Friendship Card

With the list of Stampin’ Up! retiring stamp sets released on 1^st August I have decided to get the most out of these sets before they go for good, so have used Vintage Vogue for this week’s entry into the Freshly Made Sketches and Dynamic Duo challenges.

I knew the combination of bright colours would be great for this set, the Wild Wasabi for the leaves and vines and the Pumpkin Pie for the flowers.  I did find that the Pumpkin Pie was just a bit to intense for the more vintage look I was after so did some stamping off to achieve a lighter shade.  I wanted to add ruffled seam binding in Crumb Cake to match the base card and finished it off with the Monogram sentiment also from the Vintage Vogue set.  I just love the vine stamp in the set for making backgrounds with and used it in Wild Wasabi for the side panel.  

Happy Stamping

Bunting in the Breeze

 Aren't these pretty little lines of bunting?  They remind me of a tea party or some other girly event. It will be interesting to see what the Design Team Members come up with this week with this inspirational photo. I would love it if you joined in by choosing something that inspires you and making a card or 3D project using the picture as your inspiration.

As I said it was the idea of bunting that took my interest, and I wanted to see how to re-create this.  I punched circles using the 3/4" Circle Punch, folded them in half over a piece of Bakers Twine which I wrapped around the back of the card.  All of the circles are punched from Twitterpated DSP, new in the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue, I am loving this DSP, so versatile.  Along the bottom of the card I have used the edge stamp from Vintage Vogue, stamped numerous times before re-inking to give the different intensity of colours, the sentiment is from Heard From the Heart.

Don't forget to visit the Paper Lovin' Gals blog to see what the other Design Team members have created this week, and join in with us.

Happy Stamping

Secret Sister Swap - September Gift

Here is another great Secret Sister gift I received from my ESAD (Extra Special Australiasinan Stampin' Up Demonstrators), now this swap goes for 3 months so I don't know who my SS is just yet.  All I know is that she comes from New Zealand!

Aren't these cute? I love this little set, there is a small pack of tissues, a mini hand sanitiser, a post-it note and pen set, and at the front on the right is a cute little match book with emery boards in it!  I just love these, and love the way they all match and that my lovely SS has coloured the Organza Ribbon to match the card-stock.  I love the Vintage Vogue flowers and Antique Brads she has used to decorate each item.

My SS has also sent me some lovely cards and I will be posting those up over the next week or so.  When I find out who she is I will share that with you.

Happy Stamping

Fan Fav at the Friday Mash Up ...

On a weekend full of challenges it would not feel right to skip the Friday Mash Up Challenge, especially this week as it is the first Fan Favourite. A little congratulations to Teresa Kline for her mash up being chosen.

The challenge this week is to ...

1. Create a "hand made flower or flowers" on your project
2. Create a project using "turquoise, red and black"
3. Or Mash It Up and create a project with hand made flowers that uses red, turquoise and black.

My project for this week is a side step card inspired by Marion Benfield who is a fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  One of the things I love about being a demonstrator is the support and inspiration I get from other demonstrators, it really is a great community.  While her original card is stunning I immediately knew I wanted to CASE it using a side step layout, and super perfect that it has a hand made flower!  I used a Basic Black circle as a background for the flower to make it "pop".



Here is Marion's original card ...

Card by Marion Benfield

Don't forget to pop over to Friday Mash Up and leave some comments for the design team and other creators.  I too love to hear what you think of my creations.

Happy Stamping

Scallop Circle Card

I made this one last night, the flower should have been in Cameo Coral to match the DSP, but I only had Pretty in Pink. Used the rock n roll technique to ink Real Red onto the tips of the petals.

The design for this card came from Andrea Lowcock http://andrealowcock.wordpress.com/

She uses a really neat little "no-tie" bow, which I was planning on adding to this card, but I had stuck down all my layers then realised I needed to push the brad through something! I did try the bow as per Andrea and it looks great, and is easy to do. Go check out her blog for instructions.

Top Note die with the Big Shot.

I am having some real fun with the top note die, I have looked at the shape on cards on Split Coast Stampers for a while now and loved it, so very pleased we now have access to it here in Australia.

This card I used Apricot Appeal for the base, and my own DSP on the lower section of the top note using the Vintage Vogue and Country Garden stamp sets from the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue. Colours used Apricot Appeal, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry.

Another variation with the top note, I also love the way the curly label punch matches the top note. I put diamond brads from the pretties kit as the centres of the flowers for some extra bling. For this one I cut one top note from DSP from the Cottage Wall collection and another from Old Olive card stock, the DSP one I trimmed off around the perforations and layered over the Old Olive one to make the frame. Sponging the edge of the curly label gave the effect of this layering on that also. The base of the card is Kraft as are the two flowers.

This is my verson of the card I received from the swap, I changed the colours - Kraft as the base, Old Olive and DPS from . I inked the Vintage Vogue flowers with Soft Suede and then used "rock and roll" technique with the Rich Razzleberry, I really like the way they turned out. Again sponging the curly label punch out gives some depth. The light part on the top right of the card is just a patch of sunshine that crept onto my photo area.

Lovin Vintage Vogue

Another couple using Rich Razzleberry and the Vintage Vogue stamp set.

This one I also used the Friends Jumbo Wheel for the sentiment, cutting out a small part of it . The butterfly is from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set, stamped on vellum and attached using a mini staple.

This one I made as a thank you for one of my hostesses. Same colours as the others! Its only a small square card, can't remember the exact measurements but I think the double flower makes a nice feature. I usually can't cut around things with a small border, but for once it worked.

Card for Swap

This one is for a swap I did with a group of very talented demonstrators to showcase some of the new things in the Autumn/Winger Mini catalogue.

I love the colours of this card, Rich Razzleberry is one of my new favourites, and I am so glad it will be staying on as a Core Colour with the new Colour Renovation come September. I can't wait to get my hands on more accessories to match. I also love the Vintage Vogue stamp set and have used it a lot!

Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, Pale Plum.
Other: Dimensionals, SNAIL, Designer Label, Wide Oval and Scallop Edge Punch.
Techniques: I made the DSP - one of my new favourite things. Sponging the edges of the patterned paper gave it a more vintage look.

Been busy

Well its been a while since I posted anything, and I really need to get more motivated to upload my projects. Inspired to do this as I am directing more people to my blog and think there should be more here if they take the time to come and look.


This one is a card I made for my parents for Easter. I needed a religous themed cards, but sadly no stamps that met this criteria ... so after having a look on Split Coast Stampers I found one to CASE, then got a bit creative.

I printed out and cut a cross on computer paper then used the cut out cross as a mask and coloured the background using Pastels, I used the yellow to make the apperance of a halo. The cross on the page looked a bit too plain and stark, so used the vine stamp out of Vingage Vogue set from the Autumn/Winter mini, to create the effect of vines on the cross. To do this I used the paper which I cut the original cross out of to mask the card. Vingage Vogue flowers and leaves were added with half pearls in the centre. I can't remember the exact colours used but think it was So Saffron, Elegant Eggplant and one of the greens. I was so happy with it I made another one for my in-laws also.