Easter Workshop

Last Friday I attended my first workshop in a few months. A huge 'Thankyou' to Sandy for a great morning, and the opportunity to share my love of stamping with a great group of guests! It was really fun to introduce a few ladies to stamping who had never made a card. They were delighted with the process and inspired to get stuck into more stamping! I think the stamping bug has bitten them!

At the workshop we made 2 cards - one was a simple design, which was easily changed into a new baby card, Easter card or even birthday card with a few minor ajdustments.

I used the duck from Wagon Load of Fun, coloured using Stampin' Write markers. My sample is Bashful Blue, but the ladies made a Pretty in Pink variation. The Scallop border was stamped onto whisper white cardstock with the image from Eggcoutrements and punched out using the scallop edge punch.

Here is the same card using a selection of different colours -  each delightful!

A you can se, the coloured strips are slightly different shapes using just a few of the many punches in the Stampin' Up! catalogue.

Products
Wagon Load of Fun (Summer Mini Catalogue pg 11)
Eggcoutrements (Summer Mini Catalogue pg 10)
Stampin' Write Markers
Cardstock - Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Gable Green
Punches - 11/4 inch circle punch, curly label punch, corner rounder punch, scallop edge punch (IB & C pg 152)
Ribbon- Bashful Blue 1/4"grossgrain

Don't forget some of these items are only available until March 31st!

I {Heart} Hearts

My first reaction to this set was, "Not another heart set". Then I started playing with it, and discovered there are a lot of stamps to love, and reasons to love this set. created this set of cards for my Wednesday class earlier in the term. They had a lot of fun discovering that really beautiful cards can be quite easy to make!

I used one of my favourite colour combinations - Riding hood Red, Pink Pirouette and Regal Rose fo this set of cards.

The fabulous thing about this stamp set is the way it matches the Heart to Heart punch and the Full Heart Punch from the IB&C - making these stamped images so easy to cut out!

Stampin' Up! Products
Stamps - I {Heart} Hearts (Summer Mini Catalogue Pg 6)
Punches - Eyelet Border Punch, Heart to Heart (IB&C pg 152)
Cardstock - Riding hood Red, Pink Pirouette Pink Pirouette
Patterned Paper - Bella Rose DSP, Candy Lane DSP
Ribbon - Riding Hood Red Taffeta, Pretty in Pink Taffeta

Here is another idea - scrapbooking using the different heart stamps.

And the details

I CASED this from the Summer mini catalogue (pg 7), added a second page, and continued the border of heart shaped embellishments. I used the colours from the Playground and Sherbet buttons to set the colour scheme.

Stampin' Up! Products

Stamps - I {Heart} Hearts (Summer Mini Catalogue Pg 6)

Punches - Scallop Border Punch, Heart to Heart, Round Tab (IB&C pg 152)
Accessories - Circle Scissr Plus, Glass Mat, Playground  buttons , Sherbet buttons,On Board lots of Letters, Crystal Effects
Cardstock - Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Tangerine Tango,Whisper White

Cassic Ink - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Tangerine Tango

Bring on the Sunshine

I have been having a wonderful time playing with the Treat Cups, and imagining so many different uses for them! The next card is inspired by page 9 of the Summer Mini Catalogue.

I used the flower petal and leaf stamps from Something Sweet, to creat a giant sunflower, which I trimmed and added to my circle. I added some cardstock layers, ribbon, twine and brad embellishments and my card was finished!

I filled the treat cup with roasted coffee beans - they are cinnamon flavoured, and smell divine. Usually I use MMs, but had none left, and went searching through the pantry for an alternative! This was a great substitute.

Products
Treat Cups (Summer Mini Catalogue pg 8)
Something Sweet (Summer Mini Catalogue Pg 9)
Cardstock - kraft, Sumer Sun, Old Olive, Confett Cream
Classic Ink - Summer Sun, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Accessories  Chocolate Chip 1" Double Stitched Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Vintage Brads

The Summer Mini Catalogue finishes on Wednesday March 31st.

Place your order now to avoid disappointment

Time for some Scrapbooking

I finally managed to photograph some of the layouts I have been busy making. Here is a double layout using the Tall Tales Designer Paper in the Summer Mini Catalogue. My children had a wonderful time at the zoo, visiting the baby elephant - this patterned paper was an obvious choice!

I stmped the title directly onto th Old Olive cardstock base using the Jumbo Outline Alpabet and my Stamp-a-ma-jig, then coloured with my Stampin' Write markers. The small and large elephants are cut directly from a patterned paper scrap.

Here is a close up

Stampin' Up! Products
Cardstock - Old Olive textured12 x 12, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron
Patterned Paper - Tall Tales Designer Paper (Summer Mini Catalogue pg 20)
Stamps - Jumbo Outline Alpabet
Accessories - Black Staz-On ink, Stampin' Write markers, Vintage brads

Having a Whale of a Time!

The inspiration for this card is from Beth Stewart's Splash card. I loved the idea of creating a snow globe type of accent on my card, and played around for a while until I worked it out. This was a HIT with my stamping classes and my children love it!

Here is the water, all shaken up - the glitter is hiding a surprise!

When the glitter settles, you can see the goldfish swimming beneath the waves!

Products:

Sweet Treat Cups (Summer Mini Catalogue pg 8)

Something Sweet (Summer Mini Catalogue Pg 9)

Anmal Stories (Summer Mini Catalogue Pg 21,)

Cardstock - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise

Clasic Ink- Bashful Blue, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun, Tangerine Tango, Night of Navy

Accessories - Slit Punch (IB & C pg 152), Fine Supernova Glitter (IB & C pg 145)

Don't forget, the Mini Catalogue products are only available until Wednesday 31st March.

Contact me to place your order.

Summer Mini - only 3 days left to order!

The end of March marks the end of the sale period for the Stampin' Up! mini catalogue. This means some of my favourite stamp sets will no longer be available for sale!

I will be posting a heap of fun cards and card ideas using products from the Mini catalogue - remember these will soon be unavailable, so call me by Wednesday to place your order!

Sale-a-Bration is almost over!

The end of March marks the end of Sale-a-Bration with Stampin' Up!

I can hear you asking, "What is Sale-a-Bration?" This is a fabulous promotion where customers can earn a FREE stamp set with every $100 they spend on fabulous Stampin' Up! Products.

Just let me know if I can help you out. You only have 3 days left to place your order to qualify for these free stamp sets.

Click HERE to browse the Sale-a-Bration brochure online.