The Tadah Card

At the Stampin' Up! Convention Bonnie Thurber demonstrated an amazing Tadah card. It was awesome. I had to come straight home and make it.... however it was not quite as easy as it looked on stage!!!!
It was still alot of fun though and was made quicker for me through using some of the Celebrations Quick Accents.
Tyson has seen this card and told me that is the card he wants for his 5th Birthday coming up!


Card Stock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Celebrations DSP
Stamp Sets: On Your Birthday
Ink: Pacific Point, Real Red and Pacific Point Markers
Accessories: Celebrations Quick Accents, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle

Thoughts and Prayers - Double the Embossing

This is a make and take that i prepared for a workshop last week where we were featuring embossing!

Stamp Set: Thoughts and Prayers, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write Markers
Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden
Accessories: 1/8" Daffodil Delight Tafetta Ribbon, Ornament Punch,Medium Jewellery Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Versamarker, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy
Big Shot: Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder

Embossed Material Butterflies

I'm sure i have told you that one of my 'must have' purchases after convention was the BigZ Butterfly die. A 'wow' that fellow demonstrator Vanessa Webb did up on stage was using butterflies, embossing and material.
This is a card i came up with for stamp club. We die cut the butterflies and then embossed them with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder.

One of the ladies placed the butterflies differently and i liked it so she let me share the photo with you. Thanks Suzanne!
Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Self Adhesive Pearls
Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Beautiful Butterflies BigZ Die

Hypercolour Extreme Guitar

I wanted to try something different with the emboss resist technique so i inked up a peice of whisper white card stock with 3 different coloured inks by swiping them across the card. I used the Extreme Guitar stamp which i have liked for a long time but have just purchased.
What do you think?

Stamp Sets: Extreme Guitar, Canvas Background, Family Phrases
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight. Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Clear Embossing Powder, Brayer, Word Window, Modern Label Punch

Some scrapbooking

This time at stamp club i have challenged the ladies to a scrapbooking challenge so i thought i would share with you some scrapbooking that i have been doing lately.
This is a layout from Tyson's pirate party last year.


The second layout is from his first game of soccer with the Kellyville Kolts

And the 3rd layout is a quickie using the Christmas Cheer Simply Scrappin' Kit. It is of Tyson's first christmas. This was a couple of years before i was a demo, hence i hadn't scrapped it! Hard to believe that was almost 5 years ago now and my little man is off to school next year!
I can't wait to see what my stamp club ladies come up with for the challenge!

Share What You Love

At the recent Stampin' Up! convention last month, the theme was "Share what you love, Love What you do" and we were able to purchase a really cute exclusive stamp in Memento Mall that said this!

Stamp Set: Share What You Love, Medallion
Card Stock: Rose Red, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Ink: Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Markers
Accessories: Crimper, Scallop Trim Punch, Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Owl Punch Rose

This was one of the cards we made at my recent owl punch class.

Stamp Sets: Baroque Motifs, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: 2-Step Owl Punch, Crystal Effects, Stampin' Sponges, Word Window, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Tombow Adhesive
Big Shot: Tulips Embossing Folder

Celebrations Scraps Birthday Card

This is a card i made for another birthday party Tyson recentley went to. I was inspired by somewhere in cyberspace to use some scraps and the Celebrations Designer Series Paper is such a perky set. So here it is.

Stamp Set: On Your Birthday
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Real Red, Celebrations DSP
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Decorative Label Punch
Big Shot: Square Lattice Folder, Timeless Type Alphabet

Owl Punch Monster

I held my 2nd owl punch class last night and this was one of the cards we made. I first made my little monster but i "really" struggled with a card to put him on. That is when Jayne hosted an Inklings Creative Challenge. The challenge was to use a layout on one of the first pages of the Autumn Winter Mini catalogue and this was what i cam up with. I was pretty happy with the result and the card will be perfect for yet another party my son is attending!

Stamp Sets: Perfect Punches, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Canvas
Card Stock: Garden Green, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Tab Punch, Jumbo Brads, 2-Step Owl Punch, Spiral Punch
Big Shot: Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Artistic Etchings Emboss Resist

I was inspired to make this card by a demonstration given by Sharlene Meyer at Convention this year. It uses the emboss resist technique.

Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, En Francais, Perfe ct Punches
Card Stock: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Glossy White
Ink: Marina Mist, Versamark, Staz On Black
Accessories: Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, Brayer, Mini Glue Dots, Wide Oval Punch
Big Shot: Lots of Tags Sizzlets

Party This Way Birthday and Mini Scrapbook

A while back i made some cards using the Party This Way stamp set for my Card of the Month option for newsletter readers. I picked the colours from the Celebrations DSP and i have also recentley made some mini scrapbooks to go with them.


Stamp Set: Party This Way
Card Stock: Old Olive, Real Red, Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Celebrations DSP
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red, Pacific Point
Accessories: Cropodile, Stamp-A-Majig, Spiral Punch
Big Shot: Top Note Die

Christmas In July

Saturday 2nd July 2011 1pm
Come along and make 6 projects!
Cost is $30 including
Lucky Door Prizes, Afternoon Tea and Refreshments,
and a small gift.
RSVP Essential as there are limited places.

A Bold Bright Day

If you followed the Inklings Blog Hop last month you would see that i drew my inspiration from one of the posts on the hop (Fiona Brown). This card is very bright for me but was pretty easy to make. Still not convinced on the colours of the Pom Pom trim!

This is a card i made for a lovely lady who's birthday it was recently (Hi Suzanne!). It was difficult for me because i knew the layout i wanted but i wanted to make it bright because that is what Suzanne likes.

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Sew Sweet Designer Series Paper
Ink: Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango
Stamp Set: For Everything, On Your Birthday, Create a Cupcake
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Pom Pon Trim, Designer Big Buttons, 2 1/2" Scallo Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Build a Cupcake Punch, Itty Bitty Punches, Itty Bitty Buttons, Flower Brads, Scallop Trim Punch, Mini Glue Dots
Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Crimping cupcake with a Twist

This is a card i made at my last Stamp Club meeting. I saw one of my uplines Joanna Wassens do this crimping technique and thought it looked really neat so i asked her to teach me. This is the card i came up with using the Create a Cupcake stamp set and the Build a Cupcake punch from the new mini catalogue.

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
Stamp Sets: Create a Cupcake
Ink and Markers: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, Crimper, Build a Cupcake Punch, Rhinestone Jewells