DCM Dare: Charity begins at Home

Gillian dare this week asks us to go shopping at an Op Shop or Charity Shop and use what we find on a card.




Here's mine.

Images (c) Stampin' Up! 1990-2007

I went to our local Mary Potter Hospice shop and found a packet of 'Wallies' featuring leaves.

All product Stampin' Up! except the Wallies. On a square whisper white card blank I stamped the flower (Heartfelt Thanks) three times after each inking with Pixie Pink ink and stamped five more on scrap card, coloured with my Blender Pen and Pixie Pink ink. I cut them out and layered them over the leaves then finished with a bow of 95mm white Organdy ribbon.

DCM Dare: In a Word

This week it's Rhi's turn to set the dare and this is what she said: "This week I dare you to use a Word as the main focal point to your card. It can be a name, a greeting or just a word that inspires you. You can use other text but only one word as a main embellishment. So dig out your dictionaries, die cutters, alphabet stamps, rubons or download a funky font and show us what you can do! The design team have come up with some fabulous creations to inpsire you."

Here is my card featuring a sunflower coloured with water colour pencils and an aquash brush layered over a background layer stamped with a smaller sunflower using a kaleidocolour pad. All to celebrate the slightly warmer temperatures that are signalling spring in New Zealand.

World Cardmaking Day 6 October 2007

World Cardmaking Day is being celebrated on the Saturday 6th October. I'm absolutely delighted to have a Stampin' Up! workshop booked for that day as that means I'll definitely be sharing the joys of cardmaking.

What will you be doing to enjoy and share the joys of our favourite art/craft, cardmaking?

To find out more about the day here is the website.



Here are two new card designs in my collection that I've been finding quite popular with my workshop hostesses.

All Images (c) Stampin' Up 1990-2007

All supplies used are from Stampin' Up!. Both the background and the centre flower have been stamped with Green Galore classic ink on Gable Green and Whisper White cardstock. The solid flower image was stamped first on scrap paper to lighten the image used for the flower. The pink layer is pixie pink cardstock and the ribbon is white 6mm grosgrain dyed using diluted drops of ink from a pixie pink reinker. All stamps are from the Heartfelt Thanks set.

All Images (c) Stampin' Up! 1990-2007

Thank you Sharlene for showing me the Kiss technique that is used here to ink the elephant stamp.

All supplies used are from Stampin' Up! The paisley background stamp was heavily inked with brilliant blue classic ink and kissed against the solid elephant stamp to transfer the ink. The elephant was stamped onto whisper white cardstock and layered with brilliant blue cardstock. Then layered onto whisper white cardstock stamped with brilliant blue ink and the paisley background stamp, then whisper white then a brilliant blue card blank. A knotted piece of grosgrain ribbon dyed with a brilliant blue classic ink pad was added to finish it off. The stamp sets used are Paisley background and Wild About You.

DCM Dare: Tearing Purple Holes for Christmas

This is my first Christmas card. It is definitely time I got my skates on. This weeks dare is to make a Christmas card, using purple, a torn edge and it must have a hole in it.




Here's what I did:

The santa image was stamped onto white card with aubergine ink then masked using a post it note and the Merry Christmas background was stamped over the top. The hole in the card was made with a 1" circle punch and highlighted with a gold star. The card was finished by layering on aubergine card and gold metallic paper.

While searching the web today I came across this fantastic cardmaking 101 tutorial by Canadian Stampin' Up! demo Andrea Walford. Click Here. It includes the basics on what supplies to buy, how to cut a card blank through to some simple but stunning card designs. If using stamps in your card designs is something you would like to try this tutorial would be a great place to start.

Have you been thinking about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator?

If you were now's the time to do it, as Stampin' Up! are adding a collection of hodgepodge hardware worth $61.95 to the already great value demonstrator kit. To qualify all you have to do is sign up from 1 to 28 September 2007.

Whether you're thinking about becoming a hobby demonstrator or a business demonstrator email me to discuss your options.