Scallop Bird Scallop Circle Card

This is a quick one today using the Scallop Circle BigZ Die to make a card

Card Stock and Paper: So Saffront, Old Olive, Greenhouse Gala DSP
Ink and Markers: Old Oliver, Rose Red
Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Circle Scissors
Accessories: Two Step Bird Punch, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Sponges, Medium Jewellery Tag Punch, Hemp Twine, Old Olive Satin Ribbon
Big Shot: Scallop Circle BigZ Die

Easter Ideas for Next Year

One of my very talented customers Alison made these Easter treats and i saw them just before Easter. I was so impressed and i wanted to share them all with you. I know it's a little late for Easter this year but perhaps you can file them away for next year.

Sunny and Beautiful Wings

This is another of the cards we made in my class earlier this month using the Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper and the Beautiful Wings Embosslits.

Card Stock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight
Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden
Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Ink and Markers: Old Olive
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Daffodil Delight Tafetta Ribbon
Big Shot: Beautiful Wings Embosslits

Newsprint Artistic Etchings

This was a card i made a couple of months ago for the Card Kit of the Month. It features the Artistic Etchings stamp set and the Newsprint Designer Series Paper. Not very Australian for this Anzac day but it is related in terms of the Eiffel Tower and the crown. I hope everyone is enjoying their Anzac day and remembering and celebrating the true spirit of the ANZACs!!!
Me.... I'm working!!!

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Designer Series Paper: Newsprint
Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, En Francais
Ink and Markers: Basic Black
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Neutrals Brads, Stampin' Sponge

Easter Egg Bunny Bag

I managed to get a hold of a photo of one of the Bunny bags that Sue made for the stamp club challenge. I put mine in a really safe place so the kids wouldn't find it and eat it before Easter, but that place is so safe i now can't find it.

Sue made 100 of these bags in Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Marina Mist and Chocolate Chip.
Happy Easter everyone! I hope you enjoy your day and i already know what i am going to do for my Easter 2011 scrap page!

Easter Chick Basket

This basket was inspired by a project i saw of one of my very talented customers and friends Alison. She had made some Easter chicks and i needed another basket for the daycare teachers so i quickly whipped this one up using the Scallop Envelope BigZ Die.

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Circle Punch, Owl Punch
Big Shot: Scallop Envelope BigZ Die

Easter Stamp Club Challenge

Every 2 months i hold a stamp club and each time we meet i give them an optional challenge. Sometimes these challenges become quite competitive but they are all friends so it's fun.
Last time the ladies had an Easter challenge and here are some of the entries:
This was Nadine's winning entry, a gorgeous Easter basket.

Then we had Alison's original jellybean bunny

And Suzanne's dazzling egg card

There is still one more entry that i don't have a photo of but i hope i can share it with you before Easter.

Easter Scrap Page

I made this page recently to show last years' Easter. Gee my kids have grown up alot in the past 12 months!

Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Tangerine Tango
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango
Stamp Set: Well Scripted, Pick A Petal
Accessories: Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Modern Label Punch, Small Heart Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/4 " Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, 5-Petal Flower Punch

Shimmer Painted Flower

This is a birthday card i created a couple of months ago. I tinted Frost White Shimmer Paint with Rich Razzleberry Re-inker and then used a Sponge Dauber to sponge it onto a Paper Flower. I love the Paper Flowers, i find them easy to alter and co-ordinate with any project.


SUPPLIES
Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, French Filigree
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Newsprint Designer Series Paper
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Rich Razzleberry Re inker
Accessories: Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber, Paper Flowers, Styled Silver Hodge Podge, Neutral Designer Buttons, Self Adhesive Pearls

A Talented Little Man with an Easter Card

With just a week to go till Easter i have a couple of Easter projects to share with you.

I received a lovely email from a young man named Cody recently. He sent me a picture of a lovely Easter card that he made. Now Cody's mum Alison is very talented and it obviously runs in the family because i could not believe all of the Stampin' techniques that Cody has picked up. Ths.is card uses stamping off for the smoke and markers to colour the eggs. A Stamp-A-Majig was even used to line up the carriages, and all of these were Cody's ideas, he even chose the bunny to put in the train.

Thanks Cody for sharing your card with me and letting me share it with everyone else. You are the most talented 8 year old card maker i have seen.

Cottage Garden Class card

This is one of the cards that we made at a recent card class i held using the Cottage Garden stamp set and the Beautiful Wings Embosslits. I based the whole set around the Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper. Can you see i have used the pinking hearts border punch? This punch is still available along with every other punch that was in the Summer Mini Catalogue. Find out what else is still available by viewing the carry over flyer here.

Card Stock: Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden
Stamp Sets: Cottage Garden
Ink and Markers: Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
Accessories: Pinking Hearts Border Punch,
Big Shot: Beautiful Wings Embosslit

Owl Tag

This is a tag i created last month to show a lovely group of ladies the owl punch. These ladies see alot of product, so i had to come up with something new and i hadn't featured the owl punch before. They absolutely loved it and when i said i would be doing an owl punch class they jumped at the chance and this class is now fully booked!
Stay tuned for some more owl punch projects because in preparation for my class i have been using it alot lately and not just for all things owly!

Card Stock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive
Designer Series Paper: Greenhouse Gala
Stamp Sets: Woodgrain Background
Ink and Markers: Early Espresso
Accessories: Cropodile, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, 2-Step Owl Punch, 2-Step Bird Punch, Early Espresso Grosgrain Ribbon

Sew Suite Cupcake

This is a card i made when i was having my first little play with the new Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue products. I really like this particular piece of Designer Series Paper from the Sew Suite range. It is a simple but pretty card. Who know's it might even be the make and take we do at your next workshop.

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Sew Suite
Stamp Sets: Create A Cupcake
Ink and Markers: Rose Red, Pretty In Pink, Baja Breeze, Regal Rose
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Build a Cupcake Punch, Decorative label Punch

Faux Tiles with Flower Fancy

I created this card for Stamp Club after being inspired by an awesome Faux Tile card that Jayne Mercer displayed on her blog.
I love these colours and the stamp club ladies loved it too.

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set: Three Little Words, Flower Fancy
Card Stock: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Crum Cake, Marina Mist
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Old Olive
Accessories: Scorer, Antique Brads, 1 1/4" Marina Mist Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Stamp-A-Majig, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Decorative Label Punch with a Twist

I hope you are all enjoying the Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue as much as i am. I drew my inspiration for this card directly from the Mini Catalogue itself. Page 23 shows a card using a punch as a window and so i wanted to make one as well.
I used the gorgeous new Decorative Label Punch and the bird in the reeds stamp from the Every Moment stamp set which i have watercoloured.
What do you think?

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Every Moment
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Watercolour Paper, Very Vanilla
Ink: Staz On Black, Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip Ink, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker, Old Olive
Accessories: Decoarative Label Punch, Jewellery Punch, Small Oval Punch, mat Pack, Neturals Brads, Very Vanilla Tafetta Ribbon, Aqua Painter, Colour Spritzer
Big Shot: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

Cupcakes Anyone?

One of my favourite sets from the new Autumn Winter Mini catalogue is the Create a Cupcake stamp set and the matching Build a Cupcake punch. Just so much fund to play with!!!

SUPPLIES
Stamp Set: Create a Cupcake
Card Stock: Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Kraft and Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon, Netrals Buttons, Build A Cupcake punch

INKlings' Autumn Winter Mini Blog Hop

Welcome to the INKlings' Team Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue blog hop. You may have arrived here from Beth Stewart's fabulous blog or just be visiting my blog, whichever way once you've checked out my creations you can continue the hop through the link at the end of this post to the next team mameber.

With a new Mini Catalogue out today we thought it would be a great time to showcase the gorgeous new products to all our blog readers.

You can check out the new mini catalogue online here (http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/543.asp) or if you'd like your own copy contact me today and I'll pop one in the mail to you.

Want to win some Blog Candy? Simply leave a comment on each blog and then email Kari karigail@internode.on.net and let her know you’ve done so and you’ll be in the running for some fantastic handmade cards plus other goodies.

Sorry Blog Candy prize not available to SU! demonstrators or visitors living outside Australia, but you're more than welcome to leave us a comment!

Today i have a fabulous mini scrapbook to share with you. I have featured the Sew Sweet Designer Series Paper whilst using the great Tasteful Trim Big Shot XL Die to make some decorative features.
I have used the Multipurpose Adhesive sheets on the backs of all of my die cuts. It was so easy to stick a strip onto the DSP and then run it through the Big Shot Machine. From there it was just peel and stick.

This is the front page of the scrapbook.
Can you see i have even used some Marina Mist Satin Ribbon on the Tasteful Trim die. I cut it out fantastically (no fraying) and then was stuck on with ease because i had attached the Multipurpose adhesive sheets onto the back of the ribbon.

This is waht you see when you open up the scrapbook. I have used the Medallion stamp as well as some of the Tasteful Trim/Sew Suite accents. I have also cut out a couple of buttons using the Buttons sizzlet.

More pages...

And the final opened up pages.

I decided to make a scrapbook for this blog hop because May is Scrapbooking month and in honour of scrapbooking month i am going to be running this mini scrapbook as a class.
Email me (Christies_stamps@yahoo.com.au) for more details and the dates will be in my upcoming newsletter.

Well that's all frome me. The next stop on the INKlings' Team Blog Hop is Cath Dean www.cathdean.com and she has something awesome to show you. Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to win some great Blog Candy.