Stamp-A-Stack Class 2nd June

Never heard of a stamp-a-stack! Join Helen and I to make 8 cards in one night.  You'll make four different card designs.  There's a super cute baby outfit card, a cupcake birthday card with yummy glitter embossed frosting, a oh so pretty floral all prupose card and for the men in your life, choose from the little fishy design or surfboard and woody.  You'll make 2 of each design plus learn about heat embossing and spritzing.  Want to come along?

Class Details:
When: 2nd June (Wednesday)
Time: 6.45pm for a 7.00 start
Where: Mel's Place (Details to be emailed on confirmation)
Cost: $15 (includes all materials, supper plus fun and games)
Please Bring: Scissors and Adhesive (double-sided tape or snail)
RSVP: 31 May (to allow time for materials to be organised)

All Welcome! Why not bring a friend!
Contact us to book your place!
Mel (meli_boo76@yahoo.com.au)
Helen (chookandlardy@hotmail.com)
 

2 in 1!

It's been a while...but I've finally got around to participating in a couple of challenges. First I took the colours from Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge. Then I used this layout from Friday Sketchers. To create this card for one of my two lots of friends who became engaged on the weekend (more excuses to buy pretty dresses...engagment parties and weddding!). It's not a typical Engagement card but I think it serves the purpose well. Again I had a play with watercolouring using my stampin write markers and ink pads. To add a bit of depth I also covered the word love in Crysal Effects. I'm no sure what Stampin Up stamp set the word Love comes from as I stamped it ages ago at a Stampin Night. I finally got to use the 5th Avenue Floral set to create the background paper and grabbed the little heart from the Cheep Talk set. The cute polka dots come from the So Saffron Pattern Design Series Paper Pack.

A Quick Baby Card - Welcome to the World Isabelle Sophia!!

Just a quick baby card I whipped up the other night. I had got home late from our family dinner but need a baby card the following morning for my friend Belinda who had a baby girl last Monday (Isabelle Sophia). It's not brilliant but it's cute. This card also gave me an excuse to use my new paper stack called Nana's Nursery - Baby Girl from DCWV. This selection of papers is just beautiful. Pretty colour combinations and glittery highlights. I can't wait to use it for Gracey's scrapbook pages. I almost didn't need to stamp at all with these beautiful papers. In the end I just used my gorgeous little babby(love this little cutey!) from Stampin Ups All In The Family set and added in some Pink Pirouette using the eyelet border punch.

One of a Kind...Daddy!

Happy Father's Day!!!

With Father's Day coming up I thought it was only right to make my hubby a card...rather than buy one. Considering, I spend so much time and money making cards for every other occasion that flitters by.

For this quirky little creation, I used the Just Beachy Stamp Set from the Spring Stampin Up Mini Catalogue and stuck to a Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss and Basic Grey colour scheme. I added in some Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss Patterns Design Series Paper. For the text I used Microsoft Office Publisher. I also had a go at watercolouring using Stampin Write Markers then to give the 3D look on the fish, bubbles and Daddy I used Stampin Ups Crystal Effects...Just love this stuff!!

I hope you all enjoy celebrating this special day with the boys in your life. Have a wonderful Father's Day!!!!

Happy 60th Sally!

It's a busy time of year for us at the moment. I think we have almost every weekend booked up for the next 3 months. This weekend we headed down to Brisbane to spend time with Dunc's family for a 60th celebration for his mum, Sally. I'd seen this great idea for a card on my weekly inkling newsletter from Splitcoast Stampers. This card is what they call a Wiper Card, due to the little piece that swipes up when opened, just like a car windscreen wiper blade.

For this card I used one of my favourite colour schemes of pink, blue and brown. To put it all together I used Baja Breeze paper and ink, along with the Great Friends and 5th Avenue Floral (for the verse) Stamp Set and some of the felt flowers from Stampin Up. Although it took me ages to complete (as with everything these days!!!) I really enjoyed making this style of card. Look out for more in the future...perhaps a baby card next!

A Card for Mum!

Recently my Mum celebrated her birthday. As usual, I wasn't organised...so I had to whip this up the night before. After lots of fiddling, this is what I came up with. I got to have a play with embossing the butterfly then I used my stampin up pens to create a washed brown look. For a simple card, I think it turned out quite well.

Back in the swing of things...slowly!

I'm starting to adjust to the schedule of a newborns feeds. It's amazing how quickly three hours passes. Before I know it my little one is ready for yet another feed and I'm only just getting a load of washing out of the washer.

Over the past 4 weeks I have found the odd moment to sit at my desk and play. I couldn't wait to try out my new stamp sets from the new Mini Catalogue from Stampin Up. I'm so happy to finally have a set that is perfect for male cards and creations. The Just Beachy Stamp Set not only has a group of crazy looking fish but it also has an old woody with a surfboard ontop. Expect to see this used for Father's Day.

Anyway here's what I've managed to create:

Christening Invitations

A friend of mine asked me to make her Christening Invitations. Her request was something pretty and possibly purple, as her older daughter had had pink. Do you think I could find anything in all my boxes of paper that was pretty and purple. In the end I resorted to using some striped purple and white paper and then embossed some plain purple cardstock with my new whirly cuttlebug folder.

Did I also mention that she wanted them ASAP. Due to this, I used one of my favourite layouts from my past trip to Fraser, with some cute white embossing powder footprints and whipped them up in 3 days...all 30 of them.