More Fresh Vintage

Here are two other cards we made on Sunday at the cardmaking day that I held at my house.  I decided to use the Fresh Vintage stamp set again, but only using 'In Colors'.  The 'In Colors' are colours that only hang around for 2 years and then they are gone forever!  The colours are ones that I would not normally use- it's taken me months to use the Calypso Coral!  I also got to use my new postage punch, which I love.

I did a new 'thing' with the ribbon.  I put 'sticky strip' on the ribon itself and then folded it together, then laid out some more sticky strip to attach it to the card.  Normal tape will not hold it.  I put the cardstock through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Textrured Impressions Embossing Folders.  Here are close ups of the 2 cards.

Fresh Vintage

Fresh Vintage is a beautiful Stamp set that is free when you spend $100 on Stampin'Up! products.  The special only lasts 'til the end of this month, so let me know if you'd like to put an order in. 

For this card, I used one of my favourtite colours- Concord Crush, as I think it is so striking against the white.  The greeting is from a staple stamp set called Sincere salutations.  I used the oval punch for the greeting and punched out 2 ovals in the concord Crush which I used to mat the greeting.  We had a lot of fun making these in all sorts of colours at the cardmaking day at my house on Sunday.

Scrapbooking with Stampin'Up!

As you may already know, scrapbooking was my first love (and you never really get over your first love!).  I went on a scrapbooking weekend last weekend and had the best time- staying awake 'til 2am!  Who knew people would get such joy out of scrapbooking for 3 days and nights!

I wanted to show you how I use my Stampin'Up! supplies in my scrapbooking.  On this weekend I used the Stampin'Up! punches a lot as they are great for using up your scraps.

Boys Birthday cards

This is a very simple card I made for 2 boys who have their birthday this month.  Super easy:  Just stamped their name using the Letter It Stamp Set, cut it out, and mounted it on some Stampin' Dimensionals.  The star paper is from The Big Top Birthday Designer series Paper.  It's great how the paper is specially coordinated with the inks and cardstock.

We will be making 2 of these on the card making day.  I will have all sorts of different colours (I have practically all of them!) so you can do a boy or a girl card or one of each.  The dates are on the righthand side of my blog.
Ness

February Birthdays

January and February Birthdays really creep up don't they?  So, I am getting super organised for the months ahead so I won't miss their birthdays.

For these 2 cards, I used the Letter It stamp set, which is great, because it helps you really personalise a card.  The background paper is Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper, which has some lovely soft blues and pinks in it.  I cut out each of the letters (which I stamped in Weisteria Wonder) and mounted them with Stampin' dimensionals to make them stand out.  If you look carefully, you can see tiny pearls in between the letters.  I think everyone likes a card with their own name on it!

Ness

Have a Crafty New Year

I just wanted to show everyone the great stuff you can get as a demonstrator.  The picture above is a sample of the things you get in the starter kit:  YOUR choice of paper, YOUR choice of ink colours, YOUR choice of punch and YOUR choice of stamps too. 

Stampin'Up! call this time of year Sale-A-bration.  From now until March, you can join Stampin'Up! for just $249.  You also get an extra stamp set of your choice, so choose the most expensive!  I did.

I joined Stampin'Up! this time last year- the deal was too good to refuse!  I love card making and scrapbooking, so I thought:  "Why not? Worst thing that could happen was that I would get $610 worth of product for $249!".  It's been a year now and I have loved showing others how to make beautiful cards to surprise and delight their friends and family.  Even if you don't intend to hold demonstrations, you may wish to join as a hobby and enjoy a 20% discount on all the products.

Feel free to contact me for more information (even if you are just toying with the idea!)

0402 276 324

Ness xx

Back to School (almost)

Happy Australia Day!  It's a bit wet, but still great to have a holiday mid week!  It's back to school for most kids next week and I know lots of kids starting school and some starting hight schoool!  I remember my first day of Kindy, the bell rang for recess and one boy walked home thinking the day was over!  I had 40 children in my class and my teacher- Mrs Smelcher used to smoke at her desk(!!!)  Olden days!

As I know lots of kids starting a new chapter in their lives, I made them each a card to let them know I am thinking about them.  I used to love getting a card or letter addressed to just me in the letter box (still do, just not a bill)

For these cards, I kept it really simple and used the owl punch.  This punch is great as it is a great way to use up all your scraps (which I hate throwing away).  I assembled them and stuck a couple of Stampin Dimensionals on the back of them to make them stand out and stamped the phrase 'Good Luck' underneath.  The 'good luck' stamp is from the retired set: Basic Phrases, which is really good for, you guessed it - basic phrases.

Here is a close up.