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Spring Time Class

Hi Everyone

This October I'm running my first Spring time class. So if you want to learn how to make these gorgeous flowers and bird just email me and I'll send you the details. I'm just loving the Timeless Portrait DSP.

It's Finally Here!

Isn't it pretty!

So excited to see all the new products, papers, and inks. If you can't wait for the real thing then jump on over to the website and have a look on line. You can click HEREhttp://204.228.150.61/catalogs/flash/en-AU/20110801_17f32d1826_IBC_en-AU/index.html to see now.

Wel,l I must get back to my preparation for my open house tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon. I will post some pics of some pretties created with some NEW stuff soon.

Christmas in July

Hi Everyone

After having a short break from the blog world, I am back. I had planned to do a Xmas in July class but for several reasons and life in general, I haven't got there. So here are a few designs inspired by others and myself.

The sentiment and snow flakes that are embossed in silver is from the Snow Swirled set. The DSP is Jolly Holiday. The blue is Baja Breeze and the ribbon is Very Vanilla satin.

Dasher and the sentiment from Short and Sweet is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla. The DSP is Jolly Holiday once again. The green ribbon and card is Old Olive. Using Tombow two-way glue I added some dazzling diamonds on his antlers.

A very quick and simple card, layering to different patterns from DSP Jolly Holiday. Punched out a delightful decoration with my extra large ornament punch. I placed that on to a 2 inch circle and then added 3/4 inch circles on the back of that. Using stampin dimensionals I popped that element off the background. This is a good one to duplicate.

This is my favourite, as I wanted to create something for my beautiful sister. She is currently living in Madras, India, after a year in New York. In August she is off to Alberta, Canada for a year. So hopefully this will give her a little reminder of our Christmas down under, seeing it will be below zero for her. I used the Happy Christmas, Mate! set. The koala and sentiment is stamped in staz on and water coloured using cherry cobbler (my fav red at the mo) and old olive. The DSP is from the Jolly Holly pack and the soft suede cs is embossed with the elegant lines folder. I use the Little Leaves sizzlit through the big shot to add a branch for our koala to perch on. The sentiment is stamped straight on to the ribbon and finished off with a flower button from the designer button neutral collection and linen thread.

I hope these give you some great ideas and perhaps a head start on your card making for the crazy season.

Birthday Beautiful

My daughter and I are off to her first Princess Party this morning. All the party guest were instructed to wear their best Princess dress, so you can imagine there has been much excitement and sleep count downs for this event. It's an all girls birthday which has instigated much verbal celebration to clearly communicate that strictly NO BOYS allowed (much to the horror of her little brother).

The card has a lattice mat (embossing folder for the big shot)in Pink Pirouette, on Whisper White card stock. The crown is from the Tiny Tags set, which I then embossed in silver and added some bling. I found a template for the dress which I cut out in retired DSP and added some sheer ribbon to the bottom to add drama and some sleeves, as most Princesses would not expose the whole arm. I love any excuse to do a full-on girly girl pink creation. Luckily the birthday girl's favourite colour just happens to be pink.

Apologies for the dodgy photo but I wanted to show the birthday girl's gift that I whipped up last night. It is a hair accessories organiser. The ribbons are to attach various clips and brooches and there is a piece of elastic at the bottom to attach baubles and ribbons. The gorgeous fabric is called Strawberry Teaparty by Michael Miller, too cute for words. I also made a little flower brooch to go with it. Fingers crossed she likes it.

Well it's party time!

On A Roll

Yesterday was one of those days, I was on a roll and came up with three very different cards.

I used the Fox and Friends stamp set with some retired DSP. I made my own bunting by cutting out some triangle shapes and drawing in the details with my stampin write maker. Just adding a bow of linen thread at the ends to finish it off. I also changed the look of the animal stamps by drawing in an outline. The sentiment is from the Hostess Afterthoughts set. This was a fun one to do. Love the colour combo (baja breeze, tempting turquiose, regal rose and a retired brown).

This is a great way to use little off cuts of paper. The DSP is Elegant Soiree, the punch is from the current mini and the sentiment is from the Great friend set. The flower is created with the boho blossom punch, using crumb cake, baja breeze and soft suede card stock. The pearl accent finishes it off. I sponged a little soft suede around the edges of the decorative punch to add dimension and softness, with a baroque stamp from the tiny tags set in the same colour to balance it all out. This was a very quick and easy card to accomplish.

I looove this card. The cherry is from the Tart and Tangy set. The sentiment is from the beloved Barogue Motif, using the lge oval and scallop punch. The so saffron background has very vanilla circles added to it (I punched out the circles using the punch from the itty bitty punch set). The crumb cake cs is embossed with the lattice folder using the big shot and the letter U was a big shot element as well. I added natural twine and a green button. To make the cherry glossy I dobbed on some crystal effects which you need to leave lying flat to dry over night. The crystal effects allows you to get the shine that you achieve with heat embossing but it adds height that you don't get with the powder. Love this colour combo (very vanilla, crumb cake, so saffron and cherry cobbler).

Gift with Purchase in July

This ribbon and button bundle comes with every $100 spent on your favourite Stampin' Up! products this month. The colours are daffodil delight, melon mambo and pacific point. There is 13.7m of grosgrain ribbon with the repeated pattern. All of this is worth $30 and it's yours for free. Contact me with your order to take advantage of this great offer.