Holiday Catalogue 2017

It's the first day of Spring and there's a reason to celebrate. Stampin' Up! have released their new Holiday Catalogue with lots of exciting new Christmas, Halloween and other products.

If you would like to purchase a catalogue, or any of the new and exciting products, please contact me with your details.

Club SUM Workshop 13 June 2017

Christmas Sampler
So tonight we started making a 12 x 12 inch Christmas Sampler. I didn't think we would get it all done in the one workshop, and we only completed half of it, so the other half will be done in another workshop.  I pre-cut all the square cardstock and dsp and just got my ladies to stamp, colour and die cut when required and make up the individual squares. We got through 8 of the squares and will do the other 8 on another night.

Stamp Sets used:

Bright and Beautiful
Joyful Christmas
Merry Little Christmas
Stitched STockings
Tags til Christmas
That's the Ticket

DSP used

Cardstock used:

Old Olive
Cherry Cobbler
Whisper White
Smoky Slate
Garden Green

Inks used;
Tranquil Tide
Cherry Cobbler
Real Red
Basic Gray

Annual Catalogue 2017-18

Have you been waiting for the new Annual Catalogue, well wait no longer because it is now available and you can order the great new range of products.

What's New!!

A new range of In Colors

Lots of new Stamp Sets
New Bundles

A whole new range of Hostess Rewards
And a whole lot more, so what are you waiting for, take a look and get stamping!

Happy Mother's Day

I think like a lot of Stampin' Up! demonstrators and customers, I have way too much stamps, inks and papers, so I have been trying to think of ways to utilize my stamps, inks and papers.

I started off by making a baby boy sampler, but this lead to doing one for a baby girl and then one that was non-gender coloured, see previous posts.

As it was getting close to Mother's Day, I decided to make one for the mums.  My mum passed away in 2002, 15 years ago, she was a very independent and spirited woman who lived a hard life so that we could live a better one.

So this sampler is dedicated to my mum. Love you much!

Stamp Sets used:

Today and Everyday (1st panel)
Beautiful You and In the Meadow (3rd)
Making a Point (4th, 13th and 15th panel)
Flower Patch (5th panel)
Floral Phrases (6th panel) and "Thanks" - non-SU photopolymer stamp
Mum's Love (7th panel)
Packed for Mum ( 8th panel)
Mediterranean Moments and Beautiful You (9th and 16th panel)
Simply Said (10th panel)
happy Greetings (11th panel)
Well Scripted and Faith in Nature (12th panel)
Watercolor Words (14th panel)

Dies used
Expressions Thinlits Dies and Baker's Box Thinlits (2nd panel)
Flower Fair Framelits (5th panel)
Circle Card and Label Card Thinlits (10th panel)
Flourish Thinlits (14th panel)
Itty Bitty Accents Heart Punch and Sunshine Wishes Thinlits (11th panel)

DSP used
Painted Blooms DSP
Perfectly Artistic DSP

Cardstock Used
Blackberry Bliss
Daffodil Delight
Whisper White
Old Olive
Pool Party
Pink Pirouette

Inks Used
Blackberry Bliss
Daffodil Delight
Pool Party
Rose Red
Certainly Celery
Old Olive

Club SUM Workshop 9 May 2017

This is one of the cards we made tonight. using the following materials:

Window Box Thinlits Dies
Window Shopping stamp set.
Wildflower Fields DSP
Blackberry Bliss inkpad
Blackberry Bliss cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Whisper White 1/4" Cotton Ribbon
and Something Borrowed Embellishments

And this card was one of the projects my downline, Sue created for us to make.

Baby Sampler

On a roll, I combined some of the boy and girl stamps and used some generic ones and came up with a sampler which is non gender specific.

Baby Girl Sampler

Here's another sampler, but this time for a baby girl.

Baby Boy Sampler

After I made some baby cards for my friend, I got to thinking I probably could so a sampler or collage, after seeing all the wonderful baby inspired cards on Pinterest, so I set to work and created this sampler for a Baby Boy. This is a fantastic way to use up designer paper and card stock which I have excess of. It's also a great way to make use of those stamp sets which I have in abundance but hardly use.

Baby Boy Card

This is the baby boy card I made for my friend. Her grandson is called Kye.
I decided to make a step card. Not all stamp sets are Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Whisper White cardstock
Pool Party cardstock
Crumbcake cardstock
Lullaby DSP
Animal Crackers stamp set
Sunshine Wishes Thinlits
Ribbon
Button
Safety pins
Dimensionals

Other materials used:
Sizzlet Alphabet Dies
Photopolymer baby stamps
Baby in moon stamp set

Baby Girl Card

Whilst I was on holidays in Perth, a friend and former work colleague messaged me, asking if it was possible to make her two cards, both for babies, but one for a boy and one for a girl.

So here is the one I made for a girl. It's a Z-Fold card.

I didn't have a nice baby bear stamp from Stampin' Up! so I used one which I had purchased very early on in my cardmarking and stamping days. Stamping several bears and colouring and cutting each one out to build up the layers.

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Packed for Baby stamp
Big News stamp set
Hello Love stamp set
Sweet Always DSP
Rock-a-bye Girl DSP
Whisper White Cardstock
Pretty in Pink Cardstock
Sunshine Wishes Thinlits
Pretty in Pink Ribbon
Vellum paper
Layering Circles Framelits
Balloon Bouquet Punch

Other materials used:
Fluorescent Pink embossing powder
Baby shape eyelets

Club SUM Workshop 11 April 2017

Just in time for Easter we made this card using the Swirly ScribblesThinlits Dies, the Halloween Scenes Edgelit Dies and the Hey Chick SAB stamp set and the "Happy Easter" from an old stamp set, Delightful Dozen.

The other card we made used the Swirly Bird stamp set and a whole lot of different ink pads
Wisteria Wonder
Perfect Plum
Cajun Craze
Old Olive
Delightful Dijon
Flirty Flamingo

Easter Treats using the Window Box Dies

I was hesitant in buying the Window Box dies, but decided to get the bundle anyway and now I'm glad I did. The boxes are just divine and I used them for the first time to make these colourful boxes to give away at Easter to my friends and family.  I filled each of them with a Lindt chocolate chicken and and assortment of mini eggs. Another way to use up excess card stock.

Filled with chocolate mini eggs and a Lindt chicken

I did find however that I had lots of "confetti" from the windows. Might use them in shaker cards.

Chinese Wedding Card

I got commissioned to make a Chinese Wedding Card last year, but never got around to posting the finished work.

So what is more Chinese than red packets, with gold embossing. I cut up some red packets which we have for all occasions. The characters on the front and back are double happiness symbols, synonymous with weddings. I used red cardstock as my base and some shiny patterned paper to contrast. Added some heart brads and a white bow to embellish.

The middle of the card front and back can spin. Made by cutting out the diamond shapes and using dental floss (or very narrow string) positioned just so.

Since the Chinese New Year is coming up next week, I hope everyone has a very Happy New Year - "Kung Hei Fat Choy"

Swirly Scribbles Happy Card

I saw a card on Pinterest which used the Swirly Scribbles Thinlit dies. Having purchased this die and not put it to use, I decided to make a card with it based on what I had seen.

Also used the leaf die from the Flourish Thinlits set and an alphabet die set. Embellished it with some sparkling rhinestones and voila.

Turned out very pretty indeed.

Club SUM Workshop 10 January 2017

Its a new Year and what a better way to start the year off than with a new Occasions Catalogue and the added bonus of Sale-a-Bration.

These are the two projects we completed on the night.

Dragonfly Dreams and a Tasty Treats "shaker" card.

 I got carried away and also made two cute Tasty Treat vans, like the one shown in the catalogue.