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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Spend ONLY $169 and receive your very own account with Stampin' UP! and up to $235 worth of Stampin' UP product of your choice.... 

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EXTRA Hostess benefits!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS... The specials just keep coming!!!

Can you believe this??? with workshop sales totaling $650 you as the hostess will receive an extra $90 worth of hostess $$$$$$'s to spend!!!!! WAHOO!!!!! BOOK now or forever ...... kick yourself!!!!

Also your guests will be spoiled too... check out June 2012 Special for Customers

Looking forward to SPOILING you (and your friends) with more of what you all LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!

June 2012 Special for Customers

For the month of June as a Customer you can purchase this lovely EXCLUSIVE stamp set... OR... with $125 worth of purchased you will receive it for FREE... Fantastic intensive to hold your own workshop this month!!! also all your friends who spend the $125 will receive this complimentary gift too!!!

and take a look at the EXTRA hostess Benefits page as well to get more EXCITED!!! 

I'm looking forward to getting together in June.... xxxx

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!!!!

Paper ANGELS meetings Feb - April 2012

I love Paper ANGELS Training meetings.... They are one of the BEST things about belonging to the Paper ANGELS team and something I look forward to EVERY month!!! Wherever there is a gathering of a few women with the similar crafting interests and AMAZING talents... well there is ALWAYS inspiration!!! FUN and LAUGHTER!!!

Over the past few months we have learned more techniques, been introduced to new Stampin' UP! products and tools and created some very inspiring projects.... Also we are up to date with the new Business plan.... It's definitely a great thing to be a part of a FANTASTIC group...

Liz was inspired by Shelly's blog entry around Easter... And she made these BEAUTIFUL egg ornaments... we were lucky enough to make our very own at one training meeting...

Liz also made this CUTE Bunny... from Stampin' UP! Materials... So Cute!!!

These are my samples from the last few meetings... Felicity taught us the lovely peacock card.. Liz taught us how to do pleating with the Simply Scored... and the lovely decoupage egg and Easter card...

Last month we made these FABULOUS diorama dinosaur card designed by Felicity... Then we were given the challenge to create our own for the next meeting... I was inspired..

so I went home and gave it a go... and here's what I came up with...

I was very proud of my New girls Keri and Michelle... They received a tie for 2nd place in the Wed day time meeting Challenge... And Monique and Kelly received 1st and 2nd for the Saturday meeting... CONGRATS!!!!

Angel Ave CLASSES May 2012

May2012…..
Like the sound of a class?? Wrong time /Day for you?? 
gather 3 or more friends together and have your very own private class.  And if you have requests I am more than happy to accommodate your needs and wishes… Just drop me a line or call me…

May – Please BYO Basic tool Kits and Adhesives to all classes
Saturday 26th  … Boy oh Boy… 10am… $15… come along and make Boy cards…

June – Please BYO Basic tool Kits and Adhesives to all classes
Wednesday 6th  …10am and 7pm… Scrapbooking – Create at least 2 lovely pages Cost (TBA approx. $15)
Friday 6th … Stamp and Stack… 10am or 7pm … $15… come along and make 8 cards… all occasion cards – with NEW product….
Saturday 9th  … 10am A-Round Card class… $15… Circles are the theme…
Wednesday 20th  … 9am or 7pm… Big Shot Class $15… Convention inspired projects
Saturday 30th  … 10am… Pleating… it aint’ that hard!!!  $15…  Using the Simply Scored
come along and make Boy cards…

July – Please BYO Basic tool Kits and Adhesives to all classes
Wednesday 4th  …10am and 7pm… Scrapbooking – Cost (TBA approx.$15)
Saturday 14th  … 2pm Stamp n Stack… $15…
Wednesday 18th  … 9am or 7pm… Big Shot Class $15… Convention inspired projects
come along and make Boy cards…

August – Please BYO Basic tool Kits and Adhesives to all classes
Wednesday 1st   …10am and 7pm… Punch art – Cost $10-$15
Saturday 11th  … 10am Scrapbooking… $15…
Wednesday 22nd  … 9am or 7pm… Big Shot Class $15…
Saturday 25th  … 10am… Class TBA  Cost abt $15… 

AUGUST FRIDAY the 31st NEW CATALOGUE LAUNCH…..
Open house from 7pm til late… come play with me and grab a new catalogue and product.
Cost $20… includes Free make and take - Sample bag–Sample products – NEW Catalogue drinks and nibbles…. *BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL RSVP by 17th August

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During May, you will get a FREE package of Designer Series Paper for every three you buy!* Choose from a wide variety (14 in total) of designs and colours available in the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue pg 128-130 and 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

*Does not include Specialty Designer Series Paper (ie. Flirtatious, First Edition, Mocha Morning & Sweet Shop)

FREE Designer Series Paper for 7 MONTHS for New Demonstrators

Imagine joining the Stampin’ Up! family in May, and receiving FREE Designer Series Paper for the rest of 2012! You will receive your choice of DSP in June, July, August, September, October, November and December – how amazing is that $132.65 of FREE Designer Series Paper! Your free Designer Series Paper will be shipped when you place a demonstrator order each month (If you choose not to add any other items to your order besides the free Designer Series Paper, you will only incur the minimum shipping charge of $5.95).

Plus, with our fully customisable starter kit for the new lower price of just $169, it’s easier than ever for you to join Stampin’ Up! Simply contact me to JOIN NOW, fill out a simple form and then receive $235 of ANY current catalogue product for $169, plus receive the business supplies for free.

Imagine ordering your Stampin’ Up! ON LINE 24/7 at a minimum 20% discount (up to 35%), receive ideas & inspiration as well as pre-release products, not to mention enjoying the Stampin’ Up! Experience as a member of the Paper Angels Group. Quarterly Demonstrator Minimum is now ONLY $400 commissionable sales plus no ABN required to sign up. Nothing to lose and everything to gain!

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