Heart and Craft

Here is a very easy layout that is super quick, you could whip a batch of these in no time.  Decide on your ribbon colour, then coordinate the background cardstock, use these same two colours in your stamping (in this case Really Rust for the cardstock, Chocolate Chip for the ribbon) and then add in your third colour in your stamping, in this case So Saffron.  If you can choose the first colour/s but just want some suggestions for colours to finish it off you can go here:

http://www.scraptitude.com/colorcombo/

Here is another card, the colours have not come through accurately in the photo, believe it or not that ribbon is “Rose Red”.

As you can see it is a much softer version of the card above.

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Here is another card using the Circle Circus stamp set, a very different look to yesterday’s card.

This is a card that we did at one of Steph’s downline classes.

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, Happy Thoughts, Polka Dot background.

This card could suit a whole variety of occasions, just change the colours and modify the sentiment and it can be a “one size fits all!”.

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When I was new to the world of Stampin’ Up! and was just trying to build up a stash (and still have money for food) I would try to buy Stamp Sets that would enable me to make a wide range of cards.  Some of my favourite versatile sets are “Baroque Motifs”, “Party Hearty” and “Circle Circus”.  Over the next couple of weeks I will share some simple cards that showcase this versatility, starting with Circle Circus.

C ircle Circus is great for masculine cards.  I have added the sentiment from “On your birthday”.  Here you can see the Scallop Oval punch.  Remember that even though it was from the Spring Mini catalogue you are still able to purchase it.

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I needed a few cards and had a limited amount of time so the quickest way for me to do this is to make a stack of the same design and just change the sentiment to suit the occasion.

Stamp set: Butterfly Prints.  Sentiments from “Family Phrases” or “Pocket Silhouettes”.

Cardst0ck: Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace, Very Vanilla.

Designer Series Paper: Non Stampin’ Up! from my craft stash.

Ribbon: from the ribbon promotion (now finished).

Accessories: Eyelet border punch, word window punch. Rhinestone brads, dimensionals.

It was interesting to make these cards as a couple of the intended recipients love purple, however I didn’t have any Stampin’ Up! patterned paper in that colour, thus I raided my other stash.  I was then having to try to match the plain colours and the ribbon…yikes!  It reminded me that it is so much easier to use our Stampin’ Up! DSP as everything coordinates so beautifully!

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Yep, here is another case, this time from the super talented Sarah.  Her work is divine and I would love to have the time to make each and every card on her blog!

As soon as I saw this card I ignored all the other more pressing things that I should have been doing and sat down to make it.  Now that I look at the picture I realise that the sentiment is missing…I’ll just have to add that later!

• Stamp Set: Butterfly Prints.
• Cardstock: Pink Pirourette, Very Vanilla, Regal Rose.
• Ink: Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa.
• DSP: Candy Lane.
• Accessories: Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Brads, Eyelet Border Punch.

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I don’t think that many of us have the time we would like for the things that we love to do.  Here are a couple of cards that are quick to make when you are time poor…

The first one is made by Linda:

Linda loves Pink, so it is not a surprise to see it used so beautifully on this card.  The stamp sets are from our Sale-A-Bration promotion.

Here is a card from me, I have layered the Whisper White on top of one another, I really like this look at the moment.  You may not be able to see clearly in this photo but I have stamped the images randomly on the piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock.  It is subtle but it just adds a little interest to a fairly plain card.  The ribbon is held in place with a glue dot.

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Here is another card from the Sale-a-Bration Stamp Sets, this is a set that I haven’t featured yet, called “Good Neighbours”.  It is a really cute collection of houses and trees.

This card is another beauty from Lou  I love the colour scheme she has chosen and the way that the ribbon is coming across the card.  The sentiment is from another Sale-A-Bration stamp set “Vintage Labels”.

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Sale-a-Bration is here!

The ESAD-SU group have decided to do another Blog Hop.  While I am not officially part of it this time, I thought I would support the hop by showcasing some cards from two of my fellow Stampin friends.  This one is Linda’s, check out her part of the hop here

Here is one of Lou’s creations and you can find more here.

Both of these cards use “Happy Moments” for the cute little images and the sentiments are from “Whimsical Words”.  Both of these stamp sets are available through our Sale-a-Bration promotion that runs until March 31.

Enjoy your hop and happy stampin’.

Sale-a-Bration starts tomorrow!!!  It is an awesome promotion through Stampin’ Up! where each $100 order earns you a free Sale-a-Bration stamp set!  You can also earn stamp sets from hosting a workshop that has $600 in sales. Another way to earn free stuff is by joining Stampin’ Up! and thereby earning your choice of any Stamp Set up to $79.95 for FREE.

Here is a card that I made using “Embrace Life” but added the sentiment and frame from the Sale-a-Bration stamp set “Vintage Labels”.

The flowers were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder. The half pearls are from our pretties kit.

Join me tomorrow for another look at the Sale-a-Bration Stamp Sets. Contact me  rebecca@heartandcraft.com.au if you would like more information or to place an order.

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I was feeling mighty proud of myself…all the school books are covered, all the supplies are labeled (and have been for a couple of days), then I have the crushing realisation this morning that we have not checked last year’s uniforms for sizes and we are most likely going to need new shoes!!!! ARGH!!!!

Anyway, here are some of our school books:

Paige with her brown paper covered school book and some random stamping from the Stamp Sets “Wild about you” , “Butterfly Prints” and “Bugs and Kisses”.

Lily with one of her books…

Here is Tegan.  She did not want brown paper this year so most of hers are done with clear contact (I HATE that stuff!!!!).  Her bit of creativity was the front of this scrapbook.  We did some layered flowers using the scallop oval and circle punches.  The letters were cut using my Sizzix diecuts and there are little heart punched shapes on the stalks for leaves.

Never one to be left out of whatever the girls are doing, Zane was up at the table with us all.  Despite the fact that Mum and I were both there, both keeping an eye on them all he still managed this…..

Yep, that would be Pixie Pink Ink all over him as he had decided that he was the stamp!

Good luck getting your cherubs back to school!