Simple Wedding Invites

This is a lovely simple Invite for a wedding.... and Quite easy to make... you just need
Silver Card stock, Black Card stock, Velum, Silver embossing powder, VersaMark, Silver brads and some ribbon...of course you need to chose a stamp that will fit in with your theme too... Like Katie did with the Stars...

Once you have your wording organised you can print onto your vellum (make sure it is in standard not best as BEST will put too much ink on and it will smudge while printing...)... then you can cut them up and stamp them with the VersaMark and emboss... and add the other layers and the brad and ribbon on the top corner....

Air Dry Clay Stamping

How cool is this???? a couple of months ago I went to Liz's place and she had been playing with some clay and stamping... One of her hostess had shown her some cool tags that she had been making....  I was so impressed I had to go out and get me some JOVI air dry clay... so I could play too!!! See how the creative FEVER spreads so fast and wide!!! How EXCITING!!!!

The clay for this tag has been coloured with our Stampin' UP! reinkers and then GENTLY pushed into the Elegant Lines Embossing folder... (the negative side) so that the swirly design is risen on top of the tag.... then it was cut out with a scallop cookie cutter, poked a little hole for the twine to go into and then left to dry for at least a day.... (You may need to turn it ever few hours to get it to stay flat.. cause it likes to curl up a little) Once it was dry I daubered it with the Frosty White Shimmer Paint and stuck a wonderful rhinestone on it... Now I have this LOVELY little jar to keep my sons weekly bus money in.. It's not very manly,.... but I figure it will deter him from going in there unless he absolutely has to... heheh.. so far it has worked!!!

Go get you some clay and have your very own to play with!!!! It's fun!!!

New Recruit Designs

This a fantastic card that Kerri-Anne designed for her very first Stampin' Up! Party as a Demonstrator... How well did she do!!!??? I am very impressed with my ladies.. they are doing so well!!!!

Colourful - Stamp n Stack

I always love showing people the Stamp n Stack cards... You can have so much fun with them!!! I was playing with one of my new recruits and teaching her a few techniques and she was VERY interested in learning more about the Stamp n Stack... So this is the set of cards we created in our avo of fun together... Bright FUN colourful cards..... the combos are endless!!!

Have a go at creating your very own A4 page of "Random" stamping... Cut it up and see what you come up with.....

Enjoy!!!!!

BOYS - Need for SPEED

Boys.....???? Do the have a Need for Speeeeeeeeed????
Being that I am a mother of two very active healty boys... I would have to say a big YES!!!!
But they really do love this stamp set and these cards I made with them.... I only need to perfect the colouring in now and I will be more happy.... with them...

I couloured with my inkpads and an aqua painter pen.... and found that when you emboss over them with clear embossing it makes the colours POP!!! And they look great!!!

Also if you have a whole lot of scraps; like I do... (I just can't throw them away) or you feel like creating your own background paper you can take your different size circle punches (I used 1/2", 3/4", 1" and 1-1/4" punches) and punch your little heart out.... then grab them all and throw them down on a white piece of A4 (seriously that is EXACTLY what I did). Then maybe do a little "arranging" .... then stick them all in place with a 2 Way Glue Pen.... This creates a FANTASTIC and interesting background for boys/male cards!!! I made these 6 cards out of the one piece of A4 with the circles on.... by cutting it up after I had created the whole A4 page...

While I was making these ones with one of my friends she showed me a card she had recently created and I thought it was great so I quickly grabbed a piece of card stock that was on the table (didn't feel like getting up at the time... my creative space is always so FULL OF STUFF when I am in the middle or at the end of a good session....) and a piece of DSP and wiped this card up... I'm not particularly happy with it but it's good for keeping the idea in my head for a little while at least.... :)

The car embelishment is not attached to the DSP on the right side so that the gate fold card stock can go under it.. and the DSP helps to keep the gate folded card together more... it's an alternative to a Belly band... Not too bad...

Happy (Speedy boy) Creating ^_*

Shabby Chic Flowers

I love all things Shabby Chic and Feminine... What better way to combine all of this than in a lovely scrapbook page?...

It feels like FOREVER ago now... in 2009 I went with a wonderful group of singers from the Queensland Festival Chorus to Singapore to perform in the Esplanade with the AMAZINGLY Talented Orchestra of the Music Makers... It was such a brilliant experience.. And I was able to share it with some lovely people some of whom I know will be life long friends...

These flowers are made with our wonderful Stampin' UP! punches... The Large one is made with the Scallop Circle (1-3/4") punch and six layers of the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP)...
The small one is made with the first layer of the Doily Triple Layer punch... again there is six layers of DSP...
The lovely Blushing Bride flower is made with 2 layers of Blossom Punch, 3 layers of the 5- Petal Flower Punch and 2 layers of the medium flower in the Boho Blossom Punch.. You need to wet the card stock and then scrunch it to give it the shaping... once it drys it keeps its shape beautifully..

Sale-A-Bration Papers...2012

This year we were so lucky to have some LOVELY paper, ribbon and brads to choose from as well as 4 fantastic exclusive stamp sets.... Liz ran this class and I loved it so much that I repeated it..

When you emboss the Stampin' UP! Card stock with Versa Mark and Clear Embossing Powder you end up with a slightly darker shade of card.. and then if you run it through your Big Shot and dry Emboss you can make some FANTASTIC coordinating embellishments for your projects...



And if you want to add a little extra bling you can add some Dazzling Diamonds to your embossing powder.... like I did on this bottom page....

Enjoy Experimenting!!!

Faux Etched Stone Technique

I found this cool Technique in a recent Scrapbooking Mag... Once I saw it I just had to try it and although I did not have exactly what the Magazine said was needed to produce this stunning technique I improvised with all of my Stampin Up! products...

1. I lightly dirtied up the Crumb Cake or Sahara Sand card stock with a couple of sponges with Choc Chip and Espresso ink...
2. I spritzed with the same colours in reinkers mixed with a little water in a spritz bottle...
3. Then I took a length of the Lace Ribbon Border and placed it onto the card down the bottom and using my Versa Mark I covered the entire thing with Versa Mark...
4. I removed the Lace Border strip and I then sprinkled clear embossing powder on and heated...
5. I took some White Craft ink on a sponge and lightly rubbed over the part that was not covered in embossing to make the pattern look like it has been cut out of the stone.
6. then I took a clean tissue and wipe any excess craft ink off of the embossed part of the card...

You can also achieve a really different look with dry embossing.. but instead of placing Versa Mark directly on to the card stock you can brayer it onto your embossing folder and run it through the Big Shot.. make sure that the ink is on the flat side of the embossing folder... and that it is quite well coated!! or if you have a fairly steady hand you can lightly rub the Versa Mark onto the Dry Embossed card stock and then emboss with Clear powder.

it is quite a time consuming technique but well worth it... I think it would lend itself to Male Cards quite well!!!

Enjoy

Beau Chateau Pencil Case

I LOVE Stampin Up! Designer Fabric.. How BEAUTIFUL is it??? I always want to make something that is gorgeous and that will last with this material because of how stunning it is!!! So I got this fantastic idea... (which took me at least 3 months to put into action) when Kim came over with her beautiful daughter in the beginning of this year to make and design some custom made pencil cases for herself and some of her school friends...It's hard when you go to a school with strict uniform to individualize... and one way you can achieve this is to make your own accessories....

Beau Chateau Fabric is sooooooooooo feminine!!! I LOVE it!!! So with the idea of making myself a pencil case I went ahead and made me this one... I didn't want to use too much of the fabric so i recycled my old jeans and used them for the inside fabric... I also thought that they would be quite strong and give the pencil case a little extra strength... I lined the Beau Chateau Fabric with some felt... again to give it some strength...

I made some lovely little bows and a little rose flower and hand sewed them on to decorate the outside.... I also used one of the lovely key charms from the last mini catalogue for an extra accent...

I made a big pocket to put all of the essentials in for when you travel with your kits or go to a class... as you can see it will fit in all your different adhesives tools and accessories....  just to make it extra feminine I added some lovely little decorative buttons and some more ribbon to the opening of the pocket...

And because I wanted to make sure that I had enough room for HEAPS of pen's, pencils, craft knives, piercers, bone folders, Aqua Painter pens and so much more... I added heaps of little individual pockets to accommodate all of these and more!!!

All in all I am quite happy with my lovely pencil case and I believe I have something really nice to keep for quite some time...

I hope this inspires you to see what else you can do with the Designer Fabrics....

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Brisbane Convention 2013

 

Announcing Convention 2013!

4 June 2012 I had an amazing time at Convention 2012 in Canberra!!! And am Preparing for even more excitement at Convention 2013--where we'll have the experience of a lifetime at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Queensland on 23-26 May!
GUESTS Are welcome.. so start saving to come with me.. It will be a BLAST!!!

Make plans now to attend this wonderful event. We can't wait to see you in 2013!

Stamp n Stack Shabby Chic....

I love Shabby Chic Cards.... They are so beautiful... Everyone seems to love them too!!! These were inspired by some lovely cards that were featured in a recent card making magazine... I had great fun designing them and they were quite easy to recreate...

The techniques that lend themselves to Shabby Chic are ripping and tearing... Distressing and colouring with inks and distressing edges.... with your bone folder or scissors...

 They turned out not too "SHABBY"

KENG Cards... Jan - March 2012

What a lovely group of ladies I have to opportunity to teach at our weekly KENG Card Class...!!!

I love teaching them new things.. some days we do really simple cards and other times we create more difficult cards... Here is a few of the cards that we have done this year....

This BEAUTIFUL card I found on Google pictures looking for "boy cards"... I realised last month that I don't really do boys cards that much... So I am on a massive drive to make more boy/male cards!! And I found this BEAUTIFUL Hobby Horse card... It was so gorgeous I just had to recreate it!!! And it was a huge success at Craft!!! They loved it!!! Although I have created it for a male card you would have no trouble giving this lovely card to any child!! What a ingenious way to use the Christmas Sock stamps and Punch!!!

This card was inspired by a swap that I received from 2011 Convention.. I was not really sure how the original was created but how I created the rainbow effect was to use sponge daubers with ink pads after I had dry embossed my white card stock... and the butterfly was stamped with my own ink pad created with a wet one and drops of different coloured re-inkers...

The top card here I made at Tuesday Craft group with Liz and I thought it was so lovely that I recreated it with substituted stamps (because I don't own the ones Liz used).. and again... it was loved

Paper ANGELS have had 2 group swaps this year... And we have been so blessed to receive some wonderful swaps... The quality is of the highest standard!!! I was really stuck for some ideas and had a quick look through my last lot of swaps... And even thought I helped Zina to make some of her swaps I felt it was VERY worthy of sharing with KENG ladies.... The top one is Zina's and the bottom one is my take on it...

Most of the time when I teach something I am amazed at the ladies individual take on a card.. or their talent in an area that I am not so gifted... or perhaps not taking the time to do when teaching... You know you got to try and make it look easy... and I also like to have things made fast... the less fussy la la the better...  So here you can see one of our cards that we made with water color crayons colouring... We stamped the flower image in white craft ink... and then used the aqua paint pens to colour in... well by the end of the lesson a few of the ladies had taken a little extra time to colour in and add details... and I was AMAZED at their talent... I managed to take a photo of Michelle's card.. Wonderful skills!!!!

Mothers Day is a special day for lots of people... I was blessed to Do this bottom card for the Young Women Loral group in our church.. and also for KENG ladies... and the top one was for the boys a girls in Activities Days (8 to11 year olds) in our church... They all did such a wonderful job!!!

This card here is quite cool... again trying to come up with some male card designs.. Michelle and I were playing together one day.. creating some cards.. and we had a brain storm of making a Tyre stack... only we could not figure out how to do it... so again I went to my friend Google images.. via my phone... and found some pictures of Tyre stacks... I found a clip art picture that gave us this idea... we cut a 7cm x 7.5cm black square and took the butterfly punch to take out the little triangle bits between the Tires... Then we used the 2-1/2" circle punch to cut out the full tire and popped out the center of it with a 1-1/4" circle punch, stuck some white card behind it and then glued a silver Doily Triple Layer.. And whalah.. It is looking like a Tyre.. only it needed some tread... so I went on a search of all my stamp sets to look for something that looked like tread... and would you believe it one of my Sale-A-Bration sets were PERFECT!!! We used the edge of the stamp to do the side tracks... and flat on was great for the Tyre pile...

If you are looking for some more inspiration get yourself to a craft group... and spend some time with inspirational people!!! It's great fun.... or come along to a Class....

Punch Art Lady

Last year I was searching the Web for more Punch Art ideas and I came across this wonderful lady on a chair... It has been waiting for me to recreate it for AGES... What better time to bring out this creation than at KENG Card class?...The ladies LOVED it.. What a fantastic use for the Butterfly punch... It makes for such a sexy little body...

I wanted to make it more dressy... So when i went home I used a fin tip glue pen to draw swirls and lines to sprinkle fine glitter on... Then I added some Bling with little diamonties and a lovely little matching hand bag...



















Michel was so inspired that she went home and created this lovely card.....  She didn't have the punches.. but nothing will stop you if you are feeling inspired!!!

Happy Crafting!!!!