Heart and Craft

Here is a second card from last Saturday…

This card has a Old Olive background, a crimped feature of Elegant Eggplant and some Confetti White.  I have punched out the new Fancy Flower in Rose Red and then stamped the “For You” individual stamp in Rose Red also.  It has been punched out with the 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch and layered on top of the 1 3/8 inch Circle punch that has been punched in Elegant Eggplant.  The Scallop Edge punch and a turn back with a silver brad finish off this card.

Happy Stampin’

Bec.

We had a great day at the Virginia Golf Club on Saturday.  We have had some great feedback, if you haven’t been to one of these card making days I hope that you will be able to join us one day in the future.

I am going to show you each of our cards over the next few posts to spread them out (cause I am mean)….

Here is one of my cards:

You may not be able to tell but the little circle part with the outfit on it spins around.  I have used the new “Baby Bundle” Stamp Set, along with the Baby Tees wheel.  The colours used are Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Bashful Blue and Pink Pirouette.

We got to use the Big Shot on several of the cards and I did hear many of the ladies comment on how versatile it was, and how easy it is to use.  As you can see here I have used the Polka Dots embossing folder.  I have also gone crazy with punches on this card, using Scallop Oval, Large Oval, 1 3/8 inch Circle, 1 1/4 inch Circle, 1 inch Circle, Scallop Circle and Scallop Edge Border punches.

Gotta run, it is book week “family afternoon” at the school and no doubt my girls will find a book (or two) that they simply cannot live without! Plus a sausage etc etc etc

Happy Stampin’

Bec.

Hey there Stampers!

My Dad retired at the beginning of the year and it is lovely to see a lot more of him.  I am very lucky to have my parent’s help, especially with babysitting on the day that I work.  While they are here they tend to get busy, it is amazing how much they get done.  I will often come home to a clean house, empty ironing basket and dinner! (No you can’t have them).  Dad has also nominated himself a “Mr Fixit” and potters around doing odd jobs. One of his projects has been enhancing the lives of our chooks, and he now refers to himself as “The White Winged Warrior”.  After a recent installation of some fabulous new nesting boxes I made him this card (cased from Tanya Kitto):

It seems you either love or hate this stamp set, “Rustic Rooster” from our nearly retired Catalogue.

The colours used here are Riding Hood Red, More Mustard and Bordering Blue.  I love the tearing, I think it suits the rustic style of the stamp, but once again I know a lot of people don’t like that look.

Thanks for looking!

Hi all!!!

Well after I have jumped onto my blog and deleted the 140 spam messages waiting for me I FINALLY have a post to share!

I am sorry about my absence, lots of boring excuses, I’m looking forward to a much more productive time ahead.  Our new office is getting some use, in fact Pete and I are sitting out there right now!  We are both completely in love with the new space and the fact that we have our bedroom back (for the last couple of months I was pretty much standing at our doorway and lunging for the bed as the path to get into bed was getting more and more narrow as all my craft stash was in there!  We are going to touch up the ceiling and some more electrical work needs to be done but I hope to have it to the stage of a launch party very very soon.

Anyway back in July I had a birthday, Pete gave me an iPhone that I had been nagging him for for ages.  I love it and as expected it has enhanced my life as much as I thought it would.  I got lots of other lovely bits and pieces that will feature in my office that I will share as they get placed/hung but I can share Linda’s gift.

The gorgeous packaging and card (I stole the piccie from Linda’s site).  Actually I have been turning the room upside down tonight to find the gift!

As you can see Linda has used Vintage Vogue (I’m so happy that this stamp set has made it to our new Catty so I will be able to keep using it for at least another year).  Linda has been using this combination of Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette quite a bit lately, it looks fabulous.

And here is my beautiful gift from Linda, that her Mum Sandra made.  I love it and have wanted one of these for ages – a stylish place to put all those bits of rubbish that you accumulate during a decent papercraft session!

Happy Stampin’

Bec.

I’m up bright and early this morning (not really sure why, I usually love a sleep in, maybe I’m just excited about the school holidays!)

I don’t have any photos from our actual event on Friday night yet, so I thought I would share what I do have and that is the photos of our projects.

I’ll start with mine….

Our guests just did the one card of this design, to keep the costs down I got as much DSP from the one pack that I could, therefore half the cards were made with one pattern and the rest with the other, does that make sense?

On this card we have the Pun Fun and Think Happy Thoughts Stamp Sets.  Plenty of punches with Scallop Circle, 1 3/8 circle, 1 1/4 circle, Boho Blossoms and Scallop Border Punch being used.  I have used the Riding Hood Red DSP, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and of course some more Riding Hood Red cardstock.

Linda and Louise encouraged me to stay with the red theme for our cards, and I’m so glad they did as it really worked well for our night.

This card is a case of one that I saw on Becky Robert’s site. Actually  ever finding Becky’s site is a little bit of a liability for me as I end up just spending too long blog surfing and dreaming – you would not believe how long I just took to find the card again and stop looking at all the other super duper stuff on her site!!! Yikes!

Then we have Lou’s card:

Lou used the fabulous Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set, one of our best sellers, and it is easy to see why.  The sentiment is from the set On Your Birthday.  Real Red, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White are the colours used.

You can mask the flowers when stamping this card if you want them to overlay, the other way to do it is as is done here, with some cutting out around the flowers to sit them up on dimensionals.  Love it.

Here is Steph’s card.

The Stamp Sets Wanted, Sanded and Teeny Tiny Sentiments have been used. All the sponging really adds such a lovely touch to this card.  This card also uses a sheet from the Riding Hood Red DSP, along with Chocolate Chip and the controversial paper “Naturals Ivory” found on page 130 of the catalogue.  This paper caused a stir as Steph was waiting for the paper from her order to finish cutting the rest of her packs for the night, in the meantime I asked Linda and Louise if they had some for back up and none of us had really become familiar with this paper and certainly didn’t have any!  We are now all in love with it and no doubt its sales will go through the roof! Would not be the first time Steph has cost me money!

Here is Linda’s 3D project.  The template is based on Keesh’s card folder, our clever Linda just made hers a little wider (and therefore a little narrower to keep it still a A4 cardstock requirement) so that envelopes would fit also.  Circle Circus has been used, along with some Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon.  Pink Pirouette is used (Linda rarely makes a project without some pink!).

Happy Stampin’

Bec.

The Medallion stamp is not the first stamp I purchased from the Autumn/Winter Mini, but it is likely to be the one that I have used the most (aside from my little Mr Bot who was stamped hundreds of times for my recent Convention Swap!)

I have cased some cards from Linda and Steph and added one of my own, I think they may a great set.  Firstly here is mine:

I have used Melon Mambo ink, cardstock and ribbon along with Whisper White.  The punch is the middle is from our Boho Blossoms Punch (which is one of the specials on this week’s June special, which finishes on Tuesday night).  The punch is held in place with a Rhinestone Brad.

The sentiment is from “Heard from the Heart” from our current Mini.  I only just told my Mother today that I did not have this Stamp Set…it is evident that I do indeed own this stamp set and I will dig it out for you Mum! 

I have also used our corner punch, it is not pictured in a catalogue but is available if you are interested.

Here is a Rich Razzleberry version.  I have yet to meet ANYONE that is not completely in love with this colour.  Thank goodness it is going to become part of our new Colour Collection.  Once again a Rhinestone Brad has been used in both the centre of the stamp and as a feature in the bow of the ribbon.

Here is a Soft Suede Version.

The stamp has been inked in Soft Suede and then “Rock and Rolled” in Chocolate Chip around the edges.  When Pennie made this card she had the ribbon on the white side of the card. It looked awesome too but I did not get a photo.

A second stamp was stamped in Chocolate Chip on some scrap and punched out to be placed on some Chocolate Chip cardstock in the centre of the Medallion.  A pearl from our Pretties kit was added to the centre of the stamp.  The sentiment is from Whimsical Words (now retired). 

Happy Stampin’.

It is Lou’s birthday today!  I have the privilegeof sharing a room with Lou while we were in Sydney.  Lou wearing a lot of green (I say that it is her signature colour) and has a gorgeous Elegant Eggplant flower brooch that I love, with this in mind I set about designing her card and matching bag topper…

Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Kiwi Kiss

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Whimsical Words (a retired Sale-a-bration set),  En Francais, Medallion.

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, Button Bouquet, Coloured Rhinestone Brads, Twine, Clear Embossing Powder and heat gun, versamark, embossing buddy, stamp-a-majic, blunt scissors to rough up edges of paper, scallop border punch, scallop oval punch, word window punch, dimensionals, scallop circle punch, sponges.

Did you notice the punch behind the Word Window Punch?  No, we have not got a new punch that you haven’t been told about.  I saw this idea on Marelle’s site and I couldn’t wait to use it.  It is a Scallop Oval (which you can still buy even though it is not pictured in a current catalogue) that has had the top and bottom trimmed off.

The technique that I have used on these cards is Emboss Resist which I will be sharing during my Thursday class.  Hope to see you there.

Happy Stampin’

We had a fantastic day today at the Virginia Golf Club for our Launch of the Autumn/Winter Mini.  Here is a looksie at one of my contributions….

This card showcases our new stamp set “Pony Party” – how cute is she?  One of my daughters loves horses so I couldn’t wait to get this for her to play with.  Our pony has been stamped with Staz On and then coloured with the blender pens and Pink Pirouette plus Melon Mambo (one of our new colours from the Autumn/Winter Mini-it will be staying on as one of our regular colours after the Colour Renovation in September…see my previous post for further details).

It may not be noticable in this picture but there is dazzling diamonds on the mane, tail and hooves. The crimper has been used on the strip that was previously punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.  The background stamp is “Polka Dot”.  You can also see that we have used the Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon.

I really hope that if you came along today that you enjoyed yourselves, everyone seemed to have a lovely time.  Please  mark the date “Friday 25th June” at 7.30pm for our Red Nose Day fundraiser (same venue-Virginia Golf Course) for SIDS and Kids, it is bound to be an awesome day!

Happy Stampin’ – more from our day to come…

Here are some cute little cards in the shape of overalls, the idea came from Susan Joyce

The little stamp is from the Hostess Set “Punches Three”.  Quite a few punches have been used on these cards actually, goes to show what a worthwhile investment they are

Although I have done these cards to welcome a new baby, they could easily suit a young childs birthday, or could be modified to suit men.

Happy Stampin’

I loved this card that I saw on Teneale’sblog (actually I love everything on Teneale’s blog) so I decided to copy it for a recent workshop.

Stamp Set: Nursery Necessities, (the cloud is from our Sale-a-Bration set “Good Neighbours”)

Cardstock:Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Designer Series Paper: Sweet Slumber Speciality

Inks: So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red.

Accessories: 3/4 Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Corduroy Buttons (now retired), Baja Breeze Ribbon, Dimensionals, Mat pack and paper piercer.

Happy Stampin’