed from a Halloween theme to a Christmas theme and colour scheme.

Supplies:
Card One
Stamp – Tag It
Card Stock – Gumball Green, Whisper White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
DSP – Season of Style Paper Stack
Other – Gumball Green Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Chalk Talk Framelits

Card Two
Stamp – Tag It, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock – Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
Other – Season of Style Washi Tape, Chalk Talk Framelits, Dimensionals

Well only two more sleeps till Christmas 🙂

Double Mosaic Madness

By | December 15, 2013
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With Christmas just around the corner I thought I’d better blog two cards in the one post otherwise I’m never going to show you everything before THIS Christmas.  I think my New Years resolution will be to blog on a more regular basis.

Now I’m not sue who the original creator was of this layout as I’ve seen so many on the web – but whoever it was ‘thank you’ for such a cool use of the Mosaic Madness set and punch.  I used my colour coach to decide which ‘greens’ I’d use.

Supplies:
Stamp – Mosaic Madness
Card Stock – Whisper White, Read Red, Early Espresso, Red Glimmer
Ink – Garden Green, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Pear Pizzazz
Other – Mosaic Punch, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Thinlits Circle Die
This second card is one that I cased from  Rachel Chamberlain.  I changed the colours and used the Silver ribbon instead of bakers twine.

Supplies:
Stamp – Mosaic Madness, Wishing You
Card Stock – Whisper White, Midnight Muse
Ink – Gumball Green, Real Red Midnight Muse, Silver Metallic Encore
Other – Mosaic Punch, Silver 1/8″ Ribbon, Rhinestones

We’ve had beautiful weather this weekend – it’s been really hot.  This afternoon we had big crashes of thunder but no rain.

Well this is the last week of work for 2013 – I hope you all have a great week.