For a really Great Friend

I wanted to make a special thankyou gift for one of my dear friends, Tilly, who has been helping me out with lots of stamping lately!

We have been doing lots of stamping together and she has helped me make my swaps for Regionals and Team Day and helped me at a recent class as well, so I wanted to give her a little something to show her how much I appreciate her and thank her for how wonderful she is!

I decided to use the template for the gift box that we made at Team Day last week with my favourite stamp set – Great Friend. I reduced the template in the printer so it was a smaller box that fit on an A4 sheet. I made the box using a Cameo Coral sheet and decorated it with the Walk in the Park DSP.

I also made a Card Box using a design that the lovely and hilarious Bonnie, from the US, demonstrated at Regionals. It involved making a shallow box with some walls designed to separate the box into four sections. I made my box a bit larger than the one that she demonstrated – it is a 6″ x 6″ box.  Then I used the Great Friend stamp set to make some little 3″ x 3″ cards, which I put in two of the sections and some 2″ x 3″ tags. In the last section, I added some Kiwi Kiss ribbon to use with the tags. I wrapped the box up and tied it with some Baja Breeze ribbon and added a little tag with a butterfly with some half pearls to the front.

Remember – if you want to get your hands on the Great Friend stamp set or anything else in the Spring Mini Catalogue, you must get your orders in by November 30th. Email or call me to place your orders!

“Great Friend Gift Box & Card Box”
Stamps: Great Friend
Paper: Cameo Coral, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Walk in the Park DSP
Ink: Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, VersaMark
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Half Pearls, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8” Punch, 1 ¼” Punch, Kiwi Kiss/ Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Baja Breeze Double Stitched Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Paper Piercer, Hole Punch, Stampin Dimensionals

Heart to Heart

My lovely friend, Tam, was married on Friday and it was such a beautiful wedding! Tam looked gorgeous and was just glowing – the way only a bride can glow! It was a lovely night and I was so glad I was able to celebrate with her!

Here’s a photo of myself and the beautiful bride:

I needed to make a very special card for her to celebrate this very special occasion… and make it different to the wedding card I made for her from the staff!

The inspiration for this card came from the swap that Tracey made for our Team Day last week. She used the Simply Said flower heart to make one window, so I changed it slightly to have four heart images using the different hearts in the set. I punched some Scallop Squares for underneath each image and punched a Scallop Square Window in the top right hand corner (it’s a bit hard to see but the flower heart in that corner is actually stuck on the inside of the card). I used a pink theme – Rose Red, Regal Rose & Pretty in Pink and coloured in the little flowers in the hearts with markers. I also added some little half pearls to the heart on the inside and coloured the centres of the flowers with a White Gel Pen.

“Heart to Heart”
Stamps: Simply Said, Sweet Little Sentiments
Paper: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, VersaMark
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, Half Pearls, White Gel Pen, Stampin Dimensionals

Rock Star card

I needed a male birthday card, last week, for one of the guys at work who was celebrating his birthday on Friday. I ummed and ahhed and finally decided to go with my new Rock Star Simply Sent Card Kit and matching Rock Star stamp set.

I LOVE this kit – it is so easy to use! And so quick to put together fun cards for boys of any age! This is a nice big card (A5 size) so that all the staff could sign, and uses nice boy’s colours like Brilliant Blue, Old Olive and More Mustard. Plus stars, checks and dots always work for boys!

“Rock Star”
Stamps: Starring You
Paper: Rock Star Simply Sent Kit & Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: Rock Star Simply Sent Kit – More Mustard Ribbon, Diecuts, Stampin Dimensionals

Love Always

My friend Tam, from work, is getting married tomorrow, so I have been busy making cards for her! This card is one that I made for the staff to sign for her goodbye morning tea today (well it was a goodbye to her singledom and goodbye while she goes off on her honeymoon! She will be back to teach in 2 weeks!).

For this card, I took a lot of inspiration (in other words, I pretty much copied!) from Keesh’s gorgeous card here. I saw this card and fell in love with it, so I set about making my own version.

This card uses the Sweet Always DSP as a feature with the heart and the always stamp from the Always set. I coloured these with the gorgeous Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip & Pumpkin Pie markers and used some Half Pearls as accents. I made a circle feature in the middle of the card using…. some cups and glasses from around the house!

I CAN’T wait until the new Summer Mini catalogue comes out on the 1st Dec because one of my favourite things in the catalogue is this item here:

This amazing creature is called the Circle Scissors Plus and it will stop you from ever having to trace around cups again!! It cuts circles from 1″ – 6″ and is super easy to use! I have one coming to me very soon (one of the many benefits of being a Demonstrator!) so I will be showing you some projects I make using my new baby very soon!

Can’t wait to see my friend get married tomorrow! Yay! Congrats, Tam!

“Love Always”
Stamps: Always, Congratulations (retired)
Paper: Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Always DSP
Ink: Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: ½” and 1 ¼” and  13/8” Circle Punch, Half Pearls, Scallop Border Punch, Stampin Dimensionals

A Klass Act October Team Day

It has taken me a little bit to get back and show the photos and projects from Saturday’s Team Day. I’ve been busy making personal cards – for weddings, birthdays and thankyous!

Our Team Day was a great day of catching up, chatting and stamping together – even though most of us had seen each other the Saturday before at Regionals!

Here are the projects that we made:

A very funky Gift Box, designd by Nicole,  that kind of popped up when you pulled up the lid. In the photo above it is closed, and then when you untie the ribbon and pull up the top, it looks like this:

Then you can fill it with goodies! It is such a unique style of box and a great template – I will definitely be making more of these!

This one is a super cute A4 Scrapbooking page designed by Amanda using the Petal Pizzazz and the *new* Hello Again stampset (sneak peek from the new Summer Mini!):

The third project was a Technique card designed by Chantell, which involved creating a cool background using wax paper, ink refills and an iron!

We also made Christmas swap cards and I received lots of gorgeous cards in return for my swap cards (mine were the same design that I made for Regionals last week).

This stunning and very detailed card with baubles was made by Janny Klass:

This card was made by Louise Tomlinson using the Tree Trimmings set:

This card was made by Sandi Spence and uses the Season of Joy set:

This card was made using the Eastern Blooms set by Nicole Woodcock:

This card using Season of Joy by Narelle Newcombe:

This cute little Santa box was made by Chantell Randall:

This gorgeous card with a little window using the Simply Said set by Tracey Wilson:

My fave butterfly stamp was used for this card by Natalie Zapantis:

This card using the Season of Joy stamp set by Rachel Poga:

I also received a special little prezzie from Sarah for promoting to Supervisor during the last 3 months so she made this cuper cute little Post-It Note Holder for me:

All up, it was a very fun-filled afternoon and I can’t wait for our next one! It won’t be until January though, so I will have to wait a little while!

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Who needs to make some more Christmas cards…?! (I know I do!)

Then come along to my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack!

You will make 8 Christmas with matching envelopes that are easy to duplicate and mail! All cards are designed and precut ready for you to stamp, colour and embellish!

DATE: Wednesday 11th November 2009

TIME: 7pm – 9.30pm

PLACE: My house – North/Eastern suburbs of Perth, WA. (Address will be supplied on RSVP)

COST: $20 (includes all supplies)

RSVP: Call me on 0414 375 302 or email stampingspot@hotmail.com to book your place.

Look forward to stamping with you soon!

Gift Giving Guide = All your Gifts + FREEBIES!

Would you like a FREE Scallop Square Punch and have all your gifts easily organized for Christmas?

Then Stampin Up’s current promotion is perfect for you!

The Gift-Giving Guide has ideas for presents for everyone on your list – Family, Friends, Neighbours, Card Makers, Scrapbookers, Kids & Teens and Stocking Stuffers.

AND for every $85 you spend on these selected products, you will get a Scallop Square Punch (worth $30.95) for FREE!

Sorry the flyer is a wee bit small… hope the pictures whet your appetite and you can download the flyer here to see it in full-size.

Then just call or email me to place your order and get your Christmas list organized today!

Also, if you want to know how to make the great projects shown on the Gift-Giving Guide, I can give you some info & instructions about that too.

(The offer is available from 1st November to 14th December.)

Christmas ideas…

Christmas is getting closer and closer (just under 8 weeks to go!!)  and I have been busy making Christmas cards to add to my stash!

Here are some more cards that I have made lately:

The idea for this card came from a gorgeous design that Andrea Walford had posted. It used a  super cute ornament stamp (that we don’t have in Australia), but I thought it would work pretty well if I made an ornament using my Season of Joy stamp set. I also used the swirl from the Season of Joy stamp set and stamped it a few times for the background. I added a little glitter to the middle of the star – it’s a bit tricky to see in this photo, but trust me, in real life it is very bling-bling!!

This next card was one I made while having more of a play with my Punch Pals set.

I made a few “snowy hills” using some torn Whisper White and then sponging with a little bit of Baja Breeze ink. Then I stamped the tree and snowman and cut them out and popped them up on Dimensionals in my winter wonderland! A cute little sentiment from the Best Yet hostess set and it was all done.

I’ve got many many more Christmas cards to make so I better get back to some stamping!

Pop back tomorrow for a de-brief of our fantastic A Klass Act Team stamping day today! It was so much fun and we made some very cute projects. Regionals last Saturday, Team Day this Saturday… whatever will I do next Saturday!? Anyone want to have me over for a workshop?!

“Christmas Season”
Stamps: Season of Joy, Best Yet
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ski Slope DSP
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories: 1½” & 13/8” Circle Punch, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Scallop Border Punch, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals

“Christmas Tag”
Stamps: Punch Pals
Paper: Kraft, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Ruby Red, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Aquapainter, Stampin Dimensionals

Christmas Giftbag

I made a giftbag a little while ago for a lovely hostess who had a Christmas Card Class at her house (hi Kristie!!). It was a great time of chatting and stamping, and I wanted to make a special something as a thankyou!

I used Keesh’s tutorial to make this project and it was very easy and I really like how it turned out:

This is the giftbag with the choccies taken out – you can see that you can fit quite a few in there!

I can’t even really post a recipe for this because everything was made using the I Wish Scrapbook Kit – no stamps, no ink, just yummy papers and easy-peasy diecuts (I just added the Chocolate Chip ribbon and the chocolates!)!

I LOVE this I Wish kit and it makes Christmas preparations so easy! You can make so many cards, tags, gifts and projects with this one kit! Plus if you add some more cardstock and maybe even a stamp set as well, you could make ALL your Christmas cards! A lot of my customers have been buying this lately because it makes creating so much easier, especially if you don’t have many supplies already.

If you would like to get this kit for yourself, or other Christmas supplies, then call or email me to place your order soon, so you have plenty of time to get creating before Christmas rolls around!

Happy Christmas creating!

Inkspirations Inspiration Challenge #14 – Take 2!

Phew! I have just managed to sneak in to posting my 2nd card in time!

I thought I had better have a proper play with Keesh’s Challenge!

Here’s the inspiration picture… again!

And here is my card:

I took the Inspiration rather literally when I was making this card! I tried to get the stripes of the quilt in the same colours to create the pattern on the left of the card. I added some button features on the far left by punching Basic Black cardstock with a holepunch and the 1/2″ Circle Punch to create things that kind of look like washers – I thought it gave it a fun look! I needed a sentiment for the right hand side, so I chose my new Starring You set and added some VersaMarked stars.

P.S.  There is still time to get this cool stampset and the co-ordinating Rock Star Simply Sent Kit to make some super easy cards! Just let me know by Saturday 31st October – you have two more days!!

“Way to Go”
Stamps: Starring You
Paper: Baja Breeze, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss Patterns DSP
Ink: Basic Black, VersaMark
Accessories: ½” Circle Punch, Hole Punch