Happy Halloween - Petal Cone Die Witches Hat

This is a really cool witches hat that i CASEd from another demonstrator Nicole Derendorf. It simply uses the Petal Cone and Scallop Circle Dies. Have a Happy Halloween, those we celebrate it!
Hopefully soon i will be able to share with you some scrapbook pages i am planning on making from our dress up party this weekend whilst on holidays with the kids and good friends. My kids had a ball!

12 Weeks of Christmas - Week 5 Two Tags Boxes and Tags

I love my new two tags die. It's so cool and i have been making lots with it lately. It is perfect for christmas to make tags for presents or bags. These tags will really dress up a plain paper bag. I have used a variety of sentiments and stamp sets for the tags and i have also made a little box to hold them in.

Stamp Sets: Welcome Christmas, Tags Till Christmas, Many Merry Messages, Baroque Motifs, Creative Elements, Contempo Christmas, Snow Swirled
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limenade
Card Stock: Lucky Limenade, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Filigree Brads, Glimmer Brads, Ornament Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Gold Brads
Big Shot: Two Tags Die

Beach Scrapbooking

This page was inspired by a page made by Ann Gerlach that i saw on the Stampin' Up! hosted demonstrator forum called Stampin' Connection. It's full of great ideas and is just another one of the many things you get access to as a demonstrator.

Stamp Sets: Sunny Fun, Itty Bitty Bits
Card Stock: Marina Mist, So Saffron, Real Red, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Real Red, Pear Pizzaz
Accessories: Stampin' Sponges, Large Tag Punch, Small Tag Punch, Spiral Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Blender Pens, Distressing Kit, Chipboard
Big Shot: Tasteful Trim Die, Timeless Type Alphabet, Numbers

Pink Rock Girls Night In Card

This is another of the cards we did for the Girls Night In. Apropriate for tweens or teenage girls. It is actually a case of my own card. Remember the card i did for fathers day? Seem familiar?

Stamp Sets: Grunge Rock, Extreme Elements
Card Stock: Crumb Cakem Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla
Ink: Crumb Cake, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Dimensionals, Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Itty Bitty Punches

12 Weeks of Christmas Week 4 - Advent Calendar

I love the project i have to share with you today. I bought this Kaisercraft Advent Calendar a few weeks ago and i thought the Jolly Bingo Designer Series Paper was just perfect for it, especially the centre peice santa page. The catalogue does not do this paper justice as it has a few ready made scrapbook pages just using the DSP that you can't see but i will have some projects to share with you using them before christmas!
I covered all of the little boxes (which i had adhered together using tombow glue) with the DSP, coloured the numbers with a sponge dauber and crystal effects. I have once again used the great Stitched Stockings set and matching punch as well as a new favourite blossom triple punch.
You can't see but i have also decorated the sides of the box and used the Tasteful Trim Big Shot Die.
One product i could not do without in this project was the Distressing Kit. It is the best way to file down the tricky edges of chipboard and the 3 files as well as all the extras are well worth the investment.

Stamp Set: Stitched Stockings
Card Stock: Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Marina Mist,
Ink Pad: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Designer Series Paper: Jolly Bingo
Accessories: 2-Step Stocking Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Triple Layer Blossom Punch, Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Sponge Daubers, Crystal Effects, Tombow Glue
Big Shot: Tasteful Trim

Stitched Stockings Baby Card

A lovely demonstrator friend of mine had a baby boy last week and i knew just the card i was going to make her. It was a gorgeous hobby horse card that i had seen around the traps (i think the original creator was Jackie Topia). Do you like the fraid ribbon for his mane?

Congrats on the birth of Phoenix, Rachel and family!

Remember that there is only a couple of weeks left to buy the Stitched Stockings stamp set and matching punch to organise your christmas projects. It won't be available again until December 1st.

Stamp Set: Stitched Stockings, Curly Cute
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Dimensionals
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Teeny Tiny Punches, Silver Mini Brads, Baja Breeze 1/8" Tafetta Ribbon, 1/16" handheld circle punch, Dimensionals, 2 Step Stocking Punch
Big Shot: Ovals Originals Die, Stripes Embossing Folder

Triple Layer Blossom Punch Girls Night In Card

Well my Girls Night In was last friday night and i am happy to report that we raised well over $700. It was such a fantastic effort and thank you to all of the ladies that came.
This was one of the cards that we made and my personal favourite as it is a simple and quick card using the new blossom tiple punch which i love.

Stamp Set: Heard from the Heart
Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Melon Mambo
Accessories: Blossom Triple Layer Puncch, Mini Glue Dots, Adhesive Pearls, Double Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Itty Bitty Punches

What a great effort for the Girl's Night In!

Thanks to all of the lovely ladies who joined me for the Girl's Night In! and thanks to Stampin' Up! for all of the fantastic product they donated.
We managed to raise over $700 for the Girl's Night In! so thank you to all.

This is a little picture of the gifts of appreciation all of the ladies got, plus everyone won a lucky door prize of SU product.
Congratulations to the raffle prize winners Suzanne B, Judy, Lyn and Sue

I will be sharing the cards we made in the coming weeks.

What a great effort for the Girl's Night In.

12 Weeks of Christmas Week 3 - Stitched Stockings Cards

This week i have decided to share some cards from the Stitched Stockings stamp set. This stamp set and matching is a special available this month so that you can get all of your Christmas cards organised early. After the31st October it will not be available again until the 1st December when it is released in the Summer Mini Catalogue. Best of all you get both the punch and the stamp set FREE if you host a $450 workshop or catalogue party. Email me at Christies_stamps@yahoo.com.au for more details.

I have really enjoyed working with this stamp set and have gotten alot of my christmas card stampin done already.

Stamp Set: Stitched Stockings, Curly Cute, Season of Joy
Card Stock: Old Olive, Early Espresso, Real Red, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red, Riding Hood Red
Designer Series Paper: Holly Bingo Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Mat Pack, 1/8" Old Olive Tafetta Ribbon, 2-Step Stocking Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch
Big Shot: Houndstooth Textured Embossing Folder

Kaleidascope Cards

For stamp club last week we made some Kaleidascope cards. They are super easy but nice for something a bit different.

Stamp Set: Creative Elements, Three Little Words
Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette,
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzaz, Early Espresso, Basic Black
Designer Series Paper: Beau Chateau, First Edition
Accessories: Circle Scissors, Mat Pack, Paper Peircing Tool, Metallic Brads, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch
Big Shot: Scallop Circle

Beau Chateau Girl Scrap Page

I am really happy with this page. I was inspired by a gorgeous scrap page by Leonie Schroder from the ESAD blog hop i participated in last month.
And this is my version. It is very product heavy but my girl is worth every cent.

Stamp Set: Little Princess
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette
Designer Series Paper: Beau Chateau
Ink: Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Adhesive Pearls, Stampin' Sponges, Paper Daisies, Filigree Brads, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Beau Chateau Material
Big Shot: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Beautiful Butterflies

12 Weeks of Christmas Week 2 - Off the Page Christmas Stocking

Welcome to my 2nd week of the 12 Weeks of Christmas. Christmas Decorations are starting to come out in the shops and i'm starting to get that warm fuzzy feeling inside!
I bought this Kaisercraft Stocking from Spotlight a few weeks back. I broke open the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper and covered it. Decorated with some chipboard and Cherry Cobbler 1/14" Double striped ribbon and a glimmer brad (have i mentioned how much i love these yet!
I thought it was a very fitting project seeing this months Stitched Stockings promotion. Have you seen that stamp set and punch? They are sooooo cute. They are yours to order this month to do all your christmas cards because if you wait till the Summer Mini catalogue is out on December 1 it will be too late!
I am also running a class at the beginning of November on this class which includes the punch. Check out my class page for details

Stamp Set: Snow Swirled, Contempo Christmas
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories: Double Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Cherry Cobbler, On Board Merry Medley Chipboard, Brights Glimmer Brad
Big Shot: Tasteful Trim

Pennant Parade Card of the Month

This was one of the cards for my September Card of the Month i did for my newsletter readers. I try to use one stamp set and one accessory and come up with 2 different layouts for a card. The cards a simple but nice to cater for all types of card makers. This one used the Pennant Parade stamp set and the Petite Pennants punch. It also features the Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Pennant Parade
Ink: Marina Mist, Lucky Limenade
Paper: Marina Mist, Rose Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Just Add Cake DSP, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Petite Pennants Punch, 1/2" circle punch, itty bitty punches, Adhesive Rhinestones

Petite Pockets Blossom Box

This is one of the projects that i made with my stamp club last week. I showed them how to make a box using the Petite Pockets die and the Build A Blossom punch. Isn't it pretty?
The box is also a perfect size to fit cards in so it would make a nice little card box gift for someone


Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Stampin, Sponges, Blossom Punch, Soft Subtles Buttons, 1 1/4" Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper, Adhesive Pearls, Mini Glue Dots, Neutrals Brads
Big Shot: Petite Pockets Die

Stitched Stockings October Promotion

Are you thinking about Christmas? Well you should be and i have a great promotion for you.
For the month of October you can buy the brand new Stitched Stockings set ($53.95 (W) or $42.95 (C) and the matching Stocking Punch ($33.95) or you can get the two ABSOLUTELY FREE by holding a workshop of $450. I do have 2 dates left for October workshops so if you would like to hold one let me know.
You can contact me to order your stamp sets at Christies_stamps@yahoo.com.au